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Nine Questions with Lost Girl Creator and Writer Michelle Lovretta

September 30, 2010October 2, 2010 drsquid Anna Silk, canada, Fan Expo, interview, Kris Holden-Ried, Lost Girl, Q&A, Showcase, Television, TV, writer74 Comments

Last week we put up our interview with the stars of the new Showcase Original TV Series Lost Girl. This week we got a chance to interview Michelle Lovretta, the creator, co-show runner and writer of five of the thirteen episodes, via email. In the interview Michelle talks about the show, how the lead character Bo relates to other strong female genre show characters, the role of sexuality in Lost Girl and much more. I will also be posting my thoughts about the actual show soon, probably after I have…

Fan Expo 2010 – Interview with Anna Silk and Kris Holden-Ried

September 23, 2010October 12, 2010 Doug Groves Anna Silk, canada, Fan Expo, Fan Expo 2010, interview, Kris Holden-Ried, Lost Girl, Show, Showcase, supernatural, TV, video5 Comments

Showcase was on hand at Fan Expo promoting their new TV Series Lost Girl, and we managed to get some time to talk with stars Anna Silk (Bo) and Kris Holden-Ried (Dyson). The show, about a succubus who’s only recently become aware of the larger supernatural fae world of which she’s a part, airs Sundays at 9pm. In this interview, Alex talks with Anna and Kris, who give us an idea of what it’s like working on the supernatural thriller, as well as some insights into their individual characters, and…

Fan Expo 2010 – Geoff Lapaire Interview

September 16, 2010September 20, 2010 Doug Groves Fan Expo, Fan Expo 2010, Geoff Lapaire, interview, Kyle, Pure Pwnage, Show, Showcase, TV1 Comment

To round out our Pure Pwnage coverage from Fan Expo 2010, we return to Geoff Lapaire, who earlier gave us a sneak peek at the official Pure Pwnage Android app. Although he doesn’t name the location, the Pure Pwnage TV show has been picked up in another market. Alex talks with him about working on the TV series compared to the web show, and where things stand with the second season of the TV show. On that subject, they have two episodes scripted, and are still waiting to get the…

AMC releases Official The Walking Dead Series Trailer

August 25, 2010September 20, 2010 Doug Groves AMC, Frank Darabont, Gale Anne Hurd, Image Comics, Robert Kirkman, Series, The Walking Dead, trailer, TV, Zombies2 Comments

Back in July, a handheld cam version of The Walking Dead TV series trailer, aired at San Diego Comic Con, made its way online. While better than many handhelds, it doesn’t matter now, as AMC has put out the full trailer, above. Well worth the watch!

Sony 3D Launch interview

July 3, 2010July 3, 2010 Doug Groves 3D, blu ray, Bravia, canada, Future Shop, Gaming, interview, Playstation, Playstation 3, Sony, TV2 Comments

A couple of weeks back, we had a chance to go hands on with Sony’s new line of 3D TVs and PS3 games. While at the launch, we also got a chance to talk with Karol Warminiec about some of their plans.

Season Finale of FOX’s “House” Shot on Canon DSLR!

May 3, 2010May 3, 2010 kingpinlei 5d, Canon, DSLR, FOX, HD, House, Mark2, MarkII, Mk2, MkII, Philip Bloom, TV5 Comments

I found out about this via DP (Director of Photography) extraordinaire Philip Bloom’s website and it simply blew my mind. And it is big news for all you filmmaker-tech-heads out there! It appears the upcoming season finale of the FOX medical TV series “House” was shot entirely on the Canon 5D Mark2 DSLR.

New Rogers 500gb HD PVR released

April 20, 2010April 20, 2010 drsquid 8642HD, Bell, Cisco, DLNA, HD, MoCA, MPEG-4, PVR, Rogers, TV3 Comments

Rogers 8300 HD PVR has been on the market for over 5 years now, and a lot of users have been wondering when Rogers would release an updated HD PVR. The 8300’s capacity and technology is definitely well past being cutting edge, and with the release Bell’s dual tuner 9241 HD PVR last year the pressure was on for Rogers to bring out something new to compete with it. Finally, after a long wait, Rogers announced the availability of their new Cisco 8642HD PVR on their Redboard blog. Strangely even…

AMC greenlights ‘The Walking Dead’ TV series

March 30, 2010March 31, 2010 drsquid AMC, Comics, Image Comics, Robert Kirkman, The Walking Dead, TV, Zombies1 Comment

Following on from the news in January that AMC had ordered the pilot for a TV series of the best genre comic ever, ‘The Walking Dead’, comes the annoncement that a six episode series has been greenlit by AMC. The project has been on a fast track after AMC won a bidding war last August for the rights to the comic. AMC must have a lot of confidence in Frank Darabont’s vision for the series after greenlighting a whole season while the pilot is still being cast. Hopefully this vision…

Pure Pwnage Production Shorts

January 22, 2010 Doug Groves Pure Pwnage, TV3 Comments

As many of you may be aware, Pure Pwnage, the wildly popular Toronto based internet show has made the transition from the web to TV show, thanks to an eight episode deal with Showcase here in Canada. As part of the lead up to the premiere in March, they have started releasing a series of production shorts, the first three of which are already online. The shorts so far consist of Jeremy and FPS Doug dealing with acting classes and other requests made by the network. Unfortunately, the clips can…