Here’s When Killjoys, Dark Matter, And New Series Blood Drive Premiere On Space This Summer

07/04/2017

Returns in 2017

The hunt is back on—and more badass than ever—because we’ve got premiere dates for fan-favourite thriller, Dark Matter, in addition to our most watched original series, Killjoys.

It gets better: Space revs up the summer with a new action-packed grindhouse series, appropriately called Blood Drive.

Below is a chronological list of Space premieres just announced, plus plenty of juicy deets about what to expect. Of course, stay tuned for way more info in the coming weeks.

Dark Matter – Season 3 Premiere

Friday, June 9 at 8pm ET *Two episodes back-to-back* (Then single eps weekly on Fridays at 9pm ET)

Based on the graphic novel created by Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie, Dark Matter centres on an intergalactic crew who awaken on a derelict spaceship with no memories of who they are or how they got there. After the EOS 7 space station is destroyed, the survivors fight to stay alive and find the rest of their crew.

Blood Drive – Series Premiere

Wednesday, June 14 at 10pm ET

Get uncomfortable…! In the tradition of classic grindhouse movies, Blood Drive is a new series soaked in high-octane chaos and just barely approved for television. After Los Angeles’ last good cop (Alan Ritchson) is forced to join a twisted cross-country death race, his only hope of survival is a dangerous femme fatale who has the need for speed (Christina Ochoa). Oh, and forget gasoline… these cars run on human blood! The series is from Universal Cable Productions and executive producers John Hlavin (Underworld Awakening), David Straiton (Bates Motel) and Frederik Malmberg (Let Me In), along with producer Mark Wheeler (Becoming). James Roland (Weeds) created the project and is a co-executive producer on the series.

Killjoys – Season 3 Premiere

Friday, June 30 at 8pm ET

After sustaining serious personal losses, our trio of interplanetary bounty hunters must come together and prepare themselves for what lies ahead. Tension and tragedy loom over the J Star System as they struggle to assemble an army and prepare for battle.

 

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SyFy and Space Announce Summer Returns

07/04/2017

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SyFy/Bell Media

Fridays this summer are about to get very interesting! Syfy and Space Channel announced a lineup that has us here at The TV Junkies very, very excited. Killjoys, Dark Matter and Wynonna Earp will all air on the same night, Fridays, this summer on both Syfy and Space Channel.

Dark Matter will premiere Friday, June 9 at 8 p.m. with back to back episodes on Syfy and Space. After the first week it will move to its 9 p.m. timeslot. Based on the graphic novel created by Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie, Dark Matter centers on an intergalactic crew who awaken on a derelict spaceship with no memories of who they are or how they got there. After the EOS 7 space station is destroyed, the survivors fight to stay alive and find the rest of their crew.

Space’s new acquisition, Wynonna Earp, also returns on Friday, June 9 at 10 p.m. on Space and Syfy. The supernatural thriller follows Wyatt Earp’s great-granddaughter as she battles demons and other supernatural beings. After years away, Wynonna Earp (Melanie Scrofano) has travelled back to her home town of Purgatory to reluctantly take on the role destined for Wyatt Earp’s heir: end the family curse that has resurrected the villains her legendary ancestor dispatched—now known as Revenants. Season 1 of Wynonna Earp will air on Space Channel beginning Saturday, April 15 at 10 p.m.

Killjoys then joins the fun beginning Friday, June 30 at 8 p.m. with its Season 3 premiere on Syfy and Space. After sustaining serious personal losses, the trio of interplanetary bounty hunters must come together and prepare themselves for what lies ahead. Tension and tragedy loom over the J Star System as they struggle to assemble an army and prepare for battle.

In addition, Space revs up the summer with the acquisition of new action-packed grindhouse series Blood Drive, premiering exclusively on Space in Canada, Wednesday, June 14 at 10 p.m. ET. It’s a new series soaked in high-octane chaos and just barely approved for television. After Los Angeles’ last good cop (Alan Ritchson) is forced to join a twisted cross-country death race, his only hope of survival is a dangerous femme fatale who has the need for speed (Christina Ochoa). Oh, and forget gasoline… these cars run on human blood! The series is from Universal Cable Productions and executive producers John Hlavin (Underworld Awakening), David Straiton (Bates Motel) and Frederik Malmberg (Let Me In), along with producer Mark Wheeler (Becoming). James Roland (Weeds) created the project and is a co-executive producer on the series.

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Mercy Street cancellato dopo due stagioni

10/03/2017

Mercy Street, la serie co-creata da Lisa Q. Wolfinger e David Zabel e prodotta da Ridley Scott non avrà una terza stagione.

PBS ha infatti annunciato la cancellazione del medical drama ambientato durante la Guerra Civile americana che vedeva come protagonisti Josh Radnor nel ruolo del Dottor Foster, e Mary Elizabeth Winstead in quello dell’infermiera Phinney.

Sembra che alla base della decisione ci siano stati problemi di natura economica nonché di produzione per via di diverse difficoltà di allineamento a livello di tempistiche. Di conseguenza il recente finale della seconda stagione di Mercy Street si è ora tramutato nel suo finale di serie.

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Mercy Street Cancelled After 2 Seasons

09/03/2017

The doctors of Mercy Street have made their final house call.

PBS’ Civil War-era medical drama — starring Josh Radnor and Mary Elizabeth Winstead — has been cancelled, with the recent Season 2 finale now serving as a series finale, Deadline reports. Funding issues and trouble aligning production timelines are said to be the motivations behind the decision to wrap the series.

“We sought to bring a time and place to life that is so important to understanding American history, and in a way that was meaningful, authentic and entertaining,” executive producer David Zucker said in a statement.

“Together, we delivered 12 hours of compelling and worthwhile storytelling which we all take pride in,” added fellow EP David Zabel. “It was five years in the making and we are grateful to PBS for its loyal support.”

Mercy Street‘s sophomore run wrapped on Sunday, March 5.
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Luke talks about Chaplain Henry Hopkins in “Mercy Street” season 1 & 2

Chaplain Henry Hopkins

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Chaplain Henry Hopkins (Luke Macfarlane)

Chaplain Hopkins was drawn to his religious vocation as a way to atone for a dark chapter in his past. His integrity, compassion and worldly wisdom make him an appealing figure to staff and patients alike.

In Season 2, the limitations of his spiritual mission among so many sick and dying begins to wear on his psyche. He yearns for a more active role and pushes for an opportunity to help the wounded on the battlefield. As the war expands, so do Hopkins’ internal struggles, and he is forced to consider God’s place in the brutal context of war. Meanwhile, he continues to wrestle with his obvious attraction to Emma Green, which only grows as the two find themselves working closely together, united by a common cause.

Luke on Henry in Season 1:

Chaplain Hopkins attends to the souls of the wounded and anybody else who really needs any sort of spiritual guidance, which was an important time or an important thing for these men. This is a time when people were a lot more religious than they are nowadays. So I’ll read Bible verses. I’ll read from the Book of Common Prayer. I’ll do the services. So many of the men in this hospital were at a point in their lives where they badly needed spiritual guidance. Some of them are at the end of their lives and they need to make peace with God, or try to make some kind of peace. So he’s definitely a welcomed figure in the hospital.

Luke on Henry in Season 2:
I think anybody who participated or had a front-row seat to the war was changed by the war, and we start to learn a little more about Hopkins’ past. I think, for Chaplain, both for the character and for me as an actor, there is this idea that maybe we have an inherent sense of violence inside of us that we wrestle with. And for him it is about how does a man of faith, who is not supposed to harm anybody, do injury? How does he understand war, and the importance of war, and what it means to kill?

Actor bio

Luke Macfarlane is a graduate of Juilliard’s Drama Division and can currently be seen on the SYFY series “Killjoys.” He recurred on the NBC series “The Night Shift” and appeared in several off-Broadway plays including “The Busy World is Hushed,” “Where Do We Live” and “Juvenilia”; and on Broadway in “The Normal Heart” (Drama Desk winner for Best Ensemble). Luke made his feature film debut in Bill Condon’s “Kinsey.” Additional TV credits include “Super Girl,” “SMASH,” “Person of Interest” and “Over There”. Luke is best known for his role as Scotty on ABC’s “Brothers and Sisters.”

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Luke Macfarlane Talks The Mistletoe Promise, Killjoys, Mercy Street and More [Exclusive]

04/11/2016

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[Warning: General spoilers ahead.]

Saturday night, Luke Macfarlane returns to Hallmark Channel’s Christmas movie lineup for the second year in a row with The Mistletoe Promise, based on the book by Richard Paul Evans and co-starring Hart of Dixie‘s Jaime King in her first film for the network. This morning, I jumped on the phone with Macfarlane for a quick chat about the film and his packed project roster.

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In The Mistletoe Promise, Macfarlane plays Nick, a Christmas-phobic family law attorney who strikes a pact with fellow phobe Elise (King), who’s trapped in a combative business partnership with her ex-husband that always escalates at the holidays. What begins as a congenial idea to help each other grows into something more as each rediscovers something they’d thought they lost, because, well, Hallmark Channel.

Cedar Cove‘s Sarah Smyth co-stars as Nick’s indispensable paralegal, Ashley. Christie Laing (UnREAL, OUaT, Arrow) plays Elise’s BFF Holly and Lochlyn Munro is Elise’s ex, Dan. Hallmark staple David Winning (several Christmas films and Tulips in Spring) directs.

Macfarlane is happy to be in the rotation of talent the network calls on for their movies. “I’ve become a bit of a go-to guy for Hallmark. They’re always very lovely to me, and [the movies are] always fun to make,” he says. “I read the script and said, ‘This one’s funny. Sign me up!’ I had a very busy year, and my mom is more excited about my Hallmark movies than everything I do.”

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Photo Credit: Ryan Plummer/Crown Media United States LLC

Fore fans of the novel, he says it’s a bit lighter in tone. “I only heard about the book afterward,” he explains. “We depart from the book in a lot of ways. The book is darker, I’ve been told.”

Unlike last year’s Christmas Land, which found the cast shooting in an early winter in Utah, this film shot in the summer in Vancouver, so the cast was sweltering in their coats and hats. “It was hot, and we’re wearing jackets and trying not to sweat,” says Macfarlane. “I tend to sweat a lot anyway. When we did the ice skating scene, it was in a cold building, so it was like, ‘Oh, thank God.”

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Most viewers recognize Macfarlane from his day job on Killjoys, one of our favorites here at TV Goodness. The second season, which concluded in August, expanded D’avin’s role into the larger Level Six mythology. “I didn’t know where he was going. Aaron Ashmore had specifically asked to get information [on Season 2] and I had specifically asked not to,” he recalls.

“Michelle [Lovretta] asked this year [what we wanted to know]. I didn’t know anything about [last year] and I think I will continue not to know. That’s the way I work. I like to be a little bit blind. That could change.”

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Photo Credit: Ian Watson/Syfy/Killjoys II Productions Limited

“I think [in Season 2, D’avin] kind of figured out for himself and the team, ‘This is where I’m needed and this is where I’m useful.’ I think that’s a universal journey. That was exciting. And I loved doing all the fight scenes and I hope to keep doing that.”

He also enjoyed the arc with Sabine (No Tomorrow‘s Tori Anderson) that started casual and light and went somewhere unexpected. “In this amazing sleight of hand, she takes control and is the person in control,” he points out. “I loved working with Tori. It’s actually a testament to our casting that they get these wonderful actors.”

This past summer, The Night Shift fans were treated to Macfarlane’s return in a storyline that had Drew and Rick expanding their family. “They had wanted [me to do] more episodes, and I said, ‘I can’t because of Mercy Street,’ so I flew down on one weekend and we did two episodes,” he recalls.

“That’s the only way we could make it work. It was a bit of a bummer. I’d like to do more. I definitely expressed interest in going back if they get picked up. We’ll wait and see. I love working on that show.”

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Photo Credit: PBS

In January, PBS will roll out the second season of Mercy Street, and The Chaplain will get a mystery of his own. “They gave me some really good stuff this year,” he shares. “The Chaplain has some demons. I got to do a little bit of the stunt choreography I like so much, as The Chaplain. I’ll also tease that there’s water involved.”

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This fall, Macfarlane worked alongside a who’s who of Hollywood history to shoot Rock, Paper, Dead for Fright Night master Tom Holland. “In an effort to keep my year as confusing as possible. I had to round it off by playing a killer,” he laughs.

“It’s an amazing project. It has Victor Miller, who wrote the original Friday the 13th, and the hair and makeup people are legends in the business. It’s almost more a psychological thriller, so it’s this really interesting psychological thing. I had a blast. I adore Tom. We got along really well. It was truly a positive experience.”

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Macfarlane goes back in front of the camera for Season 3 of Killjoys in January, which will return on Syfy next summer. Mercy Street begins Season 2 on January 22nd on PBS.

In case you missed it, Christmas Land airs overnight tonight at 2 am/1c on Hallmark Channel. The Mistletoe Promise airs Saturday at 8/7c on Hallmark Channel and repeats through the end of the year. Here is a sneak peek.

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Brothers & Sisters: 10 motivi che la rendono ancora attuale

24/09/2016

Dieci anni fa debuttava il family drama sulla ABC, ecco perché le cinque stagioni hanno lasciato il segno nel cuore degli spettatori.

Brothers & Sisters

2006 – 2011 – Drammatico

Sono passati dieci anni da quando, il 24 settembre 2006, la ABC ha mandato in onda il primo episodio di Brothers & Sisters, la serie televisiva ideata da Jon Robin Baitz dedicata alla storia della famiglia Walker.

Gli eventi, come spesso accade nei family drama, prendono il via con la morte del patriarca, William Walker; a sopravvivergli sono la moglie Nora (Sally Field) e i cinque figli. Kitty (Calista Flockhart) deve scegliere tra il matrimonio e una vita a New York o una carriera in televisione a Los Angeles. Tommy (Balthazar Getty) è diviso tra la famiglia e i tentativi di aiutare la sorella Sarah (Rachel Griffiths) a occuparsi dell’azienda ereditata dal padre. La donna, inoltre, ha molti problemi nella sua vita privata e un matrimonio forse irrimediabilmente in pezzi. Kevin (Matthew Rhys) lavora invece in uno studio legale ed è alla ricerca di un compagno di vita. Il più piccolo della famiglia, Justin (Dave Annable) è infine reduce dalla guerra in Afghanistan e convive ogni giorno con le ferite che il conflitto ha lasciato nella sua anima.

Sally Field e gli altri membri del cast in una scena dell'episodio 'Going Once...Going Twice' della serie tv Brothers & Sisters

Nel corso di cinque stagioni sullo schermo si è assistito a segreti in grado di cambiare per sempre la vita, tradimenti, dibattiti politici e morali, e ovviamente intrighi sentimentali di ogni tipo. La sceneggiatura ha sicuramente perso un po’ di spessore e originalità mentre ci si avvicinava all’epilogo della storia, tuttavia lo show è riuscito a conquistare un posto nel cuore degli spettatori che hanno trovato nella vita dei Walker elementi in grado di emozionarli, commuovere e alle volte ridere.
Brothers & Sisters è arrivato sugli schermi televisivi sulla scia di altri progetti di successo, come ad esempio Settimo cielo, e ha anticipato serie dalle basi simili, tra cui Parenthood o Modern Family e la sua atmosfera più leggera.
In occasione del suo decimo anniversario ecco i 10 motivi per cui ancora oggi merita una visione.

1. Il cast

Una cena in famiglia nell'episodio 'Going Once...Going Twice' della serie tv Brothers & Sisters

Una storia così ricca di svolte e rivelazioni, alle volte un po’ troppo forzate, avrebbe rischiato in più momenti di scivolare nel surreale se a sostenerla non ci fosse stato un cast di altissimo livello. La sempre intensa e brillante Sally Field è stata infatti affiancata da Calista Flockhart, all’epoca reduce da Ally McBeal, Ron Rifkin, Rob Lowe, Matthew Rhys già in grado di dimostrare il proprio talento prima di The Americans, Balthazar Getty, Dave Annable, Rachel Griffiths e l’allora quasi emergente Emily VanCamp, star di Everwood. Gli interpreti hanno saputo costruire un feeling evidente e, nonostante alcune iniziali difficoltà, sono riusciti a rendere i personaggi multidimensionali e credibili, evitando stereotipi e semplificazioni.

Brothers & Sisters - Il cast della serie

2. Tanti personaggi con il giusto spazio

I nostri protagonisti a cena insieme nell'episodio Scandalized di Brothers & Sisters

Molti family drama faticano a trovare un equilibrio nello spazio e nell’importanza da dare ai vari protagonisti della storia. Gli sceneggiatori di Brothers & Sisters, invece, hanno permesso a ogni singola presenza di vivere un’evoluzione personale coerente e naturale. La quarta e quinta stagione, tuttavia, hanno avuto più problemi rispetto al previsto nell’assecondare questa necessità, lasciando poi in sospeso alcune situazioni, come quelle di Kitty e Justin, a causa della prematura cancellazione. L’uscita di scena di alcuni personaggi chiave, come Robert e Rebecca, inoltre, non è stata del tutto colmata dall’arrivo di nuovi personaggi.

3. Un personaggio omosessuale lontano dagli stereotipi

Brothers & Sisters - Il matrimonio di Kevin e Scotty

Attualmente la presenza di un protagonista apertamente gay non suscita alcuna sorpresa ma dieci anni fa non era così scontato che un network generalista come la ABC desse spazio a questioni sociali come quelle riguardanti Kevin Walker. La costruzione del personaggio interpretato con bravura da Matthew Rhys rifletteva i dubbi e le discussioni politiche allora in corso negli Stati Uniti, mostrati anche attraverso il rapporto tra Kevin e sua sorella Kitty, contraria ai matrimoni gay ma non alle unioni civili. Nel corso delle stagioni la situazione di Kevin è cambiata, fino ad arrivare a fargli compiere l’importante dichiarazione a Scotty che ha portato al loro matrimonio e alla scelta di diventare genitori insieme.

4. Lo stress post-traumatico di Justin

Brothers & Sisters - Una foto di Justin in crisi

Il membro più giovane della famiglia Walker, Justin, ha contributo a portare sul piccolo schermo questioni e tematiche legate al post-11 settembre. Il personaggio affidato a Dave Annable è entrato infatti a far parte dell’esercito dopo i tragici eventi avvenuti a New York e al suo ritorno in patria ha iniziato a fare uso di droga a causa delle conseguenze dello stress post traumatico. La possibilità di essere inviato di nuovo al fronte, questa volta in Iraq, ha dato vita a sequenze in cui il ragazzo ricadeva nelle sue dipendenze, rischiando persino di morire. La storia di Justin è stata poi complicata dal rapporto con quella che inizialmente pensava essere la sua sorellastra, Rebecca, ma gli aspetti più interessanti del personaggio risiedono proprio nella sua capacità di rappresentare un’importante percentuale di cittadini americani, spesso appartenenti alle generazioni più giovani, che hanno vissuto in prima persona gli orrori della guerra e hanno dovuto trovare la forza di continuare a vivere.

5. Le cene in famiglia

Brothers & Sisters - Una cena in casa Walker

La casa di Nora, tranne nell’ultima stagione, ha ospitato moltissime riunioni e cene di famiglia. I Walker sono infatti famosi per le loro discussioni e accesi scambi di opinione; che si tratti di questioni politiche, contrasti o problemi sentimentali, ogni reunion tra le mura di casa era un indizio certo che qualcosa di importante stava per accadere. Il cambiamento di location, pur giustificato dalle modifiche avvenute nelle vite dei protagonisti, ha fatto perdere un po’ di incisività alle interazioni dei Walker nelle ultime puntate e il calore rappresentato dalle scene ambientate nella casa di Nora, a volte fin troppo acceso, ha rappresentato una delle grande assenze degli ultimi capitoli della storia.

6. Amori molto complicati

Brothers & Sisters - Un'immagine di Kitty e Robert

Basta pensare alla perfezione solo apparente del legame tra William e Nora o al matrimonio in crisi di Sarah ed è evidente che le vite dei Walker hanno portato sugli schermi le varie sfumature dell’amore: appena nati o giunti al capolinea, senza dimenticare decisioni difficili di accettare e perdonare tradimenti o, al contrario, chiudere per sempre la porta a chi ha dimostrato di non meritare fiducia. Brothers & Sisters ha proposto diversi aspetti dell’amore, rendendo più realistici gli eventi raccontati nelle cinque stagioni e declinando con efficacia il sentimento in base alle varie età dei personaggi.

7. Gli ostacoli per diventare genitori

Brothers & Sisters - Sarah insieme a sua figlia

Tra gli argomenti ancora attuali e presenti nelle pagine della cronaca, è la scelta di diventare genitori e gli ostacoli da superare che questa comporta. Tra figli illegittimi, donazioni di sperma, uteri in affitto, adozioni e gravidanze da portare avanti in situazioni mediche difficili, gli episodi hanno esplorato i vari lati della maternità e della paternità, senza mai giudicare i personaggi ma, al contrario, mostrando spesso anche le critiche e le difficoltà incontrate sul loro cammino.

8. La produzione

Un primo piano di David Marshall Grant

Brothers & Sisters ha potuto contare su una produzione di alto livello fin dalla prima stagione. A sostenere il progetto non c’era infatti solo Jon Robin Baitz, acclamato autore di Broadway, ma anche Ken Olin che era reduce da Alias. Nel team della produzione, nella prima stagione, era presente inoltre Greg Berlanti, destinato a essere il capo degli adattamenti per il piccolo schermo dei fumetti della DC realizzati da The CW. L’arrivo di David Marshall Grant al ruolo di showrunner, avvenuto nella quarta stagione per sostituire Monica Owusu-Breen e Alison Schapker, ha contribuito a un cambiamento narrativo che, purtroppo, ha portato alla cancellazione dello show.

9. Sogni destinati a non realizzarsi

Odette Yustman, Gilles Marini e Rachel Griffiths nell'episodio Safe at Home di Brothers & Sisters

La famiglia Walker, fin dalle prime puntate, porta in scena la difficoltà di dover fare i conti con una realtà in cui i propri sogni sembrano allontanarsi sempre di più con il passare del tempo. Nessuno dei protagonisti ha vita facile nel realizzare gli scopi che si è prefissato, dal successo professionale a una carriera medica, fino ovviamente alla serenità nella vita privata. Il buon equilibrio tra drammi e momenti più leggeri ha permesso alla serie di non diventare mai stucchevole o eccessivamente tragica.

10. Le battute taglienti

Brothers & Sisters - Un divertente momento della serie

Se non ci fosse stato spazio per momenti divertenti e battute esilaranti, tra così tanti drammi e momenti cupi lo show avrebbe faticato a mantenere vivo l’interesse e l’affetto degli spettatori. Dalla scoperta di Kitty che Nora ha trascorso la notte con un uomo agli scontri fisici tra fratelli, dai disastri culinari alle serate karaoke, senza dimenticare l’ironia e il sarcasmo di Sarah o le discussioni con figlie ormai adolescenti o adulte che non rispondono esattamente alle proprie aspettative di genitore. La leggerezza non è mancata sullo schermo e ha reso ancora più indimenticabili le cinque stagioni.

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