Comic-Con 2010: Leverage

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Brittany Frederick – Staff Writer
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TNT’s Leverage is a phenomenon. I can say that because the show was announced as appearing at Comic-Con only five days before the convention and the cast still appeared to a huge crowd. After the fact, series co-creator Chris Downey, along with cast members Timothy Hutton (Nate), Beth Riesgraf (Parker), Christian Kane (Eliot) and Aldis Hodge (Hardison), as well as guest star Wil Wheaton (Chaos), dropped in to discuss…well, just about everything!

Comic-Con 2010: Human Target

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Brittany Frederick – Staff Writer
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Now we get to the best part of Comic-Con 2010 (for me, anyway): my favorite series, FOX’s action-packed Human Target. With its perfect ensemble cast, cracking wit and Emmy-nominated stunt sequences, the show survived to fight into a second season – but not without some changes. Still, at least we’re getting our Chance back. I sat down with series star (and my hero) Mark Valley (Christopher Chance) and co-star Chi McBride (Laverne Winston), and also had the opportunity to talk candidly with new executive producer Matthew Miller about what’s going on behind the scenes and what it means for Chance and Co.

Watch this space for an analysis of the Season 2 moves and my opinion on where the show is headed…but on to interviews with my favorite creative team. (SPOILER ALERT: These interviews contain plot spoilers for episodes in season two.)

Comic-Con 2010: Mythbusters

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Brittany Frederick – Staff Writer
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In a convention full of artists and nerds, of course there has to be science. Discovery once again brought the Mythbusters to a packed house at Comic-Con. After the panel, the entire team – Adam Savage, Jamie Hyneman, Grant Imahara, Kari Byron and Tory Belleci – answered a few questions about the show that makes science cool for the rest of us.

How long does it take for a myth to be completed?

Comic-Con 2010: Chuck

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Brittany Frederick – Staff Writer
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Who would have thought that one of the busiest press rooms at Comic-Con would be for a show that’s almost gotten cancelled every season? Chuck fans, that’s who, because we know better.

The quirky spy comedy returned to San Diego, and I had a chance to sit down with show co-creators Chris Fedak and Josh Schwartz, as well as co-stars Ryan McPartlin (Devon) and Sarah Lancaster (Ellie) to talk about the upcoming fourth season.

Josh Schwartz & Chris Fedak (Creators)
What’s in store for season four?

Comic-Con 2010: Psych

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Brittany Frederick – Staff Writer
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Completing the trio of USA Network series, the channel’s longest running original program joined us at San Diego Comic-Con to talk about it’s fifth season. Producers Steve Franks, Kelly Kulchak and Chris Henze, along with cast members James Roday (Shawn Spencer), Maggie Lawson (Juliet O’Hara), Tim Omundson (Carlton Lassiter) and Kirsten Nelson (Chief Karen Vick) all sat down to talk about season five…and even a little about season six!

Kirsten Nelson (Chief Karen Vick)
With Henry working in the police department now, has that changed your role on the show at all? With Henry in the office now, it’s a very different police station. So we don’t see as much of the hands-on Chief with the boys, because that’s now been delegated to Henry.

Comic-Con 2010: White Collar

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Brittany Frederick – Staff Writer
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The con has spread to San Diego! On the heels of its first-season success, USA’s sophomore series White Collar made its inaugural appearance at San Diego Comic-Con.

I had the chance to interview almost the entire main cast, as Tim DeKay (Peter Burke), Matt Bomer (Neal Caffrey), Marsha Thomason (Diana Berrigan), Sharif Atkins (Clinton Jones) and Willie Garson (Mozzie) all dropped by to share their thoughts on the show’s success and upcoming season. At least, as much as they were able to tell…

Willie Garson (Mozzie)
What’s coming up for the show in terms of the overall arc with the investigation into the plane explosion at the end of season one? We try to weave a little of the mythology into every episode. With the music box, and if Kate’s dead, I guess we’re not supposed to say that she’s dead…I can tell you something major is going to happen at our mid-season finale. That’s all I can tell you.

Comic-Con 2010: Burn Notice

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Brittany Frederick – Staff Writer
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What a difference a day makes. The press room for USA’s hit series Burn Notice was buzzing with the recently-announced news that the network has greenlit the development of a prequel TV-movie to focus on Sam’s (Bruce Campbell) days before he reunited with Michael (Jeffrey Donovan).

Series creator Matt Nix, executive producer Alfredo Barrios Jr., panel moderator/guest star Chris Vance (who played bad guy Gilroy), frequent director/guest star Tim Matheson (better known as crazy spy Larry), and Campbell himself sat down with us at Comic-Con to discuss the movie, the fourth season, and where they might go with a fifth.

Tim Matheson (Director/Larry)
Anything you can tell us about the prequel movie? We were all backstage and [Jeff] Wachtel [from USA] just said, “We can announce it.” That was like a total surprise. I know nothing about it. I think it’s a great idea. It’ll be very successful and fun.

Comic-Con 2010: The Merchandise Report

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Brittany Frederick – Staff Writer
brittanyfrederick @thetwocentscorp.com

By now, you’ve survived the madness that is San Diego Comic-Con 2010. Sure, there were some pretty cool panels, and some great celebrity appearances, but what you came home with was a ton of interesting stuff. In case you missed something, here’s my guide to some of the most interesting swag at the con and where you can find it now.

One of the cool giveaways came right in the door, with Warner Bros. giving out giant tote bags to every attendee. The bags spotlighted a number of WB properties, among them TV series like Human Target, Chuck, Fringe, Nikita, Supernatural, Vampire Diaries and Big Bang Theory. The only way to get one of these so far is to pick one up on eBay, but they’re worth it. Not only do they look impressive, but they hold a ton of stuff. (And yes, I have the Human Target bag. You expected anything else?)

Comic-Con: The Leverage Panel — Part 1

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Patricia Morris Buckley – Staff Writer
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You know a panel is going to be good when you get a T-shirt as soon as you walk in the door and that’s exactly what happened with the Leverage panel.

There were five T-shirts to choose from: Mastermind, Hitter, Grifter, Hacker and Hitter. For fans of the show (and about 2,000 showed up at Saturday’s Comic-Con), it’s a huge debate to deciding which shirt is the best suited to the wearer’s personality (Mastermind was a huge hit).

The panel consisted of producer Chris Dowdy, Christian Kane (Eliot), Timothy Hutton (Nate Ford), Beth Riesgraf (Parker), Aldis Hodge (Hardison) and — out of the blue — Wil Wheaton (Chaos). No Gina Bellman (Sophie).

Comic-Con: The Joss Whedon Experience

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Patricia Morris Buckley —Staff Writer
pmb@thetwocentscorp.com

The funniest moments at Comic-Con on Friday? It had to be towards the end of a talk by Joss Whedon, creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Dollhouse and Serenity.

The audience snaked around Ballroom 20, all waiting to ask him questions about Buffy and Dollhouse and even Dr. Horrible. Then one questioner dared to ask who his favorite actor was. Of course, most people expected Whedon to soft pedal the answer.

“Well,” he said, hemming and hawing.