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"A thriller set in the rural outskirts of Bristol, In The Dark Half lays on the atmosphere as thick as it can. The sound editing takes up most of the slack in this tale of grief and single parenthood, but the performances are not up to snuff. Having delivered two excellent turns in Tamara Drewe and Hanna, Jessica Barden has shown what a good actress she can be. But as a lonely fifteen-year-old haunted by the boy next door, she is unable to make us believe. In fact, everything about the film is unconvincing, right up to its inexplicable climax."Source: What's On
John Barrowman will guest on The Nerdist Comic Con Special on @BBCAmerica, filming later tonight. Broadcast details not yet confirmed.
@Team_Barrowman The Nerdist: Comic-Con Special premières Saturday, July 28, 9:00pm ET on @BBCAMERICA. This is going to be brilliant!
Entertainment Weekly have earmarked Defiance in their Comic-Con 2012: TV We Can't Wait To See list
Defiance
Thirty-five years into the future after an ill-fated war, all sorts of aliens are living among the humans in an eclectic boomtown that's built on top of old St. Louis. But think of Defiance — which will launch concurrently as an MMO videogame — not as an extraterrestrial-versus-human saga but as more of an immigrant drama. ''The seven races of aliens never liked each other all that much, and humans are essentially the eighth race,'' says exec producer Kevin Murphy. ''And all of these factions form different alliances and perspectives on what the world should be and where we should be going as a society.'' This particular society includes aspirational new mayor Amanda (Julie Benz), whose sister, Kenya (Mia Kirshner), is the town madam; and Nolan (Grant Bowler), a drifting scavenger who settles in Defiance with his adopted alien daughter, Irisa (Stephanie Leonidas). ''It's very unusual for a human and an Irathient to be joined at the hip the way Nolan and Irisa are,'' Murphy notes. ''He's basically our Han Solo, and she's our hot alien Chewbacca.'' Hot alien Chewbacca? We defy you not to watch now. (Syfy, April 2013) —Dan Snierson
Source: Entertainment Weekly
Tony Curran joined the cast of Defiance at San Diego Comic-Con 2012.
Others can be found here, here and here.
Source: YouTube/ameliarschwartz
Comic-Con 2012 Defiance panel - photos have also been posted here, here, here, and here on Tumblr
Another one is here (different Tumblr account)
Two more here and here via Syfy
And one more courtesy of DefianceWorld
12:30-1:30 BBC America’s Doctor Who— The Doctor and the Ponds land in San Diego. BBC America’s Doctor Who stars Matt Smith, Karen Gillan, and Arthur Darvill join award-winning lead writer and executive producer Steven Moffat (Sherlock) and award-winning executive producer Caroline Skinner (The Fades) for a Comic-Con panel and Q&A. As fans eagerly await the new season’s première, BBC America is making sure Steven Moffat brings new footage to reveal on the big screens in Hall H.
When a struggling publisher discovers his only successful author is blocked he knows he has to unblock her or he's finished. With her newfound success, she’s become too damn happy and he thinks she can't write when she's happy. The only trouble is, the worse he makes her feel, the more he realises he is in love with her...Tom realises that the only way he’s going to get her to finish the novel is to make her life a misery. With the help of his best friend and cynical, child-hating high school teacher, Roddy, he sets about trying to dismantle the things in Jane’s life that make her happy.Meanwhile, Jane’s block spirals out of control – to the point where her fictional characters, twiddling their thumbs in the not-happening novel, intrude into her real life. Her heroine, DARSIE, is terrified that Jane won’t give her the ending she desires because Jane has given up on her own happy ending. Will Tom, or Darsie, manage to get Jane writing again, and create a happy ending for everyone?
