The website alphastv.net has collected some information about Summer’s (possible) episode of Alphas called ‘Alphaville’.
As the title says, the team finds a community of alphas in this episode. They filmed it in the woods somewhere. No cell phone signals for Gary. Guest characters include Skylar Adams (Summer Glau) and her daughter, Alphaville founder Claude, an alpha called Benji who has the same ability as Rachel, Gower, another alpha who likes to play with electricity, and Bip & Tricia, Mr. Scipio’s new friends.
Alphas is coming up on DVDs real soon. The Complete First Season will be released on July 17, 2012. It will cost $44.98 and you can pre-order it now at Amazon.
Extras will consist of an Extended Version of the Pilot, Deleted Scenes, the Alphas at Comic-Con 2011 featurette, and an Alphas Fan Q&A as well.
Brought together to form one extraordinary team of “Alphas” – people whose unique brain anomalies imbue them with superhuman mental and physical abilities – five seemingly ordinary citizens must take the law into their own hands while working within the government to investigate a new brand of baffling crime. An action-packed thriller starring an electrifying cast led by Primetime Emmy Awardr winner and Academy Awardr nominee David Strathairn (The Bourne Ultimatum) and guest starring sci-fi icons Lindsay Wagner (The Bionic Woman), Summer Glau (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles) and Brent Spiner (Star Trek: The Next Generation), discover a new breed of superheroes in Alphas.
To celebrate the 100th anniversary of Universal, they’re releasing a special edition of Serenity, an exclusive steelbook edition (Blu-Ray).
It’s available for pre-oder at Play.com and it looks… shiny!
Can’t stop the signal…
Beloved television cult director Joss Whedon (Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Angel) makes a spectacular first foray onto the big screen with Serenity, the cinematic adaptation of his wildly popular but short-lived sci-fi series, Firefly. A mix of space western, comedy, and drama, Serenity follows captain Malcolm “Mal” Reynolds (Nathan Fillion) and his ragtag crew as they trade their way around the edges of civilized society. Of particular interest are two passengers they take on, Simon and River Tam (Sean Maher and Summer Glau), a brother and his telepathic sister on the run from the corrupt governing Alliance. As notorious former members of the anti-Alliance opposition, Mal and his crew make it difficult for Simon and River to stay hidden. Everything goes completely awry when a government assassin is sent to retrieve River. As Mal is forced to choose between his close-knit crew and the brother and sister newcomers, it becomes apparent that River harbors both a dangerous secret and astounding fighting powers, and Mal decides that discovering the truth about what she knows might just be worth his time.
Many of the film’s action sequences revolve around Summer Glau’s martial arts skills in her portrayal of River. Glau prepared for her role with Hong Kong stuntwoman Ming Lu, as well as stunt coordinators Chad Stahelski and Hiro Koda, and as a result performed nearly all the stuntwork herself. In addition to the stellar stunts, realistic graphics, and an often haunting score, the film’s actors display a rare chemistry that brings viewers both into their lives and into a possible version of humanity’s future.
Last day of the Dallas Comiccon is almost over and here is a lovely image of Summer along with actress Laura Vandervoort who is best known for her role as Supergirl in Smallville and Lisa, the daughter of Anna played by Morena Baccarin in V. Check out this great image. We hope we fill find more images from today.
Here is the short video of Summer’s panel at the Dallas Comiccon. Summer talked about how she auditioned for the role as the Pink Power Ranker, her show Scent of the missing and that its still waiting to get picked up by TNT. She also tells us how she started acting, her time on TSCC and how it would have continued, her first voice acting as Supergirl for Superman/Batman: Apocalypse and that she never went back to be a vegetarian after Serenity and more.
Day 1 of the Dallas Comiccon is over and here are some images of Summer from the panel. So far we only have very blurry images, but we hope to find some good ones. You can see Summer the whole weekend at the con, so if you have the chance to go there, don’t miss it. The con was extreme crowded today, so get to her booth as soon as possible tomorrow.
Looks like Summer directly headed from her shooting of Alphas to the convention. She is coming to the con with one of her sisters. From what we read, she talked about how she auditioned for the role as the pink Power Ranger and about the characters she portrait in general and that she wants to make a cameo on the show Community.A question was, if killing the Reavers in Serenity was her favorite part on which Summer answered “It wasn’t bad”. One question was about how she balances characters that are so adorable and yet mentally unstable. She also said that Sean Maher was her favorite actor to work with on Firefly. There are also some nice reports of fans who met Summer. You can read one here.
As always we will upload more images as soon as they arrive.
Summer will appear on both days Saturday and Sunday and you can find her on the 1st floor at the exhibit hall autograph area. The convention will be open on Saturday 11 am to 7 pm and Sunday from 11 am to 5 pm. Summer has also a panel on Saturday at 1 pm on the main stage (4th floor, Grand Ballroom).
You can get Tickets for $25 for Saturday and $20 for Sunday. Kids ages 2 – 12 for $5 and under 5 free. You can get autographs for $40 directly at her signing table. Photos will also be directly at her table but the pricing has not yet been announced.
Note that online registration has been closed so you need to purchase your ticket at the Box office days. The times are:
Friday May 18th: 4:30-7:00pm,
Saturday May 19th: 9:30am,
Sunday May 20th: 10:00am
Fore more info about the con check out the official website.
Here is the schedule for both days, along with a short map.
It was a last minute announcement as Summer will replace Kristana Loken who was unable to attend the con. We hope everyone enjoys the con and if you go. Don’t forget to take lots of pictures.
It looks like the decision about the pick up of Scent of the missing has not been made yet. According to Tricia Helfer, we have to wait at least till the end of June to find out if TNT will give the show a full season.
As Summer mentioned at the panel at Supanova Melbourne, she is coming back for the second season of Alphas as Skylar Adams.
They are currently filming episode 6 of season 2 “Alphaville” which looks like it could be the episode with Summer as guest star. The show will have its season premiere on Syfy on July 23 at 10PM. Its not official yet if Summer will guest star in episode 6, but if she does, it should air on August 27. We hope to have more details soon.
Here is the official press release:
Premieres Monday, July 23 at 10PM
In Syfy’s action-packed hit drama series, an unlikely team of ordinary people with superhuman physical and mental abilities – known as Alphas – takes on mysterious cases the CIA, FBI and Pentagon are unable to solve and go head-to-head with criminal Alphas.
Season 2 picks up eight months after last year’s finale with the stage set for an explosive turn of events at the Binghamton facility (the Guantanamo of the Alpha world) that could have devastating, far-reaching consequences. Dr. Lee Rosen (Emmy Award-winner and Academy Award-nominee David Strathairn), having exposed the existence of Alphas to the unsuspecting public, finds himself discredited and imprisoned by a government desperate to cover up his revelation. The rest of the core team has disbanded and some, without Rosen’s guidance and care, have regressed to their old, destructive ways. They must now battle their individual demons in order to reunite and try to save their own.
Alphas also stars Malik Yoba, Warren Christie, Azita Ghanizada, Ryan Cartwright and Laura Mennell. Erin Way (Detroit 187, Private Practice) joins the cast this season as “Kat” a mysterious young loner whose Alpha ability allows her to pick up any skill at a glance. But while her skills are permanent, her personal memories are short-lived. The series is produced by Universal Cable Productions and BermanBraun Television with executive producers Bruce Miller, Gail Berman, Lloyd Braun, Gene Stein and Zak Penn. Penn and co-executive producer Michael Karnow are series creators.
Hollywood Reporter has a lovely little article acknowledging the ten years Anniversary of Firefly.
If, ten years ago, you would have told the superfans who were calling themselves Browncoats that the stars of their beloved and — just-canceled — space western Firefly would one day be at the top of the Hollywood food chain, you’d have gotten plenty of crazy looks. But today, you could also be teasing, “I told you so.”
The con was extreme crowded today, so get to her booth as soon as possible tomorrow.
