Michael C. Hall , Tom Welling
On Sunday, Syfy will fly viewers back to Neverland with a two-night miniseries that explores how Peter Pan (Charlie Rowe), Captain Hook (Rhys Ifans), and Neverland itself came to be. Hollywood's never been afraid to tell a good origin story — for better (Batman Begins, X-Men First Class) or worse (the three Star Wars prequels, Hannibal Rising) —and the trend is just as popular on the small screen. Behold, some of our favorite TV origin stories:
1. Clark Kent, Smallville
At 10 seasons long, this series is perhaps the longest origin story ever....
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Charlie Rowe
First, a few words about fairy tales, one of the more unexpectedly hot trends of this TV season ...
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Keira Knightley
Keira Knightley will voice Tinker Bell in the upcoming Syfy miniseries Neverland, Deadline reports.
In her first American TV role, she joins Rhys Ifans, Anna Friel, and Charlie Rowe in the four-hour special.
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The Amazing Spider-Man
Columbia Pictures gave comic book fans a Valentine's Day gift by releasing a sneak peek of the Spider-Man reboot starring Andrew Garfield: a new photo of the star in the suit and the film's official title.
The image shows Garfield fully suited up -- mask and all -- as the nimble vigilante in his classic crouched pose ...
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Martin Sheen
Martin Sheen has been cast as Uncle Ben in the upcoming Spider-Man reboot, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Rhys Ifan joins Spider-Man as villain
In the Marvel comic, Uncle Ben ...
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Rhys Ifans
Welsh actor Rhys Ifan has been cast as a villain in the upcoming Spider-Man reboot, Columbia Pictures announced Monday.
The filmmakers have declined to say which baddie Ifan will play.
"We have been very fortunate to attract some of the best actors working today to play the villains in the Spider-Man movies, and it is exciting to see that trend continue...
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Kristin Kreuk by David Gray/The CW
Smallville's Kristin Kreuk will play martial artist Chun-Li in Twentieth Century Fox's adaptation of the Street Fighter video-game series. Michael Clarke Duncan and Chris Klein also star in this second attempt to bring the popular title to the big screen.... Peter Facinelli (Damages) and Elizabeth Reaser (Grey's Anatomy) have joined the cast of Twilight, which stars Kristen Stewart as a teen who befriends a classmate only to learn he's a vampire.... Kenneth Branagh and Rhys Ifans are hoping to get their sea legs in The Boat That Rocked, playing a pair of deejays for an English pirate radio show in the 1970s. Mad Men's January Jones is Ifans' love interest. — Adam Bryant
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