With shooting set to start shortly, the cast for the 24 "prequel" movie is fleshing out. As first scooped by Ausiello, The Full Monty's Robert Carlyle was first to come on board. Now, says the Reporter, Gil Bellows (Ally McBeal), Eric "brother of Blake" Lively (The L Word) and Tony Todd (Chuck) have joined the ensemble, playing a State Department official who slaps Jack with a subpoena to appear before the Senate, the First Son and an African dictator, respectively. — MWMRelated:• Kiefer: You Can Count On 24's "Best Season Yet"• Exclusive: Full Monty Star Joins 24 Prequel • 24 Clocks Back In November 23 with "Prequel"
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After a two-week holiday hiatus, it felt like home to watch the first glorious blood splats, and that eerie piano in the Masters of Horror opening sequence. It isn't often that horror fiends get their "own" TV series, so I really feel like I'm going through withdrawals when MoH is over, or even on break for a couple of weeks. Now that Dexter has become a favorite series among the horror crowd, it looks like Showtime's really got the goods for my most beloved genre. I've gotta say, once Masters of Horror is over this year, it's going to be a hellish wait for Showtime's horror audience, or at least, for this horror fan. First of all, I haven't heard whether or not a third season is on the books for MoH, and it's probably going to take a good year for season two of Dexter. At least I'll have Battlestar Galatica, Heroes and Lost in the new year, but they can't take things nearly as far as Dex and "The Masters." Ah well. I'll just have to break out the Buffy DVDs for the 200th time (how ...
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Question: You are a television addict's smack. I humbly bow and give thanks for your awesome Lost gift last week. Now, any scoop on James Marsters' deal with Smallville?
Answer: I've never been called a smack before. Hack, yes, but not smack. Regarding Mr. Marsters, as I reported in Entertainment News on Monday, he landed a starring role in Shadow Puppets, a direct-to-DVD spooker that sounds an awful lot like Saw. It's about four people who wake up in an abandoned asylum without any prior memories or knowledge of their whereabouts. They soon discover that they were subjects of an experiment — an experiment gone haywire. Tony Todd (Candyman) and Jolene Blalock (Enterprise) costar. The shoot is expected to last five weeks, after which Jimmy is expected to
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