Zachary Levi, Chuck
In this week's Mitovich Mega Minute, I take some bits of Comic-Con news and add a scoopy little something "extra."
For example: It was announced this weekend that Dollhouse will set the stage for a reunion between Angel alumni Amy Acker and incoming guest star Alexis Denisof. But have you heard that a Battlestar Galactica meet-up is also in the cards, when Jamie Bamber shares scenes in the Season 2 premiere with Tahmoh Penikett? That's how this will work.
So, in this Mega Minute:
• As confirmed at Comic-Con, Chuck's kung fu will be glitchy at best. But do you know what his next mad new skill will be? I do.
• When Angel alum Charisma Carpenter guest-stars on Legend of the Seeker, what will be on her Mord'Sith's agenda beyond fighting? I've got the answer.
• Also, what secret message did Dominic Monaghan flash to fans at Lost's Comic-Con panel? And get my take on one of the big Smallville reveals.
Watch and discuss the new MMM after the jump.
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Tom Welling
Smallville's Tom Welling didn't make his Comic-Con debut donning his super new wardrobe as some had expected, but fans did get a glimpse of a certain superhero's costume during the show's Season 9 trailer.
Clark Kent will suit up and take a huge step toward his destiny on the CW series, as evidenced by a fleeting, shadowy image capping the video sneak peek.
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Another familiar aspect of the Superman myth this season? The dynamic between Lois Lane and ...
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While Jeffster rocked the Con, Zachary Levi rocked a beard.
The Chuck panel at the San Diego Comic-Con was literally music to fans' ears.
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Following a video clip in which show bosses Josh Schwartz and Chris Fedak and star Zachary Levi pretended to be blindsided by Chuck's renewal, Jeffster — aka the micro-band formed by Buy More buds Jeff and Lester — ignited the event with a most unexpected and thoroughly rousing live performance of ...
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True Blood
True Blood creator Alan Ball and many members of the cast were on hand at the San Diego Comic-Con for a screening of the trailer for the remainder of the HBO series' fangtastic second season.
The footage features Maryann wreaking havoc in full-on, bull-headed maenad attire, Jason Stackhouse finally realizing that the Fellowship of the Sun might not be the place for him, and the first look at Evan Rachel Wood as Vampire Queen, Sophie-Anne. (Watch the full trailer below).
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Robert Downey Jr. and Jon Favreau
What a difference a couple of years have made for Iron Man.
"Nobody cared about Iron Man until we came here," director Jon Favreau told a packed house at the San Diego Comic-Con Saturday, reacting to a rowdy welcome much different than the one the first Iron Man film received two years ago. Favreau rewarded the more than 6,000 fans by showing five minutes of footage from next summer's sure-to-be-blockbuster smash.
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The Iron Man 2 clips included plenty of high-flying action, as well as tidbits featuring ...
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Lost
Lost executive producers Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof teased fans at the San Diego Comic-Con with what they said was the script from the series' very final scene. But as with much about Lost, all was not as it seemed.
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More on that later.
If there is a theme to Lost's sixth and final season, it might be "things coming full circle."
"[In the first season, the characters] were running around the jungle, things felt intense and surprising," the Hollywood Reporter quotes Cuse as saying. "We have a way that we're going to be able to do that in the final season, too."
The return
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Where the Wild Things Are
Author Maurice Sendak couldn't be more thrilled with Spike Jonze's adaptation of his classic children's book, Where the Wild Things Are.
In a short video kicking off Warner Brothers' Comic-Con 2009 panel on Friday in San Diego, an enthusiastic Sendak explained how did Jonze "did his without giving up mine" and "it enhances and enriches my book," according to SciFiWire.com.
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After the intro, adorable young actor Max Records, who plays Max, took the stage to ...
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Dollhouse star Eliza Dushku
Joss Whedon said a lot of things his fans wanted to hear at Dollhouse's San Diego Comic-Con panel — and at least one thing that had many of the show's faithful viewers biting their nails.
Whedon kicked off the panel by raving that the staff he assembled for the Fox series' freshman run was "the best" first-season staff he has ever worked with. So expect no major changes there.
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As far as on-camera talent, the auteur announced that at least two Whedonverse alumni could show up ...
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Dominic Monaghan
Dominic Monaghan's foosball-playing cameo in that ABC fall promo now seems a lot less mysterious: The Lost alum has officially joined the cast of FlashForward, the network's new action-drama premiering Sept. 25.
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But with one riddle solved, another arrives: Who is Monaghan playing on FlashForward? ABC's press release ...
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Caprica
Syfy's new series, Caprica, has been given a release date of Friday, January 22.
The newly rebranded network announced that the series, which takes place more than 50 years before the events of Battlestar Galactica, will debut with a ...
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