BuzzSugar

Battlestar's Katee Sackhoff Signs on For 24

BuzzSugar — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:30:08 -0700

Battlestar Galactica fans, take note: Starbuck has a new job. Battlestar's Katee Sackhoff is joining the cast of 24 for the upcoming season.

Sackhoff will play an analyst in the new, shiny New York office of CTU. Her Dana Walsh is highly respected and down to earth, but she also "has a skeleton in her closet she's trying desperately to keep hidden." She's in a relationship with agent Davis Cole (to be played by Freddie Prinze Jr.), a former Marine with dreams of being like Jack Bauer.

Post-Battlestar, Sackhoff initially starred in an NBC pilot called Lost and Found from Law and Order's Dick Wolf, where she would have played a tough police officer. But NBC somewhat surprisingly passed on the pilot, leaving Sackhoff free to find other work. Apparently she took herself out of the running for the 24 role last week but changed her mind, threw her name back in, and ended up with the job.

Does 24 seem like a good fit for Sackhoff?

Source

Buzz News Roundup, 9/12

BuzzSugar — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:30:45 -0700

Two more chick lit tomes will be getting the big screen treatment: How to Be Single by Liz Tuccillo (He's Just Not That Into You) will be produced by Drew Barrymore's production company, while Devil Wears Prada author Lauren Weisberger's book Chasing Harry Winston has also been bought up. - The Hollywood Reporter, Variety
Tina Fey or Casey Wilson might play Sarah Palin on SNL this weekend. - Newsday
Two new doctors are coming to Grey's Anatomy. - Entertainment Weekly
Ray Winstone will replace Robert De Niro in the drama Edge of Darkness, starring alongside Mel Gibson. - ComingSoon
The screenwriter of The Usual Suspects is developing a TV show for both Mexican and US TV. - TV Guide
Christina Ricci and Cedric the Entertainer are joining the romantic comedy All's Faire in Love, which centers on a Renaissance Faire theater troupe. - The Hollywood Reporter
Katee Sackhoff will play a LAPD detective in an NBC pilot. - Zap2it
Fox will be getting a third TV series from chef Gordon Ramsay. - Variety

Source and Source

Catch Up on Battlestar Galactica in Eight and a Half Minutes

BuzzSugar — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 11:37:16 -0800

Sci Fi's Battlestar Galactica is one of those shows that people always tell me I'd be hooked on instantly if only I gave it a chance. The show returns at the end of this month and, perhaps hoping to hook potential viewers like me just in time, Sci Fi has come up with an eight and a half minute summary of everything that's happened in the show's first three seasons, following in the footsteps of similar quickie summaries of The Wire, The Sopranos, and Lost.

I love that this clip starts basic: "A battlestar is like a great big aircraft carrier, but instead of airplanes, they've got Vipers and Raptors and other cool spaceships." I'm also beginning to appreciate why my Battlestar-loving friends say "frak" so much. Longtime fans, how do you think this measures up? The show returns with a couple of specials on March 28, and the first season premieres April 4, so to catch up or refresh your memory, just read more.

Photos courtesy of Sci Fi

Pilot Watch: "Bionic Woman"

BuzzSugar — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 11:30:00 -0700

The networks have announced their fall schedules, but which of the series will actually be worth watching? Throughout the summer, as I watch the pilots, I'll be posting my first impressions. Note that a lot can change before a show actually makes it to air, so these aren't comprehensive reviews, just quick thoughts on how the shows look now. Today's installment: NBC's "Bionic Woman."

What's it about? A remake of the 1970s classic, the show focuses on a bartender named Jaime who is nearly killed in a horrible car crash and is rebuilt with superhuman technology that gives her incredible strength, amazing vision and a whole slew of other powers. With the technology comes a whole slew of new responsibilities - and new enemies.

Who's in it? Michelle Ryan, Miguel Ferrer, Chris Bowers, Will Yun Lee, Molly Price. Katee Sackhoff of "Battlestar Galactica" will also star in several episodes, as will Isaiah Washington.

The good: The show is well-paced and slick-looking, and - though I'm admittedly not a special effects junkie - the effects looked cool to me. For a remake of a '70s show, it feels modern. Ryan makes an appealing main character.

The bad: Ryan might not be enough of a badass to be believable as a woman on a mission to save the world; Sackhoff comes off so much tougher in all the scenes the two share. The entire story line about Jaime's deaf sister has been reconceived since the pilot was shot, so there's a lot I can't judge yet.

Will I watch? I'm curious to see how the show works with a new actress in the sister role and a little time for Ryan to grow into her tough-chick persona.

To watch a preview for the show and see a gallery of photos, read more

View 10 Photos ›

Photos Source