The Deep: New BBC Science-Fiction Series Starring Minnie Driver
The quest to find a source of bio-fuels at the bottom of the Arctic ocean is the main theme behind The Deep, a new five part science-fiction series due to start on the BBC on Tuesday 3 August 2010. The action is set aboard The Orpheus, a high-technology submarine sent to isolate and exploit the genetic qualities of the organisms found in the vent fields of the Lomonosov Ridge.
But the last crew sent on a similar mission disappeared, and as well as fighting extreme conditions they soon realise that they are not the only ones out there. What they do not know is if the others are there to search for the same bio-fuel and other natural resources, to salvage the previous submarine or just stop them finding out what happened to the previous crew.
Captain Frances Kelly (played by Minnie Driver) has to hold all this together while dealing with the extra problem of chief engineer Clem Donnelly (played by James Nesbitt), whose main concern is finding out what happened to his wife who was on the previous mission.
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The final scene of Smallville? We WILL get to see that Super suit!
Whether you’re addicted to Smallville or your interest in the Kryptonian farmboy waned a long time ago, you’ll want to watch as the series says goodbye—because executive producers Kelly Souders and Brian Wayne Peterson told us that its 10th and final year will get to pay off on that long-promised money shot. Yes, that one—Clark Kent putting on the Superman suit for the first time.
“We have all known images and pieces of the finale for years and years and years, starting back with [co-creators] Al [Gough] and Miles [Millar],” Souders said at a small roundtable after their San Diego Comic-Con panel Sunday. “They had ideas that they always talked about being in the final episode, and we love those ideas. We want to also honor the creators of the show, so there will be some images that literally come from Al and Miles, some from us and some from just years of our own wish lists. In a strange sense it’s easy, because you know in that final moment he’s going to be Superman. We know where he ends, so the pieces just fall into place.”
New Battlestar Galactica series about the Cylon War coming!
Syfy is working on a new Battlestar Galactica series that will follow the exploits William “Husker” Adama during the Cylon War. According to the Chicago Tribune, the show is called “Blood and Chrome” and will be an online series with about 10 episodes, each around 9 minutes long.
According to Mark Stern, Syfy’s executive vice president of original programming and the co-head of original content for Universal Cable Productions, “Battlestar Galactica” and “Caprica” co-executive producer Michael Taylor will write the the script for the new venture.
True Blood Exclusive: Who Will Sookie Choose?
“It will shake the very core of their relationship,” says executive producer Alan Ball of the shocking incident that wounds the couple in Season 3. “Bill and Sookie’s love for each other is authentic and they want to make it work. But it might get harder and harder.”
Sookie’s love life is a huge reason viewers are sucking up True Blood by the gallon. The Emmy-nominated drama, based on the best-selling book series by Charlaine Harris, is HBO’s biggest hit since The Sopranos. Set in backwater Bon Temps, La., and surrounds, it’s a Southern Gothic gumbo of hot sex, deep love and vampire politics, with enough story lines to choke a gator.
I like Minnie Driver, I’ll try to catch The Deep. How about you?
In the TV series, do you think Sookie might end up with Bill?
