Movie Web Comic-Con Interviews with the Star of Falling Skies

Movie Web has three great videos from Comic-Con with interview with stars Noah Wyle, Moon Bloodgood and producer Mark Verheiden from Falling Skies, coming June 2011 to TNT.

Noah Wyle Interview

Moon Bloodgood Interview:

Producer Mark Verheiden Interview:

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Jimmy in GA

Falling Skies Cast Episode 1.03 - Post Comic-Con

Episode 1.03 - Post Comic-Con
The latest episode of Falling Skies Cast has just been uploaded. We discuss the latest information about Falling Skies. Including the Falling Skies websites, comic book and Comic-Con Panel and Trailer. Subscribe in iTunes.

Thanks to @TVWatchtower for posting these pictures.

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Jimmy in GA

What Did We Learn About Falling Skies at Comic-Con?

There is a great post at sdccblog.com entitled "What We Learned About the Mysterious New Show “Falling Skies” at SDCC," click to read the full article. There is more information about the 2nd Mass viral campaign and some discussion about the Falling Skies Comic-Con Panel.

Here's an excerpt:

"Finally there was a panel for the show where the first trailer was unveiled. Much of the trailer focused on a little girl talking about and drawing descriptions of the alien ships that invaded her home. We also see shots of the resistance team as they avoid and then finally fight the invading forces. Cuts were quick so it didn’t include a clear view of the aliens but they appeared to be large, mobile, and arriving from ships. Combat looked frenetic but also sometimes avoidable as much of the action included people running away. The trailer was brief so it was hard to judge quality but a War of the Worlds influence was easily felt, as was the human element described in the interviews.

Finally, the cast and creative team discussed the show and mentioned how Moon Bloodgood’s character is much less of a fighter at the beginning of the show and slowly grows into it. Wyle’s character is in more a leader role and takes this very seriously but both actors hinted that a relationship between to the two is a very likely occurrence."

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Jimmy in GA

Official Falling Skies Site is Live

You can visit the Official site at: http://www.tnt.tv/fallingskies. There is not much content at the moment, but you can sign-up for e-mail updates and a forum. I recently posted the first thread and post about the Comic Con Panel on their forum.

"From executive producer Steven Spielberg, Falling Skies stars Noah Wyle as a former college professor who becomes the leader of a group of soldiers and civilians struggling against an occupying alien force.

Moon Bloodgood co-stars as Anne Glass, a therapist who works with the surviving children to help them cope with the traumatic situation. The series also stars Drew Roy as Hal and Maxim Knight as Matt, Tom's two sons; and Seychelle Gabriel as Lourdes, an orphaned teenager who helps run the group's commissary."

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Jimmy in GA

TNT and Dark Horse collaborating for Falling Skies Comic Book

The following press release from a few days ago, gives the details of the forth coming comic book prequel for TNT's Falling Skies. The comic will give some of the back story of the alien invasion of Earth. Read the full press release below.

DARK HORSE AND TNT TEAM UP
ON COMIC BOOK PREQUEL
TO FALLING SKIES

THE EAGERLY ANTICIPATED NEW SERIES STARRING NOAH WYLE, PRODUCED BY DREAMWORKS TELEVISION AND EXECUTIVE PRODUCER STEVEN SPIELBERG WILL APPEAR

IN COMIC FORM ONLINE AND IN PRINT!

JULY 22^ND, SAN DIEGO, CA–TNT is teaming up with publisher Dark Horse Comics to create a comic book and webcomic prequel to FALLING SKIES, the eagerly anticipated new series starring Noah Wyle (ER, TNT’s The Librarian movies) and produced by DreamWorks Television and executive producer Steven Spielberg. The comic book and webcomic are slated to be unveiled at New York Comic Con in October. FALLING SKIES, which is set to premiere on TNT in summer 2011, is a gripping drama that envisions a world where aliens have invaded, and the fate of humanity lies in the hands of a few survivors.

During New York Comic Con (Oct. 8-10), TNT and Dark Horse will distribute an exclusive, special-edition 12-14 page comic book that tells the harrowing backstory of the alien invasion. Beginning Nov. 1, fans will be able to download an extended webcomic version through tnt.tv, darkhorse.com and iTunes, with new installments posted every two weeks.

“The FALLING SKIES comic book and webcomic provide a great way for TNT to ramp up excitement for FALLING SKIES, while also providing a thrilling backstory to the series’ intriguing premise and characters,” said Tricia Melton, senior vice president of entertainment marketing for TNT, TBS and Turner Classic Movies (TCM). “We look forward to working with Dark Horse Comics as we begin the FALLING SKIES invasion.”

In addition to the comic book and webcomic, Dark Horse is collaborating with TNT on the FALLING SKIES presence at this month’s Comic-Con International in San Diego. The event will include appearances and autograph sessions with series stars Wyle and Moon Bloodgood (Terminator Salvation), along with co-executive producer and writer Mark Verheiden (Heroes, Battlestar Galactica). On Friday, July 23, from 2-3 p.m. (PT), the three will appear at Dark Horse’s Comic-Con International booth, where they will sign exclusive FALLING SKIES posters. Then from 4:45 p.m. – 5:45 p.m. (PT), Wyle, Bloodgood and Verheiden will participate in a Q&A panel session in Room 6A.

In FALLING SKIES, Wyle stars as a former college professor who becomes the leader of a group of soldiers and civilians struggling against an occupying alien force. Bloodgood co-stars as Anne Glass, a therapist who works with the surviving children to help them cope with the traumatic situation. The series also stars Drew Roy (Lincoln Heights) as Hal and Maxim Knight (Brothers & Sisters) as Matt, Tom’s two sons; and Seychelle Gabriel (Weeds) as Lourdes, an orphaned teenager who helps run the group’s commissary. Will Patton (Armageddon, TNT’s Into the West) plays a fierce leader of the resistance.

FALLING SKIES is executive-produced by Steven Spielberg, along with DreamWorks Television heads Justin Falvey and Darryl Frank and screenwriter Robert Rodat. Rodat, who earned an Oscar^® nomination for his screenplay for Saving Private Ryan, wrote the pilot from an idea he co-conceived with Spielberg. Verheiden and Greg Beeman (Heroes, Smallville) are co-executive producers. The pilot was directed by Carl Franklin (One False Move, Out of Time).

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Jimmy in GA

Falling Skies Comic Con Interview Video

From the good people at Seat42F.com

Noah Wyle and Moon Bloodgood talk about TNT's upcoming Falling Skies.

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Jimmy in GA

2ndmass.com - Will You Join The 2nd Mass

Click the image to visit the 2ndmass.com

The new Falling Skies 2nd Mass Website is up and running. Click on the phone number to hear a message about joining the 2nd Mass. At this point, it appears to be a Comic-Con related message about looking up into the sky on Saturday afternoon and seeing your name.

There is also a Comic-Con map indicating there are 3 check points to find exclusive content and to win prizes.

You can also sign-up to win a walk on role on Falling Skies.

Sign-up to win only if you meet the requirements: Join The 2nd Mass Walk On Role Sweepstakes is open to legal residents of the 48 Contiguous US or DC (excluding residents of Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico), 18 or older and who will be physically present in and/or around the Downtown San Diego area from 7/22/10 - 7/24/10. In order to be deemed the official Grand Prize winner of this Sweepstakes, upon notification, you must be able to be physically present at a specified location in Downtown San Diego on the afternoon of 7/24/10.

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Jimmy in GA

Falling Skies Cast Comic Con Panel News

News is coming in from the Comic Con 2010 Falling Skies Panel.

TNT gives sneak of Spielberg’s ‘Falling Skies’
by James Hibberd

TNT's mysterious alien invasion drama produced by Steven Spielberg became a lot less mysterious by the end of its Comic-Con panel.

"Falling Skies" looks pretty ... familiar. Earth is attacked by bad guys from outer space, 80% of the population is destroyed, a ragtag group of survivors fight back.

One storytelling item: We won't see the invasion itself (TNT has money ... but not that much money), but instead the story will begin in the aftermath. The show uses kids' drawings to depict what happened which, as low-cost solutions to showing the end of the world go, is a pretty neat one.

TNT promised "Skies" will be the "Television Event of 2011," so it's setting the bar pretty high.

"These become the architects of the next Constitution," said star Noah Wylie, bearded. "If we had something hit the reset button what are the aspects we'd want to retain from the life before?"

As for what the aliens want, exec prod Mark Verheiden said, "We know what they want, and we're not going to tell you."

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Comic-Con: 'The Cape,' 'Teen Wolf,' 'Falling Skies' and the great unknown
by Alan Sepinwall.

"Falling Skies": This is probably the highest-profile of the three, in that it's produced by Steven Spielberg ("BSG" vet Mark Verheiden is the active showrunner), stars Noah Wyle and Moon Bloodgood, is about the aftermath of an alien invasion of Earth and will no doubt get a huge promotional push from TNT when it launches next June.

It also got the most enthusiastic response of the three - still modest compared to "Walking Dead" (or even "Hawaii Five-0"), but clearly positive. It helped that we only got a sizzle reel, which means they could cut together the best footage from the pilot (including several glimpses of celebrity boot camp maestro and sometime-actor Dale Dye) without having to pause for exposition or characterization.

The series picks up six months after aliens have taken over Earth for reasons unknown. Wyle plays a suddenly-widowed Boston University history professor who finds himself leading a resistance cell (and frequently talking about the American Revolution), while Bloodgood is a pediatrician who lost her husband and daughter in the invasion.

Verheiden liked the idea of picking up well after the invasion itself (which is the period most of these stories take place in), because, "Our people are trying to catch up as much as the audience will be."

There were a few good laugh lines from the panel - Bloodgood at one point said, "I've always thought of myself as a masculine person," and, when asked whom she would most want on her side against an alien invasion, suggested, "Samuel L. Jackson" - and Verheiden and Wyle sounded smart in discussing ways in which the show will be different from the dozens of similar movies and TV shows, and the crowd (a packed room after the sparseness of "Teen Wolf") seemed pleased at the conclusion.

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30 Minutes Until the Falling Skies Panel at Comic-Con!

4:45-5:45 pm (PST) Falling Skies— They're coming. Get the very first look at Steven Spielberg's new series that envisions a world where aliens have invaded and the fate of humanity lies in the hands of a few survivors.

Noah Wyle (ER, TNT's The Librarian movies) and Moon Bloodgood (Terminator Salvation) join co-executive producer and writer Mark Verheiden (Heroes, Battlestar Galactica) for a Q&A on the new series. Falling Skies premieres on TNT next summer. Moderated by Marc Bernadin. Room 6A

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Jimmy in GA

Falling Skies on TNT renamed from Fallen Skies

TNT will unveil a sneak peek at the upcoming "Falling Skies" at Comic Con this summer. It has been announced that the show has been renamed in the latest press release, the show was formerly known as "Fallen Skies."

Visit us now at http://www.FallingSkiesCast.com. The older post from the previous website have been added to the new site, and the old site will remain up for now.

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Jimmy in GA