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TNT Announces return date for ‘Falling Skies’

Set your DVRs (if you can) for June 17 at 9 p.m. (ET/PT) – that’s the date and time the TNT network has set for the return of Falling Skies, the surprise No. 1 summer drama of 2011. The first for 10 new weekly episodes will premiere every Sunday in that time slot for 10 weeks running – with a possible break over the Independence Day holiday...

Trailer Park: Lockout – Trailer #2

In a plot that sounds strangely similar to the cult classic, Escape from New York, the official synopsis of Lockout describes it as: Set in the near future, Lockout follows a falsely convicted ex-government agent, whose one chance at obtaining freedom lies in the dangerous mission of rescuing the President’s daughter from rioting convicts at an outer...

Trailer Park: Ridley Scott’s return to the ‘Alien’ universe – Trailer #1

Ridley Scott, director of “Alien” and “Blade Runner,” returns to the genre he helped define. With PROMETHEUS, he creates a groundbreaking mythology, in which a team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a thrilling journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a...

Hunger Games Sneak Peek: Lenny Kravitz as Cinna

Plot Spoliers Every year in the ruins of what was once North America, the evil Capitol of the nation of Panem forces each of its twelve districts to send a teenage boy and girl to compete in the Hunger Games. A twisted punishment for a past uprising and an ongoing government intimidation tactic, The Hunger Games are a nationally televised event in which...

More cast added to NBC’s JJ Abrams-made science fiction drama pilot, Revolution

The NBC pilot, Revolution, is a an intriguing post apocalypse science fiction drama where survivors try to adapt to a world devastated when all forms of fuel-produced energy ceases to exist. It’s the newest project by the two-man team of JJ Abrams and Bryan Burk (Lost, Fringe, Star Trek, Person of Interest, Alcatraz) and new partner, Eric Kripke...