Potts, Henshall and Newbies!

Sorry I've not been posting but there is news and you can find it here :)

[There are *SPOILERS* in this post so don't read on if you don't wanna know!]



FIRSTLY Andrew Lee Potts has said in an interview that "I suppose, in a way, I am the character to carry [Cutter's role in the team] on now, so there are definitely going to be more nods toward Connor becoming more like Cutter."

You can read more by CLICKING HERE



Douglas Henshall has revealed that he is "grateful" to Primeval -

"Before that I was in things that were on 10 o'clock on a Thursday night rather than Saturday primetime," he told TV Choice. "But it's been good for me and brought me to a much wider group of people. I'm very grateful because it's allowed me to do different things."

MORE HERE


NOW, if your looking at that picture up there on the right hand side and wondering 'who the hell are they?', I'm pleased to tell you that they are the new Primeval cast! At the back you can see Abby, Connor and Becker and at the front are the Newbies who are called Matt and Jess.

Matt is played by Ciarán McMenamin and Jess is Ruth Kearney.

Click the picture to see it in full.



Thanks for reading :)

Andrew-Lee Potts ALICE Preview

Well I'm very sorry that I haven't posted anything in an extremely long time but I haven't actually found much recently.

HOWEVER!

Today I turned on my TV and Primeval was on! The episode with the Mer-Creatures which is one of my absolute favorites! Anyway it made me remember that I ran this little site and had been rather lazy about it recently. So I went a' lookin' for some news or anything really and I found this trailer of Andrew-Lee's latest project - ALICE



I found the trailer on Daemons TV.com

Don't you just love his accent in it??

Andrew-Lee Potts working on new US show called 'Alice'

Andrew-Lee Potts (who we all know and love as the irresistable, amazing, slightly geeky but cool Connor Temple) is working on a new project for the SyFy channel called Alice.

It's going to be a modern remake of Alice in Wonderland, set about 150 years after the original story. Andrew will be playing Hatter, who I'm guessing is the modern Mad Hatter.

Will you be watching it?

HERE's the article from the Bradford Telegraph and Argus where I found this information




Claire x

Primeval Totally Renewed in the US?

Found this arcticle whilst searching through Google's News. Kind of on the fence about this really. Don't know if a renewed Primeval would be as good as the old classic.


Article is from HERE


WITH the third and final season of Primeval out on DVD, fans are waiting for news on plans to stop the show becoming totally extinct.

Impossible Pictures, which makes the dino-drama, had sold the movie rights to Warner Bros and has also been in talks for a US version of the series.

The show was screened in the UK on ITV1 until it was axed last month.

Impossible founder Tim Haines has clarified the reasons for its cancellation and has also explained what they have in mind for the American version.

Haines was speaking in a recent article in Broadcast Now, which has just been drawn to my attention.

He said: "There was a lot of talk when Primeval was cancelled that it must have been because it is a big show, with lots of CGI and special effects.

"That's not the case. ITV wasn't paying the whole costs anyway but we offered to lower the price further and bring in 50 per cent of the funding with co-production deals. It would still have been been getting a show worth more than £1million for less than £600,000."

ITV has said it made the decision to protect its 9pm drama slot, which means no drama shows before that time, and Haines said he completely understood ITV's position.
Impossible is now negotiating with a US broadcaster to adapt Primeval. Haines said it was likely that the series would "start from scratch" with a slightly edgier feel.

It sounds like this would mean a new cast and writers, and an American setting. Haines added he was hopeful Primeval would come back to the UK, through a British channel buying the rights to the new US version.Meanwhile, Andrew-Lee Potts, who played Connor Temple in Primeval, has just spoken to the Bradford Telegraph and Argus about the show's cancellation.

Potts said: "It was very disappointing. Primeval was averaging five million viewers an episode and the show has ended on a cliff-hanger, with Connor and Abby and the rest lost in time. But we've got to roll with the punches.

"We were all gutted, but this is the way it is. I've played Connor for three seasons now, and we knew it wouldn't last forever.

"I feel most for the fans who have been loyal to Primeval throughout, especially the way the series ended. I'd like to thank everyone for their support."

He's now filming upcoming miniseries Alice - an update of the Alice in Wonderland story - on SyFy (formerly the Sci-Fi Channel). Potts plays Hatter, based on the Mad Hatter of the original tale. Alice is set to be screened on SyFy in December and could also be picked up by a major UK network.



Questions of the day:-

o Would you continue watching Primeval with an all new cast? *Take the poll over there somewhere >*

o Did Andrew-Lee Potts just get even more amazing?!

o Are you going to watch 'Alice' when it's aired?




Claire x