From ausiellofiles.ew.com 10/7/09
Question: What can you tell me about J.J. Abrams’ new NBC spy
series? —Keith
Ausiello: I can tell you that despite reports to the contrary, it is
not a drama. “The truth is, it’s more of a comedy with drama and
action than a straight drama,” says Abrams of the project, which
revolves around a married couple who moonlight as secret agents.
“It’s certainly sweeter and more fun in tone than Alias was.”
Source: AOL News
Garner May Be Headed for Stage Role
AOL
Posted: 2007-08-02 11:12:06
Filed Under: Movies
(Aug. 2) - Former 'Alias' star and one-half of Bennifer 2.0 could
soon find herself acting on Broadway.
According to the New York Post, Jennifer Garner is in talks to star
in a revival of 'Cyrano de Bergerac' along with veteran actor Kevin
Kline.
Jennifer Garner actually started her career on Broadway as an
understudy.
Garner will play Roxane, the woman de Bergerac is in love with.
Kline will take on the titular role.
The play is expected to begin in October and run for 10 weeks.
People.com reports that the A-list actress got her start on Broadway
when she was cast as an understudy in Ivan Tugenev's 'A Month in the
Country.'
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2007-08-02 10:17:12
Source: Zap2it.com
Pilot Gigs for 'Alias,' 'O.C.' Ladies
Elizondo, O'Laughlin, Moyer also grab pilot leads
March 8, 2007
Mia Maestro
Mia Maestro's ready to find a new "Alias" and Shannon Lucio wants to
prove there's life after "Spring Break Shark Attacks."
The two leading ladies are part of a busy day of pilot casting buzz.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Maestro will join LL Cool J and
Melinda Clarke in CBS' "The Man," playing a doctor with close ties
to the show's central undercover cop.
Maestro played Nadia on ABC's "Alias" and has also appeared in the
features "Poseidon" and "Secuestro Express."
Lucio, best known as Lindsay from "The O.C.," has taken one of the
leads in CBS' very "Angel"-esque drama about a vampire (Alex
O'Laughlin) who works as a private investigator. Lucio will play a
TV reporter in the pilot.
Also at CBS, Hector Elizondo will play the family patriarch in the
untitled drama from Cynthia Cidre. Formerly titled "Los Duques," the
show focuses on a multi-generational Latin American family in the
rum business and also stars Jimmy Smits, Nestor Carbonell and Rita
Moreno.
Elizondo has an upcoming role on ABC's "Grey's Anatomy" and has a
long list of feature credits including "The Flamingo Kid," "Pretty
Woman" and the upcoming "Georgia Rule."
In other casting news, Stephen Moyer is set for the lead in FOX's
drama "NSA Innocent." The series focuses on an ordinary guy enlisted
to spy on a defense contractor. Moyer's credits include the upcoming
feature "88 Minutes" and the USA miniseries "Starter Wife."
Garber Is Set In Stone
Victor Garber (Alias) has been tapped to star opposite Jonny Lee Miller in ABC's
drama pilot Eli Stone, a high-concept legal drama about Eli Stone (Miller),
a brilliant attorney at the top law firm in San Francisco who finds out he might
be a prophet, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Eli is produced by
Touchstone Television and the studio-based Berlanti Television.
Garber will play the senior partner at the firm, the most respected attorney in
town, who happens to be the father of Stone's fiancee.
Casting for the role had been going on for several months, and ABC and
Touchstone TV are said to have jumped at the opportunity to recruit Garber when
he
became available after the November cancellation of his Fox/Warner Brothers TV
freshman drama Justice.
For five seasons, Garber starred as Jack Bristow on ABC's spy drama Alias, a
role that earned him three Emmy nominations.
ALIAS is coming back in April for 8 final hours on Wednesday nights at 8 p.m.
April 19th is the day of the midseason premiere. There will be a two-hour
midseason premiere, then four episodes, then a 2-hour finale in May.
Source: scifi.com
E! Online's "Watch With Kristin" column reported that ABC has cut the order for
the last season of Alias to 17 episodes from 22. Citing an unnamed show
representative, the column also reported that writers are worried that the
network may cut the show's order further, depending on when the show eventually
returns to the schedule.
ABC still hasn't scheduled Alias, which is supposed to wrap up its last season
in the spring.
According to the column, the writers have come up with a plan to bring the Alias
storylines to a conclusion within the allotted remaining episodes, even if they
need to end the show more quickly than expected.
Alias has resumed production following star Jennifer Garner's maternity leave.
Source: TV-Couch-Potatoes
'Alias' to Return on April 19
The Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) - ABC's spy drama, ``Alias,'' starring Jennifer Garner as Sydney
Bristow, will return April 19.
The two-hour episode will feature the birth of Sydney's baby and the
reappearance of love interest/fellow spy Michael Vaughn, played by Michael
Vartan.
Garner, 33, gave birth to a daughter, Violet, on Dec. 1. The baby is the first
child for Garner and her husband, Ben Affleck.
``Alias,'' created by J.J. Abrams, is ending its five-year run this spring.
Other familiar faces who will crop up in Sydney's life during the show's final
episodes include best friend Will Tippin (Bradley Cooper), mother Irina Derevko
(Lena Olin) and nemesis Julian Sark (David Anders).
News 8/6/05
Jennifer Garner's real-life pregnancy will be written into the series. Rachel
Nichols (The Inside) will join the cast as Rachel Gibson, a CIA operative that
Sydney will take under
her wing (and thus do most of the stunt related activities).
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