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Sanctuary’s Robert Lawrenson

June 7, 2011 Diane Wild

From Curt Wagner of the Chicago Tribune:

Robert Lawrenson: ‘Sanctuary’ man of action Declan Macrae
“Halfway through I think my first day Martin said to me, ‘Do you ride a motorbike?'” said Lawrenson, who plays Declan Macrae, the head of the London Sanctuary. “He said, … We’ve got an episode coming up; yeah, I’m liking this Declan character.’ And the rest is history.” Read more.

New tonight: Sanctuary on Space – “Normandy”

June 3, 2011 Diane Wild 2 Comments

A look back to World War II finds Magnus (Amanda Tapping), Watson (Peter Wingfield) and Griffin (Christine Chatelain) on the eve of D-Day. Magnus’s role in one of the most important events that shaped the world is discovered.

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Sanctuary as web series an “astoundingly beautiful failure”

May 30, 2011 Diane Wild

From Ian Spelling of New York Times Syndicate:

Amanda Tapping merges Syfy stardom with charity program
“Our true vision, initially, was very naive,” Tapping said. “We really believed that ‘Sanctuary’ could live and breathe on the Web, that we could create a full social-networking site, a gaming application and the actual product. We thought it could be a sort of one-stop-shopping ‘Sanctuary’ site and very interactive, too. Read more.

Flashpoint, Heartland, Sanctuary

Flashpoint, Heartland and Sanctuary on the long run

May 27, 2011 Diane Wild

From Cheryl Binning of Canadian Screenwriter:

Going long: taking the show into multiple seasons
She talks to the showrunner Mark Ellis, Stephanie Morgenstern, Heather Conkie and Damian Kindler about how theyâ€™ve taken their shows into the long game â€“ how they have expanded the world of their show to build room for more stories without diluting the concept or core that is the basis of the showâ€™s success in the first place. Read more.

Flashpoint, Podcast, Sanctuary

TV, eh? podcast episode 42 – God Created Aliens and Aliens Created Dinosaurs

May 12, 2011 Diane Wild 3 Comments

Episode 42: Listen or download here or subscribe via iTunes or with any other program via the TV, Eh? feed

In a Very Special Episode, Anthony and Diane meet for the first time in person and record the podcast on the Vancouver seawall, where an informative (possibly drunk) passer-by provided our title.

Anthony has a great interview with Martin Wood, Executive Producer of Sanctuary, about the web-to-TV model among other things.

But first, we talk about the big news that Hiccups and Dan For Mayor finally have return dates: May 30 and June respectively. Plus CTVâ€™s summer schedule includes Flashpoint, So You Think You Can Dance Canada, and the mother network airing of The Borgias, and Almost Heroes and Single White Spenny are coming to Showcase on June 5.

While being distracted by floatplanes and pretty mountains, we discuss how social media is going to save live TV (or not), how Canada watches a surprising amount of online video, and that Crackle, like Netflix in the US, is getting into the original scripted series business.

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Anthony Marco can be found at anthonymarco.com, and on Twitter here and here.
Diane Wild can be found here at TV, eh? and on Twitter here and here.

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