Saturday, March 30, 2002

BLADE II UPDATE

Blade II, which opened at No. 1 at the box office, was also a hit on television for TNT.

TNT Film Stories: Blade II, a six-minute behind-the-scenes look at the New Line film, aired following The Matrix last weekend. It drew a high 1.7 rating/1,425,000 households on Saturday, March 23.

The special also drew a 1.6 rating/1,390,000 households on Friday, March 22) and a 1.0 rating/827,000 households on Sunday, March 24.

Look for more on Blade II on Monday here in The Continuum.

NEW ANGEL EPISODE

"Forgiving," a new episode of Angel, is scheduled to air on The WB on Monday, April 15.

Here's how the network describes the episode:

"Angel (David Boreanaz) is a man out for revenge to get back at Wesley (Alexis Denisof) for kidnapping Connor and turning him over to their enemies. While Fred (Amy Acker) and Gunn (J. August Richards) try to reason with him, Angel conjures dark magic and risks ripping right through the fabric of reality to find his lost son."

Turi Meyer directed the episode, which was written by Jeffrey Bell.

Click the thumbnails below for images from the episode.

MORLOCKS #1 PREVIEW

Marvel Comics on Friday released several pages of artwork from Morlocks #1, which arrives in stores on Wednesday.

The issue is written by Geoff Johns, with art and cover by Shawn Martinbrough.

Here's how Marvel describes the issue:

"They are everywhere, but they belong nowhere. There is an urban legend circulating throughout America. One that began in New York many years ago. A tale of mutants so deviant and abhorrent, so freakish, that 'normal' mutants call them outsiders. The creatures live below the streets of our cities, under the asphalt roads and electrical pipes, safe from Sentinel detection. These unfortunates are known as the Morlocks. This is the tale of one of those groups -- a group whose members each hope to accomplish one last 'wish' in the surface world before severing all ties with our society. Some of these men and women want to say good-bye to loved ones, others are looking for revenge. As paranoia grows and fear ignites, a city neighborhood in Chicago reveals what lengths 'ordinary' people will go to eradicate these monsters. They are not heroes or villains. They are scared, cold and hungry... trying to stay out of the spotlight. The Morlocks want to exist. Nothing more. But humanity won't let them. And probably shouldn't."

Morlocks #1 will be 32 pages and will cost $2.50.

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WITCHBLADE TV UPDATE

Ralph Hemecker, executive producer of TNT's Witchblade television series, told The Continuum that the second season will focus on the same group of characters as the first.

"We're pretty much going to stick to the original characters, rather than introduce other characters from later issues of the comic book," Hemecker told The Continuum. "We pretty much pulled from the first seven or eight issues of the comic book."

That said, Hemecker reiterated that the comics remain an influence on the TV show.

"We go back to the comics all the time," Hemecker said. "I think those guys really created an interesting world to draw upon, so we're always looking to the comics for inspiration."

Witchblade's second season begins on Monday, June 10.

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