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Let me preface this review/non-review by saying that I wasn’t really going to review the episode, since “Torchwood” is such a big thing in the sci-fi community right now that anyone and everyone will have already reviewed it once or twice and gotten their grandmothers involved. So, who needs one more review? As such, I’m going to eschew the proper reviewing format, and just go with bullet points. If you don’t like that, tough nuts. So, here goes.
In case you’re not paying attention, the Americanized version of “Torchwood” will be funny, action-packed, and pure asskicking come alive. Or that’s what the cast/crew are promising in this latest behind-the-scenes featurette. Check it out, won’t you?
“Torchwood: Miracle Day” premieres July 8th at 10p e/p on STARZ.
Best line in this full trailer for the imported Starz show “Torchwood: Miracle Day”? Mekhi Phifer’s character shouting, “CIA!” and Eve Myles’ Gwen Cooper shouting back, “Yeah? So what?” Awesome.
Starz has released a new teaser trailer for “Torchwood: Miracle Day”. Check it out below.
“Torchwood” Season 4 is definitely going to be rocking the joint. Until it premieres on July 8, 2011 on the Starz channel, though, check out a new poster featuring Captain Jack (John Barrowman) showing the world his little friend.
Via Dark Horizons. More pics from the upcoming show can be found here.
Can’t wait for “Torchwood” Season 4 aka “Miracle Day” to premiere July 8 on the Starz Channel? From the sounds of it, neither can John Barrowman, aka Captain Jack, who sounds very enthused about the upcoming season while talking to Deadline. He gushes:
The Starz network is gearing up the fourth, American-centric season of “Torchwood” for a July 2011 launch, but until then, they’ve released a quickie teaser trailer and poster for the upcoming season.
Apparently the BBC’s more American-minded upcoming “Torchwood” season (officially its fourth, though you can call it a “rebooted” season) will feature a LOT of people in the CIA. Besides Mekhi Phifer, who was recently added as lead CIA guy Rex, the show has now added two more to its roster of CIA agents: Alexa Havins (left) and former “Dollhouse” star Dichen Lachman.
“Torchwood” just keeps adding to the American cast: the latest addition is Bill Pullman, most famous to sci-fi audiences as the President in “Independence Day”. Pullman’s character on “Torchwood” is a tad different from his “ID4″ days, though he’ll probably be fighting aliens here, too, we presume.
It will officially be Season 4 of the BBC sci-fi/action-adventure show “Torchwood”, but for most American audiences, it’ll probably be their introduction to the show, which began life as a “Doctor Who” spin-off. Now word has Mekhi Phifer, late of Fox’s “Lie to Me”, joining John Barrowman and Eve Myles on the show as the American face to bring “Torchwood” to an all-new American audience.
“Torchwood” creator Russell T. Davies has revealed some plot details, along with a new title, for the latest rebooted season of the show: in particular, the show will now be called “Torchwood: The New World”, and will introduce two new characters: a CIA agent and analyst that will act as an introduction for new viewers into the world of Torchwood.
The U.S. version of “Torchwood” has finally found a home. After Fox passed on the series a few months back, the show has now landed at the cable network Starz, which is currently home to “Spartacus”.
But don’t get too happy yet, “Torchwood” fans opposed to the idea, because although both sides (Fox and the BBC) have agreed not to further pursue a joint venture with one another, the BBC reiterates that the idea for a U.S. version of “Torchwood” is still very much alive.
Well this is interesting. I dig the BBC’s “Torchwood”, the “Doctor Who” spin-off show whenever I’ve stumbled across it, which unfortunately isn’t all that often. But I have liked what I’ve seen, and John Barrowman is aces as the show’s lead, and I’ve dug him since his “Doctor Who” days. Then again, maybe it’s just the whole “hey, that guy’s got an American accent!” on a very British show like “Who” that endeared him to me. News from THR is that Fox TV is currently developing an American version of Barrowman’s “Torchwood” as a backdoor pilot.
From BBC America, comes the first 7 minutes from the Torchwood: Children of Earth mini-series. In one epic story told over five nights, Torchwood: Children of Earth re-joins Captain Jack (John Barrowman), Gwen Cooper (Eve Myles) and Ianto Jones (Gareth David-Lloyd) who are still coming to terms with the death of two of their closest friends. Despite their pain, they still have a job to do. This time they are faced with their fiercest threat to date – one that that puts the future of Torchwood and the entire human race spiraling into danger. They battle against the odds but do they stand a chance of saving mankind? More clips and vids over at the show’s BBC America site.
