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Fox's "Virtuality" pilot a great start to a sci-fi series - but will Fox pick it up?

29 June 2009 2:00 PM, PDT | From AfterEllen.com | See recent AfterEllen.com news

Able to take contemporary television in a tongue-in-cheek manner, Fox’s new show Virtuality does a wonderfully ironic job of mocking the reality television that the network also does so (arguably) well. But what makes the show truly special is the complex character interactions that creator Ronald D Moore handles better than almost any other maker of sci-fi TV or film.

The pilot has already tackled the exploitation of the show’s openly gay male couple when they are persuaded to continue their queeny bickering for the camera. However, it was placed perfectly in the context of a greedy television studio’s desire for ratings at any cost. It may not be a reason to not suspect the real life Fox of these very same improprieties but it is a place to begin the discussion.

But what the ladies most look forward to is the hard-as-nails Clea DuVall, who plays top pilot Sue Parson.

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[TV] The Sad Reality of "Virtuality"

29 June 2009 12:08 AM, PDT | From JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news

So, who watched Virtuality Friday night? No? Didn't think so. Say bye-bye to this intriguing project, which was conceived as a pilot for a new series but aired as a movie when Fox didn't want to pick it up. Any chance of convincing them otherwise is a bust, as the broadcast resulted in truly abysmal ratings, no doubt ensuring its demise.

A lot of people who didn't know it was supposed to be a pilot episode of a series are apparently annoyed that it abruptly ended without a conclusion. It didn't work as a standalone movie, of course, because it was never meant to be. Most of the two-hour pilot are setting up conflicts for future episodes to explore. It's all the more aggravating for it, because the pilot really shows enormous potential for a fantastic drama should it be allowed to continue.

Taking cues from Danny Boyle's Sunshine—in fact,

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Arya Ponto

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Virtuality: Online Opinions & Quick Reminder That It Airs Tonight, June 26th

26 June 2009 4:46 PM, PDT | From ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news

Ronald D. Moore’s Virtuality airs this Friday night (June 26th) on Fox and from this writer’s perspective, it has come down a long and harrowing path to get here.

The project started out being lined up as a television pilot and through some unknown series of decisions, Fox has again taken a proven showrunner’s idea and seemingly squashed it with their thumb.

The show that was originally slated to be a pilot for a series has been reduced to a 2-hour movie that’s being aired in the vacuum of Friday.  At least Fox is consistent in their handling of sci-fi projects.

 

The show is from executive producers Ronald D. Moore (Battlestar Galactica, Star Trek: The Next Generation) and Michael Taylor (Battlestar Galactica, Star Trek: Voyager) and stars Kerry Bishe, Ritchie Coster, Eric Jensen, Nelson Lee, Joy Bryant, Clea Duvall, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Sienna Guillory, James D’Arcy,

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Clea DuVull stars in the very gay "Virtuality" tonight

26 June 2009 1:00 PM, PDT | From AfterEllen.com | See recent AfterEllen.com news

The two-hour pilot for the sci-fi series Virtuality airs tonight on Fox, starring Clea DuVall — which is pretty exciting since she's hasn't been on TV regularly since the two seasons on Carnivale. (Let's face it — Lifetime movies, while totally addicting, just don't cut it.)

The show is about a group of astronauts who are on a decade-long mission to the nearest star, but who spend their free time getting wrapped up in virtual reality. Random? We'll see. Clea plays pilot Sue Parson, whose choice virtual reality activity is surfing.

You'd think the show creators would be smart enough to know viewers would prefer to see her actually surfing. You know, bikini top, board shorts, tan, ocean mist, etc. But hey, Clea's on TV — we'll take what we can get, right?

In a recent interview about how the show's executive producer Ron Moore (also behind Battlestar Galactica and Carnivale) doesn't shy away from featuring uncommon characters,

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HitFix Interviews: 'Virtuality' stars Clea DuVall and Erik Jensen

26 June 2009 10:43 AM, PDT | From Hitfix.com | See recent Hitfix news

Following up on the posting of interviews with Michael Taylor and Nelson Lee and Gene Farber from this week's "Virtuality" premiere on the Universal lot, here are two more brief interviews with the show's stars, these with Clea DuVall and Erik Jensen. Just a reminder that "Virtuality" -- Read HitFix's review -- premieres on Friday, June 26 at 8 p.m. on Fox. *** Clea DuVall For much of the potential fanbase for "Virtuality," Clea DuVall may be the most familiar face. She tangled with "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," battled alien invaders in "The Faculty," tried to investigate superheroes on "Heroes" and...

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12 Minutes from Ron Moore’s ‘Virtuality’

16 June 2009 2:30 PM, PDT | From The Flickcast | See recent The Flickcast news

Fox has released about twelve minutes of clips from BSG Exec. Producer Ron Moore’s upcoming tv movie that may or may not end up being a series Virtuality. The footage helps give all kinds of insight into the world, characters and situations that the show depicts. Of course, seeing these makes me hope the show does get picked up. But sadly, that’s pretty unlikely at this point, which is why Fox is airing the tv movie version.

More in the style and tone of Blade Runner or Alien than BSG, this show, in case you’re not familiar, concerns a dozen astronauts on a journey crucial to the survival of life on Earth. The crew can access a virtual world to keep them entertained during their decade-long journey. When problems begin with the virtual system, things get tense and the crew begins to wonder what’s real and

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Chris Ullrich

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'Virtuality' Pilot Blasts into Friday Oblivion

3 June 2009 12:20 PM, PDT | From CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news

Fox has announced that it will broadcast the two-hour sci-fi pilot for Virtuality, co-created by Battlestar Galactica majordomo Ronald D. Moore, in its June 26 Friday timeslot...the scheduling bone yard where  projects have been essentially sent to die for...oh, the past five decades or so now.

The move fortifies previous reports that the Vancouver-filmed pilot will not net a series after all. It was not mentioned during Fox's 2009-2010 schedule upfronts last month.

Of course, if the pilot does astounding numbers, then everything we've said above will go out the window faster than a kitty at a canine convention—but we're not holding our breath. They would have to be pretty astounding.

Below is the official press release:

The Crew Of The Phaeton Embarks On A 10-year Journey Through Outer Space To Save The Earth In The Original Science-fiction Thriller "Virtuality" Friday, June 26, On Fox

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau ("New Amsterdam

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Fox To Air Ronald D. Moore’s Virtuality

3 June 2009 4:27 AM, PDT | From The Cinema Post | See recent The Cinema Post news

“Virtuality” is about the crew of the spaceship ‘Phaeton’ who are approaching a vital stage of their epic 10-year journey through outer space. With the weight of the world on their shoulders and their lives being taped for a reality show back on Earth, the pressure is intense. To keep the crew members sane, there is a virtual reality technology device installed on the ship. With the help of that particular device, the crew members can be anyone they want, anywhere at any time, despite living in a closed environment in the lonely vastness of space. Complications arise when they realize there is a glitch in the system which inflicts damage on the psyche of the crew members and unleashes a virus on the ship. Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (”New Amsterdam”), Sienna Guillory (”Love Actually”) and Clea Duvall (”Carnivale”)  star among others. Peter Berg (”Friday Night Lights”) directed the pilot.

Originally developed

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Sascha Antschak

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Blu-Ray Review: Anne Hathaway, Patrick Wilson in Supernatural ‘Passengers’

14 May 2009 6:20 PM, PDT | From HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news

Chicago – There have been several interesting movies about plane crashes, none more so than Peter Weir’s amazing “Fearless” with its career-best performance by Jeff Bridges. There’s something nearly supernatural about surviving falling from the sky in a several-ton hunk of metal. It’s that otherworldly quality that Anne Hathaway and Patrick Wilson use for creepy thrills in the moderately effective “Passengers,” now on Blu-Ray and DVD.

Blu-Ray Rating: 3.0/5.0 When a movie doesn’t even open in Chicago and heads straight to the Netflix queue, most viewers, including this critic, have a natural pessimistic apprehension. But I couldn’t believe that such a talented cast as Anne Hathaway, Patrick Wilson, Andre Braugher, Dianne Wiest, and David Morse could produce something truly horrible.

I was right. There are parts of “Passengers” that truly work. It’s not horrible and vastly superior to the loathsome “Bride Wars”. But it’s also

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Weekly TV Wrap Up - May 14th, 2009

13 May 2009 11:40 PM, PDT | From ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news

Today’s Weekly TV Wrap Up will have a little One Tree Hill (Something a bit new, but a reader asked about the show.), some more on Dollhouse after the finale and Lie To Me news. We also touch on David E. Kelley’s disappointment, the dumping of a few shows by NBC and how Fox seems to be treating Ronald D. Moore’s Virtuality just like Dollhouse, but worse - If you can imagine that. I also have some David Tennant news for you.

Despite the season finales, it’s a bit of a quiet week for me.  Of course, I have the TV ratings from last week and a bit of a surprise at the end of the post, if you make it that far.

Shall we get on with it?

One Tree Hill (Might Be Considered Spoilers)

It looks as if Chad Michael Murray and Hilarie Burton

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Bruce Simmons

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Michael Taylor and Ronald D. Moore’s Virtuality Pilot On Fox’s Summer Radar

11 May 2009 7:50 AM, PDT | From SciFiCool.com | See recent SciFiCool.com news

On July 4th, Fox will air BattleStar creators Michael Taylor and Ronald D. Moore’s new Sci-Fi series hopeful “Virtuality”. “Virtuality” is about life aboard the Phaeton, mankind’s first starship. Shipboard existence on the Phaeton is apparently pretty realistic. A bunch of people, locked together in a tiny ship on a 10 year journey. To prevent the crew from going Space Crazy like Ren and Stimpy, the crew uses virtual reality to get away from the claustrophobia and burning desire to jam a space widget into the nearest crewman’s back. All is well until something malevalent infects the program controlling those virtual visions of campfires on the beach or ski bunnies in Whistler. Trapped in a tiny tin can, elbow to elbow with smelly spacemen and spacewomen with your only escape an evil horrorshow? Sounds terrific! Like I said, Fox has got the 2 hour extravaganza on July 4th at 8:00 Est.

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More on Ron Moore's Virtuality and when you can see it

8 May 2009 2:17 PM, PDT | From QuietEarth.us | See recent QuietEarth news

With rumors abound that Ron Moore's new show, Virtuality, was getting the standard confused looks from Fox executives, we weren't exactly holding our breath for it. But word from the futoncritic is that the 2 hour pilot will actually air on Saturday, July 4 8:00/7:00c. Good news right? Well it wasn't necessarily all that exciting for me either until I learned more about the show's set up from Charlie Jane Anders who reviewed the pilot for i09:

"Virtuality is the story of the crew of the "Phaeton," a deep-space exploration vessel, who use virtual reality to distract themselves from the claustrophobia and boredom of deep space (until something inevitably goes wrong), but there's way more to it than that. For one thing, the ship really is incredibly claustrophobic and slow, not roomy and zoomy like the Enterprise. For another, the crew are forced to take part in a

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Passengers Art and Specs

24 April 2009 1:34 AM, PDT | From DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news

Rodrigo García's supernatural thriller Passengers starring Anne Hathaway, Patrick Wilson, Andre Braugher, Clea DuVall, and Dianne Wiest is set to hit DVD and Blu-ray on May 12, 2009; and we've got the lowdown on what to expect!

Official Synopsis

"After a plane crash a young therapist, Claire (Hathaway), is assigned by her mentor (Andre Braugher) to counsel the flight's five survivors. When they share their recollections of the incident -- which some say include an explosion that the airline claims never happened -- Claire is intrigued by Eric (Wilson), the most secretive of the passengers. Just as Claire's professional relationship with Eric -- despite her better judgment -- blossoms into a romance, the survivors begin to disappear mysteriously, one by one. Claire suspects that Eric may hold all the answers and becomes determined to uncover the truth, no matter the consequences."

Special Features for the DVD and Blu-ray

Commentary with director

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Fango Face-off: The Faculty Vs. Dreamcatcher

9 April 2009 6:16 AM, PDT | From Fangoria.com | See recent Fangoria news

I know, I know - why in the world would I choose Dreamcatcher and The Faculty as a face off feature? Because they’re two pretty damn entertaining modern invasion films - that’s why! There are so many differentials between these two films it’s ridiculous. I understand, and openly confess my knowledge. But in the end, both of these are invasion flicks, and both are truly enjoyable pieces by a pair of talented film makers.

Dreamcatcher: Dreamcatcher centers on a group of five life long friends, connected by not only kinship, but a series of magical powers unique to each character. At the center of this mystical gift lies Duddits (Andrew Robb as a child, Donnie Wahlberg as an adult) a mentally challenged child befriended by a young group of outcasts consisting of Henry (Mikey Holekamp as a child, Thomas Jane as an adult) Devlin, Beaver (Reece Thompson as a child,

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Loren Dean joins Hilary Swank in 'Betty Anne'

2 March 2009 1:25 PM, PST | From screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news

Loren Dean is the latest to join Tony Goldwyn’s upcoming drama “Betty Anne Waters."

Hilary Swank, Melissa Leo, Minnie Driver, Clea DuVall, Juliette Lewis and Sam Rockwell are already on board.

In the film, Swank plays a single mother who fights her way through law school to represent and help free her imprisoned brother, who was wrongfully convicted of murder.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Dean is set to play Swank's husband.

Pamela Gray wrote the original script for the project, which Richard Lagravenese rewrote. Goldwyn's directing credits include "The Last Kiss."

Dean's credits include "Apollo 13," "Gattaca" and "Enemy of the State." He also appeared in several episodes of television's "Bones."

Franck Tabouring

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Ask AfterEllen.com (Jan. 13, 2009)

12 January 2009 10:13 PM, PST | From AfterEllen.com | See recent AfterEllen.com news

Want to know the status of a particular movie, TV show, or band? Wondering what a certain actress is up to these days? Want to know if someone is openly gay? (We won't out anyone, but we'll let you know what they've said publicly.) Send your entertainment-related questions to askafterellen@gmail.com — with your first name, city and country — and we'll try to answer as many as we can.

Question: Is [actress] Clea DuVall a lesbian or has she ever come out and said anything about her sexuality?

— Melissa, Syracuse, New York

Clea DuVall

Answer: The 31-year old actress has never publicly stated her sexual orientation.

She is a favorite among lesbian viewers for her work in several films by out director Jamie Babbit, including But I'm A Cheerleader (1999), Sleeping Beauties (a short film starring Radha Mitchell, of High Art fame), Itty Bitty Titty Committee (2007), and her role in the HBO film,

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