NEW MESSAGE FROM PILLER
USA's got a new message from Piller.
It confirms my thoughts that The Very Thought Of You was the original title for The Man Who Never Was. There's spoilers galore so don't read if you don't want to know.

THIS WEEK ON TDZ

March 2
"Cabin Pressure"
Johnny and Reverend Purdy are flying en route to an FHA rally when Johnny gets a vision that plane they are on is going to crash. Johnny must now find out how and why before it's too late.
Writer: Jill Blotevogel
Director: Mike Rohl

TIMES REVIEWS SPIDER

David Cronenberg's grim little psychodrama "Spider" is a cinematic maze whose dark, cramped passages spiral toward a terrifying cul de sac. Brilliantly realized but bone-chillingly bleak, the film, adapted from the 1990 novel by Patrick McGrath, tunnels into the warped imagination of Dennis Cleg (Ralph Fiennes), a k a Spider, a mumbling paranoid-schizophrenic man in his 30's discharged from a mental hospital after two decades of confinement

Spider is released into select theatres today.
For more info or to see the movies trailer, visit the Offical Website

CAN FICTION BEAT FACTS?
Will cable win out over regular networks, by picking up the scripts that are being passed over to make way for a bombardment of even more Reality TV?

Programming originally intended for broadcast ending up on cable is not without precedent. USA's "The Dead Zone" was first developed at UPN. HBO's "The Sopranos"started as a script deal at Fox.
"If the networks move away from quality scripted programs and we continue to have success as a group with quality scripted programs, we think it's a big opportunity for cable in that more good material, talent and ideas would come our way," USA Networks president Doug Herzog said.

To read the full article, Click Here

ANTHONY MICHAEL HALL NO STRANGER TO USA
Seems Anthony Michael Hall stared in a USA orginal movie called Hitched.

Not sure when it's aired, but it looks interesting.

DEAD ZONE GETS CABLES TOP 10
Dead Zone is working it's way back to the top.

Nielsen, week ending 2/23, Top 10 Ad-Supported Cable Shows

Adults 18-34:
Rank: 10, 990,000 viewers

Adults 18-49
Rank: 7, 1,762,000 viewers

Adults 25-54
Rank: 10, 1,554,000 viewers

Glad to see Misbegotten was a hit
Congrats to cast and crew!
Thanks to Roberta for the tip!

DEAD ZONE FILMING ENDS FOR SEASON
Feb 21 was the last day of filming for the cast and crew of The Dead Zone during season 2.
We are anxiously awaiting the rest of the season and crossing our fingers and toes for season 3 news!

DANA BRIGHT IN XPOSE
This months Xpose #77 (The one with Buffy on the cover) will feature and interview with Kristen Dalton/Dana Bright.

• Dana Bright has grown into a regular character. Actress Kristen Dalton explains how helping the man with the gift of second sight has given Dana a sense of hope.

If anyone is able to get a transcript or scan of the article for the site it'd be really appreciated.

CABIN PRESSURE'S WRITER
Jill Blotevogel who writes this weeks Cabin Pressure, also wrote for this seasons Ascent

MORE ON CRONENBERG'S SPIDER
Globe News give some insite into Cronenberg's new twisted movie.

Spider began as a novel by British writer Patrick McGrath, and Cronenberg has rarely adapted anybody else's writing for the screen (Dead Zone, from a Stephen King novel, is the other exception). But some assume he couldn't resist it because the novel is inherently dark, concerning as it does a disturbed child who apparently kills his mother, and then spends his life as an adult writing a garbled diary recalling the event.

Sounds creepy good, can't wait to see it

SCI FI HAS RECORD FEB

The SCI FI Channel reported its highest February prime-time ratings ever, averaging a 1.0 rating (777,000 households). That represented a 43 percent increase over the network's 0.7 rating last February and places SCI FI in the top 10 among all basic cable networks, the channel reported.

Stargate SG-1 remained SCI FI's top-rated original series. New episodes of Stargate SG-1 averaged a 1.6 rating (1.26 million households), a 78 percent improvement over February 2002, the network reported. SCI FI's Monday block of Stargate SG-1 reruns also got high ratings, doubling those in their time periods compared with 2002.

SCI FI scored high in several key demographics:
•Men 18-49 (0.7, ranked fifth)
•Persons 18-49 (0.5, ranking seventh)
•Men 25-54 (0.8, ranking fourth)
•Women 25-54 (0.5, ranking ninth)
•Persons 25-54 (0.7, ranking fifth)
•Total persons 2+ (0.5, ranking eighth)
The channel also ranked eighth in delivery of persons 18-49 and seventh for persons 25-54.

BRAT PACK: THE E! TRUE HOLLYWOOD STORY

120 minutes- (CC), In Stereo
Profiling the lives and careers of the Brat Pack actors, including Rob Lowe, Demi Moore, Ally Sheedy, Judd Nelson, Andrew McCarthy, Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall and Molly Ringwald.

Thu Mar 13 08:00P E!- Entertainment Television
Sat Mar 15 04:00P E!- Entertainment Television

To see more of what Anthony Michael Hall is up to this month click here
>Nicole deBoer's Schedule
>David Ogden Stiers Schedule
>Sean Patrick Flanery schedule

WANT TO SEE REAL PSYCHICS IN ACTION
Psychic Detectives" premieres Thursday, Feb. 27 at 10 p.m. ET on Court TV

LITTLE STAR SHINES ON THE DEAD ZONE
Looks like Jessica Amlee will be on the up coming Man Who Never Was Episode.
The pint size star Jessica, was also on my other favorite show, Smallville and another hit Dark Angel.

ANTHONY MICHAEL HALL ON CROSSING OVER
Crossing Over with John Edward will re-run his psychic reading of Anthony Michael Hall on 2/28/03 @ 2:30 pm EST
Thanks to Needful Things for the tip

MORE NEWS ON THE LOT

Lowe goes home for mysterious TNT mini 'Salem'
NEW YORK -- Rob Lowe has been tapped to star in the upcoming TNT miniseries "Stephen King's Salem's Lot." Scheduled to begin shooting in April in Melbourne, Australia, the four-hour program will be co-produced by TNT and Warner Bros. Television. The miniseries will air sometime next year. Based on the best-selling Stephen King book, "Salem's Lot" features Lowe as a journalist who returns to the small town where he grew up to investigate mysteries, including a stranger who turns out to be a vampire. Lowe also stars in the TNT movie "Framed," which premieres April 13. Executive producers are Mark Wolper ("The Mists of Avalon") of the Wolper Organization and Jeff Hayes of Coote/Hayes. Mikael Solomon ("Band of Brothers") will direct from a script by Peter Filardi ("Flatliners"). Lowe is repped by CAA and managed by Bernie Brillstein at Brillstein-Grey. (Andrew Wallenstein)

Rob Lowe also starred in Stephen Kings The Stand

WONDER WHERE YOU'VE SEEN ANITA BEFORE?
Alicia Coppola who played Anita in last nights Misbegotten, is no stranger to TV. She's been on CSI, as Dr. Susan Hillridge, the woman who would eat people to help with a health disorder she had. She also had parts on Star Trek, Trinity and Ally Mcbeal.

Erin Karpluk who played Maddy in the same EP used to frequent the WB's Glory Days

CHRISTOPHER WALKEN NOMINATED FOR OSCAR
Nominated for: Best Actor in a Supporting Role for "Catch Me If You Can"

Still, since he earned that 1978 supporting actor statuette for his mesmerizing performance as a Vietnam War casualty in "The Deer Hunter," many believe he should have gotten nominations for roles in "Annie Hall," "Pennies From Heaven," "The Dead Zone," "At Close Range," "Biloxi Blues," "The Comfort of Strangers," "King of New York," "True Romance," "Pulp Fiction" and "The Funeral" among others.

To read more Click Here

DEAD ZONE WEEKEND!
Your weekend comes alive with three straight nights of The Dead Zone at 10PM/9C! Don't miss an encore presentation of "Destiny," this Friday, February 28 at 10PM/9C, followed by an encore presentation of "Scars," this Saturday, March 1 at 10PM/9C, and then the premiere of "Cabin Pressure," this Sunday, March 2 at 10PM/9C!
USA also has the script for Act 1 of Cabin Pressure up at their site as well as the full recap of Misbegotten

CHRIS BRUNO FANS WILL LOVE THIS SITE
Check out The Shrine To Soap Hunks All My Children page
for some sexy pictures of Sheriff Walt Bannerman from The Dead Zone

SCREENCAPS FOR SHAMAN
Are now available

CHRISTOPHER WALKEN IN NEW MOVIE
Another favorite show of mine is Smallville. Michael Rosenbaum who plays Lex Luthor on this show will be in a new movie with Christopher Walken, called Pool Hall Junkies. Poolhall Junkies will be opening this Friday in Chicago, New York, Los Angeles and other cities. Go to PoolhallJunkiesMovie.Com for to learn more about the film.

THIS WEEKS EP DIRECTOR
Nick Marck is no stranger to SciFi. His list of series he's directed for include, Angel, Buffy, Charmed, Roswell and The X-Files to name a few.
To see more on this Director, check out TVTOME.com

THIS WEEKS EPISODE
February 23
"Misbegotten"
Johnny is kidnapped by three young women who demand his help in solving a murder mystery from the past.
Writer: Story by Elizabeth Keyishian, teleplay by Andy Dettman
Director: Nick Marck

BUFFALO NEWS COMPARES ZONES
In an article that talks of Stephen Kings many works turned movie/mini-series, there is talk of USA's The Dead Zone Vs. it's movie counterpart

The one King property that has worked, and as the USA Network is showing right now, works exceedingly well, is the "The Dead Zone." The series was so successful in its first season last year that it was added to the SciFi Channel lineup.

To read the full article Click Here
Thanks to Lynda for the tip!

JUST A REMINDER
That Christopher Walken (Johnny Smith in The Dead Zone Movie) will be on Saturday Night Live this weekend

NICOLE DEBOER IN VIRGINA
USA's convention appearances page.
has an update on some future appearances from writers and cast of The Dead Zone both in the states and overseas
thanks toNeedful Things for the tip

DEAD ZONE MOVIE DIRECTOR GIVES TAKE ON REMAKES

Writer-director David Cronenberg told SCI FI Wire that he's ambivalent about Artisan Entertainment's plans to produce a remake of his 1981 SF horror film Scanners. "That would be good because I might get a little bit of money from it," Cronenberg said in an interview. "But I prefer my movies not be remade."

Cronenberg added, "I had the same experience as [Stanley] Kubrick. He did The Shining and then there was The Shining miniseries. I did The Dead Zone and now there's a Dead Zone series. I don't think anybody really wants to see another version of what they've done, done."

Scanners is not the only Cronenberg film that has been considered for a remake, the director said. "It would be strange to see Scanners redone, and there's talk about redoing The Brood also. I don't know if it's Artisan for that, but there are discussions. But I'm not likely to have anything to do with [the proposed remakes]. I certainly wouldn't want to remake those myself." Cronenberg's most recent film, Spider, starring Ralph Fiennes and Miranda Richardson, is currently in theaters.

SCHEDULE CHANGE!
Looks like USA has made a schedule change and has Cabin Pressure now slated as the episode after Misbegotten
Can't wait to see this on as well as Misbegotten. Seems Misbegotten will be freaky, creepy good and Cabin Pressure promised to leave you wondering...just how did they do that?

PILLER A MAN OF HIS WORD
So you want to write a screenplay? Think you got what it takes?
Piller promised during the chat with him on Feb 3, that he'd do the best he could to help out some aspiring writers.
Looks like he's a man of his word USA Network now has a page with info on how to go about submitting finished works to Piller.

LOUIS GOSSETT JR. TO STAR IN ZION

For more information on this Emmy and Oscar winninng guest star, visit his Offical Website.

NEW MESSAGE FROM PILLER
This month's talks about Misbegotten , ratings and really cool guest stars!
See USA Network for the complete message.

I decided not to do a grand finale this time - you may remember as we premiered, I was struggling with how to end the season (and we still haven't picked the last episode we'll broadcast). We worked for several weeks on a story that would have had all the various characters arcs colliding - Purdy, Stillson, Sarah, J.J., Walt - there was murder, and suicide, and blackmail, and a visitor from the future...

DAVID OGDEN STIERS MANY VOICE OVERS
I was fascinated to see how many of my favorite Disney Charcter's voices belong to Rev. Purdy!
Click Here for the full list!

Cogsworth Beauty and the Beast (feature)
Fenton Q Harcourt Atlantis:The Lost Empire (feature)
Jumba LILO & STITCH (feature)
Karroo The Wild Thornberrys
These are just a few of his many talented voice overs

MORE DEAD ZONE OVERSEAS
According to GEOS it appears The Dead Zone is in season 2 in both the UK and Ireland!
Congrats to the cast and crew in their success overseas!

DAVID CRONENBERG IN THE EXAMINER
Mentioned in the many shorts in an article in the Examiner is David Cronenberg, director to the original Dead Zone movie.

Yes, that's David Cronenberg roaming around Union Square today. His new flick is "Spider," with Ralph Fiennes, Miranda Richardson and Gabriel Byrne. Cronenberg is Canada's gift to the dominion of directordom. His credits include "The Fly," "Dead Ringers," "The Dead Zone," "Crash," "Videodrome" and "Naked Lunch."

DEAD ZONE BEATS MICHAEL JACKSON IN AUSTRALIA
Australia's Nine is still on top

The repeat of Living with Michael Jackson on Valentine's Day didn't do as well as the first screening, beaten by You Got Mail on Ten and The Dead Zone on Nine.

THE CASSANDRA SYNDROM
The Dead Zone, ABC's Miracles and The X Files get mention in this fascinating article from the Los Angeles Times.

Cassandra, according to Greek myth, was the most beautiful daughter of King Priam, so beautiful that the god Apollo granted her the gift of prophesy in return for sexual favors. Cassandra accepted the gift but reneged on the bargain, so Apollo took away her power of persuasion: She could speak only the truth but no one would ever believe her. When she tried to warn her fellow Trojans of impending disaster -- that the wooden horse they had just wheeled into the city was full of enemy soldiers -- everyone thought she was crazy. And so fell Troy.

Morgan sees society's need for a Cassandra figure reflected in such TV shows as "Miracles," "The Dead Zone" or "The X-Files." "TV and movies are the modern myth makers," she said, "and we are still obsessed with people we perceive to have a special access to the truth."

UPDATES AT USA
USA Network now has recaps of Scars and Act 1 of Misbegotten available!

DID YOU NOTICE
On Percipitate;

The 10 copies of the book that Jonah had in his hand, which made the Bookstore Manager happy that finally someone (Johnny) had purchased it was the novel version of the movie, Star Trek: Insurrection(1998). The screenplay was written by "The Dead Zone's" exec. producer/creator, Michael Piller. This seems to be a joke commenting on the movie receiving a very mix response from both critics and Star Trek fans.
Series regulars, Nicole de Boer and Chris Bruno do not appear in this episode.
The production code of 2001 shows that this was the first episode filmed for the second season.
This episode was scheduled to air on 2/14/03 on the "Sci-Fi Channel", but Valley of the Shadow was reaired instead.

Cool info from TV Tome

THIS WEEKS EPISODE
February 16
"Scars"
Johnny's decision to join the reelection campaign of Stillson's chief opponent, Harrison Fisher (Gerald McRaney), has unintended consequences.
Writer: Story by Grant Rosenberg, Teleplay by Craig Silverstein
Director: Armand Mastroianni

ALLY SHEEDY IN UPCOMING MOVIE

In his new film, "Happy Here and Now," Michael Almereyda looks into the future and sees computer chat rooms where participants can project fictitious identities, or "avatars," into cyberspace to do their talking for them. Set in the backwaters of New Orleans, the story involves a woman who disappears after embarking on a virtual relationship with a shadowy philosophical cowboy named Eddie Mars. Shalom Harlow plays the woman and Karl Geary is Eddie; the cast also includes David Arquette, Liane Balaban, Ernie K-Doe, Gloria Reuben, Ally Sheedy and Clarence Williams III.

To read the full article, Click Here

DEAD ZONE GOOD NEWS FOR LIONSGATE

Who says there are no opportunities for indie producers in television these days? Lions Gate Entertainment is steadily expanding its small-screen activities on the heels of its success with the USA Network drama series "The Dead Zone." Lions Gate Television president Kevin Beggs is juggling a slate of series and telefilm development projects, including drama series prospects at NBC, USA Network and Lifetime. "We're trying to keep developing a variety of things but do them efficiently with low overhead," Beggs said. "We get an offer to (partner) with people on new shows every week, but we're selectively taking our shots. It's got to make financial sense for us, too." "The Dead Zone," based on the Stephen King novel of the same name, was a project that Lions Gate and co-producer Paramount International TV shepherded through a false start at UPN in 2001, when the show was given a midseason order but never made it on the air. Early last year, the show relocated to USA, where it became an instant hit in its debut last summer.

CRONENBERG TAKES PAINKILLERS

Director David Cronenberg (eXistenZ, The Dead Zone) told SCI FI Wire that his next film, Painkillers, will find him once again tapping into the SF vein. "I've been saying that it's about performance artists in the future, but in the near future," Cronenberg said in an interview. "That's all I can really say, because I'm rewriting it, and it's sort of a deep rewrite. I haven't looked at it in a while, and now I'm coming back to it."

Cronenberg confirmed rumors that both Nicolas Cage and Ralph Fiennes (who appears in the director's upcoming Spider) are considering playing the lead character in Painkillers. "No one is attached," he said. "No one has made a deal. But yes, Nic Cage has read the first draft and liked it and said he was interested. And, yes, Ralph has read the same script and said he would be interested in doing it. So that's good. Maybe I should get them both in the movie. Now that would be interesting."

STEPHEN KING 4 PK
Looks like Lionsgate Films is selling a 4 pack of King DVD's including the episode one and two DVD of The Dead Zone other titles include;
Tommyknockers,Storm of the Century ,Rose Red
Thanks to Needful Things for the info!

SARASOTA FILM FEST
Indewire has an article on this years Sarasota Film Fest. Looks like Sean Patrick Flanery (Greg Stillson) has been busy this year

Criticized in the past for sometimes focusing too much on their glamorous events and not the caliber of films they choose, this year festival programmers showed they could attract quality work. Opening night at the beautiful Van Wezel Performing Arts Center featured the cute comedy"Kiss the Bride" (starring Sean Patrick Flanery, Amanda Detmer, Burt Young, Talia Shire, Alyssa Milano, and Johnathon Schaech) playing to a packed house of 1700 film fans. Director Vanessa Parise successfully pokes fun at the stress and pressure a family goes through to pull off a wedding, while dealing with the drama of everyday life. But unfortunately most will describe it as the Italian version of "My Big Fat Greek Wedding."

To find out more about Sean...check out this fantastic fansite!

WALKEN BELIEVES HIT FILMS HELP WITH NOMINATION

Walken has honed his trademark quirky creepiness in memorable turns in "The Dead Zone" (1983), "True Romance" (1993) and "Pulp Fiction" (1993) but Oscar recognition has eluded him since his first win.

To read the full article, Click Here

PILLER2 INTERVIEW!
Corona's Test Pattern has a great interview with the Pillers! It has a great picture of them hard at work.

TP: One of the great and innovative things going on is the The Dead Zone website and how it's being run. I don't know if was Michael's idea, or yours, but what are your thoughts on having the scripts and treatments online. It's a really great idea for writers and devoted fans of the series.

Shawn Piller: I think it's fun to have that online. When you get to be in Michael's position, I think he likes to give back to people younger than him who don't always have the perspective or experience… because you're still learning and growing. Michael looks back on his career and of course he's really proud of it but he also really reflects on people that have helped him along the way. He's always been that way but I think he's figuring out in a way that, not only is it fun for him to do but it's also fun to give back. The process is so fascinating from the inside making the show that you can't help but believe that other people would find it fascinating too. We just think it's cool for the website but the other thing we're doing is the "D" storylines and try to literally do what we talked about in college like, "How can we change television?" It's something we always talked about but even if it's low budget we try and do it. We have a person dedicated to it and I don't know how many are doing that.

Thanks to Anne for the tip!

CONGRATS TO MICHAEL TAYLOR DZ WRITER
Looks like the script to Unreasonable Doubt from Season one has been nominated for the Sci Fi Nebula Awards!

Scripts
Shrek, Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio and Joe Stillman and Roger S. H. Schulman
(Dreamworks, May01)

Unreasonable Doubt, Michael Taylor
(The Dead Zone, Jul02 [07/02/02.
Created for TV by Michael Piller and Shawn Piller,
Based on characters from the Stephen King novel)

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Fran Walsh & Philippa Boyens & Peter Jackson
Based on The Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien
(New Line Cinema, Dec01)

Once More, with Feeling, by Joss Whedon (soundtrack) [lyrics] [audio excerpts: require Real Player]
(Buffy the Vampire Slayer, 6Nov01)

To see more on the awards Click Here
Thanks to Linda for the tip!

DEAD ZONE HITS NEW CHANNEL IN THE U.K.

U.K. commercial network Five has acquired TV rights to USA Network's original series The Dead Zone, Variety reported. The show is slated to air on Five starting in July.

NEW SPOILERS
Spoilers now available for Zion

DEAD ZONE MENTIONED IN AUSTRALIA'S THE AGE
Seems there are some changes taking place at Australia's Channel 9.

Observers report strange goings-on at the station - promoting the new series of The Sopranos then at the last moment swapping it with re-runs, or getting Richie Benaud, a purist, to do cross-promotions for The Dead Zonebetween overs in the cricket.

To read the full article, Click Here

SCREEN DAILY.COM MENTIONS DEAD ZONE SUCCESS

Modern Entertainment announced today (Feb 10) that it is expanding its distribution operations to include international sales of new feature films, with the first three titles named as The Pact, Liquid Bridge and Fear Of Speed. The company will be offering all three for worldwide theatrical and television distribution at AFM next week. Until now Modern’s core business has centred on distributing titles from its 500-plus library to distributors and broadcasters. However in the past three years it has moved into co-producing and distributing formats, reality shows and dramatic series, for example with Lions Gate on the hit USA Network series, Stephen King’s The Dead Zone.

To read the full Article Click Here

SCARS HAS A DARK DIRECTOR
When viewing Armand Mastroianni's Movie Title list it seems he has a great flair for political as well as creepy, hair standing on the back of you neck movies..
After seeing the preview for Scars, it looks like we'll have another winner, with another great director!

WHO'S JOHNNY'S NEW DOCTOR?
Canadian's on Suleka Mathew is not new to the world of Sci fi.. to learn more about Johnny's Charming new Dr. Read the following articles and visit the web sites.
WORKING WITH THE DEAD
Da Vinci's Inquest

UPDATES AT USA!
USA Network now has the complete recap of Percipitate available, as well as photos and the complete script!.
They also have Act 1 of Scars available as well as the trailer.
This episode will feature guest stars Gerald MacRaney and Alan Husband

ALIVE IN THE DEAD ZONE
Great article to read in full, talks about Hall and his family, his role on The Dead Zone as well as upcoming guest stars, his feelings about Michael Piller and how he devotes so much time and energy into making each episode a mini-movie.

Last season, the filming of the 13 episodes went from March to August. Then the cast and crew had two months off, and came back for a second season of another 13 episodes in September. The new season started airing Jan. 5.
Right now, they are filming episode 11. They will complete this season's filming by the end of the third week of February.

"Michael Piller often uses a 'Christ metaphor' for the show," explains Hall, a practicing Catholic. "The character I'm playing is a mystic, an empath who helps people, and I want to make it believable. I take it seriously, but I'm having a good time.

There will be several guest stars this season including Gerald McRaney, Robert Culp and British actor Peter Wingfield, as well as former "Brat Pack" member, Ally Sheedy, one of Hall's co-stars in "The Breakfast Club."

To read the full article, Click Here
Thanks to Linda for the tip!

THIS WEEKS EPISODE
February 9
"Precipitate"
When Johnny is injured and infused with a blood product stemming from six different people, he begins having visions through the donors' eyes and learns one of them will die unless he intervenes.

Writer: Teddy Tenenbaum
Director: Jefery Levy

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MORE INFO ON GUEST STARS
Check out TV Tome for info on Guest Stars of The Dead Zone.
Stacy Grant who played Claire Eisenhaus in last weeks The Outsider is no stranger to SciFi with roles in other hits such as Sliders and Earth: Final Conflict
Alana Husband who will appear in the upcoming Scars has been in such hits as Catlin's Way on Nic, John Doe amd Jeremiah on Showtime.

NEW WALLPAPER

right click and save target as to download

FUNNY VALENTINE
Anthony Michael Hall's most rescent movie's site, has an interview from Live with Regis and Kelly from April 2002.
Click Here to see vist the movies Offical Site!
Click the more information button when you get there and a pop up for the interview mentioning The Dead Zone will show.

SCHDULES UPDATED
Check out our Schedule Page for recent updates!
New Episodes announced!

SCREENCAPS ARE BACK!
I've gotten my bandwidth upped so I can rehost the screencaps with out any viewing worries.
I will be slowly getting them and the site links back up, now that my move to my new server is complete.
Thanks to everyone for their patience.

LIONS GATE LOVES THEIR PSYCHICS
Looks like Johnny's going to get some female Psychic company at Lions Gate Television, with their up coming new series on Lifetime.

Lifetime Dials Up Missing

Lifetime Television has ordered production on Lions Gate Television's 1-800-Missing, a tentatively titled drama pilot with supernatural overtones, based on Meg Cabot's novel 1-800-Where R U, Variety reported. Missing centers on a female FBI agent who partners with a young psychic woman, the trade paper reported.

Glenn Davis and William Laurin will write and executive produce. Debra Martin Chase also will executive produce. Michael Fresco will direct the pilot, based on the book by Cabot (The Princess Diaries), which she wrote under the pseudonym Jenny Carroll, the trade paper reported.

SPACETV.COM REAIRS BEHIND THE SCENES
2/16/2003
4:30 AM T
he Dead Zone - Behind the Scenes (PG) 2003
A SPACE Original production. Behind the scenes footage, interviews with the cast and crew and clips from SPACE's newest original series - The Dead Zone.

NEW GOOFS AT TVTOME!
Click here to read some goof ups from this season's ever watchful fans

MORE NEWS ON PERCIPITATE
Percipitate is written by Teddy Tenenbaum of 'Land of the Lost' fame. It seems he has a flare to scare!
Can't wait to see this ep and what he does with it. To find out more on this writer, Click Here

The episode is being directed byJefery Levy who's also directed on Sliders, Roswell and Roar

MORE INFO ON ALLY

NOT REALLY A 'BREAKFAST CLUB' REUNION

Two members of "The Breakfast Club" will work together again, 18 years after appearing in the teen movie, but the re-teaming is not exactly a club reunion.

Ally Sheedy will join Anthony Michael Hall in an upcoming episode of Hall's USA Network series "The Dead Zone." Sheedy and Hall shared the screen with Emilio Estevez, Judd Nelson and Molly Ringwald in writer-director John Hughes' 1985 examination of high school social dynamics -- in which five kids from different cliques spent a Saturday together in the school library to atone for various violations of school rules.

The episode will also feature an appearance by John Kapelos -- known to "Breakfast Club" aficionados as Carl, the high school janitor from the movie.

Hollywood Digest is the source of this info

THANK CABLE FOR GOOD TV
Seems there's nothing but praise for cable and it's beginning of a new era of TV viewing. It bucked tradition and started airing new shows and new seasons at anytime instead of waiting until fall when there were more shows to compete with.
Congrats to The Dead Zone for getting mentioned in the article.

Now, however, January is a fun-filled month, so densely packed with programmable goodness that I had to sit down with a calendar to figure out 1) how to handle the scheduling conflicts between The Shield and The Dead Zone (both airing new episodes at 10:00 p.m. on Tuesdays);

DEAD ZONE IN US WEEKLY

Anthony Michael Hall.

US Weekly pg 82 February 3 Issue


From Sixteen Candles to TVs The Dead Zone, the actor graduates from horny geek to psychic do-gooder

How Do Fans Treat You?

I get a lot of "Dude, we watched your movies in college." They tell me the rituals --drinking games and things -- that they had for movies like Weird Science. Some people reenact scenes, especially if I'm in a bar!




Was it tough to be taken seriously after being a teen star?

I want to create a body of work. That entailed lean years doing Diagnosis Murder, but it taught me to work hard.



Your Dead Zone character is a man who emerged from a coma with psychic powers. Do you believe in that phenomenon?

It's a parlor game for some--there are the Miss Cleos [sham psychics] everywhere -- but for others, it's very real. I spent time with John Edward, and it was interesting. I had a friend who commited suicide whose name came through to him.


What's the response to the plots? After all, the series is based on a Stephen King book.

I got a powerful four-page letter on an episode we did about witchcraft. It unlocked some past emotional stuff this lady had experienced. I go to work and hope people will be entertained, but this show has become something more.

What's the best feed back so far?

Apparently, Steven Speilburg enjoys the show and contacted the [production] office. I'm still waiting for that other call from him saying, "I must have that Anthony Michael Hall. Now!"

Thanks to Roberta for the tip.
I should have scans up soon!

POSSIBLE UPCOMING AIR DATES
Precipitate (Originally Aired 2/9/2003)
Scars (Originally Aired 2/16/2003)
Misbegotten (Originally Aired 2/23/2003)
The Man Who Never Was (Originally Aired 3/2/2003)
Cabin Pressure (Originally Aired 3/9/2003)
Dead Men Tell Tales (Originally Aired 3/16/2003)
Playing God (Originally Aired 3/30/2003)

USA'S CHAT WITH PILLER
Miss the USA chat? Click here to read the transcript.
Lots of great facts and info given!
Looks like we may get season one on DVD in June!

BREIF TRANSCRIPTS FROM CROSSING OVER
A breif transcript of Mr. Hall's appearence on Crossing Over can be found at Needful Things
I can't believe I missed it!

BREAKFAST CLUB REUNION

Looks like former Brat Packer Ally Sheedy will be one of the guest stars in the up coming Playing God
I am very excited and can't wait to see Anthony Michael Hall and Ally Sheedy together again on screen.

Ally Sheedy and Anthony Michael Hall -- two stars of the 1985 John Hughes pic -- will be reunited onscreen in an episode of Hall's USA Network series "The Dead Zone."

After go-rounds on various "Breakfast Club" reunion storylines and schedule scenarios with the film's stars, USA, the show's producers and Sheedy opted for an episode titled "Playing God," which does not revive any "Breakfast Club" characters.

In the seg, likely to air this spring, Sheedy portrays an old flame of Hall's precognitive character Johnny looking to divine the future of her brother, who has an ailing heart.

A proposed "Breakfast Club" storyline "wasn't right," says Jeff Wachtel, USA's exec VP of series and longform programming, but "Johnny finding an old flame, that seemed more organic."

John Kapelos, who portrayed Carl the janitor in "Breakfast Club," also will be featured in the seg.

Wachtel also may look at other former co-stars of Hall's, such as those from "Edward Scisssorhands," for guest shots.

USA and the show's producers -- who have landed Robert Culp, Tracey Gold and Sean Patrick Flanery to guest in other episodes -- are eager to parlay such stunt casting.

"It breaks us out from the pack a little bit, gives viewers another hook, as well as giving TV guide writers another reason to write about that episode," Wachtel says.

For more info on this episode, see our spoilers page
The article can be found here
Thanks to Anne for the tip

SYNOPSIS UP FOR THE OUTSIDER
USA has the synopsis up for The Outsider.

Time cannot break the bird's wing from the bird.
Bird and wing together
Go down, one feather.

No thing that ever flew,
Not the lark, not you,
Can die as others do.

-- Edna St. Vincent Millay

Thanks to Lexluvsclark for bringing this poem to my attention.

GREATEST AMERICAN HERO MEETS THE DEAD ZONE

Looks like Robert Culp of I Spy and The Greatest American Hero fame will be playing Jeffery Grissom in The Man Who Wasn't There
For more infor on this episode, check out our spoilers page

GERALD MACRANEY IN SCARS

Gerald MacRaney , loving husband of Delta Burke, known for his many TV roles such as Simon and Simon and Major Dad, will be playing Senator Harrison Fisher in Scars.
Can't wait to see it!

NEW EPISODE TONIGHT
Don't forget to tune in for the newest episode tonight.
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