Vampire Diaries

Our own Sara Canning is part of the new hit show, Vampire Diaries, which is garnering a lot of attention these days. Airing on CW Wednesdays at 8pm, you can also watch full episodes (as well as "vampire yourself") online.

Gravity picked up by ABC

Just released, Gravity has been picked up by ABC!

The network has picked up Fox TV Studios' 13-episode adventure drama starring Ron Livingston. The internationally produced series, also set to air on Canada's CTV, Germany's ProSieben and the BBC, hails from familiar ABC auspices: creator/executive producer James Parriott, who served as an exec producer on ABC's "Grey's Anatomy" and "Ugly Betty," and exec producer Michael Edelstein, former exec producer of the network's "Desperate Housewives." "Gravity," whose cast includes Laura Harris, Christina Cox, Malik Yoba and Florentine Lahme, is set in the near future and revolves around eight astronauts from five countries who undertake a mysterious six-year mission through the solar system. The FtvS-produced series, slated to air on ABC this summer, is a co-venture with Vancouver-based Omni Film Prods., whose Brian Hamilton and Michael Chechik also exec produce. "Gravity" is one of three drama series that FtvS produced independently with international partners in the past year, along with "Mental" and "Persons Unknown." It is the second after "Mental" to land a U.S. distributor and the first to go somewhere other than a Fox-affiliated network. "Since we originally pitched "Gravity" to the international marketplace as 'Gray's Anatomy' in space, getting the series on the network that has 'Grey's' and makes the most successful sci-fi show on TV in 'Lost' is a good fit," FtvS executive vp David Madden said. He describes the show as "having a sci-fi premise but being told in a female-friendly way. "At ABC, the deal was championed by senior vp Quinn Taylor, who added acquisitions to his longform duties during the network's recent executive restructuring.FtvS is in advanced talks with cable networks for "Persons," with a sale expected during the next couple of weeks. Unlike "Persons" and "Mental," which were existing pilot scripts at FtvS originally developed for other networks, "Gravity" was developed specifically for the company's international producing model. "We're excited about being pioneers in doing television a different way," said Edelstein, who got the ball rolling on the project more than three years ago when he caught a repeat of the BBC docu-drama "Space Odyssey: Voyage to the Planets" on Discovery Channel, about an international crew of astronauts on a trip through space. He acquired the rights to it from British producer Impossible Pictures and approached Parriott, with whom he worked on ABC's drama "Threat Matrix. "If "Gravity" goes well on ABC and FtvS' foreign broadcast partners, the two hope to do more seasons of the show. "I have the first three seasons blocked out, and I know the ending of the series," Parriott said.

via The Hollywood Reporter

Love Happens

Jennifer Aniston’s next project has undergone a recent name change and released a little additional information. Originally titled “Traveling” the movie’s title has been changed to “Love Happens” and settled on a September 18^th date for theatrical release. The shot-in-Vancouver Romantic Comedy is directed by Brandon Camp and also stars Aaron Eckhart as well as featuring several LLA talent including Alessandro Juliani, Patricia Harras, Anne Marie DeLuise and Heather Doerksen.

Jessie Awards

The 27^th annual Jessie Awards are set to take place this Monday, June 15^th at the Commodore Ballroom and the whole LLA staff wanted to congratulate all the nominee’s and take a second to acknowledge some of the talented actor’s nominated from the LLA roster. They include Colleen Wheeler for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Lead Role (Life Savers) and Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role (The Tempest), Simon Bradbury; Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role (The Real Thing, Titus Andronicus), Meg Roe; Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Lead Role (Toronto, Mississippi), Laara Sadiq; Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role (No Exit)

Defying Gravity

Christina Cox is just finishing up the first season on a new FOX series from the creators of Desperate Housewives, Defying Gravity. This one-hour drama revolves around a team of astronauts on a six-year mission in outer space. As the ship’s astrobiologist, her mission is to research the effects of long-term space travel on living organisms as well as her fulfill her quest to find evidence of life on other planets.

Most recently Christina starred as Vicki Nelson, an ex-cop turned private investigator specializing in solving supernatural crimes in the Lifetime Original series Blood Ties and as Roz, an investigator tracking the activities of the LAPD’s infamous ‘Special Investigations Squad’ in John Herzfeld’s Sony/Spike TV telefilm, SIS. In addition to starring in several pilots, including co-creating and developing an original script for Sony Television, Christina has an extensive list of guest stars and recurring roles on hit shows such as CSI: Miami, Bones, House and Numb3rs. She also recently starred as major Anne Teldy, heading up the first all female off-world team on Stargate: Atlantis.