The Seeker’s Omnibus

Not a whole lot new here, but I’m personally glad to see Craig getting some interview time.
New US fantasy TV series being made in NZ

West Auckland has been over-run with wizards and seekers the past few months. The people who brought us Hercules and Xena are at work on a whole new [...]

Granted, there aren’t any “Denna” spoilers in this interview, but it’s an interesting snippet about New Zealand and its film/TV industry.
Film industry boost from new show
At a time when many industries are letting staff go those in Auckland’s film and TV industry are getting a boost.
A new big budget American TV series, Legend of the [...]

A new interview posted at hmonthly.com:
It is the afternoon before Halloween and Bridget Regan is excited about her costume; a T-shirt and jeans. That’s right — just a normal, comfortable outfit. “I’m in costume and hair and makeup so much these days,” she explains, reminiscing on the times just a few years ago when she [...]

The lovely folks over at multipleverses.com have transcribed the short interview. WARNING! There be spoilers for future episodes, especially “Denna”, which we’re all looking forward to.
If you don’t want to be spoiled, don’t read further….
YOU WERE WARNED!
“Richard is going to be tested like he’s never been tested before, by a [...]

Thanks to the guys at broadcastcable.com:
On the weekend, Disney-ABC’s Legend of the Seeker climbed 5% to a 2.1, pulling in just over three million viewers.
That’s the only sentence in the article dealing with LotS, but I’d say that in a week when “most syndicated shows were down as levels of people using television declined by [...]

In its first week on the air, Disney-ABC’s Legend of the Seeker scored a 2.9 live plus same day household rating, with more than 4.1 million viewers tuning in the for the fantasy hour’s two-hour premiere on Saturday, Nov. 1 and Sunday, Nov. 2. That’s 53% higher than the premiere rating of syndication’s last major [...]

Ted Raimi, who loves sci-fi/fantasy — as a reader, viewer, and actor — happened to guest star on two genre shows in the same week. He spoke with me about the great time he had doing both shows, and why Legend of the Seeker was like, and yet unlike, his days on Xena: Warrior Princess.
This [...]

Australian Actor Seeks to Create American TV ‘Legend’
The series has got that ancient Earth kind of feel,” explains Horner. “There are no guns but just blades, steel, and brawn. My character, Richard, is a simple woods guide who lives in Westland, a land of no magic. What you see there is what you get. It’s [...]

“Sam Rami and crew bring Terry Goodkind’s best-selling series to TV with Legend of the Seeker ”
It’s been several years since Herc and Xena and Cleopatra 2525. So, why are you coming back to television now?
Raimi: Well, Rob probably has his own answer, but I’ll say I just so loved Terry Goodkind’s books, and Wizard’s [...]

Disney-ABC’s new, first-run weekly hour, Legend of the Seeker, turned in respectable premiere ratings, improving its time periods by an average of 15% compared to the prior month. Legend of the Seeker scored a 1.5 rating/3 share primary-run average among 54 metered markets.
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