Warehouse 13 General Discussion/Appreciation

[Skydiver]

it looks intriguing.

in some ways, the premise has been done a dozen times, it's kinda a rip-off of X-Files, just with them looking for spiffy toys instead of monsters and aliens. What'll determine its success is the writing and if they can find creative ways to tell the stories, preferably without getting bogged down in the expected 'rival sekret govt agency flummoxes them on a regular basis and who is this dark and mysterious villain?' plot or story arc

[knowles2]

it looks intriguing.

in some ways, the premise has been done a dozen times, it's kinda a rip-off of X-Files, just with them looking for spiffy toys instead of monsters and aliens. What'll determine its success is the writing and if they can find creative ways to tell the stories, preferably without getting bogged down in the expected 'rival sekret govt agency flummoxes them on a regular basis and who is this dark and mysterious villain?' plot or story arc

Basically you just sum why this type of series is so hard to do.
But Fringe is doing it well but they have got a very good writing team and a budget to match.
Why this show does not, well the producer was also a producer on the dresden files which got council because it was to expensive to produce. Although I hope to be proven wrong I just got a feeling this show is going to go the same way.

I do hope they actually going to explore why these objects exist and other governments want them just as much as the American. I hope they avoid all the obvious storylines, aliens, supernatural, and give us something coherent and original.

I also want more story arc to the president, I mean you save his normally you get a congressional medal, flown round half the country and treated extremely well.
These two get sent to a warehouse with stuff which do weird things and might kill them any second, and stuck in the middle of know where.
so I think they be missing a storyline there if we do not find out more.

I wish we get a other season of Lost Room which was fantastic.

[Madwelshboy]

Allison Scagliotti cast in Warehouse 13

Allison Scagliotti (Drake & Josh) has been cast in Warehouse 13, the upcoming SCI FI original one-hour dramedy adventure series, the channel announced.

She joins the previously announced cast members Eddie McClintock, Joanne Kelly, Saul Rubinek and CCH Pounder. Warehouse 13 will premiere July 7 with a two-hour pilot, starting at 9 p.m. ET/PT.

Spoiler:

Scagliotti will portray Claudia Donovan, a young, hip, brilliant techno wiz, who manages to successfully breach the Warehouse's complex security system in order to track down Artie (Rubinek). With a natural aptitude for science and technology, Donovan's talents enable her to manipulate and activate many of the objects contained in the Warehouse to help the Team.

Warehouse 13 is about two Secret Service agents who find themselves abruptly transferred to a massive, top-secret storage facility in windswept South Dakota which houses every strange artifact, mysterious relic, fantastical object and supernatural souvenir ever collected by the U.S. government.

The series is executive-produced by Jack Kenny, who also serves as show runner. David Simkins (Dresden Files) is executive producer; Jace Alexander (Burn Notice) is co-executive producer and director of the pilot; and Stephen Surjik (Monk) is producer/director of the series.

http://scifiwire.com/2009/04/allison...tti-cast-i.php

[Madwelshboy]

Warehouse 13 - Pilot - Promotional Photos

http://spoilertv.blogspot.com/2009/0...al-photos.html

[Madwelshboy]

Question: Any Eureka scoop? --Paige

Ausiello: Three of the show's stars -- Joe Morton, Erica Cerra and Niall Matter -- have signed on to guest star on Sci Fi's new paranormal series, Warehouse 13, which debuts on July 7. Cerra and Matter will play small-town thieves who hit the jackpot thanks to a luck-inducing artifact, while Morton has been cast as a charismatic religious leader doing time in a Florida prison. Eureka, meanwhile, returns with new episodes three days later on July 10.

http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2009/05/...siello--3.html

[Madwelshboy]

Joe Flanigan And Ivan Sergei Guest On ‘Warehouse 13?

We’ve just heard from SCI FI that Joe Flanigan (Stargate Atlantis) and Ivan Sergei (Charmed, Crossing Jordan) have landed guest starring roles on the new series Warehouse 13. The new original one-hour series stars Eddie McClintock, Joanne Kelly, Saul Rubinek, Allison Scagliotti and previously announced guest star CCH Pounder. The series is currently in production in Toronto and will premiere Tuesday, July 7 with a two-hour pilot starting at 9:00PM.

http://popculturezoo.com/archives/2837

[Madwelshboy]

From Craig Engler (CraigatscifiBattlestar)'s Twitter:-

Galactica's Tricia Helfer, Michael Hogan and Mark Sheppard will all guest star on Warehouse 13.

http://twitter.com/Craigatscifi

[Madwelshboy]

More Guest Star's Announced

Other guest stars include Gossip Girl's James Naughton; Roger Rees of Cheers; Eureka's Joe Morton, Erica Cerra and Niall Matter; and Ivan Sergei from Crossing Jordan.


Rundown of the guest spots

Sergei will play Ross, an EMT from Unionville, N.Y. Ross and some of the other townspeople begin to display bizarre behavioral symptoms—involuntary (and potentially dangerous) expressions of their subconscious desires.

Helfer stars as FBI Agent Bonnie Belski, who clashes with Pete and Myka when they interfere with a case on her Chicago turf. But after the third inexplicable bank takeover, she finds herself willing to make use of their expertise.

Flanigan portrays the handsome and wealthy Jeff Weaver, whose charm captures Myka's interest, but he finds himself under Pete and Myka's scrutiny when a sculpture on which he bid vanishes in an impossible heist.

Naughton is Gilbert Radburn, a well-tailored high-profile entrepreneur. When a competitor threatens his intended acquisition, Radburn's suspicious behavior brings him under Pete and Myka's scrutiny.

Rees is MacPherson, one of Artie's former Warehouse colleagues, who has gone rogue and is now competing with the team to gather dangerous and powerful objects for his own use.

Cerra and Matter portray Jillian and Gary Whitman, small-time thieves on the Las Vegas strip whose fortunes, twisted by the strange power of luck-inducing artifact, take a fantastic turn.

Morton stars as John Hill, a charismatic prison inmate and an extremist religious leader in a Florida prison.

Sheppard is Mr. Valda, the enigmatic representative of the Regents, the mysterious organization that controls Warehouse 13. He disapproves of Artie's methods as the team leader of the Warehouse and isn't afraid to let him know it.

Hogan portrays Myka's father, Warren Bering, who receives a dangerous object anonymously in the mail, which puts his life in jeopardy. Hogan's real-life wife, Susan, will play Myka's mother.

http://scifiwire.com/2009/05/atlanti...anigan-bsg.php

[Madwelshboy]

Mark Sheppard reveals Warehouse 13 secrets and his guest role

Mark Sheppard, who is well known to sci-fi fans for roles in Firefly and Battlestar Galactica, told SCI FI Wire that he shot a quick-turnaround guest appearance on SCI FI's upcoming original series Warehouse 13.

"A while back, I got a lovely call from my friends at SCI FI, nine and a half pages of dialogue, to do in a day," Sheppard said in an exclusive interview Wednesday at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles, where he was promoting The Conduit, in which he does a voice. "I was actually out doing publicity for The Conduit on the East Coast. And they called and said, 'Can you go to Toronto to rehearse on Sunday to shoot on Monday?' I'm like, 'I'm in New York. It's not that hard.' So it was perfect."

continues:-
http://scifiwire.com/2009/06/mark-sh...eveals-war.php

[Linda06]

This looks like it could be a really good show

[Madwelshboy]

Warehouse 13 - Pilot Promotional Photos

http://spoilertv.blogspot.com/2009/0...al-photos.html

[Lythisrose]

Warehouse 13 Conference Call:
http://www.pinkraygun.com/2009/06/15...-warehouse-13/

including mentions of actors such as Joe Flanigan and Tricia Helfer.

[Madwelshboy]

Julie in Chicago: So, Warehouse 13—another pair of clashing boy-girl government agents who investigate the paranormal. Is this déjà vu worth a view?
Yes! The pilot charmed our socks off, and everyone should at least take a peek into Warehouse 13 before putting it on the shelf with other genre shows. The chemistry between leads Eddie McClintock and Joanne Kelly is good stuff, and despite its familiar premise, it is hard to pin down what show runner Jack Henry told us is really an "action-adventure proceduramedy"

http://uk.eonline.com/uberblog/watch...g_dominic.html

[Madwelshboy]

Warehouse 13 - Episode Titles and Dates

Episode 1.01 Pilot - 7th Jul 09
Episode 1.02 Resonance - 14th Jul 09
Episode 1.03 Magnetism - 21st Jul 09
Episode 1.04 Claudia - 28th Jul 09
Episode 1.05 Elements - 4th Aug 09
Episode 1.06 Burnout - 11th Aug 09
Episode 1.07 Implosion - 18th Aug 09
Episode 1.08 Duped - 25th Aug 09
Episode 1.09 Regrets - 1st Sep 09
Episode 1.10 Breakdown - 8th Sep 09

http://spoilertv.blogspot.com/2009/0...and-dates.html

[Madwelshboy]

Why Warehouse 13's writers looked to Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn for inspiration

The main characters in SCI FI's upcoming Warehouse 13 are FBI agents guarding supernatural artifacts, but their inspirations have more to do with classic romantic comedy stars such as Cary Grant, Myrna Loy and Katharine Hepburn, the series' executive producers said.

Warehouse 13 pairs the reluctant agents Pete Lattimer and Myka Bening and assigns them to track down and retrieve ancient and powerful artifacts scattered across the globe before they fall into the wrong hands.

In a conference call, executive producers Jack Kennedy and David Simkins told reporters that the action adventure has its antecedents in part in the screwball comedies of the 1930s and '40s and that the actors had a say in how their characters were created.

The following Q and A features edited excerpts of the Kennedy and Simkins interview.

http://scifiwire.com/2009/06/why-war...3s-writers.php