Ray Stevenson: European Crime Drama 'Crossing Lines' Gets Second Season

THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
7:21 AM PDT 8/29/2013 by Scott Roxborough

Ray Stevenson and Carrie-Anne Moss will be among the guest stars on the new season of the procedural.

BERLIN – The European crime procedural Crossing Lines, a summer primetime series on NBC, has been greenlighted by its European backers for a second season.

German producer Tandem Communications and Ed Bernero's Bernero Productions will begin shooting season two of Crossing Lines on Sept. 22. The new season will expand from 10 to 12 episodes and will shoot on location in France, the Czech Republic, Monte Carlo and Bulgaria.

Created by Bernero, a TV procedural veteran whose credits include Criminal Minds and Third Watch, Crossing Lines follows a special police unit of the International Criminal Court that investigates serial criminals that cross over European borders.

Season two will see the return of Crossing Lines regulars William Fichtner, Donald Sutherland, Marc Lavoine, Tom Wlaschiha, Gabriella Pession and Richard Flood alongside actress Lara Rossi, who was introduced near the end of season one as a new member of the investigative team.

Season two will also feature several high-profile guest stars, among them The Matrix and Vegas actress Carrie-Anne Moss and Irish actor Ray Stevenson (Thor, Dexter). 

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Zack Snyder and Henry Cavill talk Man of Steel, new images released Friday, 15 March 2013 (FLICKERING MYTH)

Man of Steel is out on June 14th and also Amy Adams (The Fighter), Michael Shannon (Boardwalk Empire), Russell Crowe (Les Miserables), Kevin Costner (Hatfields & McCoys), Diane Lane (Jumper) and Laurence Fishburne (The Matrix).

This months issue of Total Film - out today - is devoted to June's Man of Steel. Further to the comments made recently by screenwriter David S. Goyer (Batman Begins) about the realistic angle of the film, director Zack Snyder (Watchmen) has now made some similar comments of his own:

“We’ve tried to make a Superman movie where he does stuff and you go, ‘Yeah, if I was Superman, that’s what I’d do'. Even though he’s an alien, he’s more relatable, more human.”

Superman himself Henry Cavill (Immortals) had the following to say: 

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Sean Bean and Channing Tatum are 'Jupiter Ascending' with the Wachowskis (PRIDE SOURCE)

The crazy, heart-on-its-sleeve sci-fi epic "Cloud Atlas" didn't get the kind of love Andy and Lana Wachowski were looking for, but their latest project, "Jupiter Ascending," is reported to be much more like their mega-successful "Matrix" trilogy (and that's good for everyone's bottom line in the long run, since "Atlas" made about 35 cents at the box office). Of course, that doesn't mean anybody can adequately explain the new film's plot, which involves genetic superbeings who've been bred with animal DNA and the bounty hunters whose job it is to track them. But no matter, the Wachowskis are never boring, as though their own genetics were incapable of something so routine. It can be about anything, really, and nobody will accuse them of slacking.


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'Prometheus' best sci-fi since 'The Matrix' By Kameron McBride Published: Sunday, June 10, 2012 (DN ON LINE)

The long, strange march toward the opening of “Prometheus” has ended. After months exhaustive advertising and speculation, director Ridley Scott has released his first science-fiction film in more than 30 years. The result is a film that raises the broad questions of “where did we come from?” and “why were we created?”

The film balances its heady, intellectual brand of sci–fi well with the spectacular visuals of the film. “Prometheus” is a very memorable film that aims high and hits its mark, astonishing viewers even from the very first scene.

The film’s opening sequence feels like what would happen if Terrence Malick and Lars von Trier ever teamed up to make a short film. The shots are simply gorgeous as we lead with establishing shots of a planet — perhaps a very young Earth — until we eventually follow a cloaked figure standing next to a waterfall. The cloaked figure then removes his rope and drinks from a canister he brought with him. This leads to the figure decomposing before our eyes and crashing into river below the waterfall.

It’s hard to tell exactly what this all means, my thought was we were witnessing the birth of life on Earth, though I’m sure there are dozens of theories attempting to break down what it means.

We move on to follow two scientists who discover drawings across the planet that are identical, yet were drawn thousands of years apart. This leads them to explore a desolate planet that they believe holds the secret to the creation of life on Earth. A crew is assembled and the trillion–dollar budget is backed by the Weyland Corporation.

The crew arrive and begin to explore the planet, finding what could be our origin, but also stumbling upon what could be our destruction.

“Prometheus” has a great story, but also boasts a strong cast and spectacular visuals to boot.


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