Posts with tag kristanna loken
Posted Aug 15th 2007 9:41AM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Cancellations
Well, that didn't last long: the Sci-Fi Channel has canceled Painkiller Jane.
The show about a DEA agent with special powers who tracks down others with special powers will finish its first and only season on September 21 (it's still strange to me that a show's season can end in September). That means that the show will have completed 22 episodes total. I predict that fans will be able to buy the show in a "Complete Series" DVD set late this year or early next year.
Continue reading Goodbye Painkiller Jane
Posted Jan 12th 2007 1:44PM by Kevin Kelly
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Sci Fi, TCA Press Tour

The creative team behind Sci Fi's new female superhero,
Painkiller Jane, took the stage at TCA, but spent most of the time fielding questions about what they thought about NBC's
Heroes. Executive Producer Gil Grant and series star Kristanna Loken both claim to have not seen
Heroes, and seemed to bristle a bit at the questioning. Honestly, the shows are fairly different, both in plot and scope, but they haven't even taken a peek at what could feasibly be called the competition?
Q&A: "Can Jane feel pain?" -- overheard from a critic behind me: "Yes, when she reads the reviews." Ouch.
Posted Nov 15th 2006 4:31PM by Julia Ward
Filed under: Lost, Watercooler Talk, Celebrities

Here we go again. This week's public outing features Michelle Rodriguez - star of
Girlfight, former
Lost cast member and ex-jailbird. I know. I know. You didn't realize that she
wasn't out.
In
an interview with The Advocate,
The L Word's Kristanna Loken implies that she is in the middle of a hot and heavy romance with the late Ana Lucia.
The Advocate questioned Loken directly about the relationship, and while she coyly eluded their inquiries,
The Advocate went ahead with a "Michelle & Kristanna in love!" headline.
Continue reading Michelle Rodriguez is outed?
Posted Oct 21st 2006 7:03PM by Adam Finley
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Celebrities, Sci Fi, Pickups and Renewals

In November, production will begin on a new hour-long drama for the SciFi Channel titled
Painkiller Jane, based on the Dynamite Entertainment comic book of the same name. The new series will feature Kristanna Loken of
Terminator 3 as the titular character, a woman who can instantly heal and regenerate from any injury, but still feels pain, nonetheless. She works for a covert agency and hunts "Neuros," powerful humans with super mental powers. The series is set to premiere next Spring, with a syndication deal scheduled for the Fall. Twenty-two episodes of the series have been ordered. The original comic book was created by Jimmy Palmiotti and Joe Quesada for Event Comics in the mid '90s before switching over to Dynamite Entertainment, a company that also publishes comic book versions of
Xena and
Battlestar Galactica.
Posted Jan 10th 2006 9:08AM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Cable, Programming

The Sci Fi network just announced its purchase of
the U.S. rights to a German production, titled
Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King, based in part on the
Ring of the Nibelungs myth. Never heard of the myth?
Apparently it's been known to have inspired composer Richard Wagner's operas and J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings
trilogy, so what's one more?
The movie stars Benno Furmann, Kristanna Loken, Alicia Witt, Julian Sands and
Max Von Sydow. The German version first aired on German TV in 2004, where it was the year's top-rated TV movie.
Honestly though, if Sci Fi's
track record
is any indication, I have high hopes for this mini-series. Though, the question is, is this mini-series meant to stand
on its own, or is it a test precursor to a full-blown series? The movie was top-rated on German TV in 2004, if that's
any indication to its success here in the U.S.