As part of Entertainment Weekly’s ongoing CapeTown Film Fest last night, some lucky fans got to see a special screening of the Falling Skies season 3 premiere.  From the first hour, it looks like the series is kicking off what some could see as a whole new direction.  Once the episode was over, cast members Noah Wyle, Moon Bloodgood, Drew Roy and Maxim Knight joined showrunner Remi Aubuchon for a special Q&A. In the Q&A the cast and showrunner gave teasers about what fans can expect from the show in season 3.  Hit the jump to find out what we learned.

Entertainment Weekly has announced the complete lineup for the upcoming EW CapeTown Film Festival, and it’s chock-full of great films and exciting guests.  Screenings include Shaun of the Dead, The Thing, Escape from New York, The Goonies, Twelve Monkeys, and Star Trek (2009), with a special “May the 4th Be With You” all-day marathon of Return of the Jedi.  More excitingly, though, is the fact that Edgar Wright, John Carpenter, Kurt Russell, Richard Donner, Neil Gaiman, Terry Gilliam, Leonard Nemoy, and more will be onhand to introduce and discuss the various films.

Hit the jump to check out the full lineup, which also includes a special announcement that’s coming soon.  EW CapeTown Film Festival will run in Los Angeles from April 30th – May 6th.

If Falling Skies doesn’t grab you right away, give it a few episodes. Amid the shuffle of Must-See shows like Game of Thrones, it feels a little quieter and more pedestrian. But if you remain open to it and let it find its rhythm, it turns into a thoroughly enjoyable bit of summer escapism. With the first season Blu-ray now in stores, those who missed it have a second chance to see what it’s all about. Hit the jump for my full review.

TNT’s hit sci-fi drama Falling Skies stopped by Comic-Con to talk about the current second season, the network’s renewal of the show for a third season and how inspiring it is to have the audience’s support.  You can check out our previous interviews with the Falling Skies cast here.  Noah Wyle and Will Patton completed the round table interviews, talking about what we can expect to see between their characters this season, the appearance of Weaver’s daughter and the possibility of an alien invasion.  Hit the jump to read the interview.

TNT has decided to renew the sci-fi drama Falling Skies for another season.  The network has settled on ordering 10 episodes for the show’s third season, set to air in 2013.  The show premiered last summer and stars Noah Wyle as a former history professor who becomes one of Massachusetts’ military leaders following a worldwide alien invasion.  The post-apocalyptic setting has apparently provided enough fodder for the series to prosper, as it averages 5.9 million viewers when DVR playback is taken into account.  I haven’t seen the show but I know a few people who are fans, so this should comes as welcome news to those who tune in every week.  The show is currently in the middle of its second season on TNT.  Hit the jump to read the press release.

The epic drama Falling Skies has returned to TNT, to continue its extraordinary story about life and survival in the wake of an alien invasion. As the second season opens, three months have passed since Tom Mason (Noah Wyle) went willingly with the aliens onto one of their ships, and now the survivors are forced to have a nomadic existence as they march toward Charleston, S.C., hoping to meet up with other remaining existence groups and begin rebuilding society. The show also stars Moon Bloodgood, Will Patton, Drew Roy, Maxim Knight, Connor Jessup, Colin Cunningham and Sarah Carter.

At the show’s press day, co-stars Noah Wyle and Drew Roy (who plays Tom Mason’s oldest son, Hal) talked about where things pick up in Season 2, how grueling it can be to shoot this show, the evolution of the alien battles, the electronics that would be the hardest for them to give up in an alien invasion, the input that they get from executive producer Steven Spielberg, and the dedication of sci-fi fans. Check out what they had to say after the jump.

We’ve got a couple of casting stories to report this afternoon.  First up, director Robert Rodriguez continues to fill out the cast for his sequel Machete Kills, and it appears that Amber Herd (The Rum Diary) will be taking on a femme fatale role.  Variety reports that Herd will play “a manipulative assassin code-named Miss San Antonio,” which I can only assume refers to her jaw-dropping beauty.  Dangerous beauty, apparently.  Danny Trejo is returning as the titular murderous Mexican, with Jessica Alba and Michelle Rodriguez reprising their roles from the first film as well.  As for newcomers, Mel Gibson and Demian Bichir are poised to join the franchise’s second outing.

Hit the jump for casting news regarding the drag-racing biopic Snake & Mongoose.

I’ll give you a second to read that headline again so you know that the next few paragraphs are not written in stone. In a report from The Sun (via Slashfilm), they suggest that former ER co-stars George Clooney and Noah Wyle are in competition for the role of Apple-icon Steve Jobs for a biopic by Sony. While there is no factual evidence to support this, Wyle did once portray Jobs in the TV biography Pirates of Silicon Valley and Clooney is being courted to play in almost everything. Rumor or not, Sony is definitely anxious to get production moving on the biopic and is banking on Aaron Sorkin to pen the script. Hit the jump for more on this project.

The entire world is abuzz with the passing of innovative Pixar and Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. For those looking to remember him fondly, TNT is airing their TV movie chronicle Pirates of Silicon Valley which follows the fascinating and unforgettable race between technology rivals Apple Computer and Microsoft. From nights of dorm-room tinkering to days of boardroom scheming, their fierce and often humorous battle to rule the fledgling computer empire literally changed the world. Anthony Michael Hall plays Bill Gates while ER and Falling Skies star Noah Wyle plays Jobs in a performance that the man loved so much that he even had the actor take the stage as himself at an Apple event some years back. You can see a video of that great appearance after the jump along with a statement from Wyle on Jobs’ passing, and be sure to tune in at 8/7c and again at 10/9c  tonight for the special presentation of Pirates of Silicon Valley.

On the new alien drama Falling Skies, from DreamWorks Television and executive producer Steven Spielberg, actor Noah Wyle plays Tom Mason, a history professor who never imagined that he would one day be waging war against an occupying force from another world. With his wife now dead and his middle son Ben (Connor Jessup) captured by the alien invaders, it’s up to Tom to protect his oldest son Hal (Drew Roy) and his youngest son Matt (Maxim Knight), despite having only an academic understanding of military history. Even though Tom proves himself a strong leader, he is determined to find and rescue his son from captivity, no matter what it takes.

At a press day for the television series, Collider sat down with Noah Wyle for this exclusive interview, in which he talked about getting this series through his long-term relationship with TNT, the nearly 20 years he’s had the good fortune of working with Steven Spielberg, signing on for this role so that he could impress his 8-year-old son, doing a show of this type on a television budget, how pleased he was when he saw the look of the aliens, and how incredibly gratifying it is to have such support from the network, so early on. Check out what he had to say after the jump:

TNT presented some new footage from their upcoming sci-fi series Falling Skies today to fans at WonderCon, and we were there to cover it. Executive produced by Steven Spielberg, the series stars Noah Wyle as a former university professor and father who has taken up the leadership role in a resistance faction made up of soldiers and civilians alike. In addition to Wyle, Falling Skies also stars Moon Bloodgood, Will Patton, and Drew Roy. Hit the jump to check out a recap on the footage and panel, as well as my reaction to what we were shown.

We’ve already seen a trailer and TV spot for TNT’s new sci-fi drama series Falling Skies which has a two-hour premiere Sunday, June 19, at 9/8c. Now the cable network has unveiled another extended look at the series with a cool trailer/featurettes which gives us a much better idea of the story and the characters we’ll be introduced to this summer. This is the most impressive look at the series yet, and I’m definitely eager to check it out in a few months.

Hit the jump to check out the trailer/featurette.

TNT has unveiled a new television spot for its alien invasion drama Falling Skies. Executive produced by Steven Spielberg, the series stars Noah Wyle as a former university professor and father who has taken up the leadership role in a resistance faction made up of soldiers and civilians alike. In addition to Wyle, Falling Skies also stars Moon Bloodgood, Drew Roy, Will Patton, and Drew Roy.

As you’ll be able to see throughout the promo, Falling Skies is set to premiere on TNT this June. While I can’t say I’m waiting on pins-and-needles for the series, Steven Weber’s line about how some of the survivors of the alien invasion’s “first wave” believe it is proof that they are “the best of mankind” has me interested in the human dynamic of the series. With this in mind, hit the jump to check out the new spot as well as each of the previous promos for the series.

TNT has debuted the first trailer for Falling Skies, an alien invasion drama executive produced by Steven Spielberg.  Noah Wyle (ER) stars as “a former college professor who becomes the leader of a group of soldiers and civilians struggling against an occupying alien force.”  Moon Bloodgood (Terminator Salvation), Drew Roy (Secretariat), Maxim Knight (Brothers & Sisters), and Seychelle Gabriel (The Last Airbender) also star.

My hope is that the Spielberg influence acts as a counterbalance to the potential limitations of a basic cable budget.  The trailer is encouraging in this respect, in that I see nothing hokey about what is presented.  Certainly nothing that my man Noah Wyle can’t overcome.  Judge for yourself after the jump.

Both MTV and TNT teased eager Comic-Con attendees with glimpses at new television programs Teen Wolf (MTV) and Falling Skies (TNT).  Ironically both panels were back to back and both either draw from familiar source material, Teen Wolf being a re-envisioning of the Michael J. Fox movie, and Falling Skies using themes akin to War of the Worlds and other comparable alien invasion epics. Did the sneak peeks serve anything fresh to audiences with their bite size snippets, or were they awkward rehashes of contrived stories? Hit the jump to find out.