It’s a pretty obvious concept, but one that doesn’t work nearly as often as it should. If a franchise is a hit on the big screen, it should work on TV. Right?

We’ve been heading towards this big Supernatural season finale showdown for quite some time, and tonight, hopefully, will be the payoff. But since it’s the season finale, and since they’re coming back in the fall, and since it’s Supernatural, I wonder what cliffhanger we’ll be teetering on all summer…

Today we have a clip and a TV spot for sneak peeks of the finale, and this time you’ll see the clip first. You’ll see why, when you see the TV spot.

Clip: Supernatural – Sacrifice

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TV Spot: Supernatural – Sacrifice Preview

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We’re ready, The CW. Bring it.

Supernatural, starring Jensen Ackles, Jared Padalecki, Misha Collins, and Mark Sheppard, airs its Season Finale tonight at 9/8c on The CW.

ABC has greenlit a new drama called Once Upon a Time: Wonderland that will debut this fall. Check out the first footage that features Alice and her trip down the rabbit hole.

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So which beloved DC character almost died of AIDS in the 1980s?

I’ve held back on almost all of the arrow-related puns when discussing The CW‘s Arrow, but tonight’s the season finale and it was time to pull back and let one fly. Okay, two. We have SEVEN featurettes for you, along with one TV spot to lead it all off, before what is sure to be an epic season finale tonight. Sproing! Thwip!

TV Spot: Arrow – Sacrifice Preview

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Featurette: Arrow – Marc Guggenheim & Andrew Kreisberg Answer Fan Questions – Interview 1

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Featurette: Arrow – Marc Guggenheim & Andrew Kreisberg Answer Fan Questions – Interview 2

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Cavorting! Okay… These next two featurettes are thinly veiled commercials for the sponsor, but there’s still some nuggets of info for we fans of behind-the-scenes:

Featurette: Arrow – Beneath the Surface: Working It (Showrunner Greg Berlanti)

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Featurette: Arrow – Beneath the Surface: Casting Mojo (Marc Guggenheim)

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I thought these Top Twenty Stunts featurettes were overkill – sorry – until I watched them. The stunts in this show really shine, and it’s always especially impressive when they’re performed by Stephen Amell:

Featurette: Arrow – Stunts: Top 20 Countdown – Part 1

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Featurette: Arrow – Stunts: Top 20 Countdown – Part 2

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Featurette: Arrow – Stunts: Top 20 Countdown – Part 3

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Arrow, starring Stephen Amell, Colin Donnell, Katie Cassidy, David Ramsey,Willa Holland, Susanna Thompson, Paul Blackthorne, and John Barrowman, airs its Season 1 finale tonight at 8/7c on The CW.

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In the battle between good and evil, an immortal holds the key

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“The sun persists in rising, so I make myself stand”

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Today was ABC‘s turn at the Upfronts, and we have a couple of beautiful trailers for you, along with a great surprise. First, the surprise: ABC will be airing a brand new Toy Story special, featuring the original cast, in October, Toy Story of Terror. We have a screen shot and a synopsis for that, plus brand new first trailers for Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Once Upon a Time in Wonderland. Behold!

SPECIALS

“TOY STORY OF TERROR”
From Disney•Pixar comes a spooky new tale featuring all of the favorite characters from the “Toy Story” films. What starts out as a fun road trip for the “Toy Story” gang takes an unexpected turn for the worse when the trip detours to a roadside motel. After one of the toys goes missing, the others find themselves caught up in a mysterious sequence of events that must be solved before they all suffer the same fate in this “Toy Story of Terror.”

The cast of “Toy Story of Terror” includes Tom Hanks as Woody, Tim Allen as Buzz, Joan Cusack as Jessie, Carl Weathers as Combat Carl/Combat Carl Jr., Timothy Dalton as Mr. Pricklepants, Don Rickles as Mr. Potato Head, Wallace Shawn as Rex and Kristen Schaal as Trixie.

“Toy Story of Terror” is produced by Galyn Susman and directed by Angus MacLane. The special, from Disney•Pixar, will premiere on ABC in October 2013.

We showed you the TV spot for the new Joss Whedon S.H.I.E.L.D. series earlier, but now we have an entire trailer, and it explains a lot more. It also looks awesome.

Trailer: Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

“MARVEL’S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D.” Clark Gregg reprises his role of Agent Phil Coulson from Marvel’s feature films, as he assembles a small, highly select group of Agents from the worldwide law-enforcement organization known as S.H.I.E.L.D. Together they investigate the new, the strange and the unknown around the globe, protecting the ordinary from the extraordinary. Coulson’s team consists of Agent Grant Ward (Brett Dalton), highly trained in combat and espionage; Agent Melinda May (Ming-Na Wen), expert pilot and martial artist; Agent Leo Fitz (Iain De Caestecker), brilliant engineer; and Agent Jemma Simmons (Elizabeth Henstridge), genius bio-chemist. Joining them on their journey into mystery is new recruit and computer hacker Skye (Chloe Bennet). “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,” Marvel’s first television series, is from executive producers Joss Whedon (“Marvel’s The Avengers,” “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”), Jed Whedon & Maurissa Tancharoen, who co-wrote the pilot (“Dollhouse,” “Dr.Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog”). Jeffrey Bell (“Angel,” “Alias”) and Jeph Loeb (“Smallville,” “Lost,” “Heroes”) also serve as executive producers. “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” is produced by ABC Studios and Marvel Television.
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Finally, we have the trailer for the Once Upon a Time spinoff, Once Upon a Time in Wonderland. This one looks like it will definitely work for me:

Trailer: Once Upon a Time in Wonderland

“ONCE UPON A TIME IN WONDERLAND”
In Victorian England, the young and beautiful Alice (Sophie Lowe) tells a tale of a strange new land that exists on the other side of a rabbit hole. An invisible cat, a hookah smoking caterpillar and playing-cards that talk are just some of the fantastic things she’s seen during this impossible adventure. Surely this troubled girl must be insane, and her doctors aim to cure her with a treatment that will make her forget everything. Alice seems ready to put it all behind her, especially the painful memory of the genie she fell in love with and lost forever — the handsome and mysterious Cyrus (Peter Gadiot). But deep down Alice knows this world is real, and just in the nick of time the sardonic Knave of Hearts (Michael Socha) and the irrepressible White Rabbit (John Lithgow) arrive to save her from a doomed fate. Together the trio will take a tumble down the rabbit hole to this Wonderland where nothing is impossible.

“Once Upon a Time in Wonderland” stars Sophie Lowe (“Beautiful Kate”) as Alice, Michael Socha (“This Is England”) as Knave of Hearts, Peter Gadiot (“The Forbidden Girl”) as Cyrus, Emma Rigby (“Hollyoaks”) as Queen of Hearts and John Lithgow (“3rd Rock from the Sun”) as the voice of the White Rabbit.

“Once Upon a Time in Wonderland” was written by Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz (“Once Upon a Time”), who serve as executive producers. Steve Perlman and Zack Estrin also serve as executive producers, and the pilot was directed by Ralph Hemecker. “Once Upon a Time in Wonderland” is produced by ABC Studios.

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Finally, we have, via Deadline, the day and time for the two new series, as reflected below, as well as returning ABC series The Neighbors – Fridays at 8:30/7:30c – and Once Upon a Time – it’s usual timeslot of Sundays at 8/7c. It’s only May, but we’re ready for fall now.

Toy Story of Terror, starring the voices of Tom Hanks and Tim Allen, will air in October on ABC.

Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., starring Clark Gregg, Brett Dalton, and Ming-na Wen, will air on Wednesdays at 8/7c this fall on ABC.

Once Upon a Time in Wonderland, starring Sophie Lowe and Michael Socha, will air Thursdays at 8/7c this fall on ABC.

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For all the cool new shows we’ll get to check out this fall, there are a whole lot more that didn’t make the cut.

It looks like former California Governor and Terminator, Arnold Schwarzenegger is in talks to co-star in a reboot of the 1984 series The Toxic Avenger. His would be the supporting mentor role according to a press release, but the role truly sounds perfect for him.

Here’s an excerpt from the press release over at Deadline.

Los Angeles, CA (May, 2013) –Action superstar Arnold Schwarzenegger (TERMINATOR series, TOTAL RECALL) is in negotiations to star in writer/director Steve Pink’s (HOT TUB TIME MACHINE 1 & 2) big budget action comedy THE TOXIC AVENGER produced by Akiva Goldsman (CONSTANTINE, I AM LEGEND, MR AND MRS SMITH), Richard Saperstein (HANCOCK, 1408, SE7EN), Charlie Corwin (HALF NELSON, THE SQUID AND THE WHALE), Stephen Kessler and Michael Benaroya (LAWLESS, MARGIN CALL). Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz will executive produce. The announcement was made today by International Film Trust’s (IFT) President Ariel Veneziano who will handle all international rights to the film alongside IFT’s Head of Sales Christian de Gallegos.

Set to be introduced to buyers at Cannes 2013, THE TOXIC AVENGER is currently in pre-production and scheduled to start principal photography this fall.

Loosely based on Lloyd Kaufman’s classic Troma franchise, THE TOXIC AVENGER is the tale of a high-school kid who gets dunked in a vat of toxic waste by a corrupt chemical company. He survives the ordeal with one major side effect: upon contact with toxic chemicals, he transforms into a monster with superhuman strength. Schwarzenegger would play “the Exterminator,” a former black ops agent, who trains Toxie to use his powers for good. Together they take on the lurking menace created by the polluters, and the polluters themselves.

“Moviegoers around the world were thrilled when Arnold Schwarzenegger returned to acting so effortlessly filling the gap that he left behind,” said producer and IFT co-founder Michael Benaroya. “He is the ultimate action hero with a natural comedic versatility and will be pitch perfect in The Toxic Avenger.”

“Our film is a perfect combination of commercial genre, star power and award winning filmmakers to set it apart from other titles on offer at Cannes this year. The Toxic Avenger is a blockbuster in waiting with franchise potential. The buyers will love it,” said IFT President Ariel Veneziano.

Arnold Schwarzenegger’s role in James Cameron’s THE TERMINATOR series solidified his place as one of the leading action hero actors with roles in blockbuster hits including PREDATOR, TOTAL RECALL, TERMINATOR 2: JUDGEMENT DAY and TRUE LIES. Proving to be a multi-talented performer, Schwarzenegger crossed over into comedic roles with box office hits TWINS opposite Danny DeVito and Ivan Reitman’sKINDERGARTEN COP. After taking an extended break to become the Governor of California, Schwarzenegger returned to acting in 2012 with THE EXPENDABLES 2, which grossed over $300 million worldwide. He will next be seen in Summit Entertainment’sESCAPE PLAN and Open Road Films’TEN. He is represented by CAA and Patrick Knapp at Bloom Hergott Diemer Rosenthal LaViolette Felmdman Schenkman & Goodman.

 

We’ll keep you posted on the latest for the Toxic Avenger reboot.