Yvonne Strahovski, Adam Baldwin To Appear At T2

Mark your calendars, Chuck fans, the guests for next summer’s T2 convention are being announced and Yvonne Strahovski and Adam Baldwin are on the ticket! T2 is a three day convention for fans of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Chuck and Firefly featuring:

• guest talks
• photo and autograph sessions
• competitions
• parties
• and much more

T2 takes place 11-13 June 2010 at the Thistle Hotel, Heathrow, England. Visit their website for more information.

Robert Duncan McNeill Panel At 2009 Toronto SF Expo

This week’s article is a report from the 2009 edition of the Toronto SF Expo. It ran from Friday, August 28 to Sunday, August 30th.

Chuck Director and Executive Supervising Producer, Robert Duncan McNeill, was one of the major guest stars lined up for the Expo. On Sunday he did a Q/A panel. He did a great job of deftly answering questions. The panel crowd was thoroughly entertained and charmed by Robert’s wit and sense of humour.

The questions were mostly about Star Trek: Voyager but Chuck did surface a few times. Here are the Chuck related excerpts from the panel:

1) What’s it like working on Chuck?

I have been producing and directing a show called Chuck. Which is in the States on NBC and I think it is on up here [Toronto] on CITY-TV.

Chuck is great! Chuck is a dream show for somebody like me because I really enjoy comedy. I’ve always enjoyed a set that is funny, as you can tell. So Chuck is a great hybrid show. We’ve got great comic writing, great comic actors with our Nerd Herd and Buy More staff.

Zac Levi is an amazing leading actor on our show. So you got the comedy and the quirky characters and then also we have great emotion with the Chuck and Sarah love story and good writing there.

To top it all off I get to blow stuff up and shoot lots of guns. So you know it’s a dream show for somebody like me. It reminds me of classic Hollywood blockbuster action-comedies like Lethal Weapon and Die Hard. You know the ones with great action and memorable comic sequences. Its just great. Its really fun. So, I love it.

2) What are your current projects?

I’m really pretty immersed in Chuck. This is the third season. I just finished editting the season premiere, just two days ago. Its really exciting.

For those of you that watch Chuck or know it, you know that the guy who created the show, Chris Fedak, probably put it the best, when I heard him say this year that Chuck is really about the birth of a superhero.

The first season was about Chuck about having this computer in his head and being really confused and overwhelmed. The second season was about him kind of going – you know what? I just want to be a regular guy. I don’t want to be a superhero. He was in the denial phase. This season is really about Chuck going – Wait a minute! This is kinda of cool. Yes, I want to be a spy. I do want to be a superhero.

So its really been an interesting project to be involved with because it is just not one concept that keeps repeating itself every week. Its a real evolution. Every season has been a very different kind of chapter.

3) I really like on Chuck this season that we got to see that Jeff was a former Space Invader (Missile Commander actually – LS) champion. I was wondering if there was any more plans to see a little more of Jeff?

Yeah, we are going to see more.

Definitely one thing that is going to happen this season, partially due to budget cuts and the economy and the way life is, you know we were presented with a problem of some budget cuts. So how do we do that? Well, maybe we can’t see the entire cast in every single episode which has actually led us to solve the budget problem.

But that means we write a little deeper for each character. If Jeff and Lester are in an episode they will have a little bit more to do. If Morgan is in an episode he may not just be in the Buy More, we may see him involved in Chuck’s spy life a little bit.

So there is going to be [because] of the economic situation for Season 3 has led us to some interesting ideas, so yeah you are going to see a lot more of those guys.

It was a great time for everyone and was topped off at the end by Robert giving a shout out to a couple of fans dressed up as Chuck and Sarah – with the girl done up as Sarah – Weinerlicious style.

Till next week and another article, this time titled – Angst: The Newest Four Letter Word.

Chuck vs. the Podcast: Comic Con Part 2

Part 2 of our Comic-Con coverage is our first ever video podcast!  We’ve included all of Mel & Liz’s press room interviews with the cast of Chuck and show runner Josh Schwartz.  Thanks to Jessica Sisk for shooting and editing the interviews.

Don’t forget to join our “Chuck Me Mondays” group watch, and also please keep up the monthly votes at Podcast Alley.  Every one counts!

Watch now!

Chuck vs. the Podcast: Comic Con Part 1

Wow, Comic-Con was amazing…  and Mel and Liz were there!  They give us a full report on everything Chuck-related, and lots of other fun stuff.  Plus, we finally have spoilers for season 3!

Don’t forget to join our “Chuck Me Mondays” group watch, and also please keep up the monthly votes at Podcast Alley. Every one counts!

Listen now

‘Chuck’ At the TCA Press Tour (UPDATED)

The gang from Chuck appeared at NBC’s TCA Press Tour party last night, fresh off their first table read for the season (filming began today). We’ve added photos to the Gallery and have a couple of interviews to share.

Access Hollywood video with Zachary Levi, Adam Baldwin, Yvonne Strahovski and Joshua Gomez
E!Online chats with Yvonne Strahovski

Updated 08.07.09: NBC.com has a couple of videos of the Chuck gang on the red carpet, including a special seranade for the fans. Feel the love!

The Comic Con NON-Interview: Sarah Lancaster & Yvonne Strahovski

The Chuck press room was packed and we had a lot of people to talk with during the hour allotted. Unfortunately, we were the last to get Sarah Lancaster and Yvonne Strahovski, so just as they came over to us, the handlers said it was time for them to leave to get over to the Warner Bros. booth for the signing. Boo! We did get to say hi to them, plus get some Sarah and Ryan teasing, but sadly that’s about it.

Mark Christopher Lawrence: The Comic Con Interview

It’s Big Mike! Siskj didn’t catch the bear hug I got from MCL, but you gotta know he’s not lying when he says everyone loves him. Get the scoop straight from Mark Christopher Lawrence about romance on the horizon for Big Mike and his experience waiting for the renewal.

Ryan McPartlin: The Comic Con Interview

We chatted with Captain Awesome himself, Ryan McPartlin, in the Chuck press room, getting the scoop on Awesome’s participation in the spy world and how he’ll keep the secret from Ellie.

JEFFSTER!: The Comic Con Interview

Following their rockin’ performance during the Chuck panel, we got to chat with Scott Krinsky and Vik Sahay in the press room. Check out Vik’s reaction when I suggest an artist for him to cover next season. Poor guy.

Joshua Gomez & Zachary Levi: The Comic Con Interview

Whose beard would win in a fight? What’s up with Anna and Morgan? Will the bromance live in season 3? Will Chuck ever get a gun? Hear what Joshua Gomez and Zachary Levi had to say when we interviewed them at Comic Con.

P.S. “Carmichael & Grimes”? I expect royalties for that idea!

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