Sanctuary - North Shore News: Ryan Robbins Interview

At North Shore News (Vancouver, BC, Canada):

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Web-first projects making an impact

By Benjamin Alldritt, North Shore News August 20, 2010



"Early on, someone said to me 'You're not good-looking enough to be a leading man and you're not ugly enough to be a character actor,'" recalls North Vancouver-based actor Ryan Robbins. "I said 'Well I can ugly myself up a little bit but I don't know if I can get any prettier.'"

Happily, that early assessment was well wide of the mark. Robbins has rarely been idle since he got into professional acting, playing a series of character roles and now looking forward to taking on that leading-man mantle.

Robbins met with the North Shore News just after returning from Comic Con in San Diego, where he represented several local television shows -- Sanctuary, Riese and the upcoming Dream Detective -- at the international pop-culture conference.

"It was absolutely bonkers," says Robbins, who plays Henry Foss in Sanctuary and Rand in Riese. "I'm not really used to the getting-recognized thing. But wow, on the panel at Comic Con, you couldn't see the back of the room. I said 'Wow, our little show (Sanctuary) is pretty popular' and someone said 'Yeah, you're in 183 countries...'"

Sanctuary season three premieres on Syfy (US) on Tuesday, September 28 at 10pm -- this season will have 20 episodes!

Stargate / Sanctuary - Syfy Schedule week Aug 23 '10 - SG1 Season 4 Marathon Aug 24!

From Syfy's schedulebot:

STARGATE ATLANTIS - 5pm Weekday Rotation



Aug 24 The Gift - Guest stars include Claire Rankin, Paul McGillion, David Nykl, Ben Cotton and Dean Marshall.



Aug 26 The Intruder - Guest stars include Beau Bridges, Garwin Sanford, David Nykl and Mitch Pileggi.



Aug 27 Runner - Guest stars include Kavan Smith, Mitch Pileggi, Jonathon Young and Dan Payne.


STARGATE ATLANTIS - Syfy Friday Rotation



Aug 28 01:00A Doppelganger - Guest stars include Claire Rankin, David Nykl and Kavan Smith.


STARGATE SG-1 - 6pm Weekday Rotation



Aug 24 The Nox - Guest stars include Armin Shimerman, Peter Williams, Frida Betrani and Michasa Armstrong.



Aug 27 Brief Candle - Guest stars include Bobbie Phillips and Gabrielle Miller.


STARGATE SG-1 - Season Four MARATHON - AUGUST 24



08:00A Divide And Conquer - Guest stars include Vanessa Angel, JR Bourne, Kirsten Robek and Andrew Jackson.



09:00A Watergate - Guest stars include Marina Sirtis and Tom McBeath.



10:00A The First Ones - Guest stars include Dion Johnstone, Jason Schombing, Steve Bacic, Russell Ferrier and Rob Lee.



11:00A Scorched Earth - Guest stars include Brian Markinson, Marilyn Norry and Battlestar Galactica's Alessandro Juliani.



12:00P Beneath The Surface - Guest stars include Alison Matthews, Kim Hawthorne, Laurie Murdoch and Russell Ferrier.



1:00P Point Of No Return - Guest stars include Willie Garson and Matthew Bennett.



2:00P Tangent - Guest stars include - Carmen Argenziano, Colin Cunningham and Steven Williams.



3:00P The Curse - Guest stars include Anna-Louise Plowman, Ben Bass and Lorena Gale.




SANCTUARY



Aug 23 03:00A Warriors - Guest stars include Jim Byrnes, Lynda Boyd and Alex Diakun.

Stargate episode graphics courtesy of GateWorld.

Stargate / Sanctuary - Syfy: Schedule week August 16 '10

From Syfy's schedulebot:

STARGATE ATLANTIS - 5pm Weekday Rotation



Aug 17 The Brotherhood - Guest stars include Robert Davi, Paul McGillion, David Nykl and Dean Marshall.



Aug 19 Letters From Pegasus - Guest stars include Amanda Tapping, Paul McGillion, David Nykl, Ben Cotton, Gary Jones and Dean Marshall.

STARGATE ATLANTIS - Syfy Friday Rotation



Aug 21 01:00A Reunion - Guest stars include Christopher Judge, David Nykl, Aleks Paunovic and Mark Dacascos.

STARGATE SG-1 - 6pm Weekday Rotation



Aug 17 The First Commandment - Guest stars include William Russ and Roger R. Cross.



Aug 19 Cold Lazarus - Guest stars include Harley Jane Kozak, Wally Dalton and Kyle Graham.

(Season 4 Marathon next week on the 24th!)

SANCTUARY



Aug 17 03:00A Requiem

Stargate episode graphics courtesy of GateWorld.

Sanctuary - Demon FM: Ryan Robbins Audio Interview

At Demon FM:

Demon FM Meets....Ryan Robbins



Demon FM's Matt Horn and David Murphy managed to acquire an exclusive interview with Sanctuary star, Ryan Robbins - who plays Henry Foss in the series. Mr Robbins talks about the show's formula, his character and Series 3, whilst discussing his controversial role as real life serial killer Charles Manson in Manson, My Name Is Evil. Edited by Matt Horn.

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Sanctuary - Script Magazine: Robin Dunne / Vanessa Parise Interview

At Script Magazine:

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Hollywood BFFs Write Buddy Comedy

August 9, 2010
by Jenna Milly

Finding the right partner is Hollywood can be about as difficult as picking out your new best friend on the first day of school. Vanessa Parise and Robin Dunne seem to understand how to do both. Co-writers and BFFs themselves, this writing team wrote a female buddy comedy about two childhood friends who reunite after having gone their separate ways, titled BFF. An actor, Parise frequents the improv scene at Second City and has also written, directed and produced her own feature films. Robin is also a writer/actor and currently starring in SyFy’s Sanctuary, and he wrote a series of Roxy Hunter films for Nickelodeon. Script sat down with this dynamic duo to find out how they tested their relationship while writing a film about friendship...

Sanctuary - Show Patrol: Amanda Tapping Video Interview

Courtesy of Chicago Now's Show Patrol (Chicago, IL):

SDCC 2010 exclusive: Amanda Tapping previews 'Sanctuary' Season 3

by Curt Wagner on 07.27.10

Helen Magnus, Will Zimmerman, Henry Foss, Kate Freelander and the Big Guy will go on an "epic journey" in Season 3 of "Sanctuary."

Epic is really the only way the Syfy series can go after the extraordinary cliffhanger that ended Season 2: Big Bertha set off a series of giant tidal waves that could flood the world.

"It's quite mysterious actually what happens," producer-star and sometimes director Amanda Tapping told me at San Diego Comic Con, saying they will take some time to figure out the situation, "because we don't actually understand what happened."

The resolution of the Big Bertha fallout is only one of a few major story arcs this season, which consists of 20 episodes instead of just 13 like the first two seasons. It's an epic season indeed for the groundbreaking series.

Tapping and I sat down for a chat after the "Sanctuary" panel where a funny Season 2 recap/Season 3 preview was presented, and it was also announced that Polly Walker from "Caprica" will guest star on "Sanctuary."

Enjoy the two-part interview with Tapping and the preview, and watch for my exclusive interviews with Robin Dunne and Ryan Robbins.

Sanctuary - Movie Web: Amanda Tapping, Ryan Robbins, Damian Kindler Video Interviews

Courtesy of Movie Web:

SDCC 2010 EXCLUSIVE: Sanctuary Season 3 Cast Interviews

July 28th, 2010

One of Syfy's hit series is about to get bigger and better for its upcoming third season. We reported back in December that Syfy handed out a third-season order to Sanctuary, which will return to the Syfy airwaves later this year. The show was given a 20-episode order (as opposed to the first two seasons' 13-episode orders) and the show has returned to San Diego for Comic-Con to promote the popular series. We spoke to stars Amanda Tapping (Helen Magnus), Ryan Robbins (Henry Foss) along with executive producer Damian Kindler at the Con.

Sanctuary, which also stars Robin Dunne, Christopher Heyerdahl, Emilie Ullerup and Agam Darshi, will return to the SyFy network this fall, airing on Friday nights.


Sanctuary: Season 3: Comic-Con 2010 Exclusive: Amanda Tapping




Sanctuary: Season 3: Comic-Con 2010 Exclusive: Ryan Robbins




Sanctuary: Season 3: Comic-Con 2010 Exclusive: Damian Kindler

Stargate Universe / Sanctuary - Syfy/Blastr: Syfy/Entertainment Weekly Comic Con Red Carpet Interviews

Courtesy of Syfy and Blastr:

Go behind the scenes of the Comic-Con party you wish you were at

By Staci Layne Wilson
on Jul 27, 2010

EVERYONE who was anyone turned out for the Syfy/EW party at San Diego Comic-Con Saturday night. (Somehow, Blastr managed to get in, too.) We caught up with the stars of True Blood, Eureka, Warehouse 13, V, Stargate Universe and Sanctuary—plus directors Joss Whedon and Eli Roth—for exclusive interviews about their latest projects.

Includes interviews with Joss Whedon, Eli Roth, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Colin Ferguson, Neil Grayston, Joe Manganiello, Kristin Bauer, Eddit McClintock, Joanne Kelly, Allison Scagliotti, CCH Pounder, Scott Wolf, Alaina Huffman, Amanda Tapping and Robin Dunne.

Sanctuary - Syfy: Video - Comic Con 2010 Trailer

Courtesy of Syfy:

Sanctuary - Comic-Con 2010 Trailer

Watch the "Sanctuary" trailer from San Diego Comic-Con 2010.

Sanctuary - Rabid Doll: Amanda Tapping Video Interview

Courtesy of Rabid Doll:

Amanda Tapping Talks 'Sanctuary'

Comic-Con: What is in store for Helen Magnus this coming season?

Sanctuary - Urban Rush: Video - Amanda Tapping Interview

Courtesy of You Tube:

Interview with Amanda Tapping on Canada's Urban Rush, July 28th 2010, talking about ComicCon, Sanctuary and Sanctuary for Kids.

Sanctuary - Show Patrol: Video: Ryan Robbins bares it all for 'Sanctuary'

At Chicago Now's Show Patrol (Chicago, IL):

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SDCC exclusive: Ryan Robbins bares it all for 'Sanctuary'

by Curt Wagner on 08.01.10

"Sanctuary" fans, get ready to see more of Henry Foss--a lot more of Ryan Robbins.

"I don't have magic denim shorts that appear when I transform back from being a werewolf," Robbins joked at San Diego Comic Con, telling me that Henry, both as a werewolf and as the man, will have a lot to do in Season 3 of "Sanctuary..."

... Robbins talks more about making Robin Dunne uncomfortable, Henry and [at the link above] you can watch the entire SDCC "Sanctuary" panel with Robbins, Amanda Tapping, Robin Dunne, Damian Kindler and moderator Josh Gates from "Destination Truth."


 

Stargate Universe - Syfy at San Diego's Comic Con 2010

At Syfy:

Syfy at San Diego's Comic Con 2010 - Friday July 23 - Saturday July 24

San Diego's Comic Con 2010 (Please click this link for more general information on Comic Con 2010)

Panel Schedule | Friday July 23



Stargate Universe
10:30AM - 11:30AM, Ballroom 20
Moderator: Robert Cooper
Panelists: Robert Carlyle, David Blue, Ming-Na, Louis Ferreira


Caprica
11:30AM - 12:30PM, Ballroom 20
Moderator: Geoff Boucher, Los Angeles Times
Panelists: Alessandra Torresani, Sasha Roiz, Ron Moore, David Eick


Syfy Friday Night Screening
8:45PM - 10:45PM, Room 6A
All New Episodes of Eureka and Haven
Introduced by Jaime Paglia

Syfy Original Movies and Chiller Present Mega Piranha
11:00PM - 12:30AM, Room 6A
Screening of Mega Piranha
Introduced by Tiffany


Panel Schedule | Saturday July 23



Sanctuary
1:00PM - 2:00PM, Hilton Bayfront, Indigo Ballroom
Moderator: Josh Gates
Panelists: Amanda Tapping, Robin Dunne, Martin Wood, Damian Kindler

Warehouse 13 and Eureka
3:30PM - 5:00PM, 6BCF
Moderators: Neil Grayston & Allison Scagliotti
Warehouse 13 Panelists: Eddie McClintock, Joanne Kelly, Saul Rubinek, Allison Scagliotti, Jack Kenny
Eureka Panelists: Colin Ferguson, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Neil Grayston, James Callis, Jaime Paglia, Bruce Miller

Stargate Universe / Sanctuary - Directors Guild of Canada 2010 Nominations

At the Directors Guild of Canada:

2010 DGC AWARDS

Comedian Dave Foley will host the 9th annual gala on Saturday, September 25, 2010 at the regal Fairmont Royal York Hotel in Toronto.

Ticket sales for DGC members open Wednesday, July 7, 2010.
Ticket sales for industry open Wednesday, July 28, 2010.

2010 DGC Awards Nominations
*** nominees may be subject to change*** (include)

BEST DIRECTION - TV SERIES



Stargate Universe creators Brad Wright and Robert C. Cooper

Presented by Gold Sponsor, William F. White

Adrienne Mitchell for Durham County - "Little Lost Children"
Robert C. Cooper for Stargate Universe - "Human"
Helen Shaver for The Bridge - Eps. 110
Holly Dale for Flashpoint - "Perfect Storm"


BEST TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA
Presented by Gold Sponsor, PS Production Services

Being Erica - Eps. 109 "Everything She Wants" - Jeff Woolnough (Director)

Flashpoint - "One Wrong Move" - David Frazee (Director)



Sanctuary Director Martin Wood

Sanctuary - Eps. 213 "Kali Part 2" - Martin Wood (Director), Doug Brons (Production Manager), Gordon D. MacDonald (1st Assistant Director), Eddy Hardy (2nd Assistant Director), Gisela Schulte (3rd Assistant Director), Chantelle Collett (Trainee Assistant Director), Tanner Adams (Production Assistant), Amanda Eglisson (Production Assistant), Michael McAree (Production Assistant), Bruce Brownstein (Location Manager), Heather Vedan (Location Manager), Scott Walden (Location Manager), Stephen Sangster (Assistant Location Manager), Terry Brooks (Location Scout), Doug John White (Location Scout)

The Bridge - Eps. 110 - Helen Shaver (Director)

Sanctuary - Clique Clack TV: Sanctuary season two – CliqueClack Giveaway

At Clique Clack TV:

Sanctuary season two – CliqueClack Giveaway

Syfy's 'Sanctuary, The Complete Second Season,' on both standard and Blu-ray -- five copies of each!

Interested in a copy? Oh, you know you are. All you need to do is leave a comment to this post, [at the link above], telling us why you’d like to own a copy of this DVD set and, also, which format you’d like: standard or Blu-Ray.

Entries to this giveaway must be made by Monday, July 12th at 5 PM ET. We’ll pick ten comments completely at random and alert those picked in the coming weeks (make sure your spam filter allows @cliqueclack.com addressed email!) Only one entry per person and you must have a valid U.S.-based mailing address. Not following these guidelines voids your entry.

Look for a review of the Sanctuary season two DVDs here sometime soon. Good luck!

Stargate Universe / Sanctuary - SFX Magazine Issue #198 - David Blue/Damian Kindler Interviews

At SFX Magazine:

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SFX Issue 198

24/06/2010

Our blindingly early 2011 preview, Inception and a look back at Firefly in the stonking new issue

Profiles

David Blue talks about his role as Eli in Stargate Universe and his hopes for the evolution of the character; Paul Cornell talks to Rob Williams about his new contract with DC on Action Comics, and Pixar good luck charm John Ratzenberger talks about his rise to fame through appearances in The Empire Strikes Back to his latest Toy Story 3.

Shhh, it’s Inception

The trailers for Christopher Nolan’s Inception are leaving everyone with questions. Well, here’s a set of 20 things you need to know about Inception to get you started before the film’s release on 16 July.

2011 Preview

With the rest of 2010 (Inception and Tron aside) looking like a washout we take a look at 2011’s top 11 films, with Thor, Captain America, The Green Lantern, and more. It’s everything you need to know about the next 12 months at the movies and everything you’ll want to avoid (Stretch Armstrong anyone?)

The Summer Of SF Reading

The third and final part of our look into the 100 greatest SF and Fantasy authors around, with a special on William Gibson’s Neuromancer, and this month’s Book Club Lord Of Light by Roger Zelazny.


... Retro Features

We rewind back this issue to 2002 for a look back at the tragically short lived Firefly, taking a look at the best episodes, the best quotes, and delving into some little known trivia about the series. We also use our Time Machine to take a look at Sam Raimi’s 1981 video nasty The Evil Dead, with Bruce Campbell revealing some interesting facts on the creation of the film.

Don’t Miss:

Wishlist: Avatar 2 – We break it down for Cameron here, and tell him what he needs to do in Avatar 2 (and what NOT to do), to make it a great sequel.

Spoiler Zone: Ashes To Ashes! Doctor Who! FlashForward! Fringe! Lost! Medium! Smallville! Stargate Universe! V! Oh my!

Big Shot: No Ordinary Family – the spiritual successor to Heroes, taking a Fantastic Four style approach to the superhero drama. Only right that it stars Michael Chiklis then.

* Merlin season three heads up this month’s Red Alert. Just tell Arthur your ruddy secret already!

* Although season five should have been the end for Supernatural the fact that it’s: a)brilliant and b) incredibly popular means that we have a whole bonus year with the Winchester Brothers to look forward to. Eric Kripke and Sera Gamble talk about the future of the show.

* Stargate Universe season two is filming as we speak! SFX has news on the latest addition to the cast – new villain Robert Knepper.

* Andy Diggle takes on Daredevil in this summer’s Shadowland crossover mini-series.

* Luke Skywalker himself Mark Hamill gets behind the camera for the movie adaptation of his comic book The Black Pearl. We speak to the former Jedi.

* Dark Horse re-launches Doctor Solar, Man Of The Atom in July, with Magnus following soon after. Get the inside scoop in the latest issue.

* The Doctor is going on tour with Doctor Who Live, featuring favourite aliens from New Who.

* First word on the third season of Sanctuary from show creator Damian Kindler

Rated: Splice, Shrek Forever After, Warehouse 13, The Crazies, The Lovely Bones, The Restoration Game, Doctor Who: City of the Daleks and Demon’s Souls all come under SFX’s mighty hammer of review justice.

Next issue: SFX 199, on sale Wednesday 28 July. Why not subscribe?

Sanctuary - TLOEG: Robert Lawrenson Interview

At The League Of Extraordinary Genres:

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An Interview With Robert Lawrenson

Thursday, June 24, 2010

Robert is a British born actor, now based in Vancouver, Canada. He has appeared in such projects as Sanctuary, Coronation Street, Doctors, Smallville & Robin Hood: Beyond Sherwood.



Robert Lawrenson from Sanctuary

A brief excerpt:

TLOEG: Would you consider making appearances at conventions?

RL: Yes, in fact myself and several of the regular cast of Sanctuary will be appearing at the first ever Sanctuary convention at the Sheraton Wall Centre in Vancouver Jul 30th – Aug 1st. I am really looking forward to being involved and meeting the fans of the show, who make it all possible. Its being run by GABIT events and is made more special as nobody is taking a fee, and all the proceeds from ticket sales are going directly to “Sanctuary for Kids” the charity set up by Amanda Tapping, Damian Kindler & Jill Bodie, which the show supports throughout the year. It’s being run by GABIT events.

... TLOEG: Regarding your character in Sanctuary, did the producers give you Declan’s back story, do you get to make it up or is it something that was a group effort? Can we expect to see more of Declan’s back story on screen?

RL: When I first met the producers at audition I was given an outline for Declan which informed my characterisation. Since then I’ve been fortunate enough to be given great freedom from the producers to develop Declan who have supported my character decisions as an actor. Back story really is a group effort, partly expressed by the producers but fleshed out in my own mind to inform my own acting decisions.

Sanctuary - SciFi and TV Talk: Christopher Heyerdahl Interview

At SciFi and TV Talk:

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Sanctuary's Christopher Heyerdahl - The Beast Within



Sanctuary's Christopher Heyerdahl, Amanda Tapping and Robin Dunne

It was over 120 years ago that Montague John Druitt became a suspect in Jack the Ripper's serial killing of eight prostitutes that were carried out in London between August and November 1888. A teacher at Blackheath's boy's school, he was dismissed from his place of employment shortly before committing suicide in November 1888.

Who would have thought that Druitt would resurface, albeit in fictional form, on the hit Sci-Fi TV series Sanctuary. He and his former lover, Dr. Helen Magnus, were part of a group of 19th century scientists called "The Five." Their experiments with pure vampire blood gave each of them an Abnormal power, Druitt's being the ability to teleport. His body was later taken over by a homicidal energy creature that drove him to commit the Jack the Ripper murders.



Druitt made his debut in a series of eight 15-minute Sanctuary webisodes, with veteran stage, feature film and TV actor Christopher Heyerdahl cast in the role. Because this is a character that has lived considerably longer than the ordinary human being, he wanted to try his best to get that as well as several other things across in his performance.

"Whenever you're creating a character for the first time, especially one that you think so highly of after reading the script, your number one concern is making sure you do him justice," says Heyerdahl. "So with John Druitt I started out doing a lot of research into the time period that he came from, and then through the past 150 years that he's spent on this planet and compared it to the nearly five decades that I've been here. It's a perspective that is very particular.

"There are quite a few octogenarians and even older individuals who live in the same building as I do in Vancouver. I spoke with a number of them about how peculiar life is when you've seen so much and in a world that has changed so dramatically, certainly in the last 80 or 90 years. You then try to bring all that into the relationship between Druitt and Magnus [Amanda Tapping], which has experienced an awful lot, too. He knows that she brought their child Ashley [Emilie Ullerup] to term, and in the webisodes he's been searching and searching for her for pretty much 120 years..."

Sanctuary - ElecPlay: Video - Season 2 Set Visit

Courtesy of Electric Playground:

Sanctuary Season 2 DVD

Briana McIvor visits the set of the hit sci fi series Sanctuary to get the scoop on the new Season 2 DVD

Sanctuary - Cinema Spy: Exclusive: Robin Dunne Has Found His 'Sanctuary'

At Cinema Spy:

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Exclusive: Robin Dunne Has Found His 'Sanctuary'

The Syfy series is out on Blu-ray and we chat to one of the stars

By Michael Simpson | Friday, June 18, 2010



Given that Sanctuary is filmed on an ultra-high definition camera, the Vancouver-shot fantasy series seems tailor-made for Blu-ray. It was surprising last year, then, when the First Season came to the home entertainment market only on DVD. Thankfully that has been rectified this week with the release of both Seasons One and Two on BD. Cinema Spy has a full review of those coming up. In the meantime we are marking the occasion with an interview with one of the show's stars, Robin Dunne.

Dunne plays Will Zimmerman, assistant and protégé to monster hunter Dr Helen Magnus (played by Stargate's Amanda Tapping). Magnus runs the sanctuary of the show's title. The unnaturally old but beautiful scientist uses the sanctuary to study and provide a safe have for so-called abnormals. These are mutant beings who might be seen as threatening by 'normal' humanity.

Sanctuary started life as a short Web series. It was popular enough to be picked up by a collection of broadcasters in various countries, including Syfy in the United States and The Movie Network/Movie Central in Canada (later moving to the SPACE Channel). In our chat Dunne discussed what it's like to have been there from the beginning, his character's evolution through the Web series and both seasons that have aired so far (a third is now in production) and why he thinks he has the best job in the world.



A brief excerpt:

CinemaSpy: What are the highlights for Will Zimmerman in Season Two?

Robin Dunne: The two-hour opening is really amazing. We ended on a serious cliffhanger on Season One and that just gets a hell of a lot harder and the stakes just skyrocket. From the get-go Season Two is just a major rollercoaster ride. We do have some amazing episodes. We have a couple of two-handers this season, which are a lot of fun. Amanda Tapping has directed an episode, which is a wonderful episode, and it was a really big treat to work with her as an actor and director. There's nothing that she can't do. Also, stylistically we've done some different stuff [in Season Two]. The shows now look a little different. The scope of the show's going to get a little bigger. And I think because of the stylistic changes the audience is going to get even more of a peek into the show and to see what all the characters are going through all the time. I think definitely it's going to blow your mind.