May 22, 2007

Take a look at the Sarah Conner Chronicles Trailer

Oooo Oooo - excited yet?

The trailer for "The Sarah Connor Chronicles” has already hit online. The preview shows heavy influence from the films, especially "Terminator 2: Judgment Day” of course. Lena Headey and Thomas Dekker, who play Sarah and John Connor in the series, certainly seem to know their characters well enough.

The scene-stealer of the trailer is certainly Summer Glau as the friendly terminatrix apparently sent back to help John and his mother protect the future and its hero. Clearly, "Firefly” and "Serenity” played a great part in landing Glau the role, because she has been cast as one hell of a fighter. The beginning that the trailer paints seems to showcase her as the initial hero of the show, which would certainly be a nice refreshing touch to keep the familiar material from seeming dry and becoming dull after the pilot.

The promo features some nice special effects considering its for a television production, but of course the budget and schedule probably won’t allow for the kind of production values fans have come accustomed to that made the second "Terminator” film the blockbuster that spawned this new series. My expectations aren’t high, but I want to see a consistent standard of quality and interest upheld, and if Glau is killed in the pilot or a few episodes in, an asset to the show’s foundation may be lost. The trailer makes me feel confident, but not confident enough to bet on "Chronicles” just yet without knowing where they intend to take this and if it stays on the same old road or if it will become something dynamic and more exciting.

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March 09, 2007

Chronicles News Round-Up

Plenty of news on the internet at the moment about our Summer, so here's a quick round-up of some of the stories.

Terminators Let Loose In 'Sarah Connor Chronicles' But the real ...
SyFyPortal - St. Petersburg,FL,USA
... that there will be two new Terminators: a female model, played by "Serenity's" Summer Glau, and a male model named Cromartie, played by Owain Yeoman. ...

Headey Spills Secrets On Connor Chronicles
Cinema Blend - USA
Serenity’s Summer Glau will play the female terminator while Owain Yeoman will play the male. Just like in T2 and T3,one terminator will be good and the ...

'Sarah Conner' News
Firefox News - Maricopa,AZ,USA
More details have come out about the upcoming 'Terminator'-spinoff series The Sarah Connor Chronicles starring Summer Glau. Shooting has just wrapped up for ...

Sarah Connor reveals all
yourTV.com.au - Australia
John Connor is set to be played by Thomas Dekker, who currently stars in Heroes, while Cameron will be played by Summer Glau, who starred in Firefly. ...

March 08, 2007

Charity Auction

4f1c_2.JPGJen Cummings has passed on this piece of news about a charity auction for the BC Women's Hospital & Health Centre in Vancouver, Canada - Summer was extremely generous in autographing one of their cute teddy bears to help raise money.

Her autographed bear is currently up for auction on ebay here.

Have a look and hopefully bid for a good cause - you have until 11 March 2007!

February 19, 2007

Cast Announcements for "The Sarah Conner Chronicles"

Good news for all Summer fans, as she is starring in the upcoming Sarah Conner Chronicles!

I'll be looking forward to seeing this when it comes out, and hope that Summer has a good part within the story.

Summer Glau wil be joining Thomas Dekker and Lena Headey in the upcoming "The Sarah Conner Chronicles," a "Terminator" spinoff series coming to FOX. The series will detail the adventures of Sarah Conner (Headey) and her son John (Dekker) in between the events of "Terminator 2" and "Terminator 3." The name of Glau's character has not yet been announced.

You can read the full article here

February 16, 2007

IGN Interview

There's a very good interview with Summer over with the IGN gang.

Last week, I talked to Glau about her role on The Unit, for an exclusive chat with IGN. We also discussed Glau's work on The 4400 and Firefly. Glau spoke to me from the Texas set of a new television pilot she was filming, though she was wary of saying too much about the project. However, we've since learned that it's the Terminator spinoff series, The Sarah Connor Chronicles.


Read the full account here

December 27, 2006

Happy New Year

Happy New Year to Summer and all her fans from the guys and gals who run the site!

December 08, 2006

Firefly Reborn

A good article about a new MMO computer game based on the Firefly Universe can be read at Wired News.
Like Capt. Mal Reynolds stumbling in after a bar fight, the short-lived but much beloved sci-fi series Firefly will soon make an unexpected return, not as a TV show, but as a massively multiplayer online game.

Now that's shiny.

Multiverse, maker of a free MMO-creation platform, plans to announce Friday morning that it's struck a deal with Fox Licensing to turn the show into an MMORPG in the fashion of Star Wars Galaxies or Eve Online.
Read the full story

October 22, 2006

Audio Interview in New Zealand

Serenity star hits New Zealand for expo
20/10/2006 12:36:00

Newstalk ZB reporter Darren Bevan chats to Summer Glau of TV series Firefly and movie Serenity ahead of her appearance at the Armageddon Pulp Expo in Auckland over Labour Weekend.

Listen to the full interview here

October 05, 2006

Serenity: River Triumphant Statue

32686_69810_3.jpgDiamond Select Toys is excited to announce the latest addition to Joss Whedon’s Serenity ‘verse – this incredibly detailed statue depicting River’s triumphant victory over the savage Reavers.

Conditioned by Alliance government scientists to become the ultimate living weapon, River Tam’s destiny led her to a group of noble outlaws aboard the Firefly-class ship, Serenity. With the help of the crew led by Captain Malcolm Reynolds, River and her brother Simon were able to uncover the insidious secrets trapped within her mind – much to the Alliance’s chagrin.

More» Serenity: River Triumphant Statue

Note from the Webmaster

Hey Summer Fans - apologies for the lack of updates recently. Apart from the obvious ones of Summer being really busy working, so not being able to pass on any gossip or insider information; I myself have been a bit busy with my own work (starring in films with Keira Knightly & James McAvoy, moving offices, rehearsing for plays, editing films, etc.)

I do have plans for a new theme for the site to celebrate the first year of running the place along with Andy and Naomi, and eventually being talked into attending one of the crazy conventions to meet some of you all - so keep the faith and send in your news - I do read the emails even if I'm not able to respond straight away.

Tim Knight

August 28, 2006

Summer to visit Australia (again) and New Zealand!

Summer recently confirmed she would be working around film commitments to visit her fans downunder yet again. Her earlier April tour to Supanova in Brisbane, Australia (www.supanova.com.au), had initially been scheduled to include Armageddon in Wellington, New Zealand (www.pulpexpo.com), but had to be curtailed at only the Aussie leg due to The 4400 filming commitments.

But now Summer is heading back and will kick off her tour with the Armageddon Expo in Auckland, New Zealand, October 21-23, before heading to the Supanova Expo in Sydney, Australia, October 27-29. Summer stunned her fans in Brisbane earlier in the year with her beauty, grace and charm and everyone is looking forward to seeing her in Sydney and Auckland.

August 23, 2006

Summer wins new role in The Unit

unitcover.jpgThe Unit - starring Scott Foley (Felicity, Scrubs), Robert Patrick (Teminator2, X-Files) and Dennis Haybert (Heat, 24).
Following info is taken from Ask Ausiello on tvguide.com

Question: Anything new on The Unit front? — Jacob

Ausiello: Producers are adding some fresh young blood to the show in the form of sci-fi babe Summer Glau (Firefly, The 4400), who's joining the cast as the girlfriend of a new Unit member, played by Daniel Wisler. Also, a little birdie tells me Lee Tergesen will show up in an early episode playing — what else? — a creep.


August 21, 2006

Exclusive River Artwork Available to Buy

river-painting.jpgJason Palmer Studios, together with Universal Studios, just announced the release of the new limited edition print of River from Serenity. This edition is limited to 300 Giclee prints and 100 Canvas prints. All prints feature the Universal Logo and are signed and numbered by the artist. This is the first of the character series that Jason is planning to release by the end of the year. Each edition will be limited to a very small number, and each of the cast members will be presented with their own copy.

More information about the artist can be found from here: www.jasonpalmer.net

You can purchase yours from here: www.shop.serenityprint.com


[ED: btw, if anyone wants to buy me a birthday present...]

August 03, 2006

Production shot from Mammoth

00571mammoth.jpg We have been sent an exclusive high resolution picture of Summer in her role as Jack Abernathy from the Sci Fi Channel's Mammoth. Our thanks go to Jeff from Plinyminor Productions for supplying this image.

Photo courtesy of Jeff Steele @ Plinyminor

July 24, 2006

Happy Birthday Summer

If you are a fan of Summer Glau, then take a minute to wish her a Happy Birthday in our forum's Birthday Greetings thread.

You will be required to register, but be rest assured, they're a friendly bunch with the same interest of being fans of Summer.

July 20, 2006

Summer: Initiation Photo

summerinitiationofsarahlargekl4.jpg We have been sent an early preview picture of Summer from the set of "The Initiation of Sarah" - as you can see, Summer is looking well and we all wish her well in the part.

July 12, 2006

Summer Avatar Icons

Member of the forums, Arisa, has spent some time making these lovely Avatar Icons of Summer that you can use for your MySpace, Forum, etc. avatars.

More» Summer Avatar Icons

June 14, 2006

An even bigger Firefly Paper Model

Mike Mccrory has spent an awful lot of time building a 3ft paper model of the Firefly Class transport as featured in Firefly and Serenity. He has kindly given out the plans for the model for all the fans so that you can build your own.

More» An even bigger Firefly Paper Model

June 09, 2006

4400 - Interview with Ira Steven Behr

An interview with Ira Steven Behr about the 4400, with a brief mention of Summer.

Hopefully we will see Summer making more appearances in the show.

Read the Full Article Here

May 16, 2006

So where do the fans come from?

Over on the forum, someone mentioned that you can use Google's new tool to see where the most searches originate from around the world, for whatever search term you enter.

Another Google tool I have at my disposal, does a similar thing but also allows me to look at the results graphically.

So here's where most people from around the world come from when looking at this site - the larger the dots, the greater number of people coming from that area:

May 04, 2006

Summer Wins Saturn Award

Congratulations to Summer on winning a Saturn Award for her performance in Serenity. Due to work commitments Summer was unable to receive the award in person but it was collected on her behalf by Joss Whedon.

Best Supporting Actress:
SUMMER GLAU
(Serenity)

http://www.saturnawards.org/winners.html

April 19, 2006

Summer Cast in New TV Show

Inbetween visiting her loyal fanbase, Summer has been cast for an upcoming TV show due in October - a remake of an original 1978 TV production called "The Initiation of Sarah", this looks like it will both enthrall and scare you at the same time.

More» Summer Cast in New TV Show

December 17, 2005

SFX Awards

Summer has been voted best actress of 2005 by the readers of British sci-fi magazine SFX. Summer also placed within the top ten of the sexiest actress category. Serenity was also named best film and Joss Whedon best director by the same magazine.

In fact Serenity is currently getting a lot of acclaim as various publications name their best films of the year. Empire and Total Film magazines – both renowned British film magazines names Serenity as one of their top twenty films of the year. Empire also named “River versus the bar” as one of the top five fight scenes of the year and declared Captain Macolm Reynolds to be their favourite movie character in 2005.

Congratulations to Summer and her fellow cast mates for these well deserved accolades.

December 14, 2005

View An Early Trailer For Mammoth!

Fans of Summer eager to know about her new movie "Mammoth" can find lots of information about it through the IMDB. We also tell you how to view an early trailer featuring Summer along with her co-stars Tom Skerritt and Vincent Ventresca...

More» View An Early Trailer For Mammoth!

December 13, 2005

It's all quiet now

Non-Summer News:
The site may have been disappearing for some of you the past few days - unfortunately it's due to a "silly billy" performing a DDoS attack on the server we host with. Which has caused a few crashes but luckily no data loss - hopefully that will be end of it - but if you cannot access the site we will be up again shortly.

November 23, 2005

Help Summer

Have you met Summer at any one of the numerous events she has attended?
Do you have a photo of yourself with her?
Do you intend on hopefully meeting her again?

If so, then send in a copy of your picture along with your name and the last place you met and we'll add you to the "roster" to help Summer remember you before you next meet.

The roster will be a new feature added to the site soon

November 16, 2005

Summer to Appear at Florida FX Show

Florida FX Show 27th - 29th January 2006 Central Florida Fairgrounds Orlando, Florida

Summer will be appearing along with Alan Tudyk at this event.

For details click here.

October 27, 2005

News From Summer

Thanks to Summer for writing to tell us how much she likes the updated website!

There's not a lot of news at the moment to share with you guys, but she does mention her appearance at Wizard World Texas on November 4-6th for Las Vegas Autographs.

Other news includes the fact that Summer is looking forward to the release of Mammoth, her new film for the Sci Fi Channel which she expects to be released in the Spring. Sadly though, there are no reports of any new film work at the moment as Summer is waiting for the right project to come along to challenge her. Whatever you choose Summer, we will be first in the queue to watch it - you can guarantee it!

And for her UK fans Summer again mentioned how much she is looking forward to meeting everyone at Starfury's convention entitled "Serenity Squared" being held at the Radisson Hotel, Heathrow, London on the weekend of November 18th - 20th.

October 24, 2005

Thanks From Fans to Summer

Thanks to Piffle on the forum for gathering these together. I thought they were worthy of a whole page on the site!

Andy

More» Thanks From Fans to Summer

October 16, 2005

Summer's Reviews

Naomi Roper joins us as a reporter on the site to help keep an eye on the media for new news of Summer! Thanks to Naomi for helping us out by gathering these together!

Here's what some of the critics have had to say about Summer's performance:

EfilmCritic

“Summer Glau steals scene after scene with her sweetness, her vulnerability, and her amazing ass-kickery.”

Film Focus

“If there's any justice at all then Summer Glau and Nathan Fillion should be A-listers in no time.”

Wafflemovies

“Glau has a great ability to simultaneously make River naïve, while also possessing great depth and ability beyond her years.”

Hero Realm

“Jewel Staite and Summer Glau steal nearly every scene they are in.”

Moviehole.net

“Summer Glau is inevitably the film’s standout as the puzzling escapee River giving a multi-faceted performance and predominantly, kicking some royal bootie in the action stakes”.

The Trades

“Summer Glau is perfectly cast for this role”

The Detroit News

“Summer Glau, in her first actual role, balances much serious kick-butt action with a wide-eyed innocence that earns some of the film's biggest laughs”

Worcester Telegram & Gazette

“There are several breakout performances…. (including Fillion and Glau)”

Zap2It.com

“Glau gives River her natural dancer's grace along with a surprising dead-pan wit that appeared only fleetingly on the show.”

Variagate.com

“Glau's figure as the central object of the warring sides is most intriguing as a spiritual presence and an explosive physical force”

The Guardian

“Summer Glau has an uproarious fight scene”

Indie London

“Fillion's rogue captain and Glau's athletic Summer (sic) both register strongly”

Thanks Naomi and welcome on board!

October 06, 2005

Watch Serenity Here!

Well you can watch the first nine minutes at least. Thanks to the guys on the Serenity webmaster programme! Just visit Serenity Online to see it! Enjoy!!!!

WARNING: Requires either Java or an Active-X install to view.

October 03, 2005

The Reviews for Serenity

I was going to compile a list of links with reviews to the film - but when I found this, thought better of it.

www.rottentomatoes.com

Remember to recommend to your friends, I've already booked my seats!

October 02, 2005

Summer in the Newspapers

Summer is really taking off - there's a really nicely written article from the Daily Telegraph, a UK newspaper.

Dance of the telepathic space assassin

September 23, 2005

Summer at Collectormania 8

Summer has been announced as a guest at Collectormania 8 at Milton Keynes on the weekend of September 30th - October 2nd. Summer will be appearing on the Saturday and the Sunday to promote the release of Serenity in the UK that week and will also be appearing at the premiere for Serenity in London on Wednesday 5th October. We await further details from UIP at this time.

September 06, 2005

New Serenity International Poster

There is a new poster online which features Summer prominently and is said to be the international poster for the release of Serenity.

September 03, 2005

New Serenity Clips To Download

There are a number of extended clips from Serenity online for fans to enjoy (provided they don't mind spoilers!) in Quicktime format which can be downloaded.

More» New Serenity Clips To Download

August 31, 2005

The River Sessions

Many fans have queried why the viral marketing clips for Serenity cannot be found on this site. The reason for this is that although we can see that they feature both Summer and Joss Whedon, they are not officially recognised by Universal and as such we are not permitted to host them on this site. As a compromise, I have arranged with Bix to link to www.session416.com so that fans can keep up to date with what is happening there.

More» The River Sessions

August 30, 2005

Summer Attending Dutch Premiere

Summer will be attending the Dutch premiere of Serenity along with co-star Nathan Fillion on September 6th.

August 11, 2005

Summer at the Edinburgh Gala Premiere of Serenity

It has been announced officially that Summer will be attending the premiere of Serenity in Edinburgh, along with Joss Whedon, Chris Buchanan and cast mates Nathan Fillion, Jewel Staite, Gina Torres, Morena Baccarin and Sean Maher. There will be a full red carpet for the premiere and the screening will be followed with a Q&A session with the panel named above.

Summer Filming In Romania

Summer is currently in Romania filming a movie that has yet to be named and will be returning shortly. Keep your eyes and ears peeled for more news as we get it!

July 26, 2005

Summer's Thanks To Her Fans

Just wanted to say thank you to every sweetheart that remembered me on my birthday.

I can't tell you how special you make me feel.

Every year I have a hard time on my birthday. I get terribly sentimental and emotional but I had a lovely day in spite of my defects.

I drove to Santa Barbara with my Mama and my boyfriend and spent the night.They had a beautiful art show outside and we walked on the beach. Of course I had to swim as well. They both found fantastic treasures to give me and I made my favorite dessert - apple pie. It was terrible but they ate it and smiled. That hurts my heart when I think about it. They tried so hard to make the day perfect. What pressure.But they pulled it off with charm. I love them MUCH MUCH.

So back to work - thanks again everyone.

XOXOXO