Aaron Douglas | Official Fansite
The Official Fansite for actor Aaron Douglas. Aaron is best known for his role as Chief Galen Tyrol on the SyFy television series Battlestar Galactica.
REMINDER!!!! Aaron’s episode of GIRLFRIENDS’ GUIDE TO DIVORCE will air tomorrow night (Tuesday, January 27, 2015) at 10/9c on BRAVO. It is episode 9 (Rule #32: F-you, Rob Frumpkis!) and Aaron is playing the character Doug Franklin.
UPDATE: This makes me so happy :) Aaron receiving praise from Lisa Edelstein (the star of GIRLFRIENDS’ GUIDE TO DIVORCE. Some of you may know her as Dr. Lisa Cuddy on HOUSE). Really looking forward to watching Aaron’s episode tomorrow night.
#TBT. Screen caps of the Chief in the BATTLESTAR GALACTICA episode 1×03: BASTILLE DAY. This episode aired 10 years ago on January 21, 2005. #BSG10YEARS
Episode Synopsis: The fleet has found a source of water, but who will take on the difficult and dangerous job of mining it from the icy planet? Commander Adama and President Roslin send Lee to the Astral Queen, a prisoner transport ship, with an offer for its inmates: Volunteer for this mission and earn “freedom points.”
The prisoners not only reject the offer but stage a uprising and hold Lee and his crew hostage. Their leader is Tom Zarek, a freedom fighter convicted of terrorism 20 years earlier. Zarek demands that Roslin step down as president and call for immediate elections to choose a new leader.
While Adama and Roslin organize an assault on the ship, Lee, who read Zarek’s radical manifesto while at college, negotiates with his captor. Back on the Galactica, Adama pressures Baltar to develop a device that can distinguish Cylons from humans.
Many light-years away on Caprica, Sharon and Helo struggle to evade the Cylons, unaware that they are being observed by Doral and Number Six.
written by: TONI GRAPHIA
directed by: A. KROEKER
special guest star: RICHARD HATCH as Tom Zarek
We now have confirmation (via the BRAVO website, screen cap shown below) that Aaron’s episode of GIRLFRIENDS’ GUIDE TO DIVORCE will air on January 27, 2015 at 10/9c on BRAVO. Although Aaron’s character is not listed in the episode synopsis below (or in any of the promo photos), that is his episode. He will be guest starring in episode 9 (1×09: Rule #32: F-you, Rob Frumpkis!), playing Doug Franklin.
Show Synopsis: Bravo’s first original scripted series, Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce, follows Abby McCarthy (Lisa Edelstein, House), a self-help book author and guru of all things family, who shocks the world when she reveals that her seemingly perfect life has all been a lie. After publicly admitting that she has separated from her husband, Jake (Paul Adelstein, Private Practice), America’s once-favorite girlfriend finds her career and marriage in a free fall. As she starts to navigate life as a single woman in her 40s, Abby turns to her new divorced friends, rather than her married ones, for advice. Her friend Lyla (Janeane Garofalo, Reality Bites) is a legendary no-nonsense entertainment lawyer who is in a constant “War of the Roses” battle with her ex-husband, and Phoebe (Beau Garrett, Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior) is a former model and budding entrepreneur who has a very unique relationship with her ex. When she hires Delia (Necar Zadegan, Emily Owens, MD) as her divorce attorney, Abby’s brother Max (Patrick Heusinger, Royal Pains), who fought hard for the right to marry, questions his sister on how she can so easily decide to walk away from her own marriage. Abby is on a journey of self-discovery as she attempts to salvage her career, get back in the dating game and figure out her new identity as a single woman. As she hits the reset button on her life, she embarks on startling adventures and mishaps along the way, including her first post-marriage hook-up, a blog post gone horribly wrong, and a Vegas trip that leads to some unexpected complications. And, while in the process of trying and failing to have the “perfect divorce,” Abby ultimately questions whether her marriage is worth saving.
#TBT. Behind-the-scenes photo of Director Michael Rymer, Chief and Cally (Nicki Clyne) during the filming of the BATTLESTAR GALACTICA episode 1×01: 33. This episode aired 10 years ago on January 14, 2005.
We have a premiere date for iZOMBIE. It will debut on March 17th at 9pm following THE FLASH on THE CW. Aaron is guest starring in episode 1×09: Dead Air but I believe it will be airing as episode 1×08. So we should get Aaron’s episode around early May 2015.
The below is from the Televisions Critics Association Winter 2015 Press Tour that was held on January 11, 2015.
iZombie exec producer Rob Thomas acknowledged he “didn’t hew terribly close to the source material” in adapting the DC comic book for CW’s midseason series. Whereas the comic has a “whole monster universe,” he wanted to the show to “stay strictly zombie” because what the producers really wanted was a “case-of-the-week show,” and having a zombie working in a morgue eating corpse brains gave them that vehicle.
The crime procedural centers on Liv (Rose McIver), a medical resident who attended a party that turned into a zombie feeding frenzy. Liv takes a job at the Seattle coroner’s office so she can snack on the brains of the deceased Jane and John Does that turn up at the morgue. Eating their brains, she takes on their thoughts and skills and memories, which helps solve the mystery of their deaths. Presto, crime-of-the-week drama!
Thomas said there was a “lively and lengthy discussion” in the writers room regarding how much of the dead person’s stuff Liv would retain. If she eats the brains of someone who knows karate, will she become a karate expert?
“At the end of the day, it was more fun to say ‘yes’ to those things,” Thomas said. In the pilot, she eats the brains of someone who speaks fluent Romanian.
“I’ve never been more terrified of getting scripts,” McIver said.
Like Thomas’s Veronica Mars, iZombie uses lead-character voiceover to navigate viewers through each episode. A critic challenged him to distinguish Voiceover Liv from Voiceover Veronica.
“Attitude,” Thomas responded quickly. “Veronica was hardened.”
As a result, the Veronica Mars writers went for a “very Raymond Chandler-esque, hard-boiled cynical world view” in that character’s narration. Liv, while a zombie, is “softer” and “sweetness and light” as she discovers “things worth living for” as a zombie.
While other zombies in the show opt to go “under cover” via spray tan and hair dye, Liv remains pasty; critics asked Thomas to justify.
“The reason she does not spray tan or die her hair to look like everyone else is because she will look great on our poster,” Thomas said. “The truth is, it’s for the CW subway poster.”
Another critic wondered why zombies are so ugly on other networks’ zombie shows, but so pretty on CW’s zombie show – answering her own question. Nonetheless, Executive Producer Diane Ruggiero-Wright and Thomas explained it’s a CW show and CW wants them that way.
“We’re calling the show ZILFs,” Thomas joked, picking up on what fans already have been saying.
Source: Deadline
UPDATE: Just had it clarified by the iZombie writers that Aaron’s episode will air as 108.
Aaron’s new tv show THE RETURNED (based on the Emmy Award-winning French series), premieres on March 9th at 10/9c after Bates Motel on A&E.
Below are some highlights from the Televisions Critics Association Winter 2015 Press Tour that was held on January 9, 2015.
The Returned’s executive producers Carlton Cuse and Raelle Tucker emphasized that they weren’t out to fix or amend the French version of the show. “The starting point is similar, but our show becomes quite different around episode 6 where in the French version it becomes quite genre and incident heavy at episode 8,” said Cuse. He further mentioned that the FremantleMedia French series is “working independently on season two currently. Our show going forward will be wholly original.”
Source: Deadline
Based on the French series of the same name, A&E’s new drama series, The Returned, focuses on a small town and what happens when local people who have been dead for while return looking exactly the same as the day they died. The cast includes Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Mark Pellegrino, Jeremy Sisto, India Ennenga, Sandrine Holt, Agnes Bruckner, Sophie Lowe, Tandi Wright, Mat Vairo, Kevin Alejandro, Dylan Kingwell, Aaron Douglas , Dakota Guppy, Leah Gibson, Michelle Forbes, Rhys Ward, Scott Hylands, Terry Chen and Roger Cross.
Here are some highlights from panel:
– Executive producer Carlton Cuse says that even though the show starts off the same as the original series, they diverge on episode 6.
– Cuse said that they didn’t watch ABC’s Resurrection (which also deals with people coming back from the dead), because it wouldn’t be good for their creative process.
– “This show going forward will be wholly original,” Cuse explained because there is only one season of the French series so far and they will not base their series on anything that happens after that.
– Mary Elizabeth Winstead said that everyone reacts differently when something shocking happens, so it’s hard to know what the proper reaction is.
– Even though they didn’t mean to cast actors that looked like the original ones, it just ended up that way a lot of the time.
– When asked why people who have seen the original series should tune in to this one, Cuse explained that they wanted to take something that they would eventually make their own. He also added that there are choices made in terms of what happens at the end of the original series, that do not happen in this version.
– “Always call the police. When in doubt just call the police,”Jeremy Sisto (who plays Peter) joked when asked what he would do if someone he knew came back from the dead.
The Returned premieres Monday, March 9th at 10pm.
Source: TV Equals
Back by popular demand (ok, one person asked me about it), I’m starting #TBT (Throwback Thursday) back up again.
#TBT to the time Aaron shaved his head for the BATTLESTAR GALACTICA episode 4×05: The Road Less Traveled (that aired May 2, 2008). I remember when he sent me that photo (the one in the middle). He told me he had shaved his head and asked if I wanted to see. I totally freaked the frak out because I thought it was going to look awful. I opened the email and looked at it through fingers over my eyes (lol) and then it was “oh hells yes!!!” It looked fantastic. I loved it :)
For those of you in the USA, Aaron’s movie GHOST STORM is being repeated on the SyFy channel this Thursday and Friday (January 8th and 9th, 2015). It originally premiered on November 10, 2012.
Below is a list of Aaron’s upcoming television/movie appearances (so far) for 2015.
GIRLFRIENDS’ GUIDE TO DIVORCE (Television Show)
Aaron will be guest starring in episode 9 (1×09: Rule #32: F-you, Rob Frumpkis!) of GIRLFRIENDS’ GUIDE TO DIVORCE, playing Doug Franklin. The episode will be airing on January 27, 2015 on Bravo.
Show Synopsis: Bravo’s first original scripted series, Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce, follows Abby McCarthy (Lisa Edelstein, House), a self-help book author and guru of all things family, who shocks the world when she reveals that her seemingly perfect life has all been a lie. After publicly admitting that she has separated from her husband, Jake (Paul Adelstein, Private Practice), America’s once-favorite girlfriend finds her career and marriage in a free fall. As she starts to navigate life as a single woman in her 40s, Abby turns to her new divorced friends, rather than her married ones, for advice. Her friend Lyla (Janeane Garofalo, Reality Bites) is a legendary no-nonsense entertainment lawyer who is in a constant “War of the Roses” battle with her ex-husband, and Phoebe (Beau Garrett, Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior) is a former model and budding entrepreneur who has a very unique relationship with her ex. When she hires Delia (Necar Zadegan, Emily Owens, MD) as her divorce attorney, Abby’s brother Max (Patrick Heusinger, Royal Pains), who fought hard for the right to marry, questions his sister on how she can so easily decide to walk away from her own marriage. Abby is on a journey of self-discovery as she attempts to salvage her career, get back in the dating game and figure out her new identity as a single woman. As she hits the reset button on her life, she embarks on startling adventures and mishaps along the way, including her first post-marriage hook-up, a blog post gone horribly wrong, and a Vegas trip that leads to some unexpected complications. And, while in the process of trying and failing to have the “perfect divorce,” Abby ultimately questions whether her marriage is worth saving.
Website: http://www.bravotv.com/girlfriends-guide-to-divorce
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GirlfriendsGuidetoDivorce
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BravoGG2D
IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2817246/
IZOMBIE (Television Show)
Aaron will be guest starring in an episode of IZOMBIE. He signed a NDA so we can’t talk about which episode he will be in or who he plays just yet. But as soon as we can I’ll let you know. The show will air on THE CW.
[UPDATE (Jan 11, 2015): IZOMBIE premieres on March 17th at 9pm after The Flash. Aaron is guest starring in episode 1×09: Dead Air. But it will be airing as episode 1×08. So we should get Aaron’s episode around early May 2015.].
Show Synopsis: Olivia “Liv” Moore was a rosy-cheeked, disciplined, over-achieving medical resident who had her life path completely mapped out, until the night she attended a party that unexpectedly turned into a zombie feeding frenzy. Afterward, she had become part zombie and currently works at a coroner’s office so she can eat brains so she can survive, which gave her a useful ability to get the memories from said brains to help solve homicide mysteries.
Website: http://cwtv.com/shows/izombie
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cwizombie
Twitter: https://twitter.com/cwizombie
IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3501584/
THE RETURNED (Television Show)
Aaron is a series regular on THE RETURNED so he will be in multiple episodes. He plays Tony Darrow. The series will air on A&E. There is no air date yet.
[UPDATE (Jan 9, 2015): THE RETURNED premieres on March 9th at 10/9c after Bates Motel on A&E].
Show Synopsis: A&E Network’s new drama The Returned, from Executive Producers Carlton Cuse and Raelle Tucker, focuses on a small town that is turned upside down when several local people, who have been long presumed dead suddenly reappear, bringing with them both positive and detrimental consequences. As families are reunited, the lives of those who were left behind are challenged on a physical and emotional level. Interpersonal relationships are examined with intrigue and depth as strange phenomena begin to occur.
Website: http://www.aetv.com/the-returned
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheReturned
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheReturnedAETV
IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3230780/
ADMIN NOTE: RESURRECTION (the ABC tv show, starring Omar Epps) is an adaptation of ‘The Returned’ (a novel by Jason Motts). LES REVENANTS (the French tv show) is an adaptation of ‘They Came Back’ (a French movie). THE RETURNED (the A&E tv show that Aaron will be in) is the English language adaptation of LES REVENANTS. And to make it even more confusing, LES REVENANTS is just called THE RETURNED in English speaking countries. I referred to it as the french title to hopefully not cause any more confusion :)
THE DRIFTLESS AREA (Film)
Aaron has a cameo in this film as a fireman/bartender. There is no release date yet.
Starring: Zooey Deschanel, Anton Yelchin, John Hawkes, Aubrey Plaza, Frank Langella, Ciaran Hinds
Directed by: Zachary Sluser
Synopsis: “No one knows if Pierre fell for the wrong girl or was just unlucky in love.” Based on the novel of the same title by Tom Drury, Zachary Sluser’s neo-noir, metaphysical romance centers on a budding love affair that causes a ripple effect in a quiet town. After his parents’ death, an affable bartender, Pierre Hunter (Anton Yelchin), returns to his childhood home where he falls for the enigmatic Stella (Zooey Deschanel), a stunning woman with an elusive past. Pierre finds himself pulled into a cat-and-mouse game with an incompetent yet destructive criminal (John Hawkes). Braced with a duffel bag full of cash and unyielding optimism, an unveiling mystery sets Pierre down a path that will determine all of their fates.IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3687304/
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Driftless_Area
Production Company: http://bronstudios.com/portfolio/driftless-area/
THE ORCHARD (Short Film)
Aaron plays Jack in this short film. It is reported to be released in the Spring of 2015.
Starring: Aaron Douglas, Aaron Poole and Camille Sullivan
Directed by: Darcy Van Poelgeest
Synopsis: Charlie, an ex-cop, finds himself in a life-altering dilemma when his former partner, Jack, plans to murder a homicide suspect.IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3922124/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheOrchardTheMovie
A&E have created an Official Website, Twitter account and Facebook page for their new television series THE RETURNED (IMDb). Aaron Douglas will be playing TONY DARROW in THE RETURNED. THE RETURNED is the English language adaptation of the French television series LES REVENANTS. For those of you familiar with LES REVENANTS, Aaron’s character in that was Toni, who was the owner/bartender of The Lake Pub and the brother of Serge, the serial killer.
http://www.aetv.com/the-returned
https://twitter.com/thereturnedaetv
https://www.facebook.com/TheReturned
SYNOPSIS: A&E Network’s new drama The Returned, from Executive Producers Carlton Cuse and Raelle Tucker, focuses on a small town that is turned upside down when several local people, who have been long presumed dead suddenly reappear, bringing with them both positive and detrimental consequences. As families are reunited, the lives of those who were left behind are challenged on a physical and emotional level. Interpersonal relationships are examined with intrigue and depth as strange phenomena begin to occur.
I found Aaron’s SyFy movie ZODIAC: SIGNS OF THE APOCALYPSE for pre-order in the USA iTunes store https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/id950694094. The expected release date is January 2, 2015. Amazon is listing the DVD release date as January 13, 2015 (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00OYTCWIG/) so it looks like you’ll get it 11 days early if you purchase it from iTunes.
The schedule on the BRAVO website only goes up until January 5. But if they continue to air a new episode every Tuesday night then we should get Aaron’s episode of GIRLFRIENDS’ GUIDE TO DIVORCE (he’s in episode 9) on January 27, 2015. I’ll give everyone a heads up as it gets closer to airing.
As I’ve mentioned previously, Aaron’s SyFy movie ZODIAC: SIGNS OF THE APOCALYPSE will be released on DVD on January 13, 2015. You can pre-order it for $9.96 from Amazon at http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00OYTCWIG/.
And I have just found the movie available for pre-order on DVD and Blu-ray on the German Amazon Store with a release date January 8, 2015.
DVD: http://www.amazon.de/dp/B00OV4OCW8/
BLU-RAY: http://www.amazon.de/dp/B00OV4OD04/
My google powers are failing me because I can’t find a Blu-ray release for it on R1. Even the Anchorbay Entertainment website says it’s only being released on DVD. And I still can’t find a DVD or Blu-Ray release for the UK. But apparently it will be released on DVD in Australia on February 18, 2015 by Madman.
Aaron will be guest starring in an episode of the new THE CW tv series, iZOMBIE.
iZombie is an upcoming American television series expected to air on The CW. The series was officially picked up on May 8, 2014, for the 2014–15 season. It is a loose adaptation of the comic book series created by Chris Roberson and Michael Allred, and published by DC Comics’ Vertigo imprint. [source: Wikipedia]
Based on the DC comic, iZombie is a supernatural crime procedural that centers on med student-turned-zombie Olivia “Liv” Moore (Rose McIver), who takes a job in the coroner’s office to gain access to the brains she must reluctantly eat to maintain her humanity. But with each brain she consumes, she inherits the corpse’s memories. With the help of her medical examiner boss and a police detective, she solves homicide cases in order to quiet the disturbing voices in her head. [source: Deadline]
The SyFy movie ZODIAC: SIGNS OF THE APOCALYPSE (that Aaron co-starred in with Christopher Lloyd and Joel Gretsch) will be released on DVD on January 13, 2015. You can pre-order it for $9.96 from Amazon at the link below.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00OYTCWIG/
Format: Color, Widescreen, NTSC
Language: English
Subtitles: English, Spanish
Number of discs: 1
Rated: Unrated
Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
DVD Release Date: January 13, 2015
ASIN: B00OYTCWIG
One month until the December 2nd series premiere of the new BRAVO television series GIRLFRIENDS’ GUIDE TO DIVORCE.
Aaron will be in episode 1×09: Rule #32: F-you, Rob Frumpkis!
Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce – Official Trailer
YouTube: VideoByBravo
Published: October 15, 2014
Video Description: Based on Vicki Iovine’s best-selling book series and co-produced by Marti Noxon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Mad Men), Girlfriends’ Guide follows Abby (Lisa Edelstein) as she copes with separating from her husband. Relying more on her divorced friends than her single ones for guidance, Abby also navigates the complicated world of dating in her 40s, raising two children, and staying on top of her career.Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce premieres December 2 @ 10/9c, only on Bravo! #GG2D
Aaron is headed to San Francisco on Wednesday (October 29, 2014) to film an episode of TESTED (@testedcom) with Adam Savage (@donttrythis).
According to a Press Release from Anchor Bay Entertainment, the movie ZODIAC: SIGNS OF THE APOCALYPSE (that Aaron co-starred in with Christopher Lloyd and Joel Gretsch) will be released on DVD on January 13, 2015. My google powers are failing me because I can’t seem to find the official press release anywhere but I’ve found a bunch of websites reposting it. Once I find a link to pre-order it (which apparently is happening on December 10), I’ll post a link to it.
The movie ZODIAC: SIGNS OF THE APOCALYPSE (that Aaron co-starred in with Christopher Lloyd and Joel Gretsch) premiered on the SyFy channel on Saturday, August 16, 2014. If you missed it, it’s being repeated on November 9th at 7pm and on November 10th at 5pm.
http://www.syfy.com/movies/zodiac_signs_of_the_apocalypse
http://www.syfy.com/schedule/?search=Zodiac
The movie ZODIAC: SIGNS OF THE APOCALYPSE (that Aaron co-starred in with Christopher Lloyd and Joel Gretsch) will be airing on the The Movie Network in Canada next month (November 2014).
http://www.themovienetwork.ca/details/gp080438-zodiac-signs-of-the-apocalypse
