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.
My apologies. Aaron told me about this yesterday morning and told me I could give you guys the exclusive before he tweeted it. But we moved into a new building at work yesterday and I just didn’t get a chance to get online.
I'm a celeb reporter at Dragoncon 4 CNN. I'll have a flip video 4 wknd & will shoot DC from actor POV. It'll be on CNN.com after. Cool hey?
— Aaron Douglas (@theaarondouglas) August 25, 2010
PHOTO GALLERY – CONVENTIONS: Wizard World Chicago Comic Con 2010 (photos by: Daniel Locke) (x2)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY AARON
Today (August 23rd) is Aaron’s birthday.
Please leave your Birthday messages for Aaron over at The Chief’s Deck or the Facebook Fanpage
and I will email Aaron a link to those two thread later today.
It looks like Bill Curran (Aaron’s character on HELLCATS) has be renamed to William “Bill” Marsh.
On July 22nd we got the exclusive from Aaron that he would be playing Bill Curran on HELLCATS. Pedda found on wiki that “Bill Curran is the head of the Lancer University’s athletic department”. http://aarondouglasfans.com/?p=13079
The following day I posted the casting sides that I found online for “Bill”.
http://aarondouglasfans.com/?p=13096
A couple of weeks ago Aaron told me that his character on Hellcats was ‘William Marsh’. I didn’t post the news as I was waiting for him to respond to my “huh, I thought your character was Bill Curran, did they change his name?” question. In the ‘Chicagoist’ interview with Aaron he says that his character is “Bill Curran, head of athletics for a university”. When I saw that I thought to myself “oh, so it is Bill Curran, not Bill Marsh”. The interview was posted online on August 17th but I don’t know when it was actually conducted. http://aarondouglasfans.com/?p=2058
Today when I was looking at the Hellcats casting sides I found one dated August 10th for a character called “William ‘Bill’ Marsh”. Part of it reads “INT. OFFICE OF THE HEAD OF ATHLETICS” and then it goes into a scene with “Bill” in his office on the phone. Sounds like ‘Bill Curran’ and ‘Bill Marsh’ are the same character. You can read the casting sides (3 pages) below.
UPDATE (1): Just spoke with Aaron and he has confirmed that his character on Hellcats is called Bill Marsh.
UPDATE (2) Sept 22nd: In the episode 1×03: Beale St. After Dark Vanessa Lodge talks about Aaron’s character, calling him Bill Marsh. His name is said at time stamp 00:49 in the scene below.
For those just tuning in :) here’s an update on what is going on with Aaron’s appearance at Wizard World Chicago Comic Con this weekend.
Due to filming of HELLCATS on Saturday, Aaron will only be able to appear at the con on Sunday.
There will be a Limited Edition Final Five print available for purchase at the con. These prints were going to be at Aaron’s table. In Aaron’s absence on Friday and Saturday you can pick up the print from Froggy Photos. If there are any prints left after Saturday, they will be at Aaron’s table on Sunday.
Wizard World Chicago Comic Con
August 19th – 22nd, 2010
Donald E. Stephens Convention Center
Rosemont, IL. USA
http://www.wizardworld.com/home-ch.html
ARTICLES (Interview): Chicagoist (Interview: One Of BSG’s Final Five Cylons, Aaron Douglas) August 17, 2010
ARTICLES (Interview): Kelowna Capital News (A how-to guide for life) August 17, 2010
INTERVIEWS – AUDIO INTERVIEWS: San Diego Comic-Con 2010 (Interview by Fandomania)
For those of us that purchased a Season Pass on iTunes for THE BRIDGE, we will be receiving a partial refund.
From: iTunes Store
Sent: Saturday, 14 August 2010 1:19 AM
Subject: Your Season Pass Purchase for The BridgeDear Michelle,
The Bridge has come to a close. There were fewer episodes in this season than we anticipated at the time of your purchase.
To make up for the difference, we have issued a partial refund to your account. These funds will be applied to your original payment method within 5 business days.
Sincerely,
iTunes Store Team
http://www.apple.com/support/itunes
“There were fewer episodes in this season than we anticipated at the time of your purchase.”
That’s because CBS aired the show at 8pm on a Saturday in summer and didn’t advertise the show at all. So no one watched and it was cancelled due to poor ratings.
The new BSG Online Game will “contain the likenesses of” Chief Tyrol (and some other BSG characters). Chief is listed under the “Human” heading. I guess this is either a mistake or the game is set before the end of Season 3 when the final four were revealed as cylons (?????).
Battlestar Galactica Online Gets Some Familiar Faces
Eight characters from the show to hold house in the SyFy MMO.
By: Nick Kolan
Date: August 12th, 2010When it was announced that Bigpoint – a developer of web-based games – had acquired the Battlestar Galactica license and intended to create an MMO with it (to be called Battlestar Galactica Online), it was met with a mixed response from our commenters. The response was based purely on the fact that it was to be free-to-play and browser-based, and typically browser-based is associated with “cheap and/or ugly”. There was understandable speculation that it would be a standard game with few ties to the much-loved Battlestar Galactica universe.
Today, it was announced that many major characters from the popular SyFy show would have a presence within the game, rendered in fairly impressive 3D, considering it is running in your browser.
According to the announcement, the game will contain the likenesses of:
Human
William “Admiral” Adama portrayed by Edward James Olmos
Kara “Starbuck” Thrace portrayed by Katee Sackhoff
Lee “Apollo” Adama portrayed by Jamie Bamber
Galen “Chief” Tyrol portrayed by Aaron DouglasCylon
Number Six portrayed by Tricia Helfer
Number Eight portrayed by Grace Park
Number One (John Cavil) portrayed by Dean Stockwell
Number Two (Leoben Conoy) portrayed by Callum Keith RennieThe screens look decent enough, as you can see, though we’ll wait to see it running in our own browsers.
[click thumbnail to enlarge image]Source: Web Games Preview at IGN
NOTE: I only posted the image of Chief Tyrol. Click on the link in the article to view all 10 images.
ETA: This is the ‘Battlestar Galactica Online – Official E3 Trailer’ that was released in June.
Uploaded on 11 Jun 2010: The official Battlestar Galactica Online E3 Trailer
Aaron will only be appearing at the Wizard World Chicago Comic Con on Sunday due to filming HELLCATS.
Sorry Wizard fans but I have to work Aug. 21st. My boy Spat @ Wizard is working hard on getting me there for Sunday. Fingers crossed.
— Aaron Douglas (@theaarondouglas) August 12, 2010
Wizard World Chicago Comic Con
August 19th – 22nd, 2010
Donald E. Stephens Convention Center
Rosemont, IL. USA
http://www.wizardworld.com/home-ch.html
GUESTS: Aaron Douglas, Rekha Sharma, Michael Trucco, Kate Vernon and Michael Hogan
EDIT: Update from Aaron…..
Wizard Chicago update: Amazing producers of Hellcats rejigged 21st sched, r going to shoot my stuff 1st. I'm on 11pm redeye sat pm. C U sun.
— Aaron Douglas (@theaarondouglas) August 13, 2010
In the Canadian TV GUIDE in the ASK AMBER column, a fan asks if there will be a second season of THE BRIDGE.
Ask Amber: Aug. 2
By Amber DowlingHave a burning TV question that you just can’t wait to have answered?
Ask Amber every Monday …——————————————————————————-
Hey Amber, Now that CBS cancelled The Bridge, will we see a second season in Canada? – JeffHeck, yes we will – CTV confirms a second helping of the Canadian drama is indeed still on tap, despite CBS’s mistreatment of the series. Creator Craig Bromell says that the second instalment will focus more on character development now that he has a first season under his belt.
And for those who were disappointed the first season of the Toronto-shot series (which pretended not to be shot in Toronto), that could change for the second instalment. Bromell, who is the former head of the Toronto Police Association, couldn’t get insurance on The Bridge to be shot in Toronto so long as his name was attached to the project – he’s made his fair share of enemies over the years, and having his experiences thrown onto the small screen hasn’t sat well with everybody. But he’s working on getting that changed now that the show had a fairly successful first season, and hopes insurance will come through this time around.
MULTIMEDIA – THE BRIDGE (Miscellaneous): The Bridge: Trailer (France)
Today at the TCA Summer Press Tour, Nina Tassler (President of CBS Entertainment) talked about the cancellation of THE BRIDGE.
Below is a copy and paste of just the mentions of THE BRIDGE …
8:50 a.m. In case you didn’t notice, CBS pulled “The Bridge” early. “The show wasn’t delivering the numbers we needed,” Tassler explains simply. That doesn’t mean, though, that the Canadian pipeline has dried up. She says “maybe” regarding the future of “Flashpoint.”
Source: HitFix.com
The cancellation of The Bridge: “The show wasn’t delivering the numbers we needed. Generally, our summer strategy works.”
Source: Televisionary
In the panel discussion that the cast and producers had after the set tour, what became most apparent about “Parenthood” is that NBC is behind the show. The producers and several of the actors stated that they really didn’t hit their stride until the 6th episode, and this was after a pilot that they thought was a little wobbly. Compare that to CBS and their treatment of “The Bridge” (and probably “Flashpoint”) in that they had no problem killing the series after 3 episodes, giving the show virtually no time to find its legs, because “it wasn’t giving us the numbers”, not that NBC hasn’t been guilty of similar behavior. Why was “Parenthood” spared? The Ron Howard connection? Whatever the mystery it’s nice to see what could be a superb show catching a break and being given time to find itself.
Source: TV Junkie
The Canadian conversation with Tassler got started when she was asked about CBS recently dropping another CTV series, The Bridge, after only three episodes. “The show was not delivering the numbers we needed,” said Tassler, who added, “I think we’ll continue to look at other ways to do Canadian shows.” But when asked specifically if the relationship between Flashpoint and CBS will continue beyond this summer, Tassler said, “Maybe – I haven’t decided yet.” Regardless of CBS, a fourth season of Flashpoint and a second season of The Bridge have been ordered by CTV.
Source: Toronto Sun
Nina on pulling The Bridge from Saturday nights: The show wasn’t delivering the numbers we needed. Generally, our Summer strategies work. We’ll look at doing Canadian shows in future. I haven’t decided yet.
Source: Sitcoms Online
“The show wasn’t delivering the numbers we needed” — Nina Tassler
You aired THE BRIDGE at 8pm on a Saturday IN SUMMER!!!. And you didn’t advertise the show at all. What did you expect?!?!?
I’m pretty sure that if you look up the word “idiot” (yes, I’m restraining myself) in the dictionary you will see a photo of this woman.
You may remember awhile back that I posted a link to a video of Aaron teasing about “something” Final Five related that they had planned for the Chicago Wizard Convention in Chicago in August.
http://community.livejournal.com/aarondouglas/273151.html
Below is what the “something” is ……
A surprise for BSG fans in Chicago
Written by: Charles Briede
Date: Tuesday, 27 July 2010You have seen Aaron Douglas tease it in the video above and then again on the FoF for a special appearance a few weeks ago. The time has come to let everyone know about the surprise that we have in store for you in Chicago. As you already know, Battlestar Galactica’s Final Five will be doing their first appearance at the same time to meet with their fans.
To mark this special occasion, we have worked to create something special and VERY limited. A numbered, 11×17 print of the Final Five pictured below. The print was done by artist Brian Denham and will ONLY be available at Wizard World Chicago at Aaron Douglas’s table. There will be 300 made and they will be numbered. This will be first come first serve in Chicago. The cost of the print is $75, autographs are not included. All five actors will be at the convention and will be available to autograph for an additional fee. When these are gone, they are gone so make plans now to get yours. The image is watermarked and the watermark text won’t be on the actual print.
Source: Fellowship of Fools
UPDATE (August 19th, 2010): Aaron will only be appearing at the con on Sunday due to filming HELLCATS (details here). In Aaron’s absence on Friday and Saturday you can pick up the print from Froggy Photos. If there are any prints left after Saturday, they will be at Aaron’s table.
Wizard Chicago exclusive "Final 5" lithograph: available @ Froggys Photos fri&sat. Only 300 will ever be printed & only for Wizard Chicago.
— Aaron Douglas (@theaarondouglas) August 19, 2010
PHOTO GALLERY – CONVENTIONS: San Diego Comic-Con (photos by: Andrew Jones / thundermutt) (x1)
PHOTO GALLERY – CONVENTIONS: San Diego Comic-Con (photos by: Clare Kramer (via twitter) (x1)
PHOTO GALLERY – CONVENTIONS: San Diego Comic-Con (photos by: Nicole (zegeekgirl) (x7)
PHOTO GALLERY – CONVENTIONS: San Diego Comic-Con (photos by: Alan Hess / PR Photos) (x3)
PHOTO GALLERY – CONVENTIONS: San Diego Comic-Con (photos by: Austin Gorum / AP Images) (x3)
PHOTO GALLERY – CONVENTIONS: San Diego Comic-Con (photos by: Celphimage) (x1)
PHOTO GALLERY – CONVENTIONS: San Diego Comic-Con (photos by: Chelsea Lauren / WireImage) (x3)
PHOTO GALLERY – CONVENTIONS: San Diego Comic-Con (photos by: Michael Buckner / Getty Images) (x1)
ARTICLES – THE BRIDGE: CBS vs CTV Comparison: 1×04: The Unguarded Moment
PHOTO GALLERY – MISCELLANEOUS – San Diego Comic-Con 2010: Photos that Aaron posted of himself on twitter (July 24, 2010)
I found the ‘casting sides’ for Bill Curran (Aaron’s character in HELLCATS). Consider these spoilers because I assume they are pages from the actual script.
I’ve highlighted Bill’s parts in yellow. Bill isn’t in it after the 3rd page but I posted the other two pages so you could read the whole scene.
The series premiere of HELLCATS is on Wednesday, September 8th 9/8c on THE CW.
PHOTO GALLERY – CONVENTIONS: San Diego Comic-Con (photos by: Brian / bsross) (x3)
PHOTO GALLERY – CONVENTIONS: San Diego Comic-Con (photos by: Mark H. Anbinder / mhaithaca) (x4)
PHOTO GALLERY – CONVENTIONS: San Diego Comic-Con (photos by: Paul and Storm / @paulandstorm) (x3)
PHOTO GALLERY – CONVENTIONS: San Diego Comic-Con (photos by: Phil Plait / badastronomy) (x5)
PHOTO GALLERY – MISCELLANEOUS – San Diego Comic-Con 2010: Photos that Aaron posted of himself on twitter (July 23, 2010)
