Quincy Pictures has joined Cosmic Toast Studios on horror project “Raze,” starring Zoe Bell and Rachel Nichols.

Film will be directed and produced by Josh C. Waller from a script by Robert Beaucage; production is set to begin in June. Bell will produce as well along with Andy Pagana and Kenny Gage, while Allene Quincy will exec produce.

Celluloid Nightmares, the partnership between XYZ Films and Celluloid Dreams, is handling international sales and will introduce the film at Cannes.

“Raze” focuses on two abducted women and 50 other women who are forced to fight each other using their bare hands, all for the sadistic enjoyment of an elite, voyeuristic society that follows one rule — “Fight or Die.”

Bell is repped by Kieran Maguire at the Arlook Group. Nichols is repped by UTA and Management 360. Waller is repped by Jairo Alvarado at 3 Arts Entertainment.

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Summit Entertainment has set an October 26, 2012 release date for Alex Cross. The film, previously going by the name “I, Alex Cross,” is directed by Rob Cohen and stars Tyler Perry, Matthew Fox, Rachel Nichols, Edward Burns and Jean Reno.

Alex Cross follows the homicide detective/psychologist (Perry), from the worldwide best-selling novels by James Patterson, as he meets his match in a serial killer (Fox). The two face off in a high-stakes game of cat and mouse, but when the mission gets personal, Cross is pushed to the edge of his moral and psychological limits in this taut and exciting action thriller.

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Reunion Pictures today announced that production is underway on Continuum, an original one hour drama-action series about a policewoman from 2077 who travels back in time and teams with a present day cop to track down escaped convicts from her future. Continuum is slated to premiere in Canada on Shaw Media’s specialty channel, Showcase in spring 2012.

When a group of fanatical terrorists escapes their planned execution in the year 2077, they vault back in time to the year 2012, sweeping dedicated CPS Protector, Kiera Cameron (Rachel Nichols), along with them. Stuck in the past and unable to get back to her husband and son, Kiera concentrates on bringing down the terrorists before they can wreak havoc in our present. Kiera receives unexpected assistance from a teen tech genius Alec Sadler (Erik Knudson). Impersonating a member of local law enforcement, Kiera also forms an uneasy alliance with her detective partner Carlos Fonnegra (Victor Webster).

Starring Rachel Nichols (Criminal Minds, Alias) Victor Webster (Castle, Melrose Place) Erik Knudson(Jericho, Scream 4) the cast also includes Stephen Lobo (Smallville, Little Mosque On The Prairie), Roger Cross (The Gates, Fringe), Lexa Doig (V, Stargate SG-I), Omari Newton (Blue Mountain State, Sophie), Luvia Petersen (The L Word) and Terry Chen (Combat Hospital).

Continuum is created by Executive Producer Simon Barry (The Art of War) while Jeff King (White Collar, The Black Donnellys) is Executive Producer/Show Runner. Reunion Pictures partner Tom Rowe is Executive Producer. Directors for the series include Emmy Award winner and DGA nominee Jon Cassar (24, The Kennedys, Terra Nova) and Patrick Williams(Shattered) who also serves as Executive Producer. The creative team includes the Emmy nominated Director of Photography Joel Ransom ( Band of Brothers, Camelot, The X Files) and Production Designer Chris August (Battle In Seattle, War).

Filmed on location in Vancouver, BC, Continuum is developed and produced by Reunion Pictures.

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That site’s domain expired on the 16th & my host unfortunately did not have a current backup so we did lose a few posts & some photos which will be re-added asap.

Rachel Nichols knows she’s in a tough spot replacing A.J. Cook.

The new Criminal Minds cast member, who debuts tonight, says the situation is reflected by the other characters, who will speak to what the audience may be feeling.

“I knew that JJ had left and there was a lot of uproar. People were wondering, who is this new girl?” she told TV Guide. “What they wanted to do was introduce this character and have people like her because you can’t have people angry and hate her right off the bat.”

“There are some scenes in the first episode where [the characters] kind of talk about it, and they’re definitely a little wary of her. But it was all intended to be a very warm welcome for this girl who was going to be here a short period of time.”

Aside from the BAU, the viewers will get to make up their own minds tonight, when Nichols’ character, Ashley Seaver, a cadet at the FBI academy, is brought in to help.

Cook’s exit has everyone thinking of her as a replacement, but the character is very different, according to the actress, starting with her unique connection to the case. (more…)

Rachel Nichols has yet to make her Criminal Minds debut, but apparently producers already like what they see.

The former Alias star has been promoted to series regular on the CBS procedural, Deadline reports. Nichols originally signed on for a three-episode arc and will make her first appearance in the Dec. 8 episode. She will play Ashley Seager, an FBI cadet with an unusual family history who Agent Hotch (Thomas Gibson) invites to help consult on a case.

Criminal Minds announced plans to bring on a new female series regular sometime this season after the exit of original cast member A.J. Cook in September.  

When Cook’s departure first was announced, fellow cast member Paget Brewster‘s role was also reduced to 17 out of 22 episodes. Brewster was subsequently asked to appear in all 22 episodes, but opted to work the reduced number of episodes so she could field offers for other pilots.

Criminal Minds airs Wednesdays at 9/8c on CBS.

Criminal Minds is all-new tomorrow, but it’s a pair of guest stars debuting later this month that cast member Thomas Gibson (Hotch) teased in a recent interview with TV Guide.

On November 10, Prison Break alum Robert Knepper comes to town in a twisted role. “Rob plays the son of a movie actress from the ’50s, and is pretty twisted,” Gibson says.

“He kidnaps these girls and dresses them up like ’50s movie stars and then kills them. It’s fantastic!” Sounds it. As for Rachel Nichols, who some say is replacing A.J. Cook …

“I don’t want to give too much away, but she has a particular perspective that the team will find invaluable in a specific case,” says Gibson of Nichols, who plays an FBI cadet.

Nichols will first appear in late November, and while he’s stingy with the details, Gibson notes that she was specifically not hired to replace former cast member A.J. Cook.

“I don’t think anybody is intending for anyone to be [A.J. Cook's] replacement. There’s no replacing the character, there’s no replacing the actress,” he says. “One of the things we tried in subsequent episodes of J.J. leaving was to show it was hard to fill her shoes.”

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Despite generally negative critical response to last year’s G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra and questionable special effects, director Stephen Sommers brought a relatively fun summer film to audiences around the world. Produced with the hefty budget of $175 million, the film brought in around $300 million worldwide but excelled even further with merchandise sales for Hasbro and on home video.

We’ve known that G.I. Joe 2 would be made for quite some time and in May producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura revealed that they hoped to start filming next Spring for a Summer release in 2012. What was still uncertain was whether or not director Stephen Sommers would be back to direct the sequel.

According to an exclusive from The Wrap, Sommers will be back to work for Paramount in directing G.I. Joe 2. We can expect the principal cast to return as well so if you’re a fan of the first movie, prepare for some more Channing Tatum, Marlon Wayans and Rachel Nichols.

While I was able to take away some enjoyment from the first G.I. Joe, it wasn’t a quality film by any means and there were a lot of issues with it (arguably too many). I hope the sequel – with it now having an established villain – will do more for fans and look better. It needs to earn some more positive reception – higher than 34% on Rotten Tomatoes would be a good start…

I think we can all agree that we don’t want this franchise to turn into Paramount’s other giant toy commercials, the Transformers movies, where the second installment was actually worse than the first. For these reasons, I can’t get excited about Sommers returning at this point. That and I thought The Mummy Returns and Van Helsing were also awful.

At least we’ll get more of Ray Park’s Snake Eyes character and of Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s Cobra Commander.