Welcome to spoiler heaven. It looks like the robots won’t be the only things going through some transformations in Transformers 2, judging from some new images from the set. Also, we may see a new side to Hurley, if new Lost set reports are anything to go by. Zachary Quinto is dropping cryptic pearls of wisdom about Spock’s development in Star Trek, and Milo Ventimiglia has more surreal utterances about his character Rick Rape from the video-game slaughter movie Game. We read more script pages from Knight Rider and Chuck, and guess which NBC show features concurrent waterboarding and sexual harrassment. Also, new pics give away some major plot twists on Heroes and reveal the creatures that could be behind all the science intrigue on Fringe. Plus some new Sarah Connor pics. Spoilers are your talisman against the vagaries of a capricious entertainment culture. I mean, spoilers rule! Star Trek: In this interview from Comic-Con, Zachary Quinto (Spock) is shy about revealing spoilers. But then at 3:38 he says this weird thing about how “This story happens irrespective of where the Spock we’ve come to know ends up.” Could that be a huge clue? Or just a random bit of actor-speak? Start speculating now! [Heroes Spoilers]
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Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen: New Transformers set pics show Shia LaBeouf getting burned up and bloody, presumably to explain his real-life hand injury. And then more pics show him with a bloody messed up bandage on his hand, to dramatize the after-effects of that injury for the movie-viewing public. I wonder just how much of a rewrite the movie needed to explain Shia’s mishap. Meanwhile, is that a wedding ring on Megan Fox’s finger? Do she and Sam Witwicky tie the knot? More pics at the links. [Spoiler-Movies and Just Jared]
Game: More details about Milo Ventimiglia’s character in the prison-video-game movie, Rick Rape. Apparently the name alludes to what Rick does with the people he vanquishes in the video game, Slayerz. Also, Kable, Gerard Butler’s character, is the first death-row felon ever to get close to winning the 30 games required to be released from prison. Also, a third prisoner turned video game avatar is played by John Leguizamo. [MTV] Lost: Wondering what Sayid and Hurley are up to on the run together? Turns out Sayid is introducing Hurley to the family business. At least, fans watched the filming of a scene where Sayid and Hurley approach an apartment “stealth style.” They find the apartment they’re looking for, and Sayid looks for something over the door, like a key maybe. Something startles him and he grabs his gun, pushing Hurley aside. The door opens, and there’s a struggle. Then Sayid throws one guy off the fourth-storey balcony, and it looks like Hurley shoots the other people in the apartment. And here’s a blurry video. [Hawaii Blog via Lyly Ford]
Separately, the producers say we’ll learn how Libby and Hurley met in a mental institution before the crash of Flight 815. [Lyly Ford] There’s more of Hurley’s dad (Cheech Marin) coming in Lost season five! [SpoilersLost] Heroes: Heroes writer/producer Jesse Alexander posted a bunch of tell-tale images in his Flickr stream. Among the things we can deduce: Sylar and new villain Knox get into a knock-down drag-out fight… and Sylar loses. Also, it looks like Tracy (Ali Larter’s new persona) will spend a lot of time with Nathan Petrelli. And the fifth episode will be called “Angels And Monsters.” Plus there are some paintings that show someone blonde meeting a bad end in the future. Finally, there’s an image of David Anders wearing old-guy makeup. It’s labeled “Old Sark” (the name of Anders’ character from Alias) but it most likely shows Adam/Kensei suddenly looking his real age for some reason. [GlobalCouch via Heroes The Series]
Chuck: More character development for CIA agent Sarah coming up in the tenth episode of the new Chuck season, judging from this quick and dirty summary:
We flash back to Baltimore, 1992, and watch a father and daughter pull a con. Who is the pretty blonde girl on the bike? Back in the present, Sarah is feeling bored with her cover job at The Orange Orange. Not much going on in the spy world right now. But things start to get interesting when her father, Jack Henry, shows up. Unaware of his daughter’s real job, Jack Henry thinks she’s pulling a con on Chuck and wants in on the scheme. When the opportunity arises to swindle a Sheik out of some major cash, Chuck, Sarah and Casey partner with Jack Henry on the deal. Chuck displays a previously unknown talent, but when things go awry and Jack Henry is taken hostage, Sarah faces a difficult choice. Meanwhile, Jeff, Lester and Morgan encounter the hottest piece to ever come into the Buy More – a vintage 1981 deLorean. The owner wants to sell but the guys are aghast that he’d want to get rid of such a “treasure.”
[Chuck TV] And there are a few snippets from that script that reveal more about the con Sarah and her dad pulled when she was a little girl: Sarah pretends to be hit by an armored truck carrying sacks of cash. Her dad stole some of the cash while the guards were distracted, then said he was a doctor and offered to take the girl to hospital. Later, Sarah’s dad tells her Chuck is a schnook, with only $2200 to his name — the dad knows because he stole Chuck’s ATM card. But Chuck redeems himself when he has to pretend to be a German named Liechtenstein, and he pulls off a flawless angry German voice. But their sting of the Sheik goes bad when the Sheik captures Sarah’s dad and wants to trade him for the money. [Spoiler TV] Fringe: Fringe’s main character Olivia, has “a lot going on that’s just barely alluded to in the pilot,” says creator J.J. Abrams. And here are some more Fringe promo pics, including a shot of that sinister cow. [Fringe Television]
Knight Rider: It wouldn’t be morning spoilers without some juicy, juicy Knight Rider spoilers. First of all, Sarah Graiman actor Deanna Russo says her character is a superspy who can kick your ass with Filipino martial arts and stuff. And here’s a link to a video of KITT transforming in a parking lot. [Knight Rider Online] Also, another huge batch of Knight Rider script pages leaked out, for episode seven, “Knight Of The Hunter.” They include a sexy, sexy hardass named Cassandra, who ties Michael up and kicks the shit out of him while he sexually harrasses her. And then she waterboards him in a sexy, sexy way. She turns out to be a British spy from MI6. And he sexually harrasses her some more and calls her Jane Bond. (Ha!) I love how scene transitions don’t cut from one scene to another, but “SMASH” from one scene to another. Also, KITT drives over a landmine halfway through transforming into something, and gets knocked into a ditch. WHOOMP! Later, Cassandra’s ankle gets fucked up and she tells Mike to leave her behind, and she’ll buy him some time. Mike says he has a saying: “Leave no man behind.” She says she’s not a man. “Even better,” says Mike. [SpoilerTV] Sarah Connor Chronicles: And here are some new promo photos from the Terminator TV show’s season premiere “Samson And Delilah.” Looks like after her car wreck, Sarah Connor gets herself bandaged up by her ex-fiance. He’s so handy! [Spoiler TV again]
Additional reporting by Lauren Davis.
