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Resident Alien Season 4 Gets an Official Trailer

Posted on May 1, 2025 by Graphic Policy Team

Harry must contend with another alien who looks a lot like him (but isn’t nearly as, you know, normal) and other out-of-this-world challenges in Resident Alien Season 4. Watch the season premiere on June 6 at 11/10c on USA Network and SYFY.

Resident Alien is based on the comic series created by Peter Hogan and Steve Parkhouse and published by Dark Horse. It debuted in 2012 with numerous mini-series being released since.

Resident Alien Season 4 starts with Harry (Alan Tudyk) and his baby Bridget stuck in prison on the Grey Moonbase, while a shape-shifting Alien called a Mantid (also Alan Tudyk) has taken over his body on Earth passing himself off as the real Harry Vanderspeigle. Harry manages to escape the Greys and arrives back on Earth for a showdown with the Mantid Alien, but soon finds he may not have what he needs to finish the job. Asta (Sara Tomko) and D’arcy (Alice Wetterlund) struggle to keep a secret from Ben (Levi Fiehler) and Kate (Meredith Garretson), who are both desperate to find answers to what has been happening to them. Sheriff Mike (Corey Reynolds) and Deputy Liv (Elizabeth Bowen) attempt to solve some mysterious deaths in Patience that Sheriff Mike is beginning to think aren’t caused by anything human.

Around the Tubes

Posted on June 19, 2024 by Graphic Policy Team

It’s new comic book day! What are you excited for? What do you plan on getting? Sound off in the comments below! While you wait for comic shops to open, here’s some comic news from around the web to start the day.

Comicbook – Joshua Williamson Announces Exit from Two DC Series – That’s a bummer.

The Beat – Report: French comics publisher Delcourt is up for sale – Who wants to go in on this?

The Beat – Quindrie Press announces new printing of award-winning trans anthology WHEN I WAS ME – Nice.

Variety – ‘Resident Alien’ Renewed for Season 4 as Series Moves to USA Network – Good on them. For those watching, enjoying the show?

Comicbook – Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 Update Adds 8 Suits and More in New Patch Notes – Cool.

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USA Network Picks Up Brooklyn Animal Control for Pilot

Posted on July 28, 2015 by Graphic Policy Team

USA Network announced a pilot pick-up for Brooklyn Animal Control. The project is written and executive produced by JT Petty. David S. Goyer, Circle of Confusion’s Rick Jacobs and David Alpert, and IDW Entertainment’s David Ozer and Ted Adams, will also executive produce. Brooklyn Animal Control is based on the IDW Publishing comic book created by Petty and is a co-production with Universal Cable Productions and IDW Entertainment.

Brooklyn Animal Control follows the inner workings of a secret subdivision of the NYPD that functions as social services for some of the city’s most unique citizens — werewolves. Delving into the lives of both the Case Officers, and the secretive, highly insular Kveld-Ulf, a community of werewolves living deep in the borough, Brooklyn Animal Control will examine city politics, immigrant communities, and families divided by ambition, secrecy, and tradition.

In addition, USA Network recently announced a pilot pick-up for Poor Richard’s Almanack, a co-production between Legendary Television and Universal Cable Productions, the project is from executive producer Jim Danger Gray and consulting producer Miguel Sapochnik. Previously announced pick-ups also include the Universal Cable Production dramas Falling Water from executive producers Gale Anne Hurd of Valhalla Entertainment, Blake Masters and the late Emmy Award-winner Henry Bromell, and Paradise Pictures from executive producer Aaron Korsh and Rick Muirragui.

Vertigo to publish Eric Kripke’s Amped

Posted on April 8, 2015 by Brett

DC Entertainment’s Vertigo imprint announced that it will publish Amped from acclaimed television creator Eric Kripke.

In the Fall of 2015, Amped will be released as a six-issue monthly comic book miniseries. The story will follow Josh Jaffe, a neurotic family man who buys an online ‘smart pill’ to increase his focus and jolt him out of his slump, but he gets much more than he bargained for. To his surprise, the pill gives him incredible strength and power. The story examines both the mighty highs and humiliating lows of being a real-life super hero.

Created and written by Kripke, Amped will feature interior art from John Higgins and cover art from Brian Bolland.

It was also announced that USA Networks that it’s adapting the story for a television series, one of numerous original series the network has recently announced.

USA Network Star Sarah Shahi Goes To Comic-Con

Posted on July 18, 2011 by Brett

Official Press Release

USA NETWORK STAR SARAH SHAHI GOES TO COMIC-CON

Critical Favorite Sarah Shahi, Star of USA’s Original Series,

FAIRLY LEGAL, to Appear at Comic-Con Thursday, July 21 for Press Interviews and Autograph Signing

Don’t miss the beautiful Sarah Shahi, star of the hit USA original series FAIRLY LEGAL, in her first visit to Comic-Con at the San Diego Convention Center this week!

WHEN:

Thursday, July 21, 2011

11:15 AM – 12:15 PM – Press Room # 33B

12:30 PM – 1:15 PM – Autograph Signing – Quantum Mechanix Booth 2944

(Main Exhibition Floor)

Shahi also stars in and is currently filming “Headshot,” the Walter Hill film starring Sylvester Stallone that is based on Matz and Colin Wilson’s | graphic novel “Bullet to the Head.”

FAIRLY LEGAL centers on Kate Reed (Sarah Shahi), a top litigator who has grown frustrated with the endless bureaucracy and injustice she has witnessed on a daily basis and decides to become the ultimate anti-lawyer—a mediator.
FAIRLY LEGAL is produced by Universal Cable Productions.
Season two of the show is set to premiere in 2012.

Characters Welcome.

USA Network Returns To Comic-Con On July 21 With Critically-Acclaimed Original Series “Covert Affairs” And “Psych” Plus “Burn Notice: The Fall Of Sam Axe”

Posted on July 10, 2011 by Brett

Official Press Release

USA NETWORK RETURNS TO COMIC-CON® ON JULY 21 WITH CRITICALLY-ACCLAIMED ORIGINAL SERIES “COVERT AFFAIRS” AND “PSYCH” PLUS “BURN NOTICE: THE FALL OF SAM AXE”

Back-to-Back Panels Feature Entire Casts of COVERT AFFAIRS andPSYCH; BURN NOTICE’s Bruce Campbell and Matt Nix to discuss series and prequel film

LOS ANGELES – July 8, 2011 – USA, which just celebrated its 20th consecutive quarterly win as the #1 entertainment cable network and is currently dominating summer’s television landscape with a record number of original hits, returns to Comic-Con® for the third year in a row with talent and creators from three of its critically acclaimed and top rated shows – COVERT AFFAIRS, PSYCH and BURN NOTICE. USA panels will take place as Comic-Con kicks off on Thursday, July 21, 2011.

Making its debut at Comic-Con® is the entire cast of COVERT AFFAIRS, with a panel moderated by guest star Oded Fehr. COVERT AFFAIRS, which returned in June for its sophomore season, stars Golden
Globe®-nominated Piper Perabo as Annie Walker, a young CIA operative whose exceptional linguistic skills make her invaluable to the Agency in missions that span the globe. The panel will also include Christopher Gorham, who stars as a blind tech ops agent and Annie’s agency confidant; Sendhil Ramamurthy, second generation agency man, Jai Wilcox, who’s intentions with Annie remain unclear; Kari Matchett, who plays Joan Annie’s no-nonsense manager and wife to Aurthur Campbell, the Director of Clandestine Services, played by Peter Gallagher; and Anne Dudek, Annie’s reliable older sister who has no idea what she really does for a living. From Universal Cable Productions,COVERT AFFAIRS is executive produced by Doug Liman and David Bartis through Hypnotic, and created and executive produced by Matt Corman and Chris Ord, who will be in attendance, as well.

PSYCH, USA’s current longest running hit series, returns to Comic-Con® with a panel moderated by guest Kurt Fuller, known to fans as “Woody The Coroner.” The entire main cast will take part in the panel including James Roday, who stars as Shawn Spencer, solving crimes for the Santa Barbara police department in his own special way; Dulé Hill who co-stars as Shawn’s best friend and reluctant sidekick Gus; Corbin Bernsen as Shawn’s disapproving father; and Maggie Lawson and Timothy Omundson who play the police detectives O’Hara and Lassiter who unwillingly rely on Shawn’s psychic skills, along with the police chief Vick played by Kirsten Nelson. Joining the panel will be creator and executive producer Steve Franks and executive producers Chris Henke and Kelly Kulchak. PSYCH returns for its sixth season on USA this Fall.

Also returning to Comic-Con® is one of the convention favorites,BURN NOTICE, with Bruce Campbell, and executive producer Matt Nix with a panel to recap of the series’ signature movie, BURN NOTICE: THE FALL OF SAM AXE. The prequel film to USA’s smash hit series takes place in Columbia 2005 when Lieutenant Commander Sam Axe (Campbell) is sent to advise a local military platoon. It’s there he discovers deep layers of deception and ultimately realizes he may be allied with the wrong side. Shot on location in Bogota, Columbia, the two-hour movie is directed byBURN NOTICE star Jeffrey Donovan. BURN NOTICE: THE FALL OF SAM AXE also stars Ron Reaco Lee, Kiele Sanchez , John Diehl and Chandra West. The prequel is written and executive produced by BURN NOTICE creator Matt Nix. Donovan and Campbell also serve as executive producers on the Fox Television Studios project alongside the show’s Mikkel Bondesen.

USA Network is the #1 network in all of basic cable and is seen in over 102 million U.S. homes. A division of NBCUniversal, USA is the cable television leader in original series and home to the best in blockbuster theatrical films, acquired television series and entertainment events. The award-winning USA website is located at usanetwork.com. Characters Welcome.

USA Network is a program service of NBCUniversal Cable a division of NBCUniversal, one of the world’s leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production, and marketing of entertainment, news, and information to a global audience.

USA Network Teams With DC Comics to Unveil Its First Digital Interactive Graphic Novel With “Burn Notice”

Posted on June 25, 2011 by Brett

Official Press Release

Debuting with an Impressive 100,000 Page Views, Premiere Issue Offers a Multi-Platform Interactive Experience

NEW YORK, June 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — USA Network, in partnership with DC Comics, announced its first series of interactive multiplatform comics with a series created to bridge the storylines between seasons four and five of BURN NOTICE. The comic, entitled A New Day and written by the creative team behind the show, including series creator Matt Nix, goes beyond the two-dimensional traditional comic by offering enhanced user experiences including interactive games, hidden ciphers, artwork peelaways and more. Chapter one went live in tandem with the fifth season premiere of BURN NOTICE last evening on Thursday, June 23. Having garnered 100,000 page views since it launched, A New Day is available on usanetwork.com, Facebook and as a freestanding iOS and Android App on select devices.

“As a life-long graphic novel reader, naturally I was very excited to extend our storyline to this medium because it allows us to expand and develop our BURN NOTICE universe into an entirely new realm,” said Matt Nix, creator and executive producer, BURN NOTICE. “In terms of the comic book itself, it’s not like the ones I grew up with. Now we have the opportunity to see the characters and their lives, but from a different perspective, one that fans can interact with, play with and share.”

A New Day, the first-of-its kind interactive comic book, gives fans insight into the series’ first-ever time jump. During last season’s finale, Michael Westen (Jeffrey Donovan) obtained a list of 31 people responsible for “burning” him, but when fans return this season only two will be left. The comic reveals the missing pieces over 12 weeks through an original story. With custom illustrations from comic book powerhouse DC Comics, the comic book features original video, unique interactive features and gaming content with new chapters launching each week throughout the season.

“Working with innovative partners, we’ve created a dynamic and fun interactive comic book that gives our fans a level of engagement that they’ve never had before,” said Jesse Redniss, vice president of digital, USA. “We are pushing the technology boundaries to enhance the user experience beyond the one-hour telecast and expanding the story arc into new arenas.”

The BURN NOTICE graphic novel includes the following features:

Each new issue will include new interactive games, ciphers and advice from your friendly spymaster
“Peelaways” revealing the multiple steps of the art process including pencil, ink and color layers
Exclusive video such as preview clips and interviews with Matt Nix
Burn Wire: newsfeed featuring BURN NOTICE related Facebook and Twitter feeds
Real time connections to BURN NOTICE Chatter with unprecedented access to communications with other fans and the network
Detailed character profiles and photos of the characters from the show
Share comic book panels and comments via Twitter, Facebook or Chatter

In addition to working with DC Comics, USA teamed with Panelfly, who built the mobile applications, and Glow Interactive who developed the online and Facebook versions, as well as the mobile interactive overlays.

BURN NOTICE stars Jeffrey Donovan as Michael Westen, a blacklisted spy who finds himself stranded in sun-soaked Miami. This season viewers will find out if Michael has found his way back into the CIA, if he’ll return to Miami and whether or not he and Miami’s new counterintelligence expert, Jesse Garcia (Coby Bell) can co-exist. Also heating up South Beach are Fiona (Gabrielle Anwar), the beautiful ex-IRA operative and Michael’s ex-girlfriend; Sam (Bruce Campbell), our favorite washed-up military intelligence muscle; and Michael’s mother (Emmy Award-winner Sharon Gless), who is one tough cookie herself. From Fox Television Studios and Fuse Entertainment, the series is created, written and executive produced by Matt Nix with Mikkel Bondesen and Alfredo Barrios as executive producers.