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September
2010
Chuck‘s latest casting coup is a dream come true: The NBC spyomedy has tapped the original Freddy Krueger—a.k.a. Robert Englund—to guest star in next month’s Halloween episode, sources confirm to me exclusively.
Englund will play Dr Stanley Wheelwright, an evil scientist who can make your waking life a nightmare. He’ll appear in this season’s sixth episode, titled “Chuck Versus Aisle of Terror.”
To recap, Chuck’s other notable season 4 hires include Linda Hamilton, Timothy Dalton, Eric Roberts, Lou Ferrigno, Olivia Munn, Nicole Richie, Old Spice Guy, and Dolph Lundgren.
Chuck‘s new season kicks off in 12 days, 7 hours, and 49 minutes on Monday, Sept. 20.
Exclusive: Halo: Reach Meets Chuck
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September
2010
Chuck returns for Season 4 on September 20th, but IGN can exclusively tell you that fans of the series actually have a much shorter wait when it comes to seeing new material connected to the series. And it all has to do with Halo…
Launching tomorrow — Tuesday, September 7th — is a new webseries called Chuck Presents – Buy Hard: The Jeff and Lester Story. As the title tells you, the focus is on Jeffster! – Jeff (Scott Krinsky) and Lester (Vik Sahay), the Buy More clerks who were forced to go on the run, in the wake of the explosive season finale to Chuck last May.
Buy Hard picks up with the duo still on the lam and presumably wanted by the authorities. But they’re also still just as videogame obsessed as ever, to the point that they risk their freedom in order to track down a copy of a new game you just might have heard a little bit about – Halo: Reach. Jeff and Lester’s Halo-fueled journey takes them to the Encino Buy More, and a run in with Big Mike (Mark Christopher Lawrence).
There are five two-minute webisodes of Buy Hard, which can be seen on TheWB.com at TheWB.com/Chuck. Episode 1 debuts September 7th, with episode 2 on September 8th, episode 3 on September 9th and episode 4 on September 10th. The fifth and final episode will debut on Monday, Sepetember 13th – leading right into the midnight release of Halo: Reach that night, on September 14th. The Chuck webisodes will also eventually be available on Xbox.com and Xbox Live.
We’ve got a quick peek at Chuck Presents – Buy Hard: The Jeff and Lester Story in the following exclusive clip:
Comic-Con 2010 – Chuck Interview
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September
2010
4.01 Episode Description
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September
2010
CHUCK BEGINS A SEARCH FOR HIS MOTHER, WHICH HE MUST KEEP A SECRET FROM THE CIA AND HIS SISTER — LINDA HAMILTON GUEST STARS AS MARY BARTOWSKI — DOLPH LUNDGREN, HARRY DEAN STANTON AND OLIVIA MUNN ALSO GUEST STAR — Chuck (Zachary Levi) and Morgan (Joshua Gomez) go on a rogue globe-spanning mission to find Chuck’s mom. Meanwhile, Sarah (Yvonne Strahovski) and Casey (Adam Baldwin) follow a trail to Russia as they investigate the mysterious Volkoff Industries and its operative, Marco (guest star Dolph Lundgren). Back at home, Ellie (Sarah Lancaster) delivers big news to her family. Bonita Friedericy also stars.
Gallery Update
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September
2010
[10] 4.01 Chuck Versus The Anniversairy Stills
[08] The 2010 Entertainment Weekly and Women In Film Pre-Emmy Party – August 27
[29] 8th Annul BAFTA/LA TV Tea Party – August 28
[08] Steven Silverstein Photoshoot
Ask Ausiello Spoilers
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September
2010
Question: I’ve had a rough day. Do you think you could give me a Chuck scoop and make it better? —Jenny
Ausiello: Chuck and Sarah will be swapping genders this season, and their relationship could suffer as a result. Allow exec producer Josh Schwartz to explain: “In their relationship, Sarah is kind of the guy and Chuck is a little bit more of the emotional one. Chuck is someone who is very comfortable with commitment. And Sarah’s only real commitment is to people that she feels are probably going to die in the line of duty.” Adds fellow EP Chris Fedak: “Chuck also has a lot of access to his emotions, and Sarah is one who likes to keep her emotions under wraps to a degree.”
SPOILERS
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2010
Ausiello Spoilers
Question: What are the chances Chuck will get a back-nine order? I’m freaking out over here! —Eric
Ausiello: I assumed exec producers Chris Fedak and Josh Schwartz would be too. But they’re not. As Schwartz points out, “We never started a season with more than 13 episodes. Like last year, we will hope for the best, plan for the worst, and be ready to have an incredible final episode 13 if need be with a contingency plan to keep the season going.” Adds Fedak: “Episode 13 no matter what will be epic.Question: I need some Chuck scoop! —Taylor
Ausiello: Captain Awesome won’t be reviving his short-lived career as international superspy anytime soon. “Last season Awesome realized if there was one place in the world where he wasn’t awesome, it was on spy missions,” notes exec producer Chris Fedak. “He’d like to stay as far away from the spy world as he can.” That’s particularly true now that there’s a mini Awesome on the way. “He is going to be way more into all of the rituals of pregnancy than even Ellie is,” says fellow EP Josh Schwartz of the daddy-to-be. “Like all things in life, Awesome is going to throw himself into the pregnancy with his usual fervor.”
TV Guide Spoilers
Do you have any Chuck scoop about Casey? — Melanie
MICKEY: We’ll meet two former members of Casey’s Special Ops team. One will be as grounded as the other is skittish. They’ll also, oddly, kind of remind you of Justin “I’m a Mac” Long and John “I’m a PC” Hodgman.
Meet Casey’s A-Team!
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August
2010
I pity the fool who doesn’t crack up over Chuck‘s latest piece of stunt casting.
Six-time WWE champion Batista, Expendables villain Eric Roberts, and Bones squintern Joel David Moore have signed on to guest star as Casey’s former Soldiers of Fortune buddies from the Clinton era.
His A-Team, if you will.
The trio—who turn up in this season’s fourth episode, “Chuck Versus the Coup D’Etat”—have gone rogue and are back to seek revenge on their ex-comrade.
‘Chuck’ scoop: Is James Bond Chuck’s [spoiler]?
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August
2010
Maybe I’ve been watching soaps for too long, but the second I heard that Timothy Dalton was joining Chuck as a mystery man with ties to Chuck’s mom (a.k.a. Linda Hamilton) my mind immediately went here: James Bond is Chuck’s real father. Admit it, yours did too.
But is it true? Did 007 and Sarah Connor make a baby named Charles Irving Bartowski?
“Consider that theory squashed,” responds executive producer Josh Schwartz, who declined to reveal what connection Dalton’s character shares with Mama B. “We’ll only say that they’ve known each other for a long time.”
Landing Dalton is a major coup for Schwartz and fellow EP Chris Fedak. The actor—who allegedly turned down an offer to join the third season of Sons of Anarchy—hasn’t appeared on an American series in more than three decades (since a 1979 stint on Charlie’s Angels). How’d they manage to lure him back?
“With my charm and Fedak’s singing voice,” deadpans Schwartz. “That’s not true. We’re huge fans of Mr. Dalton, not only for being a badass Bond but for his comic work in Hot Fuzz and The Rocketeer.
“In truth,” Schwartz continues, “we’ve wanted to have him on the show since season 1. When we came up with this part, we thought he’d be perfect. So we sent him [some episodes], he dug it, and then we started talking.”
Dalton makes his first appearance in Chuck‘s seventh episode, titled, “Chuck Versus the First Fight.”
Chuck‘s fourth season kicks off Monday, Sept. 20.
Ausiello Spoilers
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August
2010
Ausiello: Captain Awesome won’t be reviving his short-lived career as international superspy anytime soon. “Last season Awesome realized if there was one place in the world where he wasn’t awesome, it was on spy missions,” notes exec producer Chris Fedak. “He’d like to stay as far away from the spy world as he can.” That’s particularly true now that there’s a mini Awesome on the way. “He is going to be way more into all of the rituals of pregnancy than even Ellie is,” says fellow EP Josh Schwartz of the daddy-to-be. “Like all things in life, Awesome is going to throw himself into the pregnancy with his usual fervor.”
