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12:00 AM, 03-December-07
Pretender To Pretend Again?
Steven Long Mitchell and Craig Van Sickle, who created the 1990s NBC
SF series The Pretender, told SCI FI Wire that they want to
resurrect the show in a new digital medium.
"We created the show The Pretender, and we're working on bringing
that back in a whole new form, in a digital form and in a digital
platform," Mitchell said in an interview while promoting his SCI FI
Channel miniseries Tin Man, which he and Van Sickle co-wrote and co-
executive-produced.
Van Sickle hinted that the new Pretender could also feature original
star Michael T. Weiss, who played Jarod, a man whose ability to
assume other people's identities allowed him to assist those in
need. The Pretender aired from 1996-2000 and also spawned two 2001
telemovies.
"We had breakfast with Michael today," Van Sickle said last
week. "He just finished up a play out here in New York. I guess kind
of the best thing we can say is that we have a timetable of within,
hopefully, the next five or six months that we can have something
really unique and different out there."
Van Sickle added: "We'll be certainly reeling things out along that
same time period, but there will be things that the fans can tap
into and kind of see our progress on that front and other things in
the digital world."
Tin Man premiered on Dec. 2 and continues Dec. 9 at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
(NBC is owned by NBC Universal, which also owns SCIFI.COM.) —
Ian Spelling

Source: SciFi Wire

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Weiss Guy

TV star Michael T. Weiss makes his long-awaited Off-Broadway debut in the Atlantic Theater Company's Scarcity.

	Michael T. Weiss

"Auditioning is a good thing; it keeps you humble," he says sincerely. "People have this whole preconception of what it means to be a television and movie guy. But if you want something, then you have to go for it."

In Scarcity, which marks the actor's Off-Broadway debut, Weiss plays the alcoholic father of two teenagers in a depressed rural Massachusetts town, one of whom is given the opportunity to escape. "I've spent a lot of my career playing heroes, like Jared in The Pretender, but playing part of a dysfunctional family is more interesting," he says. "My character has given up all hope for himself, but he still has hope for his children, which is a weird and sad place to get to."

Weiss also sees a larger message in Thurber's work. "The play is really about how hard it is to rise above your socioeconomic position," he adds."I've always felt very blessed and lucky in the world, and I have great compassion for people who struggle to get through the day. Sometimes, you have to remind yourself that some people are just trying to find something to eat."

Weiss said he did some research to play an alcoholic -- although not hitting the bottle every few minutes -- and discovered some interesting things about those afflicted with the disease. "I learned that many of them drink to medicate themselves. They think they'll feel better; they don't do it to feel worse. Still, it gets the better of many people in the long run," he notes. "And in the kind of small towns like this play is set in, drinking is one of the only things available to do."

The actor isn't the only "big name" in the cast; his wife is played by Emmy Award winner (and stage veteran) Kristen Johnston and his son by rising movie star Jesse Eisenberg, who will be seen next month opposite Richard Gere in The Hunting Party. "Kristen is so much fun, fun, fun; but she's also incredibly hard-working. And Jesse is just great," says Weiss. "I love being in rehearsal with them, and Lucy, and our director Jackson Gay. In theater, everyone's head is in the right place; it's about the craft and the work. To me, there's nothing better than spending all day in a room working with smart people on great material. Sometimes, I wish you could never stop rehearsing."

That sentiment isn't totally surprising from someone who was a child actor in his native Chicago, who had dreams of a stage career in New York. However, Weiss decided to go to college at U.S.C. -- where his classmates included Ally Sheedy, Anthony Edwards, and Forest Whittaker -- and he was quickly discovered by Hollywood while performing in a local showcase.

He's worked steadily there for nearly 20 years, finally coming east to appear on stage at Boston's Huntington Theater Company in their productions of Burn This in 2004 and Les Liaisons Dangereuses in 2006, both under the aegis of his friend Nicholas Martin. "Hollywood sucks you in," he says. "That other coast just kept me very busy for a long time."

Considering his success, one would imagine Weiss would never consider giving up acting. "I think about it every morning when I wake up," he says with a laugh. "But it's in my blood, so I don't think I will ever stop, even if it is a crazy way to make a living. However, I've been doing mixed-media artwork for the past few years, and that keeps me sane. There was a show of some of my work in L.A. recently and everything sold out in four hours."

As for what's ahead after Scarcity -- be it another Off-Broadway show or another hit TV series -- the 45-year-old actor says anything is possible. "I love New York, so all I need is another good reason to stay. But that doesn't mean I wouldn't do another television series. Right now, my standard is that I won't do anything that I'm not proud of," he says. "But the other nice thing about being my age is you realize the importance of living in the moment. I don't have the energy anymore to spend all this time thinking about what things might mean in the big scheme of life. I just want to do good work."

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