HDNet to Premiere "Blade: the Series" in High Definition, Monday, June 18
Network to Air New Line Television's Series Based on Marvel's Renowned Super Hero
DALLAS, June 11, 2007 - BLADE: THE SERIES premieres in high definition on HDNet, Monday, June 18 at 10:00 p.m. EST. Based on the blockbuster feature film trilogy, the series stars Kirk "Sticky" Jones as Blade, the half-man, half-vampire title character who uses his extraordinary superhuman powers to save mankind from demonic creatures that walk the night. BLADE: THE SERIES is produced by New Line Television and Marvel Studios.
"Blade will be a great addition to our line-up this summer," said Mark Cuban, president and co-founder of HDNet. "This show has a huge cult following and the fans will love the way this series looks in high def."
The premiere opens with Blade setting up shop in Detroit, investigating the vampire House of Chthon. Along the way, he forms an uneasy alliance with Krista Starr, played by Jill Wagner, a former military veteran who becomes entrenched in the world of vampires while investigating the murder of her twin brother. The cast is rounded out by Neil Jackson as "Marcus," Blade's chief nemesis and head of the Chthon House; Jessica Gower as "Chase," a seductive vampire who is devoted to Marcus; and Nelson Lee as Shen, a technology genius and Blade's confidant.
HDNet will air the two-hour premiere episode in two, one-hour segments. The first hour will air on Monday, June 18 and the second hour on Monday, June 25. The series will air every Monday night at 10:00 p.m. EST with a repeat at 10:00 p.m. PST to accommodate west coast prime time.
About HDNet
HDNet (www.hd.net) provides viewers with the best in original comedy, drama, news, sports and music programming.
HDNet is your exclusive, high-definition home for popular, critically acclaimed original programming, including television's only HD news feature programs "HDNet World Report", "NASA on HDNet" (presenting live shuttle launches through 2010), and, "Dan Rather Reports" featuring legendary journalist Dan Rather. HDNet presents championship sports coverage featuring the National Hockey League, Major League Soccer, NASCAR Grand National Division, NASCAR NEXTEL Cup re-broadcasts, boxing and Mixed Martial Arts; groundbreaking music programming with the HDNet Concert Series featuring leading artists and bands including U2, Black Eyed Peas, Gwen Stefani and more, plus original music programs "Sound Off with Matt Pinfield", and "True Music w/Katie Daryl"; entertaining interview shows including "Face 2 Face with Roy Firestone" and "Higher Definition", in addition to fun and irreverent lifestyle programming including "Geek to Freak with Dennis Rodman", "Deadline!", "Art Mann Presents", and "Get Out!" HDNet is also the exclusive high-definition home to the critically acclaimed and award winning programs such as the Emmy Award winning "Arrested Development", "Star Trek: Enterprise", "Dead Like Me", "Smallville", "Joan of Arcadia", "Boomtown" and "Andy Richter Controls the Universe".
HDNet Movies produces and broadcasts more original movies than any other network and is the exclusive home of day and date movie releases from HDNet Films including the Academy Award nominated "Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room", Toronto Film Festival nominee "The War Within", and "Bubble", the first of six movies by acclaimed director Steven Soderbergh and produced exclusively for HDNet Films. Other HDNet Films releases include "One Last Thing" starring Cynthia Nixon, "Herbie Hancock: Possibilities", and Matt Taubers' Tribeca Film Festival nominee "The Architect", starring Anthony LaPaglia and Isabella Rossellini, and "Diggers", starring Paul Rudd, Ron Eldard, Maura Tierney and Lauren Ambrose, and "Fay Grim", from maverick writer-director Hal Hartley, starring Superman's Parker Posey and Jeff Goldblum. Coming soon are "Quid Pro Quo", starring Nick Stahl and Vera Farmiga, "Hunter", the story of the life and death of infamous gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson from director Alex Gibney, and producer Graydon Carter, and "Broken English", from Zoe Cassavetes, starring Gena Rowlands, Parker Posey, Drea de Matteo and Griffin Dunne. Many more are to come.
HDNet Movies also features a wide selection of major studio theatrical releases - all uncut, unedited, and appearing in their original aspect ratio so that HDNet viewers get the best possible home theater experience.
Launched in 2001 by Mark Cuban and General Manager Philip Garvin, the HDNet networks are available on AT&T, Bright House Networks, Charter Communications, DIRECTV, DISH Network, Insight, Mediacom, Time Warner Cable, Verizon and more than 40 NCTC cable affiliate companies. For more information visit www.hd.net.
About New Line Television
New Line Television is a division of New Line Cinema (www.newline.com), the most successful independent film company in the world. The division develops, produces and distributes TV projects for the broadcast networks, cable and first-run syndication, as well as distributes New Line feature films across the television landscape. In addition to the production, marketing and distribution of theatrical motion pictures, New Line Cinema has divisions devoted to home entertainment, music, theater, merchandising and international. A pioneer in franchise filmmaking, New Line's Oscar-winning THE LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy is one of the most successful film franchises in history. New Line is a division of Time Warner, Inc.
About Marvel Entertainment
With a library of over 5,000 characters, Marvel Entertainment, Inc. is one of the world's most prominent character-based entertainment companies. Marvel's operations are focused on utilizing its character franchises in licensing, entertainment, publishing and toys. Areas of emphasis include feature films, DVD/home video, consumer products, video games, action figures and role-playing toys, television and promotions. Rooted in the creative success of over sixty years of comic book publishing, Marvel's strategy is to leverage its character franchises in a growing array of opportunities around the world. More information about Marvel can be found at Marvel.com - Spider-Man, the X-Men, Wolverine, Hulk, Fantastic Four, Ghost Rider, Iron Man, toys, movies, comics, video games and more!.
Marvel, Blade and related characters names and the distinctive likenesses thereof are trademarks of Marvel Characters, Inc. TM & © 2006 Marvel Characters, Inc. All rights reserved. Super Hero(es) is a co-owned registered trademark.
Source: HDNet
Network to Air New Line Television's Series Based on Marvel's Renowned Super Hero
DALLAS, June 11, 2007 - BLADE: THE SERIES premieres in high definition on HDNet, Monday, June 18 at 10:00 p.m. EST. Based on the blockbuster feature film trilogy, the series stars Kirk "Sticky" Jones as Blade, the half-man, half-vampire title character who uses his extraordinary superhuman powers to save mankind from demonic creatures that walk the night. BLADE: THE SERIES is produced by New Line Television and Marvel Studios.
"Blade will be a great addition to our line-up this summer," said Mark Cuban, president and co-founder of HDNet. "This show has a huge cult following and the fans will love the way this series looks in high def."
The premiere opens with Blade setting up shop in Detroit, investigating the vampire House of Chthon. Along the way, he forms an uneasy alliance with Krista Starr, played by Jill Wagner, a former military veteran who becomes entrenched in the world of vampires while investigating the murder of her twin brother. The cast is rounded out by Neil Jackson as "Marcus," Blade's chief nemesis and head of the Chthon House; Jessica Gower as "Chase," a seductive vampire who is devoted to Marcus; and Nelson Lee as Shen, a technology genius and Blade's confidant.
HDNet will air the two-hour premiere episode in two, one-hour segments. The first hour will air on Monday, June 18 and the second hour on Monday, June 25. The series will air every Monday night at 10:00 p.m. EST with a repeat at 10:00 p.m. PST to accommodate west coast prime time.
About HDNet
HDNet (www.hd.net) provides viewers with the best in original comedy, drama, news, sports and music programming.
HDNet is your exclusive, high-definition home for popular, critically acclaimed original programming, including television's only HD news feature programs "HDNet World Report", "NASA on HDNet" (presenting live shuttle launches through 2010), and, "Dan Rather Reports" featuring legendary journalist Dan Rather. HDNet presents championship sports coverage featuring the National Hockey League, Major League Soccer, NASCAR Grand National Division, NASCAR NEXTEL Cup re-broadcasts, boxing and Mixed Martial Arts; groundbreaking music programming with the HDNet Concert Series featuring leading artists and bands including U2, Black Eyed Peas, Gwen Stefani and more, plus original music programs "Sound Off with Matt Pinfield", and "True Music w/Katie Daryl"; entertaining interview shows including "Face 2 Face with Roy Firestone" and "Higher Definition", in addition to fun and irreverent lifestyle programming including "Geek to Freak with Dennis Rodman", "Deadline!", "Art Mann Presents", and "Get Out!" HDNet is also the exclusive high-definition home to the critically acclaimed and award winning programs such as the Emmy Award winning "Arrested Development", "Star Trek: Enterprise", "Dead Like Me", "Smallville", "Joan of Arcadia", "Boomtown" and "Andy Richter Controls the Universe".
HDNet Movies produces and broadcasts more original movies than any other network and is the exclusive home of day and date movie releases from HDNet Films including the Academy Award nominated "Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room", Toronto Film Festival nominee "The War Within", and "Bubble", the first of six movies by acclaimed director Steven Soderbergh and produced exclusively for HDNet Films. Other HDNet Films releases include "One Last Thing" starring Cynthia Nixon, "Herbie Hancock: Possibilities", and Matt Taubers' Tribeca Film Festival nominee "The Architect", starring Anthony LaPaglia and Isabella Rossellini, and "Diggers", starring Paul Rudd, Ron Eldard, Maura Tierney and Lauren Ambrose, and "Fay Grim", from maverick writer-director Hal Hartley, starring Superman's Parker Posey and Jeff Goldblum. Coming soon are "Quid Pro Quo", starring Nick Stahl and Vera Farmiga, "Hunter", the story of the life and death of infamous gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson from director Alex Gibney, and producer Graydon Carter, and "Broken English", from Zoe Cassavetes, starring Gena Rowlands, Parker Posey, Drea de Matteo and Griffin Dunne. Many more are to come.
HDNet Movies also features a wide selection of major studio theatrical releases - all uncut, unedited, and appearing in their original aspect ratio so that HDNet viewers get the best possible home theater experience.
Launched in 2001 by Mark Cuban and General Manager Philip Garvin, the HDNet networks are available on AT&T, Bright House Networks, Charter Communications, DIRECTV, DISH Network, Insight, Mediacom, Time Warner Cable, Verizon and more than 40 NCTC cable affiliate companies. For more information visit www.hd.net.
About New Line Television
New Line Television is a division of New Line Cinema (www.newline.com), the most successful independent film company in the world. The division develops, produces and distributes TV projects for the broadcast networks, cable and first-run syndication, as well as distributes New Line feature films across the television landscape. In addition to the production, marketing and distribution of theatrical motion pictures, New Line Cinema has divisions devoted to home entertainment, music, theater, merchandising and international. A pioneer in franchise filmmaking, New Line's Oscar-winning THE LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy is one of the most successful film franchises in history. New Line is a division of Time Warner, Inc.
About Marvel Entertainment
With a library of over 5,000 characters, Marvel Entertainment, Inc. is one of the world's most prominent character-based entertainment companies. Marvel's operations are focused on utilizing its character franchises in licensing, entertainment, publishing and toys. Areas of emphasis include feature films, DVD/home video, consumer products, video games, action figures and role-playing toys, television and promotions. Rooted in the creative success of over sixty years of comic book publishing, Marvel's strategy is to leverage its character franchises in a growing array of opportunities around the world. More information about Marvel can be found at Marvel.com - Spider-Man, the X-Men, Wolverine, Hulk, Fantastic Four, Ghost Rider, Iron Man, toys, movies, comics, video games and more!.
Marvel, Blade and related characters names and the distinctive likenesses thereof are trademarks of Marvel Characters, Inc. TM & © 2006 Marvel Characters, Inc. All rights reserved. Super Hero(es) is a co-owned registered trademark.
Source: HDNet
