Jonathan Ames
August 14th, 2006, 07:18 PM
OK, we've kept you in the dark long enough. Everyone wants to know what's the big secret...what's on tap for the Season 1 Grand Finale. So here it is. We have a pretty GRAND finale set up for Week 13, the final episode marking the end of Season 1. But don't worry, Season 2 is on it's way the very next week and we don't miss a beat. We can't because our list of guests signed for the show carries us through Season 3 right now. That mean what I originally thought would be a 4-show show has turned into a year-long project. Heck, 9 out of every 10 tv series don't get picked up the second season much less a third. Anyway here's the scoop.
Thanks to Jaime Emmaneulli, partner, friend and man-about-all-things-movies, we've arranged for 2nd Unit to go on-set with the hit CBS action drama "The Unit". The Unit revolvs around a covert team of special forces operatives who risk their lives on undercover missions around the globe. The show was picked up by CBS for mid-season, meaning that if any of the network's new fall shows fails to win over an audience, The Unit will be put into its place. Besides 24's Dennis Haybert, Felicity's Scott Foley and Angel's Amy Acker, The Unit also stars two CSI alumni: Max Martini, who played Bob Keaton in three episodes of CSI: Miami, and Michael Irby, who appeared as Ignacio Paez in Miami's "Breathless" and as Eduardo in CSI: New York's "Night, Mother."
The show is shot at Santa Clarita Studios but Santa Clarita isn't merely providing studio and office space for The Unit, as the city's surroundings will be used to portray the many foreign countries to which the series' military agents will travel. Santa Clarita has a mix of the residential city life locations, as well as the undeveloped hillsides that they need for the action. In fact, Santa Clarita is so versatile that CSI, previous tenants at the digs which moved to Universal's lot, will continue to shoot some of its outdoor scenes there. The Number 3 rated action drama is giving us the show's DP, Gaffer and Best Boy for interviews but it ain't easy folks to get into a special forces secure compound as the opening shots for Episode 13 will evidence. How difficult? Well, I don't want to spoil it for you but suffice to say that, if you like helicopters, stunts, gunfire and grand entrances, you can't miss Episode 13. We're pulling out all the stops for 2nd unit's finale so we hope we've whetted your appetite sufficiently and that you'll tune in for the closer. It'll be, in a word, unforgettable, especially for a “low-budget”, start-up webcast show like 2nd Unit.
All kidding aside, the finale is a salute to you all, the viewers. You've made 2nd Unit a wonderful experience for a lot of us here and this is just a small way of saying thank you. Besides, we've given you access to the Number 1 rated show, 24 through our good friend Rodney Charters and the Number 2 rated show, NCIS through Jody Eldred. But in life, like poker, a pair is well, a pair. But 3 of a kind? Well, that's hard to beat. And our audience deserves a wiunning hand. so thanks for being our viewers and hanging in there with us through our growing pains.
Jonathan and Team 2U
Thanks to Jaime Emmaneulli, partner, friend and man-about-all-things-movies, we've arranged for 2nd Unit to go on-set with the hit CBS action drama "The Unit". The Unit revolvs around a covert team of special forces operatives who risk their lives on undercover missions around the globe. The show was picked up by CBS for mid-season, meaning that if any of the network's new fall shows fails to win over an audience, The Unit will be put into its place. Besides 24's Dennis Haybert, Felicity's Scott Foley and Angel's Amy Acker, The Unit also stars two CSI alumni: Max Martini, who played Bob Keaton in three episodes of CSI: Miami, and Michael Irby, who appeared as Ignacio Paez in Miami's "Breathless" and as Eduardo in CSI: New York's "Night, Mother."
The show is shot at Santa Clarita Studios but Santa Clarita isn't merely providing studio and office space for The Unit, as the city's surroundings will be used to portray the many foreign countries to which the series' military agents will travel. Santa Clarita has a mix of the residential city life locations, as well as the undeveloped hillsides that they need for the action. In fact, Santa Clarita is so versatile that CSI, previous tenants at the digs which moved to Universal's lot, will continue to shoot some of its outdoor scenes there. The Number 3 rated action drama is giving us the show's DP, Gaffer and Best Boy for interviews but it ain't easy folks to get into a special forces secure compound as the opening shots for Episode 13 will evidence. How difficult? Well, I don't want to spoil it for you but suffice to say that, if you like helicopters, stunts, gunfire and grand entrances, you can't miss Episode 13. We're pulling out all the stops for 2nd unit's finale so we hope we've whetted your appetite sufficiently and that you'll tune in for the closer. It'll be, in a word, unforgettable, especially for a “low-budget”, start-up webcast show like 2nd Unit.
All kidding aside, the finale is a salute to you all, the viewers. You've made 2nd Unit a wonderful experience for a lot of us here and this is just a small way of saying thank you. Besides, we've given you access to the Number 1 rated show, 24 through our good friend Rodney Charters and the Number 2 rated show, NCIS through Jody Eldred. But in life, like poker, a pair is well, a pair. But 3 of a kind? Well, that's hard to beat. And our audience deserves a wiunning hand. so thanks for being our viewers and hanging in there with us through our growing pains.
Jonathan and Team 2U