ABC has confirmed a premiere date of April 28th for Amy’s new series Happy Town.  This is later than was originally hinted to me but at least it’s finally going to air!

Haplin, Minnesota, also known as “Happy Town,” has enjoyed an uneasy peace for five years, but all that is about to change. Still haunted by a number of unsolved kidnappings, the small town now faces a dark new crime that brings all its unresolved fears to the surface. Has the elusive “Magic Man,” who many believe is responsible for the bizarre abductions that still scar the town, returned to claim another victim? As Haplin’s mysteries are revealed, many of its prominent citizens’ motives come under scrutiny, as their own secrets and personalities are peeled back, one layer at a time.

Dragged away from his idyllic family life to investigate the new crimes, Tommy Conroy (Geoff Stults), a small town deputy under the wing of his dad, long-time popular Sheriff Griffin Conroy (M.C. Gainey), has never had to take charge of Haplin’s law enforcement. His comfortable lifestyle is suddenly turned upside down by a bizarre set of circumstances and he must learn to pool his smarts, without the necessary training and tools, to rally the residents, as well as keep his wife, Rachel (Amy Acker), daughter Emma (Sophia Ewaniuk) and the rest of Haplin safe.

While at the Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour to promote the ABC mid-season drama Happy Town, one of the show’s stars, Amy Acker, talked about being a part of the small town mystery, as well as gave hints about her role in Cabin in the Woods, the highly anticipated and highly secretive 3-D horror film from Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard.

Q: When you started on Dollhouse, did you have any idea that your character would end up so evil?

Amy: No. When the whole thing started, I had been begging Joss, since I heard he was doing it. We’d be hanging out and I’d be like, “I wish I could be on your show.” And then, it seemed like the day before they started shooting, he was like, “Actually, there’s this part. She was supposed to be a 55-year-old woman, but I’m thinking maybe you should do it.” I was like, “Really? Okay, great! I’ll be there.” I didn’t know if it was just going to be for the pilot. I had no idea that I was going to end up being a doll and that all this stuff would unfold. I’d hear about different stuff, but you don’t know. Read more… »

The last few episodes of Dollhouse will be airing this month and Amy is scheduled to appear in two of them.  I will have HQ episode stills from each up soon plus HD screencaptures of her first episode from season two as well.  HD screencaptures from the new episodes will be up much sooner, I promise.

• January 8th: Episode 2.11 – ‘Getting Closer’
• January 15th: Episode 2.12 – ‘The Hollow Men’

Unfortunately Amy is not featured in the new 2.5 minute long promo video ABC recently released for Happy Town.  However, if you look close you can catch a quick glimpse and she does speak a line or two.  ABC has also confirmed an eight episode order of Happy Town with episodes tentatively scheduled to begin airing in February.  If you’re interested in seeing the promo, you can view it after the cut.

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If you live in the Washington, D.C. area, there will be a press screening of Amy’s movie 21 & a Wake-Up on December 8th.

If you are available this coming Tuesday evening, December 8th, I’d like to invite you and a guest to a VIP and Press screening of a new film about the Vietnam War unlike anything you have ever seen.

“21 AND A WAKEUP” is the very first American motion picture about the War ever allowed by the Vietnamese Government to film on location in Vietnam.

This is not an anti-American screed, but a fair and balanced look at the war seen through the eyes of doctors, nurses, soldiers and newsmen at the 24th Evac Hospital, the last major Army Hospital in the south to close in ‘71 and ‘72.

It’s been called “The Best Portrayal of Women at War ever put on Film…”

It dramatizes the heroic daily lives of men and women stationed on major military bases who were not slogging through rice paddies. The daily brutality of the War from a grunt’s perspective has already been depicted in many films, though none shot in Vietnam.

It contains shots from the Vietnamese national archives never before seen in the west.

We have an excellent cast of widely respected actors, including Amy Acker, Danica McKellar, Faye Dunaway, Tom Sizemore, JC Chasez, Wes Studi, Ed Begley, Jr, Ben Vereen, Andre Royo and Tim Thomerson.

We’re screening our film for the first time in DC at 7 PM on Tuesday, December 8th at the beautiful Arleigh Burke Theater in the Naval Heritage Center at 701 Pennsylvania Ave.

Scificool.com is running an easy contest that you can enter for a chance to win a R2 copy of Amy’s movie Dragon Chronicles: Fire & Ice.

Metrodome is releasing Dragon Chronicles: Fire & Ice on DVD September 7th, but instead of buying it, you can win a free DVD copy courtesy of SciFiCool.com and Metrodome, and who doesn’t like free stuff? We currently have three copies of the DVD to give away to three lucky winners, and all you have to do is follow the instructions below.

To read how to enter, click here.

My apologies if you saw my previous post which has now been deleted.  There was some confusion (on my part) about when the screening was.  I now have further information about this which you can read below.

There are three screenings of Amy’s movie 21 and a Wake Up scheduled in the Chicago area for the month of August.  One was held last night (August 2nd), and the remaining two are on August 16th and 30th.  If you live near Chicago, you can request free tickets by visiting this link for more information.  The link also contains a new 60 second trailer for the movie featuring some new footage of Amy.  I will get screencaptures up as soon as I can.  Also, according to someone who went to the screening last night the director is now aiming for a September theatrical (limited) release.  I will post more as I find out.