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We can tell you that the first episode is being directed by Gerard McMurray, who helmed The First Purge.

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ALAN TUDYK SHOOTING RESIDENT ALIEN

Production also started Monday on Resident Alien, a TV pilot for Syfy starring Alan Tudyk.

Tudyk, a fan favourite of the geek set thanks to roles as Hoban ‘Wash’ Washburne on Firefly and the droid K-2SO in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, will play a crash-landed alien named Harry who takes on the identity of a small-town Colorado doctor and slowly begins to wrestle with the moral dilemma of his secret mission on Earth.

Resident Alien is based on the Dark Horse comic book series of the same name.

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VANCOUVER ACTOR JOINS TOP GUN SEQUEL CAST

Vancouver actor Manny Jacinto, who cut his teeth in television with a handful of bit parts in locally produced productions like Supernatural, Once Upon a Time and The 100 before landing his current role as a series regular on NBC’s The Good Place, has joined the cast of Top Gun: Maverick.

Jacinto will play Fritz, a pilot, in the sequel to the 1986 Tom Cruise blockbuster.