According to DreadCentral.com Barry Bostwick
(Brad Majors in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show", Mayor Winston in "Spin City") and Renee O'Connor have
just begun filming The Asylum's take of Moby Dick, to be released on DVD 23 November. The modern adaptation of
Herman Melville's classic novel will make Ahab captain of a hi-tech submarine, and his obsessive quest will be to destroy
the enormous prehistoric whale that maimed him. The film will also star Adam Grimes as Starbuck and Michael Teh (Queequeg) and is directed by
Trey Stokes.
Explaining the appearance of ARK episodes on HULU, Trey Stokes told AUSXIP: "Syfy and hulu are both affiliated with NBC/universal, so this came about as a result of the syfy "interest". It happened very fast, all within the past week." And further: "I just took over that long-dormant Ark page on YouTube, and the episodes will all show up there after we see how we fare on hulu. We might throw some other extras on there as well.".
Nine episodes of the ARK webseries are now available online at SlashControl There are areas of the world that cannot view these, but they are only available in the US as far as I can tell. Marc Hustvedt spoke with Gabe Sachs, Trey Stokes, Robbie Thompson, and Renee O'connor for Tubefilter about the series.
Tembi Locke, who plays a nurse in Words Unspoken and will be Veronica McFall in A STATE OF HATE, is now playing
Grace Monroe on the SyFy Channel's EUREKA. Words Unspoken will screen at the Hamilton Film Festival and Awareness Walk in
Hamilton, NY 5-8 August 2010.
The release date for A State of Hate has been moved to 2012. Additions to the cast include: Rae'Ven Larrymore Kelly, who played Lisa in the Buffy episode "The Body", and Tyler Mane (Sabertooth from X-men). Ernie Hudson, formerly Detective Ridley of Desperate Housewives, will play Nate Wallace. . The film will be shot entirely in the state of Michigan and takes place between Memorial Day and the Fourth of July, 1976. D.J.Perry's Detective Kendall will be called in to investigate the local Klan's involvement in a murder. The film claims to be "inspired by true events".
CONVENTION: THE MUSICAL
in Paris, France 27-29 August 2010 will have Nicholas Brendon representing Buffy the Vampire Slayer,
and Renee O'Connor representing Xena Warrior Princess. It is not
clear right now if there will be a third guest representing yet another series, as originally intended.
A schedule of events has been posted on the Convention's website.
Among the more interesting discussion topics listed so far are:
Buffy Sing Along
Xena vs. Buffy
Xena's Melody
Xena's Real Voice
In Joss' Head.
The Convention will take place at: Carré Bellefeuille, 60 rue de la bellefeuille, 92100 BOULOGNE BILLANCOURT, Paris, France. A 3-day ticket is € 169. One-day tickets are € 59.
Xenan Warr of Xena Immortal (French Xena site) will interview ROC at CONVENTION THE MUSICAL in August 2010. He would like people to suggest questions for the interview. The interview will be videotaped and available on the Xena Immortal site after the convention. Questions may also be submitted to the ROC CHAT FORUM.
The website for BEYOND THE FARTHEST STAR has posted an interview with Renee O'Connor.
The film is about a TV evangelist confronted with a choice: to take one last chance at regaining the spotlight, or to sacrifice fame and save his wife (O'Connor) and daughter(Cherami Leigh). O'Connor will play Maurene Wells, a romance-novel-reading mom of a Goth 15-year-old. She and her husband Adam, played by Todd Terry, were childhood sweethearts who married over her father's objections. Barry Corbin (the ex-astronaut from Northern Exposure) is Sheriff Burns. Jordan Waker Ross is a character name Clifford. It is produced by Benjamin Dane and Sally Helppie, and directed by its writer, Andrew Librizzi.
Pathlight Entertainment has announced a promotional partnership with JCTV for purposes of promoting this film.
Clicking the DEMAND IT button on the site will let you send a message to their distributors that you want this film to come to your area. This includes areas outside the US. Filming has been completed and it is due for release in December.
Beyond the Farthest Star was the title of the first animated episode of Star Trek, and it was also the name of a novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Both of those are very good and totally unrelated to the projected film involving Renee O'Connor.
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Starring Renee O'Connor, DJ Perry, Jed Sura, Ernie Hudson, Terrence Knox, Rae'Ven Larrymore Kelly, and Tyler Mane. the film will bring back the detectives in D.P Lyle's "An Ordinary Killer"(2003) for another case. Director: Anthony Hornus. Screenplay by Greg Brodeur, Diane Carey and Anthony Hornus.
About a TV evangelist (Todd Terry) confronted with a choice: to take one last chance at regaining the spotlight,
or to sacrifice fame and save his wife Maureen(O'Connor) and daughter. O'Connor's character is a romance-novel-reading
mother of a Goth 15-year-old (Cherami Leigh).
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Paula is an inspector for the Historic Trust who visits an abandoned ship. She meets the self-appointed caretaker, Vigs (Larry Joe Campbell), who had blindly made the application for historical status. Moments after her arrival, her car is disabled and she is stuck, leading to a sleepless night of bad dreams and creepy reality. The Bihlman Bros. song "Angel Wings" is featured in the movie.
StarScoop has an interview with O'Connor about FITFUL,and the Traverse City Record-Eagle has
an article about the film which, according to AUSXIP, is due for DVD release this coming winter.
A clip has been posted on the Official Renee O'Connor site.
A Fitful Behind the Scenes Video has been posted online by Rich Brauer.
This is supposed to be a spoof of "exploitation films". Problem is, I haven't seen any of those that I can recall, and the best reference point I have is Quentin Tarantino's movies, which are a bit too content-laden to be called exploitative. So I am not able to appreciate this thing much. The actors seem to be portraying people who can't act, with the notable exception of Minae Noji (General Hospital's Dr. Kelly Lee) as Kinki.
O'Connor's role is small, as is the role of Lucy Lawless. Michael Hurst, Kevin Sorbo, and Zoe Bell are also in it.
Dorothy Snarker of AfterEllen.com has reviewed Bitch Slap. The film is available online as a stream or a download at ZML.COM. Itsjustmovies has seven clips, and there are behind-the-scenes video clips and promos at AUSXIP.
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Short film produced by ROC. Excellent. ROC plays the sister of the main character. The best roles she gets are those in films she herself produces. Film deals with the legal and social consequences of honoring the final wishes of others. Tembe Locke (nurse) will be Veronica McFall in STATE OF HATE (2010 in production).
Wesbseries. More at AUSXIP ARK PAGE.
Trey Stokes, the producer of ARK was interviewed on thestream.tv. The main bit of information he imparted was that ARK will be released region by region, with the first release being in Japan in the beginning of 2010.
ROC stars in the Riverworldy drama, waking up offplanet after falling asleep on the couch.
Marjo-Riikka Makela and Adam Cardon (Detective Anderson in Diamond Dawgs) co-star.
Slightly confusing story of archaeologists, priests, an alien(?), and Iraq. O'Connor has good role in this one. One scene lifted almost directly from Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Co-stars Helena Beaven, with Jed Sura, Raymond O'Connor, and Ted Raimi.
Main protagonist (Beaven) getting tossed from US by Immigration Dept. She and her friend (ROC) go to Vegas to find her a husband to prevent this. Hilarity ensues. OK not the most original story line, but it has its moments. The introductory scene, with Ashley rehearsing for some sort of Disney dance number is one of them.
REVIEW
One episode (Season Three - Episode Fifteen) A Higher Power
Murders being made to look like suicide with obscure psychological motivation to be uncovered by regular cast. ROC gives good performance as the wife of one of the victims.
In a mental institution, many of the patients and staff end up dead(Dr. Ryan gets killed). Killer has obscure psychological motivation. A sometimes interesting movie. Lucy Lawless was in the first Boogeyman film (2005).
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Based on factual history of town in North Carolina. Tale of vigilantism and hill folk in the 19th Century. Well put together.
REVIEW
Syfy Channel production. The Syfy Channel makes few good movies. Bruce Campbell is quite funny in this one, and O'Connor gets to say very little and look pretty a lot.
Big Bugs invade. Bruce Campbell leads insurgency against Big Bugs. Big Bugs die. Peter Jason (President Demsky) was Alan Baird (uncredited) in MILK.
Short Film produced by Renee O'Connor, about single mom and her impending deployment to Iraq. Produced by Eric Escobar and Taura Musgrove.
Cast: Chris Dollard, Kristen Dollard, Renee O'Conner, Andy Pinon, Jed Sura, Steven Yell, Amy Yell.
Short film entered in the Anita Jessie 2003 Fall Film Festival. Produced by: Chris Dollard and Jed Sura. Directed, Written, and Edited by: Chris Dollard. Director of Photography: William White. 1st A.D.: Dawn Higginbotham.
Have not seen this. Don't know what it's about. Amy Yell was a waitress in DIAMONDS & GUNS
Sort of New Zealand's Twilight Zone, this series is worth watching. I would never have discovered it had ROC not done her 30 second cameo.
Tamati Rice (Jonathan), whose name sounds like soup, was Raphael in 3 episodes of Xena, Vercinix and Garel in two others. His first film appearance was in The Piano (Pito).
The complete Mataku series can be ordered from Shop New Zealand for $48.00. Shipping to the US is another $5.80.
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Sunny Doench, pictured above, originally of Dayton, Ohio, was the original choice to play Gabrielle, but declined. Her latest role is that of Nancy Wilson in GIRL WITH NO NUMBER, a thriller set in Vietnam which is in post-production.
In 2003 O'Connor performed the A.R. Gurney play LOVE LETTERS, an epistolary chronicle of two characters' 50 year relationship, in London opposite Tim Omundson. Omundson was Eli (bringer of Christian Mythology) in XWP.
Renee O'Connor does not appear on the French DVD covver of Alien Apocalypse. The woman who does appear is probably Rosi Chernogorova (Bizzi). What I would like to know is who played the astronaut with the broken leg who gets killed at the beginning of the film. She is not credited at all, and the character is never addressed by name.
Gabrielle's horse, introduced in season five of Xena, was played by a gelding named Flash. I cannot find a reference to the horse's name in the series, but according to the website ARGO AND FRIENDS, it was named Amber. When she was a child, Gabrielle had a pony named Timpany, whom she could not ride. Timpany died prior to Gabrielle's first encounter with Xena.
It was Susan Wood who did the singing for O'Connor in "The Bitter Suite". Wood also sang the song "Peace In the Valley" in the Season Five episode "Lyre, Lyre, Pants on Fire". Her most recent acting role was as Anchor #2 in the 2006 film THE BLACK HOLE, which starred Kristy Swanson (the original Buffy the Vampire Slayer). The Scotch Plains, NJ newspaper ran an article about Wood in 1998 which describes her career in some detail.
AfterEllen.com had readers vote for their favourite lesbian/bi characters in film and television. Gabrielle was #17 in the voting.
O'Connor has a pierced navel, which is also apparently an "innie". Above is a cropped bikini photo which clearly shows the piercing.
It's true, Xena is a bitch. Xena the Dog pictured above is listed on the website of Labonte Canine Services in Raleigh, NC.
Commenting on the possibliity of a revival of Xena, Lucy Lawless told Out.com, "I love that character (Xena). I would do it if it was a movie. I doubt I would do it as a TV series. I can't see how you would make it fresh. By the time somebody does come up with that I'm just going to be too old." Pixel 51 would rather see a Xena sequel with Renee O'Connor as Gabrielle again, and someone else playing her next lover.
The first season and part of the second season of XWP were shot using 16mm film. This explains the graininess of the picture. Other series (most notably Sex and the City) have done this to save money. Some movies have used 16mm film to create an intentional amateurish effect (e.g. CLERKS).
The dubbing of Gabrielle into Portugese (for the Brazilian market) was done by Sylvia Salustti, who also did the dubbing of Sarah Michelle Gellar's character Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
O'Connor's first acting experience was at age eight in Katy, Texas with THEATER ON WHEELS. She played a caterpillar. Even made her own costume.
Gabrielle's first line in episode one season one was: "Take me. Let the others go." (To warlord attempting to abduct the young females of Potidea.) The last words spoken by Gabrielle in the last episide of the series were: "I knew you'd say that." (To the spirit of Xena.)
Not surprisingly, Gabrielle is the top lesbian/bi sidekick according to AfterEllen.com. Willow Rosenberg is second. Strange that Dana Scully did not make the list.
Renee O'Connor's shoe size is 8N. My source for this is an interview she gave some years ago, but in it she also said that her favourite colour was teal, described her eye colour as "green with a hint of blue" and her favourite birds as ducks (from whence the colour teal was named). So she may not have been entirely serious about that interview.
The name "Gabrielle" is not exactly Greek. Since the French language did not begin to take form until the 9th century A.D., it's probably not French either. That means it must come from Hebrew roots(the feminine of Gabriel meaning "strong of God"). Her sister Lila (spelled without a double L in the credits and pronounced with short vowels) has a name which means "plaything" in Sanskrit.
ROC Pictures is considering doing a film based on the 1996 novel "Leaning Towards Infinity"by Sue Woolf.
Woolf has written two other novels and teaches at the University of Sydney.
Ms. O'Connor some years ago starred(?) in a movie " eXtreme Reality ", which was a mockumentary about a reality dating show. Don't know anything more about this one. Don't know the year or any details.
First names of characters played by ROC have been: Maureen, Mona, Paula, Connie, Sue, Ava, Ashley, Pam, Jessica, Jack, Kelly, Meg, Gabrielle, Laura Sue, Bettie, Deianeira, Laurie, Rebecca, Leslie, Julia, Renee, Tina Marie, Jessica, Linda, Angela, Lorraine, Robin, Jennifer, and Nancy.
The only character name she has had twice is Jessica, although Sue occurs once as a first name and once as a middle name. Laura and Laurie are quite similar.
The 2010 Xena calendar is now available from CREATION ENTERTAINMENT). Here is a 2009 Renee O'Connor Calendar The '09 calendar will work again in 2026.
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