USA Renews "Psych" TV Series

The USA Network has ordered up a third season of the Vancouver-lensed TV series "Psych".

The network has picked up an additional 16 episodes of the show, which revolves around a psychic cop, played by actor James Roday.

Dule Hill, Corbin Bernsen and Maggie Lawson also star.

"The series has been a critical and ratings sensation since it premiered last summer and continues to gain new viewers and grow its fan-base," said USA executive VP of original programming Jeff Wachtel.

Steve "Big Daddy" Franks executive produces "Psych" for Universal Media Studios and Tagline Pictures.

"Blade: House of Chthon" DVD Giveaway...

Vancouver-shot "Blade: House of Chthon", the unrated TV pilot for the Spike TV series, will be released September 18 on DVD, and we have some copies to give away to our readers.

Penned by David Goyer, writer of the "Blade" trilogy, "Blade: House of Chthon" follows 'Blade' (Sticky Fingaz of the infamous rap group Onyx; Dead Presidents, Next Friday), a unique half-breed with all of the strengths of the vampire species but none of their weaknesses, in his quest to destroy the entire vampire population and save humanity.

He is joined in his mission by the ruthless and beautiful 'Krista Starr' (actress Jill Wagner) who is searching for the secret truth behind her brother’s mysterious murder.

Delve deeper into the seedy underworld with special features including the all-new “Turning Blade” documentary and feature commentaries by the director and writers.

"The brutal hunt for the pure bloods continues as the ultimate vampire hunter, Blade, battles to defeat the House of Chthon, an ancient evil sect of vampires that is growing stronger everyday. Led by the vampire overlord Marcus, their objective is to create a vaccine that will give rise to a new breed of super vampires, immune to vampire weaknesses. In order to stop them, Blade joins forces with the merciless Krista, whose brother was slain by the vampires and who will stop at nothing to infiltrate the House of Chthon. With her help, Blade will do everything he can to win this war and save humanity before it’s too late."

DVD SPECIAL FEATURES:

“Turning Blade” documentary
Feature commentary with director Peter O’Fallon
Feature commentary with writers David Goyer and Geoff Johns
16x9 widescreen (2.35:1) version of the film
English Dolby Digital 5.1 and English 2.0 Stereo Surround
English & Spanish subtitles
Closed captions
Animated menus

Send your name, address and telephone number to commandentertainment@yahoo.com

Winners will be notified by mail.

Vancouver International Digital Festival, Sept 22-25

This year's Vancouver International Digital Festival, running September 22 to the 25th, is for 'visionaries' from games and digital entertainment, Web 2.0, interactive design, animation and mobile applications.

The event includes international business matchmaking, 'big picture' conference sessions on the trends/markets in digital media, a recruiting fair, seminars for creators/designers/producers and networking parties.

VIDFEST is produced by New Media BC, aided by an Advisory Board/Program Committee.
New Media BC is a not-for-profit full service agency representing digital media.

For VIDFEST, Lynda Brown is Executive Producer, Kirstin Richter, Creative Director, Dennis Chenard, International Partnerships Manager, Kelly Verchere, Speaker/Program Coordinator, Adam Gooch, Communications Manager, Jessica Schaap, Content Editor and Philippe Filiatreault, Sponsorship Coordinator.

The Program Committee is Kris Krug of Quasi-Sage/Bryght, Jennifer Ouano, Elastic Entertainment, Mark Baxter, Threewave Software, Wil Arndt, Creative Director/Principal, Mod7, Philipp Postrehovsky, Signals and Sang Mah, ComVu Media...

Stay Tuned for exclusive coverage of the 2007 VIDFEST...