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LOST's Alan Dale joins ABC's "Once Upon A Time"
- LOST's Alan Dale joins ABC's "Once Upon A Time"
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LOST's Alan Dale joins ABC's "Once Upon A Time"
Michael > August 27th, 2011, 11:44 AM
Imagine you're a fairy-tale creature who has been exiled to the real world. Shades of schlocky plot holes, Batman!
Well, ABC Television has decided to turn fairy-tale characters into the newest generation of TV superheroes, so we'll have to wait and see how "Once Upon A Time" works out. Meanwhile, Digital Spy reports that Alan Dale will join the cast of the big budget fantasy show to play the father of Prince Charming.
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LOST's Alan Dale joins ABC's "Once Upon A Time"
august > August 27th, 2011, 06:07 PM
I'm trying to think how many times that's been done. NBC's The 10th Kingdom, that film w/ Amy Adams, Susan Sarandon and Patrick Dempsey, CBS's Jack and the Beanstalk...
Alan Dale has extensive genre cred, having played smallish roles in Star Trek Nemesis, the most recent Indy movie, and guest roles on The X-Files, The Lost World, and Torchwood. Plus he played King Arthur in Spamalot in London.
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LOST's Alan Dale joins ABC's "Once Upon A Time"
Michael > August 28th, 2011, 05:49 AM
No doubt that fairy tales have provided plenty of grist for the TV story mill. In fact, I am sure it could be argued that many crime drama shows have borrowed plots from some of the classic fairy tales (Red Riding Hood has been used a lot, where a young victim is entrapped by someone using an older relative's home/business/etc.).
I have no doubt the ABC production is making a serious stab at producing a hit series. But it remains to be seen whether it will take off and hold an audience.