Once Upon A Time In Wonderland

[Specter313]

Once Upon a Time in Wonderland Exclusive: Keith David to Voice Cheshire Cat

Well, this is purrrrfect.

ABC’s Once Upon a Time in Wonderland has called upon a very cool cat and voice work veteran, Keith David, to voice its Cheshire Cat.

Alice’s feline foil will first “appear” (or, you know, not) in the premiere episode of the Once spin-off’s freshman season.

Elsewhere “behind the scenes,” John Lithgow (3rd Rock from the Sun) voices Wonderland’s White Rabbit, while The Who’s Roger Daltrey is reprising his Once role as the hookah smoking Caterpillar.

In addition to David’s on-camera work on TV series (such as the upcoming Fox comedy Enlisted, The Cape and ER) and on the big screen, his extensive voiceover resume includes the Saints Row and Marvel’s Heroes videogames, narrating History’s The Bible miniseries and Community‘s “Pillows and Blankets” episode, and bringing to life Spawn in a late-90s animated series.

http://tvline.com/2013/09/05/once-upon-a-time-in-wonderland-cheshire-cat-keith-david/

 

[Sawyer]

Keith David?!

 

[Sawyer]

I can't wait to see their character design for the Cheshire Cat. I quite liked their Caterpillar and what I've seen of the White Rabbit.

 

[Sawyer]

Cast Photos

I don't mind Naveen's costume, but the hair just looks ridiculous.

 

[Primal Slayer]

Um Jafar needs more color in his outfit. Namely red.

 

[Sawyer]

Sneak Peek

 

[Specter313]

Lithgow's voice fits perfect with the White Rabbit.

 

[TheAQU4M4N]

do you think he'll have his Cobra staff? that would be a cool little nod to the film or even include Iago? lol

 

[Specter313]

do you think he'll have his Cobra staff? that would be a cool little nod to the film or even include Iago? lol

 

[TheAQU4M4N]

lol nevermind then.

 

[Doc Ock]

Really looking forward to this! After watching Season 1 on Netflix then buying the second season Blu-Ray as soon as it came out Once Upon a Time is my favorite show on TV right now alongside Doctor Who. I hope Wonderland is just as fantastic as the main show!

 

[Specter313]

Once Upon a Time in Wonderland Casts Iggy Pop

Iggy Pop has got a lust for life ... in Wonderland.

The punk icon has joined the cast of Once Upon a Time in Wonderland as the voice of The Caterpillar, TVGuide.com has confirmed. He'll replace The Who's frontman Roger Daltrey to play the insect.

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Daltrey voiced The Caterpillar in a previous episode of Once Upon a Time but was unavailable to reprise the role, according to Entertainment Weekly, which first reported the news.

Once Upon a Time in Wonderland premieres Thursday, Oct. 10 at 8/7c on ABC.

http://www.tvguide.com/News/Iggy-Pop-Once-Upon-Time-Wonderland-Caterpillar-1070385.aspx

 

[Sawyer]

Whaaaaaat? Shame they couldn't hang on to Daltrey, though.

Hopefully they give him more material than one line.

 

[Sawyer]

http://www.spoilertv.com/2013/09/once-upon-time-in-wonderland-episode_23.html

Once Upon a Time In Wonderland - Episode 1.01 - Down the Rabbit Hole - Press Release
Posted by b3rt4 at Monday, September 23, 2013

BACK FROM WONDERLAND EVERYONE ASSUMES ALICE IS MAD, BUT SHE IS DRAWN BACK DOWN THE RABBITHOLE BY EMBARKING ON A BRAND NEW JOURNEY ON ABC'S "ONCE UPON A TIME IN WONDERLAND"

From the creative minds that introduced audiences to ABC's "Once Upon a Time" Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz ("Lost," "Tron: Legacy") and Zack Estrin ("The River") bring a fantastical, epic adventure to life with an exciting new twist on the classic Alice In Wonderland story. Make a very important date to step through the looking glass for a modern take on a beloved fable brimming with wonder, magic and unspeakable danger.

In the series premiere episode, "Down the Rabbit Hole," Alice returns home to her father telling her that everyone thought she was dead. Her imaginative stories about a talking White Rabbit and a mystical place called Wonderland end up getting her admitted into an asylum where Dr. Lydgate convinces her to have a procedure that will allow her to forget her pain. Right before the operation is set to take place she is rescued by the Knave of Hearts who takes her to the rabbit who informs her that her true love Cyrus is still alive. As the trio then jumps into the portal returning to Wonderland, Alice sets out on a quest to find him but the villainous Jafar and the Red Queen have other plans for her, on "Once Upon a Time In Wonderland," THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.

"Once Upon a Time In Wonderland" stars Sophie Lowe as Alice, Michael Socha as Knave of Hearts, Peter Gadiot as Cyrus, Emma Rigby as The Red Queen with Naveen Andrews as Jafar and John Lithgow as the voice of the White Rabbit.

"Once Upon a Time In Wonderland" is executive produced by Edward Kitsis ("Once Upon A Time"), Adam Horowitz ("Once Upon A Time"), Steve Pearlman ("Once Upon A Time") and Zack Estrin ("The River"). "Once Upon a Time In Wonderland" is produced by ABC Studios.

Guest starring are Jonny Coyne as Dr. Lydgate, Iggy Pop as the voice of the Caterpillar, Jessy Schram as Ashley Boyd/Cinderella and Lee Arenberg as Leroy/Grumpy, Millie Brown as Young Alice, Shaun Smyth as Alice's father, Matty Finochio as Tweedledee, Ben Cotton as Tweedledum, Ryan Elm as Doctor, Michael Q. Adams as Doctor #2 and Keith David as the voice of the Cheshire Cat.

"Down the Rabbit Hole" was written by Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz, Zack Estrin, Jane Espenson and directed by Ralph Hemecker.

Tweedledee and Tweedledum too, huh? Awesome.

 

[Primal Slayer]

Im praying this turns out good and does good in ratings especially since it's in abcs death slot.

 

[Sawyer]

If it's the first to be successful in the slot *fingers crossed*, you can bet that everyone reporting about it will make a joke about a Once Upon a Time series "breaking a curse".

 

[SuperT]

Im praying this turns out good and does good in ratings especially since it's in abcs death slot.

Even if it doesn't do stellar in the ratings - they're only doing 13 episodes and then the self contained story is done for this one.

They could could certainly put another spin-off such as OUAT in Oz, Neverland, or wherever and put it in a different time slot next fall.

That's the great thing about this whole approach to just doing a one and done (as of right now) spin-off. It doesn't have to do spectacular in the ratings because it's ending after a certain amount of episodes anyway.

 

[Sawyer]

Sophie Lowe Interview:
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[KRYPTON INC.]

The trailers/ads for this look spectacular, production wise. I hope that the original show looks as lush this season. Disney's got enough money to do these things right on tv these days.

Also, as a BBC/SYFY Being Human fan it warms my heart to see Tom the Werewolf getting work.

 

[DigificWriter]

Even if it doesn't do stellar in the ratings - they're only doing 13 episodes and then the self contained story is done for this one.

They could could certainly put another spin-off such as OUAT in Oz, Neverland, or wherever and put it in a different time slot next fall.

That's the great thing about this whole approach to just doing a one and done (as of right now) spin-off. It doesn't have to do spectacular in the ratings because it's ending after a certain amount of episodes anyway.

The show isn't just going to be a 13-episode 'one-off'. Although ABC has only scheduled it to run for 13 eps right now, we know from the PTBs that it will be getting more than just the 13 eps for this season.

As for the show switching settings, people have somehow gotten it into their heads that it's an 'anthology series', but it's not. If it's successful, future seasons will feature the same cast, characters, and setting, but tell brand-new close-ended stories.

 

[Sawyer]

20 Minute Preview!

Video isn't great quality, but I like what I'm seeing!

 

[Sawyer]

http://www.tvguide.com/News/Once-Upon-Time-Wonderland-Thursday-1071575.aspx

Can Once Upon a Time in Wonderland Save ABC's 8/7c Timeslot on Thursdays?
by Natalie Abrams

Just as Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. has been tasked to open ABC's Tuesday night lineup, fellow new series Once Upon a Time in Wonderland has the dubious honor of filling the network's problematic Thursdays at 8/7c timeslot, which hasn't produced a hit since the Ugly Betty days.

The Once Upon a Time spin-off, which tells the story of Alice (Sophie Lowes) returning to Wonderland to find her true love, will debut on Thursday, Oct. 10 in a slot that seems cursed over the last few years. My Generation was canceled after just two episodes, and Charlie's Angels was axed after four. Both Missing and Last Resort aired their short episode orders, but weren't picked up for additional episodes or second seasons.

However, unlike the male-targeted Last Resort, Wonderland is destined to follow its predecessor by drawing in the female-skewing audience that ABC is used to for a night that includes stalwart medical series Grey's Anatomy and hit drama Scandal. And though Once returned down 33 percent from last year, the fairy tale drama still drew 8.5 million viewers and a 2.6 rating in the 18-to-49 demographic on Sunday — numbers ABC certainly wouldn't mind bringing in ahead of Grey's, which returned down 30 percent (9.3 million, 3.4). Scandal's third season is expected to fare very well thanks to strong buzz from its ever-present Twitter fan base, critical recognition, Emmy nominations (and a win for Dan Bucatinsky) and new viewers brought in from Netflix and airing in syndication on BET.

But on Thursday nights, Wonderland will face somewhat tough competition. Parks and Recreation and The X Factor have entirely different fan bases, so they shouldn't be a problem. But genre series The Vampire Diaries, with its female-heavy audience, could prove to be a slight issue. However, it's The Big Bang Theory, which hit record ratings in its premiere hour last week, that ABC really has to worry about. The second episode of the CBS comedy drew 20.44 million viewers and a 6.1 rating, making it the current No. 1 show on Thursday nights. (Full disclosure: TVGuide.com is owned by CBS.)

For that reason alone, it was curious that ABC didn't decide to debut similarly geeky show Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. on Thursday nights. The network did, however, sample a rerun of the premiere in that timeslot the same week it debuted. Both S.H.I.E.L.D. and Once have built-in audiences, but S.H.I.E.L.D. hails from a billion-dollar franchise, making it an obvious choice to save a timeslot that has been plagued by years of disappointment. Still, Once's audience should help boost the spin-off, if the series doesn't ultimately indoctrinate new viewers on its own. Wonderland mostly tries to narrow its focus on Alice and her world (with a few choice visitors, natch), instead of Once's deluge of dozens of fairy tale characters from different lands.

Only time will tell whether Wonderland can bring that same magic as the flagship series, but Once and Wonderland producers Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz are wasting no time in making sure the spin-off has solid footing. In addition to having a strong and recognizable female protagonist, they've already promised there will be some crossover with the Once characters, and they've enlisted Lost alum Naveen Andrews to play Aladdin baddie Jafar. It's no Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) making a cameo, but hopefully it will be enough to get ABC out of its Thursday at 8/7c funk.

Once Upon a Time in Wonderland premiere Thursday, Oct. 10 at 8/7c on ABC. Will you be watching?

Fingers crossed.

 

[Primal Slayer]

I hope it does but I won't be surprised if it doesn't. You think abc would notice that Thursday 8pm slot is cursed after they unfairly moved ugly Betty from it. They also need to do something about their Sunday 10pm slot which hasn't found success since brothers&sisters. They either need to change things or not expect those two slots to not get above 6/7mill viewers on average.

 

[Sawyer]

At the very least, I think it will do better than the last four. Missing was too late in the game, Last Resort was too male for ABC and that night especially, that My Generation was clearly a DOA newbie and Charlie's Angels looked like hot garbage from the start, I only convinced myself otherwise because I was distracted by how damn pretty Minka Kelly is.

I just think there are more ingredients here pointing to Wonderland being at least semi-successful. It's an extension of an already successful series on the network, everyone knows Alice in Wonderland, there's the female lead/core 'ship which the Grey's/Scandal crowd obviously love....

 

[flash13]

I feel like they should move Wonderland to Sunday nights. Betrayal flopped, so just move Revenge to Betrayal's slot and Wonderland to Revenge's.