October 2011 Archives

Steven posted the following news on his facebook page about the Spartacus: Vengeance DVD extras - Lucy is in the US doing the DVD commentary for Spartacus: Vengeance with Liam, Steven, Viva and Peter Mensah.

Steven S. DeKnight
Thanks for all the wonderful birthday wishes, my good peeps! I'll be spending part of the day doing DVD commentary with the awesome likes of Liam J. McIntyre, Lucy Lawless, Viva Bianca, and Peter Mensah. It's a Spartacus Par-Tay, bitches!

News submitted by Klippart

A date correction for Italian fans: Barbara Bruno sent the following update about the upcoming Spartacus Blood and Sand DVD and Blu-Ray in Italy

Here is a new Klippart artwork of Lucy. "On The Go" From her promotional tour in January.

Click on the thumbnail for the larger art

The Lucy Lawless Feel The Love Week has ended and Sharon Delaney has given Lucy the names and the pledges from the fans. This truly is a wonderful event that occurs once a year (although Lucy fans are not limited by that which is evident by their generosity in their support of Starship and other Lucy charitable endeavours). The Feel The Love day (week) is very special. Lucy has in the past mentioned how much this means to her.

Click here to read Lucy's message of thanks

Click here to read about the previous years efforts and the history behind the event

WarnPhotography has a funny pic from behind the scenes on the movie Bitch Slap with Lucy (Mother Superior), Renee (Sister Batril) and America Olivo (Camero)

Click here to view image

Watch the VERY funny interview with Mother Superior & Sister Batril

Voice your choice to determine this year's nominees.The top five in each category will become the official nominees of People's Choice Awards 2012.

Click here to nominate Lucy

Just added one more episode from Lucy's 1992-1993 presenting role on Air New Zealand Travel Show.

In this episode of the Air New Zealand Travel Show, Lucy stays at home and hops on a bus and takes in the Kiwi Experience.

You can see more episodes from Lucy’s role as travel presenter on the show Air New Zealand Travel Show by visiting the AUSXIP Video Lucy Lawless Air NZ Travel Show

Spartacus: Vengeance will be premiere in January 2012 and so far we haven't had a date in January. Yesterday Liam was answering a question on Twitter and he revealed the premiere will be on 27 January.

@Liam_J_McIntyre Liam McIntyre
January 27th. Not long now! RT?@adraemzael welcome back mate. Any idea when Vengeance first airs worldwide? Impatient fellow Aussie.?

Well lookee who showed up at the Rugby game last night between Australia and New Zealand. I will not mention the score - it wasn't pretty for Australia. Good luck to the kiwis - they need a win after the horrendous year they have had.

Here's a message from Lucy along with a pic she sent last night from the game.

I, of all people! I have been swept away with the excitement in Auckland. Here to see the mighty All Blacks play the Wallabies in semi-finals.
Game starts in 40 mins.
Go, All Blacks!!!

Congrats to the kiwis for winning the game.

Updated Carpe Chakram's Xena Art Gallery to include two new artworks
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or click here

For Italian fans, Spartacus: Blood and Sand will be released in Italy on DVD & Blu-Ray on 23 November 2011. News submitted by Barbara Bruno.

Click here for DVD and Blu-Ray online order

Two TV updates for Lucy fans in Germany.

MOVIES
Lucy is on this friday (10/14/11) . The movie is Bedtime Stories at 20:15 on Sat1

The movie is a family comedy about a guy (Sandler) whose life changes when the lavish bedtime stories he tells his nephews start to magically come true. Lucy's role is a "young Cruella DeVille" according to Lucy.

Submitted by Ute

TELEVISION

No Ordinary Family Season 1 will begin on 12th of October on the German tv channel Super RTL. They changed the name of the show from No Ordinary Family to My Superhero Family. Lucy is in the last 4 episodes of the season (and the show since it has been cancelled). You can find out more about Lucy's role as Mrs X on the AUSXIP Lucy Lawless No Ordinary Family subsite

Lucy's episodes are:

NO ORDINARY LOVE

Credits | Episode Stills | Screencaptures | Behind The Scenes | Video
The mysterious Mrs. X (Lucy Lawless, "Xena: Warrior Princess," "Battlestar Galactica") tasks the sexy - and dangerous - Sophie ("Battlestar Galactica's Tricia Helfer) to cause Jim and George to fall under her spell and make them do whatever she wants them to - which could place Jim's marriage in jeopardy.

NO ORDINARY ANIMAL

Credits | Screencaptures | Video
Mrs. X wants a supervillain, who has animallike powers, to eliminate the Powells;

NO ORDINARY FUTURE

Credits | Screencaptures | Video
After witnessing the downfall of her family upon running into space/time slit that took her into the future, Stephanie must do everything she can to alter a chain of events in the present that will expose the Powell's superpowers to the world. Meanwhile, with George's help, Jim tracks down those responsible for the death of a fellow cop; and Mrs. X tasks an unlikely person(Victoria, who she brings back to life) to keep tabs on Katie and her unborn child. Victoria poses as an OBGYN, and finds out that the trisettum serum is entirely integrated with the fetus's DNA. Daphne stops one of Jim's colleagues from shooting George, using her mind control, and this is witnessed by Jim. Due to this, both of Daphne's parents find out about her power of telepathic suggestion, and they make her erase Chris's memories of their powers. However, when she does this, she inadvertently causes him to forget about the entirety of their relationship together. Afterward, JJ comes up to an emotionally distraught Daphne and says that something weird is going on -- Mr.Litchfield hasn't been seen all day and no one knows where he is. He then hugs Daphne, who has tears in her eyes because Chris doesn't remember that she is his girlfriend.

NO ORDINARY BEGINNING

Credits | Episode Stills | Screencaptures | Video

The Powells must join together to save JJ, who's been kidnapped, courtesy of Mrs. X and forced to solve an enigma that could lead to the permanence of the trilsettum's effects. Eventually, the other Powells are captured as well while trying to save him from a secret GlobalTech facility. While they were in an elevator, Mrs. X drugged them. Steph and Daphne wake up together. JJ and Mrs. X walk in. She points a gun at Daphne, forcing JJ to tell Mrs. X how to get the serum to last permanently. Once Mrs. X finds out how, she orders the guards to shoot all of them.

George follows Victoria to a plane where Mrs. X and 80 criminals are being loaded into the plane. A guard catches George, and loads him on the plane. During the flight, the plane is deliberately set to crash, and in the ensuing events the 80 criminals survive the crash and become super villains.

Submitted by Petra

Now this is just gorgeous. This poster has been added to the Liam McIntyre fan site and it features

The Rebels: (from left to right) Katrina Law as Mira, Liam McIntyre (Spartacus II), Peter Mensah (Onomeous), Manu Bennett (Crixus)

The Romans: Viva Bianca (Ilithyia), Craig Parker (Glaber) and Lucy Lawless (Lucretia)

Click here to view the larger version

Added screencaptures from the newly released Spartacus: Vengeance In Production Now video which was released by Starz. It's a behind the scenes look at the filming of Season 2.

Click here to view images or click on the images.

Click here to watch video

Click here for more on Lucy's role as Lucretia on Spartacus: Vengeance

The following pdf showcases all of Starz' shows/movies. Included is Spartacus: B&S, GotA and Vengeance. There isn't any new images that we haven't seen before. on 01 September 2011 I posted news about Starz being at MIPCOM.

Starz Media Worldwide Distribution will showcase at MIPCOM the "Spartacus" franchise with "Spartacus: Blood and Sand," "Spartacus: Gods of the Arena," and exciting promotional footage from the upcoming new season -"Spartacus: Vengeance" - launching in the U.S. in January 2012. The Starz Media Worldwide Distribution booth will be located on the MIPCOM show floor at RSV25. MIPCOM runs from October 3-6 in Cannes, France

Click here to download pdf

pdf submitted by Barbara Davies

Starz has released a new video which takes us behind the scenes of Spartacus: Veneance. Cast, crew and producers are interviewed. Screencaptures from the video will be up shortly.

Updated AUSXIP Video with promos and press kit videos for the 1998 animated movie "Hercules & Xena The Animated Movie The Battle For Mount Olympus"

Hercules and Xena - The Animated Movie: The Battle for Mount Olympus is a 1998 American animated action adventure direct-to-video film starring the voices of Kevin Sorbo, Lucy Lawless, Michael Hurst, Renée O'Connor, Kevin Smith, and Alexandra Tydings, all reprising their roles from Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Xena: Warrior Princess. It was directed by Lynne Naylor and written by John Loy.

Hercules & Xena The Battle For Mount Olympus Promo 3
Posted on: 6th October 2011

Video promo #3 of Hercules and Xena The Battle For Mount Olympus

Hercules & Xena The Battle For Mount Olympus Press Kit Video
Posted on: 6th October 2011

Press Kit Video of Hercules & Xena The Battle For Mount Olympus

Hercules & Xena The Battle For Mount Olympus Promo 1
Posted on: 6th October 2011

Promo video for the animated movie Hercules & Xena The Battle For Mount Olympus

For more videos related to the animated videos go to AUSXIP Video: The Battle For Mount Olympus

Maria sent in two new Lucy artworks and they have been added to the AUSXIP Lucy Lawless Artwork Gallery

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The Big Issue interviews Jaime Murray (Gaia on Spartacus: Gods of the Arena) and goes into her acting career such as Hustle, Warehouse 13 and of course Spartacus: Gods of the Arena.

Jaime is also asked about working with Lucy and their romantic scenes together:

“You know, I wasn’t more nervous because it was a woman...” she replies before pausing. “I don’t know, maybe. Maybe it was more nerve-wracking. The fact is Lucy and I became really good friends. It sounds so weird and I [hadn’t] even thought of it until you [asked], but if I am doing a sex scene with a guy I just want to get through it.

“When I am doing a sex scene, I don’t really care if we become friends. In fact I think it can be a bit weird if we do become friends. I don’t even necessarily care about getting him to like me, [just] getting the scene done.

“With Lucy, I don’t know whether it was because she was such a great woman or whether it was because she was a woman, but I needed her to be okay. I needed us to be friends. Maybe I just inherently need to be liked more by women than I do by men so perhaps for me there was more at stake.”

Read the full interview

Lucy has sent a new blog post about the end of Spartacus Season 2 and she thanks the crew, makeup, wardrobe, SFX, editing, sound & music departments for all their hard work.

10/3/11 -- Love Letter To Our Crew
We are winding up filming the second series of Spartacus. It's been a doozy. I must say that Liam McIntyre has pulled it off with style. I forgot how terrified I was to find myself in the lead role of an action series. Read More

No Ordinary Family Season 1 will begin on 12th of October on the German tv channel Super RTL. They changed the name of the show from No Ordinary Family to My Superhero Family. Lucy is in the last 4 episodes of the season (and the show since it has been cancelled).  You can find out more about Lucy's role as Mrs X on the AUSXIP Lucy Lawless No Ordinary Family subsite

Lucy's episodes are:

NO ORDINARY LOVE

Credits | Episode Stills |  Screencaptures |  Behind The Scenes  |  Video

The mysterious Mrs. X (Lucy Lawless, "Xena: Warrior Princess," "Battlestar Galactica") tasks the sexy - and dangerous - Sophie ("Battlestar Galactica's Tricia Helfer) to cause Jim and George to fall under her spell and make them do whatever she wants them to - which could place Jim's marriage in jeopardy.

NO ORDINARY ANIMAL

Credits | Screencaptures |  Video

Mrs. X wants a supervillain, who has animallike powers, to eliminate the Powells;

NO ORDINARY FUTURE

Credits | Screencaptures |  Video

After witnessing the downfall of her family upon running into space/time slit that took her into the future, Stephanie must do everything she can to alter a chain of events in the present that will expose the Powell's superpowers to the world. Meanwhile, with George's help, Jim tracks down those responsible for the death of a fellow cop; and Mrs. X tasks an unlikely person(Victoria, who she brings back to life) to keep tabs on Katie and her unborn child. Victoria poses as an OBGYN, and finds out that the trisettum serum is entirely integrated with the fetus's DNA. Daphne stops one of Jim's colleagues from shooting George, using her mind control, and this is witnessed by Jim. Due to this, both of Daphne's parents find out about her power of telepathic suggestion, and they make her erase Chris's memories of their powers. However, when she does this, she inadvertently causes him to forget about the entirety of their relationship together. Afterward, JJ comes up to an emotionally distraught Daphne and says that something weird is going on -- Mr.Litchfield hasn't been seen all day and no one knows where he is. He then hugs Daphne, who has tears in her eyes because Chris doesn't remember that she is his girlfriend.

NO ORDINARY BEGINNING

Credits | Episode Stills |  Screencaptures |  Video

The Powells must join together to save JJ, who's been kidnapped, courtesy of Mrs. X and forced to solve an enigma that could lead to the permanence of the trilsettum's effects. Eventually, the other Powells are captured as well while trying to save him from a secret GlobalTech facility. While they were in an elevator, Mrs. X drugged them. Steph and Daphne wake up together. JJ and Mrs. X walk in. She points a gun at Daphne, forcing JJ to tell Mrs. X how to get the serum to last permanently. Once Mrs. X finds out how, she orders the guards to shoot all of them.

George follows Victoria to a plane where Mrs. X and 80 criminals are being loaded into the plane. A guard catches George, and loads him on the plane. During the flight, the plane is deliberately set to crash, and in the ensuing events the 80 criminals survive the crash and become super villains.

Added new artwork by Klippart of Lucy "And She Smiles" to the AUSXIP Lucy Lawless Artwork Gallery

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The following video clips are from the Universal Studios Florida attraction Hercules & Xena Wizards Of The Screen that ran from 1997 to 1999. There is a brief interview with Lucy, Opening with Lucy and Kevin, Behind The Scenes and promo video. Also included is a fan video taken during the opening with Lucy and Kevin.

1997 Wizards of the Screen Opening With Lucy Lawless and Kevin Sorbo
Posted on: 2nd October 2011

Lucy Lawless and Kevin Sorbo attended the opening of the new Universal Studios Florida show “Hercules & Xena Wizards of the Screen”.

Behind The Scenes on Hercules & Xena Wizards of the Screen
Posted on: 2nd October 2011

A behind the scenes look at the making of Hercules and Xena Wizards of the Screen which ran from 1997 to 1999 at the Universal Studios park in Florida. Hercules and Xena: Wizards of the Screen opened on 10 July 1997 at Universal Studios Florida. The attraction was a live show demonstrating production on the [...]

Lucy Lawless Interview 1997 Hercules & Xena Wizards of the Screen
Posted on: 2nd October 2011

Lucy is interviewed during the premiere of the Hercules and Xena Wizards of the Screen at the Universal Studios park in Florida on 10 July 1997.

1997 Hercules and Xena Wizards of the Screen Promo
Posted on: 2nd October 2011

Hercules and Xena: Wizards of the Screen opened on 10 July 1997 at Universal Studios Florida. The attraction was a live show demonstrating production on the Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Xena: Warrior Princess series. The live-action show also featured members of the audience fighting stunt performers. The final performance was on September 2, 1999. [...]

Hercules & Xena Wizards of the Screen Fan Video
Posted on: 2nd October 2011

Fan video that was taken during the premiere of the Universal Studios Florida Attraction Wizards of the Screen. Hercules and Xena: Wizards of the Screen opened on 10 July 1997 at Universal Studios Florida. The attraction was a live show demonstrating production on the Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Xena: Warrior Princess series. The live-action [...]

The 2011 Starship Spring Clean Auction has come to an end and the following is the final successful bids/wins for all of Lucy donated items.

The total amount comes to $14,838. What an amazing figure. Congratulations to Starship on yet another successful Spring Clean and of course to Lucy Lawless and Starz Entertainment for being so generous in donating all those goodies from Spartacus.
 

	Lucretia (Lucy Lawless) Red Dress from Spartacus Winning Bid: $1110 NZD
	Argo the Water Horse, by Lucy Lawless Winning Bid $3460 NZD
	Lucretia (Lucy Lawless) Green Dress from Spartacus Winning Bid: $1110 NZD
	'Illuminate' by Lucy Lawless Winning Bid: $300 NZD
	Box signed by Lucy Lawless Winning Bid: $50 NZD
	Doctore (Peter Mensah) costume from Spartacus Winning Bid: $1110 NZD
	Illithyia (Viva Bianca) Pink Dress from Spartacus Winning Bid: $325 NZD
	Crixus (Manu Bennett) costume from Spartacus Winning Bid: $3260 NZD
	Gladiator outfit from Spartacus (Barca, Auctus) Winning Bid: $1130 NZD
	Batiatus (John Hannah) tunic from Spartacus Winning Bid: $1110 NZD

	Roman Soldier Costume from Spartacus Winning Bid: $576 NZD
	Roman Soldier Costume from Spartacus #2 Winning Bid: $515 NZD
	Roman Soldier Costume from Spartacus #3 Winning Bid: $782 NZD