Comic-Con Preview: The 100 Are Humanity’s Future

HIC's in there,The 100 12 July 2013 | 0 Comments

We’re just a week away! Latest preview and article on Ian’s appearance at Comic Con next Friday, July 19th. We’re also treated to a new picture of “Kane”

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The 100 are coming to Comic-Con next week, as the pilot to the new CW series makes its debut, at a panel that includes cast members and producers from the series.

The 100 takes place 97 years after nuclear armageddon decimated Earth and left the planet unlivable. Only 4000 humans are left, living onboard a series of interlocked space stations referred to as the Ark. With dwindling resources, some horrifically strict laws have been put into place. Isaiah Washington plays the leader of the surviving humans, Chancellor Jaha, and explains, “Those who are naughty, they get executed. If they do things that will endanger the ship or hurt the remaining people on the Ark, I have to make some very tough decisions.”

The title of the series comes from the 100 juvenile delinquents –- in a world where it’s all too easy to be branded a criminal — used as guinea pigs and sent to the surface of the Earth to see if the planet is livable again. As Washington puts it, “If they survive, they become heroes. If they don’t, we were going to execute them anyway.”

Establishing her importance among the 100 is Clarke, played by Australian actress Eliza Taylor. “My character, Clarke, is very headstrong. She’s a natural born leader. Her parents are doctors, so she has a real medical sense and she kind of take the lead in all the scenarios on Earth, where they need to find food and water.”

We also quickly get to know Octavia, played by Marie Avgeropoulos (Fringe, Cult) who notes her character’s crime was simply existing. “She was born kind of in blasphemy. You’re only allowed one child on the Ark and since I was the second, my mother was executed when I was discovered.”

The 100 panel will take place on Friday, July 19th at San Diego Comic-Con in Room 6BCF. The entire pilot will be shown and I’m happy to say I’ll be moderating the panel for the exciting series, which will include cast members Eliza Taylor, Thomas McDonell, Marie Avgeropoulos and Henry Ian Cusick and executive producers Matthew Miller (Chuck, Human Target) and Jason Rothenberg.

Cusick, known to Lost fans for his role as Desmond, plays another higher-up on the Ark. As Washington explained, “A lot of our dynamics are very interesting. A lot of power playing is going on. Henry’s character pretty much wants my position. I can’t tell you what the pilot is about, but it opens up pretty strong in terms of establishing who these characters are, what they’re about and what they want.”

As for the 100, down on Earth, the younger cast members were excited to play characters who have literally never seen the Earth before. “It’s so cool,” said Taylor. “It makes you look at the world in a way you never would have before. The places that we shot, the locations, look completely prehistoric and untouched. So it was really fascinating. It was very easy to see the world through those eyes when we were shooting in these incredible places, trudging through the forest, swinging over rivers.”

More Info on Ian’s Hawaii 5-0 Character

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Congrats to Ian…this sounds like another exciting role and opportunity!

Hawaii Five-0 Scoop: Lost’s Henry Ian Cusick Returns to the Aloha State to Make Mayhem

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Lost alum Henry Ian Cusick is heading back to Hawaii, with a plum role on Hawaii Five-0.

The dashing Scotsman will guest-star in the Season 4 premiere as Ernesto, a tough, fearless and ruthless member of a terrorist group called the National Liberation Movement. Provided he makes it out of the mayhem he makes alive, he possibly could reappear like a bad penny.

Asked to comment on Cusick’s character, show boss Peter Lenkov — who teased the Lost alum’s arrival with the photo below — said, “Well, he’s got the balls to take over the palace, Five-0′s HQ — so what more is there to say?”

Ian to Guest Star on Hawaii 5-0 Season 4 Premiere!

HIC's in there 11 July 2013 | 0 Comments

For many of us fans this has been a wish ever since Hawaii 5-0 began, so we’re thrilled to hear it’s going to happen.

Ian was spotted on the set today as evidenced in the picture below!

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“Hawaii Five-0″ executive producer Peter Lenkov tweeted this photo of Henry Ian Cusick, right, from the set today, July 11. The CBS series has resumed production of its fourth season. (Courtesy photo)

BY MIKE GORDON / mgordon@staradvertiser.com

Former “Lost” star Henry Ian Cusick is making a special appearance on the Season 4 premiere episode of “Hawaii Five-0,” the veteran actor confirmed today.

Ian Cusick. (Star-Advertiser File)

The cat was already out of the bag earlier Thursday, however, because “Five-0” executive producer Peter Lenkov tweeted a photo from the set and told fans “Lets play spot the LOST alum on #H50 #401.”

There’s no information yet on Cusick’s part or the plot for the episode.

Cusick joins fellow “Lost” alum Daniel Dae Kim, who plays Chin Ho Kelly on “Five-0,” and Terry O’Quinn, who has had a recurring guest role as former Navy SEAL Joe White. “Lost” regular Jorge Garcia is scheduled to appear in a “Five-0” episode this season. Reiko Aylesworth also appeared in the series as Kelly’s ill-fated wife Malia.

Cusick was introduced to fans of ABC’s “Lost” as a man with a feverish need to punch a code into a computer every 108 minutes in order to prevent a doomsday eruption. That character — the lovesick Scotsman, Desmond Hume — became one of the show’s favorite characters and earned an Emmy nomination for Cusick.

Earlier this summer, Cusick was cast in a key role in the new CW series “The Hundred.” Cusick was the first person cast in the science fiction drama, a mid-season show with no air date set, and will star as Councillor Kane.

In this dark vision of the future, set nearly 100 years after nuclear war has destroyed earth, the last human beings live in a giant spaceship and Kane is tasked with ensuring that the human race survives. His love interest is Hawaii actress Kelly Hu.

Cusick is also finishing up a short indie film he directed and acted in called “Dress.” It was shot earlier this summer in Kailua and Lanikai.
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Mike Gordon covers film and television in Hawaii for the Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Email him at mgordon@staradvertiser.com and follow him on Twitter. Read his weekly “Outtakes” column Sundays in the Star-Advertiser.