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TNT postpones ‘Scent of the Missing’ decision

Posted on: Wednesday, May 16, 2012
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Categories: 'Scent of the Missing', Television Productions
Tags: pilots, TNT

Those of you who (like us) were hoping for a word from TNT on the Scent of the Missing pilot before the end of the ongoing 2012 Upfronts are unfortunately in for a letdown. According to Tricia via her official Twitter account @trutriciahelfer, the network has opted to delay its decision on whether or not to pick up the canine search-and-rescue procedural.

@chrisdvanne @now7grandkids Unfortunately we’re going to have to wait longer to find out now. Possibly end of June. (May 15)

The word online is that TNT is currently looking to have more procedural-type pilots filmed before making a decision.

What a bummer, but good things come to those who wait, right?

Tricia on ‘The Morning Show’

Posted on: Friday, February 3, 2012
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Categories: 'Scent of the Missing', 'The Firm', Multimedia, Press Archive, Television Productions
Tags: acting, alex clark, interviews, modeling, talk shows, the morning show, video

Tricia Helfer appeared on The Morning Show on Global Toronto yesterday morning to talk about The Firm, for which she is currently filming new episodes in the area. Her interview below:

Another ‘Scent of the Missing’ interview with Susannah Charleson

Posted on: Thursday, December 29, 2011
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Categories: 'Scent of the Missing', Multimedia, Television Productions
Tags: ally, eric winter, filming, interviews, summer glau, susannah, susannah charleson

Jay kindly alerted us to another interview with Susannah Charleson about the Scent of the Missing TNT pilot on Summer-Glau.net. Select excerpts about Tricia and the pilot from the interview:

Hello Susannah, for those who don’t know you yet, can you tell us a bit more about your life and work?
A: I’m a pilot, flight instructor, and canine handler on a search-and-rescue team. Search-and-rescue work is a volunteer commitment, so I write and fly and teach to make a living. Since my writing background is primarily broadcasting, Scent of the Missing was originally intended as a series of radio pieces for our public radio network. Fate, as they say, had other plans.

TNT is going to adapt your book into a TV show, was it a nice surprise?
A: It was a very nice surprise. You write something like this hoping it’ll interest people and have some greater contribution to make (support your local SAR teams!), and when a network comes along and finds value in the reality these volunteers work, it’s a big encouragement.

Did you get involve in the creative part of the project?
A: Yes. I think my official title is Consulting Producer, if I remember right. Work on the pilot really started back in May, when the basic premise was drafted with the Executive Producer here in my home town, and then the serious outline went into draft in June, where I met with the writers in L.A. As they wrote through drafts, we emailed or called back-and-forth frequently. These writers are established professionals and really understand how they need to build a story for the screen, but they were equally interested in getting as much of the dialogue and action appropriate to actual search procedure as possible and building characters whose lives are shaped by that very specific mission. They asked a lot of good questions and built from there.

They’ve chosen some really talented actors for the series, what do you think of them? Are they doing real SAR handlers justice?
A: I think the choices were spot on. Having watched these actors work – hard – across multiple takes with tricky environmental things happening, I could see these folks certainly demonstrate the kind of stamina you need for SAR. And the ability to step up again and again without complaint. They in no way had it easy.

We know Tricial Helfer’s character is mostly based on you, what was your reaction when you found out she’d been cast?
A: My reaction? YAY! She’s strong and smart and outdoorsy. And believable in the search field. And gorgeous in the middle of all that. I think I clapped when I first read it, which probably startled a few people in Starbuck’s at dawn.

The full interview on Summer-Glau.net. Susannah Charleson is the author of the Scent of the Missing book and the show’s consulting producer. Check out her book at www.scentofthemissing.com.

Pics from ‘Scent of the Missing’ set, interview with Susannah Charleson

Posted on: Monday, December 26, 2011
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Categories: 'Scent of the Missing', Multimedia, Television Productions
Tags: ally, behind the scenes, eric winter, filming, hammond, interviews, on set, photos, summer glau, susannah, susannah charleson

Couple of new things on Scent of the Missing today. To begin with we have two new behind-the-scenes images from the pilot, for which filming wrapped in Hammond, Louisiana some two weeks ago. Now all that remains is for us to hope TNT has the good sense to pick the show up. Fingers crossed!

Meanwhile, Summer Glau Wiki has landed an exclusive interview with the author of the Scent of the Missing book and the show’s consulting producer, Susannah Charleson. An excerpt from the interview:

3) Are the characters and her dog already a working pair on the pilot or do we see the training to become an SAR dog as in your book?
Susannah Charleson: All the characters in the pilot are already certified, working teams.

4) Tricia’s Helfer character name as well as her dog’s name has been changed, respectively from Susannah to Ally/Allison and from Puzzle to Rocket. Could you tell us more?
Susannah Charleson: Changes were always likely due to legal reasons. Puzzle and I are still a working team in reality, and it’s wise to make sure viewers know the difference between the fictional situations in the drama and the real team working current events in the field, as well as the real flight instructor! As to names, Rocket is, coincidentally, a fun variation on a nickname I had for Puzzle when she was little. She was my “pocket rocket” when she was first training — she will even come to that, when called, so it doesn’t feel like so huge a change to me when I hear it said on the set. I like the name Allison very much. I always thought Susannah would change from the moment we discussed “Sedona” back in June. Sedona and Susannah are just too similar for audiences! And Ally is a great choice — feminine, but strong and confident at the same time.

5) As a member of a canine search-and-rescue team and Consulting Producer on set, does the pilot fulfill your expectations so far? What’s your opinion about the cast and their work so far?
Susannah Charleson: Having worked real situations from which the pilot draws its center, I can say that the production does get right at the heart of the search, both in urgency and in peril. The pilot definitely doesn’t make the work look any easier or the solutions to real problems too pat. And I think the actors had to push, push, push through some of it. This wasn’t a comfortable shoot for really any of them.

Check out the full interview on Summer Glau Wiki.

New Photo Albums:

• Television Work > ‘Scent of the Missing’ (2012) On Set – December 16 2011
• Television Work > ‘Scent of the Missing’ (2012) On Set – Unsorted Dates

Pic with Eric Winter from the set of ‘Scent of the Missing’

Posted on: Tuesday, December 13, 2011
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Categories: 'Scent of the Missing', Multimedia, Television Productions
Tags: ally, behind the scenes, eric winter, filming, hammond, on set, photos, susannah, tweets

Another two new pictures from Tricia from the set of Scent of the Missing in Hamilton today, one with co-star Eric Winter (The Mentalist, Brothers & Sisters, Days of Our Lives). See them in our gallery here.

It also looks like some of the characters have gotten new names. Most notably, Tricia’s own character Susannah is now “Ally” and her canine companion, previously called Puzzle, is now “Rocket”. Via Twitter:

@chrisdvanne Actually, it’s now Tricia (Ally) & Jackson/Oggie/Langely (Rocket), @EricWinter1 (Jake) & Bolt/Louis (Smokey).

New Photo Albums:

• Television Work > ‘Scent of the Missing’ (2012) On Set – December 12 2011
• Television Work > ‘Scent of the Missing’ (2012) On Set – December 13 2011

Pic with Summer Glau from ‘Scent of the Missing’ set

Posted on: Saturday, December 10, 2011
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Categories: 'Scent of the Missing', Television Productions
Tags: behind the scenes, filming, hammond, on set, photos, summer glau, susannah

Check out this first picture of Tricia Helfer with fellow Sci-Fi siren Summer Glau (Firefly, Serenity, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles) on the set of the TNT pilot Scent of the Missing yesterday, as tweeted by Tricia herself. Tricia and Summer are currently filming the pilot in Hammond, Louisiana.

New Photo Albums:

• Television Work > ‘Scent of the Missing’ (2012) On Set – December 9 2011

‘Scent of the Missing’ begins filming

Posted on: Monday, November 28, 2011
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Categories: 'Scent of the Missing', Television Productions
Tags: behind the scenes, filming, hammond, jackson, louisiana, on set, photos, summer glau

The news straight from Tricia’s official Twitter account @trutriciahelfer:

Off to Louisiana 2day to start filming #TNT #ScentOfTheMissing Super excited to meet my K9 partner, Jackson! #fb (Nov 28)

Update Dec 3: Check out this first picture from Tricia of her with her canine co-star Jackson on the set of the TNT pilot on Thursday. According to the Arts Council of New Orleans, Tricia and co. will be filming the pilot in Hammond, Louisiana from December 1-16.

New Photo Albums:

• Television Work > ‘Scent of the Missing’ (2012) On Set – December 1 2011

Summer Glau, Eric Winter join ‘Scent of the Missing’

Posted on: Wednesday, November 2, 2011
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Tags: casting, daryl mithcell, eric winter, filming, summer glau

According to Deadline and several other newsblogs, Summer Glau (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Firefly, Serenity), Eric Winter (The Mentalist, Brothers & Sisters, Days of Our Lives) and Daryl Mitchell (Brothers, Veronica’s Closet) have joined the cast of the upcoming TNT pilot Scent of the Missing. According to the site, production is scheduled for late November. More from Deadline.com:

TNT’s Scent Of The Missing, executive produced by co-writers Carol Mendelsohn, Melissa R. Byer & Treena Hancock and Barry Josephson, centers on Susannah (Tricia Helfer), a tenacious, strong-willed K-9 Search and Rescue volunteer who works with an equally determined partner — her mischievous golden retriever, Puzzle. Glau, repped by UTA and the Schiff Co., will play a new member of the K-9 Search and Rescue team who is beautiful and very wealthy but much tougher than she looks. UTA-repped Mitchell will play a wheelchair-bound former military sergeant who serves as the communications technician for the team. Production on the pilot, based on the book by Susannah Charleson, is slated to begin in late November.

Update Nov 4: Deadline reports that the canines have now also been cast. Check out the dogs of the show on Deadline.com. :)

Tricia cast in new TNT pilot ‘Scent of the Missing’

Posted on: Thursday, October 13, 2011
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Tags: gerald mcraney, new projects, pilots, susannah, TNT

Fantastic news, you guys! According to Deadline.com as well as Tricia Helfer herself, Tricia has been cast as the lead in a new TNT pilot called Scent of the Missing. Details from Tricia’s official Twitter account @trutriciahelfer and Deadline as follows:

Just booked a new pilot for TNT based off the book #ScentoftheMissing Very excited for the role and opportunity! #fb (Oct 12)

Battlestar Galactica alumna Tricia Helfer has been cast as the lead in TNT’s drama pilot Scent Of The Missing. Veteran Gerald McRaney will co-star in the project, co-written/executive produced by CSI maven Carol Mendelsohn, Melissa R. Byer and Treena Hancock based on the book by Susannah Charleson. Scent Of The Missing centers on Susannah (Helfer), a tenacious, strong-willed K-9 Search and Rescue volunteer who works with an equally determined partner — her mischievous golden retriever, Puzzle. McRaney will play her father, Jerry. The dog has not been cast yet. CBS Television Studios is producing the pilot, with Barry Josephson and Julie Weitz also executive producing.

Sounds like a great and unique idea for a pilot, especially for an animal lover like Tricia, and we’re so happy to see her finally cast in a leading role on a show. Congratulations, Tricia!

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