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July 13, 2003
According to her website, Lauren Lee Smith will not be returning to Mutant X for the shows third season.Karen Cliche, formerly of Adventure, Inc. and Vampire High, will apparently be joining the cast as a character named Lexa.
The status of John Shea, who plays Adam, on Mutant X should be revealed in the next few days.
February 24, 2003
Actor Freddie Prinze Jr. has written an episode.
It was announced that Mutant X will be back after its second season.
"The finale is a cliffhanger and we don't know the fate of anyone at this time," Howard said. "We don't anticipate any cast changes yet but we don't begin moving forward creatively with Season 3 until next week."
December 8, 2002
Tribune Media's Seth Howard told The Continuum an upcoming episode of Mutant X will be written by a special guest writer and have major ramifications for the show.
Howard said he can't reveal the writer's name yet. "I can tell you that the story is tentatively titled 'One Step Closer' and it has to do with Brennan's sudden mutation," Howard said. "This is a huge event in our heroes' lives."
September 29, 2002
From seeing one of the second season episodes:
New opening credits sequence.
John Shea (as Adam) does a voice-over in the opening credits in which he says his name is Adam Kane.
Lauren Lee Smith's hair is now a reddish-blond.
September 15, 2002
According to a recent press release, Adam's last name has been revealed as Kane.
For the second season, Mutant X has been cleared in 99 of the country's top 100 markets, and 180 markets total.
Shalimar will fight to gain control of her heightened powers and emotions, and is drawn closer to Brennan, who establishes himself as a strong and resourceful second-in-command.
September 8, 2002
The second season of Mutant X is scheduled to begin in syndication the week of Sept. 30.
Shea said that Adam's past will be probed in Season 2, and one episode will feature his character in 1978.
Pratt is featured on the cover of the current Oxygen magazine.
Jonathan Hackett, Mutant X's new producer, worked on the Relic Hunter series the past two seasons.
September 1, 2002
August 29, 2002 Issue - "Past as Prologue," the second-season premiere of Mutant X is set to air in syndication the week of Sept. 30.
The episode will pick up where last season left off. Michael Easton will return as Gabriel Ashlocke for three episodes, including the opener.
In other Mutant X news:
Victoria Pratt, who plays Shalimar, said she continues to do many of her own stunts. "I do as much as they let me," she said. "Things like jumping through glass, no. I'm insured for jumping from three stories. They won't let me jump from 10, but three is fine."
Don't look for any Marvel guest-stars in the show.
"Originally when we developed the show we thought about that," said Tribune Entertainment's Seth Howard. "But we really felt this show could be the next evolution of super-heroes in their own universe. These guys don't wear costumes and they don't go out and battle Green Goblins and things like that.
"So it's much more grounded in our world and I think we're going to keep it that way."
Howard said he was particularly pleased with the second Mutant X comic Marvel published. "I hope they do more," he said.
July 7, 2002
June 17, 2002 Issue - Production has begun in Toronto on the second season of the syndicated Mutant X television series.
"We have begun shooting 'Time Squared,' the first of the season, but (it) won't air first, and it is literally a blast from the past," Tribune Entertainment's Seth Howard told The Continuum.
"We start shooting our second-season premiere 'Past as Prologue,' written by Howard Chaykin, on Friday. Gabriel Ashlocke is back and is faced with his own mortality. Wait until you see who he goes to for help!"
Michael Easton, who plays Gabriel, has signed on to appear in three second-season episodes of Mutant X.
March 23, 2002
"He's the most powerful new mutant," Howard Chaykin, executive story consultant of Mutant X, told The Continuum. "He's an interesting new character and a lot of fun. He's a seductive, dark character who is a one-man match for all of Mutant X."
"He's basically going to menace both our team and Genomex," Chaykin said.
The episode will air in syndication the week of May 13.
March 17, 2002
March 5, 2002 Issue - Writing on the second season episodes has begun. Production will likely start in late May. "The fans can expect to see more of the stuff they like and stuff they haven't seen before," Mutant X executive consultant Howard Chaykin told The Continuum. "The world gets bigger, the stakes are higher and the jeopardy deeper. We're going to put them through more hell in the second season."
March 10, 2002
Mutant X will be returning for a second season.
