Note from the editor: I have included interviews under exclusive if they are private or one-on-one or in person interviews. These were not part of press conference calls or group discussions. These are exclusives that are currently published here at SciFi Vision or as part of one of SciFi Vision's own podcasts, or in some early cases at Media Blvd. Magazine.

I also have chosen to include some interviews from press events that are only open to a select few and not the general press or public, such as convention press rooms and everything from the Syfy Digital Press Tours, set tours, etc. as although they are not entirely exclusive, they do contain exclusive photos and sometimes videos that no other site has (I have started to mark some of these as "Spotlight" as opposed to "Exclusive, but they still remain in this category"), or may be about my own experiences only at the events. Note that in a few specific cases, the set tours were exclusive and specifically for SciFi Vision.

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Do Not Enter Stars Jake Manley, Adeline Rudolph & Francesca Reale Discuss Filming, Stunts & Cast Chemistry

Do Not EnterBased on David Morrell’s 2005 novel Creepers, the supernatural horror-thriller Do Not Enter follows a group of thrill-seeking urban explorers who love taking things to the extreme and recording it for social media for the world to see. After a disagreement between members that ends one of them leaving the group, the four friends who stayed, including Rick (Jake Manley), his girlfriend Diane (Adeline Rudolph), Cora (Francesca Reale), and Vernon (Shane Paul McGhie), decide they need to do something big. With its past of supposed ghosts and a rumored $300 millions stashed in the abandoned building, New Jersey’s Paragon Hotel is the perfect place for their next livestreaming stunt in order to increase their fanbase. Ignoring the warnings, the Creepers, with the addition of reporter Frank Balenger (Laurence O’Fuarain), who they think can help grow their online fame, break into the hotel and have to contend with not only deadly rivals, but supernatural creatures that stalk them from the shadows.

Stars Manley, Rudolph, and Francesca recently spoke with SciFi Vision about working on the film, including filming locations, rehearsing together, stunt work, and more.

The film opens today in theaters and is also now available on digital and on demand.

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Dichen Lachman on Playing Cora and Building Character Through Voice in Vampires of the Velvet Lounge

Dichen LachmanDeep in the American South, an absinth bar doubles as a deadly hunting ground for Countess Elizabeth Báthory (Mena Suvari) and her glamorous coven of vampires, who use dating apps to lure in and feed on unsuspecting singles to keep their youth intact. Everything runs smoothly until Elizabeth swipes right on the worst possible matches: a calculating undercover vampire hunter, Cora (Dichen Lachman), and a group of emotionally stunted men. From there, it all unravels into a fever dream of blood, seduction, and chaos, with fangs, glitter, and green fairy energy colliding in a savage grindhouse nightmare.

Lachman recently spoke with SciFi Vision about her experience filming the movie, including her excitement to be back in vampire world again, working with blood effects, building the character through voice, and more, as well as about the challenge of playing multiple versions of the same character across projects like Severance and Dollhouse, and how she relies on physical cues like body tension and movement to separate each version in her performance.

Vampires of the Velvet Lounge opens exclusively in theaters on Friday, March 20th.

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Outlander Season 8: Matthew B. Roberts & Maril Davis on Frank Randall’s Book & Wrapping the Series

OutlanderRecently, Outlander began its eighth and final season. Thinking they’ve left the war behind them, Jamie (Sam Heughan) and Claire (Caitríona Balfe) Fraser return to Fraser’s Ridge to find a settlement that has thrived in the years they’ve been away, operating without their influence. The two discover, however, that leaving the war behind them is harder than they expected, and they soon must decide what they are willing to sacrifice for the place they call home as well as what they would sacrifice to stay together.

Recently, executive producers Matthew B. Roberts and Maril Davis spoke with SciFi Vision about the impact Frank Randall’s book would have on the characters, difficulties in wrapping up the series, and more.

New episodes premiere each Friday on the STARZ app and all STARZ streaming and on-demand platforms.

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D.B. Sweeney Talks Protector and Reuniting With Matthew Modine

D.B. SweeneyIn the film Protector, Nikki (Milla Jovovich), a decorated former soldier, has tried to leave combat behind and build a quiet life with her teenage daughter Chloe (Isabel Myers), but their fragile peace is fractured when Chloe is abducted by a human trafficking ring. As Nikki follows the limited clues she has into the city’s criminal underworld, she leaves death in her wake. Her ruthless methods and military training bring her into conflict with both the traffickers and law enforcement, drawing the attention of a determined police chief, Captain Miller (D.B. Sweeney), who puts her at the top of his wanted list as she races against time to find her child while avoiding the local police.

Recently, Sweeney spoke with SciFi Vision about working on the film, including how the biggest draw was to work with Matthew Modine again, how he preps for his roles, and more.

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Outlander Season 8: John Bell and Izzy Meikle-Small on Ian and Rachel Becoming Parents & More

OutlanderToday, the final season of Outlander premieres on Starz. As season eight starts, Jamie (Sam Heughan) and Claire (Caitríona Balfe) discover that after leaving the Revolutionary War behind them, things have changed when they return to Fraser’s Ridge. It is now home to new arrivals and has become a thriving settlement since their absence. With all these changes they have to decide what they are willing to give up for the place they call home, even as it changes, and what they will give up to stay together. Also, family secrets are revealed that may break them. When Roger (Richard Rankin) and Brianna (Sophie Skelton) return with information from the future, it could mean death for one of the characters.

Alongside the central couples, the story highlights the next generation as Young Ian (John Bell) and Rachel Murray (Izzy Meikle-Small) begin building a life together at Fraser’s Ridge, welcoming the next generation of the Murray family, a sign of hope for the future even as the world around them becomes increasingly unstable.

Recently, Bell and Meikle-Small spoke with SciFi Vision about how becoming parents changes their characters, whether they were given or took anything from the set to remember their time on the series by, and how their lives have changed since starting work on the series.

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Milla Jovovich & Isabel Meyers Discuss the Intense Themes of Protector, the Music & More

ProtectorIn the film Protector, which premieres today in theaters, Milla Jovovich stars as Nikki, a veteran war hero who thought she left her violent past behind her on the battlefield, but her peaceful life is upended when her daughter, Chloe (Isabel Myers), is kidnapped by a human trafficking ring, and she must venture into the city’s criminal underworld to find and save her. As she tears through the crime syndicate using her training, leaving a trail of death in her wake, her mission becomes even more difficult as she attracts the attention of the police and military and must avoid them in her pursuit. As the local authorities, led by Captain Michaels (D.B. Sweeney), try to bring her in, Nikki’s former commanding officer (Matthew Modine) sums it up: he doesn’t need to protect Nikki from the criminals; he needs to protect them from her.

In a recent interview with SciFi Vision, Jovovich and Meyers opened up about what drew them to the project.

“[W]hen I got this script, it really resonated with me as a parent,” Jovovich told the site. “To be a mother of three girls and to know how human trafficking is such a problem, that it just keeps growing.”

The actress added that she felt like no one was making movies about the topic. “That's why I wanted to come in as a producer,” explained Jovovich, saying that it wasn’t just about streamlining the script. “[It was also to] make sure that once I was done filming as an actor, I had control of how the rest of the movie was going to be edited, scored, color graded, just to make sure that the subject matter was dealt with in the most sort of respectful way possible.”

Jovovich also liked that even though the film has violence and is exciting, it also has “heart and soul”.

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Young Sherlock Showrunner Matthew Parkhill on Why the Series Doesn’t Adapt the Andrew Lane Books

Matthew ParkhillFrom Guy Ritchie, who also directed the two films based on the detective, comes Young Sherlock. This installment, which takes place in Victorian England, follows a younger, disgraced Sherlock Holmes (Hero Fiennes Tiffin), who after meeting none other than James Moriarty (Dónal Finn), ends up entangled in a murder investigation that threatens his freedom.

While inspired by the Andrew Lane novel series of the same name, the Prime Video series is not a direct adaptation, according to showrunner Matthew Parkhill. “I was like, ‘Look, I kind of want to start in a different place,’ because Andy’s Sherlock is a sort of 14-year-old schoolboy,” he explained to SciFi Vision. “…[t]he things I was interested in exploring needed to start with him older and in a different place.”

The showrunner admitted that he worried about creating a series based around the Arthur Conan Doyle character given how popular it is. “I had to find a way to sort of give myself permission or a creative liberty.” He went on to say that they did not touch anything after Doyle’s A Study in Scarlet. “I want to honor the books, because I love the books, but because we're dealing with Sherlock in a different phase of his life, we had to come up with something that was different that will lead into the books but isn't the books,” said Parkhill. “That, that for me gave me a sense of freedom that allowed me to breathe and to have some fun and to play in rather than being governed too much by the terror.”

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Hijack Co‑Creator Jim Field Smith on Building a Full‑Scale Train Set & Creating Claustrophobic Tension

HijackSeason two of the Apple TV series Hijack follows corporate negotiator Sam Nelson, who becomes involved in another crisis, this time on a U-Bahn train in Berlin. He is pushed to the center of the hijacking after criminals threaten his ex-wife, Marsha Smith-Nelson (Christine Adams). German police attempt to negotiate with Nelson, all while monitoring the train, but eventually, thanks in part to the investigative work of Olivia Thatcher (Clare-Hope Ashitey) and British intelligence officer Peter Faber (Toby Jones), they realize his hand was forced.

Recently, co-creator, executive producer, and director Jim Field Smith, spoke with SciFi Vision about creating the claustrophobia and tension for the series, and how they had to create a full one-to-one replica of the Berlin train interior that had to move in order to do so.

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Hijack: Christine Adams Teases Shocking Twists Ahead for Marsha in the Finale + Agents of SHIELD

Christine AdamsSeason two of Hijack follows corporate negotiator Sam Nelson (Idris Elba) as he travels to Berlin, where he becomes involved in the hijacking of a U-Bahn train after criminals threaten his ex-wife, Marsha Smith-Nelson (Christine Adams). With Marsha placed in danger and used as leverage against him, Sam is forced into a situation that quickly draws the attention of German authorities who attempt to negotiate while tracking the train through the city’s underground system. As officials try to determine why Sam would carry out the takeover, much of the investigation progress comes from Olivia Thatcher (Clare-Hope Ashitey) and British intelligence officer Peter Faber (Toby Jones), who analyze and help connect it to the earlier airline hijacking and show that Sam is being coerced.

Adams recently spoke with SciFi Vision about working on the series for season two, the difficulties in playing the more emotional parts of Marsha's storline, what she does to decompress, and more, as well as touched on her work on Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

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Hijack’s Clare‑Hope Ashitey on Finding Olivia Thatcher’s Hopeful Perspective

hijackclarehopeiconSeason two of Hijack follows corporate negotiator Sam Nelson (Idris Elba) as he travels to Berlin, where he becomes involved in a hijacking on the city’s U-Bahn train after being forced into the situation by criminals threatening his ex-wife, Marsha Smith-Nelson (Christine Adams). German police attempt negotiations while monitoring the moving train, but much of the investigation progress comes from the analytical work of Olivia Thatcher (Clare-Hope Ashitey), who, with the help of British intelligence officer Peter Faber (Toby Jones), examines the evidence and identifies connections to the earlier airline hijacking, piecing together clues to help show that Sam is being coerced, as the authorities try to uncover the larger plan behind the operation.

Recently, Ashitey spoke with SciFi Vision about working on season two, how her character's idealism changed her, working with Elba and Jones, and more.

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