Kathryn Morris UK

The Return Of Najara: Xena Warrior Convention

It’s been quite a while since I wrote about Xena: Warrior Princess. In fact the last time was a fun April Fools post about the possible return of the hit show and some crossover with the less than subtle Spartacus programme. The lengthy menu on the left of this site gives links to our Xena-related posts.

Turns out that this year (2025) marks the 30th anniversary of Xena. The show first aired in 1995! Some of you were likely not even born at that time. Jeez, I’m getting old!

To celebrate this milestone, a Salute To Xena convention is being held next weekend (31st Jan – 2nd Feb 2025) in the Los Angeles Marriott Burbank Airport Hotel in California. That’s the same venue used for the Hollywood Show fan convention event back October last year.

Any why might you ask is this being posted on this site, other than just another excuse to post the image above? That’s a good question which you’ve probably already guessed the answer too based on the title etc.

Yes, Kathryn is due to attend the event on both the Saturday and Sunday. The leading ladies (Lucy Lawless and Renée O’Connor) are listed as being there on Sunday.

Thanks to AJ for passing on this information. Apologies for the late posting of this and short notice.

I don’t know if the recent wild fires in California could impact the convention. Please check the relevant places for more information.

If you are attending the event, please let us know. We could put together a post with some of your experiences.

You can read more about the Salute To Xena event on the Creation Entertainment website HERE.

Cold Case v2.0 Case Closed

CC_Titles_16 Sadly, it seems that much like the ghosts at the end of each episode, the possibility of a new version of Cold Case is fading.

The TV Line website, picking up on the briefest of mentions on a Deadline site wrap-up of CBS-related news, is reporting that the Cold Case reboot is not going forward. We posted about the project being in development back in April.

There was never any definitive news on the project but the talk was of a new location and cast with original creator Meredith Stiehm back script writing. Danny Pino was rumoured to have been contacted about reprieving his role as Detective Scott Valens. Kathryn was not similiarly referred to but you would have think that would have been a target for any new production.

A large number of TV show projects are in various stages of development all the time. Most don’t get made. Cold Case was a strong enough premise, with good writing, acting, and a different tone to so many cop shows. It was one of the lucky ones.

It is interesting to note that the initial April report on Deadline about this new show being developed is one of the most commented on stories they’ve had in a long time. Few articles since have come even close to it. That clearly indicates the love for Cold Case and the wish to see it revived.

Read Regina Avalos’s article on the TV Line website HERE.

Cold Case v2.0?

CC_Titles_16 It’s the sort of story that crops up every so often, followed by a chorus of fans demanding something different.

This time the news seems to have a bit more credibility, but has already lead to the alternative demands.

Yes, it has been reported that the American TV network CBS is looking at bringing back Cold Case. Any such return would be a reboot not a continuation, so a new show with a new cast but with the same basic premise and key features. New cast means no Kathryn, Danny, Tracie, John, Thom, or Jeremy. Although, if a new show is set in the same “universe” there is always a chance we may get to catch up with any the original team via guest starring roles.

The original Cold Case creator Meredith Stiehm is said to be heavily involved, as you would hope, writing the script for a show set 15 years later and in the opposite corner (south west) of the US from the original. Setting it closer to Los Angeles is bound to make production easier. The regular decamping of cast and crew to Philly to film some of the outdoor scenes for Cold Case must have hit the budget amongst other things.

Keep in mind that even if this new show ever happens, so many don’t make it, we are talking quite a long time away from now.

Read Nellie Andreeva’s article about the development over on the Deadline entertainment news site HERE.

Cold Case S04E22 – Cargo Photo Update

You might know as Vincent Mancini in The Godfather films. Or Terry Benedict in the Ocean’s Eleven/Twelve/Thirteen movies. Or maybe as Fernando Cienfuegos (does that mean 100 fires?) in Mama Mia: Here We Go Again. And there’s about one hundred more of them. Whatever role you know Andy Garica for, he has only turned his hand to directing on a handful of times. One of those was the Cold Case episode ‘Cargo’.

The fact that Andy hasn’t directed since, at least until a project that appears to currently under way, might tell us a few things about his experience. I’m sure it was fine, though the body language oozing of Kathryn in the image above is ‘interesting’ at first glance.

‘Cargo’ was the ante-penultimate episode of season 4 of Cold Case, being aired for the first time on this day in 2007.

The one image we have to add to the KM UK Gallery today is of Kathryn, Danny, and Andy on set. It joins another picture that gained a certain notoriety on this site. Oh, the stories I could tell.

Cold Case S04E21 – Torn Photo Update

I wasn’t sure whether to post these pictures or not. I was really…………. Torn

The 8th of April 2007 saw the first broadcast of this episode of Cold Case, making it 15 years old today. Torn was episode 21 of season 4.

A bumper crop of 9 new high quality promo photos this time. In the last post, it was all about walking. For this one we’ve taken up the more leisurely pursuit of book holding. All are now in the KM UK Gallery.