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Patrick Bauchau: Pretender Movies Airing on TNT

Updated: October 6, 2001

The premiere date for The Pretender: Island of the Haunted will be December 10, 2001 at 8pm Eastern. Check local listings for time in your area. There still is no word at this time regarding the possibility of additional Pretender movies, though we're told it still could be a possibility if the second movie does well.

Check back here for updates. Also visit the TNT site for The Pretender and the fan-based Operation - Save the Pretender website. The latter has a TV Listings page with details on when and where the movies are showing in the U.S. and elsewhere.

December 2000

Patrick Bauchau returns as Sydney in at least two Pretender movies. Twentieth Century Fox Television is producing the movies in cooperation with TNT. Both movies are written by series creators and Executive Producers Craig Van Sickle and Steven Long Mitchell and directed by Fred Keller. The first movie premieres on January 22, 2001 at 8pm Eastern/Pacific. The premiere date for the second movie is to be announced. Depending on ratings, TNT and Fox may produce more movie specials.

The first movie will resume where the series ended and will also take a look back at how Jarod originally escaped from the Centre. The second film will delve more into the origins of the Centre and the Pretender project itself. Michael T. Weiss, Andrea Parker, Jon Gries and several others join Bauchau in reprising their roles from the series.

Below are a few photos taken on location during work on the first movie. Thank you to Leslie Johnson at Pretender Productions for providing the images. Please do not use these photos without prior, written permission. Click an image to see a larger version in a new window.

Jon Gries and Patrick Bauchau

Patrick flashes that smile

Patrick being interviewed by TNT