Jeffrey Donovan will direct Bruce Campbell's 'Burn Notice' prequel
Matt Nix is writing the Colombia-set telefilm
Jeffrey Donovan of 'Burn Notice'
Credit: USA
In July at Comic-Con, "Burn Notice" creator Matt Nix produced a wave of fan excitement by announcing plans to built a two-hour telefilm around Bruce Campbell's Sam Axe character. Even though Michael Westen won't be the focus of the TV movie, Jeffrey Donovan has found a unique way to be involved.
USA announced on Tuesday (Nov. 30) that Donovan will direct the prequel, which will shoot on location on Bogota, Colombia beginning in January. The movie will premiere on USA in the spring of 2011.
Donovan made his directing debut on July's "Made Man" episode of "Burn Notice."
USA also revealed the first official plot description for the project, written by Nix.
The network teases, "The prequel, set in late 2005, begins after a faction of Colombian rebels makes trouble for the locally stationed military platoon, with Lieutenant Commander Sam Axe (Campbell) being sent down to advise. As the mission unfolds, Sam begins to uncover the dark secrets of the area, learning the truth about sacrifice, deception, and ultimately what’s worth fighting for."
That seems fair. We'll see if Nix lives up to his Comic-Con words that he was thinking of ways to get a chainsaw back in Campbell's hands.
Nix, Donovan and Campbell will all serve as executive producers on the telefilm, along with Mikkel Bondesen.
A long-time member of the TCA Board and a longer-time blogger of "American Idol," Dan Fienberg writes about TV, except for when he writes about movies or sometimes writes about the Red Sox. But never music. He would sound stupid talking about music.
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November 30, 2010 at 6:52PM EST Reply to CommentLieutenant Commander Sam Axe - how badass does that sound.
DougMac
November 30, 2010 at 7:40PM EST Reply to Commentshould be a lot of fun. Too bad he's too old to do a bunch of these in between seasons of Burn Notice.
Lory22
December 17, 2010 at 11:14AM EST Reply to CommentAwesome!!
Dezbot
December 18, 2010 at 10:57PM EST Reply to CommentBruce said at a recent showing of ARMY OF DARKNESS that we fans would have to watch the prequel in order to understand some of what's coming in the next season (since the season will refer back to the telefilm). Crafty, that Matt Nix. Very crafty!