Pushing Daisies

Pushing Daisies actress Anna Friel will star alongside Will Ferrell in next summer's family movie, Land of the Lost.

Here's an early look at Friel in the film:

This sounds like ideal casting to us:

David Arquette - who simply looks quirky - will appear as Randy Mann in the Pushing Daisies episode titled "Freshcorts."

The character is described as a socially inept man who possesses a "secret, special talent" that connects him to Ned. Might Randy's gift be a variation on the pie maker's ability to resurrect the dead?

Pushing Daisies, sadly, did not earn a nomination for the 2008 Emmy Awards. But two of its stars garnered well-deserved nods in the categories of Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series and Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series.

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series

• Alec Baldwin - 30 Rock
• Tony Shaloub - Monk
• Lee Pace - Pushing Daisies
• Steve Carell - The Office
• Charlie Sheen - Two And A Half Men

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series

• Jean Smart - Samantha Who?
  
• Holland Taylor- Two And A Half Men
• Kristin Chenoweth - Pushing Daisies
• Vanessa Williams - Ugly Betty
  
• Amy Poehler - Saturday Night Live

Great news for Pushing Daisies fans:

• The show will remain the same;
• Its premiere date has been announced!

When asked recently if his network would change anything about ther series, Steve McPherson, president of ABC Entertainment, replied:

"We are not changing the tone of Pushing Daisies."

McPherson also confirned that the show begins its second season Octover 1, the same night that Private Practice and Dirty Sexy Money return for their sophomore seasons. Get your DVR ready!

Ned and Emerson are ready to make us laugh again on October 1.

While we don't have the premiere date yet for seasn two of Pushing Daisies, we do have information on the opening episode itself:

Title: “Bzzzzzzz!”

Synopsis: Olive is still in love with Ned and feeling the burden of unrequited passion as well as all of the secrets she’s carrying for other people.
Meanwhile, Emerson, indulging his own passion, has begun making pop-up books. He’s created a series of books about “Lil’ Gumshoe”, a young girl detective. Emerson has time to do this because he’s able to solve his cases so quickly, what with Ned being able to wake the dead and ask them how they died.

Emerson, Olive and Chuck are all back for season two.

Our mystery this week involves the death of Kentucky Fitz, the leading sales rep and number-one Bee Girl of Betty’s Bees, a beauty empire built on honey and honey-based lotions and potions. Dusty Fitz, husband of the deceased, wants her death investigated.

The company says it was a work-related mishap; Dusty doesn’t believe them. Complicating matters even more, it appears Kentucky Fitz was having an affair. Or was she?

What's coming up on season two of Pushing Daisies?

Kristin of E! Online promises a pair of promising premises.

• One episode will center around Burt's Bees-esque company; Chuck goes there to work after the founder names her essay "Why I Love Bees" the winner of a contest.
• The season premiere is all about a circus.

Sounds awesome to us!

Great news for Pushing Daisies fans, Kristin Chenoweth or fans of music overall:

According to Kristin of E! Online, the woman that portrays Olive Snook isn't done singing on the show. Responding to a reader question asking when we might be treated to another tune, Kristin wrote:

Kristin C. will have her very own "Sound of Music" moment, singing on a hillside, after joining the...wait for it...nunnery! Told, ya: awesome.

Awesome indeed!

Kristin Chenoweth has the best voice on television, hands (or vocal chords) down!

According to Kristin from E! Online, Pushing Daisies fans can look forward to more flashbacks in season two. But not just from Ned.

The reporter says we'll be treated to glimpse of a young Olive Snook:

We're going to meet baby Olive! Pushing Daisies is currently casting for a young Olive Snook, and in flashback scenes in episode three, we'll also meet her negligent parents. Yay!

We'll find out more about Olive in season two of Pushing Daisies.

When asked by E! News if there a moral lesson fans should take from a series on which the lovers don't sleep together, Lee Pace recently replied:

"That wasn't the intention. Some people in America have interpreted it like that, and I don't think it's a bad thing. These are two people who love each other very much and choose to be together even though they're never going to get drunk and sleep together.

It's not that show. I think it's kind of sexy that they can't touch. It's the longest foreplay ever."

Lee Pace, looking adorable as always, answered questions at the Monte Carlo Television Festival.

As for whether or not Ned and Chuck will see other people in season two, the actor offered this mini Pushing Daisies spoiler:

"Maybe. One of the big things that happens at the beginning of the second season is that Chuck moves out. So it's not going to be easy anymore for Ned. It's good. They need to see other people."

Here's the Pushing Daisies news fans have been waiting for: the DVD of season one will be available on September 16.

Despite a strike-shortened season, viewers can enjoy a thorough three-disc set of the show. Here are more details on it:

• Price of the set will be $29.98;
• Blue-Ray version of Season One will also be available for $39.98;
• Look for a Bonus Featurette: Pie Time: Time for Pie. An interactive featurette with creators of the show, the set designer and special effects team who all come together to make this show so unique. Special interviews from creator Bryan Fuller and Lee Pace as they discuss their favorite first season scene.