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How dead is Reaper? Although star Bret Harrison tells us a comic book about the canceled CW series is in the works, that’s the only way the hellish adventures of Sam and Sock are likely to continue anytime soon. Tyler Labine, who played Sock to Harrison’s Sam, says syndication speculation is groundless: “I think it’s not officially, officially dead but as far as everyone is concerned, it’s over,” he says. Of course, the two would happily reunite for a movie. “Yeah, the R-rated version of Reaper,” Harrison says. “There’s a lot of things you do on set before you shoot the actual taping that would be a lot of fun.” To mark the second and final season’s recent release on DVD, the pair also talked about why they wish the show had gone to hell.

TVGuide.com: Reaper’s season finale left us hanging. Viewers aren’t sure where the show would have gone if it were renewed. Any guesses?
Harrison: I feel like we could have had a better finale but we were — to give the writers credit — we didn’t necessarily know if we were coming back or not. I think there’s some really good things to the finale. I really liked the idea that they were hinting at Andi, Missy Peregrym’s character, that she was going to probably be a reaper in the next season. I thought there was some really good stuff. At the same time, we weren’t able to necessarily answer a lot of questions that we probably wanted to.

TVGuide.com: What questions did you want answered?
Labine: I always wanted to know, especially by the time we got to the finale, how much Ben and Sock were going to fit into the whole reaping thing, and whether we would ever get to meet the devil, and work with the devil… and also at the end of the finale I really liked the idea that they opened up the whole heaven-and-hell aspect, and that Michael Ian Black was going to basically become Bret’s guardian angel. I thought that could have been really cool, if they’d blown that out on a massive scale, made it more of a heaven-versus-hell storyline. But we’ll never know.

TVGuide.com: We get asked a lot about Tyler’s new show, Sons of Tucson. How’s that going?
Labine: Great — the pilot turned out really, really well. Fox is really behind it. They’ve put us in an amazing timeslot after The Simpsons and before Family Guy, which is great, on their Sunday night Animation Domination bloc. We’re clearly not an animated show, but whatever. I will be very, very animated on the show — like watching a Linklater film. We’ve been picked up for a midseason order, which is great too. … We’ve got a really good show on our hands. It’s a great character. It’s not Sock, which is sad now, because I’m just mourning the death of Sock, but it’s great to not be playing the same character.

TVGuide.com: And Bret, what’s next for you?
Harrison: I’m doing reshoots on a movie I shot about six months ago called Mardi Gras for Sony Screen Gems and I’m just doing some development stuff, working with a few different writers on some projects. We’re going to go into NBC and pitch after the end of the month.

TVGuide.com: This show was a big breakthrough for all the major characters except Ray Wise. How did it change your lives?
Labine: It was not a breakthrough for Ray, but it was a nice resurgence for Ray.

Harrison: Ray got a lot of love for this show. He should have gotten an Emmy. … I mean, that said, it was great for all our careers. It was really cool for me because I was always kind of looked at as a half-hour guy. I would go into meetings and it was like, “Well, you know. You’re a half-hour guy. You’re a sitcom guy.” … This was a chance for me to do something different, and still there was a lot of comedy in it.

Labine: For me, I was kind of the king of the dipsh–s for failed hour-long shows. I’d been on a bit of a warpath with hour-long shows. … You never know what show is going to hit people the right way and what show is the one that’s going to open doors for you. But I’d been sort of working away for a long time in hour-long and honestly didn’t know — I think a lot of us signed on to do the pilot because the script was good and Kevin Smith was attached. I’ll do anything with Kevin. We shot the pilot, and lo and behold it was the one that did end up opening doors. I owe a lot to Reaper for letting me showcase things that a lot of other people wouldn’t.  {source}

As hardcore fans know, the CW discontinued the cult series Reaper as of this June. All they are left with is the DVD collections for the show’s two seasons, the second of which is hitting the market right now.

Then again, there were many who were pleasantly surprised when the CW even picked up Reaper to begin with. Among them were the show’s stars, Bret Harrison (Sam Oliver, right) and Tyler Labine (Bert “Sock” Wyzocki, left).

“Kind of, actually,” Harrison admits. “From what I heard, when they finished the pilot and were testing it, everybody raised their hand to say they liked it…except THE one person. That was a huge thing for me to hear because I didn’t really see Reaper anywhere on the CW.” Read the rest of this entry »

After coming back from the brink of TV Hell due to the Writers Guild of America strike during its first season, the popular CW series, Reaper, found its on-air legs along with a loyal audience, which helped to give the series a second season. Starring Bret Harrison in the role of Sam Oliver who works for the Devil to track down escaped souls from Hell, Reaper became a uniquely original series that appealed to both genders in a CW line-up dominated by such wildly popular female teen shows as Gossip Girl and 90210. Amid an rapidly changing television landscape where even some of the most popular shows with loyal fans are falling victim to the ratings axe, the cast of Reaper, which includes Bret Harrison, Tyler Labine, Ray Wise, Rick Gonzalez, Missy Peregrym, and Andrew Airlie, haven’t quite been able to escape TV Hell to see Reaper live on for a third season.

Now out on DVD as of June 9, Reaper: Season 2 may very well be the last run hellish fans will see of Reaper unless another network picks the series up, which looks unlikely. To celebrate the Season 2 DVD release of Reaper, The Deadbolt souls escaped online entertainment Hell long enough to relive Reaper with show star Bret Harrison who filled us in on everything from the status of Reaper, Sam Oliver going to the dark side, how Reaper fit into The CW line-up next to Gossip Girl and 90210, and whether he could really beat the Devil in a game of quarters.

THE DEADBOLT: I really like the DVD cover with you in the Karate pose.

BRET HARRISON: Yeah, I haven’t seen that. Friends keep telling me I’m doing a crazy looking Karate pose or something.

THE DEADBOLT: I also loved the “Rocky” episode where you were training in the warehouse. How tough or fun were the physical aspects of the show for you?

HARRISON: Actually, in the second season that was my favorite because it was so physical, especially with the boxing. We brought in a choreographer and we had to figure out that challenge. It sounds like it wasn’t just a few shifts to kind of capture my abilities, kind of do our research to get it done, we put a lot into specifically that episode and a lot of time to get the physical aspects down and it was a physically demanding episode.

I mean, during the season I was riding around on Tyler’s shoulders, or something, because he had to hold me up, otherwise I was going to die because there was this invisible noose around my neck. You get done and you just feel, “All right, man. I worked my ass off today and that’s what it’s all about.” Read the rest of this entry »

I am super upset that Reaper was canceled. The finale was great but totally left us hanging. What’s the “greater good”? Is there any chance we can get some answers or a continuing story in maybe a comic book? If not, any word on where the writers were planning on going in Season 3? — Gerald
TIM: Reaper star Bret Harrison tells us he saw hints in the finale that Andi (played by Missy Peregrym) “was going to probably be a reaper in the next season.” The story will survive as a comic book, but don’t put your faith in talk of the show surviving in syndication: “[That] is a no-go,” says Tyler Labine, aka Sock. “It’s not officially, officially dead, but as far as everyone is concerned, it’s over.” As for whether Bret and Tyler would be interested in a Reaper movie, look for our full-length interview soon.  [SOURCE]

According to Michael Ausiello, Reaper has been officially cancelled

Thought “Reaper” was dead?

Well, think again. Like some of the undead creatures on it, the quirky CW dramedy with a rabid fan base is refusing to die.

Sources said show producer ABC Studios is in talks with CW affiliate stations about continuing “Reaper” as a syndicated series for Sunday night.

The law-rated “Reaper” has been pretty much canceled at the CW. But most stations are said to love the series starring Brett Harrison as the Devil’s bounty hunter.

So when the network recently decided to give Sunday night back to its affiliates, they started preliminary conversations with ABC Studios about possibly continuing the show with original episodes.

Sources said that ABC Studios also is exploring a possible afterlife for the cult series on cable.

Both scenarios are considered a longshot.

First, there is the economics issue as a syndicated series is generally produced on a lower budget than a network series.

Secondly, “Reaper” creators/executive producers Michele Fazekas and Tara Butters have moved on, recently inking an overall deal with 20th TV.

And then there’s Tyler Labine, the actor who plays Herrison’s sidekick. He is set to star in the newly picked up Fox comedy series “Sons of Tucson.” There are conflicting takes on whether Labine would be contractually obligated to “Reaper” if it changes formats from a network to a syndicated show.

But even if he is still tied to “Reaper,” Labine headlines a new series, and if he is brought back to his old show against his will, that would be unfortunate for him and a big blow to “Tucson.”

Since its midseason return for a second season, “Reaper” has averaged about a 1.0 rating in 18-49, ranking as the network’s lowest-rated drama.

But with the network’s current programming on Sundays consisting of “Jericho” returns and MGM library movies, averaging below a 0.5 in recent weeks, “Reaper” could potentially improve the slot.

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I have added a couple of stills from “Mardi Gras”.

Mardi Gras (2009) > Movie Stills

As promised, I have started adding caps from Reaper. Today, I have added caps Bret in 2×01.

2×01 A New Hope

I just wanted to let you know that I will be posting caps of Bret  in Reaper soon, so keep checking back, and keep watching Reaper! Also, this site is now Bret’s official site! It will be that way until Bret decides otherwise and you can access here by our usual URL www.bret-harrison.com, but also www.bretharrison.com