Several clips of Amy’s TV movie, Dear Santa, have been released online courtesy of Image Entertainment — the clips are only available for USA residents. However, Trailer Addict have also posted the clips online. The clips & Amy look rather cute. Hopefully, these shall tide you guys over until we can add DVD screencaptures to the gallery!

In other news, I came across a still of Amy in Dear Santa as part of an interview by the Calgary Herald with Amy’s co-star, Patrick Creery, who played the homeless shelter’s chef. Thus, I’ve added the still to the gallery; preview to your right & link below.

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And finally, Dear Santa has been airing pretty regularly on TV lately, including Lifetime on Christmas Day, so be sure to check your local listings if you’d like to catch a viewing.

Neither the trailer or new poster features Amy, but I felt it warranted an update, since it’s the first batch of material to be released since the movie completed production back in 2009.

Thus, the poster has been added to the gallery; preview to your right & link below and you can view the HD trailer on YouTube — it does contain a lot of spoilers, but it looks awesome. Happy viewing!

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I do think we’re being spoiled here- Amy has been cast in another freshman show, ABC’s Once Upon a Time- personally, I can’t wait! Details are below, courtesy of TVLine.

Once Upon a Time has dipped into the Whedonverse yet again to fill a guest-starring role.

Amy Acker, who had roles on both Joss Whedon’s Angel and Dollhouse, will visit ABC’s fantastical freshman drama as a romantic interest for both Grumpy (of the Seven Dwarves) and his surly Storybrooke counterpart, Leroy, in a late winter episode that delves into the grouch’s backstory.

Lee Arenberg (Grumpy/Leroy) cheered the casting via Twitter, saying that on Friday he was “living the dream” working opposite both Acker and Ginnifer Goodwin (aka Snow White/Mary Margaret) — though it was not clear in which of the show’s two worlds their scenes were taking place.

Well, TVLine can exclusively report that Acker will play characters in both Storybrooke and the fairy tale world that was.

Acker’s TV resume also includes ABC’s Happy Town and No Ordinary Family, and last month’s Lifetime movie Dear Santa. Ironically, she will also guest-star this winter on NBC’s Grimm, which like Once (though in a decidedly different way) revolves around fairy tale characters.

Once Upon a Time, having aired its seventh episode/fall finale this month, resumes its freshman run Jan. 8.

I wish to send a belated “Happy Birthday” to the lovely Amy Acker- who celebrated her 35th birthday on December 5- here’s hoping you had a fantastic day!

Feel free to leave your birthday wishes in the comments.

Exciting news! Amy is scheduled to appear on NBC’s Grimm in the New Year as an ordinary housewife, who also happens to be the Black Widow. A few additional details are below, courtesy of TVLine. I’ll be sure to keep you guys up-to-date as the airdate gets closer.

Sources confirm exclusively to TVLine that NBC’s freshman thriller has cast Angel and Dollhouse alum Amy Acker as the fearsome Black Widow.

Just how fearsome is she?

Well, most of the time, not at all — she’s Lena, your run-of-the-mill happy housewife. But, because she suffers from rapid-aging syndrome — wait, that’s not just a soap opera thing? — every five years, she has to leech the life out of three guys in three short days in order to maintain her appearance.

When I first came across this article, I was unable to update, but better late than never!

Entertainment Weekly had an exclusive interview with Joss Whedon last week about Much Ado About Nothing which included a Q&A with Amy Acker and Sean Maher as well as exclusive stills — the first still featuring Amy opposite Alexis Denisof has been added to the gallery; a preview is to your right & the gallery link is below. An extract from the article is also posted below, with Amy’s portion of the Q&A under the cut. Enjoy!

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After wrapping production on Marvel Studios’ gargantuan summer tent-pole The Avengers, writer-director Joss Whedon was supposed to go on a monthlong vacation with his wife, Kai Cole. Instead, Whedon tells EW exclusively that his wife suggested he finally make the feature film version of William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing he’d been ruminating over for years.

And so he did — adapting the script, casting the film with Whedonverse alums like Nathan Fillion, Amy Acker (Angel), Alexis Denisof (Buffy, Angel), and Sean Maher (Firefly), and shooting the self-funded, black-and-white indie in secret over 12 days at his Santa Monica, Calif., home. (Production wrapped on Sunday, and Whedon says it will be ready for spring 2012 film festivals.) How did Whedon pull all this off? What was it about this particular Shakespeare comedy that drew him in? And what did stars Sean Maher — who plays the fiendish villain Don John — and Amy Acker — who co-stars with Denisof as the sarcastic, talky couple at the center of the play — make of all of this ado about Much Ado? Check out EW’s exclusive Q&As with Whedon, Maher, and Acker below, as well as exclusive shots of Maher, Denisof and Acker from the film:

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: This announcement took people by surprise to say the least. How did this all come together?
JOSS WHEDON: Well, it’s not a bit secret that I’ve done these [Shakespeare] readings before, and I always had a vague notion of shooting Much Ado. But I didn’t really have a take on it. And then, for some reason, I kinda sorta did. As we were finishing The Avengers in New York, my wife and I were planning our vacation for our 20th anniversary. And she said, “Let’s not take the vacation. Make a movie instead.”

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Big news today!

Apparently, Joss Whedon has secretly made a film; his interpretation of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing — and Amy is playing the lead of Beatrice, opposite Alexis Denisof! There are also a host of other familiar names, including Sean Maher; Nathan Fillion (Firefly), Fran Kranz; Reed Diamond (Dollhouse) and Tom Lenk (Buffy).

According to the Official Website and it’s press release, the film was shot in black & white over 12 days on location in Santa Monica. Principle photography has been completed and the film should be fully completed by Spring 2012 with the aim of heading for the [film] festival circuit.

How exciting!