On August 6 Fox held a panel discussion on Human Target for the Television Critics Association.Broadcasting cable snaged some highlights of the conversation with Executive Producer McG, Writer and Executive Producer Jonathan Steinberg and actors Chi McBride (Winston) Jakie Earle Haley, (Guerrero) and Mark Valley (Christopher Chance)

On keeping up the high-quality look of the pilot:
McG: "There's a guy named Len Goldstein at the back of the room from Warner Bros we need to convince to keep it up.... If it atrophies, viewers will notice and tune out.... Pilots [are actually] not that expensive."
On television becoming a high-quality medium:
McG: "I think there is such a renaissance going on. Such a thought that film is elegant and television is s***. Look at [new Fox Broadcasting Chairman] Peter Rice. [He] comes from most elegant film world.. .[There's] a lot more drek coming out in theaters week to week. With what HBO is doing...there's really no room for inferior storytelling in television. There's so much good television out there. JJ [Abrams] is one of the best things going in film, and he's in television. It's a great time to be involved in television."
Steinberg on working on an action project:
"It's pretty freeing now to do an action [project].... The hope is to be able to pick up a lot of the tropes that for a long time were constrained to film ...There's no real reason not to be able to do that on TV."
On getting the rights to other DC Comics characters and adding then into the series:
Steinberg: Certainly not ruling it out. The mission starting out is to get him [main character Christopher Chance] to stand on his own two feet. [To first try] to meet him and spend some time in that world."
Haley on transitioning from film to television acting:
"I really wanted to work on something that my 10 year-old could watch. In reading the screenplay, I was just sorta floored by it. Seemed like an incredible job to go work with these guys. What excited me about it was getting to develop this character over time. I think it also will be good as an actor to kind of work in this environment against this schedule, so I hope to grow as an actor."
Valley on differences between this role and his previous one in Boston Legal:
"It's a little different. I have had some sidekicks and split my pants and never did that on Boston Legal. I'm anxious to play somebody who wears jeans every once in a while."
McBride on being accused of being the wet blanket again and Pushing Daisies:
"You're going to see a lot more action from Winston [his character on Human Target]. Winston doesn't give the appearance of that, but he's a pretty crazy guy.... A lot of darkness you're going to see come out of this character.
People said to me, 'Everybody loved Pushing Daisies.' I'm like, 'No, they didn't. That's why I'm here.'"

Perhaps a press favorite because of his work on Watchman and his upcoming roll as Freddy Krueger in A Nightmare on Elm Street, Jakie Earle Haley was probed by the critics on questions pertaining to more than just Human Target.
iesb.net posted the Q and A with Haley who will play Guerrero.

Q: Will Guerrero get in on a lot more of the action as the season progresses?

Jackie: I sure hope so. Hopefully, they'll do it in such a way that's different from Mark. This is Mark's show and he's the action hero. But, I think you'll find some things from Winston and Guerrero that will be a surprise.

Q: Does Guerrero exist in the comic books?

Jackie: Guerrero is not in the comic books. He's a new character.

Q: Do you see Guerrero's look as something that could change, over the course of the series?

Jackie: I'm not sure. That's a good question. That's definitely something I'm thinking about.

More of Jackie's interview after the jump. Or check out iesb.net

You saw the full Comic Con panel video here first. But for a great recap check out the highlights video and images below that Warner Brothers has just released. More images from the WB available in out gallery.

Nothing can quite compare to viewing a shows premiere at Comic Con with a room full of thousands of fans. We cannot show you that footage, but we can do the next best thing and revisit some of the clips we have already seen as we look back at the Comic Con event.
As the Comic Con crowd settles down the show opens with an intense hostage situation, Hollis the irate bank employee stands with explosives strapped to his chest and waves a gun at his hostages. He believes he has his former boss tied to a chair and covered with a black hood, but when the hood is pulled off it reveals, much to the delight of a screaming comic con audience, Mark Valley playing Christopher Chance, the Human Target. We soon learn a little bit about Chance's tactics as you can see in the following clip.

While recovering from that little adventure Chance catches his good friend and business partner Winston, played by Chi McBride, trying to turn away potential client, Stephanie Dobbs, who is played by Tricia Helfer- and is well received by the hooting and hollering Comic Con crowd as she makes her first appearance in the following clip.

The line "Will I get to ride on it?" gets a lot of laughs from the crowd. It speaks volumes of Chances character and his inner child.

Posing as an interpreter, Chance boards California's first bullet train along side the woman he is paid to protect. When greeting a Japanese business man Chance suddenly finds the ability to speak Japanese, and invents quite a colorful history for his new fake persona.

Some fans who are fluent in the language have commented Valley's enunciation is not up to par, but I'm a little ashamed to admit that to my uncultured ear it sounded fine. We shall have to forgive him, as his claims of being an interpreter are only an elaborate cover story.

Guerrero, played by Watchman's Jackie Earle Haley was a fan favorite. His debut scene was greeted by the crowd with cheers and laughs as the underhanded character gains the upper hand in a debate with two thugs. You might have to wait until January to catch that scene, but until then, you can enjoy Earle in this scene. It was another crowd favorite with Guerrero's matter-of-fact admittance of his double life.

The climax of the show is a close range gun battle between Chance and the hired hit man. This scene is only the start of the action that remains non stop until the end.

Be sure to catch the premiere yourself Sunday January 17, 2010!

If you could not make it to Comic Con this year we have you covered. Here is the Human Target panel discussion with Actors, Mark Valley (Fringe), Chi McBride (Pushing Daisies) and Jackie Earle Haley (Watchman and A Nightmare on Elm Street). Human Target Creator Len Wein who first developed the character of Christopher Chance for DC comics in a 1972 Superman comic book. And lastly producers, Jon Steinberg and Peter Johnson.

More videos after the jump.

If you were able to get down to Comic Con this year with any luck you did not miss the Warner Booth where you could meet the cast of Human Target. (If your scratching your head at this Warner / Fox realationship, keep in mind that Warner owns DC Comics and thus Human Target. Warner was also behind the ABC series in 1992.)

The poster that was given out for autographs shows some new artwork. It's looking pretty good. I know I'm a fan! Drop us a line and let us know what you think. We will have photos and videos from comic con up for you shortly. Keep an eye on our youtube to catch them as they go up.

A tentative Comic Con schedule has been leaked by seat42f. Tickets are already sold out for the event held at the San Diego Convention Center, but for anyone who is holding on to a Saturday July 25th pass, it looks like the Human Target panel discussion will be in room 6BCF at 4:45 - 5:45pm.