I am – Hercules!!

Javier Grillo-Marxuach, who served as writer and supervising producer on the Emmy-winning first season of “Lost,” has created a new sci-fi show, “Middleman,” based on his comic-book series and rocketing toward ABC Family June 16. It’s about a (really hot) geek girl who finds herself sucked into a top-secret agency that contends with sci-fi menace.

I’m all excited about it because my pal, the fabulous and fabulously talented Sarah Watson, has been hired as a writer-producer on the project and penned the first not-pilot episode. Others on the writing staff include the great Hans Beimler (“Star Trek: The Next Generation,” “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine”), Tracey Stern (“Sports Night,” “Angel”) and Jordan Rosenberg (who wrote the Goth Claire episode of “Lost”).

Natalie Morales plays the geek girl.

“The Speaker” seems all excited about the project as well, and is determined to help us learn more:

I don't know how interested you are in The Middleman, but the creator (Javier Grillo-Marxuach or just Javi) wrote some of the best LOST episodes back during S1 and he's been interviewed by the assholes here and here.

So, just in case you are -- I thought I'd give you the guided tour of where to get all the good stuff on the show.

The Middleblog is a LiveJournal updated by Javi himself. It's mostly behind the scenes pictures and some funny anecdotes about the creation of the series as it happens.

Middlefan has all the normal info you'd expect from a fansite, including a spoiler section that collects show information from the middleblog, articles, and casting sides.

And the ABC Family site is actually pretty good. A lot of show sites kind of suck, but this one is brand new and already has a couple videos of Javi explaining his universe and showing clips.

Thanks!

Speaker

P.S. - You might see my name a couple of times somewhere on any or all of the sites mentioned. That's because I've been a fan of "The Middleman" and Javi for years now, which came before my involvement with any of the mentioned sites. So my motive is purely to get as many people as possible to watch the pilot and hope they love it as much as I do.

P.P.S. -

Matt Keeslar is the Middleman.
Natalie Morales (not THAT one!) is Wendy Watson
Mary Pat Gleason is cranky android Ida
Brit Morgan is Wendy's roommate Lacey
Jake Smollett is oasis of calm Noser