TV Jots

Summer Finale Will Feature Film Sneak Peek

How’s this for a good match-up? USA Network announced today, July 31, that Burn Notice‘s August 6 third-midseason finale will feature an extended sneak peek at Quentin Tarantino‘s latest flick Inglourious Basterds.

The highly anticipated movie starring Brad Pitt, Samuel L. Jackson, Diane Kruger, and Mike Myers — just to name a few — will hit theaters nationwide on Friday, August 21. For those who don’t know, the film follows The Basterds, a group of Jewish-American soldiers stationed in Nazi-occupied France during World War II, who are put on a mission to slaughter Nazis and scare the frak out of the Third Reich. Cool.

As for Burn Notice, the Season Three summer finale “Long Way Back” pits Team Michael against a mysterious dude from Fiona’s past named Thomas O’Neill. The bad guy is played by most-excellent English actor Paul Blackthorne (Lipstick Jungle, Big Shots, The Dresden Files, 24), pictured above with Gabrielle Anwar‘s Fiona in a seriously bad situation.

When O’Neill arrives in Miami out of the blue with deadly misdeeds on his mind, Michael works with Fiona’s equally kick-ass brother to bring him down and save Fiona. Check out the episode and the special Inglourious Basterds preview next Thursday, August 6, from 9pm to 10pm ET.