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The Doctor Is In Hannibal Lecter is making the move to TV with NBC picking up a deal to make a new 13 episode series. The deal is with recently formed Gaumont International Television who’s CEO Katie O’Connell used to be NBC’s head of drama. Martha De Laurentiis who produced the Hannibal Lecter sequels will executive produce along […]
A True Modern Family Even though The Munsters aired for only 2 seasons between 1964-1966, the series became immensly popular in syndication and spawned several revival movies and follow ups decades later. Now NBC is planning to bring the show back to TV with ‘Pushing Daisies’ creator Bryan Fuller updating the classic show. The pilot script was recently submitted to the network […]
Producers Consider Shutting Down After Star Injury and Behind the Scenes Shake-Up Chris Vance is best known to TV audiences for his stint on season three of Prison Break – now he’s taking over the role made infamous by Jason Statham in Cinemax’s TV adaptation of The Transporter trilogy. Vance stars as Frank Martin, an ex-elite commando turned transporter, who delivers mysterious […]
20th Century Fox is planning sequels to Roland Emmerich’s 1996 alien invasion blockbuster, Independence Day. The idea is to shoot them back to back for obvious production benefits with Will Smith returning to the role that helped propel him into super stardom. Sequels have been in development for some time and with the scripts written, production is expected to get underway sometime next year. The […]
Earlier this month, 20th Century Fox set the release date for the next installment of the Die Hard franchise for 2013, with Bruce Willis reprising his iconic role of John McClane. The new flick is being directed by John Moore after Noam Murro left the picture to helm the 300 sequel, ‘Battle Of Artemisia’. Moore’s films include ‘Behind Enemy Lines’, ‘The […]
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. was an immensely popular TV show that ran on NBC from September 22, 1964, to January 15, 1968. It followed the exploits of two agents from the government spy agency U.N.C.L.E. ( United Network Command for Law and Enforcement ) and made houeshold names of stars Robert Vaughn and David McCallum and created icons of […]
It seems another reboot of a classic franchise is no more with ABC cancelling Charlie’s Angels after airing only four episodes. Production on the revival show has been shut down effective immediately, after the show generarted meagre since the series premiere, which failed to connect with the key 18-49 demographic. The show joins other failed franchise reboots such as ‘Knight […]
Top Gun may be getting a long overude sequel with ‘Thor’ writers Ashley Miller and Zack Stentz reportedly tackling a rewrite of the script originally penned by ‘The Usual Suspects’ screenwriter, Christopher McQuarrie. A follow-up to the 1986 mega-hit has been on the cards for some time, though no clue on what the new story might […]
The long running TV series The Simpsons was recently facing the prospect of cancellation with the Fox network reportedly asking the talented voice actors to take a significant pay cut so that the show could continue – citing it was not performing as well in the ratings and the once lucrative show was now costing too much too produce. Well that struggle has been resolved with the […]
The show that revived Jason Bateman‘s career and made Michael Cera an overnight sensation is planning a return to TV and hitting the big screen, according to series creator Mitch Hurwitz. At the recent New Yorker’s festival, the cast of Arrested Development had a long overdue reunion and reminisced over how scenes and their characters evolved. During the get together, Hurwitz revealed plans […]
There are some new sitcoms that hit the airwaves promising to be the hottest new show, and despite the best efforts of all involved, within minutes you know things aren’t working; the writing tries to fill every line with a joke and the situation just doesn’t ring true. That said it’s rare when comedy really works, the situation is the key and when […]
Filming has commenced on the Bourne Legacy with the first snaps of Rachel Weisz now on line. She’s said to be playing a character who’s “an operative from a covert government program that is even more dangerous than the Treadstone brainwashing program that hatched Bourne”. Jeremy Renner who’s seemingly taking over the franchise has his hands full completing work on ‘The Avengers’ at […]
When ‘Black Swan’ director Darren Aronofsky signed on to make The Wolverine, fans were looking forward to a reinvention of the classic character, and possibly a throwback to the dark comics penned by Frank Miller. A large portion of the story was set against the backdrop of Japan, but when the catastrophic earthquake struck in March 2011, the production was thrown into chaos. […]
Bryan Cranston and the cast of Drive were recently promoting the film’s upcoming release at the Toronto International Film Festival. While there he gave un update on Len Wiseman‘s remake of Total Recall, and offered his feelings about the final season of his hit AMC TV series Breaking Bad. The original Total Recall was an ultra violent futuristic thriller starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and directed […]