Ashley Judd is joining more and more film stars that are hitting the small screen, though production values these days usually mirror that of a movie. The new ABC series which has been in development for a while is called Missing, and it’s story echoes Liam Neesons’ hit movie Taken. The show centers on Becca […]
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T-Bag Breaks Out Of Prison
Robert Knepper is reprising his character of T-Bag in something of a TV cross-over to help kick-off a new show about convicts breaking out of prison. Breakout Kings is created by Nick Santora and Prison Break‘s Matt Olmstead, and the story focuses on a squad of U.S. Marshals who make deals with a group of […]
David E.Kelley Finds His Wonder Woman
David E. Kelley‘s re-imagining of the D.C. comic’s character has found it’s leading lady, with 27 year old Adrianne Palicki landing the iconic role of Wonder Woman. The actress was last seen in the short lived series ‘Lonestar’ and played the tough-as-nails Tyra Collette in ‘Friday Night Lights’. She also had guest stints on ‘Smallville’ […]
New 3D Fantastic Voyage Finds It’s Director
The 1966 film Fantastic Voyage was a memorable sci-fi special effects extravaganza that was directed by Richard Fleischer and starred screen siren Raquel Welch. The story followed a team of scientists that along with a specially designed nuclear submarine, were shrunk using advanced miniaturization technology to journey inside the body of a fallen diplomat and […]
Terra Nova – TV Promo
Here’s the first TV promo for the upcoming show Terra Nova that airs in May on Fox and other networks soon after. It’s a mega-bucks production that’s rumored to cost around $4 million an episode so it’s going to have to generate big numbers and a loyal following to keep it on the air. It’s […]
NBC Greenlights ‘Wonder Woman’ Pilot From David E. Kelley
David E. Kelley the creator of such definitive court room dramas as ‘The Practice’ and most recently ‘Harry’s Law’ is turning his hand to the comic book realm for TV. Wonder Woman is the iconic character from DC Comics who’s been a favorite of the superhero universe since her creation 70 years ago. Though despite […]
Tim Kring’s New Show, Reflects on Heroes Demise
Tim Kring is bringing a new show to TV that might take a hint from AMC’s ‘The Walking Dead’. Talking earlier this month with Metro, the 52 year old writer / producer who found success writing for the original ‘Knight Rider’, created NBC’s once phenomenal series ‘Heroes’. Combining top notch production values with a great […]
Kiefer Sutherland’s Web Series and 24 Update
Whilst Jack Bauer’s movie may have been delayed due to script issues, Kiefer Sutherland has been keeping busy with a new web series that will stream on Hulu this March. The Confession consists of 10 five-to-seven-minute webisodes from the Digital Broadcasting Group and features Sutherland as a hitman who has a theological discussion with a […]
Sarah Michelle Gellar Returns to TV in ‘Ringer’
She’ll probably always be known as Buffy, but Sarah Michelle Gellar has been pursued by the broadcast networks since the show ended in 2003. Now she’ll be returning to TV with a pilot drama, the first to be picked up this season by CBS. The network has given the greenlight to ‘Ringer’, which is from […]
J.J. Abrams Talks TV Projects and Movies
J.J. Abrams has his hands full at the moment with a plethora of projects destined for both the big screen and your nearest TV. Recently he was at the Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour and at the party to celebrate the Fox / FX portion of the event, he fielded a series of questions […]
Larry Hagman To Return For Dallas Reboot
The iconic TV show Dallas which ran from 1978 through to 1991 is being rebooted with series stars Patrick Duffy, Linda Gray and Larry Hagman set to return. Production on the pilot for Turner Network Television begins in a few months and was written by Cynthia Cidre (Mambo Kings & Cane). The new show will […]
Kennedys Mini-Series Yanked from History Channel
In an abrupt move the 8 part mini-series The Kennedys has been pulled from A&E Television Networks. Starring Greg Kinnear as John F. Kennedy, Katie Holmes as Jackie Kennedy, Barry Pepper as Robert F. Kennedy and Tom Wilkinson as Joe Kennedy, the stars and producer Joel Surnow were recently told of the snap decision to […]
Pitt, Rockwell & Affleck Re-team with Jesse James Director
New Zealand-born filmmaker Andrew Dominik is about to re-team with the players from his Jesse James flick for his next movie Cogan’s Trade. Based on the 1974 best seller by George V. Higgins, it’s sizing up to be a comedic / crime thriller centering on Jackie Cogan, ‘a professional enforcer who investigates a heist that […]
Falling Skies Promo and Comic Series
Heres’ the new promo for the upcoming series on the TNT network which looks like it could have all the right ingredients; aliens, displaced citizens and some impressive visuals. Its from executive producer Steven Spielberg and DreamWorks Television with the pilot episode written by Robert Rodat of Saving Private Ryan fame. Falling Skies stars Noah […]