Stars: Kelly Reilly, Michael Fassbender, Jack O’Connell, Tara Ellis, Finn Atkins, Jumayn Hunter, Thomas Turgoose, James Burrows, Lorraine Bruce, Shaun Dooley | Written and Directed by James Watkins
James Watkins, a British director who has gone on to stand behind the lens on the Hammer-produced horror film, The Woman in Black, made his directorial debut in 2008 with a film he also wrote, this tense and nasty little thriller called Eden Lake.
Jenny and Steve (played with conviction by Kelly Reilly and Michael Fassbender) take a trip for a romantic weekend away in the country in which Steve is planning to propose. They reach a secluded beach that is surrounded by forest land, and all seems peaceful and ideally as our loving couple set up a tent and lay back on their beach towels, watching the water drift calmly along. Their peace and quiet is quickly soiled as a group of...
James Watkins, a British director who has gone on to stand behind the lens on the Hammer-produced horror film, The Woman in Black, made his directorial debut in 2008 with a film he also wrote, this tense and nasty little thriller called Eden Lake.
Jenny and Steve (played with conviction by Kelly Reilly and Michael Fassbender) take a trip for a romantic weekend away in the country in which Steve is planning to propose. They reach a secluded beach that is surrounded by forest land, and all seems peaceful and ideally as our loving couple set up a tent and lay back on their beach towels, watching the water drift calmly along. Their peace and quiet is quickly soiled as a group of...
- 7/2/2014
- by Chris Cummings
- Nerdly
Network: ABC
Episodes: ?? (hour)
Seasons: One
TV show dates: September 24, 2013 -- October 1, 2013
Series status: Cancelled
Performers include: Summer Bishil, Lorraine Bruce, Alexandra Castillo, Christine Evangelista, Stephen Louis Grush, Matt Long, Anastasia Phillips, Luis Antonio Ramos, and Isiah Whitlock Jr.
TV show description:
This dramatic series follows a group of seven close-knit employees of the Gold Star Gas N' Shop in Queens, New York. They've been chipping into a lottery pool for years, never thinking they'd actually win -- but then, they do. While the money may or may not solve all of their individual problems, it will certainly change their friendships forever.
Bob Harris (Isiah Whitlock, Jr.) is the manager, the service station's unofficial patriarch for 25 years, and possibly the nicest man in the world. He wants to buy the Gold...
Episodes: ?? (hour)
Seasons: One
TV show dates: September 24, 2013 -- October 1, 2013
Series status: Cancelled
Performers include: Summer Bishil, Lorraine Bruce, Alexandra Castillo, Christine Evangelista, Stephen Louis Grush, Matt Long, Anastasia Phillips, Luis Antonio Ramos, and Isiah Whitlock Jr.
TV show description:
This dramatic series follows a group of seven close-knit employees of the Gold Star Gas N' Shop in Queens, New York. They've been chipping into a lottery pool for years, never thinking they'd actually win -- but then, they do. While the money may or may not solve all of their individual problems, it will certainly change their friendships forever.
Bob Harris (Isiah Whitlock, Jr.) is the manager, the service station's unofficial patriarch for 25 years, and possibly the nicest man in the world. He wants to buy the Gold...
- 10/5/2013
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
As expected, ABC has cancelled Lucky 7 after two low-rated episodes. The drama is the first of the 2013-14 season to fall.
Lucky 7 revolves around a group of service employees who form a workplace family and win the lottery together. The cast includes Summer Bishil, Lorraine Bruce, Alexandra Castillo, Christine Evangelista, Stephen Louis Grush, Matt Long, Anastasia Phillips, Luis Antonio Ramos, and Isiah Whitlock Jr.
The series debuted to a disappointing 1.3 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 4.43 million viewers. It was last in its timeslot. This week, the second episode plunged 46% to a 0.7 rating with 2.62 million. It quickly became the network's lowest-rated show.
ABC has pulled the show from the schedule effective immediately and will replace it with reruns of Scandal, a drama whose season debut hit a new series high last night.
Lucky 7 revolves around a group of service employees who form a workplace family and win the lottery together. The cast includes Summer Bishil, Lorraine Bruce, Alexandra Castillo, Christine Evangelista, Stephen Louis Grush, Matt Long, Anastasia Phillips, Luis Antonio Ramos, and Isiah Whitlock Jr.
The series debuted to a disappointing 1.3 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 4.43 million viewers. It was last in its timeslot. This week, the second episode plunged 46% to a 0.7 rating with 2.62 million. It quickly became the network's lowest-rated show.
ABC has pulled the show from the schedule effective immediately and will replace it with reruns of Scandal, a drama whose season debut hit a new series high last night.
- 10/5/2013
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
The new season has just begun and it looks like ABC's Lucky 7 is already the frontrunner to be the first show cancelled.
Lucky 7 revolves around a a group of employees who work at a service station in Queens, New York. Their lives get turned upside down when they win millions of dollars in the lottery. The drama's ensemble cast includes Summer Bishil, Lorraine Bruce, Alexandra Castillo, Christine Evangelista, Stephen Louis Grush, Matt Long, Anastasia Phillips, Luis Antonio Ramos, and Isiah Whitlock Jr.
The series debuted last week to a very disappointing 1.3 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 4.43 million total viewers. It was in a distant third place in its timeslot, attracting less than half as many viewers as Chicago Fire.
After just one week, it's the second-lowest scripted series on ABC, behind only The Neighbors which airs...
Lucky 7 revolves around a a group of employees who work at a service station in Queens, New York. Their lives get turned upside down when they win millions of dollars in the lottery. The drama's ensemble cast includes Summer Bishil, Lorraine Bruce, Alexandra Castillo, Christine Evangelista, Stephen Louis Grush, Matt Long, Anastasia Phillips, Luis Antonio Ramos, and Isiah Whitlock Jr.
The series debuted last week to a very disappointing 1.3 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 4.43 million total viewers. It was in a distant third place in its timeslot, attracting less than half as many viewers as Chicago Fire.
After just one week, it's the second-lowest scripted series on ABC, behind only The Neighbors which airs...
- 10/2/2013
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
It rarely happens, but ABC debuted a night comprised entirely of new programming on Tuesday, hoping that their big-name new property would meet its lofty expectations and with it launch a number of other shows that are arriving with considerably less fanfare. Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D kicked things off, with two comedies in the form of The Goldbergs and Trophy Wife sandwiched in-between the two dramas, with Lucky 7 (a remake of BBC One’s The Syndicate) closing out the night.
We’ll address the two sitcoms in a later post – one I liked, one I didn’t – and for now focus on the dramas. While Shield didn’t quite meet the wildest of ABC’s expectations, it still did extremely well in a tough time slot (opposite NCIS and The Voice) and registered the highest ratings for a drama since 2009. That’s great,...
We’ll address the two sitcoms in a later post – one I liked, one I didn’t – and for now focus on the dramas. While Shield didn’t quite meet the wildest of ABC’s expectations, it still did extremely well in a tough time slot (opposite NCIS and The Voice) and registered the highest ratings for a drama since 2009. That’s great,...
- 9/30/2013
- by Joe Cunningham
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
ABC has tried ensemble dramas like Six Degrees, The Nine, and My Generation -- and they were all ratings disappointments and quickly cancelled. Will Lucky 7 be different and make it to a second season? We shall see.
Lucky 7 follows a group of service station employees who win the lottery. They think that the money will solve all of their problems but, of course, things become much more complicated. The show features the talents of Summer Bishil, Lorraine Bruce, Alexandra Castillo, Christine Evangelista, Stephen Louis Grush, Matt Long, Anastasia Phillips, Luis Antonio Ramos, and Isiah Whitlock, Jr.
The ratings are typically the best indication of a show's likelihood of staying on the air. The higher the ratings (particularly the 18-49 demo), the better the chances for survival. This chart will be updated as new ratings data becomes available -- usually the next day, around...
Lucky 7 follows a group of service station employees who win the lottery. They think that the money will solve all of their problems but, of course, things become much more complicated. The show features the talents of Summer Bishil, Lorraine Bruce, Alexandra Castillo, Christine Evangelista, Stephen Louis Grush, Matt Long, Anastasia Phillips, Luis Antonio Ramos, and Isiah Whitlock, Jr.
The ratings are typically the best indication of a show's likelihood of staying on the air. The higher the ratings (particularly the 18-49 demo), the better the chances for survival. This chart will be updated as new ratings data becomes available -- usually the next day, around...
- 9/25/2013
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
On ABC's new ensemble drama, Lucky 7, a group of seven gas station employees strike it rich with a winning lottery ticket. The cast includes Summer Bishil, Lorraine Bruce, Alexandra Castillo, Christine Evangelista, Stephen Louis Grush, Matt Long, Anastasia Phillips, Luis Antonio Ramos, and Isiah Whitlock Jr.
Will this series be lucky for ABC and bring big ratings? Is it lucky for viewers who are looking for a new dramatic TV series? Well, here's what some of the critics think:
Salt Lake Tribune: "Yes, TV can be serious. But it should also be entertaining. This is a drab downer of a show filled with characters who are, for the most part, hard to connect with. The money-can't-but-happiness message is delivered with all the subtIety of a baseball bat to the side of the head. It's hard to see that Lucky 7 is going any place...
Will this series be lucky for ABC and bring big ratings? Is it lucky for viewers who are looking for a new dramatic TV series? Well, here's what some of the critics think:
Salt Lake Tribune: "Yes, TV can be serious. But it should also be entertaining. This is a drab downer of a show filled with characters who are, for the most part, hard to connect with. The money-can't-but-happiness message is delivered with all the subtIety of a baseball bat to the side of the head. It's hard to see that Lucky 7 is going any place...
- 9/25/2013
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
The out-of-nowhere success of "Lost" in 2004-05 spawned a bunch of shows that attempted to replicate its formula in one way or another. There were the obvious, sci fi-tinged shows like ABC's "Invasion," CBS' "Threshold" and NBC's "Heroes" that looked to capitalize on a perceived appetite for "Lost's" more fantastical elements.
Some others, though, ditched the supernatural and went for the human side of "Lost": following characters who were bound together by a life-changing event. Shows like "The Nine," "Reunion" and to a lesser extent "Six Degrees" (which eschewed the "life-changing event" part to explore other, more esoteric connections). What they all had in common was that, with the exception of "Heroes" for its first couple of seasons, none of them really clicked with viewers.
ABC's new series "Lucky 7," which premieres at 10 p.m. Et Tuesday (Sept. 24), calls to mind those earlier shows, both for the way it's...
Some others, though, ditched the supernatural and went for the human side of "Lost": following characters who were bound together by a life-changing event. Shows like "The Nine," "Reunion" and to a lesser extent "Six Degrees" (which eschewed the "life-changing event" part to explore other, more esoteric connections). What they all had in common was that, with the exception of "Heroes" for its first couple of seasons, none of them really clicked with viewers.
ABC's new series "Lucky 7," which premieres at 10 p.m. Et Tuesday (Sept. 24), calls to mind those earlier shows, both for the way it's...
- 9/24/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Lucky 7 is yet another translation of British television for American audiences, and it’s about par for the course. While some efforts (mostly long ago and far away, with the exception of The Office) have come together to create long-lived, and beloved series, this isn’t an avenue of series creation that has a solid, recent track record.
Based on the British show, The Syndicate, it’s the story of a group of coworkers at a gas station who have been playing the same numbers for years, and fear for the jobs as rumors abound that the station is closing. All with their own monetary woes, which are laid out for us in great detail, this rag tag assortment of characters is about to find out that there are a lot of problems that come with their sudden riches.
The main trouble this show is going to have is in the translation of format.
Based on the British show, The Syndicate, it’s the story of a group of coworkers at a gas station who have been playing the same numbers for years, and fear for the jobs as rumors abound that the station is closing. All with their own monetary woes, which are laid out for us in great detail, this rag tag assortment of characters is about to find out that there are a lot of problems that come with their sudden riches.
The main trouble this show is going to have is in the translation of format.
- 9/24/2013
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
Chicago – “Lucky 7,” debuting tonight on ABC to end their practically unprecedented attempt at an entire night of new programming, is a case of concept over actual character. The creators of this inert drama think cluttering their storytelling with various subplots will make up for the fact that you just don’t care about any of them. It’s a case of quantity over quality and that never works. I could be wrong but this one’s high on my list of shows that could be cancelled before Christmas.
Television Rating: 2.0/5.0
The premise of “Lucky 7” is one that I bet has been floating around pilot pitch meetings for years. What would you do if you and your co-workers actually won that lotto pool that you plug a buck or two into every week? How would it change your life? Your friendships? Your relationships? Such is the dynamic at the...
Television Rating: 2.0/5.0
The premise of “Lucky 7” is one that I bet has been floating around pilot pitch meetings for years. What would you do if you and your co-workers actually won that lotto pool that you plug a buck or two into every week? How would it change your life? Your friendships? Your relationships? Such is the dynamic at the...
- 9/24/2013
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Beverly Hills, Calif. — Luis Antonio Ramos, starring in the new ABC series "Lucky 7," became emotional talking about the chance to play something other than a stereotypical Latino character.
"I was tired of playing bad guys and stabbing people in the neck," Ramos said Sunday.
Such work was "sucking away my soul," forcing him to leave Los Angeles and seek more satisfying parts, including on stage, he told a Television Critics Association session.
In "Lucky 7," Ramos' character works at a gas station in Queens, N.Y., and is a devoted family man. The series follows the impact that a shared lottery win has on the station's employees.
"That's the lottery for me," Ramos said of his character, choking up as he discussed the issue.
Civil rights groups and others have long criticized Hollywood for failing to reflect American diversity and for showing minorities in a limited light. Latinos often...
"I was tired of playing bad guys and stabbing people in the neck," Ramos said Sunday.
Such work was "sucking away my soul," forcing him to leave Los Angeles and seek more satisfying parts, including on stage, he told a Television Critics Association session.
In "Lucky 7," Ramos' character works at a gas station in Queens, N.Y., and is a devoted family man. The series follows the impact that a shared lottery win has on the station's employees.
"That's the lottery for me," Ramos said of his character, choking up as he discussed the issue.
Civil rights groups and others have long criticized Hollywood for failing to reflect American diversity and for showing minorities in a limited light. Latinos often...
- 8/5/2013
- by AP
- Huffington Post
How much would your life change if you and your co-workers won the lottery? That's the question at the heart of ABC's new drama "Lucky 7," which follows the story of seven gas station employees in Queen, New York who, after chipping into a lottery pool for years, finally hit it big and discover that winning isn't all it's cracked up to be.
During the show's panel at the Television Critics Association summer 2013 press tour on Sunday (Aug. 4), the cast of the series sounded off on what they'd do if they struck it rich in real life. "I hope I would have the wherewithal to square away a little bit of it, and then I'd just have a blast," Matt Long ("Jack & Bobby") admitted. "Of course, if you were inspired by this awesome cause that you'd want to give to, then you would be able to do that and make a difference,...
During the show's panel at the Television Critics Association summer 2013 press tour on Sunday (Aug. 4), the cast of the series sounded off on what they'd do if they struck it rich in real life. "I hope I would have the wherewithal to square away a little bit of it, and then I'd just have a blast," Matt Long ("Jack & Bobby") admitted. "Of course, if you were inspired by this awesome cause that you'd want to give to, then you would be able to do that and make a difference,...
- 8/5/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
At ABC‘s upfront, there were a few things that the network wanted to make sure you knew. 1) They are really impressed with the idea that people are going to watch Rebel Wilson do just about anything, and 2) There isn’t anything they’re happier about than bringing you more episodes of television created by Shonda Rhimes.
On these notes, the network would love for you to know that more Grey’s Anatomy and Scandal are coming your way. These, ABC would like to impress upon you (as advertisers) are really good shows. Because… hellllooo… so many people watch them that we’re bringing them back. But wait, don’t think that you’re as excited as you can get yet, because if those are your favorite shows, then we have a new one for you to fall in love with, Betrayal.
Also on the agenda, and actually looking like they might be interesting,...
On these notes, the network would love for you to know that more Grey’s Anatomy and Scandal are coming your way. These, ABC would like to impress upon you (as advertisers) are really good shows. Because… hellllooo… so many people watch them that we’re bringing them back. But wait, don’t think that you’re as excited as you can get yet, because if those are your favorite shows, then we have a new one for you to fall in love with, Betrayal.
Also on the agenda, and actually looking like they might be interesting,...
- 5/16/2013
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
Maybe Olivia Pope needs to do some damage control for ABC, which brought back only two of the 10 shows it premiered last season. At the network’s upfront presentation on Tuesday, Kerry Washington appeared in a pre-taped clip as her character from Scandal, and offered advice to Anne Sweeney, the president of Disney/ABC Television Group, alongside Jimmy Kimmel. Discussing the problem of Dancing With the Stars, which took a ratings dip this season, Kimmel quipped, “For one thing, they’re not really stars.” There aren’t a ton of stars in ABC’s new lineup, either — but there are...
- 5/15/2013
- by Melissa Maerz
- EW - Inside TV
The Fall TV Season presentations for all the new network shows take place this week with the third announced earlier today. Here's a full breakdown of which concepts have made the final list over on ABC.
The network is changing up some of its serialized dramas - removing random repeats in favor of two "uninterrupted runs" of twelve episodes each (one in the fall, one in the spring) for shows like "Once Upon A Time," "Grey’s Anatomy," "Scandal" and "Revenge". The large gaps between the two half-seasons will be bridged by "limited series" designed around only 12-13 episode seasons.
Several other pilots didn't make the final cut and won't be seen including the high-profile "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" rip-off "Gothica", McG's rip-off of Baz Luhrmann's "Romeo + Juliet" entitled "Westside", the series based on Disneyland's Big Thunder Mountain ride, the Annie Potts-led "Murder in Manhattan" about...
The network is changing up some of its serialized dramas - removing random repeats in favor of two "uninterrupted runs" of twelve episodes each (one in the fall, one in the spring) for shows like "Once Upon A Time," "Grey’s Anatomy," "Scandal" and "Revenge". The large gaps between the two half-seasons will be bridged by "limited series" designed around only 12-13 episode seasons.
Several other pilots didn't make the final cut and won't be seen including the high-profile "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" rip-off "Gothica", McG's rip-off of Baz Luhrmann's "Romeo + Juliet" entitled "Westside", the series based on Disneyland's Big Thunder Mountain ride, the Annie Potts-led "Murder in Manhattan" about...
- 5/15/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Mo' money mo' problems. That's the lesson about to be learned by the characters of ABC's upcoming fall drama-comedy "Lucky 7." The network unveiled the show's first trailer today, in which a group of gas stations employees -- all with their own personal and financial woes -- win a multi-million dollar jackpot. Instead of solving their problems, the unlikely victory only seems to complicate their lives. Watch it here: video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player The one-hour series stars Isiah Whitlock, Jr. ("The Wire"), Matt Long ("Jack & Bobby"), Stephen Louis Grush, Lorraine Bruce, Anastasia Phillips, Summer Bishil ("The Last Airbender") and Luis...
- 5/14/2013
- by Dave Lewis
- Hitfix
video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player
Winning the lottery -- it's the stuff of dreams. But for seven employees at a gas station in Queens, the dream is going to become a reality. Unfortunately for "Lucky 7," there may be a little bit of a nightmare included in this new ABC drama.
The story focuses on the employees of a gas station who have been chipping into a lottery pool for months with no expectation of winning. That's too bad -- they all need the money. Matt (Matt Long) needs to find a home for his girlfriend and kids. Matt's brother Nicky (Stephen Louis Grush) is a debt-ridden ex-con. Samira (Summer Bishil) just wants to go to Juilliard. Denise (Lorraine Bruce) would have the time to fix her marriage. The manager, Bob (Isiah Whitlock, Jr.) wants to retire. Leanne (Anastasia Phillips) can help her daughter realize her dreams. And Antonio (Luis Antonio Ramos...
Winning the lottery -- it's the stuff of dreams. But for seven employees at a gas station in Queens, the dream is going to become a reality. Unfortunately for "Lucky 7," there may be a little bit of a nightmare included in this new ABC drama.
The story focuses on the employees of a gas station who have been chipping into a lottery pool for months with no expectation of winning. That's too bad -- they all need the money. Matt (Matt Long) needs to find a home for his girlfriend and kids. Matt's brother Nicky (Stephen Louis Grush) is a debt-ridden ex-con. Samira (Summer Bishil) just wants to go to Juilliard. Denise (Lorraine Bruce) would have the time to fix her marriage. The manager, Bob (Isiah Whitlock, Jr.) wants to retire. Leanne (Anastasia Phillips) can help her daughter realize her dreams. And Antonio (Luis Antonio Ramos...
- 5/14/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
After revealing its 2013-2014 programming schedule at Tuesday's upfronts, ABC released first looks at its new series. See videos below. "Lucky 7": Revolves around seven employees of a service station in Queens whose lives are changed in unexpected ways when they win a lottery jackpot. Stars Stephen Louis Grush, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Summer Bishil, Anastasia Phillips, Christine Evangelista, Lorraine Bruce and Luis Antonio Ramos. Executive produced by David Zabel, Jason Richman ("Detroit 187"), Darryl Frank, Justin Falvey and Steven Spielberg. "Once Upon a Time in Wonderland": Reimagination of "Alice in Wonderland," starring Sophie...
- 5/14/2013
- by Jethro Nededog
- The Wrap
Chicago – ABC announced their 2013-14 schedule this morning and revealed an aggressive slate of new programming, including four new comedies and four new dramas. Tuesday nights will be entirely new, anchored by “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”. Their hit shows aren’t really moving other than “The Neighbors” slidng to Friday nights and “Dancing with the Stars” downsized to one night. They also revealed that they will air a special based on the hit Pixar trilogy, “Toy Story of Terror,” in October 2013.
Full schedule below with an asterisk for new show. New show descriptions below that. “Suburgatory” is being held for mid-season.
Monday
7pm “Dancing with the Stars”
9pm “Castle”
Tuesday
7pm “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”*
8pm “The Goldbergs”*
8:30pm “Trophy Wife”*
9pm “Lucky 7”*
Wednesday
7pm “The Middle”
7:30pm “Back in the Game”*
8pm “Modern Family”
8:30pm “Super Fun Night”*
9pm “Nashville”
Thursday
7pm “Once...
Full schedule below with an asterisk for new show. New show descriptions below that. “Suburgatory” is being held for mid-season.
Monday
7pm “Dancing with the Stars”
9pm “Castle”
Tuesday
7pm “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”*
8pm “The Goldbergs”*
8:30pm “Trophy Wife”*
9pm “Lucky 7”*
Wednesday
7pm “The Middle”
7:30pm “Back in the Game”*
8pm “Modern Family”
8:30pm “Super Fun Night”*
9pm “Nashville”
Thursday
7pm “Once...
- 5/14/2013
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
ABC has ordered "Marvel's Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D." to series.
The Joss Whedon project is set after the events of "The Avengers," Disney and Marvel's blockbuster hit featuring the characters of Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Hulk, Black Widow and Hawkeye. Whedon directed the pilot and co-wrote the script with his brother Jed and Jed's wife Maurissa Tancharoen.
A first look at the hotly-anticipated new series will air during the season finale of ABC's "Once Upon a Time" at 8 p.m. Et on May 12. You can get a first look at the "S.H.I.E.L.D." logo over at EW.
It was no surprise that ABC picked up "Marvel's Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.," which centers on Agent Phil Coulson (Clark Gregg), who was last seen dying in "The Avengers."
"After people see the show, they’ll have some clue as to why I’m still there, still breathing," Gregg told Collider. "But I don’t...
The Joss Whedon project is set after the events of "The Avengers," Disney and Marvel's blockbuster hit featuring the characters of Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Hulk, Black Widow and Hawkeye. Whedon directed the pilot and co-wrote the script with his brother Jed and Jed's wife Maurissa Tancharoen.
A first look at the hotly-anticipated new series will air during the season finale of ABC's "Once Upon a Time" at 8 p.m. Et on May 12. You can get a first look at the "S.H.I.E.L.D." logo over at EW.
It was no surprise that ABC picked up "Marvel's Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.," which centers on Agent Phil Coulson (Clark Gregg), who was last seen dying in "The Avengers."
"After people see the show, they’ll have some clue as to why I’m still there, still breathing," Gregg told Collider. "But I don’t...
- 5/11/2013
- by Jaimie Etkin
- Huffington Post
Great news from ABC: The network has ordered additional seasons of its soapy dramas Nashville, Scandal and Grey’s Anatomy, as well as another year of Castle.
The network also rounded out its drama orders by renewing Revenge and Once Upon A Time. On the comedy side, it’s bringing back Modern Family (no duh), The Middle, Suburgatory, Last Man Standing, and The Neighbors.
As for new shows, ABC announced the pickup of comedy Super Fun Night, a Rebel Wilson starrer about a junior attorney and her two best friends, who have a standing date every Friday night for the last 13 years.
The network also rounded out its drama orders by renewing Revenge and Once Upon A Time. On the comedy side, it’s bringing back Modern Family (no duh), The Middle, Suburgatory, Last Man Standing, and The Neighbors.
As for new shows, ABC announced the pickup of comedy Super Fun Night, a Rebel Wilson starrer about a junior attorney and her two best friends, who have a standing date every Friday night for the last 13 years.
- 5/11/2013
- by Lynette Rice
- EW - Inside TV
One of pilot season’s easiest calls is now official: ABC has picked up Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., geek god Joss Whedon‘s TV offshoot of the Avengers feature films.
What’s more, the first promo for the brand-new series is set to air this Sunday during the Once Upon a Time season finale.
Related | Fall TV Preview: Your Guide to What’s New
The cast for S.H.I.E.L.D. — which follows a worldwide law enforcement organization that polices the new, the strange and the unknown — includes ER alum Ming-Na (as former soldier Melinda May), Clark Gregg (reprising his big-screen Avengers...
What’s more, the first promo for the brand-new series is set to air this Sunday during the Once Upon a Time season finale.
Related | Fall TV Preview: Your Guide to What’s New
The cast for S.H.I.E.L.D. — which follows a worldwide law enforcement organization that polices the new, the strange and the unknown — includes ER alum Ming-Na (as former soldier Melinda May), Clark Gregg (reprising his big-screen Avengers...
- 5/10/2013
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: April 30, 2013
Price: DVD $39.99
Studio: Acorn Media
Timoth Spall leads his store staff in The Syndicate.
The popular British television drama The Syndicate, Series 1 makes it U.S. DVD debut just as Series 2 premieres on BBC TV in its native England.
Created by Kaye Mellor, the series follows five cash-strapped supermarket employees bracing for their store’s imminent shutdown as their lottery pool wins big. It seems like a godsend—but the “syndicate” soon learns that good fortune can come at a high price as the unlikely millionaires walk the tightrope between ruin and reward. Each of the five episodes in Series 1 is centered on a different employee: Brother Stuart (Matthew McNulty) and Jamie (Matthew Lewis) are haunted by a crime of desperation; store manager Bob (Timothy Spall, Life Is Sweet) faces a daunting health crisis; reserved Leanne (Joanna Page) finds her past catching up with her...
Price: DVD $39.99
Studio: Acorn Media
Timoth Spall leads his store staff in The Syndicate.
The popular British television drama The Syndicate, Series 1 makes it U.S. DVD debut just as Series 2 premieres on BBC TV in its native England.
Created by Kaye Mellor, the series follows five cash-strapped supermarket employees bracing for their store’s imminent shutdown as their lottery pool wins big. It seems like a godsend—but the “syndicate” soon learns that good fortune can come at a high price as the unlikely millionaires walk the tightrope between ruin and reward. Each of the five episodes in Series 1 is centered on a different employee: Brother Stuart (Matthew McNulty) and Jamie (Matthew Lewis) are haunted by a crime of desperation; store manager Bob (Timothy Spall, Life Is Sweet) faces a daunting health crisis; reserved Leanne (Joanna Page) finds her past catching up with her...
- 5/2/2013
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
Timothy Spall in The Syndicate. BBC
Kieran Kinsella
The Syndicate Series 1
The Syndicate, Series One is the pick of Acorn Media’s late April DVD releases. The show is a fascinating character study involving the mundane staff members of a humdrum low-end British supermarket. In the normal course of events, there is nothing particularly intriguing about this group but that all changes when they win the national lottery. When millions of pounds are involved, personal relationships, work rivalries and previously undetected misdeeds suddenly become a lot more important. While the show doesn’t exactly portray the lottery as a bad thing, let’s just say that Kay Mellor’s scripts show us that every silver lining has a massive dark cloud attached to it.
The cast for The Syndicate is top notch and the biggest star among the talented ensemble is Harry Potter actor Timothy Spall. He plays the store manager Bob.
Kieran Kinsella
The Syndicate Series 1
The Syndicate, Series One is the pick of Acorn Media’s late April DVD releases. The show is a fascinating character study involving the mundane staff members of a humdrum low-end British supermarket. In the normal course of events, there is nothing particularly intriguing about this group but that all changes when they win the national lottery. When millions of pounds are involved, personal relationships, work rivalries and previously undetected misdeeds suddenly become a lot more important. While the show doesn’t exactly portray the lottery as a bad thing, let’s just say that Kay Mellor’s scripts show us that every silver lining has a massive dark cloud attached to it.
The cast for The Syndicate is top notch and the biggest star among the talented ensemble is Harry Potter actor Timothy Spall. He plays the store manager Bob.
- 4/30/2013
- by Edited by K Kinsella
Private Practice/Mad Men alum Matt Long has been tapped to star in ABC’s drama pilot Lucky 7, TVLine has learned.
From Detroit 1-8-7‘s David Zabel and Jason Richman, the project centers on seven employees at a Queens-area service station whose lives are forever altered when they win the lottery.
The actor will play one of the “lucky,” jackpot-landing employees.
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Long — whose other TV credits include The Newsroom, The Deep End and Jack & Bobby — joins the project’s previously cast Isiah Whitlock, Jr. (The Wire), Summer Bishil (90210), Anastasia Phillips (Skins), Christine Evangelista...
From Detroit 1-8-7‘s David Zabel and Jason Richman, the project centers on seven employees at a Queens-area service station whose lives are forever altered when they win the lottery.
The actor will play one of the “lucky,” jackpot-landing employees.
Related | TV Pilots for 2013-2014 Season
Long — whose other TV credits include The Newsroom, The Deep End and Jack & Bobby — joins the project’s previously cast Isiah Whitlock, Jr. (The Wire), Summer Bishil (90210), Anastasia Phillips (Skins), Christine Evangelista...
- 3/31/2013
- by Megan Masters
- TVLine.com
Summer Bishil (Towelhead), Anastasia Phillips (Skins), Christine Evangelista and Lorraine Bruce have been cast in lead roles in ABC’s drama pilot Lucky 7, from ABC Studios and Amblin TV. Written by David Zabel and Jason Richman, Lucky 7 is about seven employees of a service station in Queens whose lives are changed in many unexpected ways when they win a lottery jackpot. Bishil, repped by Buchwald/Fortitude and manager Ken Jacobson, Phillips, repped by Greene & Assoc. and manager Perry Zimel, and Bruce will play three of the seven employees, while Evangelista plays the “baby mama” of another winner, Matt. Parker Young and Chris Lowell have landed the co-leads opposite Geoff Stults in Fox’s single-camera comedy pilot Enlisted. Written by Kevin Biegel, Enlisted follows three very different brothers (Stults, Young, Lowell) working together in the Army. It centers on Sgt. Pete Waits (Stults) who, after a stint in Afghanistan,...
- 3/2/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Timothy Spall in The Syndicate. BBC
Kieran Kinsella
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Tired of 20th century “period pieces” and detective shows? BBC One may be able to help as the network are set to air a quirky new drama starring Harry Potter‘s Timothy Spall. In The Syndicate, Spall plays the manager of a discount grocery store in Leeds. The tough economic climate means that the store is in danger of financial collapse and the panicked assistant manager Stuart (Matthew McNulty) hatches a plan to secure his own financial future. As his colleagues uncover his plot, news breaks that the work place syndicate have won the national lottery. What impact will the 18 million pound cash windfall have on the employees of Right Buy U and how will manager Bob (Timothy Spall) handle the issue with Stuart in light...
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Tired of 20th century “period pieces” and detective shows? BBC One may be able to help as the network are set to air a quirky new drama starring Harry Potter‘s Timothy Spall. In The Syndicate, Spall plays the manager of a discount grocery store in Leeds. The tough economic climate means that the store is in danger of financial collapse and the panicked assistant manager Stuart (Matthew McNulty) hatches a plan to secure his own financial future. As his colleagues uncover his plot, news breaks that the work place syndicate have won the national lottery. What impact will the 18 million pound cash windfall have on the employees of Right Buy U and how will manager Bob (Timothy Spall) handle the issue with Stuart in light...
- 3/10/2012
- by admin
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The multi-talented Timothy Spall is set to star in a new five-part BBC drama called The Syndicate. The Harry Potter actor will play a Leeds based supermarket manager who wins the lottery along with the four co-workers who are part of his syndicate.
Gavin and Stacey lead actress Joanna Page plays the role of a grocery store employee named Leanne and the other store employees are played by Lorraine Bruce, Matthew McNulty and Matthew Lewis. The Syndicate is written by Kay Mellor (band of Gold) and is set to air some time in 2012.
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The multi-talented Timothy Spall is set to star in a new five-part BBC drama called The Syndicate. The Harry Potter actor will play a Leeds based supermarket manager who wins the lottery along with the four co-workers who are part of his syndicate.
Gavin and Stacey lead actress Joanna Page plays the role of a grocery store employee named Leanne and the other store employees are played by Lorraine Bruce, Matthew McNulty and Matthew Lewis. The Syndicate is written by Kay Mellor (band of Gold) and is set to air some time in 2012.
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