Every week, IndieWire asks a select handful of TV critics two questions and publishes the results on Tuesday. (The answer to the second, “What is the best show currently on TV?” can be found at the end of this post.)
This week’s question: What is the worst show you’ve ever reviewed? Why was it so bad? Did you waver over the grade or rating you gave it?
Daniel Fienberg (@TheFienPrint), The Hollywood Reporter
I’ve compared “Mixology” to contracting TV herpes, “Fuller House” to exhuming a bloating, gaseous corpse and called “Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders” the perfect xenophobic TV show for Trump’s America. Still, there’s little doubt that no show has ever made me so irate for its mere misguided existence than a little show called “H8r” on The CW. If you don’t remember “H8r” the premise was this: Mario Lopez drives his F-list celebrity...
This week’s question: What is the worst show you’ve ever reviewed? Why was it so bad? Did you waver over the grade or rating you gave it?
Daniel Fienberg (@TheFienPrint), The Hollywood Reporter
I’ve compared “Mixology” to contracting TV herpes, “Fuller House” to exhuming a bloating, gaseous corpse and called “Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders” the perfect xenophobic TV show for Trump’s America. Still, there’s little doubt that no show has ever made me so irate for its mere misguided existence than a little show called “H8r” on The CW. If you don’t remember “H8r” the premise was this: Mario Lopez drives his F-list celebrity...
- 9/12/2017
- by Hanh Nguyen
- Indiewire
Matt Damon, Christoph Waltz, Kristen Wiig star in comedy from Sideways director.
Alexander Payne’s Downsizing will have its world premiere as the opening film of the 74th Venice Film Festival (Aug 30 – Sept 9).
Starring Matt Damon, Christoph Waltz, Hong Chau and Kristen Wiig, the comedy follows a Us couple who undergo a controversial procedure, developed as a response to the world’s overpopulation crisis, that shrinks human beings to five inches tall.
Sideways and The Descendants director Payne co-wrote the screenplay with Jim Taylor, who also produced alongside Payne with Mark Johnson. Executive producers are Megan Ellison, Diana Pokorny, and Jim Burke.
Last year’s Venice opener was Damien Chazelle’s La La Land, which went on to win six Oscars. The slot has regularly been an early indicator for awards season success, having previously housed Birdman and Gravity.
Alexander Payne’s Downsizing will have its world premiere as the opening film of the 74th Venice Film Festival (Aug 30 – Sept 9).
Starring Matt Damon, Christoph Waltz, Hong Chau and Kristen Wiig, the comedy follows a Us couple who undergo a controversial procedure, developed as a response to the world’s overpopulation crisis, that shrinks human beings to five inches tall.
Sideways and The Descendants director Payne co-wrote the screenplay with Jim Taylor, who also produced alongside Payne with Mark Johnson. Executive producers are Megan Ellison, Diana Pokorny, and Jim Burke.
Last year’s Venice opener was Damien Chazelle’s La La Land, which went on to win six Oscars. The slot has regularly been an early indicator for awards season success, having previously housed Birdman and Gravity.
- 7/15/2017
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
A new TV spot has dropped for Independence Day: Resurgence and making an appearance in the promo is Brent Spiner (Dr. Okun). Independence Day: Resurgence hits theaters on June 24th, just shy of the film’s 20th anniversary. Also in this round-up: the short film A Dream of Paper Flowers and details on Dark Horse Comics at Emerald City Comic Con.
Independence Day: Resurgence TV Spot: “We always knew they were coming back. After Independence Day redefined the event movie genre, the next epic chapter delivers global spectacle on an unimaginable scale. Using recovered alien technology, the nations of Earth have collaborated on an immense defense program to protect the planet. But nothing can prepare us for the aliens’ advanced and unprecedented force. Only the ingenuity of a few brave men and women can bring our world back from the brink of extinction.
Check out the trailer and then head...
Independence Day: Resurgence TV Spot: “We always knew they were coming back. After Independence Day redefined the event movie genre, the next epic chapter delivers global spectacle on an unimaginable scale. Using recovered alien technology, the nations of Earth have collaborated on an immense defense program to protect the planet. But nothing can prepare us for the aliens’ advanced and unprecedented force. Only the ingenuity of a few brave men and women can bring our world back from the brink of extinction.
Check out the trailer and then head...
- 4/4/2016
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Marvel is adding a new member to its team. According to Deadline (although Marvel itself has yet to confirm it), Krysten Ritter from ABC’s short-lived sitcom Don’t Trust the B— in Apartment 23 has been cast in the titular role of Marvel’s upcoming Jessica Jones series. Additionally, Mike Colter (The Following) is believed to have landed the leading male role of Luke Cage. The Netflix series, which is being developed by Melissa Rosenberg, focuses on Jessica Jones, “a superhero suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, which leads to her hanging up her costume and opening her own detective agency, where she ends up helping people and assisting other superheroes.” The show’s first season will consist of 13 episodes. In addition to Don’t Trust the B— in Apartment 23, Ritter’s other past TV credits include Breaking Bad (where she played Jess’s ill-fated girlfriend Jane in Season 2), Gossip Girl,...
- 12/5/2014
- by Chris King
- TVovermind.com
Alex Ross Perry's second feature, The Color Wheel (2011), is now playing on Mubi in the U.S. through March 23. Ignatiy Vishnevetsky wrote about it earlier on the Notebook.
Alex Ross Perry's first two features, Impolex (2009) and The Color Wheel (2011), climax with single-take rug-pulls—performance-intensive scenes which reveal the loneliness and longing that underpins Perry's freewheeling humor. The camera style developed by Perry and his regular director of photography, Sean Price Williams, is already actor-friendly, largely handheld, and composed mostly in eye-level, three-quarter profile close-ups. These climactic sequences, however, stretch this style to its limits—unfolding as a single close-up in Impolex, continually reframing from close-up to medium shot and back again in The Color Wheel—while also straining technical limitations. (Impolex and The Color Wheel were shot on 16mm, and both films' big long takes run almost as long as a standard 400' magazine.) What makes these sequences...
Alex Ross Perry's first two features, Impolex (2009) and The Color Wheel (2011), climax with single-take rug-pulls—performance-intensive scenes which reveal the loneliness and longing that underpins Perry's freewheeling humor. The camera style developed by Perry and his regular director of photography, Sean Price Williams, is already actor-friendly, largely handheld, and composed mostly in eye-level, three-quarter profile close-ups. These climactic sequences, however, stretch this style to its limits—unfolding as a single close-up in Impolex, continually reframing from close-up to medium shot and back again in The Color Wheel—while also straining technical limitations. (Impolex and The Color Wheel were shot on 16mm, and both films' big long takes run almost as long as a standard 400' magazine.) What makes these sequences...
- 3/14/2014
- by Ignatiy Vishnevetsky
- MUBI
Now almost two decades old, Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction almost singlehandedly changed the way Hollywood wanted to make movies in the '90s. Now, a comprehensive new book on the film -- Pulp Fiction: The Complete Story of Quentin Tarantino's Masterpiece (by Jason Bailey from Voyageur Press) – reveals some intriguing casting near-miss and what if? details, from the possibilities of Daniel Day-Lewis as Vincent Vega (the role now owned by John Travolta) and Meg Ryan as Mia Wallace (the role now defined by Uma Thurman) to even Ellen DeGeneres starring in a supporting role...
Related: 5 Shocking Truths About the Making of 'Pulp Fiction'
After being reduced to playing third wheel to talking babies and dogs in the Look Who's Talking movies, Travolta's career was practically flatlining before the role of Vincent Vega gave him a second lease on life in Hollywood. But the role originally was meant for Michael Madsen, who played...
Related: 5 Shocking Truths About the Making of 'Pulp Fiction'
After being reduced to playing third wheel to talking babies and dogs in the Look Who's Talking movies, Travolta's career was practically flatlining before the role of Vincent Vega gave him a second lease on life in Hollywood. But the role originally was meant for Michael Madsen, who played...
- 11/15/2013
- Entertainment Tonight
Cannes -- Swiss-based VOD operator Viewster has launched new programming from Starz Digital Media, Shine Group, Dori Media Group and ALL3MEDIA as part of its on-demand offering. In all, Viewster has added around 500 hours of content, including the BBC drama Mayday, Moving Wallpaper from Shine Group, and Channel 4's Skins and Fresh Meat series. Also new to Viewster is Starz Digital Media's Head Case, Gravity, starring Ving Rhames, and Hollywood Residential. Korean producer Kbs Media has licensed the Korean sensation Boys Over Flowers and other dramatic programming for the U.S. market. "We are in a transition from
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- 10/8/2013
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The 2013 San Diego Comic-Con is at hand, and with it come a ton of big name movies and TV shows putting their best foot forward for the fans in attendance.
The annual four-day showcase will see many huge film franchises bring their cast and preview footage to show off. From comic book movies to Ya novel adaptations, along with cartoons and more, Comic-Con has something for just about everyone.
Take a look at the schedule of TV panels, along with the movies below and make sure to plan accordingly:
Thursday, July 18
"Divergent" - Hall H, 3:30-4:50pm. Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Miles Teller, Maggie Q, Ansel Elgort, Mekhi Phifer, Ben Lamb, Ben Lloyd-Hughes, Christian Madsen, author Veronica Roth and director Neil Burger attending.
"Ender's Game" - Hall H, 3:30-4:50pm. Harrison Ford, Asa Butterfield, Hailee Steinfeld, Abigail Breslin, producer Bob Orci and director Gavin Hood attending.
The annual four-day showcase will see many huge film franchises bring their cast and preview footage to show off. From comic book movies to Ya novel adaptations, along with cartoons and more, Comic-Con has something for just about everyone.
Take a look at the schedule of TV panels, along with the movies below and make sure to plan accordingly:
Thursday, July 18
"Divergent" - Hall H, 3:30-4:50pm. Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Miles Teller, Maggie Q, Ansel Elgort, Mekhi Phifer, Ben Lamb, Ben Lloyd-Hughes, Christian Madsen, author Veronica Roth and director Neil Burger attending.
"Ender's Game" - Hall H, 3:30-4:50pm. Harrison Ford, Asa Butterfield, Hailee Steinfeld, Abigail Breslin, producer Bob Orci and director Gavin Hood attending.
- 7/10/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
• Sandra Bullock passed once on starring in Will Gluck’s update of Annie, but reports surfaced Wednesday that talks may have started up again. The Oscar-winning actress would play the part of Miss Hannigan, the cruel, often drunk head of the orphanage that houses Annie (Beasts of the Southern Wild’s Quvenzhané Wallis). Carol Burnett played the role in John Huston’s 1982 version of the musical. Bullock can be seen next in The Heat (June 28) with Melissa McCarthy, and then in Alfonso Curaón’s Gravity (October 4) with George Clooney. [The Wrap]
• Tom Hanks is re-teaming with his Cloud Atlas co-director Tom Tykwer...
• Tom Hanks is re-teaming with his Cloud Atlas co-director Tom Tykwer...
- 6/13/2013
- by Lindsey Bahr
- EW - Inside Movies
Former "CSI" star Marg Helgenberger could be back on CBS next season. She's taken a key role in the network's drama pilot "Intelligence."
Helgenberger will play the director of the U.S. Cyber Command in the pilot, which follows a unit built around an agent (Josh Holloway of "Lost") who has a microchip implanted in his brain that lets him "access the entire electromagnetic spectrum." James Martinez ("The Sessions," "Gravity") has also joined the show.
"Intelligence" will be the first role for Helgenberger since she left "CSI" midway through last season. She had starred in the crime drama since it debuted in 2000.
More pilot casting news:
- Audra McDonald ("Private Practice") has joined another CBS drama, "The Ordained," about the son of a political dynasty (Charlie Cox) who leaves the priesthood and re-enters his family's life to protect his sister. McDonald will play a partner at the law firm where Cox's character gets a job.
Helgenberger will play the director of the U.S. Cyber Command in the pilot, which follows a unit built around an agent (Josh Holloway of "Lost") who has a microchip implanted in his brain that lets him "access the entire electromagnetic spectrum." James Martinez ("The Sessions," "Gravity") has also joined the show.
"Intelligence" will be the first role for Helgenberger since she left "CSI" midway through last season. She had starred in the crime drama since it debuted in 2000.
More pilot casting news:
- Audra McDonald ("Private Practice") has joined another CBS drama, "The Ordained," about the son of a political dynasty (Charlie Cox) who leaves the priesthood and re-enters his family's life to protect his sister. McDonald will play a partner at the law firm where Cox's character gets a job.
- 3/1/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
A Los Angeles jury has ordered Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling to pay $17.3 million to actress Robyn Cohen to compensate her for a fire in a West Hollywood apartment. The verdict, which includes $15 million in punitive damages, was handed down Tuesday. Sterling owned the building, and Cohen was one of his tenants. On Sept. 28, 2009, the actress, who has had roles in The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou and Burned, heard a noise. She claims she then stopped reading scripts for the Starz TV series Gravity and went into the hallway, where she discovered smoke.
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- 12/18/2012
- by Eriq Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Krysten Ritter may play the titular expletive in the ABC sitcom "Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23," but she's shockingly down-to-earth off camera. Or so it seems, anyway -- the 30-year-old actress is featured in Playboy magazine's October issue and offers up some pretty blunt details about herself.
The Pennsylvania native, who grew up on a beef farm in Shickshinny, said that she was "picked on" in high school and that "when I became a model, it got even worse because the girls became meaner -- 'Oh my God, I can't believe she's a model. She's not even pretty.'"
Ritter, who is currently dating fellow actor Brian Geraghty, also opened up about her experience losing her virginity. She describes it as a not-so-enjoyable experience: “He was so angsty and bad… His name was Damian, but my parents called him ‘Demon.’ Our first time was in his parents’ van before basketball practice.
The Pennsylvania native, who grew up on a beef farm in Shickshinny, said that she was "picked on" in high school and that "when I became a model, it got even worse because the girls became meaner -- 'Oh my God, I can't believe she's a model. She's not even pretty.'"
Ritter, who is currently dating fellow actor Brian Geraghty, also opened up about her experience losing her virginity. She describes it as a not-so-enjoyable experience: “He was so angsty and bad… His name was Damian, but my parents called him ‘Demon.’ Our first time was in his parents’ van before basketball practice.
- 10/18/2012
- by Youyoung Lee
- Huffington Post
Once Upon a Time and The Mentalist are among the shows returning with new seasons tonight (if anyone needs a reminder about Dexter, Homeland, The Good Wife, The Simpsons and Revenge - they're also back tonight), and there is also a new episode of Hell on Wheels at 9/8c on AMC.
Polly Walker has a recurring role on The Mentalist this season, and will make her first appearance in the premiere tonight at 10/9c on CBS.
Synopsis:
“The Crimson Ticket” — While Jane tries to decipher Lorelei’s connection to Red John, the Cbi team is forced to partner with the FBI to solve the murder of a hotel employee, on the fifth season premiere of The Mentalist on Sunday, Sept. 30 (10:00-11:00 Pm, Et/Pt) on the CBS Television Network. Emmanuelle Chriqui (“Entourage”) returns as Lorelei Martins, Polly Walker (“Rome”) guest stars as Senior FBI Agent Alexa Schultz and...
Polly Walker has a recurring role on The Mentalist this season, and will make her first appearance in the premiere tonight at 10/9c on CBS.
Synopsis:
“The Crimson Ticket” — While Jane tries to decipher Lorelei’s connection to Red John, the Cbi team is forced to partner with the FBI to solve the murder of a hotel employee, on the fifth season premiere of The Mentalist on Sunday, Sept. 30 (10:00-11:00 Pm, Et/Pt) on the CBS Television Network. Emmanuelle Chriqui (“Entourage”) returns as Lorelei Martins, Polly Walker (“Rome”) guest stars as Senior FBI Agent Alexa Schultz and...
- 9/30/2012
- by fanshawe
- CapricaTV
An amateur detective with extraordinary powers of perception teams with a professional crime-fighter to solve murders and banter flirtatiously. Sounds like any number of shows on any given evening of television. Tonight on CBS, it’s The Mentalist, starring Simon Baker as the natural born Sherlock and Robin Tunney as his badge-carrying Watson. Your five things to know about season 5 (unless you don’t dig such tips and teases, so… Spoiler Warning!):
New night, fresh start. After three years on Thursday at 10 p.m. (now occupied by Elementary, The Mentalist moves to Sunday at 10. Creator/showrunner Bruno Heller is...
New night, fresh start. After three years on Thursday at 10 p.m. (now occupied by Elementary, The Mentalist moves to Sunday at 10. Creator/showrunner Bruno Heller is...
- 9/30/2012
- by Jeff Jensen
- EW - Inside TV
Ving Rhames is to play a guest role on Hawaii Five-0. The Pulp Fiction actor will appear in the upcoming third season, the official CBS Twitter has announced. The post reads: "H50 Casting News! Ving Rhames is going toe-to-toe with Danno (Scott Caan) this fall & it's going to get bloody..." 53-year-old Rhames previously starred in short-lived Starz drama Gravity and also played the title role in a 2005 Kojak reboot, but is best known for his film credits, including the Mission: Impossible movie franchise and 2004's Dawn of the Dead remake. He is also attached to forthcoming TNT medical (more)...
- 8/10/2012
- by By Morgan Jeffery
- Digital Spy
Wolfe Video’s “Private Romeo,” a new take on William Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet,” is coming to DVD June 5! To celebrate the impending release, ShockYa is giving away a copy of the film! The film, directed by Alan Brown (“Book of Love,” “Superheroes”) and starring Seth Numrich (“Gravity”), Matt Doyle (“Gossip Girl”, “War Horse”), Hale Appleman (“Beautiful Ohio”), Chris Bresky (“Going the Distance”), Sean Hudock (“Powerless”), Adam Barrie, Bobby Moreno, and Charlie Barnett, retells the story of Shakespeare’s classic tragedy by placing it in an all-male military school: Set in a modern day military school, this smash hit gay adaptation of Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet features hot Broadway “War Horse” [ Read More ]...
- 5/31/2012
- by monique
- ShockYa
Veronica Mars was where we got our first glimpse of Krysten Ritter’s giant eyes, flawless skin and energetic nature. Her part was rather small, but very noticeable, and we thought big things were in Krysten’s future. She moved onto another small part in another much-loved series, Gilmore Girls, and we still thought she was just biding her time. We kept seeing her face, hearing her name associated with upcoming shows, and never really getting to know what she could do as a leading lady. Maybe if that Gossip Girl spin-off about Serena’s mom, Lily, we would now be referring to Krysten as “Carol Rhodes” in the same way we always just want to call Ed Westwick “Chuck Bass.” But it wasn’t meant to be. Nor were Gravity, or Love Bites. And a show called Woke Up Dead starring Jon Heder as a zombie wasted away on the streaming video network Crackle.
- 4/11/2012
- by Sabrina Rojas Weiss
- TheFabLife - Movies
For longer than she liked, Krysten Ritter played the Best Friend, which in movie land is like always being the bridesmaid, never the bride. She tried to change things up with a few dark roles on cable television (a heroin addict on Breaking Bad, a suicide survivor on Gravity), but she's now stepping out big-time — taking the lead in her own network show just as the first film she's co-written is hitting theaters. The show is Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23; the movie is L!fe Happens. In the film, Ritter plays Kim, a woman who gets pregnant and then tries to navigate the dating world with a baby in tow. In Apartment 23, she's Chloe, the kind of girl who would con Kim out of her rent money and steal her baby daddy, too. In neither scenario does Ritter play the supporting role of best friend —...
- 4/11/2012
- by Jennifer Vineyard
- Vulture
Anyone else still mourning last week's season finale of "Happy Endings"? The idea that one of my favorite comedies is no more (until the fall, that is) would normally make me as miserable and bitter as Demi Moore on her sixth anniversary to Ashton Kutcher. The only thing that didn't have me completely spiralling is the replacement for "Happy Endings."
I wasn't wiping tears from my eyes or looking for my remote to rewind because I missed some hilarious exchange after watching "Don't Mess With the B---- in Apartment 23," but I did chuckle quite a few times. And sometimes, particularly for a pilot, some laughter is all that's needed to showcase a series' potential.
Two things are needed for a comedy to work: good writing and a key cast -- and "The B----" boasts both. Viewers want to be introduced to characters they can relate to, or, at the very least,...
I wasn't wiping tears from my eyes or looking for my remote to rewind because I missed some hilarious exchange after watching "Don't Mess With the B---- in Apartment 23," but I did chuckle quite a few times. And sometimes, particularly for a pilot, some laughter is all that's needed to showcase a series' potential.
Two things are needed for a comedy to work: good writing and a key cast -- and "The B----" boasts both. Viewers want to be introduced to characters they can relate to, or, at the very least,...
- 4/9/2012
- by Denette Wilford
- Aol TV.
Krysten Ritter's been poised on the verge of stardom for a few years now, ever since a fantastic turn as Jesse Pinkman's doomed girlfriend Jane Margolis on the second season of "Breaking Bad." But she's always seemed a little too sharp-edged for Hollywood to know what to do with, hence the endless roles as the quirky/sarcastic friend in things like "She's Out of My League." "What Happens in Vegas" and "Confessions of a Shopaholic." Ritter was the star of the Eric Schaeffer dramedy "Gravity," which ran for a season on Starz and was justifiably little-watched. "Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23" is her bid for something bigger, and while it's premiering on ABC on Wednesday, April 11, the network's put the pilot episode up early on Hulu to promote the show: On the basis of the episode above, "Don't Trust the B" needs to be either...
- 3/26/2012
- by Alison Willmore
- Indiewire
Director Fred Schepisi will be honored with the Vail Film Festival’s Vanguard Award, while Krysten Ritter, who plays a lead role in the Starz series Gravity, has been chosen to receive the festival’s Excellence in Acting Award. The festival, which runs from March 29 to April 1 in Vail, Colorado, will present the honores at its awards ceremony on its closing night. Schepisi, whose credits include Six Degrees of Separation and The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, most recently directed The Eye of the Storm, starring Geoffrey Rush, Charlotte Rampling and Judy Davis. The film, which will be released in the
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- 3/20/2012
- by Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
By MoreHorror.com,
The complete legacy of one deadly experiment, 'Mimic: 3-film Set' (which includes Guillermo Del Toro's Director's Cut of Mimic) will be unleashed to DVD and Bly-ray on May 1. Read the official details below.
Audiences will experience thrills and chills from the franchise that brought the epic battle of man and nature to life as Lionsgate debuts the Mimic: 3-Film Set on Blu-ray Disc this May. Available for the first time as an HD collection, the set includes Mimic: The Director’s Cut, along with Mimic 2 and Mimic 3: Sentinel – both on Blu-ray Disc for the first time and available exclusively in the set. Telling the complete story of one deadly genetic engineering experiment, each film includes a host of special features, certain to excite and terrify fans of the sci-fi series.
Mimic: The Director’S Cut Synopsis
Directed by Oscar® nominee Guillermo Del Toro (Best Writing,...
The complete legacy of one deadly experiment, 'Mimic: 3-film Set' (which includes Guillermo Del Toro's Director's Cut of Mimic) will be unleashed to DVD and Bly-ray on May 1. Read the official details below.
Audiences will experience thrills and chills from the franchise that brought the epic battle of man and nature to life as Lionsgate debuts the Mimic: 3-Film Set on Blu-ray Disc this May. Available for the first time as an HD collection, the set includes Mimic: The Director’s Cut, along with Mimic 2 and Mimic 3: Sentinel – both on Blu-ray Disc for the first time and available exclusively in the set. Telling the complete story of one deadly genetic engineering experiment, each film includes a host of special features, certain to excite and terrify fans of the sci-fi series.
Mimic: The Director’S Cut Synopsis
Directed by Oscar® nominee Guillermo Del Toro (Best Writing,...
- 3/13/2012
- by admin
- MoreHorror
Without a Trace alum Anthony Lapaglia is poised to return to TV in style, while actor-comedian John Leguizamo is on board for a U.S. take on a British comedy, in two of the latest pilot castings per our sister site Deadline.
Lapaglia has landed the lead in Americana, an ABC sudser set around a legendary fashion designer and his family and business.
Pilot Season Lingo Guide (Including the ‘Scary’ Second Position), Plus a List of Picked-Up Pilots
Leguizamo meanwhile has signed on to star in ABC’s Only Fools and Horses, a multicamera comedy — based on the British format...
Lapaglia has landed the lead in Americana, an ABC sudser set around a legendary fashion designer and his family and business.
Pilot Season Lingo Guide (Including the ‘Scary’ Second Position), Plus a List of Picked-Up Pilots
Leguizamo meanwhile has signed on to star in ABC’s Only Fools and Horses, a multicamera comedy — based on the British format...
- 2/18/2012
- by Vlada Gelman
- TVLine.com
Exclusive: Ving Rhames is set to star opposite Alfred Molina is David E. Kelley’s TNT medical drama pilot Chelsea General. Based on CNN chief medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta’s upcoming novel Monday Mornings, the project follows the lives of five surgeons as they push the limits of their abilities and confront their personal and professional failings. It uses as a backdrop the hospital’s Monday Morbidity and Mortality conference, considered the most secretive meeting in all of medicine, where doctors gather for a confidential review of complications and errors in patient care. Rhames, who was pursued for multiple pilots this season, will play a physically imposing former professional football player who now is the most celebrated trauma chief in the country. In addition to Rhames and Molina, the cast of the project includes Bill Irwin, Jamie Bamber and Jennifer Finnigan. Kelley and Gupta, who is a practicing neurosurgeon, are...
- 2/10/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
While talking to MTV about her Oscar bait-y weepie "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close," Sandra Bullock revealed a few more details about the immensity and technological prowess of Alfonso Cuaron's forthcoming 3D sci-fi thriller "Gravity." She seems kind of at a loss for words, but basically it's going to be some seriously next level shit. Bullock began by describing what it was like filming "Gravity," which took place in a giant, dark soundstage (not a surprise since the film is almost entirely set in outer space). "You would walk onto set and it was so isolating," Bullock told MTV. "The first day on set, all you see is this large black arm that I realized is what made the cars in Detroit. We called it Iris. And there was a cube of lights with a metal contraption in the middle. They said, 'That's where you're going to be.'...
- 12/20/2011
- The Playlist
If you missed one of the 27 previews and 1,052 regular performances in L.A. or you are just interested in the film adaptation, Jewtopia, a comedic play and bestselling book by Bryan Fogel and Sam Wolfson is finally heading to the silver screen with Jennifer Love Hewitt and Ivan Sergei attached to star.
Author Bryan Fogel is directing from a script he co-wrote with Sam Wolfson. Fogel will also produce.
Described as mix between Wedding Crashers and My Big Fat Greek Wedding, indie film tells of two childhood best friends as they reunite as adults when one asks the other to help him pretend to be Jewish in order to attract woman.
Sergei will play Christian O’Connell, a non-Jewish plumber who poses as a Jewish doctor in order to enrich a Jewish girlfriend who will be making all his own decisions in life. Hewitt will play Alison Marks, the object of Christian’s love,...
Author Bryan Fogel is directing from a script he co-wrote with Sam Wolfson. Fogel will also produce.
Described as mix between Wedding Crashers and My Big Fat Greek Wedding, indie film tells of two childhood best friends as they reunite as adults when one asks the other to help him pretend to be Jewish in order to attract woman.
Sergei will play Christian O’Connell, a non-Jewish plumber who poses as a Jewish doctor in order to enrich a Jewish girlfriend who will be making all his own decisions in life. Hewitt will play Alison Marks, the object of Christian’s love,...
- 7/16/2011
- by Nick Martin
- Filmofilia
ABC had a pretty crap year last season, as you can tell just from the list of canceled shows: "The Whole Truth," "My Generation," "V," "Brothers & Sisters," "Mr. Sunshine," "Off the Map," "No Ordinary Family," "Detroit 1-8-7," "Better with You." They've got some good shows, sure, and "Dancing with the Stars" still carries the network financially and ratingsly, but I have it on good authority that the network's internal motto of late has been "At Least We're Not NBC." Which is true, but isn't saying much.
The Alphabet has a new guy running things this year, but he says the same shit everyone else says: "We're thrilled to be launching a really diverse and ambitious schedule that balances the strength and stability of our returning hits with a slew of bold new shows." Bold new shows? Let us be the judge of that, Mr. Paul Lee.
(At the time of this posting,...
The Alphabet has a new guy running things this year, but he says the same shit everyone else says: "We're thrilled to be launching a really diverse and ambitious schedule that balances the strength and stability of our returning hits with a slew of bold new shows." Bold new shows? Let us be the judge of that, Mr. Paul Lee.
(At the time of this posting,...
- 5/17/2011
- by Seth Freilich
The general public got a look at some new "Cowboys and Aliens" trailer action last week, but if you're a producer like Ron Howard, Jon Favreau's got a lot more to show you. I'm sure the same goes for the producers behind "Green Lantern" right now, but the tweets in the feed this morning only included trailer critiques on that front.
Check out what Bill Willingham was looking for in there, as well what Bryan Hitch refused to do on his birthday and who finished "Dragon Age 2" below. Those thoughts and Mark Millar's opinion on Arnold Schwarzenegger wanting to be President made the rundown in today's highlights.
I'm @brianwarmoth, and this is the Twitter Report for April 22, 2011.
@Jon_Favreau Showed @RealRonHoward the latest cut of Cowboys & Aliens tonite.
-Jon Favreau, Director ("Cowboys and Aliens," "Iron Man 2")
@mrmarkmillar Arnie has declared he wants to be President of EU.
Check out what Bill Willingham was looking for in there, as well what Bryan Hitch refused to do on his birthday and who finished "Dragon Age 2" below. Those thoughts and Mark Millar's opinion on Arnold Schwarzenegger wanting to be President made the rundown in today's highlights.
I'm @brianwarmoth, and this is the Twitter Report for April 22, 2011.
@Jon_Favreau Showed @RealRonHoward the latest cut of Cowboys & Aliens tonite.
-Jon Favreau, Director ("Cowboys and Aliens," "Iron Man 2")
@mrmarkmillar Arnie has declared he wants to be President of EU.
- 4/22/2011
- by Brian Warmoth
- MTV Splash Page
We've got the exclusive premiere of the trailer for IFC Films' "They're Out of the Business," from Eric Schaeffer and Donald Lardner Ward. Schaeffer is the director of films like "If Lucy Fell" and the co-creator of the recent Starz series "Gravity;" Ward is the director of "The Suburbans" and a staff writer on the HBO series "How to Make it In America." Together they made a splash on the film scene in 1993, after they decided to turn themselves into independent filmmakers with "My Life in Turnaround," a movie about a couple of average joes -- Splick (Schaeffer) and Jason (Ward) -- who decide to turn themselves into independent filmmakers. As that description suggests, the film was not, in any way, shape, or form, autobiographical.
"They're Out of the Business" picks up Splick and Jason's story some fifteen years (and some successes and disappointments) later. Here's the trailer, followed by the official plot description.
"They're Out of the Business" picks up Splick and Jason's story some fifteen years (and some successes and disappointments) later. Here's the trailer, followed by the official plot description.
- 3/7/2011
- by Matt Singer
- ifc.com
According to reports, actress Krysten Ritter ("Gravity") will join Dreama Walker ("The Good Wife") in the new ABC comedy pilot "Don't Trust the Bitch in Apt. 23", directed by Jason Winer ("Modern Family") and written by Nahnatchka Khan ("American Dad").
Described as a "Two and a Half Men" for women, "Don't Trust The Bitch" follows 'June' (Walker), an optimistic girl, who due to circumstances beyond her control, moves in with 'Chloe' (Ritter), a sexy, unstable New York City party girl.
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Described as a "Two and a Half Men" for women, "Don't Trust The Bitch" follows 'June' (Walker), an optimistic girl, who due to circumstances beyond her control, moves in with 'Chloe' (Ritter), a sexy, unstable New York City party girl.
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- 2/8/2011
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Exclusive: Krysten Ritter, who has been among the most sought-after actresses this pilot season with multiple offers, will play the lead in ABC's single-camera comedy pilot Don't Trust the Bitch in Apt. 23 (working title), which is directed by Modern Family's Jason Winer. Additionally, Ritter has signed on to topline the indie feature Refuge. On the 20th TV-produced Bitch, Ritter joins Dreama Walker (The Good Wife) who was cast a week ago as the co-lead. Written by Nahnatchka Khan, Bitch centers on June (Walker), an earnest, honest, optimistic girl from the heartland who, due to circumstances beyond her control, is forced to move in with Chloe (Ritter), a sexy, unstable New York City party girl who has the morals of a pirate. Refuge, based on Jessica Goldberg’s play, tells the story of a young woman (Ritter), who is forced to care for her younger brother and sister after her...
- 2/5/2011
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Check out the two new clips after the jump for Anchor Bay's Operation: Endgame that drops on DVD and Blu-ray July 27th.
From the Press Release:
Somewhere in our nation's capital, a group of men and women, once dedicated to keeping America safe from its enemies, have just declared war...on each other. From the producers of Donnie Darko and the Oscar®-winning Capote comes Operation: Endgame. An edgy action-comedy with one of the coolest all-star casts ever assembled, Operation: Endgame premieres on DVD and Blu-ray™ on July 27th from Anchor Bay Entertainment. Released theatrically by Anchor Bay Films, the Infinity Media production stars Joe Anderson (The Crazies, Across The Universe), Rob Corddry (Hot Tub Time Machine), Ellen Barkin (Ocean's 13), Odette Yustman (Cloverfield), Zach Galifianakis (The Hangover) and Emilie de Ravin ("Lost," Remember Me).
Operation: Endgame centers around two rival teams of government assassins, who work out of a...
From the Press Release:
Somewhere in our nation's capital, a group of men and women, once dedicated to keeping America safe from its enemies, have just declared war...on each other. From the producers of Donnie Darko and the Oscar®-winning Capote comes Operation: Endgame. An edgy action-comedy with one of the coolest all-star casts ever assembled, Operation: Endgame premieres on DVD and Blu-ray™ on July 27th from Anchor Bay Entertainment. Released theatrically by Anchor Bay Films, the Infinity Media production stars Joe Anderson (The Crazies, Across The Universe), Rob Corddry (Hot Tub Time Machine), Ellen Barkin (Ocean's 13), Odette Yustman (Cloverfield), Zach Galifianakis (The Hangover) and Emilie de Ravin ("Lost," Remember Me).
Operation: Endgame centers around two rival teams of government assassins, who work out of a...
- 7/18/2010
- by brians
- GeekTyrant
Pay-for-view channel Starz has announced that Gravity won't be back for a second year. The show completed its run last week after just 10 episodes.
Gravity is a dramatic comedy that follows a group from an eccentric out-patient program for suicide survivors. Co-created by Eric Schaeffer and Jill Franklyn, the cast includes Schaeffer, Ivan Sergei, James Martinez, Krysten Ritter, Rachel Hunter, Robyn Cohen, Seth Numrich, and Ving Rhames.
Starz had high hopes for the series but it just never caught on. The season (now series) finale attracted an invisible 0.0 rating in the 18-49 demographic and just 54,000 viewers. To no surprise, Starz has admitted that neither Gravity nor Party Down will be returning for another round.
In a statement, Stephan Shelanski, Starz' executive VP of programming, said, "After careful consideration, we've decided not to continue on with subsequent seasons...
Gravity is a dramatic comedy that follows a group from an eccentric out-patient program for suicide survivors. Co-created by Eric Schaeffer and Jill Franklyn, the cast includes Schaeffer, Ivan Sergei, James Martinez, Krysten Ritter, Rachel Hunter, Robyn Cohen, Seth Numrich, and Ving Rhames.
Starz had high hopes for the series but it just never caught on. The season (now series) finale attracted an invisible 0.0 rating in the 18-49 demographic and just 54,000 viewers. To no surprise, Starz has admitted that neither Gravity nor Party Down will be returning for another round.
In a statement, Stephan Shelanski, Starz' executive VP of programming, said, "After careful consideration, we've decided not to continue on with subsequent seasons...
- 7/1/2010
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Sad news, Party Down-ers -- Starz is not picking up the beloved but low-rated series for a third season, meaning you'll just have to accept last Friday's finale as the series closer. The network is also expected to announce that it is not picking up Gravity, the dark comedy starring Krysten Ritter, for a second season. At least we know that Party Down refugees are welcome elsewhere -- too bad Lizzy Caplan got screwed for her loyalty. [Deadline]...
- 6/30/2010
- Movieline - TVline
They're partying no more at Starz.
Cult comedy "Party Down," which centers on a catering crew of aspiring Hollywood actors and writers, has had its renewal invitation turned down by Starz management under recently installed boss Chris Albrecht.
Ditto for "Gravity," a first-season drama which focuses on an out-patient program for suicide survivors and stars Krysten Ritter, Ivan Sergei and Ving Rhames.
Neither set the ratings world on fire; in its recent second season, "Party Down" slipped to about 125,000 viewers. The cult, in other words, was more like a coterie.
"Party" follows the sextet of actors and writers, as well as lost souls in their entourage, as they do their gigs and try for their first big break. Each episode finds the team -- which has included Adam Scott, Ken Marino, Megan Mullally, Ryan Hansen, Martin Starr and Lizzy Caplan -- working a new event and mixing it up with their clients.
Cult comedy "Party Down," which centers on a catering crew of aspiring Hollywood actors and writers, has had its renewal invitation turned down by Starz management under recently installed boss Chris Albrecht.
Ditto for "Gravity," a first-season drama which focuses on an out-patient program for suicide survivors and stars Krysten Ritter, Ivan Sergei and Ving Rhames.
Neither set the ratings world on fire; in its recent second season, "Party Down" slipped to about 125,000 viewers. The cult, in other words, was more like a coterie.
"Party" follows the sextet of actors and writers, as well as lost souls in their entourage, as they do their gigs and try for their first big break. Each episode finds the team -- which has included Adam Scott, Ken Marino, Megan Mullally, Ryan Hansen, Martin Starr and Lizzy Caplan -- working a new event and mixing it up with their clients.
- 6/30/2010
- by By Elizabeth Guider
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Anchor Bay Entertainment Launches Operation: Endgame on DVD & Blu-ray™ on July 27th
Somewhere in our nation’s capital, a group of men and women, once dedicated to keeping America safe from its enemies, have just declared war…on each other. From the producers of Donnie Darko and the Oscar®-winning Capote comes Operation: Endgame. An edgy action-comedy with one of the coolest all-star casts ever assembled, Operation: Endgame premieres on DVD and Blu-ray™ on July 27th from Anchor Bay Entertainment. Released theatrically by Anchor Bay Films, the Infinity Media production stars Joe Anderson (The Crazies, Across The Universe), Rob Corddry (Hot Tub Time Machine), Ellen Barkin (Ocean’s 13), Odette Yustman (Cloverfield), Zach Galifianakis (The Hangover) and Emilie de Ravin (“Lost,” Remember Me)
Operation: Endgame centers around two rival teams of government assassins, who work out of a top-secret underground facility and use code names from the Tarot deck. When new...
Somewhere in our nation’s capital, a group of men and women, once dedicated to keeping America safe from its enemies, have just declared war…on each other. From the producers of Donnie Darko and the Oscar®-winning Capote comes Operation: Endgame. An edgy action-comedy with one of the coolest all-star casts ever assembled, Operation: Endgame premieres on DVD and Blu-ray™ on July 27th from Anchor Bay Entertainment. Released theatrically by Anchor Bay Films, the Infinity Media production stars Joe Anderson (The Crazies, Across The Universe), Rob Corddry (Hot Tub Time Machine), Ellen Barkin (Ocean’s 13), Odette Yustman (Cloverfield), Zach Galifianakis (The Hangover) and Emilie de Ravin (“Lost,” Remember Me)
Operation: Endgame centers around two rival teams of government assassins, who work out of a top-secret underground facility and use code names from the Tarot deck. When new...
- 6/29/2010
- by brians
- GeekTyrant
Starz, an American premium cable network, has released the trailer of its two upcoming half-hour TV series online. We're introduced to the first season of Gravity, a show created by Jill Franklyn and Eric Schaeffer, and the second season of Party Down, a sitcom created by John Enbom, Dan Etheridge and Paul Rudd.
In Gravity, we follow the sometimes comic, sometimes tragic exploits of a group from an eccentric out-patient program of suicide survivors. Lily Champagne (Krysten Ritter) is a twenty-something clinically depressed outcast looking for the love that her father never gave her. Robert Collingsworth (Ivan Sergei), an ophthalmologist, is despondent following the cancer death of his wife and becomes an internet celebrity when his suicide attempt goes comically awry. Miller (Eric Schaeffer), an NYPD cop, seems to be everywhere Lily is. Dogg McFee (Ving Rhames), the group’s leader and a former Major League Baseball player, is now confined to a wheelchair.
In Gravity, we follow the sometimes comic, sometimes tragic exploits of a group from an eccentric out-patient program of suicide survivors. Lily Champagne (Krysten Ritter) is a twenty-something clinically depressed outcast looking for the love that her father never gave her. Robert Collingsworth (Ivan Sergei), an ophthalmologist, is despondent following the cancer death of his wife and becomes an internet celebrity when his suicide attempt goes comically awry. Miller (Eric Schaeffer), an NYPD cop, seems to be everywhere Lily is. Dogg McFee (Ving Rhames), the group’s leader and a former Major League Baseball player, is now confined to a wheelchair.
- 4/7/2010
- by anhkhoido@hotmail.com (Anh Khoi Do)
- The Cultural Post
Have you ever had an in-office romance with someone you work with?
Although they co-star in Starz’s new original series, Gravity, Krysten Ritter and Ivan Sergei both appear to be on cloud nine now that they’ve gone public with their romance!
HollywoodLife.com caught Ivan, 38, and Krysten, 28, kissing and cuddling at the Alternative Apparel fashion show in Los Angeles March 22.
Ivan skipped the carpet but waited for his girl, who’s currently starring in She’s Outta My League, to finish photo ops at a side door and walked together to the front row, where they kept to themselves for the remainder of the evening. We even caught them share a few quick kisses!
If you want to see how it all began – at work – catch the premiere of their new Starz series on April 23.
Have you ever fallen for a co-worker? Let us know your story below!
Although they co-star in Starz’s new original series, Gravity, Krysten Ritter and Ivan Sergei both appear to be on cloud nine now that they’ve gone public with their romance!
HollywoodLife.com caught Ivan, 38, and Krysten, 28, kissing and cuddling at the Alternative Apparel fashion show in Los Angeles March 22.
Ivan skipped the carpet but waited for his girl, who’s currently starring in She’s Outta My League, to finish photo ops at a side door and walked together to the front row, where they kept to themselves for the remainder of the evening. We even caught them share a few quick kisses!
If you want to see how it all began – at work – catch the premiere of their new Starz series on April 23.
Have you ever fallen for a co-worker? Let us know your story below!
- 3/23/2010
- by Laura Schreffler
- HollywoodLife
For those few of you left who are wondering what happened to actress Alicia Silverstone (Batman & Robin) — beyond her half-naked spread for PETA a few years back — the actress has signed on to reteam with her Clueless director Amy Heckerling for a new feature film entitled Vamps.
Written and to be directed by Heckerling — who shot to fame directing Fast Times at Ridgemont High for Universal, followed by the box office hits Look Who’s Talking, Look Who’s Talking Too and, of course, Clueless — Vamps tells the modern day tale of two beautiful young female vampires living the good nightlife in New York until love enters the picture and each has to make a choice that will jeopardize their immortality, according to the press release.
Silverstone will plays one of the female vampires, and joins Krysten Ritter, who is already aboard as the other lead vampire. For Ritter, it's...
Written and to be directed by Heckerling — who shot to fame directing Fast Times at Ridgemont High for Universal, followed by the box office hits Look Who’s Talking, Look Who’s Talking Too and, of course, Clueless — Vamps tells the modern day tale of two beautiful young female vampires living the good nightlife in New York until love enters the picture and each has to make a choice that will jeopardize their immortality, according to the press release.
Silverstone will plays one of the female vampires, and joins Krysten Ritter, who is already aboard as the other lead vampire. For Ritter, it's...
- 2/11/2010
- CinemaSpy
Will Barney Stinson get to suit up for three more seasons?
The "How I Met Your Mother" creators Carter Bays and Craig Thomas have signed a three-year, eight-figure deal with the sitcom's studio 20th Century Fox, according to the trades.
This means that their popular CBS sitcom, which is currently in its fifth season, could possibly go to Season 8.
Bays and Thomas will also be developing as part of the deal. On their plate first is executive producing a spec script about a dating couple from "Himym" writers Kourtney Kang and Joe Kelly.
In other TV news:
- Joanna Garcia of The CW's short-lived "Privileged" has been cast in ABC/Wbtv's comedy by Shana Goldberg-Meehan about two sisters, says The Hollywood Reporter. One sister (Garcia) falls pregnant and ends up marrying her baby daddy, while the other is in a longterm romantic relationship, but has yet to take the plunge into matrimony.
The "How I Met Your Mother" creators Carter Bays and Craig Thomas have signed a three-year, eight-figure deal with the sitcom's studio 20th Century Fox, according to the trades.
This means that their popular CBS sitcom, which is currently in its fifth season, could possibly go to Season 8.
Bays and Thomas will also be developing as part of the deal. On their plate first is executive producing a spec script about a dating couple from "Himym" writers Kourtney Kang and Joe Kelly.
In other TV news:
- Joanna Garcia of The CW's short-lived "Privileged" has been cast in ABC/Wbtv's comedy by Shana Goldberg-Meehan about two sisters, says The Hollywood Reporter. One sister (Garcia) falls pregnant and ends up marrying her baby daddy, while the other is in a longterm romantic relationship, but has yet to take the plunge into matrimony.
- 1/25/2010
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Starz, an American premium cable network, announced yesterday that its two comedies series will premiere on Friday, April 23. These two TV series are Party Down (photo), which enters its second season, and Gravity, a dramatic comedy.
Obviously, while Party Down premieres on 10 Pm, Gravity begins at 10:30 Pm.
Party Down is a comedy about a catering crew from Hollywood. Its members (Adam Scott, Ken Marino, Lizzy Caplan, Jane Lynch, Ryan Hansen and Martin Starr) just work at Party Down while they wait for an opportunity to make a name for themselves in Hollywood. Moreover, Megan Mullally (Will & Grace) will join the cast as Lydia Dunfree, a middle-aged refugee from a lousy marriage who moves to Hollywood in hopes that her 13 year-old daughter will make it big.
As for Gravity (formerly known as Failure to Fly), it follows the sometimes comic, sometimes tragic exploits of a group from an eccentric out-patient program of suicide survivors.
Obviously, while Party Down premieres on 10 Pm, Gravity begins at 10:30 Pm.
Party Down is a comedy about a catering crew from Hollywood. Its members (Adam Scott, Ken Marino, Lizzy Caplan, Jane Lynch, Ryan Hansen and Martin Starr) just work at Party Down while they wait for an opportunity to make a name for themselves in Hollywood. Moreover, Megan Mullally (Will & Grace) will join the cast as Lydia Dunfree, a middle-aged refugee from a lousy marriage who moves to Hollywood in hopes that her 13 year-old daughter will make it big.
As for Gravity (formerly known as Failure to Fly), it follows the sometimes comic, sometimes tragic exploits of a group from an eccentric out-patient program of suicide survivors.
- 1/21/2010
- by anhkhoido@hotmail.com (Anh Khoi Do)
- The Cultural Post
"Party Down" will be back on Starz in the spring, and it's bringing another round of guest stars along for the ride.
The show about L.A. cater-waiters will premiere on April 23, where it will be paired with Starz's new show "Gravity." Season 2 will pick up a few months after the end of the first season, with Henry (Adam Scott) now in charge of the Party Down team, Casey (Lizzy Caplan) back from her cruise-ship gig and Ron (Ken Marino) having gone off the deep end after his Soup R' Crackers dream disintegrates.
The show will also feature new regular Megan Mullally as Lydia Dunfree, a new member of the catering crew who's moved to Los Angeles in an attempt to make her 14-year-old daughter a star. She takes over for "Glee's" Jane Lynch, who'll return for the season finale as her character, Constance, gets married.
Other guests this...
The show about L.A. cater-waiters will premiere on April 23, where it will be paired with Starz's new show "Gravity." Season 2 will pick up a few months after the end of the first season, with Henry (Adam Scott) now in charge of the Party Down team, Casey (Lizzy Caplan) back from her cruise-ship gig and Ron (Ken Marino) having gone off the deep end after his Soup R' Crackers dream disintegrates.
The show will also feature new regular Megan Mullally as Lydia Dunfree, a new member of the catering crew who's moved to Los Angeles in an attempt to make her 14-year-old daughter a star. She takes over for "Glee's" Jane Lynch, who'll return for the season finale as her character, Constance, gets married.
Other guests this...
- 1/16/2010
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
"Chuck's" third season is just around the New Year's corner, but if you want to whet your espionage appetite before then, check out cable.
Syfy will air a special "Chuck" marathon on Thursday, Jan. 7, the NBC Universal cable network announced.
Eight hand-picked episodes, including the premiere and finale, will air.
The lineup also includes "Chuck vs. The First Date," "Chuck vs. The Seduction," "Chuck vs. The Break-Up," "Chuck vs. The Santa Claus," "Chuck vs. The Predator," "Chuck vs. The Dream Job," "Chuck vs. The Colonel" and "Chuck vs. The Ring."
The third season kicks off on Sunday, Jan. 10 on NBC.
In other TV news:
- Michael B. Seligman has been named the supervising producer of the upcoming Oscars telecast. He'll be working with this year's producers Bill Mechanic and Adam Shankman, the latter who said, "I look forward to lovingly torturing Michael, as we all move toward putting together one...
Syfy will air a special "Chuck" marathon on Thursday, Jan. 7, the NBC Universal cable network announced.
Eight hand-picked episodes, including the premiere and finale, will air.
The lineup also includes "Chuck vs. The First Date," "Chuck vs. The Seduction," "Chuck vs. The Break-Up," "Chuck vs. The Santa Claus," "Chuck vs. The Predator," "Chuck vs. The Dream Job," "Chuck vs. The Colonel" and "Chuck vs. The Ring."
The third season kicks off on Sunday, Jan. 10 on NBC.
In other TV news:
- Michael B. Seligman has been named the supervising producer of the upcoming Oscars telecast. He'll be working with this year's producers Bill Mechanic and Adam Shankman, the latter who said, "I look forward to lovingly torturing Michael, as we all move toward putting together one...
- 12/17/2009
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
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