Creatives are frequently their own toughest critics, but "Community" creator Dan Harmon is even tougher on himself than most. While speaking at PaleyFest in 2011, Harmon shared that while reviewing an edit of one episode of the cult series, he thought he might have actually "broken television." That's a bit melodramatic, especially given that "The Tom Green Show" had already aired and ended by that point and if anything was going to "break TV," that was it, but it gives us a good look into Harmon's creative process and just how dedicated he was to making the series sing.
The episode in question is season 2's "Conspiracy Theories and Interior Design," which follows an A plot with Jeff (Joel McHale) and Annie (Alison Brie) trying to solve a conspiracy for Jeff's conspiracy class with Professor Professorson (Kevin Corrigan) and a B plot where Troy (Donald Glover) and Abed (Danny Pudi) create...
The episode in question is season 2's "Conspiracy Theories and Interior Design," which follows an A plot with Jeff (Joel McHale) and Annie (Alison Brie) trying to solve a conspiracy for Jeff's conspiracy class with Professor Professorson (Kevin Corrigan) and a B plot where Troy (Donald Glover) and Abed (Danny Pudi) create...
- 5/20/2023
- by Danielle Ryan
- Slash Film
For a brilliant and wildly entertaining series, "Community" went through a lot of ups and downs. The show had season premiere delays and times when it was taken off the schedule, leading fans to extreme campaigns, such as flash mobs singing "O' Christmas Troy" and a whole lot of #sixseasonsandamovie hashtags sent to NBC executives and social media accounts. The sixth season wasn't even on NBC but ended up on a new streaming platform Yahoo! was trying to get off the ground (and which subsequently crashed).
Chevy Chase, who played the curmudgeonly Pierce Hawthorne and creator Dan Harmon, also spent a lot of time feuding, and Chase left the series early in season 5. Donald Glover who played Troy Barnes left in the fifth season as well. The biggest change, however, was when Dan Harmon was fired before season 4, then hired back for season 5.
There were a lot of reasons that...
Chevy Chase, who played the curmudgeonly Pierce Hawthorne and creator Dan Harmon, also spent a lot of time feuding, and Chase left the series early in season 5. Donald Glover who played Troy Barnes left in the fifth season as well. The biggest change, however, was when Dan Harmon was fired before season 4, then hired back for season 5.
There were a lot of reasons that...
- 4/21/2023
- by Jenna Busch
- Slash Film
In “Renfield,” an outrageous new take on Bram Stoker’s “Dracula,” told from the point of view of the count’s perpetually put-upon manservant (played here by Nicholas Hoult), the notion of being too over-the-top is considered and then hastily breezed by. In the opening sequence alone, an ancient curse is placed on the dark prince; when Dracula is freed he turns into a vaporous mist and explodes a priest from the inside. Then Dracula catches on fire and is turned into a crispy skeleton.
The sequence is telling both for its bold tonal shifts and for the manic approach to action. It’s the type of scene you would say could only be devised and executed by a man well-versed in animation. (The crispy skeleton bit could have been out of an old “Looney Tunes” Roadrunner cartoon.) And you would be right. “Renfield” was brought to life by Chris McKay,...
The sequence is telling both for its bold tonal shifts and for the manic approach to action. It’s the type of scene you would say could only be devised and executed by a man well-versed in animation. (The crispy skeleton bit could have been out of an old “Looney Tunes” Roadrunner cartoon.) And you would be right. “Renfield” was brought to life by Chris McKay,...
- 4/13/2023
- by Drew Taylor
- The Wrap
It is a miracle that Dan Harmon's groundbreaking sitcom "Community" lasted more than a half-season on NBC. The series about seven misfits who form a study group at the fictional Greendale Community College was aggressively dense in its world-building and proudly esoteric in its references. How esoteric? In only its second season, the show turned what was set up as a "Pulp Fiction" homage into an invigoratingly cerebral riff on "My Dinner with Andre" provoked by a character's extra work on Bill Lawrence and Kevin Biegel's "Cougar Town." Not so shockingly, "Community" ranked a dire 138 in the Nielsen ratings that year.
Harmon and a crack staff of writers that included Megan Ganz, Dino Stamatopoulos, Liz Cackowski, Chris McKenna, and Andy Bobrow shredded the outside of the envelope of what was acceptable on a network sitcom. It made "Seinfeld" look like "Full House." Critics and a cult following kept...
Harmon and a crack staff of writers that included Megan Ganz, Dino Stamatopoulos, Liz Cackowski, Chris McKenna, and Andy Bobrow shredded the outside of the envelope of what was acceptable on a network sitcom. It made "Seinfeld" look like "Full House." Critics and a cult following kept...
- 4/3/2023
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
There are many types of performances that leave an impression on their actors, but a particularly wacky one stood out for "Community" star Danny Pudi, who played pop culture-obsessed Abed Nadir. Doing a Reddit Ask Me Anything back in 2011, the actor was asked about his favorite scenes in the series. At that point, the series was still only in its second season, and he would still have plenty of ridiculous scenes to experience. But there was one that rose above the rest, from a very Abed-centric episode.
In season 2, episode 19, "Critical Film Studies," Abed asks his friend and fellow study group member Jeff (Joel McHale) out to a fancy dinner, while Jeff is trying to surprise Abed for his birthday by throwing him a "Pulp Fiction"-themed party. Abed explains to Jeff that he's trying to live a life more removed from pop culture references and that he's trying to grow up,...
In season 2, episode 19, "Critical Film Studies," Abed asks his friend and fellow study group member Jeff (Joel McHale) out to a fancy dinner, while Jeff is trying to surprise Abed for his birthday by throwing him a "Pulp Fiction"-themed party. Abed explains to Jeff that he's trying to live a life more removed from pop culture references and that he's trying to grow up,...
- 4/2/2023
- by Danielle Ryan
- Slash Film
Can you imagine a world without "The Dana Carvey Show?" To be fair, you probably can, as the ABC series only lasted for a meager eight episodes during the spring of 1996. While the show itself has gained a cult status over the decades, the real legacy of the series isn't about the show's impact on pop culture, but rather its bringing together of talent that would soon go on to impact pop culture.
Consider this staggering list of names involved: Robert Smigel, Stephen Colbert, Steve Carell, Spike Feresten (writer for David Letterman and "Seinfeld"), Robert Carlock (future showrunner of "30 Rock"), Dino Stamatopoulos (future writer of "Community" and Starburns himself) and Charlie Kaufman were all among the people helping Carvey bring his surreal sketch comedy show to the small screen.
Yet the series may not have happened at all had Carvey not been smarting after a short-lived career as a...
Consider this staggering list of names involved: Robert Smigel, Stephen Colbert, Steve Carell, Spike Feresten (writer for David Letterman and "Seinfeld"), Robert Carlock (future showrunner of "30 Rock"), Dino Stamatopoulos (future writer of "Community" and Starburns himself) and Charlie Kaufman were all among the people helping Carvey bring his surreal sketch comedy show to the small screen.
Yet the series may not have happened at all had Carvey not been smarting after a short-lived career as a...
- 2/12/2023
- by Bill Bria
- Slash Film
On Feb. 7, 2013, after delays and significant drama behind the scenes, Community debuted “History 101,” the first episode of the long-awaited fourth season, and the first under new showrunners David Guarascio and Moses Port. Fan reaction to the outing was mixed, to put it mildly, while critics were downright savage. Soon enough, cast and crew began to express their misgivings, too. The entire season was later written off in-universe as the result of a gas leak, never to be spoken of again.
Was that a fair assessment, though? Countless other “bad” installments of pop culture have been revisited over the years, only for perceived faults to be found not quite so damning as audiences initially thought. With an entire decade of hindsight and objectivity to reflect upon, was the fourth season of Community really that bad?
Kind of, yeah!
There is, quite simply, something off about the entire season. Guarascio and...
Was that a fair assessment, though? Countless other “bad” installments of pop culture have been revisited over the years, only for perceived faults to be found not quite so damning as audiences initially thought. With an entire decade of hindsight and objectivity to reflect upon, was the fourth season of Community really that bad?
Kind of, yeah!
There is, quite simply, something off about the entire season. Guarascio and...
- 2/7/2023
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
“Epidemiology,” the season 2 Halloween episode of Community, is a watershed moment for the college-set series, breaking open the sitcom’s world for all the homages and darkest-timeline shenanigans that would follow. It’s a perfect treat for the spooky season – but, more than that, it’s a perfect zombie movie, too. Cribbing from classic horror flicks, both directly and indirectly, the show turns in the quintessential tale of a frightening flesh-eater uprising. And it does it all in 20 minutes.
Following in the footsteps of season 1’s action-movie pastiche “Modern Warfare,” “Epidemiology” finds Greendale Community College thrown into chaos after tainted taco meat turns the students into shambling, bloodthirsty zombies. The library, home of the school’s Halloween party, quickly becomes a haunted house of costumed cannibals. The study group finds itself in a race against the clock to save their own skins, and – if a doctor in a banana costume...
Following in the footsteps of season 1’s action-movie pastiche “Modern Warfare,” “Epidemiology” finds Greendale Community College thrown into chaos after tainted taco meat turns the students into shambling, bloodthirsty zombies. The library, home of the school’s Halloween party, quickly becomes a haunted house of costumed cannibals. The study group finds itself in a race against the clock to save their own skins, and – if a doctor in a banana costume...
- 10/28/2022
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Exclusive: Syfy continues the rapid slate expansion of its Tzgz weekly late-night animation block with one more series orders and three pilot greenlights.
Tzgz is going two-for-two with with its first internally developed animated pilots ordered in January, the 15-minute Wild Life and Devil May Care. Syfy has given a seven-episode series pickup to Devil May Care, starring Alan Tudyk (SyFy’s Resident Alien) and Asif Ali (BoJack Horseman). It follows the six-episode series order for Wild Life in April.
The newly greenlighted 15-minute Tzgz pilots are The Chronicles of Frank, From ShadowMachine, The Black Hole from Starburns Industries, and The Pole, from Yeti Farm Creative,
Airing on Syfy every Saturday at midnight-ish, Tzgz is a 90-minute block of adult comedic, animated, genre-based programming of varying lengths. Since its November 2019 debut, Tzgz has grown...
Tzgz is going two-for-two with with its first internally developed animated pilots ordered in January, the 15-minute Wild Life and Devil May Care. Syfy has given a seven-episode series pickup to Devil May Care, starring Alan Tudyk (SyFy’s Resident Alien) and Asif Ali (BoJack Horseman). It follows the six-episode series order for Wild Life in April.
The newly greenlighted 15-minute Tzgz pilots are The Chronicles of Frank, From ShadowMachine, The Black Hole from Starburns Industries, and The Pole, from Yeti Farm Creative,
Airing on Syfy every Saturday at midnight-ish, Tzgz is a 90-minute block of adult comedic, animated, genre-based programming of varying lengths. Since its November 2019 debut, Tzgz has grown...
- 6/15/2020
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Spoiler Alert: Do not read if you have not yet watched the sixth episode of “Better Call Saul” Season 5, titled “Wexler v. Goodman.”
Selling the dramatic cliffhanger at the end of Monday night’s episode of “Better Call Saul,” titled “Wexler v. Goodman,” proved a challenge for even star Bob Odenkirk. In a lively chat on “Variety After-Show” on Instagram — where Odenkirk answered questions from fans — following the episode’s airing, he also revealed that one of the season’s last two remaining episodes was particularly taxing.
“I almost got killed doing one of these episodes. Just shooting the entire thing almost killed me,” he said.
Here are the top five revelations from Variety’s interview with Odenkirk. Watch the interview in the video above.
1. Fans who suspect Kim’s marriage proposal serves an ulterior motive aren’t wrong. By the end of “Wexler v. Goodman,” it’s clear that...
Selling the dramatic cliffhanger at the end of Monday night’s episode of “Better Call Saul,” titled “Wexler v. Goodman,” proved a challenge for even star Bob Odenkirk. In a lively chat on “Variety After-Show” on Instagram — where Odenkirk answered questions from fans — following the episode’s airing, he also revealed that one of the season’s last two remaining episodes was particularly taxing.
“I almost got killed doing one of these episodes. Just shooting the entire thing almost killed me,” he said.
Here are the top five revelations from Variety’s interview with Odenkirk. Watch the interview in the video above.
1. Fans who suspect Kim’s marriage proposal serves an ulterior motive aren’t wrong. By the end of “Wexler v. Goodman,” it’s clear that...
- 3/25/2020
- by Audrey Cleo Yap
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Hellboy creator Mike Mignola is partnering with Ben and Max Berkowitz of Not a Billionaire and Starburns Industries (Rick & Morty) to construct The Forever House, an eerie showcase described as a “high-concept anthology series inspired by international folklore.”
The live-action show will center on the title abode, a mysterious piece of un-real estate and a one-of-a-kind repository for otherworldly objects and international artifacts with dark histories. The logline: “Existing somewhere between reality and nightmares, The Forever House will encapsulate the feeling of an ancient tale told by the fire as we explore the disturbing and the macabre from the mind and sketchbook of Mike Mignola.”
Mignola is a superstar artist and IP creator in the comic book world thanks in large part to Hellboy, the hard-luck supernatural hero introduced in the pages of Dark Horse Comics in 1994. The pimento-colored Hellboy has been the title character of three theatrically released feature films,...
The live-action show will center on the title abode, a mysterious piece of un-real estate and a one-of-a-kind repository for otherworldly objects and international artifacts with dark histories. The logline: “Existing somewhere between reality and nightmares, The Forever House will encapsulate the feeling of an ancient tale told by the fire as we explore the disturbing and the macabre from the mind and sketchbook of Mike Mignola.”
Mignola is a superstar artist and IP creator in the comic book world thanks in large part to Hellboy, the hard-luck supernatural hero introduced in the pages of Dark Horse Comics in 1994. The pimento-colored Hellboy has been the title character of three theatrically released feature films,...
- 10/17/2019
- by Geoff Boucher
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Xyz Films and Rick and Morty producer Starburns Industries are teaming to produce Welcome to My Daydream, a biographical feature-length documentary about Oscar-winning stop-motion animation icon Will Vinton. Marq Evans (The Glamour & the Squalor) is set to direct, with Xyz handling worldwide sales.
The docu will feature new original claymation scenes using characters Vinton helped design before his death in October.
Vinton won the Oscar for Animated Short in 1975 with Bob Gardiner for Closed Mondays, the first of four noms in the category. He also was co-nominated for the visual effects in Walter Murch’s Return to Oz in 1986. Vinton’s creations hit the mainstream thanks to advertising campaigns led by the Marvin Gaye-signing California Raisins and Domino’s Pizza’s Noid. His Portland-based Will Vinton Studios eventually was acquired by Nike’s Phil Knight and morphed into Laika, the stop-motion studio headed by Travis Knight that has...
The docu will feature new original claymation scenes using characters Vinton helped design before his death in October.
Vinton won the Oscar for Animated Short in 1975 with Bob Gardiner for Closed Mondays, the first of four noms in the category. He also was co-nominated for the visual effects in Walter Murch’s Return to Oz in 1986. Vinton’s creations hit the mainstream thanks to advertising campaigns led by the Marvin Gaye-signing California Raisins and Domino’s Pizza’s Noid. His Portland-based Will Vinton Studios eventually was acquired by Nike’s Phil Knight and morphed into Laika, the stop-motion studio headed by Travis Knight that has...
- 3/6/2019
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Stephen Colbert’s Rolling Stone cover-story interview covered a lot of ground, from his battle with anxiety to why Donald Trump is a “heretic against reality.” But there was even more to the conversation.
On the lessons he learned while working on The Dana Carvey Show
I still will pull out things that Dana said about that show. On the show now, sometimes I’ll say, “Right down the pipe,” as Dana. He’s like, “Do the show right down the pipe. Look right down the pipe of the lens.
On the lessons he learned while working on The Dana Carvey Show
I still will pull out things that Dana said about that show. On the show now, sometimes I’ll say, “Right down the pipe,” as Dana. He’s like, “Do the show right down the pipe. Look right down the pipe of the lens.
- 9/6/2018
- by Brian Hiatt
- Rollingstone.com
There are few communities as obsessive as Adult Swim fans. The Cartoon Network nighttime programming block debuted in 2001 as a subversive spin on the animated channel’s daytime fare, and soon grew into a catch-all for bold creators. It eventually shook off its animated-only ethos to allow for surreal visions and adventurous filmmaking that fostered some of Hollywood’s most off-the-wall thinkers, and even brought in game celebrities to join in the insanity. Nearly every As title has disparate cults to fight for the programs that speak to them, whether it’s the rockers who ride for “Metalocalypse,” the Tim & Eric faithful who crowd the duo’s live shows, or the chemically enhanced who get their kicks on “Off the Air.”
Here are our picks for the network’s top 20 original comedy series, taking cultural influence into account alongside laughs.
20) “Robot Chicken” (2005–present)
Seth Green and Matthew Senreich’s long-running...
Here are our picks for the network’s top 20 original comedy series, taking cultural influence into account alongside laughs.
20) “Robot Chicken” (2005–present)
Seth Green and Matthew Senreich’s long-running...
- 10/3/2017
- by William Earl
- Indiewire
On Sept. 27, 1992, The Ben Stiller Show premiered on Fox, showcasing the titular star’s now well-known talent for emulating celebrities and crafting original characters. The sketch comedy series was abruptly canceled before its first season finished airing, but almost a year after it debuted, the show won an Emmy for Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program.
“We had no idea,” Stiller told Et backstage at the 45th Primetime Emmy Awards. Apparently, none of the show’s writers had attended the ceremony with the notion they might beat out comedy institutions such as Saturday Night Live and Late Night with David Letterman. At some point leading up to the night, Stiller thought maybe he should put together a few words, just in case. “And then at the last minute, I thought, You know, I'm not gonna prepare a speech, because I'll feel like such a jerk when I don't win.”
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“We had no idea,” Stiller told Et backstage at the 45th Primetime Emmy Awards. Apparently, none of the show’s writers had attended the ceremony with the notion they might beat out comedy institutions such as Saturday Night Live and Late Night with David Letterman. At some point leading up to the night, Stiller thought maybe he should put together a few words, just in case. “And then at the last minute, I thought, You know, I'm not gonna prepare a speech, because I'll feel like such a jerk when I don't win.”
Created by [link...
- 9/27/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
Two very creative comics are about to get animated. TBS has ordered a new animated TV series called The Cops (at least for now) that's created by Louis C.K. and Albert Brooks. They'll also star in the comedy show as well as executive produce it. The Cops will premiere some time in 2018.Here's the press release from TBS Greenlights Animated Series The Cops (working title) Starring Louis C.K. and Albert BrooksTurner's TBS has greenlit ten episodes of the animated series The Cops (working title), starring and co-created by Louis C.K. and Albert Brooks. The two also serve as executive producers on the series with Greg Daniels, Dino Stamatopoulos, Dave Becky and Howard Klein. The Cops is produced by FX Productions, Louis C.K.'s Pig Newton and Turner's Studio...
- 1/15/2017
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Bad boys, bad boys: TBS has picked up 10 episodes of Louis C.K. and Albert Brooks’ new animated comedy “The Cops,” which had previously been set up at FX.
Louis C.K. and Brooks will voice the show’s lead characters, “Lou” and “Al,” two Los Angeles patrolmen “trying their best to protect and serve, sometimes failing at both. Ride with them as they patrol one of the biggest cities in the world, then go home with them and be glad you’re not married to either.”
The show will premiere in 2018; the two will also executive produce along with Greg Daniels, Dino Stamatopoulos, Dave Becky and Howard Klein.
Read More: Louis C.K. & Albert Brooks Co-Writing & Starring In Animated Pilot For FX
FX Productions will continue to produce the show, along with Turner’s Studio T and Louis C.K.’s Pig Newton.
“We have made the bold decision to put Louis C.K.,...
Louis C.K. and Brooks will voice the show’s lead characters, “Lou” and “Al,” two Los Angeles patrolmen “trying their best to protect and serve, sometimes failing at both. Ride with them as they patrol one of the biggest cities in the world, then go home with them and be glad you’re not married to either.”
The show will premiere in 2018; the two will also executive produce along with Greg Daniels, Dino Stamatopoulos, Dave Becky and Howard Klein.
Read More: Louis C.K. & Albert Brooks Co-Writing & Starring In Animated Pilot For FX
FX Productions will continue to produce the show, along with Turner’s Studio T and Louis C.K.’s Pig Newton.
“We have made the bold decision to put Louis C.K.,...
- 1/14/2017
- by Michael Schneider
- Indiewire
TBS has ordered 10 episodes of animated series “The Cops” (working title), which stars and was co-created by Louis C.K. and Albert Brooks. The duo serve as executive producers on the show alongside Greg Daniels, Dino Stamatopoulos, Dave Becky, Howard Klein and 3 Arts. The series is produced by FX Productions, Ck’s Pig Newton and Turner’s Studio T, and is slated to premiere in 2018. “The Cops” follows Al (Brooks) and Lou (C.K.), two Lapd patrolmen trying their best to protect and serve, sometimes failing at both, per the official TBS description. Ride with them as they patrol one of the biggest.
- 1/14/2017
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
Drama wins feature, screenplay and audience prizes. Manchester by the Sea’s Casey Affleck is best actor and Elle’s Isabelle Huppert best actress.
Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight (pictured) won a record four awards at the Independent Filmmaker Project Gotham Independent Film Awards in New York on Monday.
The acclaimed drama, which last week got six Film Independent Spirit Award nominations, won the Gotham Award for best feature and its script, with a story by Tarell Alvin McCraney and a screenplay by Jenkins, won in the screenplay category.
The film also won the Gotham Audience Award and cast members Mahershala Ali, Naomie Harris, Alex Hibbert, André Holland, Jharrel Jerome, Janelle Monáe, Jaden Piner, Trevante Rhodes and Ashton Sanders were presented with the previously announced Special Jury for Ensemble Performance.
In other Gotham Award categories, Casey Affleck was named best actor for his performance in Manchester by the Sea, another leading awards contender, and [link=nm...
Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight (pictured) won a record four awards at the Independent Filmmaker Project Gotham Independent Film Awards in New York on Monday.
The acclaimed drama, which last week got six Film Independent Spirit Award nominations, won the Gotham Award for best feature and its script, with a story by Tarell Alvin McCraney and a screenplay by Jenkins, won in the screenplay category.
The film also won the Gotham Audience Award and cast members Mahershala Ali, Naomie Harris, Alex Hibbert, André Holland, Jharrel Jerome, Janelle Monáe, Jaden Piner, Trevante Rhodes and Ashton Sanders were presented with the previously announced Special Jury for Ensemble Performance.
In other Gotham Award categories, Casey Affleck was named best actor for his performance in Manchester by the Sea, another leading awards contender, and [link=nm...
- 11/29/2016
- ScreenDaily
Kicking off the onslaught of awards this year, as always, is the Gotham Independent Film Awards, which celebrates its 26th anniversary. Usually a strong slate highlighting some of the year’s best films, 2016 is no different as Manchester by the Sea leads the pack with four nominations. Close behind is Moonlight (which will also pick up a special ensemble award) and Paterson with three each overall.
Rounding out the Best Feature line-up, along with the three aforementioned films, is Certain Women and Everybody Wants Some!!. As for the Best Documentary line-up, Cameraperson, I Am Not Your Negro, O.J.: Made in America, Tower, and Weiner all made the cut. With Krisha, The Witch, The Fits, Elle, Morris From America, Jackie, and more also getting nods, the list makes for the ideal what-to-watch-before-the-year-is-over rundown.
Check out the full list of nominations below.
Best Feature
Certain Women
Kelly Reichardt, director; Neil Kopp, Vincent Savino,...
Rounding out the Best Feature line-up, along with the three aforementioned films, is Certain Women and Everybody Wants Some!!. As for the Best Documentary line-up, Cameraperson, I Am Not Your Negro, O.J.: Made in America, Tower, and Weiner all made the cut. With Krisha, The Witch, The Fits, Elle, Morris From America, Jackie, and more also getting nods, the list makes for the ideal what-to-watch-before-the-year-is-over rundown.
Check out the full list of nominations below.
Best Feature
Certain Women
Kelly Reichardt, director; Neil Kopp, Vincent Savino,...
- 10/20/2016
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Adult Swim and Dan Harmon's acclaimed and well-rated animated sci-fi comedy series "Rick and Morty" is coming back for a third season later this year.
Appearing at Magic City Comic Con in Miami Florida in January, at a panel which has only now just gone online, Harmon and Dino Stamatopoulos confirmed a third season of fourteen episodes will come around the end of this year.
They also said at the time "nobody blog about this," admitting that the season was coming earlier than expected. The fourteen episode count is up from the ten of the second and eleven of the first.
The series has avoided callbacks to earlier episodes in its first two seasons, that will change with the third which is expected to reference old jokes and characters.
Source: Inverse...
Appearing at Magic City Comic Con in Miami Florida in January, at a panel which has only now just gone online, Harmon and Dino Stamatopoulos confirmed a third season of fourteen episodes will come around the end of this year.
They also said at the time "nobody blog about this," admitting that the season was coming earlier than expected. The fourteen episode count is up from the ten of the second and eleven of the first.
The series has avoided callbacks to earlier episodes in its first two seasons, that will change with the third which is expected to reference old jokes and characters.
Source: Inverse...
- 3/6/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
For a film that, in many ways, embraces its own imperfections, Anomalisa (which enjoys a wide release this week) is nearly flawless in what it sets out to achieve: Using the under-utilized medium of stop-motion animation to tell a story more human than most live action films.
The film follows middle-aged customer service expert Michael Stone (voiced by David Thewlis) who, after arriving in Cincinnati for a conference, checks into a classy hotel hoping for a quiet night of Belvedere martinis and casual infidelity. It becomes clear early on that Michael hears and, for the most part, sees everyone else (literally all voiced by Tom Noonan) in the same way. His voice is the only unique voice in the world. That is until he hears a woman with a beautifully unique voice in the hotel hallway and rushes to investigate. Here he finds Lisa (voiced by Jennifer Jason Leigh).
While...
The film follows middle-aged customer service expert Michael Stone (voiced by David Thewlis) who, after arriving in Cincinnati for a conference, checks into a classy hotel hoping for a quiet night of Belvedere martinis and casual infidelity. It becomes clear early on that Michael hears and, for the most part, sees everyone else (literally all voiced by Tom Noonan) in the same way. His voice is the only unique voice in the world. That is until he hears a woman with a beautifully unique voice in the hotel hallway and rushes to investigate. Here he finds Lisa (voiced by Jennifer Jason Leigh).
While...
- 1/15/2016
- by Rocco Tenaglia
- CinemaNerdz
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It's the final entry in Wesley's top 100 Christmas TV episodes of all time list, numbers 20 to 1. Merry Christmas to all!
Read entries 100 - 81 here, entries 80 - 61 here, entries 60 - 41 here, and entries 40 - 21 here.
Since the medium’s infancy, viewers have enjoyed sharing holidays with their favourite television characters. We grow invested in our friends on screen over the years; spending Christmas with them is a rite of passage, a chance for us to share tradition from our world with the fictional ones we see on screen. Some shows embrace the season wholeheartedly, characters in good spirits and enjoying the trappings of the season; others skew a little darker, bringing the more oppressive, burdensome side of the holidays to life. Either way, Christmas episodes tend to demonstrate the strengths of our favourite series, and it’s long been a festive ritual of mine to wheel out old...
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It's the final entry in Wesley's top 100 Christmas TV episodes of all time list, numbers 20 to 1. Merry Christmas to all!
Read entries 100 - 81 here, entries 80 - 61 here, entries 60 - 41 here, and entries 40 - 21 here.
Since the medium’s infancy, viewers have enjoyed sharing holidays with their favourite television characters. We grow invested in our friends on screen over the years; spending Christmas with them is a rite of passage, a chance for us to share tradition from our world with the fictional ones we see on screen. Some shows embrace the season wholeheartedly, characters in good spirits and enjoying the trappings of the season; others skew a little darker, bringing the more oppressive, burdensome side of the holidays to life. Either way, Christmas episodes tend to demonstrate the strengths of our favourite series, and it’s long been a festive ritual of mine to wheel out old...
- 12/17/2015
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Todd Haynes is in the running for best director and both Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara are in contention for best female lead alongside Room’s Brie Larson as Carol earned six 2016 Film Independent Spirit Award nominations in Los Angeles on Tuesday.Scroll down for full list of nominations
Close behind were Spotlight and Beasts Of No Nation on five apiece, followed by indie darling Tangerine and Anomalisa on four each.
Not even a glitch that saw the list of nominees temporarily appear on the Film Independent website prior to the official announcement could spoil what turned out by and large to be a recognition of independent film in its myriad forms.
Besides the more predictable contenders like Carol, Spotlight and Room, there was plenty of love for Tangerine, shot on an iPhone, and Beasts Of No Nation from Netflix, whose day-and-date release (and what that portends) infuriated large swathes of the exhibition sector but has clearly...
Close behind were Spotlight and Beasts Of No Nation on five apiece, followed by indie darling Tangerine and Anomalisa on four each.
Not even a glitch that saw the list of nominees temporarily appear on the Film Independent website prior to the official announcement could spoil what turned out by and large to be a recognition of independent film in its myriad forms.
Besides the more predictable contenders like Carol, Spotlight and Room, there was plenty of love for Tangerine, shot on an iPhone, and Beasts Of No Nation from Netflix, whose day-and-date release (and what that portends) infuriated large swathes of the exhibition sector but has clearly...
- 11/24/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Todd Haynes is in the running for best director and both Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara are in contention for best female lead alongside Room’s Brie Larson as Carol earned six 2016 Film Independent Spirit Award nominations in Los Angeles on Tuesday.
Close behind were Spotlight and Beasts Of No Nation on five apiece, followed by indie darling Tangerine and Anomalisa on four each.
Not even a glitch that saw the list of nominees temporarily appear on the Film Independent website prior to the official announcement could spoil what turned out by and large to be a recognition of independent film in its myriad forms.
Besides the more predictable contenders like Carol, Spotlight and Room, there was plenty of love for Tangerine, shot on an iPhone, and Beasts Of No Nation from Netflix, whose day-and-date release (and what that portends) infuriated large swathes of the exhibition sector but has clearly impressed critics.
Magnolia Pictures earned...
Close behind were Spotlight and Beasts Of No Nation on five apiece, followed by indie darling Tangerine and Anomalisa on four each.
Not even a glitch that saw the list of nominees temporarily appear on the Film Independent website prior to the official announcement could spoil what turned out by and large to be a recognition of independent film in its myriad forms.
Besides the more predictable contenders like Carol, Spotlight and Room, there was plenty of love for Tangerine, shot on an iPhone, and Beasts Of No Nation from Netflix, whose day-and-date release (and what that portends) infuriated large swathes of the exhibition sector but has clearly impressed critics.
Magnolia Pictures earned...
- 11/24/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Film Independent, the nonprofit arts organization that produces the Film Independent Spirit Awards, the La Film Festival and Film Independent at Lacma, announced nominations for the 2016 Spirit Awards this morning. Film Independent President Josh Welsh presided over the press conference held at W Hollywood, with actors John Boyega and Elizabeth Olsen presenting the nominations.
Nominees for Best Feature included Anomalisa, Beasts of No Nation, Carol, Spotlight and Tangerine.
“This year’s nominees are a testament to the strength, vitality and diversity of independent, artist-driven filmmaking,” said Film Independent President Josh Welsh. “It’s an astonishingly strong group of films and performances this year and we look forward to celebrating them all at the Spirit Awards.”
Spotlight was selected to receive the Robert Altman Award, which is bestowed upon one film’s director, casting director and ensemble cast. The Altman Award was created in 2008 in honor of legendary director Robert Altman...
Nominees for Best Feature included Anomalisa, Beasts of No Nation, Carol, Spotlight and Tangerine.
“This year’s nominees are a testament to the strength, vitality and diversity of independent, artist-driven filmmaking,” said Film Independent President Josh Welsh. “It’s an astonishingly strong group of films and performances this year and we look forward to celebrating them all at the Spirit Awards.”
Spotlight was selected to receive the Robert Altman Award, which is bestowed upon one film’s director, casting director and ensemble cast. The Altman Award was created in 2008 in honor of legendary director Robert Altman...
- 11/24/2015
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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As Bob Odenkirk and David Cross reunite for Netflix's W/Bob & David, we revisit the pair's original comedy series, Mr. Show...
“Hey, everybody! It's Bob and David!”
This Friday, Netflix will release four episodes of W/Bob & David, a new sketch show that reunites the cast of HBO's ground-breaking comedy series Mr. Show With Bob & David. For comedy fans of all stripes, this is unspeakably good news.
Mr. Show ran for 30 episodes (plus two clip show specials) between 1995 and 1998. It didn't set the world alight in terms of audience figures, but its weird and wonderful stylings mark it as a forerunner to shows like The Sarah Silverman Show, Portlandia, Key & Peele, Inside Amy Schumer and Tim & Eric Awesome Show! Great Job. To many of the alternative comedians currently working and coming up, Mr. Show is nothing short of the American answer to Monty Python's Flying Circus.
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As Bob Odenkirk and David Cross reunite for Netflix's W/Bob & David, we revisit the pair's original comedy series, Mr. Show...
“Hey, everybody! It's Bob and David!”
This Friday, Netflix will release four episodes of W/Bob & David, a new sketch show that reunites the cast of HBO's ground-breaking comedy series Mr. Show With Bob & David. For comedy fans of all stripes, this is unspeakably good news.
Mr. Show ran for 30 episodes (plus two clip show specials) between 1995 and 1998. It didn't set the world alight in terms of audience figures, but its weird and wonderful stylings mark it as a forerunner to shows like The Sarah Silverman Show, Portlandia, Key & Peele, Inside Amy Schumer and Tim & Eric Awesome Show! Great Job. To many of the alternative comedians currently working and coming up, Mr. Show is nothing short of the American answer to Monty Python's Flying Circus.
In...
- 11/11/2015
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
Anomalisa
Directed by Duke Johnson and Charlie Kaufman
Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman
2015, USA
The original Anomalisa was a “sound play” by Charlie Kaufman (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Adaptation), performed before an audience only twice. The “sound” aspect referred to the fact that its main character has a disorder that makes him see everyone with the same face and hear the same voice. Character actor Tom Noonan (The House of the Devil, Manhunter) acted out this sea of parts on stage opposite David Thewlis’ (Naked, Restoration) Michael Stone. Stone, famous in the world of customer service, is a married motivational speaker struggling with depression and the need for intimacy when he lands in a Cincinnati hotel for a contracted engagement. There he ruminates about a love he threw away and finds hope in a new woman named Lisa (Jennifer Jason Leigh). Thanks to Dino Stamatopoulos (writer, animator, perhaps best...
Directed by Duke Johnson and Charlie Kaufman
Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman
2015, USA
The original Anomalisa was a “sound play” by Charlie Kaufman (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Adaptation), performed before an audience only twice. The “sound” aspect referred to the fact that its main character has a disorder that makes him see everyone with the same face and hear the same voice. Character actor Tom Noonan (The House of the Devil, Manhunter) acted out this sea of parts on stage opposite David Thewlis’ (Naked, Restoration) Michael Stone. Stone, famous in the world of customer service, is a married motivational speaker struggling with depression and the need for intimacy when he lands in a Cincinnati hotel for a contracted engagement. There he ruminates about a love he threw away and finds hope in a new woman named Lisa (Jennifer Jason Leigh). Thanks to Dino Stamatopoulos (writer, animator, perhaps best...
- 9/26/2015
- by Lane Scarberry
- SoundOnSight
The studio is understood to have paid more than $5m for worldwide rights to Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson’s Venice Grand Jury Prize winner.
Anomalisa has built a head of steam since its Telluride world premiere and remains one of the few films to generate genuine buzz in an exceptionally slow Toronto buying scene.
Wme Global and CAA jointly handled Us rights to the stop-motion dark comedy and Hanway Films the rest of the world.
The film was partially funded on Kickstarter and is a Starburns Industries, Snoot Entertainment production produced by Rosa Tran, Johnson, Kaufman and Dino Stamatopoulos.
James A Fino, Dan Harmon, Joe Russo II, Keith Calder, Jessica Calder, Aaron Mitchell, Kassandra Mitchell, Pandora Edmiston, David Fuchs, Simon Ore, David Rheingold and Adrian Versteegh serve as executive producers.
Screen International critic Lee Marshall called Anomalisa, “…a wistful, resonant film, a bracing, wry, honest dose of cinematic melancholy…”...
Anomalisa has built a head of steam since its Telluride world premiere and remains one of the few films to generate genuine buzz in an exceptionally slow Toronto buying scene.
Wme Global and CAA jointly handled Us rights to the stop-motion dark comedy and Hanway Films the rest of the world.
The film was partially funded on Kickstarter and is a Starburns Industries, Snoot Entertainment production produced by Rosa Tran, Johnson, Kaufman and Dino Stamatopoulos.
James A Fino, Dan Harmon, Joe Russo II, Keith Calder, Jessica Calder, Aaron Mitchell, Kassandra Mitchell, Pandora Edmiston, David Fuchs, Simon Ore, David Rheingold and Adrian Versteegh serve as executive producers.
Screen International critic Lee Marshall called Anomalisa, “…a wistful, resonant film, a bracing, wry, honest dose of cinematic melancholy…”...
- 9/16/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The studio is understood to have paid more than $5m for worldwide rights to Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson’s Venice Grand Jury Prize winner.
Anomalisa has built a head of steam since its Telluride world premiere and remains one of the few films to generate genuine buzz in an exceptionally slow Toronto buying scene.
Wme Global and CAA jointly handled Us rights to the stop-motion dark comedy and Hanway Films the rest of the world.
The film was partially funded on Kickstarter and is a Starburns Industries, Snoot Entertainment production produced by Rosa Tran, Johnson, Kaufman and Dino Stamatopoulos.
James A Fino, Dan Harmon, Joe Russo II, Keith Calder, Jessica Calder, Aaron Mitchell, Kassandra Mitchell, Pandora Edmiston, David Fuchs, Simon Ore, David Rheingold and Adrian Versteegh serve as executive producers.
Screen International critic Lee Marshall called Anomalisa, “…a wistful, resonant film, a bracing, wry, honest dose of cinematic melancholy…”...
Anomalisa has built a head of steam since its Telluride world premiere and remains one of the few films to generate genuine buzz in an exceptionally slow Toronto buying scene.
Wme Global and CAA jointly handled Us rights to the stop-motion dark comedy and Hanway Films the rest of the world.
The film was partially funded on Kickstarter and is a Starburns Industries, Snoot Entertainment production produced by Rosa Tran, Johnson, Kaufman and Dino Stamatopoulos.
James A Fino, Dan Harmon, Joe Russo II, Keith Calder, Jessica Calder, Aaron Mitchell, Kassandra Mitchell, Pandora Edmiston, David Fuchs, Simon Ore, David Rheingold and Adrian Versteegh serve as executive producers.
Screen International critic Lee Marshall called Anomalisa, “…a wistful, resonant film, a bracing, wry, honest dose of cinematic melancholy…”...
- 9/16/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
It's a film that blends a surprising realism with a surreal sense of reality falling apart, one herky-jerky movement at a time. Its hero — if you could call the fucked-up pop-psychology author at its center a "hero" — is a middle-aged man with a sagging body who drinks too much, booty-calls up old flames and wears his neuroses on his tattered blazer's sleeve. There's explicit sex, profound sadness, jokes about the Cincinnati Zoo and hotel-door keycards, heartbreak, hilarity, and a half-naked Japanese automaton that both sings and spits out bodily fluids.
- 9/16/2015
- Rollingstone.com
Lucky Louie, Season 1, Episode 5: “Long Weekend”
Written by Dino Stamatopoulos
Directed by Andrew D. Weyman
Aired on July 10th, 2006 on HBO
If nothing else, “Control” makes for a very focused episode of Lucky Louie. In a series crammed full of B plots and skits that feel forced in because Louis C.K. didn’t know where to put them (i.e. the “Why” sketch from the cold open in “Pilot”), it’s refreshing to see an episode which clearly develops a single idea. Whereas other half-hours have felt trapped between half-baked gags, there’s something enjoyable about seeing an episode which devotes its running time to exploring a specific concept and how it affects various members of the ensemble.
It’s too bad, though, that writer Dino Stamatopoulos doesn’t use the focus of the episode to examine a fresher topic. By looking at dieting, and specifically Louie’s desire...
Written by Dino Stamatopoulos
Directed by Andrew D. Weyman
Aired on July 10th, 2006 on HBO
If nothing else, “Control” makes for a very focused episode of Lucky Louie. In a series crammed full of B plots and skits that feel forced in because Louis C.K. didn’t know where to put them (i.e. the “Why” sketch from the cold open in “Pilot”), it’s refreshing to see an episode which clearly develops a single idea. Whereas other half-hours have felt trapped between half-baked gags, there’s something enjoyable about seeing an episode which devotes its running time to exploring a specific concept and how it affects various members of the ensemble.
It’s too bad, though, that writer Dino Stamatopoulos doesn’t use the focus of the episode to examine a fresher topic. By looking at dieting, and specifically Louie’s desire...
- 7/8/2015
- by Max Bledstein
- SoundOnSight
Community season 6 returns to an activity it knows and loves: the meta-film referencing game of paintball...
This review contains spoilers.
6.11 Modern Espionage
“If I tell you, then I'll end up pretendsies-dead.”
We're far closer to the end of that “six seasons and a movie” thing than the beginning and somehow it felt like paintball might be the basis of a pretty decent movie. After all, season one's Modern Warfare was a watershed moment for the show and the following season's two-part finale A Fistful Of Paintballs and For A Few Paintballs More stand as two of the best ever episodes- the show is seldom more cinematic than when it's splattered with paint.
Aside from a cloying reprise at the end of the much maligned fourth season, Modern Espionage marks the first time we've seen it since then and it's not without reason. But far from the campus-wide carnage of previous games,...
This review contains spoilers.
6.11 Modern Espionage
“If I tell you, then I'll end up pretendsies-dead.”
We're far closer to the end of that “six seasons and a movie” thing than the beginning and somehow it felt like paintball might be the basis of a pretty decent movie. After all, season one's Modern Warfare was a watershed moment for the show and the following season's two-part finale A Fistful Of Paintballs and For A Few Paintballs More stand as two of the best ever episodes- the show is seldom more cinematic than when it's splattered with paint.
Aside from a cloying reprise at the end of the much maligned fourth season, Modern Espionage marks the first time we've seen it since then and it's not without reason. But far from the campus-wide carnage of previous games,...
- 5/19/2015
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
The team behind the late 1990s cult hit "Mr. Show with Bob and David" are collaborating on a new project. Writer/star Paul F. Tompkins has posted a photo on his Twitter account teasing "something new from the Mr. Show gang in the new year."
This year will mark the 20th anniversary of the series' debut back in 1995, but no further details are available at this time. The show ran for four seasons.
"Breaking Bad" star Bob Odenkirk and "Arrested Development" actor David Cross created the series and appear in the photo alongside Scott Aukerman, Jay Johnston, Eric Hoffman, Bill Odenkirk and Brian Posehn.
Other cast members and writers on the series included Sarah Silverman, Jack Black, Tom Kenny, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Jerry Minor and Dino Stamatopoulos.
Eight men out... of the 1990s. Maybe something new coming from the Mr. Show gang in the new year? #MrShow pic.twitter.com...
This year will mark the 20th anniversary of the series' debut back in 1995, but no further details are available at this time. The show ran for four seasons.
"Breaking Bad" star Bob Odenkirk and "Arrested Development" actor David Cross created the series and appear in the photo alongside Scott Aukerman, Jay Johnston, Eric Hoffman, Bill Odenkirk and Brian Posehn.
Other cast members and writers on the series included Sarah Silverman, Jack Black, Tom Kenny, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Jerry Minor and Dino Stamatopoulos.
Eight men out... of the 1990s. Maybe something new coming from the Mr. Show gang in the new year? #MrShow pic.twitter.com...
- 1/1/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
If you aren’t familiar with Rick & Morty, now is your chance to catch up on the Adult Swim animated show that is taking over conversations everywhere. If you’re already a fan, you need to pick up the first season release. With an exclusive comic book, commentaries, and great featurettes, this is a release worthy of the hilarious show.
Check out all the info on the release below, as well as several clips.
Adult Swim’s Rick and Morty: The Complete First Season to Make Emergency Landing on Blu-ray™ and DVD
Available October 7, Series’ Blu-ray and DVD Debut Includes Exclusive Comic Book, Guest Commentaries, Behind-the-Scenes Featurette, Animatics and Creator Commentaries for Every Episode
It’ll be out of this world, Morty! This October, Adult Swim’s interdimensional – and unsuspecting – space crusaders Rick and Morty will make their home entertainment debut with the release of Rick and Morty: The Complete First Season.
Check out all the info on the release below, as well as several clips.
Adult Swim’s Rick and Morty: The Complete First Season to Make Emergency Landing on Blu-ray™ and DVD
Available October 7, Series’ Blu-ray and DVD Debut Includes Exclusive Comic Book, Guest Commentaries, Behind-the-Scenes Featurette, Animatics and Creator Commentaries for Every Episode
It’ll be out of this world, Morty! This October, Adult Swim’s interdimensional – and unsuspecting – space crusaders Rick and Morty will make their home entertainment debut with the release of Rick and Morty: The Complete First Season.
- 10/8/2014
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
“Community” creator Dan Harmon was joined by castmembers Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Jim Rash and Dino Stamatopoulos, as well as writer Chris McKenna, for a panel discussion on the show's upcoming sixth season on Yahoo TV. He even teased the “and a movie” portion of the show's signature hashtag: #sixseasonsandamovie While Yahoo TV had previous teased a possible fall return for the show, Harmon told the assembled audience that it was more likely going to be “probably sometime after Christmas.” He said the plan was to start writing in the fall, according to the Associated Press. Also read: Dan Harmon Responds to ‘Anxious.
- 7/25/2014
- by Jason Hughes
- The Wrap
It's been a busy day already in Comic-Con's Ballroom 20. We welcomed Jack Bauer back for "24." We tolerated 45 minutes of "Under the Dome" discussion. We watched "Scorpion," a.k.a. "Katherine McPhee: Nerd Wrangler," which was surprisingly well-received by the crowd. Now, after some quality time with Adelaide Kane and "Reign," it's time for the panel most of the crowd has been waiting to see... "Community" is back... 2:10 p.m. Our panel today will be creator Dan Harmon and Ep Chris McKenna, along with Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Jim Rash and Dino Stamatopoulos. And, once again, there may be guest appearances. Of course, I predicted guest appearances for "24," but they let us down. 2:17 p.m. We begin with a sizzle reel from the first five "Community" seasons. Season 4 is acknowledged only with a clip of the characters holding their breath to avoid a plume of noxious gas. After the fifth season.
- 7/24/2014
- by Daniel Fienberg
- Hitfix
Who knew that Yahoo would be Greendale's saviour? Yahoo Screen rushed to snap up season six of Community and keep the comedy alive... so we're betting that this Comic-Con panel - kicking off any minute - will be a real celebration. We're expecting stars from the cast and creator Dan Harmon... and we've already seen a Human Being in the audience, so expect some fun audience questions! Let's get going...
15:16But that's a wrap! Thanks for joining us for the Community panel and stick around for more Comic-Con goodness!
15:14"You guys are the greatest fans in the history of all time," Joel says, closing the panel. And what's this?! Gillian says Subway are giving everyone here a free sandwich. Sorry, guys.
15:14Production starts later this summer and Yahoo will release them weekly when they're ready!
15:13Could we see The Soup's Mankini on the show? Joel...
15:16But that's a wrap! Thanks for joining us for the Community panel and stick around for more Comic-Con goodness!
15:14"You guys are the greatest fans in the history of all time," Joel says, closing the panel. And what's this?! Gillian says Subway are giving everyone here a free sandwich. Sorry, guys.
15:14Production starts later this summer and Yahoo will release them weekly when they're ready!
15:13Could we see The Soup's Mankini on the show? Joel...
- 7/24/2014
- Digital Spy
Who knew that Yahoo would be Greendale's saviour? Yahoo Screen rushed to snap up season six of Community and keep the comedy alive... so we're betting that this Comic-Con panel - kicking off any minute - will be a real celebration. We're expecting stars from the cast and creator Dan Harmon... and we've already seen a Human Being in the audience, so expect some fun audience questions! Let's get going...
15:16But that's a wrap! Thanks for joining us for the Community panel and stick around for more Comic-Con goodness!
15:14"You guys are the greatest fans in the history of all time," Joel says, closing the panel. And what's this?! Gillian says Subway are giving everyone here a free sandwich. Sorry, guys.
15:14Production starts later this summer and Yahoo will release them weekly when they're ready!
15:13Could we see The Soup's Mankini on the show? Joel...
15:16But that's a wrap! Thanks for joining us for the Community panel and stick around for more Comic-Con goodness!
15:14"You guys are the greatest fans in the history of all time," Joel says, closing the panel. And what's this?! Gillian says Subway are giving everyone here a free sandwich. Sorry, guys.
15:14Production starts later this summer and Yahoo will release them weekly when they're ready!
15:13Could we see The Soup's Mankini on the show? Joel...
- 7/24/2014
- Digital Spy
Comic-Con 2014 will open Wednesday, July 23, and this year Ballroom 20 has been designated the place to be for all your TV needs.
Ballroom 20 will host a slew of TV panels Thursday through Saturday, beginning with a special pilot screening for highly anticipated, new comic-genre shows The Flash (The CW), Constantine (NBC) and iZombie (The CW).
From Thursday through Saturday, every morning starting at 10:00 a.m., Ballroom 20 will be all TV, all the time. Stars from TV shows ranging from Teen Wolf to The Simpsons will also be making appearances in Ballroom 20, making it the perfect place for a TV addict to camp out.
Thursday Schedule At Ballroom 20
Panels kick off Thursday at 10 a.m. with a special celebration of 24. Attendees will get a sneak peek at the DVD behind-the-scenes feature Worlds Collide and Jack Bauer himself, Keither Sutherland will be there to discuss the show and its recent revival 24:...
Ballroom 20 will host a slew of TV panels Thursday through Saturday, beginning with a special pilot screening for highly anticipated, new comic-genre shows The Flash (The CW), Constantine (NBC) and iZombie (The CW).
From Thursday through Saturday, every morning starting at 10:00 a.m., Ballroom 20 will be all TV, all the time. Stars from TV shows ranging from Teen Wolf to The Simpsons will also be making appearances in Ballroom 20, making it the perfect place for a TV addict to camp out.
Thursday Schedule At Ballroom 20
Panels kick off Thursday at 10 a.m. with a special celebration of 24. Attendees will get a sneak peek at the DVD behind-the-scenes feature Worlds Collide and Jack Bauer himself, Keither Sutherland will be there to discuss the show and its recent revival 24:...
- 7/21/2014
- Uinterview
Within seconds after sitting down to watch "Harmontown," you will notice that the doc is brought to you by "Starburns Industries." For those in the know, the production company is paying homage to one of the bit characters played by Dino Stamatopoulos on the TV show "Community." Those who watch the show will get a lot out of "Harmontown," and there may just be something for everyone else.
Dan Harmon is the comedic genius behind programs like "The Sarah Silverman Show," and the cult pilot one-off "Heat Vision and Jack," but his baby is "Community." The NBC art-sitcom experiment has been a massive underground hit, rewarding endless fanboys and girls with rapid-fire cultural references, endearing nerdy characters and non-stop punchy one-liners. The show is by no means a ratings-getter, and every new season is borne out of a turbulent gestation. Harmon's perfectionist work ethic towards the production and casting of...
Dan Harmon is the comedic genius behind programs like "The Sarah Silverman Show," and the cult pilot one-off "Heat Vision and Jack," but his baby is "Community." The NBC art-sitcom experiment has been a massive underground hit, rewarding endless fanboys and girls with rapid-fire cultural references, endearing nerdy characters and non-stop punchy one-liners. The show is by no means a ratings-getter, and every new season is borne out of a turbulent gestation. Harmon's perfectionist work ethic towards the production and casting of...
- 4/24/2014
- by Mark Wigmore
- Moviefone
Community Season 5, Episode 11 “G.I. Jeff”
Written by Dino Stamatopoulos
Directed by Rob Schrab
Airs Thursdays at 8pm Et on NBC
There are numerous plot devices Community uses as foundations for stepping into alternate universes – none more than campus competitions and psychotic breaks, however. So when “G.I. Jeff” opens up with Jeff Winger taking on the identity of G.I. Joe (with no framing device preceding it), it’s clear there is something very wrong with Greendale’s law professor – why else would he bury himself inside an early-1980′s children’s cartoon? What follows is arguably the most spot-on parody Community‘s done in its wildly experimental five-year run; and though it kind of hustles through its final moments to justify it all, is a quiet, contemplative piece in the spirit of “Critical Film Studies”, or its most obvious spiritual companion, “Abed’s Uncontrollable Christmas” (written by Dino Stamatopoulos and animated by his studio,...
Written by Dino Stamatopoulos
Directed by Rob Schrab
Airs Thursdays at 8pm Et on NBC
There are numerous plot devices Community uses as foundations for stepping into alternate universes – none more than campus competitions and psychotic breaks, however. So when “G.I. Jeff” opens up with Jeff Winger taking on the identity of G.I. Joe (with no framing device preceding it), it’s clear there is something very wrong with Greendale’s law professor – why else would he bury himself inside an early-1980′s children’s cartoon? What follows is arguably the most spot-on parody Community‘s done in its wildly experimental five-year run; and though it kind of hustles through its final moments to justify it all, is a quiet, contemplative piece in the spirit of “Critical Film Studies”, or its most obvious spiritual companion, “Abed’s Uncontrollable Christmas” (written by Dino Stamatopoulos and animated by his studio,...
- 4/4/2014
- by Randy Dankievitch
- SoundOnSight
On Angel, Vincent Kartheiser might not have had the most idyllic educational experience, but the grown-up Mad Men makes up for that as a Bmoc on High School USA!, part of Fox’s new Animation Domination High-Def block premiering this Saturday at 11/10c.
Created by Community‘s Dino Stamatopoulos and revolving around a class of millennial students as they confront the challenges of growing up in a modern world, High School USA! finds Kartheiser voicing Marsh Merriweather, whom the actor describes in this behind-the-scenes video as “the optimistic leader of the gang,” someone who is “always trying to make people happy.
Created by Community‘s Dino Stamatopoulos and revolving around a class of millennial students as they confront the challenges of growing up in a modern world, High School USA! finds Kartheiser voicing Marsh Merriweather, whom the actor describes in this behind-the-scenes video as “the optimistic leader of the gang,” someone who is “always trying to make people happy.
- 7/26/2013
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
"Community" took over Hall H on the last day of the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con, and the results were entertaining -- to say the least. From the moment Dan Harmon made his triumphant return to the Nsfw questions posed by Dino Stamatopoulos to the final applause, every bit of the "Community" panel is worth a watch.
Now you can watch it from the comfort of your own home -- no overnight lines necessary.
Certainly one of the major highlights of the entire event comes right at the beginning when Harmon "flies" onto the stage wearing what appears to be a rather accurate Iron Man costume. Could anything say triumphant better?
The rest of the panel is pretty entertaining as well. With comedy like this, could six seasons and a movie be so far-fetched?...
Now you can watch it from the comfort of your own home -- no overnight lines necessary.
Certainly one of the major highlights of the entire event comes right at the beginning when Harmon "flies" onto the stage wearing what appears to be a rather accurate Iron Man costume. Could anything say triumphant better?
The rest of the panel is pretty entertaining as well. With comedy like this, could six seasons and a movie be so far-fetched?...
- 7/23/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
The Project CommunityThe Panel Dan Harmon, Jim Rash (Dean Pelton), Yvette Nicole Brown (Shirley), Alison Brie (Annie), Ken Jeong (Chang), Danny Pudi (Abed), Gillian Jacobs (Britta), and writer Chris McKennaFootage Screened A fan appreciation comparing the constant renewal of the beloved show to the Twinkie, the McRib and the triumph of putting a man on the moon. Big cheers erupted when Joel McHale said he wished he could french kiss all the rabid fans. Ending with the popular and now familiar “six seasons and a movie” slogan, the clip set the tone for the rest of the panel.A great gag reel of Brie rapping,...
- 7/22/2013
- by Amanda Taylor
- EW - Inside TV
Friday’s Comic-Con schedule has landed! And it’s totally packed with action, from Simon Pegg’s latest The World’s End panel to a special Veronica Mars presentation.
In case you missed it, click here to see Thursday’s schedule and below you’ll see Friday’s TV and movie highlights. For more info and the complete schedule head over to the official Comic-Con site.
10:00am-11:00am, Indigo Ballroom, Hilton San Diego Bayfront, Cartoon Network: Regular Show: Care to join the not so regular cast and crew for an eventful hour of over the top regular?...
In case you missed it, click here to see Thursday’s schedule and below you’ll see Friday’s TV and movie highlights. For more info and the complete schedule head over to the official Comic-Con site.
10:00am-11:00am, Indigo Ballroom, Hilton San Diego Bayfront, Cartoon Network: Regular Show: Care to join the not so regular cast and crew for an eventful hour of over the top regular?...
- 7/5/2013
- by Sandra Gonzalez
- EW.com - PopWatch
A week in advance of its July 27 premiere, Fox is set to preview its new "Animation Domination High-Def" block in primetime on Sunday, July 21, the network has announced.
The Sunday night preview will include the debuts of new quarter-hour series "Axe Cop" (9:30 p.m. Et) and "High School USA!" (9:45 p.m. Et). The new animated series will debut on their regular night and time with all new episodes at 11 p.m. Et and 11:15 p.m. Et, respectively, followed by encores of the primetime previews.
"Axe Cop" tells the story of the titular lawman, who survives on two minutes of sleep a night and a diet made up solely of birthday cake. Nick Offerman ("Parks and Recreation") plays Axe Cop, alongside a voice cast that includes Megan Mullally, Patton Oswalt, Ken Marino and Peter Serafinowicz.
"High School USA!" centers on a group of super-positive, millennial students as the...
The Sunday night preview will include the debuts of new quarter-hour series "Axe Cop" (9:30 p.m. Et) and "High School USA!" (9:45 p.m. Et). The new animated series will debut on their regular night and time with all new episodes at 11 p.m. Et and 11:15 p.m. Et, respectively, followed by encores of the primetime previews.
"Axe Cop" tells the story of the titular lawman, who survives on two minutes of sleep a night and a diet made up solely of birthday cake. Nick Offerman ("Parks and Recreation") plays Axe Cop, alongside a voice cast that includes Megan Mullally, Patton Oswalt, Ken Marino and Peter Serafinowicz.
"High School USA!" centers on a group of super-positive, millennial students as the...
- 7/2/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Living in the world of Charlie Kaufman, as we all do, everything is ultimately Charlie Kaufman – as if to prove this, Charlie Kaufman is to adapt the Charlie Kaufman play Anomalisa, written and directed by Charlie Kaufman. The play concerns Michael, a motivational speaker who experiences great success in motivating others while leading a completely worthless and pointless life himself.
Of the original cast, David Thewlis, Tom Noonan and Jennifer Jason Leigh will appear in the 50 minute film, scripted and co-directed by Charlie Kaufman alongside Duke Johnson. The film is notable for being financed entirely through crowdfunding platform Kickstarter, raising double the required budget of $200,000 (making $400,000, maths whizz) and ensuring great times for all. HanWay will be taking the film to Cannes, and Duke Johnson has promised to “bring a new style of animation to an audience for whom animated films are not usually made – adultineers,” whatever that means.
Of course,...
Of the original cast, David Thewlis, Tom Noonan and Jennifer Jason Leigh will appear in the 50 minute film, scripted and co-directed by Charlie Kaufman alongside Duke Johnson. The film is notable for being financed entirely through crowdfunding platform Kickstarter, raising double the required budget of $200,000 (making $400,000, maths whizz) and ensuring great times for all. HanWay will be taking the film to Cannes, and Duke Johnson has promised to “bring a new style of animation to an audience for whom animated films are not usually made – adultineers,” whatever that means.
Of course,...
- 5/13/2013
- by Rob Batchelor
- We Got This Covered
How do you get fans to pony up $3.7 million for a feature-length reboot of a canceled CW series? The 58,000-plus Veronica Mars devotees who supported its Kickstarter campaign got in return all sorts of incentives—signed posters, DVDs, the satisfaction of knowing their dream movie was finally getting made—but probably the most tantalizing was the chance to be in a scene with the film’s star, Kristen Bell. For that, one backer handed over $10,000. Here, a review of similar Kickstarter booty. Incentive: Boozing with Dan HarmonCost: $2,500Six backers of the Charlie Kaufman stop-motion animation Anomalisa won a night out with the film’s two executive producers, Harmon, who was the showrunner for Community, and Dino Stamatopoulos, a longtime comedy writer. Incentive: Studio time with Matt DamonCost: $10,000One backer of Extreme Realities, a documentary about climate change narrated by Damon, will get the chance to attend a voice-over session.
- 3/25/2013
- by Mina Hochberg
- Vulture
Dino Stamatopoulos -- the former "Community" writer and consulting producer, who also played the oddball character Star-Burns on the NBC comedy -- ripped the network executives who were behind showrunner Dan Harmon's firing on HuffPost Live.
"I think they should come out of the closet and admit that they don't have a creative bone in their body," Stamatopoulos said.
Although Stamatopoulos' "Community" character Star-Burns was thought to have died in a car accident/meth explosion in the "Basic Lupine Urology" episode of Season 3 (though it was later revealed that he was actually still alive), Stamatopoulos continued his behind-the-scenes roles until Harmon was fired after the third season ended. "I quit as soon as Dan Harmon was let go as the showrunner ... I left in solidarity, which was a very brave thing to do. Also, I hate acting," he quipped.
Harmon was fired from the show he created after publicly feuding with Chevy Chase,...
"I think they should come out of the closet and admit that they don't have a creative bone in their body," Stamatopoulos said.
Although Stamatopoulos' "Community" character Star-Burns was thought to have died in a car accident/meth explosion in the "Basic Lupine Urology" episode of Season 3 (though it was later revealed that he was actually still alive), Stamatopoulos continued his behind-the-scenes roles until Harmon was fired after the third season ended. "I quit as soon as Dan Harmon was let go as the showrunner ... I left in solidarity, which was a very brave thing to do. Also, I hate acting," he quipped.
Harmon was fired from the show he created after publicly feuding with Chevy Chase,...
- 2/6/2013
- by Alex Moaba
- Huffington Post
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