As we began talking about editorial content we could publish to celebrate the release of Hail, Caesar!, the latest film from Joel and Ethan Coen, we realized that none of us had the same top five lists, and that it seems unusual for that to be the case. The Coens have had such a rich and varied career that it is impossible to pin them down to one style or one theme or one type of storytelling. Some people love their comedies. Some people love it when they get dark. Some people love the underdogs, the least-liked of their films. But what's clear is that every film they've made has its fans, and even their worst films are beloved by someone. There are few artists like the Coen Brothers, and we were delighted to get lists from each of our special guest contributors this time. The diversity of the replies...
- 2/4/2016
- by HitFix Staff
- Hitfix
Songs On Screen: All week HitFix will be featuring tributes by writers to their favorite musical moments from TV and film. Check out all the entries in the series here. When we talk about underrated directors, it's hard not to mention Walter Hill. Hill is an underrated director, the way Michael Ritchie and Peter Yates were underrated directors, the way Roger Donaldson, Joe Dante, and Fred Schepisi are underrated directors. They’re all underrated because it’s only when you look at their filmographies that the numbers start to total up and you realize, boy, he directed a lot of really good movies. In Hill’s case, that list includes "The Warriors," "48 Hours," "The Long Riders," "Southern Comfort,: "Hard Times," "Trespass," and "Wild Bill." Some great. Some solid. (My personal favorite of those is Hard Times, a pulpy film about bare-knuckle boxers in the Great Depression.) There were clunkers...
- 6/25/2015
- by Michael Oates Palmer
- Hitfix
HitFix's recent spate of "Best Year in Film History" pieces inevitably spurred some furious debate among our readers, with some making compelling arguments for years not included in our pieces (2007 and 1968 were particularly popular choices) and others openly expressing their bewilderment at the inclusion of others (let's just say 2012 took a beating). In the interest of giving voice to your comments, below we've rounded up a few of the most thoughtful, passionate, surprising and occasionally incendiary responses to our pieces, including my own (I advocated for The Year of Our Lynch 2001, which is obviously the best). Here we go... Superstar commenter "A History of Matt," making an argument for 1968: The Graduate. Bullit. The Odd Couple. The Lion in Winter. Planet of the Apes. The Thomas Crown Affair. Funny Girl. Rosemary's Baby. And of course, 2001, A Space Odyssey. And that's only a taste of the greatness of that year. "Lothar the Flatulant,...
- 5/2/2015
- by Chris Eggertsen
- Hitfix
All week our writers will debate: Which was the greatest film year of the past half century. Click here for a complete list of our essays. It’s perhaps a little quaint to choose a year that I wasn’t even alive during to represent the best year of cinema. I was not there to observe how any of these films conversed with the culture around them when they were first screened. So, although I am choosing the glorious year of 1973, I am choosing not just due to a perusal of top ten lists that year—but because the films that were released that year greatly influenced how I engage with movies now, in 2015. Films speak to more than just the audiences that watch them—they speak to each other. Filmmakers inspire each other. Allusions are made. A patchwork begins. These are the movies of our lives. Having grown up with cinema in the 90s,...
- 4/30/2015
- by Brian Formo
- Hitfix
All week our writers will debate: Which was the greatest film year of the past half century. Click here for a complete list of our essays. When I picked this year, it was under the mistaken assumption that we were writing on the best film of a year, and not the best film year in general. But having realized the mistake, I stand by my choice. 1995 is still the best! Straight up: 1995 wins, because Todd Haynes’s “[Safe]" is still my favorite film to have come out since, Idk, I’ve been alive. It’s deeply self-conscious about genre, while still managing to not really resemble anything I’ve ever seen. It’s the perfect film about L.A.; about how space is mobilized in cinema; about the environment; about Gothic horror; about white femininity; about film bodies; about falling in love in the movies. It’s Todd Motherf*#@$^ Haynes’s best film.
- 4/30/2015
- by Jane Hu
- Hitfix
All week long our writers will debate: Which was the greatest film year of the past half century? Check here for a complete list of our essays. The end of the 1990s was the end of an era on the big screen. The independent filmmaking movement that started the decade had taken full bloom and infiltrated the business. Major studios had begun to jump headlong into the "dependent" game, amping up prestige product and utilizing the awards season as a marketing tool. The blockbuster landscape at the summer multiplex had been interesting, full of original concepts (good and bad), but something else was on the way — a new overlord in the business of film, and one that would more or less make the age of the movie star (at least as we had come to know it) a thing of the past. For those reasons and a slew of others,...
- 4/30/2015
- by Kristopher Tapley
- Hitfix
All week our writers will debate: Which was the greatest film year of the past half century. Click here for a complete list of our essays. I’m here today to argue that 2012 was the greatest year in cinema. I know you’re thinking: is she insane? How will she even begin to argue such a ridiculous theory? Sure, 2012 didn't bring us Vertigo or Citizen Kane or Chinatown or whatever, but it Was the year Spring Breakers came out, so I think it’s time you showed some respect. Just kidding, just kidding, calm down. The truth is, it really was the best year in cinema and here is why: Jennifer Lawrence. 2012 was the year J-Law rose to superstardom and showed the world how insanely talented she is in two very different but equally special films: Silver Linings Playbook and Hunger Games, the coolest dystopian film of our generation, and a creative,...
- 4/29/2015
- by Zara Lisbon
- Hitfix
All week long our writers will debate: Which was the greatest film year of the past half century. Click here for a complete list of our essays. I was one of the first to select years for this particular exercise, which probably allowed me to select the correct year. The answer is, of course, 1974 and all other answers are wrong. No matter what your criteria happens to be, 1974 is going to come out on top. Again, this is not ambiguous or open to debate. We have to start, of course, with the best of the best. "Chinatown" is one of the greatest movies ever made. You can't structure a thriller better than Robert Towne and Roman Polanski do, nor shoot a Los Angeles movie better than John Alonzo has done. Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway give the best performances of their careers, which is no small achievement. If you ask...
- 4/29/2015
- by Daniel Fienberg
- Hitfix
All week long our writers will debate: Which was the greatest film year of the past half century. Click here for a complete list of our essays. While I tend to think of the '80s as a crassly commercial lull between the artistic adventurousness of the '70s and the independent experimentation of the '90s, there were things about the '80s that i hold dear in terms of what I love about movies. And if you're talking about the best of the '80s, the year that crystallized all the things the decade did well was 1988, a year that looks upon closer inspection like an embarrassment of riches. One of my twenty favorite films of all time, as outlined in this article, was released in 1988, which automatically makes it a year worth closer consideration. The '80s may have begun with one of his strongest films, but...
- 4/29/2015
- by Drew McWeeny
- Hitfix
All week long our writers will debate: Which was the greatest film year of the past half century. Click here for a complete list of our essays. 1977 is the greatest year in film history. I'm positive. Why? It's the year that made you believe giant blockbusters could bring you state-of-the-art science fiction, modern (and enduring) takes on romance, compelling heroes, and a shrewd understanding of real people. It's the year that put us in touch with our most superheroic and most sentimental qualities, and that range alone is worth honoring. '77 is the year that gave us "Star Wars." I could go on about why that's a great movie, or we could just understand that every sci-fi blockbuster since "Star Wars" has had to deal with belittling comparisons to the greatness of "Star Wars." Sure, there've been other blockbusters with grandeur and special effects galore, but did they have C3PO's charisma?...
- 4/28/2015
- by Louis Virtel
- Hitfix
All week long our writers will debate: Which was the greatest film year of the past half century. Click here for a complete list of our essays. "Mulholland Drive." "Donnie Darko." "Spirited Away." "Ghost World." "The Royal Tenenbaums." "Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring." "Wet Hot American Summer." "Pulse." "Hedwig and the Angry Inch." If you're not stunned by the sheer variety of greatness in the above list of films, you probably won't be on board with my argument for 2001 as the greatest year in movie history. And if you're puzzled by the exclusion of "A Beautiful Mind," then you might as well stop reading now. "A Beautiful Mind," of course, won Best Picture at the Oscars the following year, an honor that felt undeserved at the time and positively baffles in hindsight. The Ron Howard-directed drama was an ephemeral triumph, the kind of middle-of-the-road Hollywood...
- 4/28/2015
- by Chris Eggertsen
- Hitfix
All week long our writers will debate: Which was the greatest film year of the past half century. Click here for a complete list of our essays. 1982 is the Best Movie Year Ever. How do I know this? Well, it's not just that it contains an absolutely perfect comedy with the name "My Favorite Year." It's that it contains so many different movies that you could consider the best ever of their particular type. In "E.T.," it has the best kids movie ever (and perhaps Steven Spielberg's best movie ever, depending on your preferred flavor of Spielberg). In "Tootsie," it has perhaps the best movie comedy ever (the AFI ranked "Some Like It Hot" one spot higher in its top 100 comedies list, but since this year also has "Victor/Victoria," I say you combine the two gender-benders to outmuscle Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis). In "Diner," it has the...
- 4/28/2015
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
All week long our writers will debate: Which was the greatest film year of the past half century. Check here for a complete list of our essays. Just one glance at the Oscar nominees for 1998 might make it seem less a questionable choice for “best year in film” — and more an insane one. Instead of a 1974 – The Godfather II, The Conversation, Chinatown, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, etc – or even a 1994, where Shawshank, Quiz Show, and Pulp Fiction lost to Gump – you choose a year where the Oscars would allow Roberto Benigni to climb atop both the figurative and literal chairs of the Shrine? Fine, step away from the Oscars. Would you still celebrate a year that saw not one, but two movies about asteroids threatening the Earth? A year that saw such scars carved across cinematic history as Patch Adams, My Giant, Stepmom, and Krippendorf’s Tribe? It bears repeating: Krippendorf’S Tribe?...
- 4/27/2015
- by Michael Oates Palmer
- Hitfix
Come December, it is customary for film critics introducing their Top Ten lists to declare that the 12 months just past have been “a very very good year” for film, and bemoan the hard choices they had to make to pick just 10. Among the hundreds of films released every year, there are few years that can’t supply a few happy moments, thankfully. However, looking back over the years past, it is clear that not all years are born equal. While there may have been things to celebrate in the weakest of years, there were times when the culture, the industry and the fates aligned to let genius flourish, and then there were moments when genius seemed to have other things on its mind. Here at Hitfix, we’ve decided to weigh it all up and answer the question: what was the greatest year in film history? Actually, we’re asking...
- 4/27/2015
- by Richard Rushfield and Adam Leff
- Hitfix
Updated With Corrected Membership Figures: TV writer and producer Shawn Ryan was the top vote-getter in the WGA West’s board election, which saw a turnout of 22.4% of the guild’s members casting ballots. Ryan, creator and showrunner of The Shield and The Chicago Code, got more votes than all of the incumbents in the race, with his name appearing on nearly 67% of the 1,835 ballots cast. The guild has more than 21,000 members, according to its latest filing with the Department of Labor. The guild said there were about 8,200 members eligible to vote.
All five incumbents — Chip Johannessen, Scott Alexander, Michael Oates Palmer, Katherine Fugate and Marjorie David — won re-election to two-year terms on the board. Fugate finished second in the voting, with her name appearing on 1,124 ballots (61.3%), followed by Johannessen (1,071, 58.4%); Alexander (965, 52.6%); Aaron Mendelsohn (964, 52.5%); David (952, 51.9%); Palmer (817, 44.5%); Jonathan Fernandez (722, 39.3%); and Peter Lefcourt, who was elected to a one-year term (648, 35.3%), filling the vacancy...
All five incumbents — Chip Johannessen, Scott Alexander, Michael Oates Palmer, Katherine Fugate and Marjorie David — won re-election to two-year terms on the board. Fugate finished second in the voting, with her name appearing on 1,124 ballots (61.3%), followed by Johannessen (1,071, 58.4%); Alexander (965, 52.6%); Aaron Mendelsohn (964, 52.5%); David (952, 51.9%); Palmer (817, 44.5%); Jonathan Fernandez (722, 39.3%); and Peter Lefcourt, who was elected to a one-year term (648, 35.3%), filling the vacancy...
- 9/17/2014
- by David Robb, Special To Deadline
- Deadline
It’s Candidates Night at WGA West headquarters, and all 18 writers vying for nine open seats on the guild’s board of directors are expected to be on hand tonight to answer questions from members. Expect candidates to talk about how lousy the film and TV industry is, how deceptive and devious the companies are — and how they intend to address the major issues facing writers.
Related: WGA West Urges FCC to Block Comcast Merger with TWC — This Time It’s In Writing
“Our business continues to be at a crossroads, and in some cases, in the crosshairs,” incumbent Michael Oates Palmer wrote on his website.
Possible Candidates Night topics include the declining number of films being made; the guild’s bad relationship with its New York-based sister union, the WGA East; new-media rights; late pay, which candidate Shawn Ryan called “an age old problem for us”; equal pay for...
Related: WGA West Urges FCC to Block Comcast Merger with TWC — This Time It’s In Writing
“Our business continues to be at a crossroads, and in some cases, in the crosshairs,” incumbent Michael Oates Palmer wrote on his website.
Possible Candidates Night topics include the declining number of films being made; the guild’s bad relationship with its New York-based sister union, the WGA East; new-media rights; late pay, which candidate Shawn Ryan called “an age old problem for us”; equal pay for...
- 9/4/2014
- by David Robb, Special To Deadline
- Deadline
The WGA West has issued its final list of 18 candidates, including five incumbents, who will be competing for eight seats on the its board of directors in the September election. Incumbents Chip Johannessen, Scott Alexander, Michael Oates Palmer, Katherine Fugate and Marjorie David will square off against challengers Shawn Ryan, Chris Derrick, Cynthia Riddle, Peter Lefcourt, Shernold Edwards, Peter Murrieta, Doug Atchison, Stan Chervin, Jonathan Fernandez, Courtney Ellinger, Mark Amato, Aaron Mendelsohn, and Aaron Fullerton. The guild will host its annual Candidates Night forum, where members can grill the candidates, on September 3 at the guild’s La headquarters. Ballots […]...
- 7/23/2014
- Deadline
As it did for feature film scribes in December, the Wgaw today announced the 15 winners of its 2014 Writer Access Project honoring diversity in TV writing. The program first launched in 2009 aiming to help diversify TV writers rooms by highlighting writers with TV staffing experience and bring their scripts to the attention of industry figures. Eligible writers had to submit themselves in one of five categories: minority writers, writers with disabilities, women writers, 55-and-over writers, and gay and lesbian writers. “The intention of the Writer Access Project is very simple. It draws the best, experienced writers who, for whatever reason, have not been able to get their material in front of showrunners and lets their work speak for itself. The focus is put on the one thing that truly matters when hiring a writer: the words he or she puts on the page,” said 2014 Wap Drama judge Glen Mazzara (The Walking Dead...
- 3/17/2014
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
The Los Angeles-based Writers Guild of America, West has selected its 2012 board of directors, the labor union announced Friday. The eight elected officials -- Chip Johannessen, Katherine Fugate, Michael Oates Palmer, John Aboud, Scott Alexander, David A. Goodman, Marjorie David, Kathy Kiernan -- will serve a two-year term, effective immediately. Related: Writers Guild Awards Set for Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013 More than 1,200 Guild members voted. In other Guild news: By popular vote in New York on Thursday, the Writers Guild of America, East selected seven new freelance council members -- John Auerbach,...
- 9/21/2012
- by Danielle Paquette
- The Wrap
The WGA West and WGA East released the results of their board and council elections Friday. In the West, eight members were elected to the board of directors: Chip Johannessen, Katherine Fugate, Michael Oates Palmer, John Aboud, Scott Alexander, David A. Goodman, Marjorie David and Kathy Kiernan. In the East, there were ten seats open on the guild’s council, which is the equivalent of the WGA West’s board. Elected as Freelance members on the Council were: John Auerbach (i), Walter Bernstein (i), Terry George (i), Jenny Lumet, Gina Ginfofriddo (i), Lara Shapiro and Richard Vetere. Elected as Staff members on
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- 9/21/2012
- by Jonathan Handel
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Los Angeles – The Writers Guild of America, West (Wgaw) has announced the final results of its 2012 Wgaw Board of Directors election. The following eight members were elected to the Wgaw’s Board of Directors: Chip Johannessen, Katherine Fugate, Michael Oates Palmer, John Aboud, Scott Alexander, David A. Goodman, Marjorie David, Kathy Kiernan. Numerical Results For Successful Candidates Chip Johannessen (870, 10.8%), Katherine Fugate (840, 10.5%), Michael Oates Palmer (790, 9.9%), John Aboud (723, 9.0%), Scott Alexander (684, 8.5%), David A. Goodman (651, 8.1%), Marjorie David (650, 8.1%), Kathy Kiernan (585, 7.3%). The Board members will serve a two-year term, effective immediately. Other Candidates: David Shore (563, 7.0%), Alexander Cary (437, 5.4%), Meg LeFauve (393, 4.9%), Jordan Mechner (273, 3.4%), Barbara Turner (246, 3.1%), Eric Small (153, 1.9%), Terrence Coli (151, 1.9%). A total of 1,320 valid ballots were cast. Each ballot contained up to eight votes. Percentages are based on total number of votes cast. The ballot count was supervised by Robbin Johnson of Pacific Election Services, Inc., an independent firm .
- 9/21/2012
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
Exclusive: NBC has bought an hourlong romantic comedy from writer Michael Oates Palmer, Prospect Park TV and Universal TV. Tentatively titled Cyrano, the contemporary project, which has received a script commitment with penalty, recasts Edmond Rostand’s classic tale of the eloquent but looks-challenged Cyrano de Bergerac against the high-stakes world of campaign politics and government. It centers on a less-than-attractive but genius campaign strategist who returns to save the floundering gubernatorial campaign of the handsome but inarticulate Mayor whose career he helped launch. With the candidate being the photogenic, charismatic mouthpiece for the strategist’s ideas and rhetoric, the sky’s the limit — until both men fall for the same woman, a journalist covering the campaign. Palmer, who is writing the project as part of an overall deal with Universal TV he signed in April, will executive produce Cyrano with Prospect Park’s Jeff Kwatinetz and Josh Barry. Cyrano...
- 8/23/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
The Writers Guild of America, West on Monday announced the final slate of candidates for its 2012 board of directors election. Fifteen candidates are nominated to run for eight open seats on the board: Meg LeFauve, Marjorie David, David Shore, Terrence Coli, John Aboud, Eric Small, Jordan Mechner, Barbara Turner, Michael Oates Palmer, Scott Alexander, Alexander Cary, David A. Goodman, Katherine Fugate, Kathy Kiernan and Chip Johannessen. Also read: Wgaw Announces Initial List of Board of Directors Candidates Shore, Goodman, Fugate and Kiernan are incumbents. Previously announced candidates Patrick Sean Smith and Zoanne...
- 7/23/2012
- by Todd Cunningham
- The Wrap
Los Angeles – The Writers Guild of America, West (Wgaw) has announced the final slate of candidates for the 2012 Board of Directors election. There are 15 candidates nominated to run for eight open seats on the Wgaw’s Board of Directors, as follows: Meg LeFauve, Marjorie David, David Shore (incumbent), Terrence Coli, John Aboud, Eric Small, Jordan Mechner, Barbara Turner, Michael Oates Palmer, Scott Alexander, Alexander Cary, David A. Goodman (inc.), Katherine Fugate (inc.), Kathy Kiernan (inc.), Chip Johannessen. (Previously announced Board candidates Patrick Sean Smith and Zoanne Clack withdrew their candidacies.) The Wgaw will host its annual “Candidates Night” town hall forum, where Guild members may meet Bod candidates and get answers to their questions, on Wednesday, September 5, at Wgaw headquarters in Los Angeles. Guild members will receive candidate, non-candidate, and rebuttal statements, if any, with their ballots prior to the election. Candidates may also mail additional campaign materials at their own expense.
- 7/23/2012
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
The Writers Guild of America, West's Nominating Committee has announced its initial list of candidates for the 2012 Board of Directors election. There are 17 candidates nominated to run for eight open seats on the Wgaw's board of directors: Meg LeFauve, Marjorie David, Patrick Sean Smith, David Shore, Terrence Coli, John Aboud, Eric Small, Jordan Mechner, Zoanne Clack, Barbara Turner, Michael Oates Palmer, Scott Alexander, Alexander Cary, David A. Goodman, Katherine Fugate, Kathy Kiernan, Chip Johannessen. Shore, Goodman, Fugate and Kiernan are incumbents. Also read: 'The Descendants,' 'Midnight in Paris' Are Tops With Writers...
- 6/21/2012
- by Todd Cunningham
- The Wrap
The guild has unveiled a first list of 17 candidates to run for eight open spots on the Wgaw’s Board of Directors. The deadline for submitting nominees by petition is July 23, and the guild will hosts its annual “Candidates Night” town hall forum for candidates September 5 at WGA headquarters in La. Final election ballots will be counted on September 21. Here are the candidates named today: Meg LeFauve, Marjorie David, Patrick Sean Smith, David Shore (inc.), Terrence Coli, John Aboud, Eric Small, Jordan Mechner, Zoanne Clack, Barbara Turner, Michael Oates Palmer, Scott Alexander, Alexander Cary, David A. Goodman (inc.), Katherine Fugate (inc.), Kathy Kiernan (inc.), Chip Johannessen.
- 6/21/2012
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
Writer-producer Michael Oates Palmer (The West Wing) has signed a two-year overall deal with Universal Television. The pact, which starts in June, comes on the heels of Palmer developing two hourlong projects at Universal TV’s sister network NBC — American Exile, a contemporary take on the Casablanca love triangle, with McG’s Wonderland and Warner Bros. TV, and The Hurt, a medical drama with the Shepherd-Robin Co and Wbtv. The latter was originally set up at FX. Additionally, ICM-repped Palmer recently turned in his script for Skinny Dip, a half-hour adaptation of Carl Hiaasen’s novel for HBO with Michael Keaton attached to produce and potentially star. Palmer’s series credits also include AMC’s Rubicon and ABC’s Cupid. This is the latest of a slew of overall deals at Universal TV, which has been aggressively beefing up its talent roster this spring, heading into next development season.
- 4/20/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
The West Wing writer Michael Oates Palmer has sold a new drama pilot to NBC. The currently untitled project is being described as a contemporary take on classic 1942 film Casablanca, according to Deadline. The potential series will follow an American ambassador who resides in a corrupt Eastern European country. When a visiting Congressman is killed, the Us responds with a military operation, but the wife of the general in charge is a former lover of the ambassador. Palmer wrote extensively for The West Wing (more)...
- 9/13/2011
- by By Morgan Jeffery
- Digital Spy
McG’s Wonderland Sound and Vision has continued it's streak of prolific TV development. Deadline reports that the company has sold three projects to ABC, NBC, Fox and the CW, and also has several comedy and reality pitches in the works. McG is also set to direct his first pilot since 2007's Chuck. The company has 3 series on the air this coming season, with Chuck, Supernatural and Nikita. The company is based at Warner Bros. TV, after renewing it's deal with the studio through 2013.
Here is what McG had to say about the deal and his parnter Peter Johnson:
“Warner Bros. bet on us 10 years ago and has helped us build an amazing business. Peter doesn’t chase the same writers as everyone else: we look for people on the verge, and for people who can tap into the youthful vibe of our company as they approach storytelling for broadcast TV.
Here is what McG had to say about the deal and his parnter Peter Johnson:
“Warner Bros. bet on us 10 years ago and has helped us build an amazing business. Peter doesn’t chase the same writers as everyone else: we look for people on the verge, and for people who can tap into the youthful vibe of our company as they approach storytelling for broadcast TV.
- 9/13/2011
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
Today's TV snacks include a new series getting greenlit, an existing show coming back for a second season and a couple pieces of casting news.
USA has given the green light to a buddy-cop series called "Common Law." It stars Michael Ealy ("The Good Wife") and Warren Kole ("The Chicago Code") as Lapd detectives who hate each other so much that their captain (Jack McGee, "Rescue Me") sends them to couples counseling. Wacky! [USA]
The CW has added two new characters to "90210" for its fourth season. Justin Deeley ("Couples Retreat") will play a "cowboy type" -- actually the son of a country-music star -- who's a potential love interest for Naomi (AnnaLynne McCord), while Megalyn Echikunwoke ("CSI: Miami") will play a rival of Naomi's at college. [TVLine]
Meet the new governor on "Hawaii Five-0": Richard T. Jones ("Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles") will have a recurring part on the CBS series this season.
USA has given the green light to a buddy-cop series called "Common Law." It stars Michael Ealy ("The Good Wife") and Warren Kole ("The Chicago Code") as Lapd detectives who hate each other so much that their captain (Jack McGee, "Rescue Me") sends them to couples counseling. Wacky! [USA]
The CW has added two new characters to "90210" for its fourth season. Justin Deeley ("Couples Retreat") will play a "cowboy type" -- actually the son of a country-music star -- who's a potential love interest for Naomi (AnnaLynne McCord), while Megalyn Echikunwoke ("CSI: Miami") will play a rival of Naomi's at college. [TVLine]
Meet the new governor on "Hawaii Five-0": Richard T. Jones ("Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles") will have a recurring part on the CBS series this season.
- 7/7/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
To bridge the translation gap, changing a movie's title abroad is standard studio practice. In the case of Captain America, the reasons are more diplomatic. The Nyt reports that Marvel and Paramount had always intended to call the film The First Avenger abroad due to fears of displeasing anyone who might take issue with America or its international relations. For now, the film will get a title change in Russia, Ukraine, and South Korea. The film will likely not show at all in China, which only allows 20 foreign films a year. Maybe it's the summer heat: HBO is developing Skinny Dip, a 2004 novel by dark-humored Miami author Carl Hiaasen. Michael Oates Palmer is adapting the satire, which begins with an adulterous husband throwing ...
- 7/6/2011
- Thompson on Hollywood
HBO has started developing a new drama based on the novel Skinny Dip. The book, written by Carl Hiaasen, focuses on a woman who aims to get revenge on her unfaithful husband after he tries to murder her. HBO has now confirmed that it is working on a television adaptation, The Hollywood Reporter says. Michael Keaton has signed up to executive produce the project along with Michael Oates Palmer, who has previously worked on shows including Rubicon, Shark and The West Wing. HBO is currently developing (more)...
- 7/6/2011
- by By Catriona Wightman
- Digital Spy
Los Angeles – The Writers Guild of America, West’s nominating committees have announced the initial list of candidates for the 2011 Wgaw Officers and Board of Directors election. The officer candidates are as follows: President – Patric M. Verrone, Christopher Keyser; Vice President – Howard A. Rodman, John Aboud; Secretary-Treasurer – David N. Weiss (inc.), Carl Gottlieb. There are 17 candidates nominated to run for eight open seats on the Wgaw’s Board of Directors as follows: Anthony Sparks, Dan Wilcox (inc.), Michael Oates Palmer, Thania St. John, Ari B. Rubin, Nelson Soler, Billy Ray (inc.), Linda Burstyn (inc.), Mark Alton Brown, David S. Goyer, Barbara E. Nance, Alfredo Barrios, Jr., John Brancato, Ian Deitchman (inc.), Nell Scovell, Jay Kogen, Carleton Eastlake (inc.). Note to editors: Wgaw internal rules require candidates to be announced in an order determined by lot; (inc.) denotes an incumbent candidate. In addition to the candidates selected by the nominating committees,...
- 6/21/2011
- by NIKKI FINKE
- Deadline Hollywood
Writer Michael Oates Palmer has set up a dramedy at ABC Studios and a comedic drama at FX in addition to a drama he has in the works at Epix. As part of a blind script with ABC Studios, Palmer will write an untitled project loosely based on the New Zealand series Go Girls. ABC Studios and ABC first took a stab at adapting the series, from the creator of another popular New Zealand show that found its way to American television via ABC, Outrageous Fortune aka Scoundrels, last season with writer Liz Tuccillo. Palmer is working on the project with producer Julia Franz in a partnership grandfathered in before she left ABC Studios in September to join Jamie Tarses at her Sony-based Fanfare. Palmer's adaptation of Go Girls is described as an hourlong relationship dramedy about a single man and his three single female friends, all in their early-mid 30s,...
- 11/2/2010
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
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