Exclusive: Producers Ian Collie and Rob Gibson are best known for helping bring an injured mongrel dog into the global consciousness in Colin From Accounts. Ahead of a busy 2024, the pair sat down with Deadline to chat about plans for their Easy Tiger Productions imprint, the state of TV in Australia and signing with CAA.
And where else to start, but with Colin From Accounts, Australian streamer Binge’s romantic sitcom series written by and starring real-life couple Patrick Brammall and Harriet Dyer. Over the weekend, the critically acclaimed show, winner of the Most Outstanding Comedy Program at the Logies, went into production on Season 2 after a delay primarily caused by the U.S. writers strike.
Gibson was first alerted to what would become Colin just after leaving his post as Head of Originals at Binge rival Stan. “Harriet had given me the script as a writing sample for another show,...
And where else to start, but with Colin From Accounts, Australian streamer Binge’s romantic sitcom series written by and starring real-life couple Patrick Brammall and Harriet Dyer. Over the weekend, the critically acclaimed show, winner of the Most Outstanding Comedy Program at the Logies, went into production on Season 2 after a delay primarily caused by the U.S. writers strike.
Gibson was first alerted to what would become Colin just after leaving his post as Head of Originals at Binge rival Stan. “Harriet had given me the script as a writing sample for another show,...
- 12/20/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Elizabeth Zott's life comes crashing down in Lessons In Chemistry Season 1 Episode 3, "Living Dead Things".
As Elizabeth deals with Calvin's death, some unexpected news pushes her to work faster and harder than ever.
Lessons In Chemistry Season 1 Episode 3 opens interestingly, with Elizabeth and Calvin's dog Six-Thirty becoming sentient in a voiceover.
The choice is odd, but works for the story. Six-Thirty explains how he found Elizabeth in the first place, working through the details carefully.
He was meant to be a military dog, training with rottweilers and dobermans, unsure of how he fits into the picture.
Six-Thirty escapes from the training academy, left out and alone, until Elizabeth finds him rustling through her trashcan. She takes him in, and it's the first time he's ever known love.
After Calvin's accident, B.J. Novak's Six-Thirty is distraught. He runs home to find Elizabeth, and as viewers, we're brought back into the human headspace.
As Elizabeth deals with Calvin's death, some unexpected news pushes her to work faster and harder than ever.
Lessons In Chemistry Season 1 Episode 3 opens interestingly, with Elizabeth and Calvin's dog Six-Thirty becoming sentient in a voiceover.
The choice is odd, but works for the story. Six-Thirty explains how he found Elizabeth in the first place, working through the details carefully.
He was meant to be a military dog, training with rottweilers and dobermans, unsure of how he fits into the picture.
Six-Thirty escapes from the training academy, left out and alone, until Elizabeth finds him rustling through her trashcan. She takes him in, and it's the first time he's ever known love.
After Calvin's accident, B.J. Novak's Six-Thirty is distraught. He runs home to find Elizabeth, and as viewers, we're brought back into the human headspace.
- 10/20/2023
- by Cher Thompson
- TVfanatic
One SNL cast member down, one to go.
On Wednesday’s episode of Chucky, Kenan Thompson had a rather unfortunate run-in with the killer doll, when his cab-driving character picked up the doll and Caroline on the streets of New York City. After overhearing the “interactive AI robot doll” talk about murder (Chucky has his hit list hilariously saved as a note in his phone), the freaked out cabbie tried to drop them off at a random street corner. But when he pulled over, Chucky had something else in mind. The doll dropped the driver’s seat back and shoved...
On Wednesday’s episode of Chucky, Kenan Thompson had a rather unfortunate run-in with the killer doll, when his cab-driving character picked up the doll and Caroline on the streets of New York City. After overhearing the “interactive AI robot doll” talk about murder (Chucky has his hit list hilariously saved as a note in his phone), the freaked out cabbie tried to drop them off at a random street corner. But when he pulled over, Chucky had something else in mind. The doll dropped the driver’s seat back and shoved...
- 10/19/2023
- by Nick Caruso
- TVLine.com
Joanna Merlin, who created the role of the daughter Tzeitel in Fiddler on the Roof on Broadway and served as a casting director for Stephen Sondheim, Harold Prince and Bernardo Bertolucci, has died. She was 92.
Merlin died Sunday in Los Angeles of complications from myelodysplastic syndrome, a bone marrow disorder, her daughters, documentary filmmaker Rachel Dretzin (Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey) and actress Julie Dretzin (The Handmaid’s Tale), announced.
Merlin also portrayed the dance teacher Miss Berg in Alan Parker’s Fame (1980) and recurred as Judge Lena Petrovsky for more than a decade on NBC’s Law and Order: Svu.
Her acting résumé included the films Hester Street (1975), All That Jazz (1979), Baby It’s You (1983), The Killing Fields (1984), Mystic Pizza (1988), Class Action (1991) and City of Angels (1998) and such TV shows as Naked City, The Defenders, East Side/West Side, Homeland and The Good Wife.
Merlin cast the original Broadway productions of Sondheim’s Company,...
Merlin died Sunday in Los Angeles of complications from myelodysplastic syndrome, a bone marrow disorder, her daughters, documentary filmmaker Rachel Dretzin (Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey) and actress Julie Dretzin (The Handmaid’s Tale), announced.
Merlin also portrayed the dance teacher Miss Berg in Alan Parker’s Fame (1980) and recurred as Judge Lena Petrovsky for more than a decade on NBC’s Law and Order: Svu.
Her acting résumé included the films Hester Street (1975), All That Jazz (1979), Baby It’s You (1983), The Killing Fields (1984), Mystic Pizza (1988), Class Action (1991) and City of Angels (1998) and such TV shows as Naked City, The Defenders, East Side/West Side, Homeland and The Good Wife.
Merlin cast the original Broadway productions of Sondheim’s Company,...
- 10/17/2023
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Meet the characters that form the nucleus of this captivating 1950s drama Lessons in Chemistry — based on Bonnie Garmus’ bestseller — about a brilliant chemist turned TV cooking show host. Elizabeth Zott As sharp as the pencil she tucks into her hair, Zott (Oscar winner Brie Larson) goes from a lab assistant thwarted by sexism to presenting the hit Supper at Six, which teaches housewives about science and self-worth. Her journey is messy, tragic, and relatable. (Credit: Apple TV+) Calvin Evans Zott’s equally smart lover and work-focused feminist colleague makes the cover of Scientific American, but his research really takes off when he and Zott team up in the lab. Like Zott, he has a complicated family history. Harriet Sloane The couple’s neighbor is quite different from Garmus’ white, middle-aged character. This Harriet is a mom whose husband is stationed in Korea. She is fighting ...
- 10/8/2023
- TV Insider
Exactly 50 years ago this fall, the most terrifying horror film in history landed on screens, shocking audiences around the world. Now, on Friday, October 6, a new chapter begins. From Blumhouse and director David Gordon Green, who shattered the status quo with their resurrection of the Halloween franchise, comes The Exorcist: Believer.
The original Exorcist film can be looked at as rite of passage film for fans of the horror genre. In fact, when it was first released, many parents actually forbade their children from going to see the film. Film producer Jason Blum revealed that he was about twelve years old when he first saw the film, while director David Gordon Green tells us, “I was fifteen when I saw it and was watching the film in public library while wearing large headphones. Why you ask? Because my parents wouldn’t let me see it!” Blum adds, “The quickest way...
The original Exorcist film can be looked at as rite of passage film for fans of the horror genre. In fact, when it was first released, many parents actually forbade their children from going to see the film. Film producer Jason Blum revealed that he was about twelve years old when he first saw the film, while director David Gordon Green tells us, “I was fifteen when I saw it and was watching the film in public library while wearing large headphones. Why you ask? Because my parents wouldn’t let me see it!” Blum adds, “The quickest way...
- 10/4/2023
- by Kristyn Clarke
- Age of the Nerd
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