août 2012
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VH1 Renews 'Single Ladies' for Third Season //... →
The scripted dramedy has posted a 10 percent gain year-over-year in total viewers.
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Chloe Sevigny is moving to ‘Portlandia’ —... →
Academy Award nominee Chloe Sevigny is joining the cast of Portlandia for the hipster comedy’s third season. The Big Love alum will play Alexandra, a Portlandite who moves in with Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein’s characters (who, naturally, are named Fred and Carrie).
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Syfy To Develop Remake Of Cult U.K. Sci-Fi Series... →
Blake’s 7, the Georgeville Television-produced reboot of the cult British adventure/sci-fi series, has landed at Syfy. The cable network will develop the remake, which will be written by Joe Pokaski (Heroes) and directed by feature helmer Martin Campbell (Casino Royale).
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David Mamet To Reboot 'Have Gun - Will Travel' For... →
CBS has put in development Have Gun – Will Travel, a reboot of the 1957 CBS Western drama, to be penned by writer/director/playwright David Mamet. Mamet is set to direct the potential pilot, which will be produced by CBS TV Studios. He is executive producing with agent-turned-producer Elliott Webb.
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‘The Walking Dead’ casting news: Dallas Roberts to... →
With Michonne and the Governor, The Walking Dead is bringing two of the most famous characters from the comic to the screen for season 3 (which kicks off on AMC Oct. 14). But there will also be at least one completely new original character to join the fray. Dallas Roberts (who also starred on AMC’s Rubicon and has a recurring role as Juliana Margulies’ brother on The Good Wife) will be stepping...
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BET Orders Movie-Backdoor Pilot From Mara Brock... →
More than two decades after Will Smith launched his acting career with The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, another young rapper is transitioning to scripted comedy with the help of a husband-and-wife writing/producing duo. BET has greenlighted the Untitled Diggy Simmons Project, a two-hour backdoor comedy pilot/original movie starring 17-year-old rapper/blogger Daniel Dwayne Simmons, aka Diggy Simmons,...
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Animal Practice : Marco Pennette To Take Over as... →
There is a change at the helm of NBC‘s upcoming comedy series Animal Practice (formerly Animal Kingdom). Gail Lerner, who joined the show after the pilot as executive producer/showrunner, is departing, with Marco Pennette coming in as new showrunner. I hear the gig may be tied to a development/overall deal for Pennette at Universal TV. To accommodate the change and give Pennette time to get up...
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Bryan Cranston directing ‘The Office’ // Zap2it →
Bryan Cranston, who won three (and counting) acting Emmys for acting in “Breaking Bad,” is stepping behind the camera for an upcoming episode of “The Office.”
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‘Game of Thrones’ casts Daenerys’ sexy Stormcrow... →
Game of Thrones has cast an actor to play Daario Naharis, the charming and brutal captain of a mercenary company of soldiers called the Stormcrows. Daario meets Daenerys Targaryen in season three.
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ABC Developing Tom Sawyer-Huckleberry Finn Drama... →
The drama hails from Detroit 1-8-7 duo Jason Richman and David Zabel and is described as an adventure-themed reinvention that revolves around the two famed literary characters who re-meet as young men in their 20s and form an investigative firm in a bustling and steampunk New Orleans.
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Cop Comedy From Michael Schur & Dan Goor Sparks... →
(…) A pitch from the Parks & Recreation duo of co-creator/exec producer/showrunner Michael Schur and co-executive producer Dan Goor was just taken out to the four major broadcast networks, and all are pursuing it. The untitled project, which Schur and Goor will co-write together, is a single-camera comedy about a diverse group of detectives in a precinct at the very edge of New York...
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BET Orders Comedy Pilot Starring Kelly Rowland //... →
Rowland, whose acting credits include episodes of American Dreams, The Hughleys and Girlfriends, will star as Dylan, a struggling L.A.-based relationship blogger who lives with her best friend Cherise (Gabrielle Dennis, The Game) and wealthy and divorced roommate Brooke (Melanie Liburd, Strike Back).
