Calling Captain Planet! Dude, We Need You!

We have no idea why this peer produced trailer for a live-action CAPTAIN PLANET film that probably will never happen appeals to us so much, but it does.

Heroic moments count, people! And they’re in here.

One of TVWriter™’s Birds Has Left the Nest and is Flying On His Own

You may or may not remember TVWriter™ loyal Posting Minion Josh Hudson, who posted here as “The Hudsonian” and demonstrated a passion for NIKITA that “surpatheth all understanding.”

Josh was a stalwart who helped us out just when we needed him, but, alas, it turns out he also has needs of his own. To wit: read article

Eddie Izzard Talks About BULLET IN THE FACE

…Which we love because the series is created/produced by Alan Spencer, whom we would swear is the reincarnation of Mel Brooks except that Mel Brooks is still incarnate. (Actually, Alan is cooler than Mel Brooks, but let’s get back to Eddie:)

Eddie Izzard Talks Snow Globes, Sex with Trees and Finding the Truth in His Outlandish Villain in IFC’s New Miniseries “Bullet in the Face” – by Danny Bowes read article

Did You Know That Markie Mark Produces BOARDWALK EMPIRE?

From Wikipedia: “Scorsese and Winter are joined as executive producers by Mark Wahlberg…”

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Ah, men of the people, yes, indeedy! And we only discovered this because we got a P.R. announcement that, well, here it is:

NBC Orders Legal Drama From Pair Behind ‘Entourage’ and ‘Boardwalk Empire’ read article

Deadline.Com Features New Writing Deals

…Complete with pics of the writers and verbiage that makes them seem, if not exactly stars, definitely important. You don’t see that everyday, and it’s one of the reasons (the biggest one) why we report on Deadline.Com’s reporting as much as we do. (Oh, so that’s what we do. Good to know.) Deadline’s latest announcement:

ABC Buys Extended Family Comedy, NBC Goes For International Crime Drama – by Nellie Andreeva(Deadline.Com)

ABC has handed a script commitment with penalty to Dumb F*ck, a single-camera comedy from FishBowl Worldwide Media. Written by Hank Nelken (Saving Silverman), the project is about an average guy and his brilliant wife who, due to financial hardship, are forced to live with her family of highly intelligent but emotionally stunted geniuses. Vin Di Bona, Bruce Gersh, Susan Levison and Shaleen Desai executive produce. FishBowl is repped by CAA, Nelken by Gersh. read article