Marvel’s recently announced the development of a third entry for the Captain America movie franchise, before it even debuts the second film, Captain America: Winter Soldier.
Now THAT’S faith in the works, if based on something tangible that has already proven its worth.
Case in point: there was a certain genius in the way Marvel introduced Captain America to the mainstream, movie-going audience in 2011.
This is how the WGAW is getting actors to appear at the Writers Guild Awards tomorrow night? By giving away shwag? Trinkets? Expensive ones too, as in crap worth almost $2500 per person. And none of ’em are going to writers?
Say it ain’t so, WGAW. Say that we haven’t joined the Celeb Bribery Campaign!
The 2014 Writers Guild Awards take place this Saturday, Febuary 1, and ahead of the big night, we’re giving one lucky reader the chance to win the official Writers Guild Celebrity Gift Bag, given to stars like Julianna Margulies, Dermot Mulroney, Julie Delpy, Henry Winkler, Betsy Brandt, Joe Manganiello, and Amber Tamblyn.
Comic Mix is a comic book site with lots of inside info. But although we love comics, what really draws us to it are the columnists. No matter what medium you write for, this post by Mike Gold, for example, is a gem:
It just started to snow out here in the Atlantic Northeast. I got the mandatory robo-call from our mayor telling us the world is coming to its end. There’s just enough white stuff on the ground for a 1980s yuppie to slip into a twitchy nostalgic daze. Going outside would be stupid: people out here don’t know how to drive on snow, and they act as though a little bit of snow is a sign from their lord telling them they’re going to hell. Which, given the fact this is snow and not hot hail, seems oxymoronic.
I’d give up and just watch television, but I really haven’t enjoyed daytime television since Phil Donohue got liquored up and threated to bite Mike Douglas’s balls off, and besides, odds are in favor of my losing power for at least a while. The good news is, I’ve got lots of stuff on my iPad – including work – and I can recharge that in my car. The better news is, pretty soon we’ll all have access to a lot more fun stuff.
Although I am classic TV-oriented, and relatively “old-school” in my mind set of how I believe television shows should be presented and produced, I still have my favorites in the new, contemporary programming of today.
Namely, Modern Family and The Middle, both of which ABC (my favorite network in history) just so happens to broadcast on Wednesday nights.
Although both series are top-notch on all levels (writing, directing, acting, etc.), of course I do have my issues with them.
Today’s question is about THE FALL GUY, an ABC action series (I think the network referred to it as drama, but…c’mon!) starring Lee Majors, Doug Barr, Heather Thomas, and Markie Post. Another actress played Markie’s part the first season, but I didn’t like her very much so why even mention her name?
I enjoyed my time producing the show – I must have, I served two separate stints there, executive producing the short-lived AUTOMAN in between. After years of writing “serious” drama like POLICE STORY, MEDICAL STORY, MEDICAL CENTER, and the like, THE FALL GUY was a terrific change of pace, filled with mindless action and humor.
Lee’s character, Colt Seavers, was a stunt man who moonlighted as a bounty hunter, and he never – I mean never – rang a doorbell or knocked when he went to anyone’s house. Instead, he and his trusty sidekick, Doug Barr’s Howie Munson, would rappel up to the most out-of-the-way top story balcony or window they could find. Because…stuntmen, you know?