…Especially for TV writers:
I got the above email yesterday and really was amazed that the WGAw has actually been holding a contest – for members only – for four years. It took me completely by surprise.
How SYFY made a show based on a Stephen King story and didn’t tell anyone.
by Robin Reed
Well, they didn’t tell me. I am the target audience for any show with a science fiction, fantasy, or horror premise. I will watch anything in those genres. And Stephen King – I have two shelves devoted to his books. I haven’t caught up with “The Colorado Kid” yet, a short novel of Mr. King’s from a few years ago, but if I had heard a hint of a TV show being made that was based on it, I would have been there to check it out.
Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions (Allegedly) Did What? To Whom? Bastards (Allegedly)!
This isn’t the first we’ve heard about certain, oh, “suspect business practices” from this company. But it’s the best reaction to said practices that we’ve seen so far. (Hey, TVWriter™ lawyers, how’d we just do?)
Hallmark Hall Of Fame Productions Sued For Stealing Xmas Story From Emmy Nominee – by Nikki Finke (Deadline.Com)
EXCLUSIVE: Bonnie Eskenazi Of Greenberg Glusker filed the lawsuit this morning accusingHallmark Hall Of Fame Productions and McGee Street Productions of usurping screenwriter, director, and producer Brad Wigor’s intellectual property rights for a Christmas TV story called The Night Flyer. Sure, a lot of people claim their project was stolen but few attract a pitbull litigator like Eskenazi who, for instance, has repped the estate of JR Tolkien among other clients against this kind of theft. And Wigor is a four-time Daytime Emmy nominee for Children’s Specials. This project in dispute was a family movie about a troubled teenage boy who lives in Los Angeles and meets an angel, then sprouts angelic wings himself, and after a few false starts ultimately uses his power for good during the Christmas season. Read the entire lawsuit here.
Waitaminnit! This is a “Twist?”
‘Mad Men’ Writer-Producer Sells Medical Drama to CBS – by Lacey Rose (Hollywood Reporter)
Dahvi Waller’s 20th TV doctor drama, “Guinea Pigs,” centers on a group of trailblazing doctors who run clinical trials in a Philadelphia hospital.
Mad Men’sDahvi Waller is heading back to broadcast.
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
