…A DAWSON’S CREEK reunion, to be precise:
‘Apartment 23’s’ ‘Dawson’s Creek’ Reunion: Who Else Should Join? – by Lesley Goldberg
Don’t Blame the Writers, Blame the Buyers
…Which is to say the studios and production companies. What are we talking about? Glad you asked:
Chris Rock & Adult Movies – by Scott W. Smith (ScreenwritingFromIowa.Com)
“Most parts in comedy, they’re not written for men. They’re written for, like, boy-men. So it’s cool to play a man-man. They don’t make adult movies anymore. Go to a multiplex. If Sydney Pollack was around today, he’d be directing episodes of ‘True Blood.’”
Production Has Started on New Episodes of ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT
To be precise, it started yesterday, under the supervision of creator Mitch Hurwitz hisself, with the full original cast expected to participate in the Netflix produced/presented version of the Fox cult series. (Truly a cult fave. Not just words, those.)
Word is that Jason Bateman, Jeffrey Tambor, Portia de Rossi, David Cross, Jessica Walter, Will Arnett, Michael Cera, Alia Shawkat, and Tony Hale are all expected to have their new moments in the sun thanks to a concept that calls for each new episode to track one member of the Bluth family, with multiple family members showing up in special episodes.
The Latest DOCTOR WHO Gadget is a Total Must Have
Look at this thing. Perfect for when you want to give your spouse that special something (so you can really use it yourself):
Read with the Doctor
Are Marvel’s Superhero Movies Really a Kind of Big Screen TV Series?
You betcha! And, taken that way they’re one hell of a lot of fun. Although the writer below doesn’t say it in so many words, it’s clear that she gets it:
Emily S. Whitten: Marvel Movies: Are They Going Too Far?
I suppose we could call this a follow-up or at least sister piece to last week’s column, in which I interviewed the fantastic Cleolinda Jones, author of Movies in Fifteen Minutes, about her experiences with comic book movies. Cleo noted that she tends to be more interested in Marvel characters because “Marvel has been so much more pro-active about getting movies made and characters out there;” which is true. Let’s look at some numbers for live action comic book movies, just for kicks.