By Anthony Medina
**Be aware this review contains spoilers**
Season 2 Episode 9
“Blackwater”
“Those are brave men knocking at our door. Let’s go kill them.” – Tyrion Lannister
Tag: HBO
HBO Goes for a Series Set in the Future…in Belgium?
…Wow. We can hardly wait to see a series set in Belgium, known for its…it’s…wait, wait, we got one: Known for Tintin! Yeah, we can’t wait to see Tintin’s home the way it’ll look tomorrow:
HBO Orders ‘Buda Bridge’ Pilot Script From ‘Bullhead’ Helmer Michael Roskam; Michael Mann And Mark Johnson Exec Produce – by Mike Fleming
Michael R. Roskam, who got a Best Foreign-Language Film Oscar nomination last year for his Belgian film Bullhead, is at the center of a new HBO pilot script order, one which teams him with Michael Mann and Breaking Bad executive producer Mark Johnson. HBO has ordered a pilot script for a drama titled Buda Bridge, a Belgian-set crime story that takes place in Brussels in the near future. It unfolds when a woman is found dead on Buda Bridge, which leads to a series of violent crimes and strange science that bring mayhem to the dark capital of the European state.
Norman Mailer’s Life Coming to HBO
How many of you are asking, “Who’s Norman Mailer?”
Yeah, we weren’t sure either. Some writer our grandparents probably bought but didn’t read. (Hey, books were cheaper then.)
LB: One TV Executive Who Really Knows What He’s Doing
by Larry Brody
…Is Chris Albrecht of Starz.
Yes, he’s had some funky personal problems, but all my dealings with Chris have been professional and positive. In everything we’ve done together, he has shown himself to be a man of great taste, which is all I think we should expect from a guy sitting in big room in a tall building looking down at the city and giving notes.
Which means I’m interested in everything Chris has to say, including this:
Positively Our Last Post About THE NEWSROOM
We swear!
How HBO Made It Look Like Critics Liked ‘The Newsroom’, by Jeff Bercovici
Critical reception of “The Newsroom,” Aaron Sorkin’s new HBO series set in the TV news business, has been generally cool. On Metacritic.com, which averages out reviews from all over, its score is a distinctly mediocre 57. Even those critics who’ve embraced it have generally done so with considerable caveats.