Tag: Larry Brody

munchman: J.J. Abrams is Adapting an Unproduced Rod Serling Script for TV – Yikes!

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Bad news, fans of Rod Serling, excellence in television, and just plain coherent storytelling. Looks like J.J. Abrams, Master of the Not Fully Thought Through Obvious in Film and its partner, Not Full Thought Through Muddiness in TV, has made a deal with Rod Serling’s estate to turn Rod’s unproduced screenplay, THE STOPS ALONG THE WAY, into a TV mini-series.

To us, this is pathetic. Like entrusting a TV version of any Shakespeare play to whatever moron it is who created/writes/produces HOT IN CLEVELAND. read article

Our Favorite DOCTOR WHO Website is Looking for Writers

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Hey, Whovian writers! This is right up your Tardis!

Sorry. That didn’t come out right at all. We need a writer to revise it. And so does a terrific site called “Life, Doctor Who and Combom.” But they can tell is better themselves: read article

Peer Production: GARBAGE

garbageWe know that this video by Pavel is really, really good because so many people on the interwebs seem to be complaining about its message. But then, we work for a guy who has a big painting named “Death by Television” on his office wall.

Don’t just wonder what we mean, watch and find out:

Leesa Dean: At Last! The Secret of Showbiz Success

goodthingsAdventures of a Web Series Newbie Chapter 17 – Yet Another Offer
by Leesa Dean

So I took the weekend off. Since launching, I’ve been working seven days a week. That’s pretty much what it takes to do this. Especially if you don’t have a team helping. Having some time off was incredible. And relaxing. And necessary.

Played some tennis (I am a tennis fanatic), chilled out with friends, read, mostly stayed off the grid. Mostly. And magically when I started back up on Monday, it felt effortless. Now that there’s only one Chilltown episode left in Season 1 (I’m planning on relaunching the series in a secret special way in the Fall), some of the pressure is definitely off. Which is a bit of a relief. So I’ve officially decided to spend the summer taking weekends off (mostly.) To partially recharge and gear up for the Fall, which I know is going to be INTENSE. I’ll still be working on all the Lele shows and the new projects, which I’m really loving.   But versus putting in about 90 hours a week, I’ll only be doing about 60.

So Tuesday morning, I wake up to another online network offer. And it was BAD. read article

In Their Own Writ: J.J. Abrams on TV Writing

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“I try to push ideas away, and the ones that will not leave me alone are the ones that ultimately end up happening.”

J. J. Abrams