Tag: TV writing

Bob Zemeckis Coming to Fox TV

…And unless it turns out that all his wonderful films have been written/directed/saved by a mysteriously talented stranger, this is very good news:

Lookit that smile. Wotta punim, as my grandmother used to say.

Robert Zemeckis Signs Overall Deal With Fox TV Studios – by Nellie Andreeva

Robert Zemeckis is making a major move into television, inking a deal with Fox TV Studios. Under the overall pact, the BACK TO THE FUTURE writer/director Zemeckis and his producing partner Jack Rapke will develop and produce original programming for cable through their company ImageMovers. read article

DALLAS Showrunner Interview

If you think that the current version of once-mighty DALLAS is bland, wait till you see the kinds of questions showrunner Cynthia Cidre is asked in this article. If these are the concerns of our Mighty OldMedia critics, well, no wonder the real world has become so much like IDIOCRACY. (What’s IDIOCRACY? It behooves everyone to find out.)

The current iteration of DALLAS

Dallas‘ Exec Producer Talks About the Shocking Season Finale – by William Keck

J.R. didn’t get shot, but he may very well shoot himself when he finds out that a Barnes has once again infiltrated his family. And this time, that Barnes is carrying a set of Ewing heirs! That’s right, TNT’s Dallas relaunch concluded its first season with the stunning twist that Rebecca — Christopher’s estranged bride and the mother of his unborn twins — is actually the daughter of age-old Ewing nemesis, Cliff Barnes. read article

Salinger + Hemingway = Betrayal, Of Course

                   

J.D. Salinger’s Letter To Ernest Hemingway – from Hello Goodbye Hello by Craig Brown

J.D. Salinger seeks out Ernest Hemingway
The Ritz Hotel, 15 place Vendôme, Paris
Late August 1944 read article

StoryBundle Looks Interesting

A good thing for readers, no doubt. And for writers? For new ones, yes. Another interesting way to get your work out there and have your eBooks discovered. What are we talking about? Here’s what the site itself has to say:

 StoryBundle is a way for people who love to read to discover quality indie books written by indie authors. You know how it’s always hard to find something good to read? StoryBundle hopes to solve that. read article

Brace Yourselves for the Self-Destruction of DOCTOR WHO

The First Doctor – as if you didn’t know

By which we mean the bombastic overexposure of the show in honor of its upcoming (2013) 50th anniversary. The 2012 season still hasn’t begun, nor has the start date been pinned down beyond “Fall of 2012”), and we’re already feeling assaulted by:

  • THE WOMEN OF DOCTOR WHO
  • THE SCIENCE OF DOCTOR WHO
  • THE TIMEY-WIMEY STUFF OF DOCTOR WHO
  • THE DESTINATIONS OF DOCTOR WHO

Plus – of course – a plethora of interweb posts guessing/gossiping about what’s going to be happening after the 2012 starting gun goes off and how it will relate to the Anniversary Celebration.

Mark Gatiss, hard at work in that wonderful writer way

The latest special is a DOCTOR WHO 90-minute drama called (maybe) AN ADVENTURE IN SPACE AND TIME. Written by SHERLOCK, BEING HUMAN, and WHO writer (and actor) Mark Gatiss, who’s been tweeting away about it, this “long-cherished drama about the creation ofDoctor Who (Gatiss’ tweet-words), seems to be a sort of docudrama. read article