It’s called HUNTED, created and written by Frank Spotnitz, (formerly of THE X-FILES), and it stars Melissa George.
Or, since it’s being made for BBC One, this is also a reason to move to the U.K. (Hell of a U-Haul trip, though.)
Tag: TV writing
Passion, Addiction, and Art
Who you calling an amateur? Huh? Huh?
Are You Trapped in a “Shadow Career”? The Artist vs The Addict – Jocelyn K. Glei
A few months ago, a colleague of mine told me about meeting a young woman who was “passionate” about writing. He asked her what she had written recently, and she said nothing. In recounting the story to me, he said, “How can you say you’re passionate about something if you’re not doing anything about it?” Good question.
And yet, this is a common affliction. Many of us feel passionate about a particular job or creative project or cause, but we don’t take action on it. Why? Are we addicted to failure? Addicted to distraction? Addicted to money?Novelist and War of Art author Steven Pressfield gets at the crux of this conundrum in his excellent new book, Turning Pro: Tap Your Inner Power and Create Your Life’s Work. I was particularly struck by his distinction between “the artist” and “the addict,” wherein the former is living out a productive, creative career, while the latter is caught in an endless loop of aspiration and yearning that never gets backed up with meaningful action.
WILL & GRACE Creators Get Some Sh*t About Their New Show
…Which, kinda like WILL & GRACE, happens to be all about them, except now they’re both men. Well, the writers always have both been men, but now the characters are too. Only there’s this other show, see, created by somebody else they used to work with, that’s also all about them. Or else they’re all about it? Whatever.
‘Partners’ Co-Creators Talk About Putting Themselves in New CBS Comedy – by Michael O’Connell
Max Mutchnick and David Kohan explain how much of their own relationship informs their return to TV and why comparisons to similar series with the same name are “unfortunate.”
LB: Calvin & Hobbes Should Be a TV Series
by Larry Brody
…But since it isn’t, we’ll have to make do with these:
The New, Improved, New Improved NIKITA
Nikita – Season 2, Episode 1 – by The Hudsonian
**This episode originally aired in September 2011. If you are unfamiliar with the series, turn away to avoid spoilers, or bleeding corneas.**
EDITOR’S NOTE: Yes, you’re right. This is the 2nd review we’ve published of this episode. Not 1 but 2 of our contributors have fearlessly leapt into this series, and although the right thing would have been to only run 1 of the reviews we’re just so stunned by this kind of lovin’ that we going with them both. What does this say about NIKITA? What does it say about us?