What? You think an adaptation of a shlock Japanese teen science fiction movie won’t fit in there? Yeah, of course you don’t.
‘Battle Royale’ Might Get Turned Into A TV Show For CW – by Kevin Jagernauth
Last fall, it was with a small amount of irony that producer Roy Lee revealed that the long-gestating Hollywood remake of the Japanese cult hit “Battle Royale” was essentially put on the back burner due to a similar film that has since become a massive hit.
Put your hands together for another very nice TV writer deal:
Howard Gordon Launches Production Company Based at 20th Century Fox TV – by Nellie Andreeva
Homeland co-creator/executive producer Howard Gordon has launched Teakwood Lane, a production company housed at 20th Century Fox TV where the former24 showrunner has spent nearly his entire career. The pod deal for Teakwood Lane replaces Gordon’s overall deal at the studio. Gordon continues as an executive producer on the critically-praised Homeland alongside co-creator/showrunner Alex Gansa, and will focus on developing and overseeing new series for all the networks, both broadcast and cable…
Found in a pile of last month’s mail:
And to think, I almost threw it away!
…And a great lesson in writing w/o using words:
Further evidence that the international language is: Comedy.
Physicists say that you can’t observe an atom or subatomic particle without changing it. I have begun to wonder, in the cable reality TV shows that I watch, how TV changes its subjects. Is a fur trapper in Alaska in danger when his plane won’t start? What if he has a TV crew with him? Surely they have their own plane and can give him a ride.
The Ghost Hunters were plumbers when the show started, but they haven’t mentioned that for a while. How much does the show pay? Do the American Pickers really need the small profits from each item or is the TV show paying more than their original business ever could?
