Is Another Season Of ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT On The Way At Netflix? – Big 6 Morning Report
Even though fans were split on Arrested Development Season Four, producer Brian Grazer says that his Imagine Entertainment and Netflix are in discussions for another season of the smartest comedy about dumb people you’ve ever seen. (The Wrap) Sam Mendes may very well have directed the best Bond movie in a generation, maybe two, so it’s good news that he’ll be back to direct the 24th installment of the James Bond franchise. (Badass Digest) Aaron Eckhart‘s abs will be the star of the movie I, Frankenstein if this first set picture is any indication. (/Film) The Martin Luther King, Jr., biopic Selma now has a director in Middle of Nowhere‘s Ava DuVernay. (Deadline) Sorry, Betty White fans. NBC has canceled the 91-year-old comedian’s hidden camera show Off Their Rockers. (THR) While I still need to shotgun the latest season of Parks & Recreation, I can still...
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DAY OF THE DEAD Remake, Mondo SDCC Posters – Big 6 Morning Report
Because on remake just isn’t enough, the folks behind Texas Chainsaw 3D are going to remake the George A. Romero’s zombie classic Day of the Dead. (The Playlist) Whedon alum Summer Glau (Firefly) will join the cast of Arrow in season two as the businesswoman Isabel Rochev, who will attempt to take over Queen Industries. (ScreenRant) Mondo has announced its San Diego Comic Con offerings, including posters for Spirited Away, Howl’s Moving Castle, Dark Tower, Conan the Barbarian and Pacific Rim. (Mondo) Even a flop as massive as The Lone Ranger won’t stop Johnny Depp. The actor is set to star in Mortdecai, which re-teams him with his Secret Window director David Koepp. (TheWrap) Tom Hanks has a pretty sweet ‘stache in the first pictures of him as Walt Disney from the set of Saving Mr. Banks. (Deadline) The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has gone from...
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THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN Pilot Ordered At FOX – Big 6 Morning Report
Even though the movie starring Sean Connery sucked, that doesn’t mean a League of Extraordinary Gentlemen TV won’t work. Over at FOX, the network has commited to a put pilot that could become a full series based on Alan Moore’s graphic novel about Victorian literary characters turned crime fighters. (/Film) We’re used to seeing the Legendary Pictures logo in front of Warner Bros. DC superhero adaptation, but no more. Legendary has moved to NBC Universal where it will develop productions for both film and television. (Deadline) Guillermo Del Toro wants Benedict Cumberbatch for his long-gestating Frankenstein adaptation. (NME) Why is Warner giving TWC such a hard time over the title for the upcoming film, The Butler. Harvey Weinstein thinks its because Warner wants his cut of The Hobbit profits. (The Playlist) The Jungle Book is about join Alice in Wonderland and Cinderella (coming soon) as yet...
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Charlie Kaufman Adapting SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE For Guillermo Del Toro – Big 6 Morning Report
Rarely does the perfect writer line up with the perfect director do adapt material perfectly suited for the both of them, but it’s happening over at Warner. Charlie Kaufman could be on board to write the script for an adaptation of the Kurt Vonnegut masterpiece Slaughterhouse Five for Pacific Rim director Guillermo Del Toro. (/Film) Guardians of the Galaxy mystery characters have finally been paired with their actors. Benicio del Toro will voice the Collector, Lee Pace will play Ronan and Karen Gillan is Nebula. (DoG) Rooney Mara and Martin Sheen will play an NGO worker and a priest, respectively, in Stephen Daldry‘s upcoming film Trash, about poverty-stricken three boys who find something mysterious in a Third World city dump. (Deadline) The famed Chinese director John Woo is set to begin production on his first film in four years, The Crossing. The film about a...
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9 Shows From The 2012/2013 TV Season That Are Better Than Most Movies
A few weeks ago, David Lynch lamented that it seemed like “the art-house has gone to cable.” And it’s true, The Sopranos was like TV’s Bonnie and Clyde, while The Wire its Godfather. The first time I acknowledged that TV was encroaching on film in terms of artistry was back in 2003 when I named the HBO miniseries Angels in America one of the best films of the year. I did it again in 2010 when put Carlos, a TV miniseries that was re-cut for cinemas, at the top of my best of the year list. Since then dozens of TV shows have one-upped most everything we’ve seen in a movie theater, even the superhero movies. Well, with the 2012/2013 TV season in the books, I thought it a great time to take a look at some of the best TV shows that rival,...
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SAVED BY THE BELL Making A Return In A Whole New Format – Big 6 Morning Report
Who wants to see more of the misadventures of Skreech, Zack and the gang? Well, NBC is making 80s and 90s TV fans dreams come true with a line of new digital comics. Saved by the Bell, as well as other shows including Airwolf, Knight Rider, Miami Vice, and Punky Brewster, are all expected to make returns thanks to a partnership with Lion Forge. Oh, I bet those kids are going to drive Mr. Belding so crazy. (ScreenRant) Relativity Media has hired The Crow creator James O’Barr as a creative consultant on the upcoming movie reboot of the classic comic. (/Film) James Franco may have quit Garden of the Last Days but that doesn’t mean we won’t have to suffer through another of his directorial efforts. Franco says he’s following up his directorial debut, an adaptation of Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying, with another Faulkner adaptation: The Sound...
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