DC Comics becomes DC Entertainment – TFC Morning Report
Top Story: Warner Bros. has responded to the Marvel-Disney merger by restructuring DC Comics. The new company, called DC Entertainment, will be headed by Diane Nelson, who has overseen the Harry Potter franchise and managed direct-to-DVD originals, including DC Universe releases, under Warner Premiere. And still, Bruce Timm, the only man who has consistently overseen great DC properties, is not in charge of all aspects of DC Entertainment. Good luck to Nelson, but I wonder if Warner Bros. is ever going to learn. (Variety) In Other News: What do Micheal Stipe, Tom Hanks and Barry Manilow have in common? An upcoming romantic comedy apparently. Stipe’s Single Cell and Hanks’ Playtone have joined forces for a romantic comedy complemented by Barry Manilow’s catalog of songs. (Variety) Bryan Fuller and Bryan Singer are teaming up for a television series based on...
Read MoreQuotables: Dead Like Me – A Delores Herbig Tribute
Thanks to the Hulu Days of Summer and tragically unimpressive summer TV season, I marathoned both seasons of Bryan Fuller’s Dead Like Me, a dark comedy about grim reapers. Fuller left the show after just five episodes due to creative differences, but his fingerprints are all over the series. One character in particular strikes me as a person only Fuller could bring us: the uncomfortably intimate Delores Herbig, as in “her big” brown eyes. In honor of Miss Herbig (Christine Willes) and a show that was taken before it’s time (like, well, every show that Fuller creates), here are some classic quotables from everyone’s favorite Happy Time Temp Agency career counselor: “The homeless are desperate, passionate lovers, but they will rob you blind.” –Delores on taking in drifters. “I was going to call it Her Big Website, but I...
Read MoreThe clock is ticking: Final ‘Pushing Daisies’ episodes begin airing tonight
ABC may have killed Bryan Fuller’s Pushing Daisies months ago, but the charming little romantic comedy will be revived for its final moments (120 minutes) starting tonight. In three short episodes, we surely won’t have all of our questions answered, but will we find the closure to move on? Or will we want to hang on to the decaying corpse of a show like Chuck does her father’s? There’s talk of a comic book series, but it may be best just to let this whimsical treat rest in peace. No comic will be able to give me that same melting feeling I get when Ned gives Chuck that sad, cute half-smile. Nor will it be able to replicate the pleasure from hearing Olive perform the best of Broadway. Some things only television can do. Wait, there are going to...
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