Fox Announces Spring Schedule
Fox has announced its spring schedule via press release. It features the return of Bones and Breaking In, as well as a few other less glamorous things. See the full schedule below.
Fox has announced its spring schedule via press release. It features the return of Bones and Breaking In, as well as a few other less glamorous things. See the full schedule below.
Fox has released its spring schedule with some changes for J.J. Abrams’s series. Alcatraz will run back-to-back episodes on March 5 and then move to 8 p.m. on March 12 until its finale on March 26. Fringe will be off for the first three weeks of March, and will return on March 23 with all-new episodes for the remainder of the season.
In the northern hemisphere, our winter might soon be drawing to a close, but in the world of Westeros, the long winter is coming. The latest teaser of Game of Thrones’s second season reminded us of that highly anticipated fact with a peek at what will befall our heroes at the hands of “our” favorite (and less favorite) villains.
In just a week, the clip has now been watched by 4.8 million viewers, making it the most popular teaser of any HBO series on YouTube (if we exclude motion picture adaptations). Narrated by Lord Varys, it features Tyrion Lannister, portrayed by Golden Glodes and Emmy Awards winner Peter Dinklage, as well as fan-favorites Jon Snow and Arya Stark.
It was only back in October that Netflix announced it would be reviving the comedy series Arrested Development. But it’s now official – the entire crew is back! The original cast of the show – Jason Bateman, Will Arnett, Jeffrey Tambor, David Cross, Michael Cera, Portia De Rossi, Tony Hale, Alia Shawkat & Jessica Walter will be returning for all ten episodes of the new season, which is expected to debut on Netflix in 2013. According to series creator Mitchell Hurwitz, the fourth season will lay the groundwork for the much anticipated movie that fans have been waiting for. Hurwitz will be teaming up with James Vallely & Dean Lorey, both of whom served as writers and co-executive producers for the show until its cancellation back in 2006.
On his blog, writer Dean Lorey wrote, “We’re really doing this thing. Mitch Hurwitz, Jim Vallely and I are off writing the new season of ARRESTED to premiere on Netflix in 2013. The original cast is back. There are offices and parking spaces. We’re shooting this year. I wish I could give more specifics but, for the moment, even the schedule is being kept under wraps. But it’s happening and it’s great to be back with my pals from the show. More later as it becomes okay to release further details…”
Dwight Schrute might be getting his own show! Rainn Wilson and executive producer Paul Lieberstein (who also plays Toby Flenderson on the show) have almost finalized their plans for a spinoff of The Office. The spinoff will focus on fan favorite & geek extraordinaire Dwight Schrute, and the rest of the Schrute family. The series will be based in Schrute Farms, a location referenced multiple times in The Office as a bed & breakfast run by Dwight. So does this mean Dunder Mifflin will need a new assistant regional manager? According to Deadline, sources close to The Office suggest that renewal for season 9 is merely a formality, barring unforeseen circumstances. Wilson plans to continue his role on the show till the middle of season 9. The tentative launch date for the spinoff is expected to be in the 2013, so it’s likely that Wilson’s character will be making his exit from the show sometime before then.
Rainn Wilson isn’t the only cast member making plans for the future. FOX has already greenlit a comedy pilot written by Mindy Kaling. The pilot will center around a gynecologist, a Bridget Jones-type character who tries to juggle her personal and professional life with humorous consequences. Kaling will star in the pilot and will also serve as executive producer along with Howard Klein (The Office, Parks & Recreation). The half-hour comedy pilot was originally slated to be part of NBC‘s pilot order, but FOX eventually picked up the project.
Funnyman Ben Stiller is all set to star in a half-hour comedy pilot for HBO called “All Talk”. The series will be his first regular television role since “The Ben Stiller Show” which helped kickstart his career back in 1990. Stiller will also serve as executive producer for the show along with Eli Bush, Scott Rudin and Jonathan Safran Foer. Veteran actor Alan Alda, Stiller’s co-star in the movie “Tower Heist” is also in talks to join the cast.
“All Talk” is described as a “politically, religiously, culturally, intellectually and sexually irreverent” show following the daily life of a Jewish Family based in Washington D.C. Author Jonathan Safran Foer, who is best known for his novels “Everything is Illuminated” and “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close” is writing the script for the comedy pilot.
The internet is abuzz with reports that actor Jon Bernthal is in the early phase of talks to join Frank Darabont’s new TNT pilot, L.A. Noir. According to Variety, Bernthal, who plays Shane Walsh on the hit AMCseries The Walking Dead is still in the discussion stage of talks to play Joe Teague, an LAPD cop who plays a key role in the ongoing war between the LAPD and the Los Angeles underworld in the 1940s and 50s.
L.A. Noir is Frank Darabont’s newest venture, after his departure from The Walking Dead as showrunner and executive producer for the show. The pilot for L.A. Noir was greenlit by TNT earlier this month, although the network declined to comment whether the talks were indeed happening. The project is a period drama based on John Buntin’s book, L.A. Noir: The Struggle for the Soul of America’s Most Seductive City, which depicts the power struggle between the LA Police Chief William Parker and gangster Mickey Cohen.
Paul Rudd has joined the cast of Parks and Recreation. It was officially announced yesterday that the actor – best known for his roles in hit feature comedies Role Models and I Love You, Man amongst others – would be joining the cast as Leslie Knope’s (Amy Poehler) opponent in the race for city council.
Rudd is not the first big name to appear on the show in recent times however, back at the beginning of the current season of Parks, Oscar nominated actress Patricia Clarkson appeared. It is as-of-yet unknown how many episodes that Rudd will appear in, but many guest stars in the show’s past have had multi-episode arcs, lending credence to the notion that it may be more than just a one episode stint.
Martin Scorsese’s 1990 crime drama film Goodfellas is being developed for television. AMC is working with writer Nicholas Pileggi – who penned the original screenplay as well as the book Wiseguy on which Goodfellas was based – and producers Irwin and David Winkler to develop a TV version of the film.
The film starred Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci and went on to become a financial, but more significantly critical success. The film was nominated for six Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director and won one for Pesci in the Best Actor in a Supporting Role category. It also won five awards from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts including Best Film.
The fall pilot season is upon us, and networks got down to business right after the New Year celebrations with brand new deals, which includes dusting off old ones.
ABC has given a pilot order to Last Resort, a military drama from Shawn Ryan (The Shield) and Karl Gajdusek. The show centers around the crew of a U.S. nuclear submarine who, after refusing to follow orders to fire some missiles, settle on a NATO listening outpost and proclaim themselves the world’s smallest nuclear nation (with 24 warheads). The story is set in a near future where the U.S. is fractured enough for circumstances leading up to the mutiny to take place. [via: Deadline Hollywood]
