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HEARING: Warners Ready to Pull the Trigger on “THE FLASH”
Posted by admin in Adaptation, Based on..., Comics, Entertainment News, Film, Greenlight, Hearing, Rumor Mill on May 27, 2010
Warner Bros. is starting to lineup their next slate of superhero blockbusters, and we’re hearing the comic book adaptation “The Flash” is very close to being the first to get a greenlight.
Hearing: Kevin Smith’s horror film gets greenlit
Posted by admin in Entertainment News, Film, Greenlight on March 23, 2010
Kevin Smith’s 3+ year old horror project “RED STATE” has been given a green, and now will shoot before his hockey flick “Hit Somebody.” Details coming soon.
ABC greens 2… too
Posted by admin in Entertainment News, Greenlight, TV, TV sales on January 26, 2010
ABC has given the green light to “No Ordinary Family,” a drama pilot from “Dirty Sexy Money” executive producers Greg Berlanti and Jon Feldman, and “Freshman,” a comedy pilot from “How I Met Your Mother” exec producer Greg Malins and Arianna Huffington. Additionally, ABC has ordered an untitled multicamera comedy pilot from writers-executive producers Joe [...]
CBS gives GREEN to 2
Posted by admin in Entertainment News, Greenlight, TV, TV sales on January 26, 2010
CBS greenlighted two multicamera comedy pilots this week – Josh Schwartz and Matt Miller’s “Hitched” and an untitled project from writer Tad Quill. “Hitched,” from Warner Bros. TV, centers on a twentysomething newlywed couple who, surrounded by their family and friends, is still learning about each other. “Chuck” and “Gossip Girl” co-creator/executive producer Schwartz and [...]
AMC Greenlights 3 more…
AMC is looking to extend its perfect development record with the pickup of two new drama pilots, “Walking Dead” and “The Killing.” They mark the fourth and fifth pilots ordered by the basic cable network, with its first three, “Mad Men,” “Breaking Bad and “Rubicon” all going to series. “Walking Dead” is based on Robert [...]
Hawaii 5-0 is back!
Posted by admin in Greenlight, TV on January 16, 2010
For better of worse, CBS has greenlit an updated version of the classic cop series from scribes Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci and “CSI: NY” executive producer Peter Lenkov. Reboot is being described as an updated take on the original series, centered on an elite branch of the Hawaii State Police headed by Steve McGarrett [...]
FOX greenlights 2 new shows…
Posted by admin in Greenlight, TV on January 16, 2010
Fox has greenlit an untitled comedy from writer Adam Goldberg and the drama “Midland” from scribe Kyle Killen. The untitled Adam Goldberg single-camera comedy, from Sony Pictures TV and Adam Sandler’s Happy Madison, revolves around twentysomething geniuses who crack computer security systems. Goldberg (“How to Train Your Dragon”) penned the script, with “Four Christmases” helmer [...]
THE C WORD gets a pick up… and a name change
Posted by admin in (Updated), Greenlight, TV, TV Deals, We Love It on January 8, 2010
THE C WORD – the Laura Linney pilot set up at Showtime has been given a 13-episode pick up, and will now be called “THE BIG C”. Sort of a cop out on the title… what’s with all the hype on project titles only to see them changed before they air, or release? Anyway, still [...]
CBS greenlights “TRUE LOVE”
Posted by admin in Greenlight, TV, TV Deals on January 6, 2010
CBS has picked up the Matt Tarses’ multicamera comedy “True Love.” Tarses is executive producing with his sister, Sony TV-based producer Jamie Tarses, is an ensemble comedy about four friends in New York looking for love. It will be shot as a multicamera but have the look and feel of a single-camera comedy. Sony TV [...]
FOX GREENLIGHTS “Ride Along”
Posted by admin in Greenlight, TV on January 6, 2010
“Ridealong,” from 20th TV and Ryan’s MiddKidd Prods., is described as a character procedural that follows one of Chicago’s toughest cops as he struggles to clean up the violence and corruption in town. Project is created by, and executive produced by Shawn Ryan, who also exec produces and runs the Fox drama “Lie to Me” [...]
CARTOON NETWORK Going Live Action?
Posted by admin in Greenlight, TV, TV sales on November 6, 2009
Cartoon Network is getting a lot less animated, picking up its first-ever live-action series. Cabler on Thursday gave series orders to two titles: “Tower Prep” and “Unnatural History.” Production begins on both in January. “Tower Prep” revolves around a rebellious teen (Drew Van Acker) who winds up at a mysterious prep school. He enlists a [...]
CLOONEY CONQUERS THE BLUES…
Posted by admin in Entertainment News, Greenlight, TV, TV sales on October 26, 2009
TNT is singing the “Delta Blues,” greenlighting a drama pilot executive produced by George Clooney. “Delta,” from Clooney and Grant Heslov’s Smokehouse Pictures and Warner Horizon, was penned by Liz Garcia (“Cold Case”) and Josh Harto. It centers on an outstanding but unusual Memphis cop who moonlights as an Elvis impersonator and lives with his [...]
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