His new NBC show Undercovers hasn't even premiered yet (that happens September 22nd), but J.J. Abrams isn't content with just two TV shows on the air. (The other, of course, is Fox's Fringe, which is about to debut its 3rd season on September 23rd.) According to EW.com, Abrams … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2010
Roger Ebert Resurrects ‘At the Movies’
I suppose you could call it At the Movies: The Next Generation. Famed film critic Roger Ebert has announced that he has struck a deal with PBS to bring back the film review show that he co-hosted for so many years with the late Gene Siskel, and later with Richard Roeper. Roger … [Read more...]
Bourne Spin-Off Coming from CSI Creator
Anthony Zuiker, the man best known for creating CSI, is developing a new series for CBS called Treadstone. Viewers of the Bourne films -- or the Robert Ludlum novels upon which they're based -- remember Treadstone as the black-ops wetwork unit that just won't leave Jason … [Read more...]
Ron Howard’s Ambitious Plan for Stephen King’s ‘Dark Tower’
This is history in the making. Ron Howard, his producing partner Brian Grazer, and screenwriter Akiva Goldsman have unveiled a wildly ambitious plan for an unprecedented film and television co-production for Stephen King's seminal fantasy series The Dark Tower, which tells the … [Read more...]
Piers Morgan Replacing Larry King
America's Got Talent host and British journalist Piers Morgan has signed on with CNN as Larry King's replacement. Though he won't be taking over King's chair (or trademark suspenders), he'll be launching a similar hour-long interview program in King's longtime time slot. Larry … [Read more...]