Posts with tag DavidChase
Posted Jun 24th 2008 3:39PM by Jane Boursaw
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, TV on DVD, OpEd, Reality-Free
TV Guide is reporting that the complete series of
The Sopranos will be available as
a box set on Nov. 11, 2008, with a $400 price tag. That seems like a heckuva deal to me, given that fact that most seasons of any given show cost anywhere from $30 to $60. The individual seasons of
The Sopranos sell for $60 each
on the HBO Web site, and the complete series was
released last year for $515.
So let's do the math here: Six seasons (
TV Guide says seven, but
the official HBO site refers to Season Six, Parts 1 and 2, as one season, so we'll go with that) divided by $400 comes out to $66.66 per season.
Continue reading The Sopranos DVD Set for $400? What a Deal!
Posted May 9th 2008 10:22AM by Jane Boursaw
Filed under: OpEd, Lost, Reality-Free
Now we'll have even more opportunities to get lost over
Lost. ABC announced today that the 2009 and 2010 seasons will be 17 hours each, not 16 as previously planned.
We can thank the
WGA strike, which knocked three hours off the current season. The extra hour will be added to Part 2 of the season finale airing May 29.
When all is said and done,
the series will wrap with the same number of episodes that producers and ABC negotiated last year. "We were supposed to do 16-16-16, but we ended up doing 14 this season, so we owe two," co-creator Damon Lindelof told
The Hollywood Reporter.
Continue reading Get Lost with more hours
Posted Mar 9th 2008 10:01AM by Richard Keller
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Industry, TV on the Bigscreen, Watercooler Talk
Back in November we reported that a movie version of the award-winning HBO series The Sopranos would not be happening. The source of that information was none other than show creator David Chase. So, you would think that this information would be very reliable. Mmmm, perhaps not. For, you see, another rumor has popped up from a resource even more reliable than the man who actually created the program.
Continue reading Bada Bing! Rumors of a Sopranos movie come from an unlikely resource
Posted Feb 18th 2008 3:05PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Emmys
If you're in the camp that believes that Tony was whacked by the Members-Only jacketed man in the final blackout of
The Sopranos, then you'll probably be pleased to know that Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Jr. has taken a shot at the HBO drama, too.
During a recent
speech at New Jersey's Rutgers University, Justice Alito opined that the Emmy-winning series besmirched not only Italians, but citizens of the Garden State, too. "You have a trifecta - gangsters, Italian-Americans, New Jersey - wedded in the popular American imagination," he said to a crowd of about 100. He was speaking about the stereotypes Italian-Americans have had to live with in the United States. Clearly,
The Sopranos would be just the kind of depiction to draw his ire. After all, Uncle Junior and Paulie Walnuts are not characters to be emulated and admired, and creator David Chase never said they were.
Continue reading A supreme slam at Tony and Carmela
Posted Dec 13th 2007 8:00AM by Brad Trechak
Filed under: Industry, OpEd
Creating a story about a crime family wasn't enough. Now,
David Chase is accused of being a criminal; he supposedly stole plotlines from a retired judge and used them on
The Sopranos.
According to Chase's testimony, he offered the former judge, Robert Baer, compensation back in 1995 before the show hit the airwaves. Baer refused payment. Baer changed his mind around 2002 when he filed the lawsuit (coincidentally, the show was already a big hit). As an additional note, the lawsuit has already been dismissed twice and the dismissal was overturned each time.
Continue reading David Chase in court over The Sopranos
Posted Nov 21st 2007 11:04AM by Jackie Schnoop
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Industry
According to an interview in the latest
GQ magazine,
Sopranos creator David Chase probably
crushed the dreams of show fans as he told them not to expect a movie based on the series. Show devotees were left dangling with the end of the series' six and a half year run on HBO. There has been rampant speculation that a film adaption would be in the works.
Chase told the magazine, "There is no thought about making a movie now and chances are we will probably not do it. But, at the same time, I'm a writer, and this is how my mind works: I could wake up some morning or James Gandolfini (
Sopranos star) could wake up some morning and say 'how about it?' If it was great enough, we might be tempted to do it, but I don't think that's going to happen."
The series creator went on to say that everyone has moved on, including himself. At least he didn't say "fuggedaboudit."
Posted Jun 12th 2007 3:01PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Celebrities, The Sopranos
Give David Chase some credit. He promised Alan Sepinwall of the Newark
Star-Ledger an interview right after the finale of
The Sopranos aired. Sure enough, even though he's on a sabbatical in France and is denying all interview requests, he kept his promise
and spoke to Sepinwall yesterday, despite the controversy surrounding how his series closed out its run.
Did he reveal what happened in final scene, where Tony Soprano eyes some shady figures while waiting for his family to arrive for dinner, after it cut to black? Of course not. But he did try to allay fan's assertions that he pulled the rug out from under them.
Continue reading David Chase talks about The Sopranos finale
Posted Jun 10th 2007 8:04PM by Tom Biro
Filed under: The Sopranos, Episode Reviews
(S06E21) It's finally here, folks. The week that we've all been waiting for. Well, perhaps not
that anxiously awaiting, as we know that something we've all been into for so many years is going away. That said, it's still something that has the potential of being very, very cool culturally and will definitely dominate the watercooler talk for the next few days or so.
To celebrate this momentous occasion, we're going to have a chatroom live for all of you to join in on as the show goes on and share your theories, reactions, and opinions in real-time.
Shortly after the finale, you'll be able to read our review of the show here. The review is after the jump. And, our chatroom is still open for any of you to share your thoughts and comments on how
The Sopranos went down.
Click here to enter the chatroom.Continue reading The Sopranos: Made In America (series finale)
Posted Jun 1st 2007 12:01AM by Richard Keller
Filed under: Industry, The Sopranos
With the series finale of HBO's The Sopranos fast approaching (a week from this Sunday, to be exact) speculation is running wild as to what's going to become of Tony Soprano and his companions. The biggest question is whether or not Tony will alive or dead when the final credits role.
Michael Starr of the New York Post is betting that we'll know something about the series finale after the next-to-last episode airs this Sunday. Starr believes that this week's episode could be the one that features a final battle between Tony and his enemies, while the last episode could be the one that ties everything up in a tidy package, leaving Tony alive and kicking. Few clues are being given in episode description. For example, for this week's episode, "The Blue Comet", HBO writes 'The allegiance of those closest to Tony is put to the test and a case of mistaken identity has serious ramifications.' Not much to decipher from that notice, is there?
Its also been reported that show creator David Chase, who co-wrote this Sunday's episode and wrote and directed the series finale, has filmed several endings to The Sopranos to throw everyone off as to the fate of Tony. My guess is that Tony will wake up from a dream and Suzanne Pleshette will be there in bed next to him. Hey, it worked before!
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