Posts with tag Don Cheadle
Posted May 30th 2008 8:22AM by Jane Boursaw
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, OpEd, CSI, The Shield, Grey's Anatomy, Entourage, Jericho, Casting, Private Practice, The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Reality-Free
Shortly after the release of 2005's
Crash in theaters, I remember reading that a TV series based on the film was in the works. I even pitched the story to a TV trade magazine, but the editor didn't go for it. She must have guessed the show would be years in the works, and she was right.
Three years later, a TV series is finally starting to gain some steam.
The Hollywood Reporter just posted a story that
five actors have joined the cast of the series produced by Don Cheadle,
Paul Haggis (pictured), Mark R. Harris, Robert Moresco, Tom Nunan, and Bob Yari, all of whom were involved with the movie. Produced by Lionsgate, the series is anticipated to
premiere on Starz in 2009.
Here's a rundown on the actors who've just signed. It's interesting that most of these folks are not big-name actors, which I find refreshing in an era where many mega-movie stars are crossing over into TV:
Continue reading Crash gears up with cast
Posted Feb 26th 2008 10:38AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, The Shield, Cable/Satellite, Pickups and Renewals, Life
Starz, the cable network, is getting into original production and their first project will be based on the 2005 Best Picture Oscar-winning film
Crash. Glen Mazzara, whose credits include
Life, The Shield, Stand-Off and
Nash Bridges,
has been named executive producer/showrunner for the drama series. Lionsgate TV will co-produce with Starz, and they've greenlighted 13 episodes.
The controversial film, which dealt with the intersecting lives of a myriad of people living in Los Angeles in just 48 hours, centers on the character of Detective Graham Waters. Waters, a police detective, is struggling with his career, his drug addict mother and a criminal brother. The role was played by Don Cheadle (
Picket Fences), who was also one of the film's producers. He is expected to reprise the part in the Starz production and may even direct a few episodes. In addition, director/co-writer/producer Paul Haggis and others from the film are also on board for Starz.
Continue reading Starz first series will be Crash
Posted Mar 23rd 2007 9:40AM by Annie Wu
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Cable, Late Night, OpEd, The Daily Show, Comedy Central
"
Welcome Back, Hotter": Al Gore has become a strange Hollywood sweetheart, so he's bound to be met with jealous cries and annoying "yes or no" questions in DC. The "flaming baby" graphic was awesome. I want that on a t-shirt.
"
Showdown At Justice: Hereunder referred to as the 'Nonvoluntary Lawyer Disemployment Program' vis a vis certain events on or around 7 December 2006 (C.F. Appendix B, Codicil IX, Paragraph 7)": Tony Snow is being a big baby over a lot of things. Actually, Jon seems genuinely fed up with him.
Continue reading The Daily Show: March 22, 2007
Posted Mar 21st 2007 12:20AM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, CBS, Late Night, TV Royalty, Celebrities, Talk Show
Well, anyone who's watching
The Late Show right now probably realizes that David Letterman's not there.
Apparently, Dave showed up to work today but took ill with a stomach problem. It must have been pretty bad, because the only things that have kept Dave off the air in the past were a bad case of the shingles and heart bypass surgery.
According to the AP, this is believed to be the first time Dave was not able to go on after showing up for work.
Anyway, tonight's main guest, Adam Sandler, was recruited to fill in, and seems to be doing an OK job of it so far . And he was even able to pull in his
Reign Over Me co-star, Don Cheadle, as a guest, so the movie promotion machine didn't skip a beat. Oh, and as a privilege of hosting, Sandler decided to bring his bulldog, Matzoball, up on stage. Awww.....
Continue reading Letterman goes home sick; Sandler covers for him
Posted Sep 26th 2006 6:03PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, CBS, Industry, Without A Trace, Celebrities
Clearly, George Clooney and Brad Pitt are more important than the writers over at Without A Trace.
Defamer reports that the air conditioning for the writer's offices at the CBS show has been turned off, because they are filming Ocean's 13 right next door and they don't want the sound of the air conditioners to ruin the sound recording of the movie sequel. Says someone on the scene:
"As a result, the staff is sweltering in heat equivalent to the surface of the sun (this is the Valley, after all) and it doesn't seem as though the injustice will end any time soon. The writers are calling on all of their brethren in the television realm to rise up in solidarity, pelting those responsible with (possibly killer) tomatoes until this grave situation is resolved."
Ha. I like it when they reference killer tomatoes.
Posted Mar 15th 2006 10:35AM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Cable, Programming, Music and Variety
Which of these things is not like the other: Al Pacino, Don Cheadle, Robert Downey, Jr., Dustin Hoffman, Tom Hanks,
and... Tim Allen? Bravo
is touting all of
these actors' upcoming appearances with James Lipton on
Inside the Actors Studio (a title that is screaming
for an apostrophe!). Hanks will be the first actor to make a second appearance in the
Studio, while Dustin
Hoffman will be the
Studio's 200th celebrity guest. No air dates are set, but the network says they'll appear
this spring.
While most of the names are impressive, they might also be a bit boring. My favorite guest was
Mike Myers, who did all sorts of voices and had some fun at Lipton's expense.
Who would you like to see
Inside the Actors Studio?
Posted Dec 27th 2005 8:02PM by Karina Longworth
Filed under: TV Royalty, Talent, Daytime, Syndicated
Today's
Oprah – actually, I think it was a repeat - featured the entire cast of Paul
Haggis'
Crash (which Oprah, as she reminded us ad nauseum, "looooooooovvvvvvvvvvvvvved") talking
about racism. I tuned in late (all the better to misinterpret out of context, my pretties), but I caught an ... um ...
interesting segment about linguistics.
When I turned the TV on, Oprah and Don Cheadle were talking
over, and almost yelling at, each other. Apparently they were right in the middle of an intense debate over the proper
use of the "N Word". Then Terrence Howard (who, the cynics amongst us will point out, is campaigning for
Oscar nods on at least 2 performances and, as such, probably wants to be seen as Nice Guy) tells Oprah that he's
decided to stop using it; Cheadle vehemently explains why he's opposed to pressuring people into limiting their
linguistic choices. As if to bully him into breaking the tie for her side, Oprah turns to Ludacris. "Cris, would
you consider not using The Word?" Visibly uncomfortable., Luda smiles. "Uh, I feel the same way Don does
about it." Then, all of a sudden, out of nowhere, Sandra Bullock pipes up:
"As long as we're going
to stop using words," she says (and I'm totally paraphrasing), "Can we stop with the bitch and the ho, for
women?"
The crowd goes wild. Completely silent during the previous portion of the conversation, all of
a sudden there are 200 mild-mannered housewives gone wild, hooting and cheering and stomping their feet. And then
...
Ludacris: We can stop when women stop calling
themselves bitches.
Sandra Bullock: I
don't call any woman a bitch. (pause, then, totally straight-facedly) Unless she is one.
Cut to some kind of
language expert, sitting in the crowd. "80 years ago, you could call a woman a broad. We don't do that
anymore."
Oh.
Really?
Whoops.
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