Posts with tag DonCheadle
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 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.