Jason Priestley-related stories
Posted Feb 12th 2009 12:06PM by Brad Trechak
Filed under: Celebrities, Casting, Reality-Free
A myriad of celebrities are set to
star in the BBC's modern remake of the classic sci-fi novel
Day of the Triffids. Names include Jason Priestley, Vanessa Redgrave, Brian Cox and Eddie Izzard.
There seems to be quite a few remakes going on in the world of British television at the moment (
Triffids was adapted for BBC television once already in 1981 and had a big-screen version in 1962). We have
The Prisoner,
Survivors, and now
Day of the Triffids. Both
Survivors and
Triffids deal with the theme of a post-apocalyptic world.
I'm not sure if
Triffids was the first story to use the post-apocalyptic genre, but it's certainly one of the most popular. The book itself is a combination of the movies
The Happening (where plants attack humanity) and
Blindness (where most of humanity is rendered blind).
The anti-Soviet themes of the book won't be applicable in these times, but I'm sure the flesh-eating Triffids will have other, more modern analogies.
Posted Jul 14th 2008 3:03PM by Kona Gallagher
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Celebrities, Casting, Reality-Free
Don't expect to see Brandon Walsh hanging out with the rest of the gang at
The Peach Pit when
the new 90210 debuts this fall. Jason Priestly, who played Brandon throughout
90210's original incarnation has revealed that he has in fact been approached by CW execs about reprising his role--but that he has turned them down.
Priestley, who is currently promoting a one episode directing stint on
The Secret Life of the American Teenager, seems to be more interested in taking a seat behind the camera than donning his acid-washed jeans in front of it. While Walsh appeared in nearly 250 episodes of the teen soap, he also directed 18 of them. Despite turning down the CW's original offer, he seems quite interested in taking a seat on the director's chair.
Continue reading Jason Priestly says he "did his time" on 90210
Posted Jul 2nd 2008 10:38AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Celebrities, Casting, Reality-Free
The new
90210 has yet to air but it's already created a tremendous amount of buzz. The return of actresses
Tori Spelling and Jennie Garth from the original series has made news, as well as Luke Perry's words that he won't be coming back and
Jason Priestley letting the world know he'd be available to direct.
But what about Brenda?
Well, in his new perch at
Entertainment Weekly, Michael Ausiello reports that his sources -- producers
Gabe Sachs and Jeff Judah -- have confirmed that Miss Shannen Doherty is in formal talks to join 90210 in her original role, Brenda Walsh.
Continue reading Is Shannen Doherty really coming to the new 90210?
Posted May 24th 2008 11:01AM by Brad Trechak
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Celebrities, Casting, Reality-Free
Actress Lori Laughlin believes that any cast reunion that takes place on
90210 will most certainly not include Shannen Doherty. In the OK Magazine article, the actress is quoted as saying "I don't think anyone wants to touch that."
Doherty has a history of rancor between herself and the cast and crew around her. She left
Beverly Hills 90210 after four years, and the departure was pretty acrimonious. When she later joined the cast of
Charmed (also produced by Aaron Spelling), she left after three years due to supposed problems with her co-star Alyssa Milano.
On the other hand, according to Laughlin, the door is still open for other cast members such as Luke Perry and Jason Priestley.
Tori Spelling is already reported to be appearing in the pilot.
Nothing makes a spin-off official like having original cast members in it. It seems a shame that Shannen Doherty keeps shooting herself in the foot like this.
[via TVTattle]Posted May 5th 2008 1:04PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Dancing With The Stars, Gossip Girl
The new
Beverly Hills 90210 is busy casting and coming together, but it doesn't seem like any of the stars from the original Fox hit will be involved. Don't look for Brandon Walsh among the characters, at least not with the man who created him.
Jason Priestley admits that nobody from the new 90210 has even contacted him about an appearance. In a brief interview with momlogic.com, Jason said, "I'm certainly open to it. I loved working on that show. I loved everything I did on that show. I had so many jobs on that show, I loved it so."
On the other hand,
Priestley makes it abundantly clear that he has no interest in following in the dancing footsteps of two of his 90210 castmates, Ian Ziering and Jennie Garth, by joining
Dancing With the Stars. He just can't dance and he makes no bones about his inability to do a Fred Astaire or Gene Kelly turn. His hobby is on the race track, not the dance floor.
Continue reading Jason Priestley says no to dancing, maybe to 90210
Posted May 17th 2007 8:31AM by Brett Love
Filed under: Medium, Episode Reviews
(S03E22) This has been something of a roller coaster week for
Medium fans. There was the high of finding out that the show will be coming back for a fourth season. Unfortunately, that was followed by news that NBC is going to move the show to Sundays, waiting until the end of football to bring it back. That makes for an 8 month wait between now and our next visit with Allison.
The big finale followed a similar path. We got all those answers we were looking for in the Recapitator case. The fates of Debra/PD and Walter Paxton were cleared up. The fallout from Allison being exposed started, and took a couple surprising turns. Unfortunately, the episode suffered from some iffy story telling and an abrupt ending.
Continue reading Medium: Everything Comes To A Head (season finale)
Posted May 3rd 2007 11:00AM by Brett Love
Filed under: Medium, Episode Reviews
(S03E20) "Head Games" marks the beginning of the star studded, three part, season three finale. It was a good way to kick things off. There is a murder case for Devalos to prosecute, a new friend(?) for Allison, a new head doctor for Joe, visions that may or may not be correct, a new baby... just a lot going on. It's a good thing there are three parts to this.
Seeing as how the episode opened with Walter Paxton (Jason Priestley), let's start there. The dream within a dream open was very good. The head in the pantry came as quite a surprise, and led to a great Joe moment. He was so calm and forgiving when he woke up in the dream, but so frustrated and fed up when he woke up for real.
Continue reading Medium: Head Games
Posted Oct 24th 2006 2:37PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Cable, Industry, Celebrities
Former
Beverly Hills, 90210 heartthrob Jason Priestley will co-star in a new pilot being developed for the Lifetime network. It's called
Side Order of Life and it centers around a character named Jenny who reevaluates her upcoming marriage and her job after learning that a close friend has cancer. Priestley will play her fiance, whose priorities are a little misguided. For example, when Jenny suggests postponing the wedding, her fiance's first concern is with getting the deposit back.
Also cast in
Side Order of Life are
Marisa Coughlan, who plays the lead role of Jenny;
Christopher Gartin, who has had guest-starring roles on various network programs; and
Diana-Maria Riva, who is currently playing Matt Albie's assistant, Lilly, on
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. No air date has been announced for
Side Order of Life.
Posted Apr 26th 2006 12:16PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Cable, OpEd, Love Monkey
I was bummed when the show was canceled so quickly by CBS,
and really happy when the show was picked up VH-1 (well, the episodes already in the can), so why did I forget to watch
it last night? I have to remember, it's on VH-1, Tuesdays at 9. VH-1, Tuesdays at 9. VH-1, Tuesdays at 9!
Luckily, the networks repeat everything a lot now, and this episode (titled "The Window") will be repeated
this Thursday at 11am. I'm going to set my DVR just in case.
The Price Is Right is on at the same time.
Don't you hate it when you're looking forward to seeing something, but you get busy and it slips your mind and
you miss it?
Posted Apr 19th 2006 11:03AM by Richard Keller
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, ABC, NBC, FOX, CBS, Cable, Talent, OpEd, WB, Celebrities
Maybe no one realized this yet. Or, maybe no one really cared.
During the 2005-06 television season, seven alumni of FOX's Beverly Hills, 90210 have appeared or
will appear in a regular series.
Do you doubt me? Do you think it isn't true? Do you think I have way too much
time on my hands? Well, the last may be true, but that's not the point.
Click on, dear reader, for the proof
that you seek.
Continue reading It's like '90210' all over again!
Posted Mar 22nd 2006 8:01AM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Love Monkey, Celebrities
Teddy Geiger, also known as 'Wayne' on the
unfortunately-cancelled
Love Monkey, has a new CD that is streaming on
AOL Music. You remember Teddy, right? He was like John
Mayer, except without all the weird facial expressions. During one episode, he and Tom Cavanagh shot his video to the
song, "For You I Will", which is on his new album. I listened to it and it actually made me a little bit sad
because I liked
Love Monkey and I wish it would return. Oh well. Hopefully it'll make a star out of this
kid.
[Via
EW]
Posted Jan 1st 2006 8:02PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, Other Reality Shows, ABC, NBC, FOX, CBS, Cable, Programming, UPN
Now that 2005 is behind us, we can look forward to new and returning favorite shows all this month on television.
What will you be watching?
South
Beach (Wednesdays, UPN) Two hot, New York City working-class bachelors leave the big city behind to
follow one of their girlfriends to South Beach, FL, only to discover that she has a new boyfriend. They get mixed up
with the rich and famous in the club scene. After viewing a sneak preview on UPN's website, it looks like a guilty
pleasure like
The O.C., except with more sex and no high school. Jennifer Lopez is the executive producer and
it co-stars Vanessa Williams as a club owner and mother to one of the main characters.
South Beach premieres
on Wednesday, Jan. 11 at 8 pm.
Continue reading Mid-season television preview
Posted Jan 1st 2006 11:20AM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, ABC, CBS, OpEd, WB, Battlestar Galactica, Lost, The Five, Veronica Mars
There really isn't any hard and fast rule for the way that I came up with my list. There aren't a whole lot of new
shows coming out during the mid-season that I want to watch. I'm tired of law shows and there are way too many 'Single
in the City' sitcoms coming out (although I do include just one of them on my list). I may give
Skating with Celebrities a chance out of morbid curiosity, but there's no way I'm
resolving to watch it. Here are the shows that I plan to watch faithfully in 2006:
5.
Veronica Mars If Joss Whedon says this is the "Best. Show.
Ever." I believe him. I really missed the boat on this one and now that we're halfway through season two, I've got
a lot of catching up to do. Most of that catching up with be done on DVD. And hopefully I can catch this season's reruns
during the summer so I'll be ready for season three in the fall.
Continue reading The Five: Shows I resolve to watch in 2006
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