Posts with tag Michael Green
Posted Jul 22nd 2008 2:03AM by Joel Keller
Filed under: TCA Press Tour, Reality-Free

Tell you one thing about Ian McShane: he doesn't take any guff from anyone. Say something that he thinks is a load of crap and he'll tell you in no uncertain terms.
So, you can imagine what happens when you combine McShane's orneriness with a group of cranky critics who've been put through a long day by the folks at NBC on the last day of the press tour (there will be a day of set visits on Tueday, but no ballroom press conferences). The last panel is for McShane's new mid-season show,
Kings, and the critics have been made extra cranky by the fact that, like all of NBC's new shows, they haven't seen the pilot for it yet. Mix in a somewhat hard-to-grasp premise. Stir liberally, and you get some momentary fireworks that woke up the collected critics at the very end of a long day.
Continue reading Don't tell Ian McShane you don't understand Kings - TCA Report
Posted Mar 30th 2008 6:23PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Pickups and Renewals, Casting

Chances are the NBC censor will not have to worry about Ian McShane's mouth this time around; he won't be playing Frank in
Deadwood. No, the new role he's tackling is a much more majestic kind of guy. What am I talking about?
Ian McShane has been cast as one of the title characters in NBC's new drama Kings.
McShane, who was a memorable, dirty-mouthed proprietor of a seedy saloon on HBO's
Deadwood, will be King Silas on
Kings. The Universal project is said to be set in modern times, although its based on a story from the Old Testament, King David (remember Richard Gere in the movie of the same name?)
Continue reading Ian McShane cast in royal drama for NBC
Posted Nov 5th 2007 3:00PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Industry, Programming, WGA Strike
Just because there's a writers strike doesn't mean the networks aren't buying new shows!
Just before the strike announcement, NBC made a deal for a new drama titled Kings, which is described as "a contemporary soap loosely based on the story of King David, the Biblical king of Israel." There's really something funny about that description.
Continue reading NBC greenlights new modern-day King David drama