Posts with tag Sam Raimi
Posted May 3rd 2008 3:40PM by Paul Goebel
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Casting
A day hasn't gone by where we haven't received some sort of tip or email asking us, the TV Squad, how to get on [insert reality show here]. Unfortunately no, Simon Cowell does not work for us, and Donald Trump isn't my BFF, so we really can't help all that much.
The folks at RealityWanted.com often send us a list of new and existing reality shows that are looking for new, er, talent, and they've given us permission to make mention of them here. We'll try to make this a regular feature as often as we get a new list.
This time we have Trading Spaces, The Newlywed Game and other new shows.
Continue reading Reality Show casting calls
Posted Mar 15th 2008 11:01AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Pickups and Renewals
Spider-Man's director is going real. Reality TV that is. After nearly two years of talking with the CW about this project,
Sam Raimi is prepping a summer reality series called 13. Considering Raimi's unique vision, as seen in the
Spider-Man movies and other features like
Darkman and
Evil Dead, you have to hope that he'll bring something fresh to a genre as played out as reality.
Raimi with co-executive produce the eight-episodes of
13 with a renown reality producer, Jay Bienstock (
Survivor and
The Apprentice). Also attached is Robert Tapert, Sam's Ghost House Productions partner.
Continue reading Sam Raimi teams with CW for reality
Posted Jan 29th 2008 9:41AM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Pickups and Renewals
Poor Robert Jordan. I was sure his
The Wheel of Time series would be the first modern fantasy series to make the leap to ongoing television series. But not only did George R.R. Martin's much newer
A Song of Ice and Fire get picked up by HBO last year to be made into a series (what's the status on
that?), now it looks like Terry Goodkind beat him to the punch, too.
Sam Raimi (
Spider-Man) is teaming with ABC/Disney on 22 hour-long episodes
chronicling Goodkind's The Sword of Truth eleven volume series, though the working title of the show appears to be the title of the first novel only:
Wizard's First Rule. Intended for syndication,
Rule will be the first major fantasy syndicated series since the likes of
Hercules and
Xena ruled the airwaves in the late '90s.
Continue reading The Sword of Truth fantasy series comes to TV
Posted May 9th 2007 3:03PM by Adam Finley
Filed under: Industry, Celebrities
I'm not a fan of most "big" movies. You know, those movies with a ton of special effects, babes and explosions but very little plot? However, that doesn't mean decent "big" movies don't exist, and I think the Spider-Man films are a good example. Also, nobody brings a comic book to life better than Sam Raimi (perhaps some of my comic book-loving readers will disagree, though).
Anyway, I mention Spidey on this TV blog because FX has garnered the rights to broadcast Spider-Man 3 in 2009. How much FX ends up paying for the movie depends on how much money the movie itself brings in. As of this writing, the movie has brought in $161,401,784. The deal between Sony and FX could also allow Sony to sell the film to other broadcast networks.
Just out of curiosity, who saw Spider-Man 3 and what did you think of it? I liked it quite a bit, though I think it's probably the least of the series so far: a little too much story for one movie, but it did maintain that "old comic book" feel I love so much. I have a lot more to say about it, but I'll turn it over to you guys in the comments. Opine.
Posted Oct 14th 2006 7:59AM by Adam Finley
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, The CW, Horror
Here's the question I now have to ask myself: if Sam Raimi, a director who has made some of my favorite films of all time, decides to produce a reality series, a genre I despise and always avoid, what do I do? What, oh what, do I do? Hopefully I'll find out soon, because that's exactly what he's planning, along with his old producing partner, Robert Tapert. The duo are creating
House of Horrors for the CW network, a reality series in which contestants will live in a house where they must face their fears, with contestants being killed off (not literally) in cool ways. Raimi did not come up with the concept, the show is actually the brainchild of Gunnar Witterberg. Raimi and Tapert are on board as executive producers, however. The show could possibly hit the airwaves by next summer.
Posted Aug 20th 2006 6:54PM by Adam Finley
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Industry, Celebrities
Sam Raimi, director of the
Spider-Man and
Evil Dead films, as well as producer of popular syndicated series such as
Xena and
Hercules, recently secured the film rights to author Terry Goodkind's eleven-volume
Sword of Truth series. Development of the first part of the lengthy mini-series, based on the first book in the series,
Wizard's First Rule, will begin as Raimi wraps up production on
Spider-Man 3. The final volume of Goodkind's fantasy series is slated for release in 2008, and more information on the TV adaptation will be available early next year. I've read very little fantasy in my lifetime, but are any of you fans of Goodkind? What do you think of this collaboration?
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