The Bourne Identity-related stories
Posted Oct 14th 2008 9:05AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(S01E01) Watching
My Own Worst Enemy is like deja vu. You feel like you've seen something like this before. Was it
The Bourne Identity, Casino Royale, Minority Report, Mr. and Mrs. Smith? Or maybe it was something on TV, like that failed Ray Liotta series
Smith or Jennifer Garner's
Alias or
The Bionic Woman or
The Six Million Dollar Man or something else...
See, that's the problem with
My Own Worst Enemy. It's familiar but not in a cool way. Rather it's derivative and not very compelling. NBC is already doing a double life, super secret spy thing much better in the ratings-challenged
Chuck.
The obvious appeal of
My Own Worst Enemy is two-fold: lots of action including cool gadgets, cars (thank you, GM), guns, blood and the mystery, combined with the charm and complexity of Christian Slater. Slater's a fun actor, a sort of Jack Nicholson only younger. I remember when he first started on
Ryan's Hope! He's got something.
Continue reading My Own Worst Enemy: Breakdown (series premiere)
Posted Mar 14th 2008 12:02PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Celebrities, Pickups and Renewals
NBC is reportedly moments away from ordering a
series starring Christian Slater, according to a story in The Hollywood Reporter. The series is described as "
The Bourne Identity meets
Jekyll & Hyde"-- where Slater's suburban house dad discovers he has a super-spy alter ego. It would be the first television series for Slater, who has been on television's hot list for years but never made it to primetime.
The spy series is created by Jason Smilovic, who also created critically adored-but-ultimately-canceled series
Kidnapped and
Karen Sisco.
Continue reading Christian Slater coming to NBC
Posted Sep 27th 2007 3:05PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Industry, Programming
I know, I know, you're thinking, "how the hell can NBC think of bringing back a show like Knight Rider?" But people were saying the same thing when they announced a new Bionic Woman and look what happened.
It's true: NBC has given the OK for a TV movie pilot (we don't see much of those on TV these days) for a new, updated Knight Rider, to be directed (possibly) by Doug Liman (Swingers, The Bourne Identity, Mr. and Mrs. Smith). Hopefully this updated version means that the car isn't going to talk but will have other, more impressive capabilities to fight crime. We can also assume that David Hasselhoff will not be asked to reprise his role as Michael Knight, though I bet we see a wink-wink cameo at some point.
Continue reading Are you ready for the return of ... Knight Rider?
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