ValKilmer-related stories
Posted Jul 9th 2009 11:04AM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: TV on the Bigscreen, Saturday Night Live, Reality-Free
Hollywood's latest choice for a
Saturday Night Live film remake is both the strangest and most interesting choice they could make, short of a big screen "Weekend Update" action epic or a "Toonces the Cat" feature-length Pixar film.
Variety reports that Lorne Michaels and company are creating a
big-screen remake of the show's popular "MacGruber" sketches. Cast member Will Forte will take on the title role and pen the movie's script along with
SNL writers John Solomon and
Jorma Taccone, the latter of whom is better known as one-third of the musical comedy group The Lonely Island.
Kristen Wiig will also star as MacGruber's object grabbing sidekick Vicki. Ryan Phillipe and Val Kilmer have been attached to the project, but their roles haven't been nailed down yet.
Continue reading MacGruber! Making his own movie out of household materials, MacGruber!
Posted Dec 4th 2008 10:27AM by Brad Trechak
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Programming, Cancellations, Reality-Free
It's looking like yet another new series is going to quietly fade away. The new
Knight Rider show
has halted production in what is likely the beginning of the end for the sequel of the 80's series of the same name.
The number of shows ordered by NBC has been ordered has been lowered from 21 to 17. The creators probably won't even have time to change the scripts, so I predict the season (and likely series) finale will end on an awkward note.
Continue reading Knight Rider to ride into the night?
Posted Mar 10th 2008 1:01PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: TV on the Bigscreen, Celebrities, Casting
Hello!
The Saint is rising again. The venerable character, who was created by writer Leslie Chareris in novels in the 1920's, will be back on television in a contemporary setting, and actor James Purefoy (
Rome) has been in talks to play Simon Templar, the suave, British "good guy" thief. Aside from Purefoy, the
Hollywood Reporter writes that
the production team includes first class talent:
Homicide's Barry Levinson and Tom Fontana (
Oz), writer Jorge Zamacona, Bill Macdonald, and the original TV
Saint himself, Roger Moore, and his son Geoffrey Moore.
Continue reading The Saint is coming back to TV
Posted Feb 7th 2008 9:38AM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Casting
In the movie
Batman Forever, Val Kilmer as Batman said "Chicks love the car." There he was talking about the Batmobile, but maybe he was being prophetic, too. Kilmer
has just signed to replace Will Arnett as the voice of KITT in the forthcoming NBC
Knight Rider telefilm/back-door pilot. I want you to note that in the original link, they've been very generous in picture selection for Mr. Kilmer, as his waist size and age have apparently been running neck and neck the last several years.
This article chose a more recent picture, and right now we're all thankful he's only doing voice work on the film.
Knight Rider premieres in 10 days (02-17-2008) and Arnett had completed all of the voice work already. Apparently,
as our own Kristin witnessed first-hand, the new KITT is a Ford Mustang and Arnett had done some GM commercial work before so it would be blasphemy to let him voice a Ford car. BLASPHEMY!!
Continue reading Arnett out and Kilmer in as voice of KITT; blame GM
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