Posts with tag cinematical
Posted Oct 2nd 2008 10:21AM by TV Squad blogger
Filed under: Site Announcements, Reality-Free
The folks at our sister site
Cinematical are working hard to give you news and reviews of the best -- and worst -- the silver screen has to offer. Here are some of their latest musings on the latest blockbusters, indies, and everything in between:
Posted Oct 1st 2007 2:25PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Industry
Deadwood fans have been treated like yo-yos for the past several months. Some days we hear that the movies are a go and some days we hear that the movies are a no.
Take this as one of the "no" days.
And it comes from a pretty good source, Ian McShane himself. He's interviewed by Ryan Stewart over at our sister blog Cinematical, where he reveals that a good friend of his called him last week and told him that the movies weren't going to happen and that the production company is tearing down the sets. He also says that even if the movies were going to be made in the next year, he wouldn't be able to do them because he's too busy with his film schedule.
Continue reading Looks like those Deadwood movies aren't happening after all
Posted Oct 3rd 2006 11:37AM by Michael Canfield
Filed under: TV on the Bigscreen, MTV
A movie theater owner in Iowa got squeamish, or had complaints or something, and changed the name of
Jackass Number Two to "Jackbutt Two" on the marquee. An alert passerby snapped a photo which her cousin posted on Flickr where you can
check it out.
If anything, "Jackbutt" sounds much nastier -- downright skanky even. I don't know why they didn't go with "Jackposterior" or "Jackrearend" -- too many letters maybe. There will probably never be a movie of the
CBS sitcom
The Class, which is fortunate, because what could they call it at this theater? "The Cl-butt" just makes no sense at all.
[via
digg]
Posted Jul 7th 2006 8:57PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, ABC, TV on the Bigscreen, Lost
Our buddies over at
Cinematical are all a-buzz over the possibility that the ABC drama,
Lost, will culminate with a movie. Executive producer Damon Lindeloff is talking up the idea of bringing the series to a close with a big screen finale. He would like to do five seasons and then a movie, partly to keep the network from making him drag the show on and on for years. It's hard to argue with his reasoning. We've all seen what happens when good shows outstay their welcome (
The X-Files,
Desperate Housewives - ha!).
With all the complicated storylines and themes, I'd say that's a movie that will confound anyone who hasn't watched the series. And, should it only be for fans of the television show? Movies like
The X-Files: Fight the Future and
Serenity were dumbed down a bit in order to woo a broader audience. Is that even possible with something like
Lost?
Posted May 9th 2006 10:15AM by Scott Weinberg
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, FOX, The Simpsons, Animation, Interviews
Screenwriter
Don Payne is just now beginning to make his mark in the movie world. His first feature,
My Super Ex-Girlfriend, hits theaters in July, and he recently finished a draft of
Fantastic Four 2 for the fine folks at FOX. But Don has spent several years toiling away in the TV salt mines, from a bunch of quickly-forgotten sitcom failures to his arrival on
The Simpsons writing staff.
We originally sat down with Donny P. to talk movies, but c'mon. You try sitting down with a
Simpsons writer and
NOT bringing up the wonderful town of Springfield. Here's what Mr. Payne had to say about his experiences with
Hope & Gloria,
Pride & Joy,
Men Behaving Badly, and (especially)
The Simpsons.
Continue reading Don Payne: The TV Squad Interview
Posted Jan 29th 2006 8:36PM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Industry, OpEd, Web
Following the success of Serenity, there's been a
lot of talk
lately about the
return of Firefly to
television. Sister-site Cinematical has a
post on the subject, talking about
the independent publishing company trying to obtain the rights to the deceased series. My understanding is that, with
the release of the
website in
question, the independent publishing company will continue to get a good sense of the interest in their project
from fans, possibly using the information to sell a produced second season to a real network.
I'm not really
sure I buy that all the necessary actors (and writers!) would be on-board with the project if done in this way. These
people need to work, and I'd find it hard to believe they'd sit around waiting for one hell of a maybe to take place. .
.no matter how good the series is.
Posted Jan 19th 2006 2:18PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Talent, Industry, Site Announcements
Posted Jan 16th 2006 4:58PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Talent, Industry, Programming, TV Squad Live Blogging
We'll have live blog coverage of the red carpet arrivals tonight, starting at 6. Just in case Scarlet
Johansson's nipple accidentally slips out while being interviewed or someone on E! says something really stupid.
We'll blog until 8, and then Cinematical takes over for the rest of the
night with their live blog of the awards show. See you then!
Posted Jan 11th 2006 11:02PM by Jonathan Toomey
Filed under: FOX, TV on the Bigscreen, 24
While there has been some speculation that the upcoming
fifth season of 24 may be the last one, or at least the end of the road for Kiefer Sutherland, there may still
be some time left for the actor to continue portraying the indestructible Jack Bauer. That's right - a film. Numerous
sources including CHUD and Entertainment Weekly are reporting that
the producers of the show have a Jack Bauer film franchise in the works. Sutherland sounds like he's completely
on-board saying that "if we could compress all the energy we spread over 24 hours of programming, and put that
into 2 [hours], I think we'd knock your socks off."
Well consider my socks as your humble servants,
awaiting to be knocked off to wherever you see fit. If this actually pans out and gets made, it's gonna be huge. What
kind of story would it have is the real question though... any ideas? I'm thinking something that involves space
shuttles. I want to see Jack fighting someone with no gravity.
Posted Jan 5th 2006 9:58PM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: TV on the Bigscreen, OpEd, Smallville, Animation, Web
As anyone who reads IMDb knows, many of the titles listed as "in development" or even "announced"
have to be taken with a grain of salt. So when you see the entry for a
He-Man movie being directed by none other than John Woo, you
have to ask yourself, "OK, who posted this crap? And if it's not crap, dear gods
why are they making
this?"
Kryptonsite got news from the person listed to play
Skeletor, John Glover (of
Smallville), and he knows nothing about this movie. In any case, I hope the studios
remember the
first time such a task was attempted. Ugh.
[via
JoBlo]
Posted Jan 5th 2006 6:32PM by Kim Voynar
Filed under: Video, Site Announcements, Podcasting
Hey kids! Do you have mad video skills? If so, hop on over to sister blog Cinematical, where they're running a contest
for who can design the best intro video for Cinematical's upcomining daily video podcast from Sundance! You only
have until 12 noon on Wednesday, January 11 to get your entry in, so put on your thinking caps and get those creative
juices, er, flowing. Or something like that.
Posted Jan 5th 2006 8:31AM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: Talent, ER, In the Limelight
Scott Grimes is actually one of the few famous people I
can say I knew somewhat well at one time. Back sometime around 5th grade or so, Scott was in my class in a small
grammar school in Dracut, Massachusetts. I remember his first forays into the acting world, as he sang and performed
well beyond a young kid's talents in school plays, then public television talent shows and eventually commercials. I
remember at one point, he'd gotten a gig with a popular (at the time) toy car company, and how jealous we were that
they gave him a bunch of the cars for doing the commercial. Times sure have changed for Mr. Grimes since those days.
Continue reading In the Limelight: Scott Grimes
Posted Jan 3rd 2006 11:18AM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: TV on the Bigscreen, Animation, Adult Swim
Everybody knows you can't take "upcoming" entries on IMDb seriously, but the readers over on
Digg are either extremely hopeful or are in utter denial. A recent(?)
entry on IMDb shows a
Futurama show coming to be, sometime in
2007, though most likely straight-to-video. So, if this is the real deal, what would you rather see of the movie: a
kick-off for
the renewed series,
or a nice wrap-up of the series?
Cinematical wrote on the
"confirmation" of this movie long
ago.
[via
Digg]
Posted Dec 31st 2005 8:20PM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Talent
Looks like we need to add another one to
Jonathan's list from earlier
this week. Known primarily for his role as Blue in the recent comedy movie "Old School",
Patrick Cranshaw has passed away at the ripe age of 86. Besides
appearing in several other movies, Cranshaw also made recurring appearances in the television shows
Alice, Mork
& Mindy, The Ted Knight Show and
Dukes of Hazzard. No obituary of Cranshaw's is complete without the
phrase: "You're my boy, Blue!"
Posted Dec 26th 2005 8:15AM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Talent, Saturday Night Live
Well, this is one crappy way to ring in the holiday season.
Mike Meyers and his wife of 12 years, Robin Ruzan, have
decided to call it
quits. I'm resisting the incredible urge to make a
So I Married an Axe
Murderer joke here, but it's Christmas, so I'll let it slide. Just this once.
Though, hopefully his
mojo is still intact.
Next Page >
The Cinematical team is 
Giveaway Monday: How I Met Your Mother season three DVD
Oops! Newspapers around the world use SNL pic as official Palin one - VIDEO
The evolution of TV Squad
