javier grillo-marxuach-related stories
Posted Jul 25th 2009 2:00PM by TV Squad blogger
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, TV on DVD, Interviews, Reality-Free, Comic-Con
Recently, the cast of
The Middleman, the comic book-based ABC Family show about a secret agent crime fighter and his female sidekick,
reunited at Comic-Con for a panel and a table reading of the unreleased final episode of the series, which is soon to be a comic.
Middleman creator Javier Grillo-Marxuach talked to
Laura Hudson from our sister site
Comics Alliance before the panel about how comics gave him the freedom to create Stormtroopers riding missile-equipped kangaroos, whether the show could ever come back to TV, and why
Batman: Streets of Gotham writer Paul Dini is the godfather of it all.
We previewed this interview yesterday, but CA has kindly let us reprint the entire interview here. More after the jump.
Continue reading Middleman creator talks about the show's Comic-Con reunion -- and possible revival
Posted Feb 20th 2009 7:05PM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: Reality-Free
So I guess this is official word that ABC Family is not going to pick up
The Middleman for a second season? It's a damn shame because I thought the show was one of the sharpest and most entertaining shows on television. TNT picked up
Leverage for a second season and it's also a "fun" show. Maybe the producers should shop the show to another network. In the meantime, things are coming back full circle as word has slipped that
ABC Family will be bringing the series finale to comics this summer.
Ironically, the series will be published by Viper Comics, which is the company that published the original
Middleman comics that inspired the television series. The graphic novel, titled "The Doomsday Armageddon Apocalypse" is being written by creator Javier Grillo-Marxuach and Hans Beimler. So in a way you could also call this just the next
Middelman comic story. Sure there were some minor continuity variations, but we should get all that trademark snappy dialogue and wacky encounters the show was famous for. And maybe the TV variation of the story behind Wendy Watson's father.
Continue reading The Middleman to bring the end, man, to comics
Posted Jul 25th 2008 11:04AM by Brett Love
Filed under: Programming, Ratings, Reality-Free, The Middleman
Well, crap. I don't think there is really any way to spin this in a good way. ABC Family has cut the order for Middleman episodes from 13 to 12. That's rarely a good sign. Television history isn't exactly full of stories that go, "Then they cut the episode order, and everything was frickin' awesome." All is not lost though. Please join me in taking solace in the fact that the show hasn't actually been canceled.
A quick trip to Radio Free Javi, where you should go for all of your Grillo-Marxuachian news, tells a little more of the tale. As Javi puts it, the show is getting great reviews and the network loves it, but the ratings have not been stellar. He adds that the decision to drop the 13th episode was a joint one, between himself and the network. A possible silver lining is his mention of pooling their resources to make the finale the biggest and best that it can be. So, tell your friends to watch, and tell them to tell their friend with the Nielsen box to watch. The Middleman really is a good show and deserves to make it to a second season.
Posted Jul 7th 2008 9:42AM by Brett Love
Filed under: Video, Web, Reality-Free, The Middleman
I don't know a lot of people who really like Mondays. Off the top of my head, the only one that comes to mind is Seattle radio personality The Groz.
The Groz loves Mondays. Most of us, I think, would prefer that Monday was another stop on our weekend tour. It makes it hard to get things going on occasion. If you're having that problem, I have just the cure. A girl in a bear costume, dancing to the title track from that Camp Rock movie. It's embedded after the jump, and really, it will brighten your day.
The scene is an outtake/bonus cut from last week's episode of The Middleman, where we learned of Lacey's fondness for dressing up in a bear costume. But wait, there's more. That little gem came from the Livejournal of Middleman head honcho Javier Grillo-Marxuach. It's a handy link to keep checking back to. And if the dancing bear isn't enough Middleman goodness for you, head on over to ABC Family and watch the entire table read for the episode "The Sino-Mexican Revolution." It's a fun behind the scenes look.
Continue reading It's Monday, here's a dancing bear - VIDEO
Posted Dec 21st 2006 2:02PM by Brett Love
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, ABC, Industry, Lost
Brian K. Vaughan, creator of
Runaways and writer for the
Buffy comics, announced on
his website that he has joined
Lost as an Executive Story Editor. According to Vaughan, he is neither an executive or an editor, and the title is Hollywood speak for joining the writing staff.
As for what that means for the show... I'm leaning toward not much. Not that Brian K. Vaughan isn't a talented guy, he clearly is, but I don't have much confidence that he will really be allowed to do all he can.
Lost has always had talented writers. Although, they have had some trouble hanging on to them. David Fury hopped a boat off the island and went to hang out with Jack Bauer. Javier Grillo-Marxuach later followed suit and made his way to
Medium.
Continue reading Buffy comics writer joins Lost staff
Posted May 9th 2006 8:59AM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: TV Royalty, Talent, Industry, Programming, Web, Celebrities
Posted Apr 18th 2006 6:27PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Talent, Industry, Web, Celebrities
Ken Levine has a really funny list at his
site: how most TV shows are, to put it mildy, unreal. Some examples: CSI having a huge lab that can figure out
anything; the great cell phone reception that Jack always gets on 24; and the fact that Michael hasn't even
been violated yet on Prison Break.
Continue reading Out of the Blogosphere
Posted Feb 23rd 2006 6:01PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, ABC, Talent, Lost
Javier Grillo-Marxuach, a
supervising producer and writer on
Lost, is leaving the show. He was hired on about two years ago when
Lost was just a gleam in J.J. Abrams' eye. On
his website, Javi
says his gig on
Lost was only meant to be a couple of months so he could help create long-term story arcs and
basically plan out the series (and write a pilot!). Two years, seven episodes, and "one hanging hobbit"
later, Javi said it's the right time for him to leave and let the other writers take the show where it needs to go.
Javi has been one of the most high-profile writers of the show, frequently producing the
Radio Free Javi podcasts about
Lost and his other interests,
including comic books. He also is a frequent contributor to
The Fuselage, the
ABC-sanctioned forum about the show.
Continue reading Supervising producer is leaving Lost
Posted Feb 8th 2006 8:27AM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, ABC, Lost, Celebrities
Javier Grillo-Marxuach, a writer and
supervising producer for
Lost, is really expanding his horizons. On top of co-writing two episodes this season,
Orientation and
Collision, he also hosts a regular
Lost video podcast and regularly posts updates on
The Fuselage. He's also been writing an indie-comic called
The Middleman, which apparently got
him noticed by Marvel Comics. He's working on the
Super-Skrull miniseries, an old school villian who once
battled
The Fantastic Four,
Thor and
Captain Marvel. Grillo-Marxuach is re-working
Super-Skrull, to transform him from a villian to a hero. There will be four issues, starting in March.
Grillo-Marxuach said, "It's nice to do
The Middleman, which is my own thing, but it's really
cool, much in the same way as my work on Lost, that I get to be part of something much bigger."
Posted Jan 23rd 2006 6:14PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, ABC, Lost
It
turns out
the date on the
x-ray MRI in Jack's flashback was just an oversight by the production folks on
Lost. A fan
site caught the date during last week's show and we all wondered if it was a hint about when
Lost happens, or
just a mistake. Turns out it was just a mistake. Javier Grillo-Marxuach, writer and supervising producer for Lost,
confirms the glitch over at
The Fuselage. No fun!
[Thanks, Izzy & Gaz!]
This week, Ken Levine talks about 
Six Mad Men characters who are in limbo after the finale
Fact or Fiction: Big Bang, Brothers & Sisters and CSI
The TV Squad Podcast: Linda Purl talks about The Office, we talk spoilers, and more
