Posts with tag johnny depp
Posted Jun 2nd 2008 6:41PM by Brett Love
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, TV on the Bigscreen, Celebrities, Reality-Free
We've kind of been conditioned to have lowered expectations when a TV show makes the jump to the big screen. It's usually an iffy proposition at best. For every
Mission Impossible, The Fugitive, or
The Untouchables there is a
Bewitched, Wild Wild West, or
Starsky & Hutch. With that in mind, I was a little hesitant when I got the email from a friend announcing that
Dark Shadows was headed for the silver screen. That one could go wrong in so many ways. But then I clicked the link he sent along...
According to
our friends over at Cinematical, the rights to the show now belong to Johnny Depp's Infinitum-Nihil production company. And now comes news that Tim Burton has signed on to direct the movie adaptation. It's a short, and quite logical, jump to finding Depp playing Barnabas Collins. It also doesn't hurt the argument that when asked about the possibility of doing this film
during the Sweeney Todd press junket, Depp said, "If that comes to fruition, that's a dream come true, man. Barnabas Collins - when I was a kid I wanted to be Barnabas." Depp, Burton, and Dark Shadows have all the makings of a great movie.
Posted May 15th 2008 3:03PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: TV on the Bigscreen, Video, Reality-Free
OK, so one of the scenarios below is actually true. Can you guess which one?
a.) Superbad star Jonah Hill is going to write and star in a big screen adaptation of 21 Jump Street.
b.) Nicolas Cage is going to star in a big screen version of the action series Riptide.
c.) George Clooney will star in and direct a movie version of Magnum, P.I.
d.) Ian Ziering will star in a big screen version of The Greatest American Hero.
After the jump, the answer.
Continue reading Another '80s show is coming to the big screen - VIDEO
Posted Dec 12th 2007 12:22PM by Brad Trechak
Filed under: TV on the Bigscreen, OpEd, Celebrities, Children
According to the Daily Stab,
Johnny Depp is considering playing Pee-Wee Herman in a movie version of the former kid's show (and former HBO special)
Pee-Wee's Playhouse. Depp has a history of taking on unusual roles and this would certainly be no exception.
The script would be by Paul Reubens, the original Pee-Wee. The two actors have known each other for a while, having worked together in the 2001 movie
Blow. Also, both are casting favorites of director Tim Burton (Burton's professional directorial debut was the movie
Pee-Wee's Big Adventure).
Continue reading Pee Wee's Playhouse: The Movie, staring ... Johnny Depp?
Posted Jun 24th 2007 12:26PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Video, Celebrities, Talk Show
The Japanese just do some things better. For instance?
Game shows. Japanese television execs understand that people want to see other people perform ridiculous physical challenges for prizes.
Another example? Talk shows.
This one in particular. I have no idea what the show is called, but it kind-of reminds me of a Japanese version of
Wayne's World because it looks like it's on cable access and is filmed in someone's basement. And Johnny Depp went on it. Apparently for the second time. It's weird because A) Depp doesn't speak the language, B) Depp is the only one sitting while two other guys in suits stand around and interrogate him, and C) well, you just have to watch for yourself but let's just say there are little kids dressed as pirates, singing "It's A Small World." Depp, by the way, is the perfect gentleman and reacts to everything with gratitude.
Video after the jump:
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Pop Candy]
Continue reading Johnny Depp on Japanese talk show - VIDEO
Posted Jan 26th 2007 9:27AM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Lost, Video
Several of our favorite actors from
Lost were kind enough to do a spoof on their "final episode" for the fans at CES earlier this month. Evangeline Lilly (Kate), Josh Holloway (Sawyer), Naveen Andrews (Sayid), and Michael Emerson (Ben/Henry Gale) all played out the two big questions that we will be left with at the end: 1) Who will Kate choose?, and 2) What the hell is going on?!? It's actually quite amusing.
The video I've embedded in this post was shot by someone in the audience at CES, so it's from an angle and the auto-focus keeps kicking in. There's one scene where some text pops up on the screen that you cannot read, but I don't think it's that important. The audio quality is good and so is the humor.
Video after the jump:
Continue reading Lost spoofs its own final episode - VIDEO
Posted Jan 10th 2007 10:33AM by Brett Love
Filed under: ABC, NBC, FOX, CBS, Grey's Anatomy, Music and Variety, Heroes, The Class, Awards
CBS put their regular programming on hold last night so they could show the
33rd Annual People's Choice Awards. Hosted by Queen Latifah, the show gives awards based on public internet voting. As that is the case, these awards track with the Nielsen ratings more than most. Case in point, the award for Television Comedy went to
Two And A Half Men. Top rated for a couple years now, but it can't seem to get any press unless Charlie Sheen is divorcing someone or hiring a hooker.
Most of the other television awards followed similar lines. The award for Best Drama went to
Grey's Anatomy. Best Actor was Patrick Dempsey (
Grey's Anatomy). Best Actress went to Eva Longoria (
Desperate Housewives). Best Competition/Reality show was, of course,
American Idol. Best Animated Show was
The Simpsons. The only real surprise came in the new categories. Best New Drama was
Heroes, which isn't a surprise, but Best New Comedy,
The Class? I didn't see that one coming. The television awards were rounded out with Ellen Degeneres winning Best Talk Show Host.
Movies and Music winners after the jump.
Continue reading People's Choice Awards winners
Posted Sep 12th 2006 1:33PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, HBO, Video, BBC, Celebrities
A clip from the next season of
Extras made its way to YouTube (Season 2 is about to begin on BBC Two). In it, Orlando Bloom signs autographs and tries to impress Maggie (Ashley Jensen) by telling her how much more famous he is than Johnny Depp. In true Ricky Gervais fashion, it's simultaneously hilarious and uncomfortable.
Other celebrities scheduled for cameos on
Extras this season are David Bowie, Chris Martin, Daniel Radcliffe, and Sir Ian McKellan.
Orlando Bloom on
Extras video clip is after the jump.
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TV Tattle]
Continue reading Orlando Bloom pokes fun of himself on Extras -- VIDEO
Posted Aug 28th 2006 8:33PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: ABC, NBC, Industry, Music and Variety
Silly me. Instead of watching Johnny Depp
channel Keith Richards play 'Captain Jack Sparrow' in
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, I watched celebrities make terrible jokes and thank people I've never heard of. I forgot that, in rumored retaliation for not nominating
Lost or
Desperate Housewives for Emmys, ABC aired that pirate movie. The good one.
It appears I'm not the only one who forgot about the
Pirates. Last night's Emmy telecast averaged 16.1 million viewers, a 14% slip from last year, but still the highest-rated program on television at that time.
Pirates averaged about 10 million viewers.
Posted Jul 22nd 2006 5:11PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming
At 8, TNT has the Busch Series Gateway 200 NASCAR race. - HGTV has a ne reDesign at 8.
- Secret Window, with Johnny Depp, airs on FX at 8.
- Cartoon Network has a new Zatch Bell at 8.
- At 9, FOX has a new America's Most Wanted.
- Cartoon Network has a new Naruto at 9.
- A new Trading Spaces airs at 9 on TLC.
- At 10, HGTV has a new Design on a Dime.
- Also at 10: IFC has a new Henry Rollins Show.
- CMTV is showing a Hee Haw marathon all day long.
Posted Jul 15th 2006 1:35PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Programming, USA
In case you're one of the few Americans who didn't see
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest last weekend, you can always wait until 2008 to see it for free. That's when USA Network has the rights to air it on television. The network also has the first cable rights to the far superior first movie,
Curse of the Black Pearl, which airs tonight.
I saw
Pirates last weekend and it was so long and boring that I can't even imagine watching the damn thing with commercial breaks. By the way, you should check out
Ask a Ninja's review of the movie on YouTube. Hilarious and dead-on.
Posted May 13th 2006 9:45AM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: TV Royalty, Talent, Celebrities
This is more of a movie thing, but there are enough current and ex-TV stars on this list to include here. Who are the best and worst celebrities when it comes to autographs?
Personally, I think that there are some celebs who are bad autograph signers, and then there are some celebs who don't sign for very legitimite reasons: they've been burned by autograph seekers in the past, autograph seekers can be pushy, they're sick of signing a dozen things that just show up on ebay, etc. But anyway,
here's the list. The best include George Clooney, Johnny Depp, Tom Cruise, and Matt Damon. The worst include Cameron Diaz, Teri Hatcher, and ... Alan Alda?!
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