USA Network pilot Wild Card – a witty drama about people behaving badly in Las Vegas and the lawyers who solve their problems
‘Deep End’ star Ben Lawson lands USA pilot lead — EXCLUSIVE | Inside TV | EW.com
* Showrunner for Dead Like Me after Fuller left
Their new show ‘Shameless’ scored big ratings for its recent premiere - .982 million viewers according to Nielsen. This is the best premiere for a new Showtime series since ‘Dead Like Me’ scored 1.1 million some seven years ago.
Quick Takes: ‘Shameless’ scores big ratings for Showtime – latimes.com
Karl Gajdusek wrote four episodes of Dead Like Me – ‘Always’, ‘Death Defying’, ‘Rites of Passage’, and ‘The Shallow End’, and was the story editor for the last 12 episodes – from ‘The Shallow End’ thru the series finale ‘Haunted’.
The movie, The Mechanic, is Karl’s first major project since DLM. See trailer at link below:
Jason Statham At His Best in Red Band Trailer for ‘The Mechanic’ « FirstShowing.net
Expect a bankruptcy filing on Monday.
Lenders Approve MGM-Spyglass Reorganization Plan – The Hollywood Reporter
On Friday, creditors vote on a plan to send MGM into bankruptcy court, to be relieved of a crushing debt load, not to mention a management that offered spending solutions at sharp odds with desires of the lenders.
The article referenced inside also has a lot of detail on what’s been happening over the last several months as the lenders (and now Icahn) struggle for control. If this finally gets settled perhaps stability will allow management to consider options for new projects (e.g. Dead Like Me?)
* There is a possible stalemate – see inside
Critically acclaimed for Dead Like Me,Wonderfalls and Pushing Daisies, Bryan Fuller simply hasn’t had any luck in keeping his television projects alive for a lengthy period of time. But his next series could have a considerably better chance at survival: a reboot of The Munsters.
“New York, New York – August 12, 2010 – Syfy today announced it has commissioned a scripted pilot from Bryan Fuller, creator of Dead Like Me and Pushing Daisies.
The show will be based upon the popular book The Lotus Caves by John Christopher, about colonists who rebel against the rigidity of their lunar colony by exploring beyond its proscribed boundaries and discovering a series of caves ruled by a super-intelligent, alien species.
Jim Grey (In Plain Sight, Pushing Daisies) will co-write the script with Fuller.”
But no spoilers – you’ll have to read the scripts yourself…..
I finally got around to reading 3 episodes written by Greg Lemieux – posted on his ‘Brimstone’ website – and I liked the way he’s tied together a number of open threads from the two seasons into a trilogy that tells some pretty good stories, develops the characters, and provides some badly needed closure. Even tho I respect the way the writers of the original series brought things to a close, I’m left feeling that there is still a lot of story left in the Waffle Haus reaper gang, in particular George and her family. Greg’s very well done work satisfies some of that need. (Link to scripts inside)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.’s creditors, unsatisfied with proposals to buy or restructure the debt-laden film studio, have contacted Hollywood executives who may be willing to run it, people with knowledge of the situation said.
Key lenders who have bought into the MGM debt seem to believe that it can be made viable again – with a little more money and new management – article in side.