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Via Dealine: 20th Century Fox has hired Karen McCullah & Kirsten Smith to adapt 29, the novel by Adena Halpern. John Davis is producing. The book is a high concept comedy about an elderly woman who wakes up in the body of her 29-year old self and finally has the chance to do things right. McCullah & Smith’s credits include Legally Blonde and The House Bunny. In addition to solo projects, they are scripting Love It Or Leave It for [...]
AMC has announced the renewal of Hell on Wheels for a second season. The original series reigns as the second highest rated series on AMC, averaging 3.2 million viewers and 1.5 million Adults 25-54.* Season one’s finale is Sunday, January 15th at 10pm EST. Hell on Wheels is created and written by Joe and Tony Gayton, who also serve as executive producers. John Shiban, Jeremy Gold, Endemol’s SVP of scripted programming and David Von Ancken, who also directed the pilot, [...]
Via Los Angeles Times: The Los Angeles Times today makes its entry into the e-book marketplace with the release of “A Nightmare Made Real,” an expanded version of staff writer Christopher Goffard‘s gripping account of a man accused of unspeakable acts, facing a lifetime behind bars. The original two-part series was one of The Times most-read stories of the year. “As a content company, we are enthusiastic about harnessing new mediums and business models that expand the reach of our [...]
Via The Hollywood Reporter: Westerns have continued to pay off for AMC. Sunday’s premiere of its post-Civil War Western Hell on Wheels, directed by Content Creator, David Von Ancken, opened to a 3.1 household rating and 4.4 million viewers, becoming the network’s second-highest series premiere in history, following The Walking Dead. Among key demographics, the Anson Mount starrer created by brothers Joe and Tony Gayton delivered 2.4 million viewers in adults 18-49, second to the Season 2 premiere of the [...]
Via Variety: Sam Trammell of “True Blood” has joined the cast of indie drama “Long Time Gone” opposite Virginia Madsen and Anthony LaPaglia. Smokewood Entertainment is producing “Long Time Gone,” with co-founder and producer Sarah Siegel-Magness (“Precious”) making her directorial debut. Production began Sept. 12 in Los Angeles. Trammell began work Monday. “Long Time Gone” also stars Zach Gilford, Amanda Crew and newcomer Graham Rogers. Karen McCullah (“The Ugly Truth”) wrote the screenplay based upon April Stevens’ novel “Angel, Angel.” [...]
Via Virginia Madsen’s Blog: New upcoming project for Virginia Madsen has been confirmed! She has joined the cast of of Smokewood Entertainment’s “Long Time Gone”. Virginia will star in Sarah Siegel-Magness’ drama film, joining the already announced cast of Amanda Crew, Aly Michalka, Madeline Zima and Zach Gilford. “Precious” producer Sarah Siegel-Magness makes her directorial debut with the pic, which stars Virginia Madsen as Augusta, a woman who suffers a nervous breakdown after her cheating husband leaves her. Zach Gilford [...]
Via The Hollywood Reporter: Long considered a dormant TV format, the Western series could be making a big return to the small screen. In addition to AMC’s Hell on Wheels, which bows in November and is set amid the building of the Union Pacific Railroad in the 1860s, the genre has become one of the most in-demand in TV development circles during the current cycle. TNT recently ordered to pilot Gateway, an action-adventure set in 1880s Colorado, from executive producer [...]
Coming from Simon & Schuster – June 12, 2012 1 Concert 2,000 Miles 3 Ex-Best Friends Alice, Summer, and Tiernan are ex-best friends. Back in middle school, the three girls were inseparable. They were also the number one fans of the rock band Level3. But when the band broke up, so did their friendship. Summer ran with the popular crowd, Tiernan was a rebellious wild-child, and Alice spent high school with her nose buried in books. Now, just as the [...]
Via Variety: “Hellcats” star Aly Michalka, model-turned-actor Travis Fimmel and “Californication” thesp Madeline Zima have joined the cast of Smokewood Entertainment’s “Long Time Gone.” “Precious” producer Sarah Siegel-Magness makes her directorial debut with the pic, which stars Meg Ryan as a woman who suffers a nervous breakdown after her cheating husband leaves her. Zach Gilford and Graham Rogers co-star as her two sons who, along with the latter’s live-in girlfriend (Amanda Crew), attempt to comfort Ryan in her time of [...]
Via Variety: “Precious” producer Sarah Siegel-Magness has tapped Graham Rogers for her directorial debut “Long Time Gone.” Ryan toplines the Smokewood Entertainment production as a woman who suffers a nervous breakdown after her cheating husband leaves her. Rogers will play Ryan’s 18-year-old son Henry, a good-hearted stoner who has flunked out of high school and is determined to comfort her with the help of his estranged older brother (Zach Gilford, “Friday Night Lights”) and live-in girlfriend (Amanda Crew, “Sex Drive”). [...]
Via The Hollywood Reporter: Kim Fields has joined the cast of What to Expect When You’re Expecting, Lionsgate’s ensemble feature based on the bestselling pregnancy-book series. Cameron Diaz, Brooklyn Decker, Elizabeth Banks, Jennifer Lopez, Chris Rock and Anna Kendrick are among the film’s stars. Fields will play a social worker who helps out a couple with an adoption. This is the actress’s first studio feature. Fields has directed dozens of episodes of the Tyler Perry-created series Meet the Browns and House [...]
Via Variety: Thomas Lennon and Amir Talai are set to round out the cast of Lionsgate’s motherhood comedy “What to Expect When You’re Expecting.” Duo will play new dads who join Chris Rock’s “dude group” and are counseled in the ways of fatherhood along with Rob Huebel. Kirk Jones is directing the Shauna Cross-scripted pic, which is skedded for release on May 11, 2012. Lennon, who recently appeared in both “Cedar Rapids” and “Bad Teacher,” recently wrapped Lionsgate’s “Rapturepalooza” and [...]
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