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Saturday, 13 January 2007 |
BY John Dempsey
{Variety} - John Malones recently formed full-service showbiz company Starz Media will bring its first show to the Natpe convention this week, "Painkiller Jane," starring Kristanna Loken as a federal agent in the near future who discovers she has the power to recover quickly from even a severe injury. |
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Saturday, 13 January 2007 |
BY Kimberly Nordyke
{Hollywood Reporter} - NBC Universal Cable Entertainment is set to launch a new channel featuring horror and thriller programming, while Sci Fi Channel has teamed up with George Clooney to develop a miniseries set in a futuristic civilization.
Meanwhile, Bravo will end the run of "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" after the makeover shows upcoming fifth season. Additionally, the cable channel has inked deals with Paula Abdul and "Project Runways" Tim Gunn for new unscripted series. Those were among the announcements Friday during the NBC Universal cable networks portion of the Television Critics Assn. press tour at the Ritz-Carlton Huntington Hotel. |
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Friday, 12 January 2007 |
BY Kimberly Nordyke and Nellie Andreeva
{Hollywood Reporter} - Sci Fi Channel has teamed with "Sex and the City" creator Darren Star and feature writer Mike Werb for a techno-crime series project and has tapped Tony winner Alan Cumming to star in the networks upcoming miniseries "Tin Man."
In broadcast pilot pickup news, ABC has given the green light to a contemporary take on Raymond Chandlers noir detective Philip Marlowe and to "Pushing Daisies," a one-hour pilot from "Dead Like Me" and "Wonderfalls" creator Bryan Fuller and Oscar-winning producers Bruce Cohen and Dan Jinks. |
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Tuesday, 09 January 2007 |
BY Michael Schneider & Josef Adalian
{Variety} - Stephen Dorff has signed on to his first dramatic TV series role, starring in the CBS pilot "Skip Tracer," from "The Sopranos" alums Robin Green and Mitchell Burgess.
"Skip Tracer" was one of several pilots cleared for liftoff Monday, as CBS, ABC, NBC and the CW were busier than LAX during a holiday crunch.
Besides "Skip Tracer," Eye said yes to the U.S. version of U.K. hit "Viva Blackpool" (from Hugh Jackman), while ABC ordered the intriguingly titled entries "Cashmere Mafia" (exec-produced by Darren Star) and "Womens Murder Club" (helmed by Brett Ratner). |
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Friday, 10 November 2006 |
 BY Josef Adalian
{Variety} - Fox is going back to its sci-fi roots with "Them," an hourlong alien-themed project in the works from helmer Jonathan Mostow ("Terminator 3") and scribes David Eick ("Battlestar Galactica") and John McNamara ("Profit").
Circle of Confusions David Engel and David Alpert also are exec producing via CBS Paramount Network Television. |
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