Paul D’Amato, the actor who played the gloriously vicious Tim “Dr. Hook” McCracken opposite Paul Newman in Slap Shot, died Monday after a long battle with progressive supranuclear palsy, a rare brain condition that is similar to Parkinson’s disease. D’Amato was 76.
The news was shared online by his longtime partner (and fellow actor) Marina Re.
D’Amato got the role in Slap Shot in part because he could hold his own on the ice. He played college hockey at Emerson and also for a team called The Reds in a Burlington, Vt, league in 1975.
But D’Amato also had screen presence, going toe to toe with Newman as his character’s wild-eyed nemesis from the Syracuse Bulldogs who earned his nickname through his scalpel-like skills with a hockey stick. Newman’s Reggie Dunlop called out McCracken by name during a pregame radio interview, referring to him as the...
The news was shared online by his longtime partner (and fellow actor) Marina Re.
D’Amato got the role in Slap Shot in part because he could hold his own on the ice. He played college hockey at Emerson and also for a team called The Reds in a Burlington, Vt, league in 1975.
But D’Amato also had screen presence, going toe to toe with Newman as his character’s wild-eyed nemesis from the Syracuse Bulldogs who earned his nickname through his scalpel-like skills with a hockey stick. Newman’s Reggie Dunlop called out McCracken by name during a pregame radio interview, referring to him as the...
- 2/21/2024
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
I'm not sure what we did to deserve such incredible news, but it was Variety announced today that the fifth season return of the anthology series "Fargo" will include Juno Temple, Jon Hamm, and Jennifer Jason Leigh in starring roles. Creator Noah Hawley is once again returning with a new venture in Minnesota set in 2019 before the pandemic could lay waste to us all. The newest season of the popular FX series will ask the questions, "when is a kidnapping not a kidnapping, and what if your wife isn't yours?" Character descriptions for the trio have yet...
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- 6/6/2022
- by BJ Colangelo
- Slash Film
Revenge producer Jesse Lasky is developing a new drama series for Fox based on the Spanish format El Incidente. According to The Hollywood Reporter, The Incident takes place in a small California coastal town that is rocked after a powerful storm brings about a series of strange events, with the town’s residents experiencing inexplicable miracles. The series will explore the baggage and burdens that come with the miracles as a young sheriff investigates the phenomena while hoping for a miracle of her own. Fox has given a script order to the series, which will be written and executive produced by Lasky alongside Bridgeworks Entertainment Group’s George Salinas and Boardwalk Entertainment Group’s Gary Randall. Lasky previously served as an associate producer and script supervisor on the ABC drama series Revenge. He’s also worked as a staff writer on the CBS medical drama Code Black, a script coordinator...
- 12/17/2021
- TV Insider
Exclusive: Cara Buono (Stranger Things) and Kai Lennox (Green Room) are set as leads opposite Elle Fanning in Hulu drama The Girl From Plainville, from The Post writer Liz Hannah and Dr. Death exec producer Patrick Macmanus. Colton Ryan, Chloë Sevigny and Norbert Leo Butz also star.
Written by Hannah and Macmanus and produced by UCP, The Girl From Plainville stars Fanning as Michelle Carter and is inspired by the true story of her controversial “texting suicide” case. Based off the Esquire article by Jesse Barron, the limited series will explore Carter’s relationship with Conrad “Coco” Roy III (Ryan) and the events that led to his death and, later, her controversial conviction of involuntary manslaughter.
Buono will play Gail Carter, Michelle’s (Fanning) mother. At first, it’s hard to crack Gail, but as the series progresses, she becomes introspective about her own skills as a mother. Gail tries...
Written by Hannah and Macmanus and produced by UCP, The Girl From Plainville stars Fanning as Michelle Carter and is inspired by the true story of her controversial “texting suicide” case. Based off the Esquire article by Jesse Barron, the limited series will explore Carter’s relationship with Conrad “Coco” Roy III (Ryan) and the events that led to his death and, later, her controversial conviction of involuntary manslaughter.
Buono will play Gail Carter, Michelle’s (Fanning) mother. At first, it’s hard to crack Gail, but as the series progresses, she becomes introspective about her own skills as a mother. Gail tries...
- 8/30/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
The “Fargo” Season 4 episode “East/West” garnered a great deal of attention for how cinematographer Dana Gonzales’ black-and-white photography broke from the color kodachrome look that gave the rest of “Year Four” its distinct period feel. Yet it was the audio side of the crafts team that had to walk a fine line in telling the story of Rabbi Milligan (Ben Whishaw) and Satchel Cannon (Rodney L. Jones III) embarking on their fateful road trip.
IndieWire recently caught up with composer Jeff Russo and co-supervising sound editors, Nick Forshager and Tim Boggs — all of whom received Emmy nominations (along with Gonzales) for their work on “East/West” — to discuss how they found a balance in making this unique episode, which was inspired by the Coen Brothers “Barton Fink” as well as the oft-referenced 1939 classic “The Wizard of Oz.”
Jeff Russo and series creator Noah Hawley have been working together since the 2009 ABC series,...
IndieWire recently caught up with composer Jeff Russo and co-supervising sound editors, Nick Forshager and Tim Boggs — all of whom received Emmy nominations (along with Gonzales) for their work on “East/West” — to discuss how they found a balance in making this unique episode, which was inspired by the Coen Brothers “Barton Fink” as well as the oft-referenced 1939 classic “The Wizard of Oz.”
Jeff Russo and series creator Noah Hawley have been working together since the 2009 ABC series,...
- 8/10/2021
- by Trevor Hogg
- Indiewire
Just before “Fargo” returned to production in August, Noah Hawley — the writer who somehow adapted an eccentric and beloved Coen brothers film into one of the most decorated television series of the past decade — sent a letter to the show’s cast and crew. He wrote about the importance of safety. He wrote about mutual responsibility. He wrote about Tom Cruise.
“Someday in the not too distant future Tom Cruise will go to space,” the message began. “He will bring a film crew with him. He will bring a director and actors. They will shoot a film. Now space, as we know, is an airless vacuum where nothing can live. A hostile void where a suit breach or airlock malfunction can kill, where even the simplest tasks must be done methodically, deliberately. Astronauts train for years to prepare. They drill protocols and procedures into their heads. They know that surviving...
“Someday in the not too distant future Tom Cruise will go to space,” the message began. “He will bring a film crew with him. He will bring a director and actors. They will shoot a film. Now space, as we know, is an airless vacuum where nothing can live. A hostile void where a suit breach or airlock malfunction can kill, where even the simplest tasks must be done methodically, deliberately. Astronauts train for years to prepare. They drill protocols and procedures into their heads. They know that surviving...
- 9/15/2020
- by Daniel Holloway
- Variety Film + TV
There’s a ridiculous amount of TV content out there waiting to be streamed during your downtime — and a lot of it won’t cost you one shiny penny.
TVLine already offers a premium streaming guide, which delivers a rundown of subscription rates, original series and select library content offered by established, new and forthcoming streamers. We also publish a monthly list of TV shows and movies coming and going on Netflix.
More from TVLineThe Blacklist Creator Explains the Midseason Premiere's Glaring Absence, Teases a Major Secret for [Spoiler]American Idol Video: Will Margie Mays and Jonny West Survive the New 'Duets' Round in Hollywood Week?...
TVLine already offers a premium streaming guide, which delivers a rundown of subscription rates, original series and select library content offered by established, new and forthcoming streamers. We also publish a monthly list of TV shows and movies coming and going on Netflix.
More from TVLineThe Blacklist Creator Explains the Midseason Premiere's Glaring Absence, Teases a Major Secret for [Spoiler]American Idol Video: Will Margie Mays and Jonny West Survive the New 'Duets' Round in Hollywood Week?...
- 3/20/2020
- TVLine.com
Exclusive: Paramount Pictures is in final talks with Noah Hawley to write and direct the next Star Trek film. Through his 26 Keys production banner he will produce along with JJ Abrams and his Bad Robot banner. I don’t have too much more to report on the film, but my understanding is Hawley will helm the fourth film in this iteration of the venerable franchise, with the Enterprise crew led by Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Simon Pegg and Karl Urban.
In addition to his groundbreaking series Legion, Hawley serves as executive producer, writer, director and showrunner on FX’s Emmy-winning limited series Fargo. He currently is in production on the fourth season, which stars Chris Rock, with Hawley directing the first episodes. Both series are produced under Hawley’s 26 Keys.
Hawley made his feature film directorial debut on Lucy in the Sky, which premiered at Toronto before Fox Searchlight released in the fall.
In addition to his groundbreaking series Legion, Hawley serves as executive producer, writer, director and showrunner on FX’s Emmy-winning limited series Fargo. He currently is in production on the fourth season, which stars Chris Rock, with Hawley directing the first episodes. Both series are produced under Hawley’s 26 Keys.
Hawley made his feature film directorial debut on Lucy in the Sky, which premiered at Toronto before Fox Searchlight released in the fall.
- 11/19/2019
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Emmy award winner Noah Hawley is, by his own admission, “fine with failure.” Best known to most audiences for his television hits “Fargo” and “Legion,” the author-turned-showrunner-and-filmmaker struck out plenty before finding his stride with his pair of FX television series. His latest jump, however, might prove to be another lesson in perseverance over success.
For his feature directorial debut, Hawley opted to make a film that is, in many ways, about failure itself. The reviews haven’t been kind.
Loosely based on the real-life story of disgraced former astronaut Lisa Nowak, who made headlines when she was arrested in 2007 for the attempted kidnapping of her ex-lover’s new girlfriend, “Lucy in the Sky” follows Natalie Portman as astronaut Lucy Cola, freshly returned from space and with a new (and often off-kilter) perspective on the world around her.
Despite the fact-based origin of the material, the film is hardly a...
For his feature directorial debut, Hawley opted to make a film that is, in many ways, about failure itself. The reviews haven’t been kind.
Loosely based on the real-life story of disgraced former astronaut Lisa Nowak, who made headlines when she was arrested in 2007 for the attempted kidnapping of her ex-lover’s new girlfriend, “Lucy in the Sky” follows Natalie Portman as astronaut Lucy Cola, freshly returned from space and with a new (and often off-kilter) perspective on the world around her.
Despite the fact-based origin of the material, the film is hardly a...
- 10/4/2019
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Sarah Watson, creator of Freeform’s fashion mag dramedy series The Bold Type, has inked with Verve.
The series, which is based on the life of Hearst chief content officer and former Cosmopolitan magazine editor-in-chief Joanna Coles, was renewed for a fourth season back in May, with Wendy Straker Hauser as the new showrunner. The Universal Television/Freeform/The District series follows three friends –Jane (Katie Stevens), Kat (Aisha Dee) and Sutton (Meghann Fahy)–who all work for Scarlet, a global women’s magazine. The show explores their outrageous lives in New York City as they learn to find their own voices and explore their sexualities, identities, love, and fashion.
Previously, Watson was a writer and executive producer on the critically acclaimed NBC drama Parenthood.
Her debut novel, Most Likely, will be published by Poppy/Little Brown in 2020 as part of a two-book deal. The novel follows four friends Ava,...
The series, which is based on the life of Hearst chief content officer and former Cosmopolitan magazine editor-in-chief Joanna Coles, was renewed for a fourth season back in May, with Wendy Straker Hauser as the new showrunner. The Universal Television/Freeform/The District series follows three friends –Jane (Katie Stevens), Kat (Aisha Dee) and Sutton (Meghann Fahy)–who all work for Scarlet, a global women’s magazine. The show explores their outrageous lives in New York City as they learn to find their own voices and explore their sexualities, identities, love, and fashion.
Previously, Watson was a writer and executive producer on the critically acclaimed NBC drama Parenthood.
Her debut novel, Most Likely, will be published by Poppy/Little Brown in 2020 as part of a two-book deal. The novel follows four friends Ava,...
- 7/31/2019
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Californication alum Evan Handler is set as a new series regular on season 6 of Power, and Mike Dopud and Monique Gabriela Curnen, who recurred in seasons 4 and 5, have been promoted to regulars for the upcoming season of Starz’s hit drama series.
Handler will play Jacob Warner, the new U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District, there to clean up one too many messes and not built to play nice. Formidable and powerful, he will use the position and authority to challenge those around him to get answers.
Dopud plays Jason Micic, a brutal and ruthless Serbian crime boss, and Tommy’s connect, with sights on expanding his network to both coasts at any cost.
Curnen plays Blanca Rodriguez, the incorruptible NYPD Internal Affairs investigator that zeroed in on Angela Valdes while conducting the investigation of the disappearance and probable murder of Detective Raymond Jones, Raina’s killer and a suspected dirty cop.
Handler will play Jacob Warner, the new U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District, there to clean up one too many messes and not built to play nice. Formidable and powerful, he will use the position and authority to challenge those around him to get answers.
Dopud plays Jason Micic, a brutal and ruthless Serbian crime boss, and Tommy’s connect, with sights on expanding his network to both coasts at any cost.
Curnen plays Blanca Rodriguez, the incorruptible NYPD Internal Affairs investigator that zeroed in on Angela Valdes while conducting the investigation of the disappearance and probable murder of Detective Raymond Jones, Raina’s killer and a suspected dirty cop.
- 9/26/2018
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Kai Lennox (The Unusuals), Dale Dickey (Leave No Trace), Austin Hébert (Jack Reacher: Never Go Back) and Omar Maskati (Better Call Saul) are set for recurring roles in Unbelievable, an eight-episode Netflix limited series from Erin Brockovich writer Susannah Grant, CBS TV Studios, studio-based producers Sarah Timberman and Carl Beverly and Katie Couric.
Co-written by Grant, who will serve as showrunner, Michael Chabon (John Carter) & Ayelet Waldman (Applebaum), Unbelievable is based on The Marshall Project and ProPublica Pulitzer Prize-winning December 2015 article, “An Unbelievable Story of Rape,” written by T. Christian Miller and Ken Armstrong, and the “This American Life” radio episode about the same case, “Anatomy of Doubt.” It tells the true story of Marie, a teenager who was charged with lying about having been raped, and the two female detectives who followed a twisting path to arrive at the truth.
Details of their characters are not being revealed.
Co-written by Grant, who will serve as showrunner, Michael Chabon (John Carter) & Ayelet Waldman (Applebaum), Unbelievable is based on The Marshall Project and ProPublica Pulitzer Prize-winning December 2015 article, “An Unbelievable Story of Rape,” written by T. Christian Miller and Ken Armstrong, and the “This American Life” radio episode about the same case, “Anatomy of Doubt.” It tells the true story of Marie, a teenager who was charged with lying about having been raped, and the two female detectives who followed a twisting path to arrive at the truth.
Details of their characters are not being revealed.
- 8/9/2018
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Season 2 of NBC’s Taken has added two faces to Christina Hart’s team, and TVLine has your first look at the new recruits.
RELATEDTaken Season 2: The Story Behind the New Team
As previously reported, The Flash favorite Jessica Camacho and TV vet Adam Goldberg (Fargo, The Unusuals) have boarded the action-thriller’s revamped ensemble, respectively playing Santana, a former Army quartermaster who was discharged for misconduct, and Kilroy, a grey-hat hacker who she sent to prison for hacking into the FBI.
As Season 2 opens on Friday, Jan. 12 at 9/8c, Bryan Mills (played by Clive Standen) — after defying Christina...
RELATEDTaken Season 2: The Story Behind the New Team
As previously reported, The Flash favorite Jessica Camacho and TV vet Adam Goldberg (Fargo, The Unusuals) have boarded the action-thriller’s revamped ensemble, respectively playing Santana, a former Army quartermaster who was discharged for misconduct, and Kilroy, a grey-hat hacker who she sent to prison for hacking into the FBI.
As Season 2 opens on Friday, Jan. 12 at 9/8c, Bryan Mills (played by Clive Standen) — after defying Christina...
- 12/19/2017
- TVLine.com
Producers for NBC’s Taken cast Adam Goldberg as a series regular. Mr Goldberg will play a hacker with dry wit who is also eccentric, highly intelligent, and a tech elitist. Fans have already seen Mr Goldberg play aspects of this role in Ridley Scott’s Deja Vu with Denzel Washington and in the shortlived ABC dramedy The Unusuals. In Deja Vu, Mr Goldberg played Denny, a Ph.D. level physicist on government research project that allowed observers to view a moment four and a half days in the past. As Denny, Mr Goldberg displayed dry wit and great intelligence. Mr Goldberg rattled off
NBC’s Taken casts Adam Goldberg as Series Regular...
NBC’s Taken casts Adam Goldberg as Series Regular...
- 8/16/2017
- by Chris St Martin
- TVovermind.com
Adam Goldberg has joined the cast of NBC’s Taken, marking the second addition to the action-drama’s Season 2 rejiggering.
Weeks after the series was renewed for the 2017-18 TV season, TVLine reported that Gaius Charles (who played John), Brooklyn Sudano (Asha), Monique Gabriela Curnen (Vlasik), Michael Irby (Scott), Jose Pablo Cantillo (Dave) and James Landry Hébert (Rem) would not be returning, while Clive Standen (Bryan Mills) and Jennifer Beals (Christina Hart) will.
Explaining that the half-dozen excised characters had not been defined enough, “We just took a look at what the essence of the show was and tried to focus in on that,...
Weeks after the series was renewed for the 2017-18 TV season, TVLine reported that Gaius Charles (who played John), Brooklyn Sudano (Asha), Monique Gabriela Curnen (Vlasik), Michael Irby (Scott), Jose Pablo Cantillo (Dave) and James Landry Hébert (Rem) would not be returning, while Clive Standen (Bryan Mills) and Jennifer Beals (Christina Hart) will.
Explaining that the half-dozen excised characters had not been defined enough, “We just took a look at what the essence of the show was and tried to focus in on that,...
- 8/15/2017
- TVLine.com
One of my favorite young actors, Miles Teller has been gaining steam as emerging A-lister over the last couple of years. This week, Teller is getting the same treatment that fellow near A-lister Jonah Hill got from me a few days ago from yours truly, in honor of their upcoming film War Dogs. Teller is very good in the film, as he pretty much always is, and even if it probably won’t launch his star any higher, it’s another interesting role in his quickly growing oeuvre. He deserves the attention, that’s for sure, so we’ll be showering him with it a bit more today… Once again for those of you who are curious, War Dogs is dramedy about two young men who became unlikely gun runners. It’s based on the true story of David Packouz (Teller) and Efraim Diveroli (Hill), who inexplicably won a $300 million...
- 8/18/2016
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Yesterday was a big day for Noah Hawley. Before the Fall, his fifth book — and his first since becoming the award-winning creator and showrunner of FX's Fargo — debuted to rave reviews(*) and a spot at the top of Amazon's bestseller list. And FX chose Hawley's publication date to officially order Legion — an X-Men spin-off of sorts (in the comics, the character is Professor X's son, but the show won't be connected to the films at all) starring Dan Stevens, Aubrey Plaza, Jean Smart, and Rachel Keller — to series. (*) I raced through my copy of the book — which cuts back and forth between the story of a man who survived a plane crash and the backstories of the passengers who died — then went back and reread large chunks of it again and again. It's fantastic. Part of Hawley's day involved an appearance at Word Bookstore in Jersey City, where we talked...
- 6/1/2016
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
Noah Hawley is a TV vet whose credits include Bones, The Unusuals, and My Generation, but he’s probably gotten the most attention for creating and showrunning Fargo. FX was so pleased with the results that it quickly set up two more projects for him, the Kurt Vonnegut adaptation Cat’s Cradle and the X-Men-inspired Legion, in addition to a third season of […]
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- 4/22/2016
- by Angie Han
- Slash Film
Starved
Showcase Inventory
Created by Eric Schaeffer
Produced by Daniel Hank
Aired on FX for 1 season (7 episodes) from August 4, 2005 – September 15, 2005
Cast
Eric Schaeffer as Sam
Laura Benanti as Billie Frasier
Sterling K. Brown as Adam Williams
Del Pentecost as Dan Roundtree
Show Premise
A group of four New York friends, each suffering from eating disorders, attend meetings at “Belt Tighteners”, an independent support group that uses shame based techniques to help improve their eating habits. The group centers mainly on Sam, a commodities trader who is anorexic who compulsively overeats a special brand of chocolate snack. He is in love with his bisexual friend Billie, a local singer/songwriter, who is an alcoholic as well as an anorexic bulimic. They frequent a local diner with pals Dan and Adam to discuss their food issues after their meetings. Dan is a novelist who is afraid that his weight is affecting his marriage,...
Showcase Inventory
Created by Eric Schaeffer
Produced by Daniel Hank
Aired on FX for 1 season (7 episodes) from August 4, 2005 – September 15, 2005
Cast
Eric Schaeffer as Sam
Laura Benanti as Billie Frasier
Sterling K. Brown as Adam Williams
Del Pentecost as Dan Roundtree
Show Premise
A group of four New York friends, each suffering from eating disorders, attend meetings at “Belt Tighteners”, an independent support group that uses shame based techniques to help improve their eating habits. The group centers mainly on Sam, a commodities trader who is anorexic who compulsively overeats a special brand of chocolate snack. He is in love with his bisexual friend Billie, a local singer/songwriter, who is an alcoholic as well as an anorexic bulimic. They frequent a local diner with pals Dan and Adam to discuss their food issues after their meetings. Dan is a novelist who is afraid that his weight is affecting his marriage,...
- 12/5/2015
- by Jean Pierre Diez
- SoundOnSight
A review of tonight's "Fargo" — which FX just renewed for a third season — coming up just as soon as you see why they called me the Breakfast King of Loyola... "This family? Deserves the ground." -Simone "Did you do this? No, you did it!!" is perhaps the series' most overtly Coen-y episode by far, with nods at various points to "The Big Lebowski" (Hank offers to cut off his toe, Mike Miligan says "Sometimes, there's a man," and we hear a version of "I Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)" twice), "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" ("O Death" plays), "Miller's Crossing" (Bear not only takes Simone out to the barren woods to kill her, but we hear "Danny Boy" as he prepares to do it), and even "Fargo" itself (Hank's wife died in Brainerd). For the most part, I've enjoyed these tips of the trooper's...
- 11/24/2015
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
Person of Interest will feature at least one fresh face during its upcoming season.
VideosPerson of Interest Season 5 Sneak Peek Finds the Team Trading Faces
Josh Close, who played brother to Martin Freeman’s Lester Nygaard during Season 1 of FX’s Fargo, will recur on Season 5 the CBS drama, co-showrunner Greg Plageman told TVLine on Saturday night at a party celebrating the series’ 100th episode.
Plageman offered no details on Close’s role, other than to say he plays a “very interesting” character — in what is poised to be the series’ strongest season to date, in the opinion of...
VideosPerson of Interest Season 5 Sneak Peek Finds the Team Trading Faces
Josh Close, who played brother to Martin Freeman’s Lester Nygaard during Season 1 of FX’s Fargo, will recur on Season 5 the CBS drama, co-showrunner Greg Plageman told TVLine on Saturday night at a party celebrating the series’ 100th episode.
Plageman offered no details on Close’s role, other than to say he plays a “very interesting” character — in what is poised to be the series’ strongest season to date, in the opinion of...
- 11/9/2015
- TVLine.com
My Generation
Showcase Inventory
Created by Peter Magnusson and Martin Persson. Developed for Us television by Noah Hawley.
Produced by ABC Studios, Stockholm-Copenhagen Productions, 26 Keys Productions
Aired on ABC for 1 season (8 episodes, 6 unaired) from September 23, 2010 – September 30, 2010
Cast
Michael Stahl-David as Steven Foster “The Overachiever”
Daniella Alonso as Brenda Serrano “The Brain”
Mehcad Brooks as Rolly Marks “The Jock”
Kelli Garner as Dawn Barbuso “The Punk”
Jaime King as Jacqueline Vachs “The Beauty Queen”
Julian Morris as Anders Holt “The Rich Kid”
Keir O’Donnell as Kenneth Finley “The Nerd”
Sebastian Sozi as the Falcon “The Rock Star”
Anne Son as Caroline Chung “The Wallflower”
Show Premise
The show is essentially a fake docudrama TV series that purportedly began in the year 2000, wherein the documentary crew followed a group of nine graduating students from a high school in Austin, Texas and interviewed them about their current lives, interests, career goals, and aspirations after they graduate.
Showcase Inventory
Created by Peter Magnusson and Martin Persson. Developed for Us television by Noah Hawley.
Produced by ABC Studios, Stockholm-Copenhagen Productions, 26 Keys Productions
Aired on ABC for 1 season (8 episodes, 6 unaired) from September 23, 2010 – September 30, 2010
Cast
Michael Stahl-David as Steven Foster “The Overachiever”
Daniella Alonso as Brenda Serrano “The Brain”
Mehcad Brooks as Rolly Marks “The Jock”
Kelli Garner as Dawn Barbuso “The Punk”
Jaime King as Jacqueline Vachs “The Beauty Queen”
Julian Morris as Anders Holt “The Rich Kid”
Keir O’Donnell as Kenneth Finley “The Nerd”
Sebastian Sozi as the Falcon “The Rock Star”
Anne Son as Caroline Chung “The Wallflower”
Show Premise
The show is essentially a fake docudrama TV series that purportedly began in the year 2000, wherein the documentary crew followed a group of nine graduating students from a high school in Austin, Texas and interviewed them about their current lives, interests, career goals, and aspirations after they graduate.
- 9/19/2015
- by Jean Pierre Diez
- SoundOnSight
Among one of the more notable entries in the 2013-2014 television season was the FX series Fargo. Having previously garnered acclaim for shows such as The Shield, Louie, and Justified, the new series on the channel, brought onboard by The Unusuals creator Noah Hawley, also received critical praise during its first season. Interest in the series increased, however, when it was revealed that the second season would change the time period and focus on a nearly new set of characters, as well as a new mystery.
The new season is poised to be set in 1979, with the first season’s cast replaced by Patrick Wilson, Ted Danson, Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons, Nick Offerman, Brad Garrett, and Bruce Campbell. The season will be set in Sioux Falls, North Dakota and Luverne, Minnesota, and will make its premiere in October. Ahead of the second season’s release, a full trailer has now been released,...
The new season is poised to be set in 1979, with the first season’s cast replaced by Patrick Wilson, Ted Danson, Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons, Nick Offerman, Brad Garrett, and Bruce Campbell. The season will be set in Sioux Falls, North Dakota and Luverne, Minnesota, and will make its premiere in October. Ahead of the second season’s release, a full trailer has now been released,...
- 7/21/2015
- by Deepayan Sengupta
- SoundOnSight
For this week’s spotlight piece, I wanted to take a look at an up and comer who’s just joining the A-list, but one who does so with the potential to go to some extraordinary places. I’m talking of course about Miles Teller, someone who really could turn out to be the best actor of his generation. A mix of John Cusack and Vince Vaughn (plus his own unique flavor), Teller is going places, plain and simple. He’s only got about 20 credits to his name, but in his short time on the big screen he’s already established himself as someone worthy of the A-list. Teller got his start pretty quickly when, after only a few appearances in shorts and a guest spot on the TV show The Unusuals, he was cast in a main supporting part opposite Nicole Kidman in Rabbit Hole. An Oscar player all season long,...
- 10/8/2014
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
[Press Release] Sony Music is proud to announce the release on July 1 of the soundtrack for Fargo, the 10-part critically acclaimed television series for FX produced by MGM Television and FX Productions, featuring music composed by Jeff Russo. Jeff Russo is a songwriter, composer, guitarist, vocalist and producer. He came to prominence as founding member, lead guitarist and co-songwriter of the American rock band Tonic, recipients of two Grammy® nominations, with whom he still plays. Recently, he has had a prolific career composing scores for feature films, TV programs and commercials, including the ABC dramas The Unusuals and My Generation, The Discovery Network's FreeFall, the USA network series Necessary Roughness, the CBS network mini-series Hostages, and most recently the Starz...
- 6/23/2014
- by Pietro Filipponi
- The Daily BLAM!
The spate of TV shows currently being adapted from films could learn a great deal from FX’s Fargo…
Feature
Twelve Monkeys. Scream. From Dusk Till Dawn. Fargo. Us networks are steadily transforming the TV listings into the ‘New Releases’ shelf of a 1996 Blockbuster. We can either stamp our feet with ‘why aren’t there any new ideas?’ rage whenever a new film-to-tv adaptation is greenlit, or we can do what we’ve always done with new shows: sift through the pile to see what actually works.
Fargo, nearing the halfway point in its Us and UK broadcasts, works.
Messing with a much-loved, much-respected film like Fargo was a risk. Screw up a TV version of Jingle All The Way and who’ll care, but screw up Fargo? You’d be the devil himself. NBC’s Warren Littlefield, now producing the FX series, passed on a Fargo TV pitch in...
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Twelve Monkeys. Scream. From Dusk Till Dawn. Fargo. Us networks are steadily transforming the TV listings into the ‘New Releases’ shelf of a 1996 Blockbuster. We can either stamp our feet with ‘why aren’t there any new ideas?’ rage whenever a new film-to-tv adaptation is greenlit, or we can do what we’ve always done with new shows: sift through the pile to see what actually works.
Fargo, nearing the halfway point in its Us and UK broadcasts, works.
Messing with a much-loved, much-respected film like Fargo was a risk. Screw up a TV version of Jingle All The Way and who’ll care, but screw up Fargo? You’d be the devil himself. NBC’s Warren Littlefield, now producing the FX series, passed on a Fargo TV pitch in...
- 5/8/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
In March, I was on the Calgary set of FX's "Fargo" and I got to talk to most of the show's main stars, including Martin Freeman, Allison Tolman, Keith Carradine, and Colin Hanks and Joey King. I also chatted with producers Noah Hawley and Warren Littlefield and, before the premiere, I interviewed Billy Bob Thornton as well. The characters on the reimagined take on the Coen Brothers' Oscar winner are compelling and that gives everybody involved plenty to discuss, so I hope to keep checking off members of the eclectic cast plenty to talk about. Up next? Adam Goldberg, who was introduced in the second episode as a fiery hitman whose name has never been given. Official FX literature says that Goldberg is Mr. Numbers, while Russell Harvard's character is Mr. Wrench. Apparently, we aren't going to learn anything more than that. Mr. Numbers and Mr. Wrench are...
- 5/6/2014
- by Daniel Fienberg
- Hitfix
A review of tonight's "Fargo" coming up just as soon as I find a human foot in a toaster oven... Episode 1 of this strange new Coen-adjacent adventure kept things relatively simple. We got to know the perpetually bullied Lester, got to appreciate Lorne Malvo's role as a homicidal bringer of chaos, got to appreciation the relationship between chief Vern and deputy Molly, then saw how the murder of Sam Hess triggered all sorts of problems and additional violence. It's not the 1996 movie in microcosm, but it's a small enough story that one might wonder how Noah Hawley intends to get 10 episodes out of it. With "The Rooster Prince," Hawley makes very clear that he's got many weeks of material here, as he introduces several major new characters and plot threads. Sam Hess's murder is the inciting incident, but there's an awful lot more going on here. Because the murders of...
- 4/23/2014
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
Before I sat down with the first four episodes of FX’s limited series, Fargo, premiering April 15 at 10Pm, I reacquainted myself with the 1996 Coen Brothers’ crime classic. It’s been over a decade since I last saw the film and like a winter squall blustering through, my memories of it had become buried deep in snow. However, after this viewing, I had this insatiable desire to soak in this world for a longer duration.
It wasn’t just any small town that had been rocked by bloody murders and criminal activity, it was this specific ivory landscape that stretched as far as the eyes could see. Its citizens were as foreign and distant as Hawaii or Alaska as were their special brand of talk and affection. Fargo felt like the Coens picked up a snow globe unlike any other and then gifted it to everyone who had seen the film.
It wasn’t just any small town that had been rocked by bloody murders and criminal activity, it was this specific ivory landscape that stretched as far as the eyes could see. Its citizens were as foreign and distant as Hawaii or Alaska as were their special brand of talk and affection. Fargo felt like the Coens picked up a snow globe unlike any other and then gifted it to everyone who had seen the film.
- 4/15/2014
- by Ernie Estrella
- BuzzFocus.com
"I don't watch movies," declares Lorne Malvo, the slippery, malevolent figure at the center of FX's new "Fargo" series. (The first of 10 episodes debuts tonight at 10; I've seen the first four.) The line rings true to what we have learned about Malvo, a professional hitman and amateur troublemaker who takes pleasure in encouraging people's worst impulses to see what will happen. But it also functions as a sly acknowledgment of the large shadow "Fargo" the movie casts over "Fargo" the TV show. Created by Noah Hawley (a "Bones" alum who created the charming but short-lived ABC cop show "The Unusuals," starring a then-unknown Jeremy Renner), the new "Fargo" takes place in the same frozen Minnesota winter of the Coen brothers' Oscar-winning film(*), though it is not a remake of that film's story. Still, there are many nods to the movie both big and small — each episode, for instance, opens with...
- 4/15/2014
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
Calgary - As pages go, Warren Littlefield is slightly overqualified. The Brandon Tartikoff protege spent 20 years as an executive at NBC, cultivating in a '90s run as NBC Entertainment President a gig that was, at times, rather wildly successful. On this March day in Calgary, though, Littlefield is serving as a tour-guide for a group of reporters visiting the set of his FX limited series "Fargo." Just a 10 minute drive from downtown Calgary, we've left the urban center behind and we're at a facility that is doubling for the Bemidji Police Department, as well as several other rural Minnesota hubs. Depending on which way you wander, there are interrogation rooms, a main squad area, portions of a local hospital and a middle school cafeteria, in which we're conducting most of our interviews next to a fine piece of juvenile art that has nothing to do with "Fargo," but I'm including it anyway.
- 4/14/2014
- by Daniel Fienberg
- Hitfix
Stars: Joey King, Billy Bob Thornton, Martin Freeman, Colin Hanks, Allison Tolman, Bob Odenkirk, Susan Park, Tom Musgrave | Based on the film by The Coen Brothers
With FX’s new series, Fargo, (premiering April 15th at 10/9c), it would seem that the writers, producers, and any creative person behind the scenes would be facing the wrong end of a loaded gun, trying to create a series based on a stunning, stellar film by two of the most creative filmmakers working today. But, I’ve been wrong before. Hannibal became one of my favorite shows on television easily, and judging by the pilot episode, ‘The Crocodile’s Dilemma,’ Fargo has stepped up into the realm of pilots that are very, very impressive.
You needn’t have seen the film to understand anything that occurs in the 90 minute premiere, though you’d be doing yourself an immense disservice. Fargo follows an all new mystery,...
With FX’s new series, Fargo, (premiering April 15th at 10/9c), it would seem that the writers, producers, and any creative person behind the scenes would be facing the wrong end of a loaded gun, trying to create a series based on a stunning, stellar film by two of the most creative filmmakers working today. But, I’ve been wrong before. Hannibal became one of my favorite shows on television easily, and judging by the pilot episode, ‘The Crocodile’s Dilemma,’ Fargo has stepped up into the realm of pilots that are very, very impressive.
You needn’t have seen the film to understand anything that occurs in the 90 minute premiere, though you’d be doing yourself an immense disservice. Fargo follows an all new mystery,...
- 4/3/2014
- by Nathan Smith
- Nerdly
You betcha! We love Marge Gunderson from Joel and Ethan Coen's "Fargo," but is it possible that this FX series based on the movie will fit that "Eh?"-shaped place in our hearts?
The new show takes place in the same uncannily polite society of small-town Minnesota as the movie, with different, though familiar, characters. There's Martin Freeman as a putzy salesman named Lester Nygaard; Billy Bob Thornton as Lorne Malvo, a vaguely threatening out-of-towner with bad hair; Kate Walsh as a merry widow; Allison Tolman as the polite, upstanding police officer; and Adam Goldberg as a criminal element with a taste for gas station snacks. What do we think of their accents? A little off, right? Not quite that sweet spot between the Midwest and Canada, eh?
If "Fargo" takes off, the plan is to make it an anthology series like "American Horror Story" or "True Detective." Noah Hawley,...
The new show takes place in the same uncannily polite society of small-town Minnesota as the movie, with different, though familiar, characters. There's Martin Freeman as a putzy salesman named Lester Nygaard; Billy Bob Thornton as Lorne Malvo, a vaguely threatening out-of-towner with bad hair; Kate Walsh as a merry widow; Allison Tolman as the polite, upstanding police officer; and Adam Goldberg as a criminal element with a taste for gas station snacks. What do we think of their accents? A little off, right? Not quite that sweet spot between the Midwest and Canada, eh?
If "Fargo" takes off, the plan is to make it an anthology series like "American Horror Story" or "True Detective." Noah Hawley,...
- 3/19/2014
- by Jenni Miller
- Moviefone
News Louisa Mellor 10 Mar 2014 - 23:28
Channel 4 has acquired the UK rights to FX series, Fargo, based on the original 1996 Coen Brothers film...
Channel 4 has been out shopping for import drama and once again has returned home with what promises to be a great buy. FX's forthcoming TV series Fargo, executive produced by Joel and Ethan Coen and inspired by their 1996 crime film, will air on Channel 4 in the UK this spring.
The teaser promos released so far have been footage and dialogue-light, but undeniably share the original film's combination of macabre humour and small-town atmosphere. Though inspired by the film, Fargo the TV series introduces a new raft of characters and a brand new crime story.
Martin Freeman, Billy Bob Thornton, Colin Hanks, Bob Odenkirk and Allison Tolman all appear in the series, which has been written by Bones and The Unusuals' Noah Hawley.
We'll...
Channel 4 has acquired the UK rights to FX series, Fargo, based on the original 1996 Coen Brothers film...
Channel 4 has been out shopping for import drama and once again has returned home with what promises to be a great buy. FX's forthcoming TV series Fargo, executive produced by Joel and Ethan Coen and inspired by their 1996 crime film, will air on Channel 4 in the UK this spring.
The teaser promos released so far have been footage and dialogue-light, but undeniably share the original film's combination of macabre humour and small-town atmosphere. Though inspired by the film, Fargo the TV series introduces a new raft of characters and a brand new crime story.
Martin Freeman, Billy Bob Thornton, Colin Hanks, Bob Odenkirk and Allison Tolman all appear in the series, which has been written by Bones and The Unusuals' Noah Hawley.
We'll...
- 3/11/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
With a certain amount of trepidation I am finally caving in and talking about the Pilot (that’s right, no guarantees we’ll ever see it) for NBC‘s Constantine. I really want this one to happen, and I’m afraid this will jinx it, but okay, here we go.
Back in September, NBC bought the project with penalty (NBC will pay a penalty if it doesn’t air the pilot) with Daniel Cerone (The Dark Corner, Threshhold, Dexter, Charmed) and David S. Goyer (Man of Steel, Da Vinci’s Demons, the Dark Knight trilogy) as writers/executive producers.
Based on the DC/Vertigo comic books, John Constantine is a snarky con-man-turned supernatural detective, which sounds absolutely excellent but also slightly reminiscent of Powers, which once again reminds me that not all pilots, even excellent comics-based pilots with great casts, see the light of day.
The green light for the...
Back in September, NBC bought the project with penalty (NBC will pay a penalty if it doesn’t air the pilot) with Daniel Cerone (The Dark Corner, Threshhold, Dexter, Charmed) and David S. Goyer (Man of Steel, Da Vinci’s Demons, the Dark Knight trilogy) as writers/executive producers.
Based on the DC/Vertigo comic books, John Constantine is a snarky con-man-turned supernatural detective, which sounds absolutely excellent but also slightly reminiscent of Powers, which once again reminds me that not all pilots, even excellent comics-based pilots with great casts, see the light of day.
The green light for the...
- 3/6/2014
- by Erin Willard
- ScifiMafia
Trailer Louisa Mellor 5 Mar 2014 - 07:45
The promos are coming thick and fast for promising new FX series, Fargo...
April the 15th is the Us arrival date for FX's Fargo, a small screen take on the 1996 Coen Brothers film of the same name. Though inspired by the nineties crime comedy drama, the ten-episode limited series is to feature new characters and stories.
Ethan and Joel Coen have writing and production credits on the series, scripted by Bones' and The Unusuals' Noah Hawley.
Billy Bob Thornton plays Lorne Malvo, a manipulative drifter who gets caught up with Martin Freeman's small town insurance salesman Lester Nygaard. Colin Hanks is Police Deputy Gus Grimly, with Allison Tolman his colleague, Molly Solverson. Breaking Bad's Bob Odenkirk also stars.
You'll see little of the cast in the dialogue-free teasers below that establish Fargo's comic yet macabre tone...
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The promos are coming thick and fast for promising new FX series, Fargo...
April the 15th is the Us arrival date for FX's Fargo, a small screen take on the 1996 Coen Brothers film of the same name. Though inspired by the nineties crime comedy drama, the ten-episode limited series is to feature new characters and stories.
Ethan and Joel Coen have writing and production credits on the series, scripted by Bones' and The Unusuals' Noah Hawley.
Billy Bob Thornton plays Lorne Malvo, a manipulative drifter who gets caught up with Martin Freeman's small town insurance salesman Lester Nygaard. Colin Hanks is Police Deputy Gus Grimly, with Allison Tolman his colleague, Molly Solverson. Breaking Bad's Bob Odenkirk also stars.
You'll see little of the cast in the dialogue-free teasers below that establish Fargo's comic yet macabre tone...
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- 3/5/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
The Coen brothers' 90's crime drama is headed to TV via a new 10-episode limited series adaptation written by "The Unusuals" creator Noah Hawley. FX's "Fargo" series, which is inspired by the film but won't tell the same story or feature the same characters, stars Billy Bob Thornton, Martin Freeman, Colin Hanks and Allison Tolman, and will premiere April 15th. Check out these three new dialogue-less teasers that allude to grisly murders in an almost lighthearted way.
- 3/5/2014
- by Taylor Lindsay
- Indiewire
As Jenny on "Two and a Half Men," Amber Tamblyn is brash and rash. She's the daughter no one knew Charlie had.
Coming into the CBS Thursday comedy in its 11th season was easier than one might imagine.
"What if I just realized for the first time that Jon Cryer was physically abusive and Ashton Kutcher refused to speak to me and had his entire trailer moved?" Tamblyn asks Zap2it. "They are the two sweetest guys in the whole world. They are so kind and supportive, and so is Conchata Ferrell. She is so funny. I feel like Jenny will become Berta when she grows up.
"I'll help anyone drink," she says of her character. "I will support anyone's alcoholism or drug addiction, I don't care. Holland Taylor is so extraordinary."
She likens this to joining "House" during its long run, but working on a comedy is easier.
In her spare time,...
Coming into the CBS Thursday comedy in its 11th season was easier than one might imagine.
"What if I just realized for the first time that Jon Cryer was physically abusive and Ashton Kutcher refused to speak to me and had his entire trailer moved?" Tamblyn asks Zap2it. "They are the two sweetest guys in the whole world. They are so kind and supportive, and so is Conchata Ferrell. She is so funny. I feel like Jenny will become Berta when she grows up.
"I'll help anyone drink," she says of her character. "I will support anyone's alcoholism or drug addiction, I don't care. Holland Taylor is so extraordinary."
She likens this to joining "House" during its long run, but working on a comedy is easier.
In her spare time,...
- 1/23/2014
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Hang around any Hollywood watercooler right now, and it seems the name you will hear is Adam Driver. Since appearing in an episode of The Unusuals in 2009, the former Us Marine has rocketed to the top of the casting pile, via a regular role on HBO’s Girls – now in its third season – and parts in J. Edgar, Frances Ha, Lincoln and Inside Llewyn Davis. That momentum shows no sign of dissipating any time soon either as he is now set to join Martin Scorsese’s next project, Silence.
Based on the novel by Shusaku Endo, the story follows two Jesuit priests in 17th Century Japan, who witness the persecution of Japanese Christians at the hands of the government, after Catholicism and western influence are banned. With a screenplay by Jay Cocks (Gangs Of New York), and a cast list including Andrew Garfield (The Amazing Spider-Man) and Ken Watanabe (Inception...
Based on the novel by Shusaku Endo, the story follows two Jesuit priests in 17th Century Japan, who witness the persecution of Japanese Christians at the hands of the government, after Catholicism and western influence are banned. With a screenplay by Jay Cocks (Gangs Of New York), and a cast list including Andrew Garfield (The Amazing Spider-Man) and Ken Watanabe (Inception...
- 1/14/2014
- by Sarah Myles
- We Got This Covered
It's been a year of quests for Martin Freeman, whose been busy saving Middle-Earth from orcs and dragons in Peter Jackson's Hobbit franchise and Earth from invading androids in Edgar Wright's The World's End. In the new installment of the Tolkien trilogy, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (alternate title: The Hobbit: More Adventure! Less Singing!), Freeman's Bilbo Baggins has his work cut out for him, whether he's busting his pals out of elf jail in river-borne barrels (one of the most thrilling movie action sequences in recent memory) or confronting the fire-breathing,...
- 12/16/2013
- Rollingstone.com
This is another edition of Short Starts, where we present a weekly short film(s) from the start of a filmmaker or actor’s career. Even though he’s only in the film for a few minutes, Adam Driver is one of the most talked-about actors in the Coen Brothers’ Inside Llewyn Davis. Of course he is, because when he’s on screen you can’t look at anything else. It’s that combination of rugged handsomeness and gigantic freakishness that captures your attention, and a lot of it has to do with our familiarity with him being almost solely from his role on Girls. This year he also got to break out a little more with Frances Ha, but he’s still fairly new to acting, having been a United States Marine just over a decade ago. Really, he’s had a fast rise to a scene stealing bit part in a Best Picture hopeful (and...
- 12/8/2013
- by Christopher Campbell
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Before he reprises his role as Saul Goodman in AMC's "Breaking Bad" spinoff, Bob Odenkirk is headed to "Fargo."
Odenkirk is among the latest additions to the cast of FX's limited series, which shares a title with the classic Coen brothers movie -- but not its plot. Glenn Howerton ("It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia") has also joined the cast, which also includes Billy Bob Thornton, Martin Freeman, Kate Walsh, Colin Hanks and Oliver Platt.
FX has also released a few details about the characters they and other members of the cast will play. Here's a rundown.
Thornton is Lorne Malvo, a "rootless, manipulative man" and the story's central bad guy.
Freeman is Lester Nygaard, a Minnesota insurance salesman who comes into contact with Lorne and has his life turned upside down.
Hanks is Gus Grimly, a Duluth, Minn., police officer and single father.
Joey King ("Bent," "Oz the Great and Powerful") is Greta,...
Odenkirk is among the latest additions to the cast of FX's limited series, which shares a title with the classic Coen brothers movie -- but not its plot. Glenn Howerton ("It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia") has also joined the cast, which also includes Billy Bob Thornton, Martin Freeman, Kate Walsh, Colin Hanks and Oliver Platt.
FX has also released a few details about the characters they and other members of the cast will play. Here's a rundown.
Thornton is Lorne Malvo, a "rootless, manipulative man" and the story's central bad guy.
Freeman is Lester Nygaard, a Minnesota insurance salesman who comes into contact with Lorne and has his life turned upside down.
Hanks is Gus Grimly, a Duluth, Minn., police officer and single father.
Joey King ("Bent," "Oz the Great and Powerful") is Greta,...
- 10/11/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Earlier this year, FX greenlit a TV miniseries based on the Coen Brothers’ 1996 acclaimed wintery crime thriller Fargo. The 10-episode series will be written by Noah Hawley (Bones, The Unusuals) and executive produced by the Coens themselves. In recent months names of attached actors have been trickling in, and today Deadline has reported that Kate Walsh, Joey King and John Close have all joined the cast....
- 10/10/2013
- Pastemagazine.com
That didn't take very long.
Following just one episode of Two and a Half Men, Amber Tamblyn has been promoted to series regular.
The character debuted last week as Jenny, Charlie Harper's illegitimate daughter who moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting. She's now residing with Ashton Kutcher's Walden and Jon Cryer's Alan and shares something with her deceased father: an attraction to women.
Tamblyn's previous TV credits include Joan of Arcadia, General Hospital, The Unusuals and House.
Following just one episode of Two and a Half Men, Amber Tamblyn has been promoted to series regular.
The character debuted last week as Jenny, Charlie Harper's illegitimate daughter who moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting. She's now residing with Ashton Kutcher's Walden and Jon Cryer's Alan and shares something with her deceased father: an attraction to women.
Tamblyn's previous TV credits include Joan of Arcadia, General Hospital, The Unusuals and House.
- 10/2/2013
- by matt@mediavine.com (Matt Richenthal)
- TVfanatic
Before you say "What the heck d'ya mean?" and stand opposed to this TV version of the Coen Brothers wintry classic "Fargo," you should know that the siblings are actually executive producers of the limited FX series. Still not convinced? Well, if casting continues to draw the names that it has so far, this is one that's going to be high on our DVR list next year. With Billy Bob Thornton already slated for the Steve Buscemi-esque part, THR reports that "The Hobbit" and "Sherlock" star Martin Freeman is now set to take the plum gig of Lester Nygaard, the beaten down car salesman played by William M. Macy in the original film (named Jerry Lundegaard, obviously, but same idea, different name)—and we have to say, we really dig that choice. Penned by Noah Hawley ("Bones," "The Unusuals"), who is also an exec producer on the show, exact...
- 9/27/2013
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Sherlock star Martin Freeman may soon be pulling double duty.
The actor has landed the lead role in FX’s limited TV series Fargo, our sister site Deadline reports.
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The 10-episode project, inspired by Joel and Ethan Cohen’s 1996 film of the same name, will feature a new true crime story and new characters.
Freeman will play Lester Nygaard, a small town insurance salesman henpecked by his wife, whose life is changed when a mysterious stranger (played by Billy Bob Thornton) comes to town. The character...
The actor has landed the lead role in FX’s limited TV series Fargo, our sister site Deadline reports.
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The 10-episode project, inspired by Joel and Ethan Cohen’s 1996 film of the same name, will feature a new true crime story and new characters.
Freeman will play Lester Nygaard, a small town insurance salesman henpecked by his wife, whose life is changed when a mysterious stranger (played by Billy Bob Thornton) comes to town. The character...
- 9/27/2013
- by Vlada Gelman
- TVLine.com
FX announced Friday that Billy Bob Thornton will star in the network's "Fargo" miniseries, which will debut in the spring.
"I'm going to be bold and say it will do justice to the Coen brothers' film which is one of my favorite movies of all time," FX president John Landgraf said at the Television Critics Association press tour Friday.
Thornton will play Lorne Malvo, "a rootless, manipulative man who meets a small town insurance salesman and sets him on a path of destruction," according to a release from FX.
The 10-episode miniseries, which follows the consequences of a new crime, has been adapted by Noah Hawley ("The Unusuals"), and "Fargo" filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen are among its executive producers. There is a female law-enforcement character in the miniseries, but she'll be "a young deputy in her early 20s," Landgraf added.
"It's hard to describe how remarkably true it is to the movie,...
"I'm going to be bold and say it will do justice to the Coen brothers' film which is one of my favorite movies of all time," FX president John Landgraf said at the Television Critics Association press tour Friday.
Thornton will play Lorne Malvo, "a rootless, manipulative man who meets a small town insurance salesman and sets him on a path of destruction," according to a release from FX.
The 10-episode miniseries, which follows the consequences of a new crime, has been adapted by Noah Hawley ("The Unusuals"), and "Fargo" filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen are among its executive producers. There is a female law-enforcement character in the miniseries, but she'll be "a young deputy in her early 20s," Landgraf added.
"It's hard to describe how remarkably true it is to the movie,...
- 8/2/2013
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
While he might be name-checked as often as someone like John Goodman, Billy Bob Thornton is certainly in the realm of Coen Brothers players. He bagged roles in "The Man Who Wasn't There" and "Intolerable Cruelty," and also starred in the Coen-produced "Bad Santa," but it has been a decade since they've worked together. But now they're aligning on a project that's certain to raise a few eyebrows. In case you forgot, last year word popped up that FX was gearing up a limited series based on the Coens' smash hit and critical wonder "Fargo," and this past spring it was greenlit. Well, the wheels are truly spinning now as Thornton is now on board to star in the show that will be executive produced by the Coens and Noah Hawley ("Bones," "The Unusuals"), who penned the show. Plot details are being kept under wraps but the only link it'll...
- 8/2/2013
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
No one's ever accused Lifetime movies of being subtle ("Liz & Dick," anyone?), but the upcoming "Anna Nicole Story" looks as though it might take the crown when it comes to unsubtle insanity -- if the first sneak peek is any indication. Let's take a look at the five wildest moments in the brief glimpse of the film.
5. Adam Goldberg's uncannily similar appearance to Howard K. Stern
The minute-long teaser is scant on glimpses of the supporting cast (which includes Martin Landau, Virginia Madsen and Cary Elwes), but the quick shot of Adam Goldberg ("The Unusuals") as Smith's lawyer/husband/enabler Howard K. Stern is chilling. Don't blink, or you'll miss it.
4. The dour cover of "Fame"
As if the audience didn't recognize already that the quest for, and maintaining of, fame played a major role in Smith's tragic demise, the trailer is set to a sad, downbeat cover of Irene Cara's "Fame.
5. Adam Goldberg's uncannily similar appearance to Howard K. Stern
The minute-long teaser is scant on glimpses of the supporting cast (which includes Martin Landau, Virginia Madsen and Cary Elwes), but the quick shot of Adam Goldberg ("The Unusuals") as Smith's lawyer/husband/enabler Howard K. Stern is chilling. Don't blink, or you'll miss it.
4. The dour cover of "Fame"
As if the audience didn't recognize already that the quest for, and maintaining of, fame played a major role in Smith's tragic demise, the trailer is set to a sad, downbeat cover of Irene Cara's "Fame.
- 6/5/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
We’ve got more news from the FX Upfronts today, including the exciting announcement of five limited series with some big names attached to them. The first one up is a 10-episode run of Fargo, that will premiere in the Spring of 2014. Production will begin this fall and Joel & Ethan Coen will be executive producers along with Warren Littlefield. Noah Hawley (Bones, The Unusuals) is going to write series.
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President and General Manager, FX Networks, John Landgraf announced that it will be a true crime series with a new case and new set of characters with the trademark Fargo style, sense of humor and charm that made the 1996 murder mystery a cult favorite and Academy Award-winning film.
“For years, people have tried to adapt this Academy Award-winning gem into a TV series with no success,” said Landgraf in a statement.
Editor’S Pick: Justified and Sons of Anarchy in Spring Madness Tourney
President and General Manager, FX Networks, John Landgraf announced that it will be a true crime series with a new case and new set of characters with the trademark Fargo style, sense of humor and charm that made the 1996 murder mystery a cult favorite and Academy Award-winning film.
“For years, people have tried to adapt this Academy Award-winning gem into a TV series with no success,” said Landgraf in a statement.
- 3/28/2013
- by Ernie Estrella
- BuzzFocus.com
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