I have to give it to the Lawless redband trailer that came out this week. Heck, I have to stick a gold star on the work of the whole marketing team. They know how to ride a trend and ride it well.
The Lawless red band is woven from glimpses of every buzzing theme in American crime film these days.
Give a look. Then we’ll make like Highlights Magazine and circle the animals we see.
Of course, the mainstays of modern R-rated USA action film present themselves. I refer to the “Three T’s”: Torture. Tits. Tommy guns. If an action genre installment is to earn its Family Unsafe rating, it needs to show some skin, slash up helpless victims, and get its gun on in a major way.
Check, check, check – Lawless has those all, seemingly as gratuitous as can be.
But it’s the trends at the substance of the story,...
The Lawless red band is woven from glimpses of every buzzing theme in American crime film these days.
Give a look. Then we’ll make like Highlights Magazine and circle the animals we see.
Of course, the mainstays of modern R-rated USA action film present themselves. I refer to the “Three T’s”: Torture. Tits. Tommy guns. If an action genre installment is to earn its Family Unsafe rating, it needs to show some skin, slash up helpless victims, and get its gun on in a major way.
Check, check, check – Lawless has those all, seemingly as gratuitous as can be.
But it’s the trends at the substance of the story,...
- 8/23/2012
- by Matthew C. Funk
- Boomtron
Clients giveth, and sometimes clients taketh away, too. I've just learned that ICM has signed Nigel Lythgoe, the executive producer of American Idol, away from CAA (which still reps the show, however). But Matt Bomer, the star of USA Network's White Collar, and James Badge Dale, the star of AMC's Rubicon, have left ICM to go to CAA. Meanwhile, I hear that Idris Elba, who is currently an ICM client, is taking meetings with the other major agencies. (Elba is the British actor who just signed to play Alex Cross in David Twohy’s Cross based on the James Patterson novels, and stars in the 6-part BBC mini-series Luther playing another maverick cop.) British comic Steve Coogan, who has the busy production company Baby Cow, has left UTA for CAA. Finally, former Wme client Chris Offut, who wrote the Epix/Lionsgate pilot Tough Trade, has signed with ICM. Update:...
- 10/26/2010
- by Nikki Finke
- Deadline Hollywood
Is Epix ready to commit to a scripted series order? That is what creative types have been pondering in the past few days, following the demise of the fledging premium cable channel/broadband service's first scripted pilot Tough Trade. It was groomed to be Epix's first original scripted series. But 20 months after originally greenlighting it, Epix, a partnership of Lionsgate, Viacom and MGM, has pulled the plug on the project. The show, created by Chris Offutt and produced by Lionsgate TV, revolved around three generations of a Nashvile music dynasty and starred Sam Shepard, Trace Adkins, Cary Elwes, Lucas Black and Joey Lauren Adams. The project, which was once set up at TNT, also boasted big names behind the camera: Weeds creator Jenji Kohan was executive producer/showrunner, Gavin Hood directed the pilot, T-Bone Burnett served as executive musical producer, and Sean and Bryan Furst also executive produced. Originally, Epix...
- 10/6/2010
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Country star Trace Adkins is adding authenticity to Epix's Nashville-set drama "Tough Trade."
Joey Lauren Adams, Boyd Holbrook and Claire van der Boom also have been cast in the project from Lionsgate TV, executive producer/showrunner Jenji Kohan and co-executive producer/creator Chris Offutt.
"Tough," whose executive producers include another musician, T Bone Burnett, is a contemporary one-hour drama about three generations of a Nashville music dynasty (Sam Shepard, Cary Elwes, Lucas Black) whose penchant for drink, debauchery and divorce has left it on the verge of bankruptcy.
Nashville native Adkins will play Scared, a friend and bodyguard to Linwood Tucker (Shepard) who is fiercely loyal to the family.
The CAA-repped Adkins, who has sold more than 10 million albums, was the runner-up on the first season of NBC's "The Celebrity Apprentice" and has dabbled in acting with the feature "An American Carol" and guest spots on TV's "Yes, Dear" and "King of the Hill.
Joey Lauren Adams, Boyd Holbrook and Claire van der Boom also have been cast in the project from Lionsgate TV, executive producer/showrunner Jenji Kohan and co-executive producer/creator Chris Offutt.
"Tough," whose executive producers include another musician, T Bone Burnett, is a contemporary one-hour drama about three generations of a Nashville music dynasty (Sam Shepard, Cary Elwes, Lucas Black) whose penchant for drink, debauchery and divorce has left it on the verge of bankruptcy.
Nashville native Adkins will play Scared, a friend and bodyguard to Linwood Tucker (Shepard) who is fiercely loyal to the family.
The CAA-repped Adkins, who has sold more than 10 million albums, was the runner-up on the first season of NBC's "The Celebrity Apprentice" and has dabbled in acting with the feature "An American Carol" and guest spots on TV's "Yes, Dear" and "King of the Hill.
- 12/3/2009
- by By Nellie Andreeva
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
T Bone Burnett is venturing into television.
The Grammy-winning producer, musician and songwriter has signed to join Epix's pilot "Tough Trade" as executive producer and exec musical producer.
Additionally, Azita Ghanizada has been added to the cast of "Trade," eyed for a premiere next year as Epix's potential first original series.
"Trade," from Lionsgate TV, executive producer/showrunner Jenji Kohan and co-executive producer/creator Chris Offutt, is a contemporary one-hour drama about three generations of a Nashville music dynasty (Sam Shepard, Lucas Black and Cary Elwes) whose penchant for drink, debauchery and divorce has left it on the verge of bankruptcy.
Ghanizada, repped by Pakula/King and Luber/Rocklin, will play the wife of Elwes' character.
Burnett won five Grammys for his work on the Coen brothers' 2000 film "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" for which he wrote the score and produced the soundtrack, and he was nominated for a best...
The Grammy-winning producer, musician and songwriter has signed to join Epix's pilot "Tough Trade" as executive producer and exec musical producer.
Additionally, Azita Ghanizada has been added to the cast of "Trade," eyed for a premiere next year as Epix's potential first original series.
"Trade," from Lionsgate TV, executive producer/showrunner Jenji Kohan and co-executive producer/creator Chris Offutt, is a contemporary one-hour drama about three generations of a Nashville music dynasty (Sam Shepard, Lucas Black and Cary Elwes) whose penchant for drink, debauchery and divorce has left it on the verge of bankruptcy.
Ghanizada, repped by Pakula/King and Luber/Rocklin, will play the wife of Elwes' character.
Burnett won five Grammys for his work on the Coen brothers' 2000 film "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" for which he wrote the score and produced the soundtrack, and he was nominated for a best...
- 12/1/2009
- by By Nellie Andreeva
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Lucas Black and Cary Elwes are set to star opposite Sam Shepard in Epix's first pilot, "Tough Trade."
Meanwhile, Garrett Dillahunt has landed a co-starring role on Greg Garcia's comedy pilot for Fox, "Keep Hope Alive."
"Trade," from Lionsgate TV, exec producer/showrunner Jenji Kohan and co-exec producer/creator Chris Offutt, is a contemporary one-hour drama about the Tucker family, a Nashville music dynasty whose penchant for drink, debauchery and divorce has left it on the verge of bankruptcy.
Black will play an extremely talented guitarist and singer who could have followed in the Tucker legacy started by his grandfather (Shepard) and father (Elwes) but has no interest in pursuing a career in country music. Instead, he makes his money selling illegal ammunition around Nashville.
Epix brass is eyeing "Tough Trade" as the premium cable channel's first original series and aiming for a 2010 premiere.
Black starred in "The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift...
Meanwhile, Garrett Dillahunt has landed a co-starring role on Greg Garcia's comedy pilot for Fox, "Keep Hope Alive."
"Trade," from Lionsgate TV, exec producer/showrunner Jenji Kohan and co-exec producer/creator Chris Offutt, is a contemporary one-hour drama about the Tucker family, a Nashville music dynasty whose penchant for drink, debauchery and divorce has left it on the verge of bankruptcy.
Black will play an extremely talented guitarist and singer who could have followed in the Tucker legacy started by his grandfather (Shepard) and father (Elwes) but has no interest in pursuing a career in country music. Instead, he makes his money selling illegal ammunition around Nashville.
Epix brass is eyeing "Tough Trade" as the premium cable channel's first original series and aiming for a 2010 premiere.
Black starred in "The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift...
- 11/29/2009
- by By Nellie Andreeva
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
In its first casting, Epix has tapped Sam Shepard to star in its inaugural pilot, "Tough Trade," an indication that the fledging multiplatform entertainment service will be pursuing established talent for its original offerings.
"Trade," from Lionsgate TV, executive producer/showrunner Jenji Kohan and co-executive producer/creator Chris Offutt, is a contemporary one-hour drama about the Tucker family, a three-generation Nashville music dynasty whose penchant for drink, debauchery and divorce has left them morally corrupt and on the verge of bankruptcy.
Shepard will play the patriarch.
Lionsgate TV president Kevin Beggs called Shepard "a brilliant, multitalented artist who will bring great authenticity to the project."
Gavin Hood is directing the pilot, slated to start production Dec. 3 in Nashville.
Epix, a joint venture of Viacom, Paramount, MGM and Lionsgate that launched Oct. 30 with concert and comedy specials, has not announced additional carriage deals beyond its pact with Verizon's FiOS. But the...
"Trade," from Lionsgate TV, executive producer/showrunner Jenji Kohan and co-executive producer/creator Chris Offutt, is a contemporary one-hour drama about the Tucker family, a three-generation Nashville music dynasty whose penchant for drink, debauchery and divorce has left them morally corrupt and on the verge of bankruptcy.
Shepard will play the patriarch.
Lionsgate TV president Kevin Beggs called Shepard "a brilliant, multitalented artist who will bring great authenticity to the project."
Gavin Hood is directing the pilot, slated to start production Dec. 3 in Nashville.
Epix, a joint venture of Viacom, Paramount, MGM and Lionsgate that launched Oct. 30 with concert and comedy specials, has not announced additional carriage deals beyond its pact with Verizon's FiOS. But the...
- 11/19/2009
- by By Nellie Andreeva
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Release Date: May 19
Creator: Alan Ball
Writers: Ball, Brian Buckner, Charlaine Harris, Chris Offutt, Raelle Tucker, Alexander Woo
Cinematographers: John B. Aronson, Matthew Jensen, Checco Varese
Starring: Anna Paquin, Ryan Kwanten, Sam Trammell, Stephen Moyer, Rutina Wesley
Network: HBO
Bloody good series delivers blunt commentary on American culture
Was Alan Ball’s latest HBO project, True Blood, the second coming of Six Feet Under? Not even close. But despite all the “look, we’re on HBO!” graphic vampire sex, this comic-horror-drama series was a damn good time. Set on the Louisiana bayou, True Blood’s world is eerily similar to our Proposition-8-passing own. Vampires have come out of the closet, thanks to the invention of the titular synthetic blood beverage. They must now deal with societal discrimination, including legislation on intermarriage with the living. They also have an alluring coolness that draws in psychic waitress Sookie Stackhouse, played by Anna Paquin.
Creator: Alan Ball
Writers: Ball, Brian Buckner, Charlaine Harris, Chris Offutt, Raelle Tucker, Alexander Woo
Cinematographers: John B. Aronson, Matthew Jensen, Checco Varese
Starring: Anna Paquin, Ryan Kwanten, Sam Trammell, Stephen Moyer, Rutina Wesley
Network: HBO
Bloody good series delivers blunt commentary on American culture
Was Alan Ball’s latest HBO project, True Blood, the second coming of Six Feet Under? Not even close. But despite all the “look, we’re on HBO!” graphic vampire sex, this comic-horror-drama series was a damn good time. Set on the Louisiana bayou, True Blood’s world is eerily similar to our Proposition-8-passing own. Vampires have come out of the closet, thanks to the invention of the titular synthetic blood beverage. They must now deal with societal discrimination, including legislation on intermarriage with the living. They also have an alluring coolness that draws in psychic waitress Sookie Stackhouse, played by Anna Paquin.
- 5/19/2009
- Pastemagazine.com
"The Dark Knight," "Slumdog Millionaire," "Doubt," "Frost/Nixon," and "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" are among the nominees in the Adapted Screenplay category for the WGA's (Writers Guild Awards) 61st Anniversary awards show.
Winners will be announced February 7th, and will be held simultaneously between two ceremonies -- West Coast at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, and the East Coast at the Hudson Theatre at the Millennium Broadway Hotel in New York City.
What about "Milk" or "The Wrestler?" Click Read More to see full list of nominees!
Original Screenplay
Burn After Reading, Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, Focus Features
Milk, Written by Dustin Lance Black, Focus Features
Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Written by Woody Allen, The Weinstein Company
The Visitor, Written by Tom McCarthy, Overture Films
The Wrestler, Written by Robert Siegel, Fox Searchlight Pictures
Adapted Screenplay
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Screenplay...
Winners will be announced February 7th, and will be held simultaneously between two ceremonies -- West Coast at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, and the East Coast at the Hudson Theatre at the Millennium Broadway Hotel in New York City.
What about "Milk" or "The Wrestler?" Click Read More to see full list of nominees!
Original Screenplay
Burn After Reading, Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, Focus Features
Milk, Written by Dustin Lance Black, Focus Features
Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Written by Woody Allen, The Weinstein Company
The Visitor, Written by Tom McCarthy, Overture Films
The Wrestler, Written by Robert Siegel, Fox Searchlight Pictures
Adapted Screenplay
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Screenplay...
- 1/7/2009
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Genre vets Marc Guggenheim (Eli Stone), Drew Goddard, Brian K. Vaughan (Lost), Marti Noxon, Zack Whedon, and Danny Strong (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) have been nominated by their peers. The Writers Guild of America, West and the Writers Guild of America, East announced their nominees for outstanding achievement in television, radio, news, promotional writing, and graphic animation during the 2008 season to be honored at the upcoming 2009 Writers Guild Awards on February 7, 2009, in Los Angeles and New York.
Television Nominees
Dramatic Series
Dexter, Written by Scott Buck, Daniel Cerone, Charles H. Eglee, Adam E. Fiero, Lauren Gussis, Clyde Phillips, Scott Reynolds, Melissa Rosenberg, Tim Schlattmann; Showtime
Friday Night Lights, Written by Bridget Carpenter, Kerry Ehrin, Brent Fletcher, Jason Gavin, Carter Harris, Elizabeth Heldens, David Hudgins, Jason Katims, Patrick Massett, Aaron Rahsaan Thomas, John Zinman; NBC
Lost, Written by Carlton Cuse, Drew Goddard, Adam Horowitz, Christina M. Kim, Edward Kitsis, Damon L.
Television Nominees
Dramatic Series
Dexter, Written by Scott Buck, Daniel Cerone, Charles H. Eglee, Adam E. Fiero, Lauren Gussis, Clyde Phillips, Scott Reynolds, Melissa Rosenberg, Tim Schlattmann; Showtime
Friday Night Lights, Written by Bridget Carpenter, Kerry Ehrin, Brent Fletcher, Jason Gavin, Carter Harris, Elizabeth Heldens, David Hudgins, Jason Katims, Patrick Massett, Aaron Rahsaan Thomas, John Zinman; NBC
Lost, Written by Carlton Cuse, Drew Goddard, Adam Horowitz, Christina M. Kim, Edward Kitsis, Damon L.
- 12/14/2008
- by Robert Greenberger
- Comicmix.com
Looks like the fans of Six Feet Under have more power than they even thought. After several stunning reviews (though this contributor felt differently) HBO explains it all in a press release:
For Immediate Release
HBO RENEWS TRUE BLOOD, NEW SERIES FROM "SIX FEET UNDER"
CREATOR ALAN BALL, FOR SECOND SEASON,
WITH PRODUCTION TO BEGIN EARLY NEXT YEAR
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 17, 2008 - HBO has renewed the new drama series TRUE BLOOD for a second season, it was announced today by Michael Lombardo, president, Programming Group and West Coast Operations. Created by Alan Ball, the series will begin production of new episodes early next year in Los Angeles, with debut set for summer 2009.
"We are absolutely thrilled that the critics and our viewers have embraced TRUE BLOOD," noted Lombardo. "Alan Ball has done it again - made an addictive series that is unlike any other."
"I am thrilled to be able...
For Immediate Release
HBO RENEWS TRUE BLOOD, NEW SERIES FROM "SIX FEET UNDER"
CREATOR ALAN BALL, FOR SECOND SEASON,
WITH PRODUCTION TO BEGIN EARLY NEXT YEAR
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 17, 2008 - HBO has renewed the new drama series TRUE BLOOD for a second season, it was announced today by Michael Lombardo, president, Programming Group and West Coast Operations. Created by Alan Ball, the series will begin production of new episodes early next year in Los Angeles, with debut set for summer 2009.
"We are absolutely thrilled that the critics and our viewers have embraced TRUE BLOOD," noted Lombardo. "Alan Ball has done it again - made an addictive series that is unlike any other."
"I am thrilled to be able...
- 9/19/2008
- by Matt Raub
- Comicmix.com
Producers Sean and Bryan Furst of Furst Films, whose credits include the Lionsgate-distributed feature The Cooler, have signed an overall first-look television deal with Lionsgate to develop and produce programming for broadcast and cable networks. As part of the one-year deal, which marks Furst Films' first deal in television, the brothers will develop comedy (primarily single-camera) and drama projects, noting that they have a half-dozen TV projects already in development. Development already has begun on a project titled Tough Trade for HBO, described as a "bold and bawdy" fictional portrayal of one of Nashville's most prominent and dysfunctional music families. The project will be written by novelist and short story writer Chris Offutt.
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