TV crossovers have been around almost as long as the medium of television itself. Before the advent of modern shared universes, they were mostly just a lark intended to goose viewership. When "Adventures of Superman" star George Reeves turned up as the show's namesake in the 1957 "I Love Lucy" episode "Lucy and Superman," it was all a big in-joke and not some kind of serious declaration that Lucy and Ricky Ricardo somehow existed in the same universe as the Man of Steel. Nearly 60 years later, when "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" Detective Jake Peralta (Andy Samberg) crossed paths with Jess Day (Zooey Deschanel) from "New Girl," it was a similar bit of fun ... assuming you could refrain from thinking too hard about the in-universe implications.
Speaking of not thinking too hard about canonical implications, Hart Hanson's playful yet by and large grounded Fox procedural "Bones" likewise crossed over with, of all shows,...
Speaking of not thinking too hard about canonical implications, Hart Hanson's playful yet by and large grounded Fox procedural "Bones" likewise crossed over with, of all shows,...
- 12/23/2023
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
As fun as it is to watch Temperance Brennan (Emily Deschanel), Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz), and the rest of the "Bones" gang fend off serial killers and other assorted dangers on a weekly basis, doing that in real life would be incredibly stressful.
Thankfully, forensic anthropology tends to be a much quieter and more mundane profession than Hart Hanson's procedural might lead you to assume -- one that requires you to spend countless hours collecting human remains that can no longer be readily identified and then spend even more time analyzing them in a lab. But just because "Bones" is a fictionalized take on this vocation doesn't mean it avoids directly lifting from real life every now and then.
Speaking at a 2007 Q&a with other members of the "Bones" cast and crew (via IGN), Hanson admitted that he wasn't even interested in making a show about forensics until...
Thankfully, forensic anthropology tends to be a much quieter and more mundane profession than Hart Hanson's procedural might lead you to assume -- one that requires you to spend countless hours collecting human remains that can no longer be readily identified and then spend even more time analyzing them in a lab. But just because "Bones" is a fictionalized take on this vocation doesn't mean it avoids directly lifting from real life every now and then.
Speaking at a 2007 Q&a with other members of the "Bones" cast and crew (via IGN), Hanson admitted that he wasn't even interested in making a show about forensics until...
- 11/18/2023
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
The 2000s were the heyday of network procedurals centered around oddball geniuses. While Hugh Laurie's Dr. House verbally excoriated his patients before saving their lives from rare diseases, elsewhere on prime-time, Dr. Temperance Brennan (Emily Deschanel) solved murders through bones alone. "Bones" ran for an impressive 12 seasons on Fox before signing off in 2017, but half a decade later it's still a much-rewatched favorite among fans. While other famously eccentric TV geniuses have either been based on only the thinnest true story or are total fictions, Dr. Brennan is a rarity, as she's based on a real person.
Forensic anthropologist, professor, and author Kathy Reichs is the direct inspiration for Dr. Brennan, and she also quite literally wrote the book on the character: "Bones" is based on Dr. Reichs' still-ongoing novel series, which began in 1997 with the book "Deja Dead." Though there are considerable biographical and personality differences between the Bones we see on screen,...
Forensic anthropologist, professor, and author Kathy Reichs is the direct inspiration for Dr. Brennan, and she also quite literally wrote the book on the character: "Bones" is based on Dr. Reichs' still-ongoing novel series, which began in 1997 with the book "Deja Dead." Though there are considerable biographical and personality differences between the Bones we see on screen,...
- 11/5/2023
- by Valerie Ettenhofer
- Slash Film
"Bones" has been off the air for more than six years. But in an age where broadcast TV shows are finding big audiences on streaming, it feels like this is exactly the kind of series that could be primed for a revival. And the show's creator Hart Hanson actually agrees. However, it's not as simple as getting everyone to agree to come back, as there are some complicated business matters that would need to be ironed out first.
"We are in contact with each other. Everybody on 'Bones' is in contact with each other. At separate times, it's like, 'What are you doing? What's the availability?'" Hanson said to Variety in July of this year. So, at the very least, it seems like stars Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz, as well as other key players, like each other and would be open to a revival. But Hanson...
"We are in contact with each other. Everybody on 'Bones' is in contact with each other. At separate times, it's like, 'What are you doing? What's the availability?'" Hanson said to Variety in July of this year. So, at the very least, it seems like stars Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz, as well as other key players, like each other and would be open to a revival. But Hanson...
- 10/7/2023
- by Ryan Scott
- Slash Film
After over eight years with Kasowitz Benson Torres Llp, litigator John Berlinski has joined Bird Marella as a partner.
Feared in studio circles for his take-no-prisoners representation for the likes of Scarlett Johansson in her quickly settled and lucrative Black Widow dispute with Disney last year, profit participation maestro Berlinski has settled into the 41-year old firm’s Entertainment Group. “Bird Marella’s deep bench of experienced entertainment lawyers was a huge draw to the practice,” says Berlinski of his new digs. “I’m excited to apply the knowledge and skills that I’ve honed over the past two decades to support the firm’s well-earned reputation as one of the country’s top entertainment and trial boutiques.”
And they are clearly very happy to have the man who made the House of Mouse blink.
“John is not just an exceptional talent with a unique understanding of the entertainment business,...
Feared in studio circles for his take-no-prisoners representation for the likes of Scarlett Johansson in her quickly settled and lucrative Black Widow dispute with Disney last year, profit participation maestro Berlinski has settled into the 41-year old firm’s Entertainment Group. “Bird Marella’s deep bench of experienced entertainment lawyers was a huge draw to the practice,” says Berlinski of his new digs. “I’m excited to apply the knowledge and skills that I’ve honed over the past two decades to support the firm’s well-earned reputation as one of the country’s top entertainment and trial boutiques.”
And they are clearly very happy to have the man who made the House of Mouse blink.
“John is not just an exceptional talent with a unique understanding of the entertainment business,...
- 5/12/2022
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Betty White is being remembered by her friends, costars and Hollywood admirers following her passing at the age of 99.
The legendary actress, producer, animal rights activist and all-around sweetheart died Dec. 31, a little more than two weeks shy of her 100th birthday on Jan. 17. “Even though Betty was about to be 100, I thought she would live forever,” her agent and close friend Jeff Witjas told People in a statement. “I will miss her terribly and so will the animal world that she loved so much. I don’t think Betty ever feared passing because she always wanted to be with...
The legendary actress, producer, animal rights activist and all-around sweetheart died Dec. 31, a little more than two weeks shy of her 100th birthday on Jan. 17. “Even though Betty was about to be 100, I thought she would live forever,” her agent and close friend Jeff Witjas told People in a statement. “I will miss her terribly and so will the animal world that she loved so much. I don’t think Betty ever feared passing because she always wanted to be with...
- 12/31/2021
- by Ryan Schwartz
- TVLine.com
Fox has settled its long-running profits litigation over the crime show “Bones,” during which an arbitrator accused top Fox executives of lying on the witness stand.
The arbitrator, Peter Lichtman, issued a blistering ruling in February, in which he accused Dana Walden, Gary Newman and Peter Rice of engaging a “reprehensible” cover-up of Fox’s behavior.
The plaintiffs — actors David Boreanaz, Emily Deschanel and producers Kathy Reichs and Barry Josephson — alleged that Fox had cheated them out of tens of millions of dollars in profit participations.
Lichtman awarded them $50 million in compensatory damages and another $128 million in punitive damages — one of the largest such judgments in Hollywood history. Fox’s attorneys, however, persuaded Judge Richard Rico that Lichtman had exceeded his authority, and Rico agreed in May to set aside the punitive damages award.
At the time, the plaintiffs’ attorneys vowed to appeal. Instead, they settled the dispute on undisclosed terms.
The arbitrator, Peter Lichtman, issued a blistering ruling in February, in which he accused Dana Walden, Gary Newman and Peter Rice of engaging a “reprehensible” cover-up of Fox’s behavior.
The plaintiffs — actors David Boreanaz, Emily Deschanel and producers Kathy Reichs and Barry Josephson — alleged that Fox had cheated them out of tens of millions of dollars in profit participations.
Lichtman awarded them $50 million in compensatory damages and another $128 million in punitive damages — one of the largest such judgments in Hollywood history. Fox’s attorneys, however, persuaded Judge Richard Rico that Lichtman had exceeded his authority, and Rico agreed in May to set aside the punitive damages award.
At the time, the plaintiffs’ attorneys vowed to appeal. Instead, they settled the dispute on undisclosed terms.
- 9/11/2019
- by Gene Maddaus
- Variety Film + TV
Fox has reached a settlement over the long-running profit participation lawsuit with “Bones” stars David Boreanaz and Emily Deschanel, executive producer Barry Josephson and Kathy Reichs, the forensic anthropologist whose books inspired the show.
Both parties filed dismissal papers in Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday, which brings an end to the ongoing lawsuit that was first filed in 2015. Terms of the settlement were not disclosed.
The dispute centered on the license fees that the Fox network, Fox’s foreign affiliates and the streaming service Hulu — in which 21st Century Fox has a stake — paid to 20th Century Fox for the rights to air or stream the series. “Bones” aired on Fox from 2005 to 2017.
Also Read: Why 'Bones' Victory vs Fox Won't Result in Copycat Lawsuits - or at Least, Not Winning Ones
In February, arbitrator Peter Lichtman slapped Fox with a $179 million judgment, one of the largest...
Both parties filed dismissal papers in Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday, which brings an end to the ongoing lawsuit that was first filed in 2015. Terms of the settlement were not disclosed.
The dispute centered on the license fees that the Fox network, Fox’s foreign affiliates and the streaming service Hulu — in which 21st Century Fox has a stake — paid to 20th Century Fox for the rights to air or stream the series. “Bones” aired on Fox from 2005 to 2017.
Also Read: Why 'Bones' Victory vs Fox Won't Result in Copycat Lawsuits - or at Least, Not Winning Ones
In February, arbitrator Peter Lichtman slapped Fox with a $179 million judgment, one of the largest...
- 9/11/2019
- by Tim Baysinger
- The Wrap
Nearly four years after executive producer Barry Josephson first filed his breach of contract and fraudulent inducement complaint against Fox over millions in alleged lost profits from the long running Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz-led series, the now Disney-owned entity has reached a deal to end the legal battle.
Cloaked in confidentiality, the agreement is said to be a “substantial” payout to the actors, the Kinsella Weitzman Iser Kump & Aldisert Llp repped Josephson and fellow Ep and author Kathy Reichs, I hear. The settlement was revealed in dismissal paperwork that Deschanel, Boreanaz and Reichs’ lawyer John Berlinski of Kasowitz Benson Torres Llp filed for both sides in Los Angeles Superior Court this morning asking for “entire action of all parties and all causes of action” to be tossed “with prejudice.”
The end to the bitter litigation comes just three months after Josephson added a fraud claim to his...
Cloaked in confidentiality, the agreement is said to be a “substantial” payout to the actors, the Kinsella Weitzman Iser Kump & Aldisert Llp repped Josephson and fellow Ep and author Kathy Reichs, I hear. The settlement was revealed in dismissal paperwork that Deschanel, Boreanaz and Reichs’ lawyer John Berlinski of Kasowitz Benson Torres Llp filed for both sides in Los Angeles Superior Court this morning asking for “entire action of all parties and all causes of action” to be tossed “with prejudice.”
The end to the bitter litigation comes just three months after Josephson added a fraud claim to his...
- 9/11/2019
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
After nearly half a decade battling the creative team behind one of TV's biggest hits, Fox has finally reached a settlement that will end the huge lawsuits over profit sharing for Bones. On Wednesday, the parties filed dismissal papers in Los Angeles Superior Court. The dispute draws to its conclusion, but amid continued consolidation in the media sphere and new streaming platforms being launched by studio giants the brawl over Bones is not likely to be forgotten anytime soon.
Back in 2015, actors Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz, Kathy Reichs (a forensic anthropologist who authored the Temperance Brennan novels that ...
Back in 2015, actors Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz, Kathy Reichs (a forensic anthropologist who authored the Temperance Brennan novels that ...
- 9/11/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Less than two months after a California judge eviscerated the unprecedented $179 million award that Bones executive producers and stars won in their long running profits participation legal clash with 21st Century Fox, Barry Josephson today added fraud to his claims against the now Disney-owned entity.
“Tcftv’s promise to Plaintiff that his Magr (Modified Adjusted Gross Receipts) participation on the Series would be 12.5% of Magr reducible to a ‘floor’ of 7.5% of Magr was false when made, as Tcftv had no intention of honoring that floor and, on information and belief, always intended to reduce Plaintiff below that floor,” proclaimed the Ep’s Kinsella Weitzman Iser Kump & Aldisert Llp attorneys on Wednesday, shaking up a expected to be staid status conference hearing in Dtla on the nearly four-year old suit with an amended complaint in the astringent matter.
Distinct from a direct appeal on Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Richard...
“Tcftv’s promise to Plaintiff that his Magr (Modified Adjusted Gross Receipts) participation on the Series would be 12.5% of Magr reducible to a ‘floor’ of 7.5% of Magr was false when made, as Tcftv had no intention of honoring that floor and, on information and belief, always intended to reduce Plaintiff below that floor,” proclaimed the Ep’s Kinsella Weitzman Iser Kump & Aldisert Llp attorneys on Wednesday, shaking up a expected to be staid status conference hearing in Dtla on the nearly four-year old suit with an amended complaint in the astringent matter.
Distinct from a direct appeal on Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Richard...
- 6/19/2019
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
A Los Angeles Superior Court judge has overturned $128 million in punitive damages that was awarded to “Bones” stars Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz and producers Kathy Reichs and Barry Josephson in arbitration, ruling in favor of studio 20th Century Fox Television in the profit participation case.
Judge Richard Rico issued a minute order Thursday denying the decision made by arbitrator Peter Lichtman back in February and striking punitive damages from Fox’s award to Deschanel, Boreanaz, Josephson and Reichs. This still leaves in place the remaining $50 million portion of the $178.7 million award Lichtman granted the “Bones” stars and producers in arbitration.
However, lawyers for Deschanel, Boreanaz and Reichs say they plan to appeal the ruling against punitive damages to a higher court.
“Today’s decision in no way impacts the arbitrator’s findings that our clients are owed more than $50 million for Fox’s fraudulent and deceitful accounting,” Daniel A.
Judge Richard Rico issued a minute order Thursday denying the decision made by arbitrator Peter Lichtman back in February and striking punitive damages from Fox’s award to Deschanel, Boreanaz, Josephson and Reichs. This still leaves in place the remaining $50 million portion of the $178.7 million award Lichtman granted the “Bones” stars and producers in arbitration.
However, lawyers for Deschanel, Boreanaz and Reichs say they plan to appeal the ruling against punitive damages to a higher court.
“Today’s decision in no way impacts the arbitrator’s findings that our clients are owed more than $50 million for Fox’s fraudulent and deceitful accounting,” Daniel A.
- 5/2/2019
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
Updated with Bones lawyer and Fox statements: In a stunning win for Fox, a California judge on Thursday tossed most of a $179 million judgment that Bones stars Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz and executive producers Barry Josephson and Kathy Reichs were awarded by an arbitrator earlier this year.
Mere days after punting in a confirmation hearing on the profit participation matter, Judge Richard Rico today stripped all of the $128 million in punitive damages Fox was contesting off the award granted by former judge Peter Lichtman in late February.
“The motion to confirm the award is denied, the motion to correct the award is granted,” Rico wrote in his brief minute order Thursday (read it here). “Punitive damages shall be stricken from the award. The award will be corrected and confirmed as so modified.”
Uncontested by Fox, the $50 million in non-punitive damages that the actors and EPs received from Lichtman in his final award.
Mere days after punting in a confirmation hearing on the profit participation matter, Judge Richard Rico today stripped all of the $128 million in punitive damages Fox was contesting off the award granted by former judge Peter Lichtman in late February.
“The motion to confirm the award is denied, the motion to correct the award is granted,” Rico wrote in his brief minute order Thursday (read it here). “Punitive damages shall be stricken from the award. The award will be corrected and confirmed as so modified.”
Uncontested by Fox, the $50 million in non-punitive damages that the actors and EPs received from Lichtman in his final award.
- 5/2/2019
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Fox doesn't have to pay $128 million in punitive damages to the creators and stars of Bones, a California judge has ruled.
Earlier this year, arbitrator Peter Lichtman levied one of the largest damages awards in Hollywood history against Fox, finding executives lied, cheated and committed fraud at the expense of the show’s stars, Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz; executive producer Barry Josephson; and Kathy Reichs, who wrote the books upon which the series was based. They sued in 2015 claiming they were shortchanged on their share of the profits, and the fight was subsequently moved to arbitration ...
Earlier this year, arbitrator Peter Lichtman levied one of the largest damages awards in Hollywood history against Fox, finding executives lied, cheated and committed fraud at the expense of the show’s stars, Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz; executive producer Barry Josephson; and Kathy Reichs, who wrote the books upon which the series was based. They sued in 2015 claiming they were shortchanged on their share of the profits, and the fight was subsequently moved to arbitration ...
Earlier this year, an arbitrator levied one of the largest damages awards in Hollywood history against Fox in a dispute with the stars and creators of Bones — and now a California judge is poised to make a landmark ruling.
Arbitrator Peter Lichtman concluded Fox executives lied, cheated and committed fraud at the expense of the show’s stars (Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz), executive producer Barry Josephson and Kathy Reichs, who wrote the books upon which the series was based. He awarded $128 million in punitive damages on top of $32 million in compensatory damages, $10 million in ...
Arbitrator Peter Lichtman concluded Fox executives lied, cheated and committed fraud at the expense of the show’s stars (Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz), executive producer Barry Josephson and Kathy Reichs, who wrote the books upon which the series was based. He awarded $128 million in punitive damages on top of $32 million in compensatory damages, $10 million in ...
- 4/29/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Just over two months after Bones stars Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz and executive producers Barry Josephson and Kathy Reichs were awarded $179 million in their long-standing profit participation fight with 21st Century Fox, a California judge today heard arguments on the arbitrator’s hefty decision.
The now Disney-owned Fox TV studio wasn’t happy with any of the huge sum in the self-dealing dispute. However, Fox isn’t contesting the non-punitive damages of $50,240,048 that arbitrator Peter Lichtman awarded the Bones actors and EPs. At issue specifically this morning was the $128 million in punitive damages he handed the plaintiffs as part of the final award.
With attorney Daniel Petrocelli of O’Melveny & Myers taking the lead for Fox’s appeal of the condemning arbitration decision, the Fox team is kicking back with the aggressive Pov that Lichtman overstepped the bounds of his brief in awarding “punitive damages in the face...
The now Disney-owned Fox TV studio wasn’t happy with any of the huge sum in the self-dealing dispute. However, Fox isn’t contesting the non-punitive damages of $50,240,048 that arbitrator Peter Lichtman awarded the Bones actors and EPs. At issue specifically this morning was the $128 million in punitive damages he handed the plaintiffs as part of the final award.
With attorney Daniel Petrocelli of O’Melveny & Myers taking the lead for Fox’s appeal of the condemning arbitration decision, the Fox team is kicking back with the aggressive Pov that Lichtman overstepped the bounds of his brief in awarding “punitive damages in the face...
- 4/29/2019
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
“Bones” stars and executive producers were awarded $179 million earlier this month in a profit participation lawsuit with Fox that ended up in arbitration — but don’t expect a sudden surge of copycat lawsuits, experts tell TheWrap. At least, not successful ones.
One prominent dealmaker told TheWrap that although this judgement — which ruled in favor of “Bones” stars David Boreanaz and Emily Deschanel, executive producer Barry Josephson and Kathy Reichs, the forensic anthropologist whose books inspired the show — may lead other hit shows to hire someone to scrutinize how their studio shared profits, not everyone will have the right situation or the finances to take it to court.
“It’s the confluence of a successful show, where people are underpaid, where there are enough points that reside with one or two or three people such that it’s worth it to take on Fox,” the dealmaker, who requested anonymity due to...
One prominent dealmaker told TheWrap that although this judgement — which ruled in favor of “Bones” stars David Boreanaz and Emily Deschanel, executive producer Barry Josephson and Kathy Reichs, the forensic anthropologist whose books inspired the show — may lead other hit shows to hire someone to scrutinize how their studio shared profits, not everyone will have the right situation or the finances to take it to court.
“It’s the confluence of a successful show, where people are underpaid, where there are enough points that reside with one or two or three people such that it’s worth it to take on Fox,” the dealmaker, who requested anonymity due to...
- 3/1/2019
- by Tony Maglio and Tim Baysinger
- The Wrap
Fox is fighting a $179 million judgment against the company — one of the largest rulings of its kind in television history — over profit participation on the 2005-2017 series “Bones.” But it isn’t fighting the entire judgement.
In a ruling made public on Wednesday, arbitrator Peter Lichtman said Fox violated a profit participation agreement with stars David Boreanaz and Emily Deschanel, executive producer Barry Josephson and Kathy Reichs, the forensic anthropologist whose books inspired the show, and accused three Fox executives of perjury.
In addition to a finding of actual damages, the arbitrator awarded more than $128 million in punitive damages, which he called “reasonable and necessary to punish Fox for its reprehensible conduct and deter it from future wrongful conduct.”
Fox seeks to void these punitive damages, and says the ruling is a “flagrant injustice, riddled with errors and gratuitous character attacks.”
Also Read: Fox Slapped With $179 Million Judgment in Battle...
In a ruling made public on Wednesday, arbitrator Peter Lichtman said Fox violated a profit participation agreement with stars David Boreanaz and Emily Deschanel, executive producer Barry Josephson and Kathy Reichs, the forensic anthropologist whose books inspired the show, and accused three Fox executives of perjury.
In addition to a finding of actual damages, the arbitrator awarded more than $128 million in punitive damages, which he called “reasonable and necessary to punish Fox for its reprehensible conduct and deter it from future wrongful conduct.”
Fox seeks to void these punitive damages, and says the ruling is a “flagrant injustice, riddled with errors and gratuitous character attacks.”
Also Read: Fox Slapped With $179 Million Judgment in Battle...
- 2/28/2019
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
The $179 million decision in the dispute between Fox and “Bones” stars and producers included a notable observation about former Fox executive Peter Liguori — he received a sweetheart deal from Fox months before he testified on the company’s behalf.
Liguori, who was president of entertainment at Fox Broadcasting Company until his exit in 2009, quietly re-entered the company’s orbit in 2018 with a lucrative producing deal at FX, according to the ruling from arbitrator Peter Lichtman.
“t seems coincidental that Mr. Liguori disappears for 9 years (from Fox’s radar) and then magically reappears with a First Look Agreement 7 months before he is to testify in these proceedings with a deal in hand that most producers in Hollywood have strived to have their entire entertainment career,” Lichtman wrote.
Also Read: Fox Slapped With $179 Million Judgment in Battle Over 'Bones' Profits
According to the 68-page decision, Liguori’s deal came with “fixed episodic...
Liguori, who was president of entertainment at Fox Broadcasting Company until his exit in 2009, quietly re-entered the company’s orbit in 2018 with a lucrative producing deal at FX, according to the ruling from arbitrator Peter Lichtman.
“t seems coincidental that Mr. Liguori disappears for 9 years (from Fox’s radar) and then magically reappears with a First Look Agreement 7 months before he is to testify in these proceedings with a deal in hand that most producers in Hollywood have strived to have their entire entertainment career,” Lichtman wrote.
Also Read: Fox Slapped With $179 Million Judgment in Battle Over 'Bones' Profits
According to the 68-page decision, Liguori’s deal came with “fixed episodic...
- 2/28/2019
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
A stunning and already contested $179 million arbitration award in the Bones profit participation lawsuit may ripped into Fox’s Peter Rice and Dana Walden today. But, the CEO who is about to formally become their new boss just did the Hollywood equivalent of Jay Z’s “Dirt off Your Shoulder.”
“Peter Rice and Dana Walden are highly respected leaders in this industry, and we have complete confidence in their character and integrity” said Disney chieftain Bob Iger Wednesday after the decision by Peter D. Lichtman became public. “Disney had no involvement in the arbitration, and we understand the decision is being challenged and will leave it to the courts to decide the matter,” the CEO added.
Even as Disney’s $71.3 billion purchase of the bulk of Fox moves into the final stretch, Rice and Walden have already been named to senior TV positions at the very soon-to-be greatly expanded House of Mouse.
“Peter Rice and Dana Walden are highly respected leaders in this industry, and we have complete confidence in their character and integrity” said Disney chieftain Bob Iger Wednesday after the decision by Peter D. Lichtman became public. “Disney had no involvement in the arbitration, and we understand the decision is being challenged and will leave it to the courts to decide the matter,” the CEO added.
Even as Disney’s $71.3 billion purchase of the bulk of Fox moves into the final stretch, Rice and Walden have already been named to senior TV positions at the very soon-to-be greatly expanded House of Mouse.
- 2/27/2019
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
An arbitrator has ordered Fox to pay $179 million to profit participants in the long-running drama series “Bones,” finding that top executives lowballed revenue from the show and gave false testimony.
In his ruling, arbitrator Peter Lichtman blasted several Fox executives by name, including Dana Walden, Gary Newman and Peter Rice, saying they gave “false testimony in an attempt to conceal their wrongful acts.” Lichtman held that Fox engaged “intentional acts of fraud and malice,” and showed a “cavalier attitude” toward the company’s wrongdoing.
The case is the latest in a long line of self-dealing lawsuits in which profit participants assert that the network did not pay market rates to license the show because it was produced by a corporate sibling, 20th Century Fox Television.
Lichtman awarded a whopping $128 million in punitive damages, finding the high amount “necessary to punish Fox for its reprehensible conduct and deter it from future wrongful conduct.
In his ruling, arbitrator Peter Lichtman blasted several Fox executives by name, including Dana Walden, Gary Newman and Peter Rice, saying they gave “false testimony in an attempt to conceal their wrongful acts.” Lichtman held that Fox engaged “intentional acts of fraud and malice,” and showed a “cavalier attitude” toward the company’s wrongdoing.
The case is the latest in a long line of self-dealing lawsuits in which profit participants assert that the network did not pay market rates to license the show because it was produced by a corporate sibling, 20th Century Fox Television.
Lichtman awarded a whopping $128 million in punitive damages, finding the high amount “necessary to punish Fox for its reprehensible conduct and deter it from future wrongful conduct.
- 2/27/2019
- by Gene Maddaus
- Variety Film + TV
The stars of "Bones" -- Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz -- have millions upon millions Upon Millions of reasons to smile Wednesday morning after winning a massive lawsuit against Fox over their now-canceled show. Emily, David as well as the show's executive producer and writer were awarded $178,695,778.90 in the case ... which was essentially about their backend payments for the show's distribution on multiple platforms, including Hulu. The case went to arbitration and did Not go well for Fox.
- 2/27/2019
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Fox has been hit with a $179 million judgment — one of the largest rulings of its kind in television history — in a legal battle dating back to 2015, over profit participation on the long-running series “Bones,” with stars David Boreanaz and Emily Deschanel, executive producer Barry Josephson and Kathy Reichs, the forensic anthropologist whose books inspired the show.
In a 66-page summary of his ruling issued earlier this month by made public on Wednesday, arbitrator Peter Lichtman found that Fox had committed “breach of contract, fraud, and tortious interference with contract” regarding profit participation on the mystery procedural, which ran on the Fox broadcast network from 2005 and 2017 and was also produced by the company’s in-house TV studio, 20th Century Fox.
Lichtman further called out 21st Century Fox president Peter Rice, current Fox TV CEO and soon-to-be ABC exec Dana Walden, and Fox TV chairman Gary Newman (who will be leaving the...
In a 66-page summary of his ruling issued earlier this month by made public on Wednesday, arbitrator Peter Lichtman found that Fox had committed “breach of contract, fraud, and tortious interference with contract” regarding profit participation on the mystery procedural, which ran on the Fox broadcast network from 2005 and 2017 and was also produced by the company’s in-house TV studio, 20th Century Fox.
Lichtman further called out 21st Century Fox president Peter Rice, current Fox TV CEO and soon-to-be ABC exec Dana Walden, and Fox TV chairman Gary Newman (who will be leaving the...
- 2/27/2019
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
Almost two years after Bones ended its run of more than a decade at Fox, the stars and executive producer of the crime drama have partially prevailed in their profit participation battle with the company, for now.
Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz and Ep Barry Josephson have been issued a hefty award of almost $179 million in the case, it was revealed today in a court petition by attorney Dale Kinsella and lawyers for the actors. However, the matter looks to be far from over as Fox is appealing the awarding of more than $128 million in punitive damages that it says are in contradiction to the initial contracts the actors and Josephson inked for Bones years ago.
“This is a tremendous victory for the Bones profit participants who created and starred in the longest-running drama series to air on the Fox network,” Josephson lawyer Kinsella said today about what is one...
Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz and Ep Barry Josephson have been issued a hefty award of almost $179 million in the case, it was revealed today in a court petition by attorney Dale Kinsella and lawyers for the actors. However, the matter looks to be far from over as Fox is appealing the awarding of more than $128 million in punitive damages that it says are in contradiction to the initial contracts the actors and Josephson inked for Bones years ago.
“This is a tremendous victory for the Bones profit participants who created and starred in the longest-running drama series to air on the Fox network,” Josephson lawyer Kinsella said today about what is one...
- 2/27/2019
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
In a very competitive situation, ABC has landed Wolfe, a crime drama from former Bones producer Kathy Reichs and executive producer/co-showrunner Michael Peterson as well as Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment.
Written by Peterson, Wolfe centers on veterinarian Dr. Charles Wolfe, who has a unique perspective on homicide, believing murder is a primal, animalistic act, and killers are animals. After getting elected coroner of Boulder, Co, Wolfe partners with his mirror opposite, FBI profiler Kristin Faulk, who is confident Wolfe is dead wrong and that it is nurture, not nature, that leads a person to murder.
Bestselling novelist and forensic anthropologist Reichs, whose life and novels inspired Fox’s long-running crime drama Bones, is writing an ebook to coincide with the Wolfe pilot.
Peterson and Reichs executive produce alongside Kapital Entertainment’s Kaplan and Dana Honor. Kapital is the studio. ABC Studios is expected to co-produce if the project gets a pickup.
Written by Peterson, Wolfe centers on veterinarian Dr. Charles Wolfe, who has a unique perspective on homicide, believing murder is a primal, animalistic act, and killers are animals. After getting elected coroner of Boulder, Co, Wolfe partners with his mirror opposite, FBI profiler Kristin Faulk, who is confident Wolfe is dead wrong and that it is nurture, not nature, that leads a person to murder.
Bestselling novelist and forensic anthropologist Reichs, whose life and novels inspired Fox’s long-running crime drama Bones, is writing an ebook to coincide with the Wolfe pilot.
Peterson and Reichs executive produce alongside Kapital Entertainment’s Kaplan and Dana Honor. Kapital is the studio. ABC Studios is expected to co-produce if the project gets a pickup.
- 10/22/2018
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
When Bones signs off on Tuesday night, after 12 seasons on Fox, it will do so as the network’s longest-running scripted drama, having solved -- according to finale promos -- 275 cases in 246 episodes. And that prolific conviction rate may not even be the most impressive thing that the series accomplished.
Because Bones -- which was based on the life and works of real-life forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs -- did more than just stay on the air, leapfrogging more than 20 different time slots in its 12-year run. In a television landscape populated with morose antiheroes and sarcastic protagonists that often poke fun at the earnestness of cops-and-science procedurals like Bones, sometimes directly by name (see: American Dad, Bojack Horseman, Bob’s Burgers and more), the show was a champion of justice and evidence, science and guts, “brains and heart.” It told new stories every week, while at the same time unfolding its central characters little by little, making...
Because Bones -- which was based on the life and works of real-life forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs -- did more than just stay on the air, leapfrogging more than 20 different time slots in its 12-year run. In a television landscape populated with morose antiheroes and sarcastic protagonists that often poke fun at the earnestness of cops-and-science procedurals like Bones, sometimes directly by name (see: American Dad, Bojack Horseman, Bob’s Burgers and more), the show was a champion of justice and evidence, science and guts, “brains and heart.” It told new stories every week, while at the same time unfolding its central characters little by little, making...
- 3/28/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
We're going back to the lab. In advance of the Bones season 12 and TV series finale, Fox has released a new video, "Back to the Lab: A Bones Retrospective." Check it out, as well as the episode descriptions for Bones 12.11, "The Final Chapter: The Day in the Life," and the Bones series finale, episode 12.12 "The Final Chapter: The End in The End."The Bones TV show retrospective includes some never before seen footage and explores the Fox series from beginning. It also includes new interviews with Emily Deschanel, David Boreanaz, Michaela Conlin, T. J. Thyne, Tamara Taylor, John Boyd, Hart Hanson, Stephen Nathan, Kathy Reichs, Barry Josephson, Michael Peterson, Jonathan Collier, and Karine Rosenthal. Read More…...
- 3/20/2017
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
In late November, the Bones TV series executive producer, Barry Josephson, sued the Fox network and the 20th Century Fox Television studio’s parent company, over alleged profit participation hi-jinx. Stars David Boreanaz and Emily Deschanel, and producer Kathy Reichs, followed suit, in less than a week.
Among the allegations: Fox brass threatened Bones would be cancelled, if Josephson refused a lower license fee. Now, Deadline reports Fox has filed to move the issue out of the courts and into arbitration.
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Among the allegations: Fox brass threatened Bones would be cancelled, if Josephson refused a lower license fee. Now, Deadline reports Fox has filed to move the issue out of the courts and into arbitration.
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- 1/14/2016
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Could the end of Bones be near? Yes, we've heard this once or twice before, but this time, a big new lawsuit brought by producers—including stars Emily Deschanel, David Boreanaz and author Kathy Reichs—could actually signal the end of the long-running Fox show. The trio (via their respective production companies) have sued studio Twentieth Century Fox and Fox Broadcasting company for breach of contract and fraud, alleging that they have been cheated out of more than $100 million of gross revenues by underreporting earnings and making backhanded deals. In their lawsuit, Boreanaz, Deschanel and Reichs allege that an audit of the accounting revealed "more than a dozen accounting errors, tricks and deceitful...
- 12/2/2015
- E! Online
Remember when the phrase "accounting chicanery" was fabulously used last week in a Bones-related lawsuit against Fox? Well, there's more to that story now, as THR reports that another of the show's EPs (Kathy Reichs), along with its stars (Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz), have shot off a similar suit seeking to expose more than a dozen of the network's allegedly sketchy accounting tricks, as well as "tens of millions of dollars" in cheated profits. Bones is Fox's longest-running drama and one of its most successful, but "as the series became more profitable for Fox over the years, [periodic] accounting statements issued by 20th TV counter-intuitively showed plaintiffs falling farther and farther away from achieving profits," reads a portion of the complaint, which was filed Monday in L.A. Superior Court and is available in full, here. This latest suit calls for "causes of action for breach of contract, breach...
- 12/1/2015
- by Sean Fitz-Gerald
- Vulture
“Bones” stars Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz are joining executive producer Barry Josephson in suing Fox for unpaid profits. The actors filed a complaint Monday in the Los Angeles Superior Court alongside author and executive producer Kathy Reichs, claiming that 20th Century Fox cheated them out of “tens of millions of dollars” in profits by withholding documents and using fraudulent accounting. The lawsuit alleges that auditing has uncovered that the stars and Reichs, whose books served as the inspiration for the series, “were being cheated out of more than $100 million in gross revenues and being overcharged many additional millions of dollars.
- 12/1/2015
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
The litigation over Bones profits is getting some star power. Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz, stars of the longest-running drama series in Fox history, along with author and executive producer Kathy Reichs, have filed their own lawsuit claiming they have been shortchanged "tens of millions of dollars" in profits by producer 20th Century Fox Television, the Fox network and affiliated companies. The trio's lawsuit claims they saw zero profits for years despite the success of the show. The suit follows a similar case filed Wednesday by Barry Josephson, one of the show’s executive producers, who also cried foul over
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- 11/30/2015
- by Austin Siegemund-Broka, Matthew Belloni
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
I recently had the pleasure of talking with Kathy Reichs, the creator of Bones character, forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance Brennan. Joining us was her daughter, Kerry, who co-wrote this season's "The Woman in the Whirlpool" episode. Though Kathy reviews every single Bones episode for scientific accuracy, this is only the third episode the mother-daughter team has envisioned from concept to completed script, the first two being season 5's "The Witch in the Wardrobe," and season 9's "The Dude in the Dam." A novelist and forensic anthropologist herself, Kathy uses her own life experiences as the inspiration for the character of Temperance Brennan in her crime series from which the Bones television series concept sprang.
Before we delved into details (and some juicy episode news) about how the mother-daughter team developed the concept for "The Woman in the Whirlpool," I wanted to know more about the real Kathy 'Temperance Brennan' Reichs...
Before we delved into details (and some juicy episode news) about how the mother-daughter team developed the concept for "The Woman in the Whirlpool," I wanted to know more about the real Kathy 'Temperance Brennan' Reichs...
- 5/21/2015
- by editor@buddytv.com
- buddytv.com
Fox comedy-drama Bones is about to join a very elite club – TV shows that made it to ten seasons. Speaking to reporters, Chairman of Entertainment for Fox said:
“Over the course of nine seasons, Bones has grown from a hit crime procedural into a beloved pillar of our line-up that resonates with fans in a way that only the best of shows can. Our viewers have embraced Emily, David and the entire cast and characters of Bones as their very own, and I think they are going to love what Hart Hanson and Stephen Nathan have planned for Season 10!”
Bones first premiered on Fox in September 2005 and is essentially an investigation-based show about forensic anthropology and archaeology. Each episode explores an FBI case based on human remains presented to Dr Temperance “Bones” Brennan (Emily Deschanel) by FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz). The premise is loosely based on the...
“Over the course of nine seasons, Bones has grown from a hit crime procedural into a beloved pillar of our line-up that resonates with fans in a way that only the best of shows can. Our viewers have embraced Emily, David and the entire cast and characters of Bones as their very own, and I think they are going to love what Hart Hanson and Stephen Nathan have planned for Season 10!”
Bones first premiered on Fox in September 2005 and is essentially an investigation-based show about forensic anthropology and archaeology. Each episode explores an FBI case based on human remains presented to Dr Temperance “Bones” Brennan (Emily Deschanel) by FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz). The premise is loosely based on the...
- 1/30/2014
- by Sarah Myles
- We Got This Covered
Bones will likely be renewed for its 10th and final season, Fox chairman Kevin Reilly revealed at the Television Critics Association press tour. With that in mind — here are five things we want to see before we say goodbye to Booth, Bones, and the squints forever.
5. Bring back Zach! (And other characters): When the season 3 finale revealed Dr. Zach Addy (Eric Millegan) as Gormogon’s apprentice, it disappointed many fans. It’s time the writers brought him back (although he has since appeared in three episodes) and set it right. In season 4, we learn Zach didn’t actually kill...
5. Bring back Zach! (And other characters): When the season 3 finale revealed Dr. Zach Addy (Eric Millegan) as Gormogon’s apprentice, it disappointed many fans. It’s time the writers brought him back (although he has since appeared in three episodes) and set it right. In season 4, we learn Zach didn’t actually kill...
- 1/15/2014
- by Denise Warner
- EW.com - PopWatch
To mark the release of Bones Season 8 on DVD and Blu-ray, we’ve got three copies to give away on Blu-ray.
Relive all 24 killer episodes that follow Dr Temperance ‘Bones’ Brennan (Emily Deschanel:Cold Mountain, Spiderman 2l), a highly skilled forensic anthropologist and her quest to discover the mystery and truth behind the human remains brought to her by FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel). Still providing twists, turns and shocks in its eighth Season, Bones is a thrilling mystery with darkly comic undertones, based on the life and writings of forensic anthropologist and novelist Kathy Reichs.
Finally cleared of an unjust murder accusation, Season 8 sees ‘Bones’ reunite with Booth and the squints. Although the team crack some of their most challenging cases yet, dangerous madman Christopher Pelant (Andrew Lees: Grey’s Anatomy, House) persists with his murderous rampage. But with...
Relive all 24 killer episodes that follow Dr Temperance ‘Bones’ Brennan (Emily Deschanel:Cold Mountain, Spiderman 2l), a highly skilled forensic anthropologist and her quest to discover the mystery and truth behind the human remains brought to her by FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel). Still providing twists, turns and shocks in its eighth Season, Bones is a thrilling mystery with darkly comic undertones, based on the life and writings of forensic anthropologist and novelist Kathy Reichs.
Finally cleared of an unjust murder accusation, Season 8 sees ‘Bones’ reunite with Booth and the squints. Although the team crack some of their most challenging cases yet, dangerous madman Christopher Pelant (Andrew Lees: Grey’s Anatomy, House) persists with his murderous rampage. But with...
- 9/17/2013
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Got a scoop request? An anonymous tip you’re dying to share? Send any/all of the above to askausiello@tvline.com
Question: Any chance of a Jackson/April reunion before or during the Grey’s Anatomy finale (airing May 16)? – Emma
Ausiello: Can’t confirm a reunion, but I can confirm — via Shonda Rhimes — that in this Thursday’s episode, “Something happens for April that is fairly life-changing. And then in the finale, all of that is brought into question in a huge way.” Theories?! Hit the comments!
Related | Season Finale Scoopapalooza: More Than 100 Spoilers on Your Fave Series’ Endgames,...
Question: Any chance of a Jackson/April reunion before or during the Grey’s Anatomy finale (airing May 16)? – Emma
Ausiello: Can’t confirm a reunion, but I can confirm — via Shonda Rhimes — that in this Thursday’s episode, “Something happens for April that is fairly life-changing. And then in the finale, all of that is brought into question in a huge way.” Theories?! Hit the comments!
Related | Season Finale Scoopapalooza: More Than 100 Spoilers on Your Fave Series’ Endgames,...
- 5/7/2013
- by Michael Ausiello
- TVLine.com
Fox's Bones gets serious with a somber, respectful 9/11-themed episode airing Nov. 12, appropriately, the day after Veterans Day.
"We've been trying to figure out a way to do an episode that focused on 9/11 for a long time, and it was either too soon or [risked being] exploitative," explains executive producer Stephen Nathan. "But it was important for us to do because Kathy Reichs [author of the books on which the series is based] was very involved in identifying the remains at Ground Zero."
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"We've been trying to figure out a way to do an episode that focused on 9/11 for a long time, and it was either too soon or [risked being] exploitative," explains executive producer Stephen Nathan. "But it was important for us to do because Kathy Reichs [author of the books on which the series is based] was very involved in identifying the remains at Ground Zero."
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- 11/9/2012
- by William Keck
- TVGuide - Breaking News
Exclusive: Ballantine Bantam Dell has acquired North American rights for three new novels from Kathy Reichs, who aside from being a bestselling suspense novelist is also a forensic anthropologist whose novels inspired the Fox TV series Bones. The deal was negotiated by Gina Centrello, President and Publisher of The Random House Publishing Group, with Wme’s Jennifer Rudolph Walsh. The novels will be published under the Bantam label, according to Libby McGuire, Evp, Publisher of Ballantine Bantam Dell. The first comes out in 2014, and Jennifer Hershey will edit them. Her last novel, Bones Are Forever, was published by Scribner. Reichs will continue the forensic exploits of Temperance Brennan, who has been the centerpiece of 15 bestsellers. As for her day job, Dr. Reichs has been Vice President of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences and the American Board of Forensic Anthropology, and still serves on the Canadian National Police Services Advisory...
- 10/25/2012
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline TV
Exclusive: Ballantine Bantam Dell has acquired North American rights for three new novels from Kathy Reichs, who aside from being a bestselling suspense novelist is also a forensic anthropologist whose novels inspired the Fox TV series Bones. The deal was negotiated by Gina Centrello, president and publisher of the Random House Publishing Group, with Wme’s Jennifer Rudolph Walsh. The novels will be published under the Bantam label, according to Libby McGuire, Evp, Publisher of Ballantine Bantam Dell. The first comes out in 2014, and Jennifer Hershey will edit them. Reichs’ last novel, Bones Are Forever, was published by Scribner. Reichs will continue the forensic exploits of Temperance Brennan, who has been the centerpiece of 15 bestsellers. As for her day job, Dr. Reichs has been Vice President of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences and the American Board of Forensic Anthropology, and still serves on the Canadian National Police Services Advisory...
- 10/25/2012
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
"We've been fascinated by murder mystery forever - the only difference these days is the science. It's replaced intuition and good old detective leg-work. But the instincts for mystery have remained."
Kathy Reichs knows. The American anthropologist turned best-selling author and now TV producer of Bones has made our enduring fascination with the more gruesome elements of crime her business - to the tune of 16 novels, detailing the cases of her fictional forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan, the heroine of her books and TV series.
Bones, starring Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz, is based on Kathy Reichs' own experiences
Reichs didn't set out to be a TV producer, not at first. Her great initial passion was archaeology (bricks), which became anthropology (bones) and took her to academic heights and consultancy on police cases both in North Carolina and Montreal - very similar to the back-story of Temperance.
"It crosses your mind,...
Kathy Reichs knows. The American anthropologist turned best-selling author and now TV producer of Bones has made our enduring fascination with the more gruesome elements of crime her business - to the tune of 16 novels, detailing the cases of her fictional forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan, the heroine of her books and TV series.
Bones, starring Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz, is based on Kathy Reichs' own experiences
Reichs didn't set out to be a TV producer, not at first. Her great initial passion was archaeology (bricks), which became anthropology (bones) and took her to academic heights and consultancy on police cases both in North Carolina and Montreal - very similar to the back-story of Temperance.
"It crosses your mind,...
- 10/4/2012
- by Caroline Frost
- Huffington Post
Last week brought with it Drew Goddard’s directorial debut, The Cabin in the Woods, to our shelves, penned by Goddard and the ever-brilliant Joss Whedon.
And this week, we’ve got a huge selection of films and TV shows coming to our shelves, so without further ado…
My picks of the week:
Wes Anderson’s Moonrise Kingdom & Rupert Sanders’ Snow White and the Huntsman.
Modern Family – Season 3.
And James Cameron’s The Terminator Blu-ray release.
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DVD and Blu-ray
Breaking records upon release with the highest ever per-theatre-average in its opening weekend (which Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Master broke again last month), Wes Anderson’s Moonrise Kingdom is something of a masterpiece.
His first live-action film since 2007’s The Darjeeling Limited, Anderson takes us back to childhood with two young secret romantics running away together, on the fictional island of New Penzance.
The...
And this week, we’ve got a huge selection of films and TV shows coming to our shelves, so without further ado…
My picks of the week:
Wes Anderson’s Moonrise Kingdom & Rupert Sanders’ Snow White and the Huntsman.
Modern Family – Season 3.
And James Cameron’s The Terminator Blu-ray release.
Moonrise Kingdom Iframe Embed for Youtube
DVD and Blu-ray
Breaking records upon release with the highest ever per-theatre-average in its opening weekend (which Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Master broke again last month), Wes Anderson’s Moonrise Kingdom is something of a masterpiece.
His first live-action film since 2007’s The Darjeeling Limited, Anderson takes us back to childhood with two young secret romantics running away together, on the fictional island of New Penzance.
The...
- 10/1/2012
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Inspired by the real-life forensic anthropologist and best-selling novelist Kathy Reichs, Bones is a darkly amusing investigative drama starring Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz. The series' season eight premiere is scheduled to air Monday, September 17th, only on Fox. Dr. Temperance Brennan is a highly skilled forensic anthropologist who works at the Jeffersonian Institute in Washington, D.C., and writes novels on the side. When the standard methods of identifying a body are useless (when the remains are so badly decomposed, burned or destroyed), law enforcement calls on Brennan for her uncanny ability to read clues left behind in the victim's bones. While most people can't handle Brennan's intelligence, her drive for the truth or the way she flings herself headlong into every...
- 9/10/2012
- by Pietro Filipponi
- The Daily BLAM!
Excision
Written and Directed by Richard Bates Jr.
USA 2012 Fantasia imdb
There were two films at Fantasia this year that took me on trips that I didn’t want to go on. The first was the winner of Fantasia’s Satoshi Kon Award for Achievement in Animation The King of Pigs. The second was Excision. Both films are about outsiders in high school, bullying and school as hell. The difference is that The King of Pigs announces almost from its opening frames that this will not be a pleasant journey, while Excision promises a disturbing dream of a journey, only truly turning nightmarish in the final twenty minutes.
To put it another way, I quite enjoyed the trip that Excision was taking me on, until I reached its destination and I hated that arrival so much that it made me hate the journey – made me reevaluate and hate the entire film.
Written and Directed by Richard Bates Jr.
USA 2012 Fantasia imdb
There were two films at Fantasia this year that took me on trips that I didn’t want to go on. The first was the winner of Fantasia’s Satoshi Kon Award for Achievement in Animation The King of Pigs. The second was Excision. Both films are about outsiders in high school, bullying and school as hell. The difference is that The King of Pigs announces almost from its opening frames that this will not be a pleasant journey, while Excision promises a disturbing dream of a journey, only truly turning nightmarish in the final twenty minutes.
To put it another way, I quite enjoyed the trip that Excision was taking me on, until I reached its destination and I hated that arrival so much that it made me hate the journey – made me reevaluate and hate the entire film.
- 8/11/2012
- by Michael Ryan
- SoundOnSight
It’s only fitting that a week that saw the release of spellbinding new trailers for The Dark Knight Rises and The Amazing Spider-Man would conclude with a breathtaking first look at Bones‘ big-screen offshoot, Bone of Contention.
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The heart-stopping teaser trailer will be formally unveiled in Monday’s meta-tastic episode, which revolves around a murder on the set of the film version of Brennan’s novel featuring the characters “Dr. Kathy Reichs” (a.k.a. Brennan) and “Special Agent Andy Lister” (a.k.a. Booth), as played...
Related | May Sweeps/Finale Spoilers on Glee, House, Bones, Fringe and More!
The heart-stopping teaser trailer will be formally unveiled in Monday’s meta-tastic episode, which revolves around a murder on the set of the film version of Brennan’s novel featuring the characters “Dr. Kathy Reichs” (a.k.a. Brennan) and “Special Agent Andy Lister” (a.k.a. Booth), as played...
- 5/4/2012
- by Michael Ausiello
- TVLine.com
Fox’s Bones is going to the movies next Monday, and TVLine has a first look at Brennan and Booth’s big-screen alter egos — plus a flurry of other photos from the sure-to-be-marvelously-meta episode.
Related | May Sweeps/Finale Spoilers on Glee, House, Bones, Fringe and More!
“The Suit on the Set” revolves around the production of a movie written by Brennan and featuring the characters “Dr. Kathy Reichs” and “Special Agent Andy Lister.” The actors inhabiting those movie roles will be portrayed on Bones by Ashley Jones (The Bold and the Beautiful, True Blood) and Jordan Belfi (Entourage, this Thursday...
Related | May Sweeps/Finale Spoilers on Glee, House, Bones, Fringe and More!
“The Suit on the Set” revolves around the production of a movie written by Brennan and featuring the characters “Dr. Kathy Reichs” and “Special Agent Andy Lister.” The actors inhabiting those movie roles will be portrayed on Bones by Ashley Jones (The Bold and the Beautiful, True Blood) and Jordan Belfi (Entourage, this Thursday...
- 4/30/2012
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
Fox renews Emily Deschanel, David Boreanaz starrer Bones for season 8. The network has announced today that the crime series will get an eighth season. Variety reports that the series has averages 9.4 million total viewers. Fox president of entertainment Kevin Reilly said that "Over the past seven seasons, Hart Hanson, Stephen Nathan and the incredible Bones cast and crew have redefined the traditional crime procedural with an irreverent and adventurous sensibility and I'm really happy to have this distinctive, fan-favorite on our schedule for another season." Seven more episodes start on Mondays, at 8:00 p.m. from April 2nd. Bones, a darkly amusing procedural entering its seventh season, is inspired by real-life forensic anthropologist and novelist Kathy Reichs. Dr. Temperance Brennan (Emily Deschanel) is a highly skilled forensic anthropologist who works at the Jeffersonian Institute in Washington, D.C., and writes novels on the side. When the standard methods of identifying...
- 3/29/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Fox renews Emily Deschanel, David Boreanaz starrer Bones for season 8. The network has announced today that the crime series will get an eighth season. Variety reports that the series has averages 9.4 million total viewers. Fox president of entertainment Kevin Reilly said that "Over the past seven seasons, Hart Hanson, Stephen Nathan and the incredible Bones cast and crew have redefined the traditional crime procedural with an irreverent and adventurous sensibility and I'm really happy to have this distinctive, fan-favorite on our schedule for another season." Seven more episodes start on Mondays, at 8:00 p.m. from April 2nd. Bones, a darkly amusing procedural entering its seventh season, is inspired by real-life forensic anthropologist and novelist Kathy Reichs. Dr. Temperance Brennan (Emily Deschanel) is a highly skilled forensic anthropologist who works at the Jeffersonian Institute in Washington, D.C., and writes novels on the side. When the standard methods of identifying...
- 3/29/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Fox renews Emily Deschanel, David Boreanaz starrer Bones for season 8. The network has announced today that the crime series will get an eighth season. Variety reports that the series has averages 9.4 million total viewers. Fox president of entertainment Kevin Reilly said that "Over the past seven seasons, Hart Hanson, Stephen Nathan and the incredible Bones cast and crew have redefined the traditional crime procedural with an irreverent and adventurous sensibility and I'm really happy to have this distinctive, fan-favorite on our schedule for another season." Seven more episodes start on Mondays, at 8:00 p.m. from April 2nd. Bones, a darkly amusing procedural entering its seventh season, is inspired by real-life forensic anthropologist and novelist Kathy Reichs. Dr. Temperance Brennan (Emily Deschanel) is a highly skilled forensic anthropologist who works at the Jeffersonian Institute in Washington, D.C., and writes novels on the side. When the standard methods of identifying...
- 3/29/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Something very meta is happening on Fox’s Bones. Long-time followers of this series are very aware of the quirky Dr. Temperance Brennan and her FBI partner Special Agent Seeley Booth, and how very often episodes reflect real world strangeness – for example, Zooey Deschanel appearing on the show opposite her sister Emily Deschanel (Dr. Brennan) as her second cousin. The commentary that followed…
Booth: Oh wow! Who’s this, your sister?
Brennan: No. Um, my second cousin.
Margaret (Zooey): I’m Margaret.
Brennan: There’s no resemblance.
It’s amusing because they do look ridiculously similar even for siblings, and of course, they are actually sisters. This kind of eccentricity is all over the series. But it is an integral part in making the show what it is. I wouldn’t be half as interested in the show if the characters were not as odd as they are. Quirky...
Booth: Oh wow! Who’s this, your sister?
Brennan: No. Um, my second cousin.
Margaret (Zooey): I’m Margaret.
Brennan: There’s no resemblance.
It’s amusing because they do look ridiculously similar even for siblings, and of course, they are actually sisters. This kind of eccentricity is all over the series. But it is an integral part in making the show what it is. I wouldn’t be half as interested in the show if the characters were not as odd as they are. Quirky...
- 3/1/2012
- by Mina Kelly
- Boomtron
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