Exclusive: Television writer-producer, Wayne Conley, has signed with APA.
Conley’s recent television credits range from Showtime’s White Famous to OWN’s Delilah and Greenleaf, and he’s currently developing a fast-tracked half-hour dramedy for FX. Conley’s numerous feature film credits include Fox Searchlight’s Our Family Wedding, directed by Rick Famuyiwa and director Jeff Byrd’s King’s Ransom.
Conley is the latest scribe to ink with APA since the agency signed the WGA’s franchise agreement earlier this year. Other recent signings include Spinning Out showrunner Lara Olsen, American Gods executive producer Anne Kenney, Killer Women creator Hannah Shakespeare, The Middle executive producer Tim Hobert, Emerald City creator Matthew Arnold, 11.22.63 executive producer Brian Nelson, The Son co-creator Lee Shipman and Rescue Me executive producer Evan Reilly.
Conley continues to be repped by Brad Kaplan at Link Entertainment and Rob Szymanski at Eclipse Law.
Conley’s recent television credits range from Showtime’s White Famous to OWN’s Delilah and Greenleaf, and he’s currently developing a fast-tracked half-hour dramedy for FX. Conley’s numerous feature film credits include Fox Searchlight’s Our Family Wedding, directed by Rick Famuyiwa and director Jeff Byrd’s King’s Ransom.
Conley is the latest scribe to ink with APA since the agency signed the WGA’s franchise agreement earlier this year. Other recent signings include Spinning Out showrunner Lara Olsen, American Gods executive producer Anne Kenney, Killer Women creator Hannah Shakespeare, The Middle executive producer Tim Hobert, Emerald City creator Matthew Arnold, 11.22.63 executive producer Brian Nelson, The Son co-creator Lee Shipman and Rescue Me executive producer Evan Reilly.
Conley continues to be repped by Brad Kaplan at Link Entertainment and Rob Szymanski at Eclipse Law.
- 8/12/2020
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Luisa Leschin, who is currently co-exec producer of Netflix’s Mr. Iglesias, has signed with APA.
Leschin is an industry vet having worked on shows such as as George Lopez, Everybody Hates Chris and East Los High.
She began her career as a ballet dancer then turned to acting, having appeared in many iconic TV series including Beverly Hills 90210, Love Boat, ER, Quincy, Falcon Crest and Hill St. Blues. On the feature side, she has appeared in Saturday Night Fever and True Confessions.
Last year, she was the recipient of Norman Lear Writer’s Award at the 34th Annual Imagen Awards. She also co-founded theater group, Latins Anonymous, to give Latinx more opportunities.
Leschin (left) is the latest writer-producer to ink with APA since the agency signed the WGA’s franchise agreement earlier this year. Other recent signings include Spinning Out showrunner Lara Olsen, American Gods executive producer Anne Kenney,...
Leschin is an industry vet having worked on shows such as as George Lopez, Everybody Hates Chris and East Los High.
She began her career as a ballet dancer then turned to acting, having appeared in many iconic TV series including Beverly Hills 90210, Love Boat, ER, Quincy, Falcon Crest and Hill St. Blues. On the feature side, she has appeared in Saturday Night Fever and True Confessions.
Last year, she was the recipient of Norman Lear Writer’s Award at the 34th Annual Imagen Awards. She also co-founded theater group, Latins Anonymous, to give Latinx more opportunities.
Leschin (left) is the latest writer-producer to ink with APA since the agency signed the WGA’s franchise agreement earlier this year. Other recent signings include Spinning Out showrunner Lara Olsen, American Gods executive producer Anne Kenney,...
- 8/5/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Screenwriter and former Defense Intelligence Agency officer, Mitchell Lafortune has inked with APA.
Lafortune, who has served on multiple intelligence deployments to Afghanistan, recently penned Burn Run which turned into Kandahar, repping Gerard Butler’s reteam with his Angel Has Fallen filmmaker Ric Roman Waugh. Kandahar was a notable seller in the recent 2020 virtual Cannes market, as Deadline first told you.
Lafortune has worked on revisions for Butler’s Greenland, Robocop Returns for MGM, Split Second, Manhunt for Solstice, and The Gone World for 20th Century Studios.
Additionally, Lafortune just signed on to adapt the 2019 documentary Last Breath, a suspenseful survival story of deep-sea saturation diving that occurred in 2012 for Gold Circle, as well as an action franchise set in the Middle East for M.B.C. studios.
Earlier this week, Lafortune became attached for the feature adaptation of author Perry O’Brien’s revenge thriller, Fire in The Blood,...
Lafortune, who has served on multiple intelligence deployments to Afghanistan, recently penned Burn Run which turned into Kandahar, repping Gerard Butler’s reteam with his Angel Has Fallen filmmaker Ric Roman Waugh. Kandahar was a notable seller in the recent 2020 virtual Cannes market, as Deadline first told you.
Lafortune has worked on revisions for Butler’s Greenland, Robocop Returns for MGM, Split Second, Manhunt for Solstice, and The Gone World for 20th Century Studios.
Additionally, Lafortune just signed on to adapt the 2019 documentary Last Breath, a suspenseful survival story of deep-sea saturation diving that occurred in 2012 for Gold Circle, as well as an action franchise set in the Middle East for M.B.C. studios.
Earlier this week, Lafortune became attached for the feature adaptation of author Perry O’Brien’s revenge thriller, Fire in The Blood,...
- 7/31/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Evan Reilly, who most recently served as showrunner for three seasons on HBO’s Dwayne Johnson series Ballers, has signed with APA.
Reilly is currently working on an undisclosed pilot in development at Amazon.
He has also recently written an episode of Syfy’s Happy! and before Ballers, was a co-executive producer on The Walking Dead and writer on FX series Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll.
He began his career writing on the FX series Rescue Me, where he remained for all seven seasons to eventually serve as co-executive producer and direct the show’s penultimate final episode.
Reilly is the latest writer/producer sign with APA, since it signed the WGA agreement back in January.
Other recent signings by the agency include Spinning Out showrunner Lara Olsen, American Gods exec producer Anne Kenney, Killer Women creator Hannah Shakespeare, The Middle exec producer Tim Hobert, Emerald City...
Reilly is currently working on an undisclosed pilot in development at Amazon.
He has also recently written an episode of Syfy’s Happy! and before Ballers, was a co-executive producer on The Walking Dead and writer on FX series Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll.
He began his career writing on the FX series Rescue Me, where he remained for all seven seasons to eventually serve as co-executive producer and direct the show’s penultimate final episode.
Reilly is the latest writer/producer sign with APA, since it signed the WGA agreement back in January.
Other recent signings by the agency include Spinning Out showrunner Lara Olsen, American Gods exec producer Anne Kenney, Killer Women creator Hannah Shakespeare, The Middle exec producer Tim Hobert, Emerald City...
- 7/29/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: ‘The Son’ writer-creator-showrunner Lee Shipman, has signed with APA.
Most recently, Shipman wrote the musical drama Moss Landing for ABC, 20th Century Fox TV, Lee Daniels and Florida Georgia Line. The network has given the show a script commitment with penalty.
He is also known for co-creating the AMC series, The Son, starring Pierce Brosnan that aired for two seasons, and Hemlock Grove for Netflix, which aired for three seasons.
In the feature arena, Shipman is scripting a Netflix feature based on the 2017 Vanity Fair article profiling the real-life “Mad Max.” He also recently completed penning a true-story inspired WWII-set diamond heist story for Focus Features. The project, entitled Raiders, details how MI6 protected over $100 million in industrial diamonds during Germany’s Blitzkrieg through Europe.
Shipman, who was formerly with CAA, continues to be repped by Circle of Confusion as well as The Nord Group.
APA is one of...
Most recently, Shipman wrote the musical drama Moss Landing for ABC, 20th Century Fox TV, Lee Daniels and Florida Georgia Line. The network has given the show a script commitment with penalty.
He is also known for co-creating the AMC series, The Son, starring Pierce Brosnan that aired for two seasons, and Hemlock Grove for Netflix, which aired for three seasons.
In the feature arena, Shipman is scripting a Netflix feature based on the 2017 Vanity Fair article profiling the real-life “Mad Max.” He also recently completed penning a true-story inspired WWII-set diamond heist story for Focus Features. The project, entitled Raiders, details how MI6 protected over $100 million in industrial diamonds during Germany’s Blitzkrieg through Europe.
Shipman, who was formerly with CAA, continues to be repped by Circle of Confusion as well as The Nord Group.
APA is one of...
- 7/16/2020
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Apa has signed executive producer-writer-creator Brian Nelson. He was formerly with CAA.
Nelson recently served as executive producer on Stephen King’s 11.22.63 at Hulu, on Syfy’s Nightflyers based on the novella by George R.R. Martin, DaVinci’s Demons at Starz, and as co-executive producer on Altered Carbon at Netflix. On the film side, his first feature Hard Candy, starring Ellen Page, remains a cult classic. He went on to write 30 Days of Night for David Slade with Sam Raimi producing, and Devil for M. Night Shyamalan’s Blinding Edge Pictures. Nelson continues to be repped by Management 360.
Apa is one of a few full-service agencies in the industry currently able to represent writers during the ongoing WGA standoff. Earlier this year, the agency signed the WGA’s franchise agreement after merging its television and motion picture divisions under the banner of Apa Scripted Literary to offer clients a forward-thinking approach to representation.
Nelson recently served as executive producer on Stephen King’s 11.22.63 at Hulu, on Syfy’s Nightflyers based on the novella by George R.R. Martin, DaVinci’s Demons at Starz, and as co-executive producer on Altered Carbon at Netflix. On the film side, his first feature Hard Candy, starring Ellen Page, remains a cult classic. He went on to write 30 Days of Night for David Slade with Sam Raimi producing, and Devil for M. Night Shyamalan’s Blinding Edge Pictures. Nelson continues to be repped by Management 360.
Apa is one of a few full-service agencies in the industry currently able to represent writers during the ongoing WGA standoff. Earlier this year, the agency signed the WGA’s franchise agreement after merging its television and motion picture divisions under the banner of Apa Scripted Literary to offer clients a forward-thinking approach to representation.
- 5/19/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Television writer, executive producer and filmmaker Matthew Arnold has signed with Apa.
Arnold became known in the television industry in 2013 when NBC ordered his original scripted faux found-footage drama, Siberia, to series. He served as creator and executive producer of the series, in addition to directing most episodes. He later when on to create fantasy drama Emerald City, a re-imagining of The Wizard Of Oz that received a straight-to-series order at NBC for its first season.
Arnold also wrote and directed the horror film, Shadow People, which he developed with Warner Bros TV, Legendary Television and New Regency, that was picked up at Cannes. Last season, he sold a television adaptation of the popular The Black Tapes podcast to NBC, and has a number of other high-profile original and adapted projects in development for 2020. Arnold continues to be repped by Good Fear Content as well as Behr Abramson Levy.
Arnold became known in the television industry in 2013 when NBC ordered his original scripted faux found-footage drama, Siberia, to series. He served as creator and executive producer of the series, in addition to directing most episodes. He later when on to create fantasy drama Emerald City, a re-imagining of The Wizard Of Oz that received a straight-to-series order at NBC for its first season.
Arnold also wrote and directed the horror film, Shadow People, which he developed with Warner Bros TV, Legendary Television and New Regency, that was picked up at Cannes. Last season, he sold a television adaptation of the popular The Black Tapes podcast to NBC, and has a number of other high-profile original and adapted projects in development for 2020. Arnold continues to be repped by Good Fear Content as well as Behr Abramson Levy.
- 5/12/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Veteran executive producer/showrunner Tim Hobert has signed with Apa. He was previously with UTA.
Hobert is currently writing The Griswolds, a half-hour single-camera comedy in the works at HBO Max based on National Lampoon’s Vacation films, with Johnny Galecki’s Alcide Bava Productions and Warner Bros. TV. Hobert’s The Griswolds brings the iconic family home from vacation and explores their daily lives in the suburbs of modern Chicago.
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Hobert most recently served as Executive Producer on The Middle, producing nearly 200 episodes of the Patricia Heaton starrer, which aired for nine seasons on ABC. A former stand-up, Hobert got his start writing on Bill Lawrence’s Golden Globe-winning comedy Spin City. Finding his voice on the writing side, he went on to spend years working as an Executive Producer on Scrubs,...
Hobert is currently writing The Griswolds, a half-hour single-camera comedy in the works at HBO Max based on National Lampoon’s Vacation films, with Johnny Galecki’s Alcide Bava Productions and Warner Bros. TV. Hobert’s The Griswolds brings the iconic family home from vacation and explores their daily lives in the suburbs of modern Chicago.
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Hobert most recently served as Executive Producer on The Middle, producing nearly 200 episodes of the Patricia Heaton starrer, which aired for nine seasons on ABC. A former stand-up, Hobert got his start writing on Bill Lawrence’s Golden Globe-winning comedy Spin City. Finding his voice on the writing side, he went on to spend years working as an Executive Producer on Scrubs,...
- 4/23/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Television and film scribe Peter MacManus has signed with Apa.
A former production executive, MacManus broke into the writers’ ranks when his first pilot, the hitman drama Hurt People landed a pilot order at Cinemax with Graham King’s Gk-tvb attached. Since then, he has sold a number of high-profile projects including Johatsu with Ucp, Dark Horse based on the graphic novel series, and a reboot of Miami Vice with Chris Morgan for NBC.
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On the feature side, MacManus is currently adapting Redneck for Universal Films and Skybound. He also recently served as a Consulting Producer on Syfy’s critically acclaimed series Happy!, and previously worked on The Mist and Satisfaction.
MacManus continues to be repped by Management 360 and Myman Greenspan Fox Rosenberg Mobasser Younger & Light Llp.
A former production executive, MacManus broke into the writers’ ranks when his first pilot, the hitman drama Hurt People landed a pilot order at Cinemax with Graham King’s Gk-tvb attached. Since then, he has sold a number of high-profile projects including Johatsu with Ucp, Dark Horse based on the graphic novel series, and a reboot of Miami Vice with Chris Morgan for NBC.
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On the feature side, MacManus is currently adapting Redneck for Universal Films and Skybound. He also recently served as a Consulting Producer on Syfy’s critically acclaimed series Happy!, and previously worked on The Mist and Satisfaction.
MacManus continues to be repped by Management 360 and Myman Greenspan Fox Rosenberg Mobasser Younger & Light Llp.
- 4/17/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Writer and showrunner Hannah Shakespeare has signed with Apa.
Shakespeare created the crime drama series Killer Women, based on the Argentine format, which aired for one season on ABC. Shakespeare also served as executive producer on the series, which starred Tricia Helfer. She also recently worked on Bright 2, Netflix’s sequel to the 2017 hit starring Will Smith, and served as executive producer on Family Crimes at Starz, both with David Ayer. She most recently served as co-executive producer on the third season of The Sinner at USA.
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Shakespeare’s previous television credits include Runaway, Close to Home, Ghost Whisperer, Bionic Woman, The Playboy Club and The Whole Truth. She also wrote the pilot for medical drama Gimme Shelter that Chris Chulack directed for John Wells Productions at CBS.
Shakespeare began her...
Shakespeare created the crime drama series Killer Women, based on the Argentine format, which aired for one season on ABC. Shakespeare also served as executive producer on the series, which starred Tricia Helfer. She also recently worked on Bright 2, Netflix’s sequel to the 2017 hit starring Will Smith, and served as executive producer on Family Crimes at Starz, both with David Ayer. She most recently served as co-executive producer on the third season of The Sinner at USA.
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Shakespeare’s previous television credits include Runaway, Close to Home, Ghost Whisperer, Bionic Woman, The Playboy Club and The Whole Truth. She also wrote the pilot for medical drama Gimme Shelter that Chris Chulack directed for John Wells Productions at CBS.
Shakespeare began her...
- 4/14/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: CBS has landed S.W.A.T., a drama series loosely inspired by the 2003 Sony movie that was based on the 1975 TV series produced by Aaron Spelling and Leonard Goldberg. The project, executive produced by The Shield creator Shawn Ryan, Neal H. Moritz (Preacher), Justin Lin (Scorpion) and Aaron Rahsaan Thomas, has received a pilot production commitment from the network with series penalty behind it.
S.W.A.T. hails from Sony Pictures TV, which will co-produce with CBS TV Studios. This marks the fourth pilot production commitment for Sony TV so far this season, along with dramas Salvation at NBC, from Warren Leight and Paul Haggis, and Doomsday at ABC from Carol Mendelsohn, as well as a comedy at CBS from Carter Bays & Craig Thomas and comedian Chris Distefano. The studio also has put pilot commitments for a drama loosely inspired by I Spy at Fox with David Shore...
S.W.A.T. hails from Sony Pictures TV, which will co-produce with CBS TV Studios. This marks the fourth pilot production commitment for Sony TV so far this season, along with dramas Salvation at NBC, from Warren Leight and Paul Haggis, and Doomsday at ABC from Carol Mendelsohn, as well as a comedy at CBS from Carter Bays & Craig Thomas and comedian Chris Distefano. The studio also has put pilot commitments for a drama loosely inspired by I Spy at Fox with David Shore...
- 9/26/2016
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
The CW is developing Blowback, a thriller drama project executive produced by Star Trek: Beyond director Justin Lin. The project, written/executive produced by Killer Women creator Hannah Shakespeare and also executive produced by Michael Eisner and Tariq Jalil, was originally sold as a spec to the CW late last season, coming close to a pilot order. I hear Blowback is now getting a boost with an order for two additional scripts by Shakespeare and a bible. The scripts have…...
- 7/29/2016
- Deadline TV
Somewhere in the exurbs beyond Albuquerque, N.M., the cast and crew of ABC's Tuesday crime drama "Killer Women" have set up camp for the day in a house.
Actually, it's one of two houses on the same property, sporting a sort of mullet theme -- party house in front, house for family living and work in back.
Shooting is taking place inside the house and outside at the pool that lies between the two houses (next to another outdoor party space and a lawn beyond decked out for more child-sized play - plus a putting green).
Among those on hand are series creator Hannah Shakespeare; star Tricia Helfer, who plays trailblazing Texas Ranger Molly Parker; and Michael Trucco, who plays Molly's rancher brother, Billy.
It's a far cry from the interior sets and deep-forest locations in Vancouver, Canada, where Helfer and Trucco used to film "Battlestar Galactica." And hey,...
Actually, it's one of two houses on the same property, sporting a sort of mullet theme -- party house in front, house for family living and work in back.
Shooting is taking place inside the house and outside at the pool that lies between the two houses (next to another outdoor party space and a lawn beyond decked out for more child-sized play - plus a putting green).
Among those on hand are series creator Hannah Shakespeare; star Tricia Helfer, who plays trailblazing Texas Ranger Molly Parker; and Michael Trucco, who plays Molly's rancher brother, Billy.
It's a far cry from the interior sets and deep-forest locations in Vancouver, Canada, where Helfer and Trucco used to film "Battlestar Galactica." And hey,...
- 2/11/2014
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
ABC's new crime drama "Killer Women" debuted Tuesday (Jan. 7), featuring "Battlestar Galactica" alum Tricia Helfer as Molly Parker, one of the only female members the Texas Rangers, the Austin-based law enforcement body.
Showrunner Hannah Shakespeare tells Zap2it that what she hopes to do in the series is take a traditional procedural and stylize it with the feel of a modern western.
"I read tons of true crime, so that's what excited me when I read 'Killer Women,'" says Shakespeare. "The second element is I'm really drawn to westerns. Molly Parker is named after the unsinkable Molly Brown and Leroy Parker, who is Butch Cassidy. I wanted to combine the two. I wanted to do a modern western that would also appeal to my interests in true crime, and why women kill and the psychology of it. ...
"It's also cool with a woman, it's like I'm going to...
Showrunner Hannah Shakespeare tells Zap2it that what she hopes to do in the series is take a traditional procedural and stylize it with the feel of a modern western.
"I read tons of true crime, so that's what excited me when I read 'Killer Women,'" says Shakespeare. "The second element is I'm really drawn to westerns. Molly Parker is named after the unsinkable Molly Brown and Leroy Parker, who is Butch Cassidy. I wanted to combine the two. I wanted to do a modern western that would also appeal to my interests in true crime, and why women kill and the psychology of it. ...
"It's also cool with a woman, it's like I'm going to...
- 1/8/2014
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
ABC‘s newest effort Killer Women is a mix of ideas that is difficult to nail down. Focusing on Texas Ranger Molly Parker (Tricia Helfer), the show is equal parts Longmire and Justified, which would be great, if you could stop there. Unfortunately, the show also throws in a splash of Scandal (in that it’s written like a glorified Telenovela), and a rather large scoop of, for lack of a better referent, Michael Bay (in that it has ludicrously unrealistic action scenes. That’s still something difficult to describe more thoroughly, and certainly something difficult to recommend.
The key problem with the show, apart from the nearly malicious waste of potential, is that it has to start somewhere, and this is a classic example of not knowing how to get out of the gates on solid footing.
(ABC/Bill Matlock)
Tricia Helfer
Tricia Helfer is a solid casting choice,...
The key problem with the show, apart from the nearly malicious waste of potential, is that it has to start somewhere, and this is a classic example of not knowing how to get out of the gates on solid footing.
(ABC/Bill Matlock)
Tricia Helfer
Tricia Helfer is a solid casting choice,...
- 1/7/2014
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
It's hard to imagine how Killer Women got made -- unless of course you didn't notice ABC touting the hell out of it being from Sofia Vergara (though it was created by Hannah Shakespeare -- and this is the first and last time I will resist an easy joke). So … wow. This is a really bad show. It's a show so bad that if it was smart enough to be a spoof, it would be genius. But it's not. Photos: 2014's New Broadcast and Cable TV Shows I wanted Killer Women to be a spoof. I wanted it to be so
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- 1/7/2014
- by Tim Goodman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
At ABC‘s upfront, there were a few things that the network wanted to make sure you knew. 1) They are really impressed with the idea that people are going to watch Rebel Wilson do just about anything, and 2) There isn’t anything they’re happier about than bringing you more episodes of television created by Shonda Rhimes.
On these notes, the network would love for you to know that more Grey’s Anatomy and Scandal are coming your way. These, ABC would like to impress upon you (as advertisers) are really good shows. Because… hellllooo… so many people watch them that we’re bringing them back. But wait, don’t think that you’re as excited as you can get yet, because if those are your favorite shows, then we have a new one for you to fall in love with, Betrayal.
Also on the agenda, and actually looking like they might be interesting,...
On these notes, the network would love for you to know that more Grey’s Anatomy and Scandal are coming your way. These, ABC would like to impress upon you (as advertisers) are really good shows. Because… hellllooo… so many people watch them that we’re bringing them back. But wait, don’t think that you’re as excited as you can get yet, because if those are your favorite shows, then we have a new one for you to fall in love with, Betrayal.
Also on the agenda, and actually looking like they might be interesting,...
- 5/16/2013
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
The Fall TV Season presentations for all the new network shows take place this week with the third announced earlier today. Here's a full breakdown of which concepts have made the final list over on ABC.
The network is changing up some of its serialized dramas - removing random repeats in favor of two "uninterrupted runs" of twelve episodes each (one in the fall, one in the spring) for shows like "Once Upon A Time," "Grey’s Anatomy," "Scandal" and "Revenge". The large gaps between the two half-seasons will be bridged by "limited series" designed around only 12-13 episode seasons.
Several other pilots didn't make the final cut and won't be seen including the high-profile "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" rip-off "Gothica", McG's rip-off of Baz Luhrmann's "Romeo + Juliet" entitled "Westside", the series based on Disneyland's Big Thunder Mountain ride, the Annie Potts-led "Murder in Manhattan" about...
The network is changing up some of its serialized dramas - removing random repeats in favor of two "uninterrupted runs" of twelve episodes each (one in the fall, one in the spring) for shows like "Once Upon A Time," "Grey’s Anatomy," "Scandal" and "Revenge". The large gaps between the two half-seasons will be bridged by "limited series" designed around only 12-13 episode seasons.
Several other pilots didn't make the final cut and won't be seen including the high-profile "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" rip-off "Gothica", McG's rip-off of Baz Luhrmann's "Romeo + Juliet" entitled "Westside", the series based on Disneyland's Big Thunder Mountain ride, the Annie Potts-led "Murder in Manhattan" about...
- 5/15/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
One of pilot season’s easiest calls is now official: ABC has picked up Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., geek god Joss Whedon‘s TV offshoot of the Avengers feature films.
What’s more, the first promo for the brand-new series is set to air this Sunday during the Once Upon a Time season finale.
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The cast for S.H.I.E.L.D. — which follows a worldwide law enforcement organization that polices the new, the strange and the unknown — includes ER alum Ming-Na (as former soldier Melinda May), Clark Gregg (reprising his big-screen Avengers...
What’s more, the first promo for the brand-new series is set to air this Sunday during the Once Upon a Time season finale.
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The cast for S.H.I.E.L.D. — which follows a worldwide law enforcement organization that polices the new, the strange and the unknown — includes ER alum Ming-Na (as former soldier Melinda May), Clark Gregg (reprising his big-screen Avengers...
- 5/10/2013
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
ABC's Killer Women based on Argentine series Mujeres Asesinas has landed Marc Blucas alongside Tricia Helfer, reports Variety. Creator Hannah Shakespeare (The Raven) wrote the pilot which Martin Campbell (Casino Royale) is helming. Project comes from Electus, ABC Studios and Latin World Entertainment, with Sofia Vergara, Campbell and Shakespeare in executive producer positions. Killer Women follows Molly Parker, the only woman in the notoriously male Texas Rangers. The character is not only beautiful, but ballsy. Canadian actress Helfer is known for Battlestar Galactica, Burn Notice, Dark Blue as well as Tron: Uprising. Blucas of TV's Necessary Roughness, was last seen film-wise in Anchor Bay Films' Touchback with Brian Presley, Kurt Russell and Melanie Lynskey. He's up next in Justin Zackham's The Big Wedding which opens on April 26th via Lionsgate. That film stars Robin Williams, Amanda Seyfried, Robert De Niro, Katherine Heigl, Susan Sarandon, Topher Grace, Diane Keaton, Ben Barnes and Christa Campbell.
- 2/21/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
ABC's Killer Women based on Argentine series Mujeres Asesinas has landed Marc Blucas alongside Tricia Helfer, reports Variety. Creator Hannah Shakespeare (The Raven) wrote the pilot which Martin Campbell (Casino Royale) is helming. Project comes from Electus, ABC Studios and Latin World Entertainment, with Sofia Vergara, Campbell and Shakespeare in executive producer positions. Killer Women follows Molly Parker, the only woman in the notoriously male Texas Rangers. The character is not only beautiful, but ballsy. Canadian actress Helfer is known for Battlestar Galactica, Burn Notice, Dark Blue as well as Tron: Uprising. Blucas of TV's Necessary Roughness, was last seen film-wise in Anchor Bay Films' Touchback with Brian Presley, Kurt Russell and Melanie Lynskey. He's up next in Justin Zackham's The Big Wedding which opens on April 26th via Lionsgate. That film stars Robin Williams, Amanda Seyfried, Robert De Niro, Katherine Heigl, Susan Sarandon, Topher Grace, Diane Keaton, Ben Barnes and Christa Campbell.
- 2/21/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Marc Blucas (Necessary Roughness) will co-star opposite Tricia Helfer in ABC’s drama pilot Killer Women, from ABC Studios. Parenthood director/executive producer Lawrence Trilling has signed on to direct the pilot written by Hannah Shakespeare. Based on the Argentine series Mujeres Asesinas, it centers on Molly Parker (Helfer), the only woman in the notoriously male Texas Rangers — a ballsy, beautiful badass who knows how to get to the truth and isn’t afraid to ruffle a few feathers along the way. Blucas will play Dan, a DEA office who used to date Molly and is still in love with her. Trilling is with CAA and Karl Austen.
- 2/21/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Marc Blucas is planning to hang out with Killer Women, TVLine has learned.
The Necessary Roughness star has been cast as Dan in ABC’s drama pilot about the only female in the male-dominated Texas Ranger Division.
Related | Your Complete 2013 Pilot Season Guide: Get the Scoop on All of Next Fall’s Possible Newcomers
Based on the Argentine series Mujeres Asesinas, the project — which counts Modern Family‘s Sofia Vergara among its producers — follows Molly Parker (played by Battlestar Galactica‘s Tricia Helfer), a beautiful and ballsy Ranger who knows how to get the truth and isn’t afraid to...
The Necessary Roughness star has been cast as Dan in ABC’s drama pilot about the only female in the male-dominated Texas Ranger Division.
Related | Your Complete 2013 Pilot Season Guide: Get the Scoop on All of Next Fall’s Possible Newcomers
Based on the Argentine series Mujeres Asesinas, the project — which counts Modern Family‘s Sofia Vergara among its producers — follows Molly Parker (played by Battlestar Galactica‘s Tricia Helfer), a beautiful and ballsy Ranger who knows how to get the truth and isn’t afraid to...
- 2/21/2013
- by Kimberly Roots
- TVLine.com
In pilot news, ABC is pursuing a drama that will put Battlestar Galactica’s Tricia Helfer in the role of the rarely seen female Texas Ranger. Just when you think the division of men and women in the work place couldn’t possibly still be an issue, that old trick gets dug up to be put on display for the masses in the form of entertainment. The premise practically guarantees a strong female audience. What self-respecting woman wouldn’t be interested in watching a show about a badass woman in the Texas Rangers? And Helfer is about as badass as it gets.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Helfer will be playing Molly Parker in Killer Women, an adaptation of the Argentinean drama Mujeres Asesinas. Molly is a prime specimen, with credentials that would make any steel-jawed man stand starring with his mouth hanging open. She knows how to get to...
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Helfer will be playing Molly Parker in Killer Women, an adaptation of the Argentinean drama Mujeres Asesinas. Molly is a prime specimen, with credentials that would make any steel-jawed man stand starring with his mouth hanging open. She knows how to get to...
- 2/20/2013
- by Brody Gibson
- Boomtron
Tricia Helfer has joined ABC's "Killer Women."
According to TVLine, Helfer will play the lead role of Molly Parker, the only female Ranger in the male-dominated Texas Rangers. Look for the character to ruffle a few feathers on her quest for the truth.
"Modern Family" star Sofia Vergara is a producer on the project, which is based on Argentina's "Mujeres Asesinas." Hannah Shakespeare of "The Playboy Club" wrote the script.
In other pilot news ...
"Luck" star John Ortiz will co-star in Fox's "Rake." Ortiz will play a law school friend of Greg Kinnear's character. [THR]
Bads new for Renee Zellweger. Lifetime has passed on the Oscar-winning actress' pilot "Cinnamon Girl," which she co-created and executive produced. The pilot followed four girls coming of age in the late '60s/early '70s against the La music and movie scenes. [Deadline]
Former "Charlie's Angels" star gets new gig. Ramon Rodriguez will star...
According to TVLine, Helfer will play the lead role of Molly Parker, the only female Ranger in the male-dominated Texas Rangers. Look for the character to ruffle a few feathers on her quest for the truth.
"Modern Family" star Sofia Vergara is a producer on the project, which is based on Argentina's "Mujeres Asesinas." Hannah Shakespeare of "The Playboy Club" wrote the script.
In other pilot news ...
"Luck" star John Ortiz will co-star in Fox's "Rake." Ortiz will play a law school friend of Greg Kinnear's character. [THR]
Bads new for Renee Zellweger. Lifetime has passed on the Oscar-winning actress' pilot "Cinnamon Girl," which she co-created and executive produced. The pilot followed four girls coming of age in the late '60s/early '70s against the La music and movie scenes. [Deadline]
Former "Charlie's Angels" star gets new gig. Ramon Rodriguez will star...
- 2/20/2013
- by Chris Harnick
- Huffington Post
Gregg Sulkin (Pretty Little Liars) is set to co-star opposite Emma Roberts and Billy Campbell in Delirium, Fox‘s drama pilot from Karyn Usher, 20th TV and Chernin Entertainment. Based on Lauren Oliver’s bestselling book trilogy, it is set in a world where love is deemed illegal and can be eradicated with a special procedure. With 95 days to go until her scheduled treatment, Lena Holoway (Roberts) does the unthinkable: she falls in love. Sulkin will play Julien, the son of wealthy political leader Thomas Fineman (Campbell). While his father supports the use of the brain modification, Julien is conflicted about having to undergo a surgery to remove his feelings and eventually finds a kindred spirit in Lena. Sulkin, repped by UTA, D2 Management and Bloom Hergott, recently wrapped production on the Fox feature Panda Eyes opposite Jonathan Rhys Meyers and he will next be seen starring opposite Selena Gomez...
- 2/20/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Former Battlestar Galactica badass Tricia Helfer has landed the lead in Killer Women, ABC’s drama pilot about the only female in the male-dominated Texas Ranger Division, TVLine has learned.
Related | Your Complete 2013 Pilot Season Guide: Get the Scoop on All of Next Fall’s Possible Newcomers
Based on the Argentine series Mujeres Asesinas, the project — which counts Modern Family‘s Sofia Vergara among its producers — finds Helfer playing Molly Parker, a beautiful and ballsy Ranger who knows how to get the truth and isn’t afraid to ruffle a few feathers on her way there.
Hannah Shakespeare (The Playboy Club) penned the script.
Related | Your Complete 2013 Pilot Season Guide: Get the Scoop on All of Next Fall’s Possible Newcomers
Based on the Argentine series Mujeres Asesinas, the project — which counts Modern Family‘s Sofia Vergara among its producers — finds Helfer playing Molly Parker, a beautiful and ballsy Ranger who knows how to get the truth and isn’t afraid to ruffle a few feathers on her way there.
Hannah Shakespeare (The Playboy Club) penned the script.
- 2/19/2013
- by Michael Ausiello
- TVLine.com
Robot cops, international conspiracies, spinoffs, and illegal love are just a sample of what networks are cooking up for fall. Only the best (and most marketable) shows will get on the air. Can you pick the winners based on these titles, writers, and loglines? Here’s the current list of broadcast drama pilots (we’ll post the comedies next week):
ABC
S.H.I.E.L.D. (Joss Whedon, Jed Whedon, Maurissa Tancharoen). Based on the fictional and secret law-enforcement agency in the Marvel Universe as seen in the film The Avengers. Marks Whedon’s return to series TV, also expected to resurrect Agent...
ABC
S.H.I.E.L.D. (Joss Whedon, Jed Whedon, Maurissa Tancharoen). Based on the fictional and secret law-enforcement agency in the Marvel Universe as seen in the film The Avengers. Marks Whedon’s return to series TV, also expected to resurrect Agent...
- 2/8/2013
- by Lynette Rice and James Hibberd
- EW - Inside TV
The pilots just keep on coming into the weekend. On Friday (Jan. 25) ABC ordered pilot production to go forward on projects produced by Kyle Killen ("Awake," "Lone Star"), Sofia Vergara ("Modern Family") and David Shore ("House").
Kyle Killen's new drama pilot, "Influence," is a workplace drama centered on two brothers -- one a bipolar, genius psychologist and the other an ex-con -- who head an agency that solves problems using the science of human motivation and manipulation. Killen will both write and executive produce the pilot.
"Killer Women" is based on the Argentine soap series, "Mujeres Asesinas," and will be produced by Vergara, Ben Silverman, Martin Campbell, Luis Balaguer and Hannah Shakespeare (who also wrote the pilot script). The show will focus on Molly Parker, a tough and beautiful woman who happens to be the only female Texas Ranger.
"Doubt" is a legal drama written and produced by David Shore.
Kyle Killen's new drama pilot, "Influence," is a workplace drama centered on two brothers -- one a bipolar, genius psychologist and the other an ex-con -- who head an agency that solves problems using the science of human motivation and manipulation. Killen will both write and executive produce the pilot.
"Killer Women" is based on the Argentine soap series, "Mujeres Asesinas," and will be produced by Vergara, Ben Silverman, Martin Campbell, Luis Balaguer and Hannah Shakespeare (who also wrote the pilot script). The show will focus on Molly Parker, a tough and beautiful woman who happens to be the only female Texas Ranger.
"Doubt" is a legal drama written and produced by David Shore.
- 1/26/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Lone Star and Awake creator Kyle Killen has received a pilot order by ABC for his latest drama project, Influence. The network also has given the green light to Killer Women, a soupy procedural written by Hannah Shakespeare and produced by Modern Family star Sofia Vergara, Ben Silverman and director Martin Campbell. Related: David Shore Legal Drama Gets ABC Pilot Pickup Influence, from 20th Century Fox TV where Killen is under a deal, is described as a provocative workplace ensemble centered on the complicated relationship between two brothers — a bipolar genius in human psychology and a slick ex-con — who head a unique agency designed to solve their clients’ problems using the real science of human motivation and manipulation. In addition to helping their clients, the agency’s staff sometime turn their powers to pull strings on one another. Killen is the writer/executive producer. Influence, which had a put pilot commitment,...
- 1/26/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
ABC is expanding its relationship with Emmy nominee Sofia Vergara -- ordering to pilot an adaptation of Argentine series Killer Women -- and is adding a drama from Awake creator Kyle Killen. Killer Women is a soapy procedural revolving around a female Texas Ranger, with the Modern Family star attached to executive produce the hour-long project. The soapy drama landed at the network with a script commitment in October. The drama is based on the Pol-ka Productiones' Argentine series Mueres Asesinas, which itself is based on the book trilogy of the same name by Marisa Grinstein. Story: TV Pilots 2013: The Complete Guide Hannah Shakespeare (The
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- 1/26/2013
- by Lesley Goldberg, Lacey Rose
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
ABC has put in development Coup, a drama written by Mad Men co-executive producer Chris Black. Feature director Martin Campbell (Casino Royale) is on board to executive produce and direct. Coup is a serialized thriller about a young American man whose wife is taken hostage in an overseas coup, and who must join forces with a dangerous mercenary to get her back. ABC Studio is producing. The project falls under Campbell’s overall deal with ABC Studios. It is his second sale at ABC through ABC Studios this season, along with soap Killer Women, which Campbell executive produces along with writer Hannah Shakespeare, Ben Silverman, Sofia Vergara and Luis Balaguer. Additionally, Campbell is attached to executive produce and direct a re-imagining of Terry Nation’s classic British space series Blake’s 7 for Syfy, being written by Joe Pokaski and produced by Georgeville Television. Campbell is repped by CAA and Walter Teller & Ken Richman; Black,...
- 10/31/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
The Raven arrived on Blu-ray and DVD on October 7 to commemorate Edgar Allan Poe's death, which was Oct. 7, 1849. James McTeigue directed this suspense thriller which stars John Cusack as Poe. The cast also includes Alice Eve, Luke Evans, Brendan Gleeson, Oliver Jackson-Cohen and Kevin McNally. Despite a solid cast and production The Raven failed to entertain on a number of levels.
Ben Livingston and Hannah Shakespeare penned the screenplay, which takes audiences inside the final days of the eccentric author. The story takes place in Baltimore, Maryland where a fictionalized account of Poe's life, in which the poet is in pursuit of a serial killer whose murders mirror those in the his stories. In The Raven, the city of Baltimore acts as an integral part of the plot as Poe races through the city to bring the murderer to justice.
The Raven gets off to a very slow start,...
Ben Livingston and Hannah Shakespeare penned the screenplay, which takes audiences inside the final days of the eccentric author. The story takes place in Baltimore, Maryland where a fictionalized account of Poe's life, in which the poet is in pursuit of a serial killer whose murders mirror those in the his stories. In The Raven, the city of Baltimore acts as an integral part of the plot as Poe races through the city to bring the murderer to justice.
The Raven gets off to a very slow start,...
- 10/25/2012
- by Jim Napier
- GeekTyrant
Chicago – John Cusack is an enormously likable actor, and for the first third of James McTeigue’s period thriller, he holds audience interest long enough to inspire hope for a better two thirds. Alas, the film crash lands soon after that, as McTeigue proves to have little to no interest in his central subject, one of the greatest writers in the history of literature.
Edgar Allan Poe’s tormented life as an orphaned genius turned struggling literary critic would make fine subject matter for a first-rate feature, and it’s clear that the intentions behind “The Raven” were promising enough. By creating a fictional narrative that forces Poe to deconstruct his own psychology in order to solve a string of ghastly crimes, screenwriters Ben Livingston and Hannah Shakespeare aimed to explore the writer’s persona by trapping him in one of his own dark tales. Unfortunately, Livingston and Shakespeare made...
Edgar Allan Poe’s tormented life as an orphaned genius turned struggling literary critic would make fine subject matter for a first-rate feature, and it’s clear that the intentions behind “The Raven” were promising enough. By creating a fictional narrative that forces Poe to deconstruct his own psychology in order to solve a string of ghastly crimes, screenwriters Ben Livingston and Hannah Shakespeare aimed to explore the writer’s persona by trapping him in one of his own dark tales. Unfortunately, Livingston and Shakespeare made...
- 10/24/2012
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
*full disclosure: a Blu-Ray screener of this film was provided by 20th Century Fox for review. Director: James McTeigue. Writers: Ben Livingston and Hannah Shakespeare. Cast: John Cusack, Luke Evans, Alice Eve, Brendan Gleeson, Kevin McNally, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Jimmy Yuill, Sam Hazeldine, Pam Ferris, Brendan Coyle, Adrian Rawlins, Aidan Feore, and Dave Legeno. Tagline: "The only one who can stop a serial killer is the man who inspired him." The Raven originally released in theatres in April, 2012. The film was well received; but, this title was by no means a hit. Recently, this feature was released for the first time on home video formats (October 9th). The Raven is light entertainment. Although Edgar Allan Poe was a famous American writer with an interesting history, the film here is a fictional account of Poe's final days. Poe must track down his nemesis by revisiting his best works such as "The Raven...
- 10/23/2012
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Sofia Vergara is having a killer year.
Within the last three months the Colombian actress has celebrated her 40th birthday in Mexico (with 108 of her closest family members), become engaged to beau Nick Loeb, been named TV's highest paid actress, launched a new collection for her K-Mart clothing line, graced the cover of Lucky magazine, had a memorable night at the Emmy's (strutting her best assets) where ‘Modern Family' came out on top, and now....(let us catch our breath)...she's going to executive produce a show for ABC.
That's right. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Vergara and her entertainment company Latin We will work alongside producer Ben Silverman to bring an English language version of the Argentine series “Mujeres Asesinas” (Killer Women) to the small screen.
The Latin American series, originally aired in 2005 by Canal 13, is an adaptation of Marisa Grinstein's trilogy of the same title,...
Within the last three months the Colombian actress has celebrated her 40th birthday in Mexico (with 108 of her closest family members), become engaged to beau Nick Loeb, been named TV's highest paid actress, launched a new collection for her K-Mart clothing line, graced the cover of Lucky magazine, had a memorable night at the Emmy's (strutting her best assets) where ‘Modern Family' came out on top, and now....(let us catch our breath)...she's going to executive produce a show for ABC.
That's right. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Vergara and her entertainment company Latin We will work alongside producer Ben Silverman to bring an English language version of the Argentine series “Mujeres Asesinas” (Killer Women) to the small screen.
The Latin American series, originally aired in 2005 by Canal 13, is an adaptation of Marisa Grinstein's trilogy of the same title,...
- 10/5/2012
- by The Huffington Post
- Aol TV.
Modern Family star Sofia Vergara has sold a new series to ABC. Killer Women is a crime procedural with a female Texas ranger as its lead, reports Variety. The potential series is based on the Argentine series Mujeres Asesinas which has already been adapted for Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador and Italy. Hannah Shakespeare (Bionic Woman, Ghost Whisperer) will script the Us adaptations, with Martin Campbell (Casino Royale) on board as an executive producer. Last year, Vergara developed an adaptation (more)...
- 10/5/2012
- by By Morgan Jeffery
- Digital Spy
ABC is expanding its relationship with Sofia Vergara. The network has given a script commitment to Killer Women, a soapy procedural revolving around a female Texas Ranger, with the Modern Family Emmy nominee attached to executive produce, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Photos: 'Modern Family' Stars Pick Their Favorite Episdoes The hourlong project is based on the Pol-ka Productiones' Argentine series, Mueres Asesinas, which itself is based on the book trilogy of the same name by Marisa Grinstein. Hannah Shakespeare (The Raven) will pen the script and executive produce alongside feature director Martin Campbell, Vergara and her Latin World Entertainment
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- 10/5/2012
- by Lesley Goldberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Raven
Stars: John Cusack, Alice Eve, Luke Evans, Brendan Gleeson | Written by Ben Livingston, Hannah Shakespeare | Directed by James McTeigue
Biopics: proper snore-fests, am I right? Who wants to watch a movie about some stuff that really happened to some blind guy who could play a bit of piano or a bloke who’s all right at boxing when you could just take a historical figure and make up any old bollocks about them? That’s totally…more…interesting…right?
And so we have The Raven, a fictionalised account of the last few days of gothic horror author Edgar Allan Poe (Cusack)’s life. Long story short: a madman is recreating Poe’s most famous stories, except with real people. Pendulum? Check? Raven? Double check. Excitement, tension or a compelling narrative? Nowhere to be seen.
The trouble with a film that begins by telling us that the protagonist will...
Stars: John Cusack, Alice Eve, Luke Evans, Brendan Gleeson | Written by Ben Livingston, Hannah Shakespeare | Directed by James McTeigue
Biopics: proper snore-fests, am I right? Who wants to watch a movie about some stuff that really happened to some blind guy who could play a bit of piano or a bloke who’s all right at boxing when you could just take a historical figure and make up any old bollocks about them? That’s totally…more…interesting…right?
And so we have The Raven, a fictionalised account of the last few days of gothic horror author Edgar Allan Poe (Cusack)’s life. Long story short: a madman is recreating Poe’s most famous stories, except with real people. Pendulum? Check? Raven? Double check. Excitement, tension or a compelling narrative? Nowhere to be seen.
The trouble with a film that begins by telling us that the protagonist will...
- 8/11/2012
- by Mark Allen
- Nerdly
The macabre and lurid tales of Edgar Allan Poe are vividly brought to life – and death . in John Cusack’s new film The Raven… and to celebrate Wamg is hosting The Raven Giveaway!
One lucky winner will receive:
a copy of The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe an official poster signed by John Cusack and Alice Eve
Official Rules:
1. You Must Have A U.S. Mailing Address.
2. Fill Out Your Name And E-mail Address Below. Real First Name Required.
3. Answer The Following Question: What is your favorite Edgar Allan Poe poem?
Winners Will Be Chosen Through A Random Drawing Of Qualifying Contestants. No Purchase Necessary. Prizes Will Not Be Substituted Or Exchanged.
Synopsis:
The macabre and lurid tales of Edgar Allan Poe are vividly brought to life – and death . in this stylish, gothic thriller starring John Cusack as the infamous author. When a madman begins committing horrific...
One lucky winner will receive:
a copy of The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe an official poster signed by John Cusack and Alice Eve
Official Rules:
1. You Must Have A U.S. Mailing Address.
2. Fill Out Your Name And E-mail Address Below. Real First Name Required.
3. Answer The Following Question: What is your favorite Edgar Allan Poe poem?
Winners Will Be Chosen Through A Random Drawing Of Qualifying Contestants. No Purchase Necessary. Prizes Will Not Be Substituted Or Exchanged.
Synopsis:
The macabre and lurid tales of Edgar Allan Poe are vividly brought to life – and death . in this stylish, gothic thriller starring John Cusack as the infamous author. When a madman begins committing horrific...
- 4/27/2012
- by Melissa Howland
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Sometimes, it’s hard to avoid longing for the good old days, when movies about historic figures were about those historic figures and not the slapdash way they might be jammed into a straightforward genre piece. That’s clearly a passé way of thinking in the age of Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, but sometimes old-school is the way to go. The life of Edgar Allan Poe was fascinating and mysterious enough to warrant a new movie about it, to be sure. You could call it The Raven and cast John Cusack as your lead. Amusingly enough, there is indeed a movie opening in theaters this weekend called The Raven and it does star Cusack as Poe. Unfortunately, it’s basically a waste of time, forgoing the opportunity to tell the poet’s extraordinary story for a mundane detective narrative that recasts him as Sherlock Holmes (the one Sir Arthur Conan Doyle created, not...
- 4/27/2012
- by Robert Levin
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Walking out of the theater I felt unmoved and uninterested in the fictional narrative of what may have happened in the unexplained final days of Edgar Allan Poe's life as told in director James McTeigue's The Raven. The mystery didn't interest me, the love story didn't convince me and I never found any reason to be wrapped up or concerned with what was going on. All I saw was a man that spoke as if he was reading one of his poems, running around with pained expressions, frequently drunk and making a fool of himself. It's a hollowed out, self-serious version of the recent take on the Sherlock Holmes story (which aren't that good either) and, quite frankly, just not very good.
We're first introduced to Poe (played with strained intensity throughout by John Cusack) as he sits on a park bench, dying. The final moments of Poe...
We're first introduced to Poe (played with strained intensity throughout by John Cusack) as he sits on a park bench, dying. The final moments of Poe...
- 4/27/2012
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Directed by: James McTeigue
Written by: Ben Livingston, Hannah Shakespeare
Featuring: John Cusack, Alice Eve, Luke Evans, Brendan Gleeson
From a script written by Hannah Shakespeare (her last gig was on the TV series The Bionic Woman. Yup.) and actor Ben Livingston, this insipid film should carry the tagline “Poe for Stupid People Who Like The New Sherlock Holmes Movies.”
Because that’s what it is — it’s a film about Poe for people who have no idea who Edgar Allan Poe actually was and who have never read anything by him. People who adore his stories and poems, and the body of films and art inspired by Poe’s work, will be aghast at this by-the-rote semi-action/adventure about a loveable rogue named Poe who dashes about 1849 Baltimore romancing ladies, getting into bar fights and generally being an endearing, Han-Solo-ish lout. John Cusack wavers in and out of a...
Written by: Ben Livingston, Hannah Shakespeare
Featuring: John Cusack, Alice Eve, Luke Evans, Brendan Gleeson
From a script written by Hannah Shakespeare (her last gig was on the TV series The Bionic Woman. Yup.) and actor Ben Livingston, this insipid film should carry the tagline “Poe for Stupid People Who Like The New Sherlock Holmes Movies.”
Because that’s what it is — it’s a film about Poe for people who have no idea who Edgar Allan Poe actually was and who have never read anything by him. People who adore his stories and poems, and the body of films and art inspired by Poe’s work, will be aghast at this by-the-rote semi-action/adventure about a loveable rogue named Poe who dashes about 1849 Baltimore romancing ladies, getting into bar fights and generally being an endearing, Han-Solo-ish lout. John Cusack wavers in and out of a...
- 4/27/2012
- by Superheidi
- Planet Fury
Today in horror news we have 2 new clips from The Raven that will hit theaters on Friday April 27, 2012. The Raven is an adaption of Edgar Allan Poe's horror poem by the same name. It is a fictional account of the last days of Edgar Allan Poe's life, in which the poet is in pursuit of a serial killer whose murders mirror those in the writer’s stories. James McTeigue directs The Raven, the screenplay is written by Ben Livingston and Hannah Shakespeare and stars John Cusack (Being John Malkovich) as Edgar Allan Poe, Alice Eve, Luke Evans (Robin Hood) and Brendan Gleeson (Braveheat).
- 4/26/2012
- Best-Horror-Movies.com
This review originally ran after film's U.K. release in March.
About ten minutes into James McTeigue's "The Raven," a large, hairy man -- a writer and critic, as it turns out -- is strapped to a table by a mysterious figure. A mighty blade, inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's "The Pit And The Pendulum," hangs forbodingly above him. And to his unseen captor, he screams "I'm just a critic! Why? Why would you do this to me?" After sitting through a further hundred minutes of McTeigue's inept, idiotic period thriller, we knew exactly how he felt.
The idea of taking a literary author of crime and horror and planting them in a murder investigation of their own is not a new one: indeed, it looked for a while that this film's thunder was going to be stolen by an ABC pilot "Poe" that never made it to air.
About ten minutes into James McTeigue's "The Raven," a large, hairy man -- a writer and critic, as it turns out -- is strapped to a table by a mysterious figure. A mighty blade, inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's "The Pit And The Pendulum," hangs forbodingly above him. And to his unseen captor, he screams "I'm just a critic! Why? Why would you do this to me?" After sitting through a further hundred minutes of McTeigue's inept, idiotic period thriller, we knew exactly how he felt.
The idea of taking a literary author of crime and horror and planting them in a murder investigation of their own is not a new one: indeed, it looked for a while that this film's thunder was going to be stolen by an ABC pilot "Poe" that never made it to air.
- 4/26/2012
- by Oliver Lyttelton
- The Playlist
The Raven
Directed by James McTeigue
Written by Ben Livingston and Hannah Shakespeare
USA, 2012
In a room of posh, opulent women, Edgar Allan Poe (John Cusack) commands their undivided attention by reciting the film’s titular poem, The Raven. Enamored, one of the women tries her hand at poetry as well. Crude, unsophisticated and juvenile, her poem is not only bad, it’s laughably so. But not wanting to disparage her, Poe patronizes her work, contriving deeper meaning to her essentially elementary endeavor.
As a metaphor for this film, this scene cannot be anymore apt, because although The Raven tries to be poetical by channeling the actual work of Edgar Allan Poe, the end result is a pedestrian affair that neither ingratiates nor elevates its literary source material.
In the 19th century, a spate of gruesome murders in Baltimore begins to arouse the attention of Detective Emmett Fields (Luke Evans...
Directed by James McTeigue
Written by Ben Livingston and Hannah Shakespeare
USA, 2012
In a room of posh, opulent women, Edgar Allan Poe (John Cusack) commands their undivided attention by reciting the film’s titular poem, The Raven. Enamored, one of the women tries her hand at poetry as well. Crude, unsophisticated and juvenile, her poem is not only bad, it’s laughably so. But not wanting to disparage her, Poe patronizes her work, contriving deeper meaning to her essentially elementary endeavor.
As a metaphor for this film, this scene cannot be anymore apt, because although The Raven tries to be poetical by channeling the actual work of Edgar Allan Poe, the end result is a pedestrian affair that neither ingratiates nor elevates its literary source material.
In the 19th century, a spate of gruesome murders in Baltimore begins to arouse the attention of Detective Emmett Fields (Luke Evans...
- 4/26/2012
- by Justin Li
- SoundOnSight
Chicago – Though Chicago’s John Cusack is perhaps best known for his beloved roles as a down-to-earth charmer in “Say Anything” and “High Fidelity,” he’s no stranger to exploring the troubling depths of darkness. He’s engaged the dangerous obsessions of his neurotic puppeteer in Spike Jonze’s “Being John Malkovich” or the horrific visions of his paranormal writer in Mikael Håfström’s “1408”.
In James McTeigue’s period thriller, “The Raven,” Cusack tackles perhaps his darkest role to date: the legendary poet and writer, Edgar Allan Poe. The film blends history and fiction a la “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter,” as Poe hunts down a serial killer whose crimes are modeled after the author’s goriest tales. During an April press conference at Chicago’s C2E2 convention, Cusack said that he admired Poe for being a “highbrow guy” who somehow managed to “write pulp Saturday afternoon thrillers” as well...
In James McTeigue’s period thriller, “The Raven,” Cusack tackles perhaps his darkest role to date: the legendary poet and writer, Edgar Allan Poe. The film blends history and fiction a la “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter,” as Poe hunts down a serial killer whose crimes are modeled after the author’s goriest tales. During an April press conference at Chicago’s C2E2 convention, Cusack said that he admired Poe for being a “highbrow guy” who somehow managed to “write pulp Saturday afternoon thrillers” as well...
- 4/25/2012
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Mystery, horror and murder. Three key ingredients in any classic Edgar Allen Poe macabre tale, from "The Tell-Tale Heart" to "The Pit and the Pendulum" to the original modern detective story, "The Murders in the Rue Morgue." But in this Friday's new thriller The Raven, director James McTeigue and screenwriters Ben Livingstone and Hannah Shakespeare use the author and poet's own (fictionalized) life to provide audiences with some unforgettable drama.
Here's the scoop: When a madman begins committing horrific murders inspired by Poe's popular works, a young Baltimore detective (Luke Evans) joins forces with the struggling author (John Cusack) to stop him from making anymore of his disturbing stories a reality.
Get a more in-depth look at the chilling thriller after the cut!
Here's the scoop: When a madman begins committing horrific murders inspired by Poe's popular works, a young Baltimore detective (Luke Evans) joins forces with the struggling author (John Cusack) to stop him from making anymore of his disturbing stories a reality.
Get a more in-depth look at the chilling thriller after the cut!
- 4/25/2012
- by Emma Badame
- Cineplex
John Cusack, stunning Alice Eve and helmer James McTeigue talk The Raven from Relativity Media. Its 1849 and a killer is on the loose in Baltimore, using Edgar Allan Poe’s tales of the macabre as a template for murder in “The Raven.” Poe joins Det. Emmett Fields (Luke Evans) in the hunt for the killer after the famed writer is a suspect himself in the brutal killings that resemble his writings like “Murders in the Rue Morgue” and other tales. When Poe’s love, Emily (Alice Eve), is snatched, the killer sends taunting clues to Poe that may lead to where she is held captive. John Cusack, who has stretched his acting talents from 1980s teen comedies like “Sixteen Candles” to the end-of-the-world action drama “2012,” said he wanted to tackle Poe because he was a “fascinating figure” in a life that he could immerse himself in. Poe’s own words,...
- 4/22/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
John Cusack, stunning Alice Eve and helmer James McTeigue talk The Raven from Relativity Media. Its 1849 and a killer is on the loose in Baltimore, using Edgar Allan Poe’s tales of the macabre as a template for murder in “The Raven.” Poe joins Det. Emmett Fields (Luke Evans) in the hunt for the killer after the famed writer is a suspect himself in the brutal killings that resemble his writings like “Murders in the Rue Morgue” and other tales. When Poe’s love, Emily (Alice Eve), is snatched, the killer sends taunting clues to Poe that may lead to where she is held captive. John Cusack, who has stretched his acting talents from 1980s teen comedies like “Sixteen Candles” to the end-of-the-world action drama “2012,” said he wanted to tackle Poe because he was a “fascinating figure” in a life that he could immerse himself in. Poe’s own words,...
- 4/22/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
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