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Chuck Palahniuk's Salacious 'Snuff' to Become Racy TV Series
The "Fight Club" author reveals an adaptation of his 2008 satire "Snuff" has finally received financing, with a season's worth of episodes moving into production.
The Loneliness Of The Long-Distance Previously Editor
Sometimes, I think about how frustrating it must be to work in television. You spend all season planning out your plots, how to lace them in and out of episodes without making anything seem too obvious or unsubtle, and when you finally create an episode where the denouement seems to be both unexpected and make total sense, you have to watch in horror as everything gets given away by the "Previously on" recap before the credits.
Movie Industry: Enough With The Transmedia Already
It's weird the way that the movie year breaks down differently from the real world. Instead of Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer, we've got the Holiday Season, the Awards Season, the Season Where Movies Are Dumped, and Summer. Or, as I've started to refer to it, the Transmedia Season... which may be part of the problem.
Seven Years Is Enough For Any Television Series, Right?
I had an odd reaction to the news that Fox's Bones has been renewed for a seventh season earlier this week: The feeling that, finally, things could start wrapping up and coming to an end in a sensible, graceful manner. Why was that so odd, you may ask? Because no-one involved with the show has even hinted that Bones's seventh year will be its last. It's just my wishful thinking.
The Worst Movie Never Made
Like everyone else, every now and again, I think of a movie or a television adaptation that just seems so perfect that I can't imagine that it's never actually happened, and internally convince myself that I am some undiscovered genius of the medium. And then, like last night, I accidentally imagine what would be the worst comic movie possible.
Why The Box Office Doesn't Matter Anymore
I think it was the news that the follow-up to Tron: Legacy was moving ahead, despite the relative disappointment of last year's 20-years-after-the-fact sequel, that made me really stop and think: When will we all stop paying attention to the box office?
Why Can't NBC Come Up With Good Genre TV Anymore?
There's something depressingly familiar about the rumors that NBC's The Event is destined for cancellation before the end of its first season. After all the hype and hope of the show's launch, audiences and critics alike failed to care enough to ensure a second year. Still, at least it made it further than Undercovers, cancelled before it even reached mid-season. Why can't NBC draw a genre audience anymore?
Can 17 Precincts Make Up For One Flawed Battlestar?
Am I the only one who got the strangest feeling of deja vu when I read that 17th Precinct, the new NBC pilot created by Battlestar Galactica's Ron Moore, will star Battlestar Galactica's Jamie Bamber and James Callis of... Battlestar Galactica? Is history repeating for anyone else, and if it is, is that a good thing or not?
The Pros and Cons of Planet Netflix
Now that it's passed the 20 millionth subscriber mark, I think it's safe to say that home movie entertainment belongs to Netflix - especially when the company starts making noise about taking pay-per-view rights away from HBO. But if our future is going to come in a red and white envelope, isn't it time to wonder if Netflix is up to the job?
5 Suggestions To Make New NBC Better Than The Old NBC
Now that the merger between NBC Universal and Kabletown - sorry, I mean, Comcast - has been approved by the FCC and introductory memos have been sent out to all staff members to make it official, it's time for the peacock network to start living up to its new motto and make history (again). Here're five thoughts how they can do that.
Why The Oscars Fail, Every Year
Award season is upon us, which means one thing: The official countdown to the Oscars is here. But as The Social Network and True Grit lead the expected future winners, what about the movies that'll get completely ignored this year?
Seriously, Enough With The Superhero Porn Already
Maybe it's just me, but this week's release of set photos from Justice League: A Hardcore Parody not only failed to get me either hot or bothered, but did just the opposite: It made me wish that the porn/comics crossover had never happened.
Where Are The Good Holiday Movies?
A pleasant way to spend part of a Thanksgiving weekend? Watching classic holiday movies with my wife. The unpleasant leftovers? The realization that, somewhere along the lines, holiday movies really took a turn for the crappy. What happened?
Is CGI Still A Problem For Audiences?
In this post-Avatar, post-Lord of the Rings world, are we at the point where CGI characters seem "real" enough in live-action surroundings that our eyes can't tell the difference anymore? And, if not, will we ever get there?
How Much Comic-Con Is Too Much?
Now that Comic-Con is slowly retreating into a large, monolithic entity in the memories of all who attended this year, it's worth looking back and thinking: Was it all worth it?
Why Comcast's NBC Merger Is Bad News
Comcast merging with NBC Universal isn't just the source of comedy on last season of 30Rock; it's apparently also bad for America itself. Or, at least, that's what Media Access Project policy director Andrew Jay Schwartzman thinks.
Original Material? Be Careful What You Ask For, Hollywood
So, it appears that Hollywood has finally realized that there's only so many old toys, cartoon shows and comic books worth making into movies (And somewhere, Marvel and DC are aggressively disagreeing with that last one, I'm sure), and is looking for the movie machine to start churning out original material. Which raises the question: Is anyone really ready for that?