Disney is well-known for its sea of Christmas releases. Dive into the magic of the season with these wholesome ones ( Photo Credit – IMDb )
Disney is known for taking Christmas time very seriously. They go all out with their Christmas special releases and their Holiday-themed movies, and all of them end up being very well-received by the public. This is understandable because Christmas is already a magical time, but add a little Disney fairy dust and a wish upon a star in there, and you have yourself the most magical holiday ever.
Here are five of the best Disney Christmas movies to enjoy with your family and add a touch of that magic to the holiday season.
1. Lady And The Tramp (1955)
When we think of romance, a budding relationship between two dogs is not what comes to mind. However, Disney’s “Lady And The Tramp,” released in 1955, makes us root for...
Disney is known for taking Christmas time very seriously. They go all out with their Christmas special releases and their Holiday-themed movies, and all of them end up being very well-received by the public. This is understandable because Christmas is already a magical time, but add a little Disney fairy dust and a wish upon a star in there, and you have yourself the most magical holiday ever.
Here are five of the best Disney Christmas movies to enjoy with your family and add a touch of that magic to the holiday season.
1. Lady And The Tramp (1955)
When we think of romance, a budding relationship between two dogs is not what comes to mind. However, Disney’s “Lady And The Tramp,” released in 1955, makes us root for...
- 12/14/2023
- by Koimoi.com Team
- KoiMoi
Paige Tamada won the hearts of moviegoers with her portrayal of Little Elf Judy in John Pasquin’s The Santa Clause, a 1994 Christmas fantasy comedy film starring Tim Allen alongside Judge Reinhold, Wendy Crewson, David Krumholtz, and Peter Boyle. Although hers was a small part, it was a memorable role that propelled the California native to mainstream popularity, laying the foundation for Tamada to build her repute as one of the most admired child actors in the 90s. Undeniably a talented performer, Paige Tamada was poised to become a renowned Hollywood star as an adult. But then, she left acting...
- 9/28/2023
- by Banks Onuoha
- TVovermind.com
In 1994, TV star Tim Allen became a bona fide movie star by nabbing the lead role in The Santa Clause, directed by John Pasquin. Allen plays Scott Calvin, an ordinary man who, in a bizarre twist of fate, inadvertently causes Santa to fall off his roof on Christmas Eve and finds himself magically recruited to take his place. The film would prove to be a smash success at the box-office and it seems that audiences were taken with this divorced dad transforming into the new Santa.
You would think with a massive hit like this that Disney would be quick to green-light a sequel, yet it would take almost a decade before the second instalment, The Santa Clause 2, hit theaters in 2002. That film centres on Scott Calvin trying to get married by Christmas Eve or else he’ll lose his title of Old Saint Nick. Sure, there’s also...
You would think with a massive hit like this that Disney would be quick to green-light a sequel, yet it would take almost a decade before the second instalment, The Santa Clause 2, hit theaters in 2002. That film centres on Scott Calvin trying to get married by Christmas Eve or else he’ll lose his title of Old Saint Nick. Sure, there’s also...
- 12/25/2022
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
The premise of John Pasquin's 1994 comedy film, "The Santa Clause," is darker than the movie's PG rating might lead one to believe. Tim Allen plays a shiftless, no-good dad named Scott Calvin, perhaps named after the 16th-century philosopher John Calvin who espoused a belief in Christian predetermination. Scott Calvin, on Christmas Eve, hears someone shuffling around on his roof. He goes outside to investigate and startles the interloper, causing them to fall to their death. Calvin finds that the interloper was Santa Claus ... the actual Santa Claus. Scott Calvin may be the only Disney hero who has killed Santa, unless there are dark things I cannot recall about Eeyore.
Calvin, instructed by Santa's business card, dons Santa's red suit and takes control of his sleigh, having to complete the big man's Christmas delivery in his stead. At the end of the night, he returns Santa's gear to the North Pole,...
Calvin, instructed by Santa's business card, dons Santa's red suit and takes control of his sleigh, having to complete the big man's Christmas delivery in his stead. At the end of the night, he returns Santa's gear to the North Pole,...
- 12/19/2022
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Exclusive: Matt Williams and John Pasquin, a writing, directing and producing team behind, together or singly, Roseanne, Home Improvement and Last Man Standing, are heading Off Broadway. Pasquin will direct Williams’ comic play Actually, We’re F**ked at the Cherry Lane Theatre in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village this spring.
Previews of the comedy are set to begin Tuesday, February 26, with an official opening on Thursday, March 7. The limited engagement runs through Sunday, April 7.
Casting will be announced soon.
Actually chronicles four Millennials who order take out, drink too much wine and argue over how to save the planet. They know they’re the generation to fix it, and are up to the task, until someone shares a life-changing announcement, and they begin to question whether they should really eat that sushi from the deli with the cat in the window.
Williams, whose tumultuous working relationship with Roseanne Barr back...
Previews of the comedy are set to begin Tuesday, February 26, with an official opening on Thursday, March 7. The limited engagement runs through Sunday, April 7.
Casting will be announced soon.
Actually chronicles four Millennials who order take out, drink too much wine and argue over how to save the planet. They know they’re the generation to fix it, and are up to the task, until someone shares a life-changing announcement, and they begin to question whether they should really eat that sushi from the deli with the cat in the window.
Williams, whose tumultuous working relationship with Roseanne Barr back...
- 12/11/2018
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
For the first time in seven years at the Emmys, a multi-camera comedy will be nominated for Best Comedy Directing — because a new rule mandates it. One slot is now reserved for the multi-camera contender that receives the most votes. The revised rule book that the Emmys published last month actually states that nominees will be proportional to the number of single-camera versus multi-camera submissions, with at least one slot reserved for each type, but it has been at least a decade since there have been enough relative multi-camera submissions to theoretically unlock a second slot.
SEEour video slugfest discussing the new rule and other comedy races.
The Emmys have been gradually switching to proportional nominations in recent years; this is the highest-profile category to adopt it. Best Half-Hour Production Design has been the only race to proportionately nominate based on single-camera versus multi-camera submissions for the past four years...
SEEour video slugfest discussing the new rule and other comedy races.
The Emmys have been gradually switching to proportional nominations in recent years; this is the highest-profile category to adopt it. Best Half-Hour Production Design has been the only race to proportionately nominate based on single-camera versus multi-camera submissions for the past four years...
- 4/8/2018
- by Riley Chow
- Gold Derby
The revival of a beloved 90s sitcom is officially on the road. ABC has released a photo of the table read for the revival premiere episode of Roseanne titled “Twenty Years to Life.” We can see in the photo above that the cast and crew are having fun and laughing. We can’t wait for the Conner family to be back. Here is the order of the photo above (clockwise from left): John Pasquin (director), Laurie Metcalf, Roseanne Barr, Michael Fishman, Jayden Rey, Bruce Helford (executive producer), Whitney Cummings (executive producer), Sid Youngers (co-executive producer), Sarah Chalke, Lecy Goranson, John Goodman,
Here’s a Quick Look at the Roseanne Revival Table Read...
Here’s a Quick Look at the Roseanne Revival Table Read...
- 10/18/2017
- by Michael Baculinao
- TVovermind.com
The Roseanne revival is almost here!
The cast of the upcoming series reunited for their first table read of the season on Tuesday, just in time for the 29th anniversary of the show's original premiere on Oct. 18, 1988. The series ran for nine years until 1997, so it's fitting that the first episode of the revival is titled "Twenty Years of Life."
Returning cast members Laurie Metcalf, Roseanne Barr, Michael Fishman, Sarah Chalke, Lecy Goranson, John Goodman and Sarah Gilbert were all smiles at the table read, as they were joined by director John Pasquin, executive producers Bruce Helford, Tony Hernandez and Whitney Cummings and co-executive producer Sid Youngers. Barr and Gilbert also serve as executive producers.
Additions to the cast include Jayden Rey, Ames McNamara (Darlene and David's son, Mark) and Emma Kenney (Darlene and David's daughter, Harris).
Related: 'Roseanne' Reboot Will Feature Major Storyline Tweak, Johnny Galecki May Return
As for whether David himself, Johnny Galecki, will make...
The cast of the upcoming series reunited for their first table read of the season on Tuesday, just in time for the 29th anniversary of the show's original premiere on Oct. 18, 1988. The series ran for nine years until 1997, so it's fitting that the first episode of the revival is titled "Twenty Years of Life."
Returning cast members Laurie Metcalf, Roseanne Barr, Michael Fishman, Sarah Chalke, Lecy Goranson, John Goodman and Sarah Gilbert were all smiles at the table read, as they were joined by director John Pasquin, executive producers Bruce Helford, Tony Hernandez and Whitney Cummings and co-executive producer Sid Youngers. Barr and Gilbert also serve as executive producers.
Additions to the cast include Jayden Rey, Ames McNamara (Darlene and David's son, Mark) and Emma Kenney (Darlene and David's daughter, Harris).
Related: 'Roseanne' Reboot Will Feature Major Storyline Tweak, Johnny Galecki May Return
As for whether David himself, Johnny Galecki, will make...
- 10/17/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
“Whereeeeeee’s Johnny?” are among the handful of words that come to mind upon glimpsing the first photos from the set of ABC’s forthcoming Roseanne revival.
The network on Tuesday released a pair of images (see below) from the comedy’s inaugural table read, and the gang is mostly all there… with the exception of co-star Johnny Galecki (David), whose participation in the eight-episode continuation remains up in the air due to his commitment to The Big Bang Theory. Last month, Galecki’s Roseanne wife Sara Gilbert, who serves as an Ep on the revival, told TVLine, “We are...
The network on Tuesday released a pair of images (see below) from the comedy’s inaugural table read, and the gang is mostly all there… with the exception of co-star Johnny Galecki (David), whose participation in the eight-episode continuation remains up in the air due to his commitment to The Big Bang Theory. Last month, Galecki’s Roseanne wife Sara Gilbert, who serves as an Ep on the revival, told TVLine, “We are...
- 10/17/2017
- TVLine.com
In HitFix's new feature "Waxing Episodic," we reflect on an episode of television we'll never forget. One of the great strengths of "Roseanne" was the casting of its child actors, from mini Roseanne lookalike Michael Fishman as the apple-cheeked D.J. to Lecy Goranson as petulant eye-roller "Becky No. 1" and especially Sara Gilbert as snarky, sarcastic tomboy Darlene, who could dole out zingers with the timing of a seasoned comedy pro. While Goranson always felt painfully exposed as Becky and had a number of episodes built around one or another of her social embarrassments (most memorably Season 2 opener "Inherit the Wind"), Darlene -- while always charmingly insouciant -- was never properly dimensionalized until the Season 2 episode "Brain-Dead Poets Society," which climaxes with one of the most quietly moving moments I've ever seen on a traditional family sitcom. Written by Joss Whedon and directed by John Pasquin (who helmed every...
- 4/3/2015
- by Chris Eggertsen
- Hitfix
Lost among the slew of high-profile broadcast comedy pilots this season were two low-budget pilots/presentations created by and starring up-and-coming comedians few had heard of, Cristela Alonzo and Jerrod Carmichael. Ten days before the start of the upfronts, many of those big-budget, big-name pilots have fallen by the wayside. But the Cristela Alonzo and Jarrod Carmichael projects are still standing. Both have exceeded expectations, both have been very well received and both are in contention for a series pickup. Alonzo’s semi-autobiographical Cristela, from 20th TV and studio-based 21 Laps/Adelstein, has been a true Cinderella story. It was sold to ABC last summer with penalty. But with several high-profile multi-camera sitcoms landing pilot orders at the network, including two from 20th TV, The Winklers starring Henry Winkler, and the untitled Kevin Hart project, Cristela didn’t make the cut. However, the producers, who also are behind ABC’s Last Man Standing,...
- 5/7/2014
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
There is nothing new about the misrepresentation of minorities in mainstream media. These erroneous portrayals serve to accentuate the stereotypes surrounding those groups that don't have a powerful enough voice within the content production platforms. Therefore, their identity is rendered to the homogenous perception of those in charge, which doesn't allow for diversity to be exposed. Latin culture is often victim of this one-size-fits-all perspective in the form of exaggerated and cliched character flaws often associated with the Latino experience in the United State.
Vivid examples are the grotesque images of Latino characters in recent mainstream animated films like Despicable Me 2 and Disney's Planes . In both instances there is a Mexican character reduced to being a heavily-accented, flamboyant, womanizing male with a thick mustache. But if this happens to the male Latin figure, how are Latina's viewed? They are often sexually objectified and presented as victims of the chauvinism attached to their male counterparts. As it is, woman of all backgrounds are underrepresented in the media, adding the element of forming part of a minority complicates the situation further.
Focusing on this issues, Latin Heat Entertainment has recently published 3 great articles that focus on the current Latina experience in Hollywood from distinct points of view. Take a look below.
Latina Representation on TV: We're More Than Just a Spicy Chicken Sandwich
By Liz Felix
I wasn’t a M.E.Ch.A. member in high school. My Spanish isn’t great, I eat hot dogs and hamburgers, I drink Coors, and I place my right hand over my heart when I sing the national anthem. And so when it comes to portrayal of Latinas in pop culture, where are the people... Read the entire article Here
She's Sexy, Funny, and Handsome? She Is Ricardo!
Jenni Ruiza and Jesenia are both the producers and writers of the hit comedy web series Becoming Ricardo. Jesenia plays the title role, who is desperate to make it as an actress, and in an attempt to grab her career, as she puts it “by the balls”, she transforms herself into Ricardo Montalban the leading man of a major TV network hit crime show Crime, Law & Order.. Read the entire article Here
Cristela Alonzo Hopes to Inspire With Her New Sitcom "Cristela"
Rising stand-up comedian Cristela Alonzo remains in fall contention at ABC. Alonzo has been given a pilot presentation for her semi-autobiographical multi-camera comedy, Cristela. The pilot taping is scheduled for next week on March 27th in Los Angeles. Listed as a pilot presentation with John Pasquin directing the cast of ten, led by Alonzo. The multi camera comedy show, co-written by Alonzo and Kevin Hench, tells.. Read the entire article Here...
Vivid examples are the grotesque images of Latino characters in recent mainstream animated films like Despicable Me 2 and Disney's Planes . In both instances there is a Mexican character reduced to being a heavily-accented, flamboyant, womanizing male with a thick mustache. But if this happens to the male Latin figure, how are Latina's viewed? They are often sexually objectified and presented as victims of the chauvinism attached to their male counterparts. As it is, woman of all backgrounds are underrepresented in the media, adding the element of forming part of a minority complicates the situation further.
Focusing on this issues, Latin Heat Entertainment has recently published 3 great articles that focus on the current Latina experience in Hollywood from distinct points of view. Take a look below.
Latina Representation on TV: We're More Than Just a Spicy Chicken Sandwich
By Liz Felix
I wasn’t a M.E.Ch.A. member in high school. My Spanish isn’t great, I eat hot dogs and hamburgers, I drink Coors, and I place my right hand over my heart when I sing the national anthem. And so when it comes to portrayal of Latinas in pop culture, where are the people... Read the entire article Here
She's Sexy, Funny, and Handsome? She Is Ricardo!
Jenni Ruiza and Jesenia are both the producers and writers of the hit comedy web series Becoming Ricardo. Jesenia plays the title role, who is desperate to make it as an actress, and in an attempt to grab her career, as she puts it “by the balls”, she transforms herself into Ricardo Montalban the leading man of a major TV network hit crime show Crime, Law & Order.. Read the entire article Here
Cristela Alonzo Hopes to Inspire With Her New Sitcom "Cristela"
Rising stand-up comedian Cristela Alonzo remains in fall contention at ABC. Alonzo has been given a pilot presentation for her semi-autobiographical multi-camera comedy, Cristela. The pilot taping is scheduled for next week on March 27th in Los Angeles. Listed as a pilot presentation with John Pasquin directing the cast of ten, led by Alonzo. The multi camera comedy show, co-written by Alonzo and Kevin Hench, tells.. Read the entire article Here...
- 3/20/2014
- by Carlos Aguilar
- Sydney's Buzz
Exclusive: Cristela, the semi-autobiographical multi-camera comedy co-created by and starring rising stand-up comedian Cristela Alonzo, remains in fall contention at ABC. The network, which originally bought the 20th TV-backed comedy in August with a sizable penalty, has greenlighted what it calls “proof of concept” for the project, which has fans among ABC top brass. On the breakdown for Cristela released today, it is listed as a pilot presentation with John Pasquin directing a cast of 10, led by Alonzo. The show, co-written by Alonzo and Kevin Hench, tells the story of Cristela (Alonzo), an American Latina straddling two cultures while not fully belonging to either. Cristela, in her sixth year of law school and living rent-free with her sister and brother-in-law, hopes to land a prestigious law firm internship as her mother hectors her about getting a real job, her brother-in-law encourages her to move out and her sister runs low on patience.
- 2/27/2014
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Terry O'Quinn as Gavin Doran in "666 Park Avenue" (ABC/Andrew Eccles)
ABC‘s slate of new shows for fall has a strange flavor to it, and it’s going to be a bumpy ride. The network has about as many new shows as returning ones (if you count all the midseasons), and a good percentage of the returning offerings are a year old or less, making this look a bit like a rebuilding year.
Not only is it a rebuilding year, but it’s the year of bringing back every actor and actress who ever had a decent run on a show before. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a network’s new season slate that was so crammed with people returning from something else. If you can’t make it good, I suppose, make sure viewers recognize the faces.
It’s tricky to get a solid feel...
ABC‘s slate of new shows for fall has a strange flavor to it, and it’s going to be a bumpy ride. The network has about as many new shows as returning ones (if you count all the midseasons), and a good percentage of the returning offerings are a year old or less, making this look a bit like a rebuilding year.
Not only is it a rebuilding year, but it’s the year of bringing back every actor and actress who ever had a decent run on a show before. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a network’s new season slate that was so crammed with people returning from something else. If you can’t make it good, I suppose, make sure viewers recognize the faces.
It’s tricky to get a solid feel...
- 5/22/2012
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
Yesterday we brought you a bunch of trailers and clips for the shows coming to NBC soon. Today we bring you a ton of first look trailers for the new series' being developed over at ABC for 2012-2013 seasons. Watch all of the trailers, and let us know which ones look interesting to you! For me it's 666 Par Avenue and Last Resort.
The Neighbors
Marty Weaver buys a new home, only to discover, to his wife's horror that the neighbors are aliens masquerading as suburbanites.
From writer/executive producer Dan Fogelman and executive producers Aaron Kaplan, Jeff Morton and Chris Koch. Directed by Chris Koch (pilot)
666 Park Avenue
Welcome to The Drake, Park Avenue's most devilish address, where evil, obsession, and supernatural occurrences are all included in the rent.
From writer/executive producer David Wilcox and executive producers Matthew Miller, Leslie Morgenstein, Gina Girolamo. Directed by Alex Graves (pilot)
Last Resort...
The Neighbors
Marty Weaver buys a new home, only to discover, to his wife's horror that the neighbors are aliens masquerading as suburbanites.
From writer/executive producer Dan Fogelman and executive producers Aaron Kaplan, Jeff Morton and Chris Koch. Directed by Chris Koch (pilot)
666 Park Avenue
Welcome to The Drake, Park Avenue's most devilish address, where evil, obsession, and supernatural occurrences are all included in the rent.
From writer/executive producer David Wilcox and executive producers Matthew Miller, Leslie Morgenstein, Gina Girolamo. Directed by Alex Graves (pilot)
Last Resort...
- 5/16/2012
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
Regina King Regina King, who plays Detective Lydia Adams in the television series Southland, arrives at the 2012 Screen Actors Guild Awards, broadcast on TNT/TBS from the Shrine Auditorium on January 29, 2012, in Los Angeles, California. This year, Regina King acted as a hostess of sorts at the SAG Awards. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage.) Among Regina King's big-screen roles are those in Preston A. Whitmore II's This Christmas (2007), with Delroy Lindo and Idris Elba; John Pasquin's Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous (2005), starring Sandra Bullock; and Taylor Hackford's Oscar-nominated Ray (2004), opposite Jamie Foxx. King was also one of the voice-actors in The Ant Bully (2006), along with Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Paul Giamatti, and Nicolas Cage.
- 2/1/2012
- by D. Zhea
- Alt Film Guide
So many high-concept ideas for big-budget blockbusters come from the deep, dark recesses of screenwriters’ fevered psyches. One wrong twist, and a comedy for the whole family turns into a warped vision of a group of seriously screwed-up individuals wreaking havoc on the world. As a random, non-Disney example, Liar Liar is about a man who is physically unable to lie for a 24-hour period because his son wished it to be so, and somehow, the wish worked. Jim Carrey uses his rubbery physical exterior to sell every joke in this movie, to wring every bit of humor out of it. I haven’t seen it in years, but I imagine that Liar Liar is a relatively entertaining movie with a sugary-sweet core.
But pretend, for a second, that the basic concept of the movie isn’t that a man is unable to lie for 24 hours. Imagine that the concept...
But pretend, for a second, that the basic concept of the movie isn’t that a man is unable to lie for 24 hours. Imagine that the concept...
- 1/6/2012
- by Josh Spiegel
- SoundOnSight
The best thing ABC's Last Man Standing has going for it is that TV Land is now producing its own shows. If this Tim Allen effort had come out a couple of years ago, I might have bet that it had no chance at all. That isn't to say that I don't like it... it's average-ish when all is said and done..., but I wouldn't have had a lot of hope for it actually getting viewers.
It has some good elements to it, and if Tim Allen has proven one thing over the years, it's that he's rather watchable. The kill of the show, in terms of predicting positive results, is that it feels like it comes straight from the glory days of Home Improvement, as though we were throwing out another venture during the early '90s, as opposed to the early '10s. It's a show that, if I had to guess,...
It has some good elements to it, and if Tim Allen has proven one thing over the years, it's that he's rather watchable. The kill of the show, in terms of predicting positive results, is that it feels like it comes straight from the glory days of Home Improvement, as though we were throwing out another venture during the early '90s, as opposed to the early '10s. It's a show that, if I had to guess,...
- 10/11/2011
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
Chicago – There’s something inherently unmanly about the need to prove one’s own manliness. What passes for virility in the mind of Mike Baxter (Tim Allen) is clearly masking a deep well of insecurity. He never passes up an opportunity to prove that he is, in fact, a man. And he can’t understand why every other man on the planet doesn’t follow in step. “I love sausage!,” he growls. “I love bacon!” What a man.
And what a putridly pitiful excuse for a sitcom. In a season where no rookie show is safe, “Last Man Standing” may in fact be the first that is cancelled mid-episode. Viewers may be pleased to see the atrocious pilot interrupted by an old rerun of “Home Improvement,” since that program will forever represent the golden era of ’90s idol Allen. It wasn’t a very good show, but it did provide...
And what a putridly pitiful excuse for a sitcom. In a season where no rookie show is safe, “Last Man Standing” may in fact be the first that is cancelled mid-episode. Viewers may be pleased to see the atrocious pilot interrupted by an old rerun of “Home Improvement,” since that program will forever represent the golden era of ’90s idol Allen. It wasn’t a very good show, but it did provide...
- 10/11/2011
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
ABC has a slew of new shows coming, many of which need a lot of luck if they're going to last more than a handful of episodes. The schedule has been released, so let's take a lot at what's coming.
Oddly enough, as part of the new announcement, ABC has solidified the return of several more shows, including Happy Endings, despite the fact that two other networks have shows on their slate with cast members from the show. That should be interesting. Of course, it works for me, because I'm a fan.
In other news, Desperate Housewives will not die. Are you kidding me with this show still being on?
New Series - “Apartment 23,” “Charlie’s Angels,” “Good Christian Belles,” “Last Man Standing,” “Man Up,” “Missing,” “Once Upon a Time,” “Pan Am,” “Revenge,” “The River,” “Scandal,” “Suburgatory” and “Work It” Join the Lineup
Returning shows - “America’s Funniest Home Videos,...
Oddly enough, as part of the new announcement, ABC has solidified the return of several more shows, including Happy Endings, despite the fact that two other networks have shows on their slate with cast members from the show. That should be interesting. Of course, it works for me, because I'm a fan.
In other news, Desperate Housewives will not die. Are you kidding me with this show still being on?
New Series - “Apartment 23,” “Charlie’s Angels,” “Good Christian Belles,” “Last Man Standing,” “Man Up,” “Missing,” “Once Upon a Time,” “Pan Am,” “Revenge,” “The River,” “Scandal,” “Suburgatory” and “Work It” Join the Lineup
Returning shows - “America’s Funniest Home Videos,...
- 5/18/2011
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
Earlier we shared ABC's primetime lineup, and now we have some clips from the new comedy series for you. The new comedies include Apartment 23, Suburgatory, Last Man Standing, Man Up, and Work It. So far I think Apartment 23 looks the best. Check out the clips below and let us know what shows you are liking the most.
Apartment 23
After a naive Midwestern girl's big city dreams are dashed her first week in New York, she finds herself living with her worst nightmare in this hilarious, contemporary comedy about a female odd couple who are surrounded by an outrageous cast of characters. June (Dreama Walker) moves to Manhattan for a dream job and the perfect company apartment, only to have them disappear in a puff of reality, thanks to a CEO from the Bernie Madoff school of embezzlement. Deep in debt and out on the streets, June scrambles to land a job and place to live.
Apartment 23
After a naive Midwestern girl's big city dreams are dashed her first week in New York, she finds herself living with her worst nightmare in this hilarious, contemporary comedy about a female odd couple who are surrounded by an outrageous cast of characters. June (Dreama Walker) moves to Manhattan for a dream job and the perfect company apartment, only to have them disappear in a puff of reality, thanks to a CEO from the Bernie Madoff school of embezzlement. Deep in debt and out on the streets, June scrambles to land a job and place to live.
- 5/17/2011
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
NBC and Fox have both unleashed their Fall 2011-2012 TV schedule, now ABC has released theirs. I’m excited to see Castle, Modern Family, and The Middle back in the mix. Most of the new shows they have line-up don’t really interest me, but there are a few that have caught my eye. PanAm is another 1960’s based TV show that will go against AMC’s Mad Men and NBC’s The Playboy Club. There’s a show called Revenge that sounds really interesting, but the new series I’m most excited about is is the fantasy series Once Upon A Time, a show where fairy tales collide with the modern day.
Here is ABC’s full schedule along with a description of all of their shows. Go through them below and let us know what TV series you’re most excited about seeing.
Day Time Series
Monday:
8:00 p.
Here is ABC’s full schedule along with a description of all of their shows. Go through them below and let us know what TV series you’re most excited about seeing.
Day Time Series
Monday:
8:00 p.
- 5/17/2011
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
Chicago – NBC & Fox released their schedules already this week and there are a few interesting highlights, but ABC has released easily the most aggressive and ambitious new slate of programs, which will feature at least one new program five nights a week. Overall, they’re debuting seven new programs in the Fall alone, clearly trying to cement an exciting schedule before the mid-season instead of holding back programs for 2012.
Charlie’s Angels
Photo credit: ABC
As far as returning series go, “Cougar Town” will not return until 2012, allowing the promising “Happy Endings” to move into a great spot, post-“Modern Family.” (Thank you ABC. Thank you.) “Happy Endings” and “Extreme Makover: Home Edition” (which will be on Fridays now) are the only returning shows moving as ABC had enough to worry about with new shows and are keeping “Dancing With the Stars,” “Castle,” “Body of Proof,” “The Middle,” “Modern Family,...
Charlie’s Angels
Photo credit: ABC
As far as returning series go, “Cougar Town” will not return until 2012, allowing the promising “Happy Endings” to move into a great spot, post-“Modern Family.” (Thank you ABC. Thank you.) “Happy Endings” and “Extreme Makover: Home Edition” (which will be on Fridays now) are the only returning shows moving as ABC had enough to worry about with new shows and are keeping “Dancing With the Stars,” “Castle,” “Body of Proof,” “The Middle,” “Modern Family,...
- 5/17/2011
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
ABC hopes 13 is its lucky number. The network has picked up a baker’s dozen new shows to populate its fall and midseason schedule, which includes opening a new comedy block.
Mondays will stay the same with Dancing With the Stars and Castle. Tuesdays will open with a comedy hour that includes Tim Allen’s new sitcom, Last Man Standing, paired with another new comedy, Man Up. Wednesdays adds new comedy Suburgatory, plus soap thriller, Revenge, at 10 p.m., with Cougar Town shifting to midseason and Happy Endings getting the Modern Family lead-in. Charlie’s Angels will go into Thursdays at 8 p.
Mondays will stay the same with Dancing With the Stars and Castle. Tuesdays will open with a comedy hour that includes Tim Allen’s new sitcom, Last Man Standing, paired with another new comedy, Man Up. Wednesdays adds new comedy Suburgatory, plus soap thriller, Revenge, at 10 p.m., with Cougar Town shifting to midseason and Happy Endings getting the Modern Family lead-in. Charlie’s Angels will go into Thursdays at 8 p.
- 5/17/2011
- by James Hibberd
- EW - Inside TV
Nancy Travis will star opposite Tim Allen in ABC's currently untitled upcoming comedy pilot. Thep project is planned as a multicamera series is from Jack Burditt, 21 Laps/Adelstein and 20th TV. The show will center on "Tim Fitzgerald (Allen) who, even though the world around him has declared the traditional male an “endangered species," is fighting for his manhood in a world that is being increasingly dominated by women." Travis will play Vanessa, "Tim's smart and loving wife who doesn't miss much."
Allen and Burditt are serving as executive producers with John Pasquin, who will direct the series along with Shawn Levy, Marty Adelstein, Becky Clements, Richard Baker and Rick Messina. Travis is on fire lately, this marks her second pilot this season. She also booked a guest starring/recurring role on the CW drama Heart of Dixie.
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Allen and Burditt are serving as executive producers with John Pasquin, who will direct the series along with Shawn Levy, Marty Adelstein, Becky Clements, Richard Baker and Rick Messina. Travis is on fire lately, this marks her second pilot this season. She also booked a guest starring/recurring role on the CW drama Heart of Dixie.
What are your thoughts on this news?...
- 3/30/2011
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
Nancy Travis has landed the female lead opposite Tim Allen in ABC's untitled comedy pilot headlined by the former Home Improvement star. The multicamera project, from writer Jack Burditt, 21 Laps/Adelstein and 20th TV, centers on Tim Fitzgerald (Allen) who, even though the world around him has declared the traditional male an “endangered species," is fighting for his manhood in a world that is being increasingly dominated by women. Travis will play Vanessa, Tim's smart and loving wife who doesn't miss much. Allen and Burditt are executive producing the pilot with John Pasquin, who will direct, as well as Shawn Levy, Marty Adelstein, Becky Clements, Richard Baker and Rick Messina. This is the second broadcast pilot for Travis this season; she also booked a guest starring/recurring role on the CW drama Heart of Dixie. She is with Apa and Greenlight Management. Jere Burns has been cast in a lead...
- 3/30/2011
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
I attempted a lengthy explanation to describe the point I'm trying to make with the examples below, but my own circular logic eventually short-circuited my brain and I deleted it. So, draw your own conclusions based on the evidence below. The person who explains the point I'm trying to make the best gets cake. I'm not even kidding. I will bake you a goddamn cake and send it to your house. That's how much this means to me. And I make a mean motherfucking cake, people.
This is officially a Pajiba Contest.
Screenwriters in bold. Directors in parenthesis. Use the headline as a guide. It may also be helpful to know that William Goldman seems to be the exception to the rule I'm trying to demonstrate.
Guinevere Turner
Best Movie: American Pyscho (Mary Harron)
Worst Movie: Bloodrayne (Uwe Boll)
Ted Tally
Best Movie: Silence of the Lambs (Jonathan Demme)
Worst...
This is officially a Pajiba Contest.
Screenwriters in bold. Directors in parenthesis. Use the headline as a guide. It may also be helpful to know that William Goldman seems to be the exception to the rule I'm trying to demonstrate.
Guinevere Turner
Best Movie: American Pyscho (Mary Harron)
Worst Movie: Bloodrayne (Uwe Boll)
Ted Tally
Best Movie: Silence of the Lambs (Jonathan Demme)
Worst...
- 6/21/2010
- by Dustin Rowles
Although it's poised to flex boxoffice muscle when it opens Thursday for Easter-weekend action, "Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous" is neither buff nor fabulous, the high concept more wearying than delightful on the second go-round. Even as agile a performer as Sandra Bullock seems to be straining here amid the repetitive jokes and muddled girl-power message.
Returning screenwriter Marc Lawrence finds a smart, logical hook back into the story of klutzy FBI agent Gracie Hart (Bullock) but merely leads her through familiar paces, the sequel's giddy potential unrealized. A sure sign of trouble: Even a Las Vegas chase scene involving Dolly Parton falls flat.
In the first installment (a Christmas 2000 hit), Hart went undercover as a contestant in the nationally televised Miss United States pageant, leaving one to wonder how she'd ever do undercover field work again. She can't -- but somehow the FBI needs a botched assignment to figure out the obvious. So at the urging of her boss (Ernie Hudson), Gracie the tomboy puts her newfound celebrity to work for the Bureau as "the new face of the FBI," a face adorned with false eyelashes and pink lip gloss. Guiding her through appearances with Regis is stylist Joel; in place of Michael Caine's nuanced image consultant we get Diedrich Bader's obvious, if likable, walking stereotype.
When Miss United States (Heather Burns, reprising her role as ultraearnest, homespun Cheryl) and pageant host Stan Fields (William Shatner, making the most of his brief screen time) are kidnapped in Nevada by not-quite-believable sibling thugs (Abraham Benrubi and Nick Offerman), Gracie jets into Vegas headquarters as the FBI's spokeswoman. Besides her hair-and-makeup people, her entourage includes a pugnacious pit bull of a reluctant bodyguard (Regina King).
That King's character is an agent named Sam Fuller is an odd and distracting nod to the tough-guy independent filmmaker amid this pic's formulaic plot turns, not to mention the pearls and Chanel suits. An hour into the film, when Gracie defies orders and goes undercover with Joel and Sam, a certain comic shtick kicks in, briefly. But mainly the proceedings feel as faux and eager to please as the Vegas renditions of Venice and New York. The inevitable drag extravaganza, though it's a shot of adrenaline, has an air of desperation about it.
When given the chance, Bullock and King are so good at showing the friendless little girls beneath their characters' grown-up swagger that it's a shame they have to spend so much time going mano a mano. And while it's hard to argue with the film's message of female self-reliance, "Congeniality 2" clearly revels in the dumb brawling, playing to some ill-defined middle with the notion that beating people up is cool -- or funny -- when girls do it.
Treat Williams is suitably bureaucratic as Gracie's FBI nemesis in Vegas, presiding over production designer Maher Ahmad's striking neon honeycomb of a situation room. Enrique Murciano makes an impression as a sympathetic, if somewhat slow on the uptake, Nevada agent.
With solid creative support, notably Deena Appel's costumes, helmer John Pasquin ("Joe Somebody") and DP Peter Menzies Jr. orchestrate the proceedings in a straight-ahead manner that works intermittently. But it also underscores the thinness of Lawrence's script, which can take the quips about designer latte and highlights only so far.
MISS CONGENIALITY 2: ARMED AND FABULOUS
Warner Bros. Pictures
Castle Rock Entertainment, in association with Village Roadshow Pictures presents
a Fortis Films production
Credits:
Director: John Pasquin
Screenwriter: Marc Lawrence
Producers: Sandra Bullock, Marc Lawrence
Executive producers: Mary McLaglen, John Kirby, Bruce Berman
Director of photography: Peter Menzies Jr.
Production designer: Maher Ahmad
Co-producer: Gesine Bullock-Prado
Costume designer: Deena Appel
Editor: Garth Craven
Cast:
Gracie Hart: Sandra Bullock
Sam Fuller: Regina King
Jeff Foreman: Enrique Murciano
Stan Fields: William Shatner
McDonald: Ernie Hudson
Cheryl: Heather Burns
Joel: Diedrich Bader
Collins: Treat Williams
Lou Steele: Abraham Benrubi
Karl Steele: Nick Offerman
Carol Fields: Eileen Brennan
Regis Philbin, Dolly Parton
MPAA rating PG-13
Running time -- 115 minutes...
Returning screenwriter Marc Lawrence finds a smart, logical hook back into the story of klutzy FBI agent Gracie Hart (Bullock) but merely leads her through familiar paces, the sequel's giddy potential unrealized. A sure sign of trouble: Even a Las Vegas chase scene involving Dolly Parton falls flat.
In the first installment (a Christmas 2000 hit), Hart went undercover as a contestant in the nationally televised Miss United States pageant, leaving one to wonder how she'd ever do undercover field work again. She can't -- but somehow the FBI needs a botched assignment to figure out the obvious. So at the urging of her boss (Ernie Hudson), Gracie the tomboy puts her newfound celebrity to work for the Bureau as "the new face of the FBI," a face adorned with false eyelashes and pink lip gloss. Guiding her through appearances with Regis is stylist Joel; in place of Michael Caine's nuanced image consultant we get Diedrich Bader's obvious, if likable, walking stereotype.
When Miss United States (Heather Burns, reprising her role as ultraearnest, homespun Cheryl) and pageant host Stan Fields (William Shatner, making the most of his brief screen time) are kidnapped in Nevada by not-quite-believable sibling thugs (Abraham Benrubi and Nick Offerman), Gracie jets into Vegas headquarters as the FBI's spokeswoman. Besides her hair-and-makeup people, her entourage includes a pugnacious pit bull of a reluctant bodyguard (Regina King).
That King's character is an agent named Sam Fuller is an odd and distracting nod to the tough-guy independent filmmaker amid this pic's formulaic plot turns, not to mention the pearls and Chanel suits. An hour into the film, when Gracie defies orders and goes undercover with Joel and Sam, a certain comic shtick kicks in, briefly. But mainly the proceedings feel as faux and eager to please as the Vegas renditions of Venice and New York. The inevitable drag extravaganza, though it's a shot of adrenaline, has an air of desperation about it.
When given the chance, Bullock and King are so good at showing the friendless little girls beneath their characters' grown-up swagger that it's a shame they have to spend so much time going mano a mano. And while it's hard to argue with the film's message of female self-reliance, "Congeniality 2" clearly revels in the dumb brawling, playing to some ill-defined middle with the notion that beating people up is cool -- or funny -- when girls do it.
Treat Williams is suitably bureaucratic as Gracie's FBI nemesis in Vegas, presiding over production designer Maher Ahmad's striking neon honeycomb of a situation room. Enrique Murciano makes an impression as a sympathetic, if somewhat slow on the uptake, Nevada agent.
With solid creative support, notably Deena Appel's costumes, helmer John Pasquin ("Joe Somebody") and DP Peter Menzies Jr. orchestrate the proceedings in a straight-ahead manner that works intermittently. But it also underscores the thinness of Lawrence's script, which can take the quips about designer latte and highlights only so far.
MISS CONGENIALITY 2: ARMED AND FABULOUS
Warner Bros. Pictures
Castle Rock Entertainment, in association with Village Roadshow Pictures presents
a Fortis Films production
Credits:
Director: John Pasquin
Screenwriter: Marc Lawrence
Producers: Sandra Bullock, Marc Lawrence
Executive producers: Mary McLaglen, John Kirby, Bruce Berman
Director of photography: Peter Menzies Jr.
Production designer: Maher Ahmad
Co-producer: Gesine Bullock-Prado
Costume designer: Deena Appel
Editor: Garth Craven
Cast:
Gracie Hart: Sandra Bullock
Sam Fuller: Regina King
Jeff Foreman: Enrique Murciano
Stan Fields: William Shatner
McDonald: Ernie Hudson
Cheryl: Heather Burns
Joel: Diedrich Bader
Collins: Treat Williams
Lou Steele: Abraham Benrubi
Karl Steele: Nick Offerman
Carol Fields: Eileen Brennan
Regis Philbin, Dolly Parton
MPAA rating PG-13
Running time -- 115 minutes...
- 4/20/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Taking its place at the head of the boxoffice table this past Easter weekend was Sony's Guess Who, a modern comedic take on the venerable classic Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, which debuted with a solid $20.7 million. The Bernie Mac-Ashton Kutcher starrer, helmed by Kevin Rodney Sullivan, bested another comedy, Warner Bros. Pictures' Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous, which placed second with a debut of $14 million, grossing $17.1 million since its opening Thursday. Heading into the weekend, Miss Congeniality 2, starring Sandra Bullock and directed by John Pasquin, was the favored front-runner for the top spot at the boxoffice, but in the end it was Guess Who that proved to be the most agreeable to audiences.
- 3/29/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Sony's Guess Who paid a surprise visit to the top spot at the boxoffice this Easter weekend as the Bernie Mac-Ashton Kutcher starrer, a contemporary comedic take on Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, came to the table with $20.7 million in its debut. Guess Who, from Columbia Pictures and Regency Enterprises and directed by Kevin Rodney Sullivan, was the fourth No. 1 opening for Sony this year. Heading into the weekend, most industry observers had projected Warner Bros. Pictures' Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous to debut in the top spot. The Sandra Bullock starrer, an FBI-set comedy helmed by John Pasquin and a sequel to the hit film Miss Congeniality, opened in the second spot with a lukewarm $14 million and $17 million since its debut Thursday. Regina King co-stars in the film. The original Miss Congeniality was a high multiple picture, opening in the fifth spot five years ago during a four-day Christmas weekend with $13.6 million, going on to gross $106.8 million by the end of its domestic run.
- 3/28/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Sony's Guess Who paid a surprise visit to the top spot at the boxoffice this Easter weekend as the Bernie Mac-Ashton Kutcher starrer, a contemporary comedic take on Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, came to the table with a hearty estimate of $21 million in its debut. Guess Who, from Columbia Pictures and Regency Enterprises and directed by Kevin Rodney Sullivan, was the fourth No. 1 opening for Sony this year. Heading into the weekend, most industry observers had projected Warner Bros. Pictures' Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous to debut in the top spot. The Sandra Bullock starrer, an FBI-set comedy helmed by John Pasquin and a sequel to the hit film Miss Congeniality, opened in the second spot with a lukewarm estimate of $14.5 million and $17.6 million since its debut Thursday. Regina King co-stars in the film. The original Miss Congeniality was a high multiple picture, opening in the fifth spot five years ago during a four-day Christmas weekend with $13.6 million, going on to gross $106.8 million by the end of its domestic run.
- 3/27/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
ABC has given the green light to a comedy pilot starring Freddie Prinze Jr., and the WB Network has picked up three half-hour pilots from producers Steve Martin, Jerry Bruckheimer and Brian Grazer and former United Artists executive Jeff Kleeman. Meanwhile, Charlie Craig (USA's Peacemakers) has joined the Fox drama pilot Revved. The untitled Freddie Prinze Jr. project, from Warner Bros. TV, centers on a successful, single guy (Prinze) who was raised in a house full of women and has his life turned upside down when the women move back in with him. Bruce Helford, Prinze, Conrad Jackson and Bruce Rasmussen penned the pilot script. Helford, Deborah Oppenheimer, Rasmussen and Prinze are exec producing the pilot, which John Pasquin is set to direct.
- 2/15/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Without a Trace star Enrique Murciano is ready to make his mark on the big screen, signing on to star as the love interest of Sandra Bullock's character in Miss Congeniality 2. John Pasquin is directing for Warner Bros. Pictures, with shooting scheduled to start next month in Los Angeles, followed by New York and Las Vegas. The project, a Castle Rock Entertainment presentation in association with Village Roadshow Pictures, stars Bullock as FBI Special Agent Gracie Hart. Bullock's character heads to Las Vegas on a new case with a fellow FBI agent, played by Regina King. Murciano will star as a liaison with the Las Vegas bureau of the FBI who falls for Hart after recently being dumped by his own girlfriend. Heather Burns and William Shatner also star. Bullock produces from a script by Marc Lawrence. Mary McLaglen is executive producing. Murciano is repped by the Gersh Agency. His big-screen credits include Traffic and Black Hawk Down.
- 3/17/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Regina King is in final negotiations to star opposite Sandra Bullock in Miss Congeniality 2 for Warner Bros. Pictures and helmer John Pasquin. Shooting starts next month in Los Angeles, followed by New York and Las Vegas. The project, a Castle Rock Entertainment presentation in association with Village Roadshow Pictures, finds Bullock reprising her role as FBI Special Agent Gracie Hart. King will play Samantha, a fellow FBI agent. The duo -- at odds with each other at first -- are partnered up and must head to Las Vegas on a new case they've been assigned. Heather Burns and William Shatner also star. Bullock will again produce from a script by Marc Lawrence, who also penned the original Donald Petrie-directed film. Mary McLaglen is executive producing. Released in 2000, the first installment cleared $100 million at the boxoffice from a budget in the $45 million range. King is repped by the Gersh Agency and manager John Carrabino. She next stars in the features Cinderella Story opposite Hilary Duff and Jennifer Coolidge for Warners and Unchain My Heart: The Ray Charles Story opposite Jamie Foxx for Universal Pictures.
- 3/15/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Joe Somebody helmer John Pasquin has closed a deal to direct Sandra Bullock in Miss Congeniality 2 for Warner Bros. Pictures. Shooting is scheduled to start in the spring in Los Angeles. The project-- a Castle Rock Entertainment presentation in association with Village Roadshow Pictures -- will find Bullock reprising her role as Special Agent Gracie Hart. There is no other talent attached to the project, according to the studio. Bullock will again produce from a script by Marc Lawrence, who also penned the original Donald Petrie-directed film. Released in 2000, the first installment cleared $100 million at the boxoffice from a budget in the $45 million range. Pasquin's deal to direct Bullock likely stems from their previous relationship: Pasquin helmed several episodes of ABC's George Lopez, which is produced by Bullock's production company, Fortis Films. His other credits include Payne, Soul Man, Jungle 2 Jungle, The Santa Clause and Home Improvement.
- 12/11/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Cultures collide in this savvy Tim Allen starrer about a hyperactive commodities trader and the 13-year-old son he discovers he has fathered in the Amazon. Look for some decided improvement on the boxoffice for this Buena Vista family pleaser.
Enhancing this prospect's chances are the attractive comedic cast members, including Lolita Davidovich, JoBeth Williams and Martin Short.
Even by a big-time broker's standards, Michael's (Allen) life is complicated: He's engaged to Charlotte (Davidovich), while attempting to finalize his divorce with his ex (Williams), who, naturally, lives in the Amazon. Michael is surprised by the fact he has a child there, the winsome Mimi-Siku (Sam Huntington), whose tribal bents are a befuddlement to his surprise dad. Laying their yarn with a cultural anthropologist's insight and juicing it with slapstick, screenwriters Bruce A. Evans and Raynold Gideon have concocted a pleasing delight. There is plenty of squirrely humor in the scenario, and the characters are very sympathetic, particularly Allen's, whose decent hyperactivity is a visual highlight.
Special praise also to Short for his performance as Michael's antic partner. Similarly, Davidovich is aptly alluring as Michael's fiancee, while Williams is properly independent as Michael's heady ex-wife. Huntington will likely lure young female appeal for his perky performance as the jungle boy.
Director John Pasquin infuses the hilarity with an apt mix of tenderness and wackiness. The technical contributions are well-suited all across the board, particularly cinematographer Tony Pierce-Roberts' glowing hues and costume designer Carol Ramsey's wacky duds. Similar kudos for composer Michael Convertino's spirited, splashy score.
JUNGLE 2 JUNGLE
Buena Vista
Walt Disney Pictures
and TFI International present
Producer Brian Reilly
Director John Pasquin
Screenwriters Bruce A. Evans, Raynold Gideon
Based on "Un Indien Dans La Ville" by
Herve Palud, Thierry Lhermitte, Igor Aptekman, Philippe Bruneau de la Salle
Executive producers Rick Baker, Rick Messina, Brad Krevoy
Co-producer William W. Wilson III
Associate producers Thierry Lhermitte,
Louis Becker
Director of photography Tony Pierce-Roberts
Production designer Stuart Wurtzel
Editor Michael A. Stevenson
Costume designer Carol Ramsey
Music Michael Convertino
Casting Renee Rousselot
Associate producers Kimberly Brent,
Bruce Economou
Sound mixer Allan Byer
Color/stereo
Cast:
Michael Tim Allen
Mimi-Siku Sam Huntington
Patricia JoBeth Williams
Charlotte Lolita Davidovich
Richard Martin Short
Jan Valerie Mahaffey
Karen LeeLee Sobiesky
Andrew Franki Galasso
Running time -- 111 minutes
MPAA rating: PG...
Enhancing this prospect's chances are the attractive comedic cast members, including Lolita Davidovich, JoBeth Williams and Martin Short.
Even by a big-time broker's standards, Michael's (Allen) life is complicated: He's engaged to Charlotte (Davidovich), while attempting to finalize his divorce with his ex (Williams), who, naturally, lives in the Amazon. Michael is surprised by the fact he has a child there, the winsome Mimi-Siku (Sam Huntington), whose tribal bents are a befuddlement to his surprise dad. Laying their yarn with a cultural anthropologist's insight and juicing it with slapstick, screenwriters Bruce A. Evans and Raynold Gideon have concocted a pleasing delight. There is plenty of squirrely humor in the scenario, and the characters are very sympathetic, particularly Allen's, whose decent hyperactivity is a visual highlight.
Special praise also to Short for his performance as Michael's antic partner. Similarly, Davidovich is aptly alluring as Michael's fiancee, while Williams is properly independent as Michael's heady ex-wife. Huntington will likely lure young female appeal for his perky performance as the jungle boy.
Director John Pasquin infuses the hilarity with an apt mix of tenderness and wackiness. The technical contributions are well-suited all across the board, particularly cinematographer Tony Pierce-Roberts' glowing hues and costume designer Carol Ramsey's wacky duds. Similar kudos for composer Michael Convertino's spirited, splashy score.
JUNGLE 2 JUNGLE
Buena Vista
Walt Disney Pictures
and TFI International present
Producer Brian Reilly
Director John Pasquin
Screenwriters Bruce A. Evans, Raynold Gideon
Based on "Un Indien Dans La Ville" by
Herve Palud, Thierry Lhermitte, Igor Aptekman, Philippe Bruneau de la Salle
Executive producers Rick Baker, Rick Messina, Brad Krevoy
Co-producer William W. Wilson III
Associate producers Thierry Lhermitte,
Louis Becker
Director of photography Tony Pierce-Roberts
Production designer Stuart Wurtzel
Editor Michael A. Stevenson
Costume designer Carol Ramsey
Music Michael Convertino
Casting Renee Rousselot
Associate producers Kimberly Brent,
Bruce Economou
Sound mixer Allan Byer
Color/stereo
Cast:
Michael Tim Allen
Mimi-Siku Sam Huntington
Patricia JoBeth Williams
Charlotte Lolita Davidovich
Richard Martin Short
Jan Valerie Mahaffey
Karen LeeLee Sobiesky
Andrew Franki Galasso
Running time -- 111 minutes
MPAA rating: PG...
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