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Watch: Four New Clips From 'Arrested Development' Find Gob Tending Bees and Lindsay Letting Go of Material Things
6 hours ago
This Sunday, May 26 at 12:01am Pt, 15 new episodes of "Arrested Development" go live on Netflix, and plenty of people are ready to settle in for hours and binge-watch the lot of them, show creator Mitchell Hurwitz's advice to the contrary be damned. Until then, though, Netflix has been pretty stingy about the details of the new season, with cast members like Jessica Walter watching their words when talking about the installments and the trailer foremost serving as a reminder that all of the main characters are returning. The company released four new short clips today, which you can watch below, and while they don't offer much more by way of hints about what's to come, they provide an assurance that the show's sense of humor hasn't gotten any less odd in its time off the air.
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- Alison Willmore
Watch: 4 New Clips From 'Arrested Development'; Mitch Hurwitz Says Show Could Live On Past The Movie
7 hours ago
So this weekend brings the the long awaited, highly anticipated return of "Arrested Development," and we're sure you've already got a viewing party marathon session ready to go. But of course, fifteen new episodes just isn't enough, as a movie has always been on the horizon with creator Mitch Hurwitz saying over and over again, that his new season is just a precursor to a feature. But could the show live on past that? "There is a story that I’m leading up to with this show, and it could take the form of a movie, I’m hoping it does. But truthfully, I even have the last beat of the movie, and it definitely is, like, 'Oh, so there’s more.' Without being too George Lucas about it, I would love to continue this," Hurwitz told Av Club. "Jason Bateman used to always say, 'We should do it like the Michael Apted films. »
- Kevin Jagernauth
Immersed in Movies: Craft-Talking David Fincher's Emmy-Contender 'House of Cards'
7 hours ago
From the very first moment that Kevin Spacey broke the fourth wall as the devilishly charming House Majority Whip Frank Underwood in "House of Cards," Netflix's first original TV series, we knew that we were in for "Richard III" in D.C. It's so David Fincher, who signed on as exec producer and director of the first two episodes, while writer-showrunner Beau Willimon ("The Ides of March") plotted the political machinations with transcendent glee. (Our in-depth interview with Willimon is here.) No wonder the series has induced binge viewing and Emmy buzz. I recently spoke with the three Bs of below-the-line craft on the acclaimed, $100 million political thriller, which is in pre-production on its second season: cinematographer Eigil Bryld ("You Don't Know Jack"), costume designer Tom Broecker ("Saturday Night Live"), and composer Jeff Beal ("Blackfish"), whose two-disc soundtrack is available on Varese Sarabande. They all attest to the fact that »
- Bill Desowitz
Lifetime's 'Ring of Fire' Director Allison Anders: How to Be An Indie Filmmaker in a TV World
8 hours ago
"Lifetime Movie" brings connotations of rickety production values and hastily adapted true-crime subject matter like the Jodi Arias case (which will indeed be enacted on the channel in "Dirty Little Secret" -- announced just a week after the verdict was handed down and set to air on June 22). But the network also makes periodic ventures into higher-end programming -- 2009 found Bob Balaban directing Joan Allen and Jeremy Irons in 'Georgia O'Keeffe," Lindsay Lohan and Grant Bowler (ahem) got attention for last year's "Liz & Dick" while Kenny Leon helmed an African-American remake of "Steel Magnolias," and "American Psycho" filmmaker Mary Harron is attached to "Anna Nicole," scheduled to air in June. The director of "Ring of Fire," the Lifetime original June Carter Cash biopic starring Jewel that's set to premiere Monday, May 27 at 9pm, is another name that will be familiar to indie film fans -- Allison Anders, a prominent figure »
- Alison Willmore
Watch: Michael Douglas Shines In Clip From 'Behind The Candelabra' Plus New Photos
9 hours ago
Put the Emmys and Golden Globes on alert, because Michael Douglas is coming. Earlier this week, Steven Soderbergh's "Behind The Candelabra" screened at the Cannes Film Festival and the conversation soon moved on from discussion of it being the director's final feature (for now) to Douglas' standout performance. It's the best thing he's done in probably a decade, if not longer, a completely transformative turn that's really unlike anything he's tackled before, in a movie that we described in our review as "decadently entertaining." Well now you can get a little taste. A new clip has arrived for the film and it gives away a small segment of the great introduction to Liberace, during the opening section of the movie. Liberace's future lover Scott Thorson (Matt Damon) is brought by his friend Bob Black (Scott Bakula) to see the musician and star in action in his Las Vegas show. »
- Kevin Jagernauth
Read the First Chapter of Scott Thorson's 'Behind The Candelabra,' the Book on Which Steven Soderbergh's HBO Movie is Based
10 hours ago
Steven Soderbergh's highly anticipated Liberace biopic "Behind The Candelabra" will air on HBO this Sunday after receiving rave reviews at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this week. Starring Michael Douglas and Matt Damon, the film is adapted from "Behind the Candelabra: My Life With Liberace," by Scott Thorson with Alex Thorleifson, newly re-published by Tantor Media with a new afterword written by Thorson. You can buy the book here, but Indiewire has the complete first chapter below. On November 11, 1918, headlines around, the globe trumpeted: Peace! World War I, the war to end all wars, had come to an end. American doughboys were headed home and with them came a new sophistication, a new worldview. A popular song posed the question, “How’re you gonna keep them down on the farm after they’ve seen Paree?” There would be no keeping the boys who fought their way across Europe “down on the farm. »
- Scott Thorson
Mary Harron's Anna Nicole Smith Lifetime Movie Will Premiere in June
10 hours ago
"American Psycho" director may have seemed like an odd fit for a Lifetime Movie when the network's first announced it'd be working with her in October, but Mary Harron did chronicle the life of a famous pin-up in "The Notorious Bettie Page" -- Anna Nicole Smith may not be quite as iconic, but she's also not completely foreign territory for the filmmaker. Now Lifetime has set a date for "Anna Nicole," which Harron directed and which stars Agnes Bruckner ("Blue Car") as the model and actress. The film will premiere on Saturday, June 29, at 8:00pm, and co-stars Martin Landau as Smith's 89-year-old oil tycoon husband J. Howard Marshall, Virginia Madsen as Smith's mother Virgie Arthur, Adam Goldberg as Smith's attorney and lover Howard K. Stern, and Cary Elwes as E. Pierce Marshall, who fought Smith's claim to half of his father and her husband's estate after he passed away. »
- Alison Willmore
Could Joy-Ann Reid Soon Get A Second Chance To Get Her Own Show On MSNBC?
12 hours ago
So back in March, if you recall, I wrote a piece in which I speculated, due to some media reports, that the managing editor of The Grio and regular MSNBC contributor, Joy-Ann Reid could possibly be a real contender for her own prime time show on the network, after it was announced that Ed Schultz was being moved out of his weekly prime time slot for the weekends. Wishful thinking, of course, since literally just as soon as the article was posted up, came the news that Chris Hayes (the guy who still reminds me so of those persnickety, obnoxious nerds I used to intimidate for lunch money in high school) was relieving Schultz. Well three months later, it turns out that the great Hayes experiment has been a total disaster for MSNBC. His show, according to one report this week, has been “hemorrhaging viewers.” In fact the ratings for »
- Sergio
TV Preview: "Sanjay and Craig"
21 hours ago
I had a sneak peek at a new series that Nickelodeon will debut this Saturday morning and I want to give you the heads up: It's winner! Sanjay and Craig is the story of two best friends -- one of whom happens to be a talking snake -- and it was created by the trio of Jim Dirschberger, Andreas Trolf and Jay Howell (yes, he designed the characters on Bob's Burgers). The show is hilarious - and has a fresh point of view. Yes, it's more a "Fox-like" sitcom and less an animators tour-de-force, but it delivers the laughs - pretty much non-stop. The thing I especially like about the show is that it feels more like a primetime series or a Comedy Central show than a "kids-show". That feeling of 'including the adults' harkens back to earlier Nick series such as Ren & Stimpy, Spongebob, Invader Zim -- and I welcome its return. »
- Jerry Beck
Russell Simmons Is Returning To HBO
23 May 2013 3:45 PM, PDT
It's not what you think. It's not a reboot of Def Comedy Jam. Russell Simmons has signed a two-year first-look deal with HBO. So what does that mean exactly? Well, basically, HBO has the right of "first refusal" on projects Simmons proposes to develop. And if HBO, after "first looking" at a proposed project, isn't interested and declines to back it, then Simmons can offer it up to other networks. But it's a "good look" nonetheless; after all, it's not like any of us here is in a position to sign any first-look deals with HBO, or any other network. So good luck to Mr Simmons! What can we expect from this first-look deal? Time will tell...
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- Tambay A. Obenson
Keke Palmer Joins Cast Of Neil Labute's 'La Ronde'-Inspired Serial 'Full Circle'
23 May 2013 3:30 PM, PDT
Keke Palmer will be one member of an ensemble cast of an upcoming new Directv drama series from Neil Labute, titled Full Circle, the dish company announced today. Palmer joins Tom Felton, Minka Kelly, Julian McMahon, David Boreanaz, Devon Gearhart, Billy Campbell, Kate Walsh, Noah Silver, Ally Sheedy, Cheyenne Jackson and Robin Weigert. Neil Labute (The Shape of Things, In the Company of Men) makes his television debut, with a series that examines the human condition and relationships through a series of conversations between 11 people whose lives, unbeknownst to them, are intertwined. Described as a modern day La Ronde meets My Dinner with Andre, it explores the nature of human contact and true togetherness in our current technology-driven world. Full Circle will be executive produced by Nick Hamm (he did the same for another Directv original series titled Rogue, which stars Thandie Newton) for Momentum TV. Production on the...
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- Tambay A. Obenson
World Channel's 'Global Voices' Doc Series Announces Its 2013 Slate, With Nine U.S. Premieres
23 May 2013 2:36 PM, PDT
The sixth season of World Channel's international documentary series "Global Voices" will feature nine U.S. broadcast premieres of various films funded by the Independent Television Service (Itvs). The 18-week series intends to introduce American audiences to unique global perspectives. "Global Voices" will kick off on June 2 and conclude at the end of September with new docs every Sunday night at 10pm Est. World Channel will also release each doc online at worldchannel.org after it airs. The films will focus on stories in Indonesia, India, El Salvador, Iraq, Tanzania, Japan and Ethiopia. Take a look at the full programming schedule below. June 2: "Where Heaven Meets Hell," dir. by Sasha Friedlander Four sulfur miners working at an active volcano in Indonesia search for meaning in their daily struggles and triumphs. This intimate portrait chronicles their attempts to escape the social ills that haunt their community. June 9: "Garbage Dreams, »
- Ben Travers
David Boreanaz, Minka Kelly, Ally Sheedy Join the Cast of Neil Labute's TV Debut 'Full Circle'
23 May 2013 2:23 PM, PDT
DirecTV's recently announced 10-episode original series "Full Circle" will be the television debut of filmmaker and playwright Neil Labute, so it comes as no surprise that the project has netted an impressive, star-filled cast. Making it a little easier is the fact that the half-hour drama is essentially an anthology series. Based on the play "La Ronde," each episode will feature two characters, with one carrying over to the next installment to be paired with someone new until the show comes back around to one of the first people to appear -- a light commitment for an actor. Set to star in the series are Tom Felton ("Harry Potter"), Minka Kelly ("Friday Night Lights"), Julian McMahon ("Nip/Tuck"), David Boreanaz ("Bones"), Keke Palmer ("Akeelah and the Bee"), Devon Gearhart ("The Wait"), Billy Campbell ("The Killing"), Kate Walsh ("Private Practice"), Noah Silver ("The Borgias"), Ally Sheedy ("Welcome to the Rileys"), Cheyenne Jackson »
- Alison Willmore
Tyler Perry On Why Hollywood Lacks Roles For Black Actresses (Own 'Next Chapter' Preview)
23 May 2013 2:06 PM, PDT
Ahead of next week's premieres of the two new Tyler Perry serials on Own - the one-hour ensemble drama The Haves and the Have Nots, which is set to premiere on Tuesday, May 28 at 9 pm Et/Pt, in a 2-hour pilot, and the sitcom Love Thy Neighbor, which will premiere on Wednesday, May 29 at 9 pm Et/Pt - the network will air some special event programming; specifically, this Sunday, May 26, Oprah Winfrey will sit down with Perry for what the press release calls "an intimate in-depth interview" on a special Oprah's Next Chapter at 9 pm Et/Pt. It will be immediately followed at 10 pm Et/Pt by Tyler Perry Comes to Own: Behind The Scenes, said to be an exclusive inside look at the making of his two new series. Below you'll find 2 previews of Sunday night's sit-down with Oprah on Next Chapter, in which Perry shares his thoughts on »
- Tambay A. Obenson
'China Beach': An Appreciation of a Forgotten Quality War Drama Finally Available on DVD
23 May 2013 1:41 PM, PDT
ABC's "China Beach," nearly forgotten today, was an incredibly ambitious show for its time. It aired from 1988-1991, long before our current "golden age" of dramas, and is tends to be brought up in context of the longer running series writer/producer John Wells served as showrunner on in its wake -- "E.R." A network drama set in the Vietnam War with a large, strong cast, a big set and a budget that covered helicopters and a prodigious amount of period music, "China Beach" was most celebrated for an ensemble led by strong women characters at a time when this was still a rare thing indeed. The series holds up very well on DVD -- and thanks to box set released last month by Warner Brothers, StarVista Entertainment and Time Life, that's where it can finally be revisited and reevaluated."China Beach" is about the Army's 510th Evac. Center (the »
- Richard Burst-Lazarus
The 5 Best Episodes Of 'Arrested Development' From The First 3 Seasons
23 May 2013 12:13 PM, PDT
"Arrested Development," as the opening credits inform us, is the story "of one wealthy family, who lost everything and the son who had no choice but to keep them all together." This synopsis, about the Bluth family and their continued struggles, makes it sound like something out of the Chuck Lorre factory of middlebrow mediocrity. But "Arrested Development," created by cracked genius Mitchell Hurwitz, would go on to become one of the most beloved (and short-lived) comedy series in the history of television, one whose fan-base was so outspoken that this weekend the series will be resurrected with a collection of episodes airing exclusively on Netflix's streaming service. The unthinkable has happened: The Bluths are back from the dead. In honor of this glorious return, which is far more impressive than Jesus showing up, we decided to run down the five best episodes from the first three seasons of this twisted series. »
- The Playlist Staff
Steven Soderbergh To Direct 10-Episode Cinemax Series 'The Knick' Starring Clive Owen
23 May 2013 11:42 AM, PDT
....and hiatus over. It's safe to say that Steven Soderbergh has pretty much done it all in the cinema world (except make a western, which he has said is not a genre he's a particular enthusiast for) and has grown a bit weary of storytelling in that format. He's been there, done that, won a Palme d'Or and an Oscar, so now it's time to conquer a new medium, so how about television? Okay, he went down that road a bit with the short lived "K Street" in 2003, but the industry has changed massively in the ensuing decade. Now, Soderbergh is getting back behind the camera. He'll be taking on "The Knick" over at Cinemax, a ten-episode series (which he'll helm every episode of -- take that David Fincher!) set to star Clive Owen. Sweet fancy moses. Sounding like an old-timey "E.R.," the show is set in 1900s New »
- Kevin Jagernauth
Steven Soderbergh Will Direct and Produce Cinemax Series 'The Knick,' Starring Clive Owen
23 May 2013 11:40 AM, PDT
Look, he said he was retiring from filmmaking. Filmmaking. Deadline reports that Steven Soderbergh, whose last movie before his indefinite hiatus from the medium "Behind the Candelabra" airs on HBO this Sunday, has now signed on to direct and produce "The Knick," a Cinemax series that will star Clive Owen. Apparently cable TV suits him just fine -- Cinemax, which is owned by HBO, will be giving a 10-episode season commitment to the period drama, which is set in downtown New York in 1900. Soderbergh, who recently launched his own t-shirt vending website, is reportedly directing all of the episodes -- the series will be set at the Knickerbocker Hospital, where the staff conducts groundbreaking measures to push medicine forward at a time of high mortality. Jack Amiel and Michael Begler (both of "Raising Helen") are writing the series and executive producing alongside Owen, Soderbergh, Anonymous Content's Michael Sugar and Gregory Jacobs. »
- Alison Willmore
Here's What Your Fox Fall (Black) Primetime Lineup Looks Like...
23 May 2013 11:27 AM, PDT
Fox's 2013/2014 lineup (and NBC's as well) probably presents us with the most to look forward to, with regards to new series with black actors in starring roles. First, Almost Human, the futuristic thriller from Fringe executive producer, writer, director and showrunner, J.H. Wyman, as well as creator J.J. Abrams. Michael Ealy co-stars alongside Karl Urban in a series described as an action-packed buddy cop show set in the near future, where all Lapd officers are partnered with highly evolved humanlike androids. Ealy plays a character named Dorian, the android partner of Lapd officer John Kennex (Karl Urban), who understands humanity more than his human counterpart. Wyman penned the script for the project, and also executive produces, alongside Abrams and Bryan Burk, with Kathy Lingg and Reid Shane. Brad Anderson, who just directed Halle Berry in The Call, directed and co-exec produced the pilot. USA Network...
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- Tambay A. Obenson
Bet Will Premiere 'Being Mary Jane' On 7/2 + Mid-Season Finale Numbers For 'The Game'
23 May 2013 10:33 AM, PDT
Per press release from Bet, more than 6 million viewers tuned in to watch the mid-season finales of The Game and the season finale of Let's Stay Together, on Tuesday night. The release doesn't give a breakdown of that "over 6 million," like what percentage of audiences tuned in during the actual season finale hours, and what percentage watched during the encore broadcasts of both shows. The Game will return to finish the season on Tuesday, July 2, at 10pm. The network also reveals that Being Mary Jane, what was to be its freshman hour-long drama starring Gabrielle Union, from the creators of The Game (The Akils), will make its debut on Tuesday, July 2, at 10:30pm, but in the form of an original movie - the movie that premiered at the Urbanworld Film Festival last fall. New York - May 23, 2013 - More than six million fans tuned in to watch the mid-season »
- Tambay A. Obenson
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