Exclusive: Director Nikhil Melnechuk has wrapped production in Texas on his debut feature, the bull riding drama Daisy. Cast set in the pic, described as an underdog sports story, includes Melissa Jackson (The Easy Kind), Abigail Cowen (Fate: The Winx Saga), Dana Wheeler-Nicholson (Nashville) and Adam Huber (Dynasty).
Written by Melnechuk and Jackson, the film tells the story of Daisy (Jackson), a Latina orphan living and working as a cowgirl on a bucking bull ranch in Texas. Daisy’s always been treated as less-than by her domineering boss Mrs. Koehl (Wheeler-Nicholson). When her rodeo star twin brother gets paralyzed, his spitfire bull rider girlfriend Tam (Cowen) convinces Daisy to train and take her brother’s place in a high-stakes championship. Determined to get her shot, Daisy catches the attention of washed-up pro rider Guy (Huber), who becomes her coach. Sparks fly, but there are snakes everywhere. Betrayed by those closest...
Written by Melnechuk and Jackson, the film tells the story of Daisy (Jackson), a Latina orphan living and working as a cowgirl on a bucking bull ranch in Texas. Daisy’s always been treated as less-than by her domineering boss Mrs. Koehl (Wheeler-Nicholson). When her rodeo star twin brother gets paralyzed, his spitfire bull rider girlfriend Tam (Cowen) convinces Daisy to train and take her brother’s place in a high-stakes championship. Determined to get her shot, Daisy catches the attention of washed-up pro rider Guy (Huber), who becomes her coach. Sparks fly, but there are snakes everywhere. Betrayed by those closest...
- 6/13/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
For its first five minutes or so, "Dads" is just a sitcom about two guys who don't get along with their fathers. It's not great -- the jokes land a little too heavily, the rhythm feels a little off. Those are all correctable problems, though.
The show's four leads -- Seth Green and Giovanni Ribisi as best friends who run a video-game company and Peter Riegert and Martin Mull as their respective fathers -- have enough comedy chops that it's not hard to imagine them finding a groove. So do Brenda Song, who plays an employee of the game company, and Vanessa Lachey, who plays Ribisi's wife. Comedy pilots often go for big, broad jokes, the better to loudly announce themselves as laff-a-minute machines. Certainly, one would think that father-son relationships are pretty fertile ground for comedy, and as the writers get a better handle on the show, the jokes...
The show's four leads -- Seth Green and Giovanni Ribisi as best friends who run a video-game company and Peter Riegert and Martin Mull as their respective fathers -- have enough comedy chops that it's not hard to imagine them finding a groove. So do Brenda Song, who plays an employee of the game company, and Vanessa Lachey, who plays Ribisi's wife. Comedy pilots often go for big, broad jokes, the better to loudly announce themselves as laff-a-minute machines. Certainly, one would think that father-son relationships are pretty fertile ground for comedy, and as the writers get a better handle on the show, the jokes...
- 9/17/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Dads isn’t going to back off just because critics started throwing out words like, “racist,” and, “offensive.” In fact, as you might expect from something with the name Seth MacFarlane attached to it, a recent promo celebrates the fact that there is controversy surrounding the show, and, apparently, hopes to show that “real people” don’t find it offensive.
The simple fact is that there is (at least) one scene in the show’s pilot which, at the very least, ought to cause you to raise your eyebrows. I’m not the ultimate judge on what’s offensive, and neither are you, but I squirmed in my seat a little, and thought, “Uhhh… what now?”
The question is, is that really “wrong”?
Well, we’ll get to that.
Dads centers around two friends, Warner (Giovanni Ribisi) and Eli (Seth Green), who own a video game company, and their Dads,...
The simple fact is that there is (at least) one scene in the show’s pilot which, at the very least, ought to cause you to raise your eyebrows. I’m not the ultimate judge on what’s offensive, and neither are you, but I squirmed in my seat a little, and thought, “Uhhh… what now?”
The question is, is that really “wrong”?
Well, we’ll get to that.
Dads centers around two friends, Warner (Giovanni Ribisi) and Eli (Seth Green), who own a video game company, and their Dads,...
- 9/17/2013
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
Chicago – Fox started the season last night with the season premiere of “Bones” and series premiere of “Sleepy Hollow,” and they continue their effort to fill your DVR with the return of “New Girl” & “The Mindy Project” tonight, preceded by the series premieres of “Dads” and “Brooklyn Nine-Nine.”
It’s a mixed bag of comedy talents tonight on Fox as “New Girl” has become a pretty consistent show and “The Mindy Project” has quietly developed one of the best ensembles on TV (aided notably by James Franco and Chloe Sevigny in the first two episodes) but the two new offerings premiere with mixed results.
Well, one has potential and the other decidedly does not. “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” with Andy Samberg and Andre Braugher starts with a bit of rocky comedy writing but has a talented enough cast and interesting enough premise to turn it around quickly. I expect it to be...
It’s a mixed bag of comedy talents tonight on Fox as “New Girl” has become a pretty consistent show and “The Mindy Project” has quietly developed one of the best ensembles on TV (aided notably by James Franco and Chloe Sevigny in the first two episodes) but the two new offerings premiere with mixed results.
Well, one has potential and the other decidedly does not. “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” with Andy Samberg and Andre Braugher starts with a bit of rocky comedy writing but has a talented enough cast and interesting enough premise to turn it around quickly. I expect it to be...
- 9/17/2013
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Seth MacFarlane makes cartoons about dumb guys. That’s his job, and he’s done it so well with clueless buffoons like Peter Griffin that Family Guy has become one of the top-rated shows on Fox. So why is his latest pilot, Dads, which he created alongside fellow Family Guy producers Alec Sulkin and Wellesley Wild, inspiring so much outrage over its “racist” humor that one watchdog group is calling for Fox to reshoot the pilot?
So far, Fox is standing behind Dads, despite the controversy. The pilot has already been sent out to critics, including EW, and although some...
So far, Fox is standing behind Dads, despite the controversy. The pilot has already been sent out to critics, including EW, and although some...
- 8/16/2013
- by Melissa Maerz
- EW.com - PopWatch
Fox has one of its better slates coming your way with the new season, especially if you take the midseason shows into account. Some of these shows may not jump out at you now as must-see, but some of them are going to take over, if I’m any judge anyway.
Clear showcase offerings Dads, Almost Human, and Us & Them are guaranteed to take off early. Almost Human has J.J. Abrams recognition to pull people in, though it looks to be a show that could flounder after a few episodes, even if I hope it doesn’t. The other two are going to become hits. Unfortunately, we have to wait until mid-season for the Gavin & Stacey remake.
Rake also looks like a winner, as long as the translation can be made to work as an Americanized product, and the show actually delivers what made the Australian original so brilliant.
Take...
Clear showcase offerings Dads, Almost Human, and Us & Them are guaranteed to take off early. Almost Human has J.J. Abrams recognition to pull people in, though it looks to be a show that could flounder after a few episodes, even if I hope it doesn’t. The other two are going to become hits. Unfortunately, we have to wait until mid-season for the Gavin & Stacey remake.
Rake also looks like a winner, as long as the translation can be made to work as an Americanized product, and the show actually delivers what made the Australian original so brilliant.
Take...
- 5/14/2013
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
Tommy Dewey has been cast in the Fox comedy "Dads," from "Ted" team Seth MacFarlane, Alec Sulkin and Wellesley Wild. Dewey, who's appeared in a handful of episodes of Fox's "The Mindy Project," will play Warner, the co-owner of a successful videogame company and stable family man whose otherwise perfect life is cast into chaos when his feckless father Crawford moves in with him. Also read: Seth MacFarlane on 'Family Guy' Movie: 'It's Just a Matter of When' The series, which has been given the go-ahead for a six-episode season, revolves around Eli...
- 2/13/2013
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
Here's the first trailer for King's Faith, directed by Nicholas Dibella, and produced by Mark Costello and Marc Wax. The indie feature film, described as a faith-driven story for teens and young adults, stars Crawford Wilson, Kayla Compton, James McDaniel, and Lynn Whitfield. The film's formal synopsis reads: Brendan King is a foster kid who grew up on the wrong side of the law graduating from five-finger discounts and fights on the playground to drug-dealing and gun-running as a member of the multi-racial gang called Avenue D. Arrested in a federal raid when he was fifteen and imprisoned for three years until his parole at eighteen, Brendan has found a...
- 9/29/2012
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
House of Style: MTV Brings the Fashion Series Back
Per Entertainment Weekly, MTV has decided that 90s fashion series House of Style is back in season, as the network has announced an October 6th return date for the show. No host has been named yet, but we won't have to wait long to find out who it'll be. There'll be confirmation of a host on September 6th, the night of the Video Music Awards and by far MTV's biggest night of the year.
The original House of Style debuted in 1989, right around the time of the supermodel craze that catapulted the likes of Linda Evangelista, Helena Christensen, and Cindy Crawford to mainstream success. Crawford, the show's original host, preceded the likes of Amber Valletta, Daisy Fuentes, and Molly Sims in talking about all things model; however, once she left, the show's presence on the channel was gradually reduced before eventually...
Per Entertainment Weekly, MTV has decided that 90s fashion series House of Style is back in season, as the network has announced an October 6th return date for the show. No host has been named yet, but we won't have to wait long to find out who it'll be. There'll be confirmation of a host on September 6th, the night of the Video Music Awards and by far MTV's biggest night of the year.
The original House of Style debuted in 1989, right around the time of the supermodel craze that catapulted the likes of Linda Evangelista, Helena Christensen, and Cindy Crawford to mainstream success. Crawford, the show's original host, preceded the likes of Amber Valletta, Daisy Fuentes, and Molly Sims in talking about all things model; however, once she left, the show's presence on the channel was gradually reduced before eventually...
- 7/24/2012
- by Shilo Adams
- TVovermind.com
We invite you to check out sixteen clips from "The Secrets of the Mountain" which includes interviews with Barry Bostwick (Uncle Henry), Paige Turco (Dana James), Shawn Christian (Tom Kent), Kayla Carlson (Maddie James), Adelaide Kane (Jade James), Crawford Wilson (Jake James) and soundtrack producer Randy Jackson. There's also a behind-the-scenes look at filming on location in Canada and 8 clips from the film! Family business leads to an adventure of a lifetime for single mom Dana James (Paige Turco, “The Agency”) and her three kids when the family faces a series of mysteries and a dark secret that drives them deep into danger in an original two-hour movie. When Dana receives news that someone is interested in buying the mountain cabin she inherited years ago from her beloved Uncle Henry (Barry Bostwick, “Spin City”), she sees a weekend trip to sign...
- 4/14/2010
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Paige Turco and Barry Bostwick have been tapped to star in "The Mountain," NBC's two-hour movie/backdoor pilot from Canadian production company Muse Entertainment.
The project, slated to begin shooting Wednesday in Montreal and Magog, Quebec, centers on Dana (Turco) a single mom with three kids who inherits a remote mountain cabin from a supposedly dead uncle. But when she heads off to the cabin, she discovers that her Uncle Henry (Bostwick) is very much alive, and they set out to keep an evil buyer from gaining access to the mountain that holds secrets and treasures.
Also cast in the pilot, directed by Doug Barr, is Crawford Wilson as one of Dana's kids.
Gersh-repped Turco recently recurred on FX's "Damages" and co-stars in "The Stepfather."
Bostwick is repped by TalentWorks and Vanguard, Wilson is with Cesd and Industry.
The project, slated to begin shooting Wednesday in Montreal and Magog, Quebec, centers on Dana (Turco) a single mom with three kids who inherits a remote mountain cabin from a supposedly dead uncle. But when she heads off to the cabin, she discovers that her Uncle Henry (Bostwick) is very much alive, and they set out to keep an evil buyer from gaining access to the mountain that holds secrets and treasures.
Also cast in the pilot, directed by Doug Barr, is Crawford Wilson as one of Dana's kids.
Gersh-repped Turco recently recurred on FX's "Damages" and co-stars in "The Stepfather."
Bostwick is repped by TalentWorks and Vanguard, Wilson is with Cesd and Industry.
- 10/15/2009
- by By Nellie Andreeva
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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