Rumors of a movie continuation of "Bored to Death," the Jonathan Ames-created quirky comedy that HBO canceled after three seasons in 2011, have been percolating ever since Ted Danson, one of its stars, started telling the press that a deal was close to being signed in Octobe...
Read More »While everyone is deservedly excited for the return of "Arrested Development," this writer may be equally if not more stoked that the long rumored plans for HBO's movie revivial of the canceled-too-soon "Bored To Death" is very real, and very much in development. After bits a...
Read More »Jason Schwartzman has already collaborated with his cousin Roman Coppola several times, more recently in the upcoming comedy “A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III.” But while Schwartzman plays supporting roles in Coppola's latest feature-length film as well as his previous one, “CQ,” the ac...
Read More »As great as HBO generally is, even they are prone to boneheaded moves, and when they decided to cancel the wickedly funny and charming "Bored to Death" after its third season, we were heartbroken. A faint glimmer of hope appeared over the summer when Ted Danson revealed that there was movement brewi...
Read More »Jonathan Ames' HBO comedy "Bored to Death" was so low-key that to say that it's missed feels like an overstatement -- the show, which ran for three short seasons consisting of eight episodes each, was never that urgent about or insistent on being noticed. But "Bored to Death&q...
Read More »While we're generally fans of the kind of programming HBO tends to support, their decision to cancel "Bored To Death" at the end of last year was heartbreaking. While the show was not a huge hit, over three excellent seasons it developed a cult following and was one of the funniest, wi...
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