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Joss Whedon Sells a 'S.H.I.E.L.D.' Live-Action Pilot to ABC, May Direct
In news that could send general geek culture into gleeful hysterics, ABC has ordered a pilot for "S.H.I.E.L.D.," a live-action project based on the Marvel property from Joss Whedon, Marvel TV and ABC Studios.
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Watch: 2 New Trailers From The Final Season Of 'Fringe' Materialize From A Parallel World
If you haven't been watching "Fringe," the admirably madcap Fox sci-fi series co-created by J.J. Abrams, Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, well, you have a few weeks to catch up before the fifth and final season (and we suggest you do). Originally a kind of gooier version of "The X-Files," with a libe...
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Werner Herzog Making Two New Doc Series: 'Hate in America' and 'On Death Row'
Werner Herzog's TV documentary project "On Death Row," a series of interviews with death row inmates, served as a kind of continuation of the themes in his 2011 film "Into the Abyss," and aired in four parts in the US on the Investigation Discovery channel. Now Herzog's g...
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Nick Fury & S.H.I.E.L.D Heading To ABC; Whedon Creating Pilot
That's right, Nick Fury and the rest of S.H.I.E.L.D just my find a home at ABC as a serial, as it's been announced that Joss Whedon, who wrote and directed the big-screen version of The Avengers, is on board to write the pilot episode, along with his brother Jed Whedon and Mau...
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Spike Lee's Michael Jackson Documentary 'Bad 25' Airs On ABC On Thanksgiving
Despite having a creative misstep with 2008’s “Miracle At St. Anna,” Spike Lee remains a vibrant voice and has estabalished himself as a top tier documentary filmmaker, with numerous projects over the past decade. And the Brooklyn auteur's next documentary “Bad 25,” which chronicles the creation and...
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Eddie Murphy's 'Beverly Hills Cop' TV Series Moves Forward As Networks Circle
While once much talked about, possibly-Brett Ratner-directed "Beverly Hills Cop 4" is, for all intents and purposes, dead. However Axel Foley is still kicking around and is now headed to the small screen. "What I'm trying to do now is produce a TV show starring Axel Fol...
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'S.H.I.E.L.D.' TV Series Moves Ahead, Joss Whedon To Write & Possibly Direct
Well, that didn't take long. Mere weeks after inking a 3 year deal with Marvel, parent company Disney has put Joss Whedon to work, and it will find him expanding the comic brand to the small screen.
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Watch Episode 4 Of New Docu-Series From Black Public Media - 'Ask A Muslim' (The Qu'ran)
BlackPublicMedia.org and the National Black Programming Consortium present the new Ask A Muslim series.
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'Fame' Getting Rebooted (Again) As A TV Series
It's basic economics -- it's cheaper to use a pre-existing property instead of developing something original. When the original "Fame" movie came out in 1980, it was a hit, winning two Academy Awards (it was nominated for six) for Best Score and Best Original Song. It also spawned a successful TV se...
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Is The Best Way To Market a New Series To Let People See It Early Online?
Yesterday the pilot for "The Mindy Project," "Office" star Mindy Kaling's new TV series, went live online courtesy of Hulu, almost a full month before the show's scheduled on-air premiere on September 25. Also getting an early internet preview window is fellow Fox co...
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