11.29.07
Posted in Joel Bissonnette, TV at 9:59 pm by Amanda Rogers
Thanks to Brainy for sharing that Joel Bissonnette has a small part in this week’s Nip/Tuck. The episode already aired but is being repeated tomorrow, Friday, November 30, at 11:00 p.m., and Sunday, December 2, at 10:00 p.m. Do check your local listings.
I looked, but couldn’t find any episode listing info that mentioned Joel. Nor could I find the episode name. Maybe if I had looked harder I could have found more info about this episode, but this will have to do this time. I’m short on time tonight. If any of you have any more info on this episode, feel free to share it with us.
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11.04.07
Posted in Mike McCafferty, TV at 5:09 pm by Amanda Rogers
Be sure to tune in this Tuesday, November 6, at 8:30 p.m./7:30 p.m. central, for Carpoolers on ABC. Our own Mike McCafferty has a guest role on the show! The name of the episode is “A Divorce to Remember” and in it he plays the role of Reverend Horton. As usual, be sure to check your local listings for the time and channel in your area.
The picture to the right is a sneak peak of Mike dressed as Reverend Horton. The actress standing next to him is Rebecca Romijn, who also has a guest role in this episode.
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10.22.07
Posted in "The Invisible Man", TV at 9:14 pm by Amanda Rogers
Well, it looks like Fox is considering a new Invisible Man series. The drama, entitled Invisible, “tells the story of a criminal at rock bottom who is given a second chance at life when a chemical compound makes him invisible.” Hmm…now doesn’t that sound vagely similiar to a certain show we all know and love?
According to the Hollywood Reporter, the project has “landed at Fox with a script commitment.” What this means is that Fox has asked for a pilot script to be developed. Now that doesn’t guarantee that the pilot will actually get made. Networks can have anywhere from 100 to 150 pilot scripts ordered each season. From those, only about 20 to 30 pilots will actually be produced. And from those, only a handful get picked up. It depends on how many slots they need to fill in their schedule. So this series is far from being a sure thing at this point. Time will tell if we see another Invisible Man series on our TV screens.
Frankly, I think it’s a risky move for any network to put an Invisible Man story on air. Invisibility stories have been notorious for being flops. Anybody remember The Invisible Man with David McCallum? Or Gemini Man with Ben Murphy? The problem with invisibility is that film is a visual medium and invisibility is…well, not visual.
Now our Invisible Man was the rare show that did it right. That’s because invisibility wasn’t the main focus of the show. Sure, it was very cleverly done and there were a bunch of cool invisibility tricks and all. But the focus was more on the characters and relationships. There was humor, there was drama, there was action. Heck, there’s way too much to list that the show did right. But all the elements came together to create a show that could have had a much larger audience if it was given half a chance.
Personally, I’m with Tony Whitt of If Magazine who wrote: “No, it’s not the SCI FI Channel show that aired some years back that’s returning to our screens – though wouldn’t it rock if it did?”
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10.09.07
Posted in Internet, Paul Ben-Victor, TV at 8:50 pm by Amanda Rogers
I’m always disappointed when I find out news about the cast or crew after the fact and, unfortunately, that’s what happened here. Yep, Paul Ben-Victor was a guest star on Shark last week. But even though this bit of news slipped by me, there is a silver lining.
Thanks to the fact that Shark episodes are being streamed online, we still get to watch the episode! So go to the official Shark website, scroll down a bit to “Watch Full Episodes of Shark,” and click the “View Now” button. Choose the “For Whom the Skel Rolls” episode and sit back and enjoy Paul’s performance.
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09.24.07
Posted in Film, Interviews, Nestor Carbonell, TV, Trailers at 11:14 pm by Amanda Rogers
Well, it looks like Nestor Carbonell, who has been playing the recurring guest role of Richard Alpert on Lost, might be taking a break from the series. He’s landed a series regular role on the new CBS drama Cane, which premieres tomorrow night, September 25, at 10:00 p.m. on CBS.
Cane Trailer
There’s been a lot of concern among Lost fans as to the fate of Nestor’s character and even Cane creator Cynthia Cidre gets asked if Nestor will be available to guest star in Lost in the following interview.
Exclusive Interview: ‘Cane’ Creator Cynthia Cidre
And she’s not the only one getting asked that question. Lost Executive Producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse also touch on that question in the Official Lost Podcast.
However, the Star Ledger takes it right to the top. CBS entertainment president Nina Tassler was asked whether she’d let Carbonell do a guest spot on Lost. “‘Probably not,’ she said, arguing that they’re trying to establish a new show and a new character, and she felt it would confuse the audience to see Carbonell playing roles on two different series at once.”
I think Nina may be underestimating the TV audience a bit, don’t you?
So there you have it. When and if Richard Alpert ever appears on Lost again remains to be seen. In the meantime, Nestor is in the enviable position of being in demand on two TV shows…an actor’s dream.
Batman
And just when you think things couldn’t get any better for Nestor, Variety reports that Nestor has been cast as the mayor of Gotham City in the new Batman movie, The Dark Knight.
The Dark Knight Movie Teaser
Official Dark Knight Site
The Dark Knight is scheduled to be released July 18, 2008.
Anybody else find it ironic that Batmanuel will appear on Batman?
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