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Specialty B.O. Preview: ‘No One Lives’, ‘And Now A Word From Our Sponsor’, ‘Sightseers’, ‘Venus And Serena’, ‘He’s Way More Famous Than You’, ‘One Track Heart: The Story Of Krishna Das’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday May 9, 2013 @ 6:41pm PDTTags: No One LIves, Sightseers, Specialty Box Office, Venus And Serena

Brian Brooks is a Deadline contributor.

Thrillers and docs populate the Specialty newcomers this weekend with genre (and genre-esque) fare ranging from a gang of highway killers who kidnap a couple to a soft-spoken couple who go on a road trip and find themselves embarking on a killing spree among the limited release titles opening in theaters. Anchor Bay Films will follow up its Rob Zombie rollout in April with No One Lives, while IFC Films will bow its British twisted comedy Sightseers. Paladin is hoping to capitalize on its North American opening of And Now A Word From Our Sponsor to shore up its international rollout, while Gravitas Ventures is banking on the story of an aspiring actress who steals a script to make a movie, in He’s Way More Famous Than You, to charm audiences. Magnolia Pictures will open Toronto doc Venus And Serena as the French Open makes its way to sports fans and Zeitgeist’s doc One Track Heart: The Story Of Krishna Das makes its way to the spiritually inclined this weekend.

No One Lives
Director: Ryûhei Kitamura
Writer: David Cohen
Cast: Luke Evans, Adelaide Clemens, Derek Magyar, Lee Tergesen, America Olivo
Distributor: Anchor Bay Films

Anchor Bay Films picked up No One Lives out of the Toronto International Film Festival last year. The thriller centers on a gang of highway killers who kidnap a wealthy couple traveling across the country, but then things aren’t exactly what they seem. “It has one of the best scenes with one of the top 10 scenes in a horror film ever,” boasted Bill Lewis, SVP Theatrical Marketing and Distribution at Anchor Bay. “We [released] the clip of the scene Wednesday. It’s such a great shot.” The company partnered with WWE Studios, the production subsidiary of World Wrestling Entertainment, which produced the film. “Their biggest fan base is also where we decided to target theatrical locations,” said Lewis. “They’re a tremendous partner with great assets and they’re behind their film 100% and lucky they have the assets to push it.” Read More »

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Michael Graziadei Joins ABC Pilot ‘Venice’, Enver Gjokaj & Brendan Hines In ‘Murder’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday February 28, 2013 @ 3:00pm PSTTags: Michael Graziadei, Murder In Manhattan, Venice
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Michael Graziadei, who recently wrapped an eight-year stint on The Young & The Restless, is set to co-star in another soapy drama, this time in primetime. Graziadei has been cast in ABC‘s Romeo & Juliet-esque pilot Venice, about the haves and the have-nots of California’s most seductive city, Venice. It focuses on two rival families, the Nances and the Carvers, and a forbidden and dangerous romance emerging between them as the families battle for control of Venice. Graziadei, repped by Gersh and Main Title, will play Josh Nance, the son of Gordy Nance (Bruce Greenwood) and bother of Sophie (Odette Annable), a rising star in his father’s company, poised to take over the family business. He had a recurring role on the first season of FX’s American Horror Story.

Enver Gjokaj and Brendan Hines (Lie To Me) have been cast in ABC’s hourlong pilot Murder In Manhattan, executive produced by Ryan Reynolds. It is a dramedy set in New York centering on mother Blythe and daughter Lex (Bridget Regan) who team up as amateur sleuths. Hines will play Lex’s brother, an Assistant District Attorney. Gjokaj, repped by ICM Partners, Suskin Management and Jackoway Tyreman, will play Jack, Lex’s best childhood friend, now an NYPD directive who has feelings for Lex and helps her and her mother in their investigations.

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Odette Annable & Bruce Greenwood To Star In ABC’s Pilot ‘Venice’ Directed By McG

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday February 22, 2013 @ 3:30pm PSTTags: Bruce Greenwood, Odette Annable, Venice
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Bruce GreenwoodOdette AnnableOdette Annable (Breaking In) and Bruce Greenwood (The River) have been cast in ABC‘s Romeo & Juliet-esque drama pilot Venice. Written by Byron Balasco, directed by McG and executive produced by Ilene Chaiken,  Venice is a soap about the haves and the have-nots of California’s most seductive city, Venice. It focuses on two rival families, the Nances and the Carvers, and a forbidden and dangerous romance emerging between them as the families battle for control of Venice. Annable will play Sophie Nance, the owner of the hippest boutique in Venice, who falls in love with the offspring of her family’s archenemies, Chris Carver. Greenwood plays Sophie’s father Gordy Nance, the most powerful man in Venice and head of the Nance family. Read More »

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EFM Roundup: Atom Egoyan’s ‘Queen Of The Night’; Lionsgate UK Boards British Indies

By NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor | Monday, 4 February 2013 18:50 UKTags: Bruce Greenwood, EFM, Lionsgate UK

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Bruce Greenwood Joins Atom Egoyan’s ‘Queen Of The Night’
The European Film Market kicks off at the Berlin Film Festival on Thursday and we’ll be posting rolling briefs on a daily basis from today and for the duration. To wit: Canadian director Atom Egoyan has added Bruce Greenwood to the cast of his psychological thriller Queen Of The Night which eOne is handling for international sales. Principal photography has just gotten underway in Canada. This is Greenwood’s fourth time working with Egoyan. He joins Ryan Reynolds, Scott Speedman, Rosario Dawson, Mireille Enos, Kevin Durand and Alexia Fast. Reynolds and Enos play the parents of an abducted child. Eight years after the kidnapping, Reynolds’ character is convinced the now 17-year-old girl is alive. The film is based on an original story by Egoyan with screenplay by Egoyan and David Fraser. Ego Film Arts and The Film Farm produce with eOne distributing in Canada. France’s ARP Selection has rights in that territory.

Lionsgate UK Boards Pair Of British Indies
Simon Crowe’s SC Films International will handle two British titles that Lionsgate UK has just added to its production slate. The films reteam Lionsgate UK with writer/director Ronnie Thompson whose Tower Block and Screwed the company previously released. Thompson … Read More »

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2013 ABC Pilots

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Monday January 21, 2013 @ 5:15pm PST

COMEDY

BAD MANAGEMENT (single-camera)
NOT GOING FOR FALL BUT STILL ALIVE
STUDIO: ABC Studios
TEAM: Sharon Horgan (w), Holly Walsh (w), Aaron Kaplan (ep), Ben Taylor (d)
LOGLINE: A slightly self-centered female boss at a high-end luxury goods department store finds her ways challenged when the boss’s son comes to town and makes youth and sex the new company focus.
CAST: Sharon Horgan, David Spade, Alan Thicke, Rachael Harris, Greta Lee, E.J. Bonilla, Bradley Dodds

DIVORCE: A LOVE STORY (multi-camera)
PASSED ON
STUDIO: Sony Pictures Television/ABC Studios/Reshet
TEAM: Michael Sikowitz (ep), Daniel Lappin (ep), Noa Tishby (ep), Pam Fryman (d)
LOGLINE: A recently divorced couple were bad together but discover they’re even worse apart and can’t seem to stay out of each others’ lives. Based on Israeli format Life Isn’t Everything.
CAST: Jason Jones, Andrea Anders, Adam Goldberg, Regina King

THE GOLDBERGS (formerly HOW THE HELL AM I NORMAL?) (single-camera)
PICKED UP TO SERIES
STUDIO: Sony Pictures Television/Happy Madison
TEAM: Adam F. Goldberg (w, ep), Seth Gordon (d, ep), Doug Robinson (ep)
LOGLINE: Family comedy set in the ’80s that centers on an in-your-face mother and hot-tempered father who love their three eccentric kids so much, they can’t bear to see them grow up; inspired by Goldberg’s experience growing up in the ’80s with a highly screwed up but loving family
CAST: Wendi McLendon-Covey, Jeff Garlin, George Segal, Darien Provost, Troy Gentile

KEEP CALM AND KAREY ON (previously Untitled Andrea Abbate, Crazy Gene)
PASSED ON
STUDIO: 20th Century Fox TV/21 Laps/Adelstein
TEAM: Andrea Abbate (w, ep), Marty Adelstein (ep), Shawn Levy (ep), Becky Clements (ep)
LOGLINE: Centers on the clean-nosed black … Read More »

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AFM Roundup Day 2: Aussie Stars Set For ‘The Turning’; Jennifer Connelly, Cillian Murphy To Topline ‘Cry/Fly’, Image Acquires ‘Day Of The Falcon’ For U.S.; Arclight Acquires ‘Bronx Bull’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday November 1, 2012 @ 4:45pm PDTTags: AFM, Big Deals Film

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The Turning, a 17-part omnibus Australian film based on short stories by Tim Winton, is enlisting some of Oz’s top actors. Hugo Weaving, Rose Byrne and Miranda Otto will join a group that includes Cate Blanchett and Mia Wasikowska. The portmanteau is a series of overlapping stories about the extraordinary turning points in ordinary people’s lives set in a fictional Western Australian coastal town over 30 years. Produced by Robert Connolly’s Arenamedia, the film marks the directing debuts of Blanchett, Wasikowska and David Wenham. Among those directing other segments are Connolly, Tony Ayres, Anthony Lucas and Stephen Page. The first two segments are in the can. Turning is backed by Screen Australia, with Footprint Films/Madman Entertainment handling the Australian release and LevelK repping international sales at the American Film Market. – Don Groves…

Jennifer Connelly and Cillian Murphy have been set to star in the drama Cry/Fly from Latin American writer-director Claudia Llosa. Melanie Laurent also in talks to co-star as a French journalist, Variety reports. Cry/Fly is set in Minnesota and northern Canada over two time periods and tells the story a mother whose six-year-old daughter is terminally ill. A dramatic event separates the mother from her child and falcon-keeper son, but 20 years later, the son is persuaded by a journalist to embark on a search for his now-famous mother. Shooting begins in February.

Image Entertainment has landed U.S. rights to Day Of The Falcon, starring Antonio Banderas, Mark Strong, Freida Pinto and Tahar Rahim. It plans a theatrical release after an ultra-VOD release in first-quarter 2013 for the Jean-Jacques Annaud film, about the rivalry between two Emirs in the Arabia Peninsula in the early 20th century just as oil is being discovered, and the rise of a young dynamic leader who unites the tribes of the desert kingdom. The co-production between Quinta Communications and Doha Film Institute had its worldwide premiere at Tribeca last year and Warner Brothers and UPI released overseas. The U.S. deal was negotiated by Bill Bromiley and Jess DeLeo on behalf of Image and by Jeff Berg as well as Brigitte Segal and Tarak Ben Ammar of Quinta for the film….

Arclight Films has acquired the Jake LaMotta biopic The Bronx Bull, directed by Martin Guigui and with a cast that includes William Forsythe, Joe Mantegna, Paul Sorvino, Natasha Henstridge, Penelope Ann Miller, Tom Sizemore and Robert Davi. It will sell international rights to the pic based on the book written by Chris Anderson, Sharon McGehee and LaMotta….

AnnaLynne McCord, Billy Zane and Viva Bianca have been set to star in the revenge thriller Scorned, from Leprechaun director Mark Jones, who co-wrote the script with Sadie Katz. Producers are Lance Thompson of Portsmouth Pictures, Charles Ison and Martin Sprock of Horse Head Pictures, and Lightning Entertainment president Robert Beaumont. Lightning’s Audrey Delaney and Marc Bienstock are executive producers alongside Seth Willenson, and Lightning is handling international sales. The pic, in postproduction, revolves around a couple (McCord and Zane) who decide to spend a romantic weekend together. But when an unexpected text from Sadie’s best friend (Bianca) to him reveals a love affair between the two people closest to her, she becomes hell-bent on revenge….

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GoDigital To Handle Digital Distribution For 108 Media Pics

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday October 31, 2012 @ 1:00pm PDTTags: GoDigital

Digital distribution outfit GoDigital has pacted with 108 Media in a deal that will see GoDigital distribute eight films acquired by the Toronto-based distribution and foreign sales company. Each film will see a theatrical release through 108 Media’s partnership with Mark Urman’s Paladin, and rollouts will include traditional releases as well as day-and-date theatrical and VOD. 108 Media’s  slate includes Deepa Mehta’s adaptation of Salman Rushdie’s novel Midnight’s Children; Michel Gondry’s latest film The We And The I; the Sundance and Berlin prize-winning drama My Brother The Devil; the comic fable And Now A Word From Our Sponsor starring Parker Posey and Bruce Greenwood; Myn Bala: Warriors Of The Steppe, Kazakhstan’s entry for this year’s foreign-language Oscar race; documentaries Buffalo Girls about child boxing in Thailand and Daniland, about amateur pornographer DanLeal; and the animated film Leafie, a Korean pic that 108 is re-voicing into English for its North American release.

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Cast Lines Up For BBC-Science Channel Drama About The Challenger Disaster

By NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor | Tuesday, 23 October 2012 15:00 UKTags: BBC, Bruce Greenwood, Science Channel, William Hurt

A mix of North American and British talent will topline an untitled BBC/Science Channel movie about the search for what caused the 1986 Challenger Space Shuttle explosion. William Hurt and Bruce Greenwood will star as physicist Richard Feynman and Air Force General Donald Kutyna, respectively. Feynman, a Nobel Prize winner who also assisted on the Manhattan Project, was instrumental in uncovering the truth, as was Kutyna whom he befriended in the process. Brian Dennehy is also on board as William Rogers, the chair of the presidential commission and Joanne Whalley will play Feynman’s wife. British actors Kevin McNally (Downton Abbey), Read More »

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Paramount’s Oscar Hopeful Takes ‘Flight’ With Bi-Coastal Interactive Launch — Minus Denzel Washington

By PETE HAMMOND | Monday October 15, 2012 @ 9:26pm PDTTags: Denzel Washington, Flight, John Gatins, Paramount Pictures, Robert Zemeckis
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Paramount, expanding ways to reach awards voters, got interactive Monday with a bi-coastal launch of its Oscar-bait drama Flight, including a special screening and Q&A in New York beamed to four Arclight theaters in the Los Angeles area and another in San Francisco for invited guild members and press. Taking place the day after the film’s world premiere as the closing-night attraction of the 50th New York Film Festival, director Robert Zemeckis, writer John Gatins and several cast members including John Goodman, Don Cheadle, Bruce Greenwood, and Melissa Leo took part in the interactive post-screening Q&A that featured tweeted questions from the California venues and live queries from the NY crowd — many industry-voter types. Paramount clearly found a nice way to expand its Big Apple premiere, and it went off almost without a hitch. Almost.

The only downer for the studio was jettisoning the scheduled appearance of Flight star Denzel Washington, who was in attendance for the premiere Sunday night. He “was taken ill” according to the announcement at the outset of the Q&A, followed by audible groans from the audience. For the money being spent on this, as well as its awards launch, losing Denzel had to be a big disappointment for the studio. Still, the rest of this digital-age awards event went off without a hitch with premium network Epix teaming with Paramount to stage the interactive, multi-city event.

Other companies have begun doing this sort of thing including The Weinstein Company, which staged a couple of live interactive events like this last year with Meryl Streep among others. But the major studios, more bottom-line-oriented and not usually on the front lines of new Oscar campaign techniques, are suddenly jumping on board if recent activity is an indication. Last week, Disney/DreamWorks staged a “Conversation With Steven Spielberg And Daniel Day Lewis” following a nine-city screening of Lincoln at which audience members (mostly students) in those cities were able to text questions to the same AMC Lincoln (appropiate name) Plaza theatre that hosted today’s Flight screening. In the past, most awards-season guild screening Q&As (and they number in the hundreds) were simply for the audience that showed up and not usually even taped. Read More »

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TOLDJA! Focus Features Lands ‘The Place Beyond The Pines’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Sunday September 9, 2012 @ 5:33am PDTTags: Big Deals Film, Bradley Cooper, Derek Cianfrance, Focus Features, Ryan Gosling, The Place Beyond The Pines, TIFF Wrap-Up, Toronto Film Festival
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2ND UPDATE: Focus Features has confirmed Deadline’s scoop. Release is at the bottom of the story

UPDATE: I’m told that Focus Features indeed closed a distribution deal for one of Toronto’s hottest acquisition titles, the Derek Cianfrance-directed The Place Beyond The Pines. The negotiations between the Focus acquisition team and the sellers at WME and CAA went into the wee hours of the morning before the deal was made. I’m still trying to confirm the numbers, but it was a few million dollars commitment for a film that has gotten good reaction but which might need to be honed and trimmed a bit for maximum theatrical bang. The big question now is whether this will prime the pump and get the deal volume going. I’m hearing such good things about the acquisition titles that have screened so far that I’m going to say it is inevitable and that sellers and buyers have a lot of late night negotiations ahead of them over the next few days.

RELATED: Toronto: Insider Says No Weinstein Company Offer On ‘Place Beyond The Pines’

EARLIER EXCLUSIVE, SATURDAY 9:17 PM: Focus Features has become the frontrunner and is in serious negotiations to acquire The Place Beyond The Pines, the Derek Cianfrance-directed drama that came into the Toronto Film Festival as one of the highest profile acquisition titles. I’m hearing that a deal could close by tomorrow morning. Focus was among several suitors that sparked … Read More »

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NYFF Lands Robert Zemeckis’ ‘Flight’ As Closing Night Film

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday August 9, 2012 @ 12:13pm PDTTags: Denzel Washington, Flight, New York Film Festival, Robert Zemeckis
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New York, NY, August 8, 2012 – The Film Society of Lincoln Center announced today that Robert Zemeckis’s FLIGHT will make its World Premiere as the Closing Night film for the upcoming 50th New York Film Festival (September 28 – October 14).

“We’re delighted to welcome Robert Zemeckis to the New York Film Festival for the first time. A director equally known for delighting audiences as well as for pushing the technological limits of filmmaking, Zemeckis has created with FLIGHT a remarkable film about one man’s journey to some of the darkest parts of his soul,” says Richard Peña, Selection Committee Chair & Program Director, The Film Society of Lincoln Center.

An action-packed mystery thriller, Academy Award winner, Denzel Washington stars in Robert Zemeckis’s FLIGHT as Whip Whitaker, a seasoned airline pilot, who miraculously crash lands his plane after a mid-air catastrophe, saving nearly every passenger on board. Although he is immediately acclaimed as a hero, the legal, moral and ethical aspects of Whip’s behavior before and after the accident are much more ambiguous than initially meet the public eye. FLIGHT is a compelling drama anchored by a great performance from one of our most distinguished actors. The stellar supporting cast includes John Goodman, Don Cheadle, Melissa Leo, Bruce Greenwood and Kelly Reilly. The Paramount Pictures release is due in theaters on November 2.

Rose Kuo, Executive Director,

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Steven Spielberg & Oren Peli’s ‘The River’ To Debut On U.K. iTunes One Day After U.S.

By NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor | Tuesday, 31 January 2012 10:51 UKTags: iTunes, Oren Peli, Steven Spielberg, The River

Steven Spielberg/Oren Peli thriller series collaboration The River makes its U.S. debut on February 7 on ABC. In a first for producer ABC Studios, the shows will then be available via iTunes in the U.K. 24 hours later. There is currently no U.K. broadcaster deal for The River, although an announcement is expected soon. Meanwhile, U.K. iTunes customers can watch the series on a one-day delay during its entire run. Experiments like this are partly a means to deter piracy and are proving more frequent (they’re also welcome for frustrated fans in Europe). In 2010, for example, ITV made Vampire Diaries available on iTunes in the U.K. before it started airing the popular show. In France, leading broadcaster TF1 makes episodes of shows like House available via its own VOD service on a 24-hour delay from the U.S. TF1 also airs the series on TV at a one-season delay and the show remains a ratings powerhouse. In the U.S., Fox last Read More »

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Production Begins On Director J.J. Abrams’ ‘Star Trek’ Sequel

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Saturday January 14, 2012 @ 8:14am PSTTags: J.J. Abrams' Star Trek, Star Trek Sequel

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 14, 2012 – Paramount Pictures announced that principal photography has commenced in Los Angeles, CA on the sequel to STAR TREK from director J.J. Abrams. The film will be released on May 17, 2013 in 3D. The 2009 re-launch of the “Star Trek” franchise by Abrams was met with critical acclaim and a worldwide gross of over $385 million at the box office.

Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions present a Bad Robot Production of a J.J. Abrams Film. Returning to their posts on the Enterprise are John Cho, Bruce Greenwood, Simon Pegg, Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, and Anton Yelchin. They are joined by new cast members Benedict Cumberbatch, Alice Eve and Peter Weller.

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Steven Spielberg Works Behind The Scenes To Navigate ABC’s ‘The River’: TCA

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday January 10, 2012 @ 1:58pm PSTTags: ABC, Steven Spielberg, The River

Ray Richmond is contributing to Deadline’s TCA coverage.

The name Steven Spielberg seems to be attached to an ever-increasing number of series — in broadcast network primetime in particular. Those include Fox’s on-the-bubble Terra Nova as well as the forthcoming NBC musical drama Smash and ABC’s horror hour The River, the Bruce Greenwood-starrer that’s been tagged “Paranormal Activity outdoors” and premieres February 7 in the Tuesday 9 PM slot. But it remains something of a mystery exactly what Spielberg’s input might be as executive producer on any of these projects — or if it’s largely ceremonial and meant simply to attach his powerful brand. The subject was raised this morning at the TCA session for The River, where it was noted that Spielberg always is too busy to grace one of these panels with his presence. One of the three exec producers who was there, Zack Estrin, begged to differ: “Oh, I think he actually is here in this room,” he said. “(Spielberg’s) influence with stories, his influence when he watches the cuts is amazing. I mean, he’s off doing a movie — or two — and the fact he finds time to watch these cuts and give us notes and be just incredibly supportive is great for us. To have someone like him at our hip and giving us guidance that’s not superficial but indeed foundational is pretty great.” Read More »

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ABC Unveils 2011-2012 Schedule: New Comedy Block On Tuesday With Tim Allen

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday May 17, 2011 @ 5:05am PDTTags: ABC schedule 2011-12, Charlie's Angels, Good Christian Belles, Happy Endings, Last Man Standing, Pan Am, The River
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Home Improvement star Tim Allen is returning to ABC’s primetime, and the network will use his star power to launch a new comedy block. As we predicted, the network is opening up a 8-10 PM comedy block on Tuesday, with Allen’s comedy Last Man Standing anchoring it. ABC will be launching roughly half of its 13 new scripted series in the fall, including Charlie’s Angels, which has been given the tough task to open Thursday night. The network proved it was serious about Happy Endings, giving the modestly rated midseason series its prime comedy slot after Modern Family. Also noteworthy: 1960s soap Pan Am landed the post-Desperate Housewives slot, and ABC opted to go scripted in the Sunday 8 PM slot long occupied by Extreme Makeover: Home Edition with new fantasy series Once Upon a Time. ABC’s top series, Dancing With the Stars, Grey’s Anatomy and Desperate Housewives are staying put. Held for midseason are high-profile new entries Good Christian Belles and The River as well as returning comedy Cougar Town. All fall series have received traditional 13-episode orders, while the size of the orders for most midseason shows have not been determined. Here is ABC’s release with the fall schedule:

New ABC series for the 2011-12 season are “Apartment 23,” “Charlie’s Angels,” “Good Christian Belles,” “Last Man Standing,” “Man Up,” “Missing,” “Once Upon a Time,” “Pan Am,” “Revenge,” “The River,” “Scandal,” “Suburgatory” and “Work It.”

“America’s Funniest Home Videos,” “The Bachelor,” “Body of Proof,” “Dancing with the Stars,” “Desperate Housewives,” “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,” “Happy Endings,” “Secret Millionaire,” “Shark Tank” and “20/20” join previously announced returning series “Castle,” “Cougar Town,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “The Middle,” “Modern Family” and “Private Practice.” “Saturday Night College Football” also returns.

ABC’s fall primetime schedule is as follows; new shows are in bold:

MONDAY

 8:00 p.m.                    “Dancing with the Stars”
10:00 p.m.                  “Castle”

TUESDAY

 8:00 p.m.                    “Last Man Standing”
 8:30 p.m.                    “Man Up”
9:00 p.m.                    “Dancing with the Stars the Results Show”
10:00 p.m.                  “Body of Proof”

WEDNESDAY

 8:00 p.m.                    “The Middle”
8:30 p.m.                    “Suburgatory”
9:00 p.m.                    “Modern Family”
9:30 p.m.                    “Happy Endings”
10:00 p.m.                  “Revenge”

THURSDAY

 8:00 p.m.                    “Charlie’s Angels”
9:00 p.m.                    “Grey’s Anatomy”
10:00 p.m.                  “Private Practice”

 

FRIDAY

 8:00 p.m.                    “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition”
 9:00 p.m.                    “Shark Tank”
 10:00 p.m.                  “20/20”

SATURDAY
 8:00 p.m.                    “Saturday Night College Football”

SUNDAY

 7:00 p.m.                    “America’s Funniest Home Videos”
8:00 p.m.                    “Once Upon a Time”
9:00 p.m.                    “Desperate Housewives”
10:00 p.m.                  “Pan Am”

 

 

NEW FALL AND MIDSEASON SERIES:

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Six More Actors Join Broadcast Pilots

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday March 17, 2011 @ 10:30pm PDTTags: Joshua Bowman
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David Henrie, who plays the son on CBS’ How I Met Your Mother, has landed the lead in CBS’ comedy pilot Assistants. The project, from writer Tucker Cawley, centers on Mike (Henrie) who, newly arrived in Hollywood from a small town in Pennsylvania, is hoping his job as an assistant to a big celebrity might open doors for him. In the meantime, he’s learning the ropes from his fellow assistants who know how to tip-toe around their neurotic boss and her equally crazy husband.

Thomas Kretschmann (King Kong) has joined ABC’s thriller/horror drama pilot The River. After TV explorer husband Emmet Cole (Bruce Greenwood) goes missing in the Amazon, his son Lincoln (Joe Anderson) and wife Tess (Leslie Hope) go on a rescue expedition. Kretschmann, who recently signed with APA, will play an ex-military badass who is in charge of security for the mission to the Amazon.

Joshua Bowman has landed a role in ABC’s drama pilot Revenge, which centers on Emily Thorn/Amanda Clarke (Emily VanCamp), a mysterious woman who comes to the Hamptons to exact revenge on the Graysons, who destroyed her family. Bowman will play Daniel Grayson, the dashing twentysomething heir who gets engaged to Emily. Bowman, repped by Gersh, Management 360 and the UK’s United Agents, recently wrapped So Undercover. Read More »

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Leslie Hope To Star In ABC’s ‘The River’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday March 14, 2011 @ 6:47pm PDTTags: ABC, The River
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24 alumna Leslie Hope has landed the female lead in ABC’s drama pilot The River, a thriller/horror drama from Paranormal Activity mastermind Oren Peli, which is being directed by Jaume Collet-Serra. Described as being in the mold of Paranormal Activity, The River centers on Tess (Hope), a world traveler and top-notch producer who, six months after her TV explorer husband Emmet Cole (Bruce Greenwood) goes missing in the Amazon, receives a signal from his beacon. Convinced that Emmet is alive, Tess forces her reluctant son Lincoln (Joe Anderson) to abandon his medical studies and lead a rescue expedition. Hope, repped by Domain and manager Perry Zimel, has been recurring on The Mentalist.

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TV CASTINGS: Slew Of Actors Join Pilots

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday March 10, 2011 @ 11:12pm PSTTags: Awakening, Grace, Iceland, Kari Lizer, Lamorne Morris, Lost and Found, Tagged, The Assistants, The River, Titus Welliver, Zach Gilford
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Saturday Night Live alum Tim Meadows has joined NBC’s untitled Kari Lizer project. The workplace comedy centers on Mary (Sarah Paulson), a relationship-challenged woman who, with the help of her co-workers, guides people through unexpected career transitions and downsizings. Meadows, repped by APA and Brillstein Entertainment, will play Mary’s  partner, a psychotherapist and the reality check to Mary’s eternal optimism.

Off the Map co-star Zach Gilford has been cast as the male lead in the Fox single-camera pilot Iceland. The project centers on Mackenzie (Kerry Bishe), a twentysomething woman whose fiance recently passed away. Gilford, from WME and D/F Management, will play a guy friend of Mackenzie described as “bad influence.” For Gilford, the casting is in second position to Off the Map. He is the third cast member from the midseason drama to book a pilot this season along with Martin Henderson and Rachelle Lefevre, both cast in NBC’s Reconstruction.

Paul Blackthorne (Lipstick Jungle) has just been cast in the ABC drama pilot The River directed by Jaume Collet-Serra. The horror thriller centers on Lincoln Cole (Joe Anderson) who, after his famous TV explorer father Dr. Emmet Cole (Bruce Greenwood) goes missing way up the Amazon, reluctantly abandons his medical studies and follows in his father’s footsteps. Blackthorne, repped by SDB Partners, Seven Summits & Optimism, will play the producer of Emmet Cole’s long-running documentary series. Read More »

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Bruce Greenwood Among Latest ABC Pilot Castings

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday March 4, 2011 @ 9:00pm PSTTags: ABC, Bruce Greenwood, Good Christian Bitches, The River ABC
Nellie Andreeva

After fielding multiple pilot offers, Bruce Greenwood has signed on to co-star in the ABC drama pilot The River directed by Jaume Collet-Serra. The horror thriller, from DreamWorks TV, ABC Studios and Paranormal Activity mastermind Oren Peli, centers on Lincoln Cole (Joe Anderson) who, after his famous TV explorer father (Greenwood) goes missing way up the Amazon, reluctantly abandons his medical studies and follows in his father’s footsteps – accompanied by a small camera crew, and with something deadly in the water, waiting for him.

Swingtown alumna Miriam Shor has joined the cast of ABC’s dramedy pilot Good Christian Bitches. The sexy soap centers on Amanda (Leslie Bibb), onetime “mean girl” in high school who returns home humbled following a scandalous divorce, hoping to get a second chance at winning over her old classmates. Shor, repped by Gersh and Impression, will play one of the girls hurt by Amanda in high school who is now determined to ruin her life.

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