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John Goodman To Star In Amazon Comedy Pilot ‘Alpha House’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday January 31, 2013 @ 4:12pm PSTTags: Alpha House, Amazon, John Goodman
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: John Goodman is set to star in Alpha House, one of Amazon Studios’ first six original comedy pilots. Written by Oscar nominee and Pulitzer-Prize winner Garry Trudeau (Doonesbury), Alpha House follows four senators who live together in a rented house in Washington DC. Goodman will play North Carolina Senator Gil John Biggs, a large man with large appetites. His cranky sense of entitlement comes from years of being revered as a successful basketball coach, but when the Duke basketball coach decides to run against him, he finds his Senate seat in jeopardy. Amazon has been going for a mix of big TV names and up-and-coming young talent for its comedy pilots. Frasier and Cheers alumna Bebe Neuwirth was recently cast in Browsers. Since a story about Democratic politicians Chuck Schumer, Dick Durbin, George Miller and Bill Delahunt sharing a rented house gained popularity several years ago, there have been several attempts to use the setup for a TV show. In 2010, ABC ordered a pilot for Greg Malins’ comedy Freshmen, executive produced by Arianna Huffington, which revolved around three newly-elected members of Congress who share a house together.

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‘Roseanne’ Reunion: John Goodman To Co-Star In Roseanne Barr’s NBC Pilot

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday February 10, 2012 @ 1:50pm PSTTags: Downwardly Mobile, John Goodman, Roseanne Barr
Nellie Andreeva

Roseanne co-stars Roseanne Barr and John Goodman together again. I’ve learned that, after lengthy negations, Goodman is in final negotiations to join Barr’s new sitcom, the NBC pilot Downwardly Mobile. Co-created by Barr, her boyfriend John Argent and Eric Gilliland, who … Read More »

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John Goodman Boards Paramount’s ‘Flight’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday September 28, 2011 @ 7:56am PDTTags: Ben Affleck, Denzel Washington, Flight, John Goodman, Michel Hazanavicius, Robert Zemeckis, Sandra Bullock, Stephen Daldry, Tom Hanks
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: John Goodman has joined the cast of the Robert Zemeckis-directed Flight, which stars Denzel Washington as an airline pilot who averts a plane crash, only to come under a cloud for possible substance abuse problems. Goodman will play a … Read More »

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Ben Affleck’s Next Directorial Effort Tells Tale Of Iran Hostage Rescue Mission

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Saturday September 3, 2011 @ 4:40pm PDTTags: Alan Arkin, Argo, Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, John Goodman, Warner Bros Pictures

Ben AffleckWarner Bros has revealed details about Ben Affleck’s next feature directing effort. Argo, which has just begun principal photography, sheds light on the real-life covert operation to rescue a group of Americans during the 1979 Iran hostage crisis. Six … Read More »

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TV CASTINGS: Rex Lee Joins ‘Suburgatory’, Melissa George Off To ‘Bag Of Bones’, John Goodman To ‘Community’,'Work It’ Adds Girl

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday July 25, 2011 @ 3:38pm PDTTags: A&E, ABC, Bag of Bones, Community, John Goodman, Melissa George, Rex Lee, Suburgatory, Work It
Nellie Andreeva

Fresh off his co-starring turn on HBO’s Entourage as Ari Gold’s long-suffering assistant Lloyd, Rex Lee has joined the cast of ABC’s new single-camera comedy series Suburgatory as a regular. Suburgatory centers on Tessa (Jane Levy), a teen girl whose … Read More »

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First Cannes Deal: Weinstein Co Buying Silent Film ‘The Artist’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday May 10, 2011 @ 5:18pm PDTTags: Cannes, Cannes Film Festival, Jean Dujardin, John Goodman, The Artist, The Weinstein Company, Wild Bunch
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: In what shapes up as the first major acquisition of the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, The Weinstein Company is near a deal to acquire U.S. and multiple international territories on The Artist, a black-and-white silent film that is written … Read More »

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