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Alex Reid Inks Overall Deal With Sony TV, Will Co-Run Michael J. Fox’s NBC Series

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday April 3, 2013 @ 12:56pm PDTTags: Alex Reid, Big Deals TV, Michael J. Fox, Sony Pictures TV
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: Emmy-winning comedy writer-producer Alex Reid has signed an overall deal with Sony Pictures TV. Under the two-year pact, which starts June 1, Reid will be joining the studio’s new NBC comedy series starring Michael J. Fox as executive producer. On the untitled project, which has a 22-episode order, Reid will serve as co-showrunner alongside creator Sam Laybourne. Reid, Laybourne and Will Gluck, who directed the pilot, will executive produce, with Richard Schwartz co-executive producing. Gluck’s Olive Bridge Entertainment co-produces the series, loosely based on Fox’s life, with Sony TV. It stars Fox as a husband and father of three in New York City dealing with family, career, and challenges — including Parkinson’s disease. Reid’s overall deal also calls for him to develop new projects, though he will initially focus exclusively on the Michael J. Fox series. Reid, who is finishing up a deal at Universal TV, most recently served as co-executive producer/director on the NBC/Uni TV comedy series Up All Night, reuniting with star Christina Applegate after serving in the same capacity on the actress’ previous series, ABC’s Samantha Who? READ MORE »

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Betsy Brandt To Star In Michael J. Fox’s NBC Series Produced By Will Gluck

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday January 17, 2013 @ 9:00am PSTTags: Big Deals TV, Michael J. Fox, NBC, Will Gluck
Nellie Andreeva

As AMC’s dark drama Breaking Bad is wrapping its final season, co-star Betsy Brandt is segueing to a new series, this time on the comedy side. Brandt is set as the female lead opposite Michael J. … Read More »

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Katie Finneran To Co-Star In Michael J. Fox’s NBC Series Produced By Will Gluck

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday January 16, 2013 @ 8:00am PSTTags: Katie Finneran, Michael J. Fox, NBC
Nellie Andreeva

I Hate My Teenage Daughter lead Katie Finneran has landed a co-starring role on Michael J. Fox’s NBC comedy series, which has a 22-episode order for a fall 2013 launch. The single-camera comedy, from Sony Pictures TV and producer-director Will Gluck, is inspired by Fox’s real life and stars him as Mike Burnaby, a husband and father of three in New York City juggling the challenges of family and career while dealing with Parkinson’s disease. A former lead anchor for a local station in NY, Mike decides to go back to work after a new medication helps him manage the effects of his illness. Finneran will play Mike’s narcissistic, single and jobless sister. Also cast in the series are Conor Romero as Mike’s college dropout son who recently returned home, and Jack Gore as his younger, 7-year-old son. Read More »

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Wendell Pierce To Co-Star In Michael J. Fox’s NBC Series Produced By Will Gluck

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday December 19, 2012 @ 4:30pm PSTTags: Michael J. Fox
Nellie Andreeva

With Treme wrapping production on its five-episode fourth and final season, co-star Wendell Pierce has set up his next regular series gig – a co-starring role opposite Michael J. Fox on Fox’s NBC … Read More »

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NBC Lands Michael J. Fox’s Family Comedy Produced By Will Gluck With Series Order

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday August 20, 2012 @ 3:12pm PDTTags: Big Deals TV, Michael J. Fox, NBC, Will Gluck
Nellie Andreeva

UPDATED: In a competitive situation, Michael J. Fox’s new family comedy project has landed at the same network that aired the family comedy which made him a household name 30 years ago, Family Ties. NBC nabbed the untitled … Read More »

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Michael J. Fox Eyes Family Comedy Return

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday August 15, 2012 @ 1:45pm PDTTags: Big Deals TV, Michael J. Fox, Will Gluck
Nellie Andreeva

Thirty years after the premiere of Family Ties, Michael J. Fox is returning to the family comedy genre, this time as the dad. Fox is attached to star in a single-camera comedy project from writer Sam Laybourne (Cougar … Read More »

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‘Back To The Future’ Heading To Broadway?

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday February 2, 2012 @ 9:34am PSTTags: Back to the Future, Michael J. Fox, Robert Zemeckis
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Will Robert Zemeckis’ 1985 classic Back To The Future become the latest film to get a Broadway stage production? I’m told that Zemeckis is in early talks with his co-writer Bob Gale and the film’s composer Alan Silvestri to … Read More »

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Michael J. Fox Recreates ‘Back To The Future’ Teaser For Scream Awards Promo

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday October 13, 2010 @ 2:50pm PDTTags: Back to the Future Eric Stoltz, Back to the Future Video, Eric Stoltz, Michael J. Fox, Movies, Video
Nellie Andreeva

It is officially Back to the Future week. A day after footage with Eric Stoltz as the original Marty McFly hit the web, Spike released a teaser for its upcoming Scream Awards that will feature a Back to the Future reunion celebrating the original film’s 25th anniversary and featuring … Read More »

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Michael J. Fox To Guest Star On ‘Good Wife’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday August 20, 2010 @ 12:30pm PDTTags: CBS The Good Wife, Michael J. Fox, The Good Wife, The Good Wife Casting, TV Casting
Nellie Andreeva

It’s great to see Michael J. Fox back on TV. The former Spin City and Family Ties star has signed on to guest star on CBS’ legal drama The Good Wife next season. He will play Simon Canning, a shrewd and … Read More »

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