Tim Blake Nelson Joins Noah Wyle In Drag-Race Drama ‘Snake And Mongoose’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday May 11, 2012 @ 8:43am PDT
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Tim Blake Nelson Snake And MongooseTim Blake Nelson will play drag racing announcer McAllister in Snake And Mongoose, an indie feature that’s getting underway with Wayne Holloway directing. He joins Noah Wyle, who plays Mattel Inc. exec Art Spear in a film that tells the story of the rivalry between racing legends Don “The Snake” Prudhomme and Tom “The Mongoose” McEwen, who transformed an obscure sport into a global phenomenon. Mattel became the sport’s first major corporate sponsor. Jesse Williams plays Prudhomme and Richard Blake plays McEwen. Kim Shaw and Ashley Hinshaw also star.

The film is being done in partnership with the National Hot Rod Association. Robin Broidy and Rhino Films’ Stephen Nemeth are producing. Broidy’s recently formed Entertainment Universe is financing the feature. Holloway, who co-wrote the script with Alan Paradise, is a British commercials director making his feature debut. Nelson is repped by UTA and manager Amy Guenther.

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Actor Noah Wyle On Portraying Steve Jobs

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Sunday October 9, 2011 @ 6:28pm PDT

Now that Sony Pictures is planning a movie based on the new authorized biography of Steve Jobs, attention has focused anew on the last film about the Apple icon. Actor Noah Wyle talks about playing Jobs in TNT’s 1999 made-for-TV movie Pirates of Silicon Valley that the cable channel is re-scheduling. … Read More »

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TNT To Re-Air ‘Pirates Of Silicon Valley’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday October 6, 2011 @ 9:37am PDT
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Will Hollywood Book Biopic Of Steve Jobs?

As a tribute to Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, who died yesterday, TNT will preempt its primetime lineup for two back-to-back airings at 8 PM and 10 PM of its 1999 original movie Read More »

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Second-Season Order For ‘Falling Skies’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday July 7, 2011 @ 2:59pm PDT

TNT has ordered a second season of Falling Skies, the alien-invasion drama from Steven Spielberg and DreamWorks TV that premiered last month with 8 million total viewers, making it cable’s top series launch this year. The series, starring Noah Wyle, … Read More »

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TV Teaser: TNT’s ‘Falling Skies’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday March 29, 2011 @ 1:13pm PDT

The network’s alien-invasion drama, executive produced by Steven Spielberg and starring Noah Wyle, premieres Sunday, June 19 at 9 PM.

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TNT’s ‘Falling Skies’ Books New Regular

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday July 23, 2010 @ 12:57pm PDT
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EXCLUSIVE: Shark alumna Sarah Carter has joined the upcoming TNT/DreamWorks TV sci-fi series Falling Skies as a regular. The Steven Spielberg-produced drama stars Noah Wyle stars as Tom, the leader of a group of soldiers and civilians struggling … Read More »

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