June 8th, 2009 | 0 Comments
Lifetime has acquired the cable TV rights to Mad Money, the first picture released by Overture Films. The cable netwokr will pay license fees to Overture of just under $4 million, around 20% of the film’s $20 million domestic gross. Lifetime can begin airing the film in the second quarter of 2010. The deal was brokered by Starz Media, the parent company of Overture that handles the studio’s domestic TV sales.
Directed by Callie Khouri, the comedy about a group of women who begin robbing banks stars Diane Keaton, Queen Latifah, Katie Holmes and Ted Danson. It opened in January 2008.
June 3rd, 2009 | 0 Comments
The Casting Call brings together the latest casting news to keep you informed on who is showing up on which show. Find out who is joining your favorite show as a series regular, a recurring character, a guest star or special cameo. The Casting Call could reveal upcoming story-lines, so be aware, there may be spoilers ahead.
Army Wives (Lifetime)
Shelby Lynne will appear in an August episode, playing a country music singer whom Roxy adored while growing up, but now is “down and out,” Brigid Brannagh (Pamela) says “Roxy ends up befriending her – and then she sings a little ditty at the Hump Bar, which is pretty cool.”
Appearing in the episode immediately following is Gilmore Girls actress Kelly Bishop. She’ll be playing the wife of a late, great state senator, in town to attend a building-naming ceremony. Charged with entertaining the special guest, Claudia Joy and Denise come to realize the not-so-weeping widow’s secret – that she’s a cougar!
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April 21st, 2009 | 0 Comments
Lifetime has announced that Project Runway will premiere on their channel August 30. Project Runway, which moves to Lifetime following a legal fight between producer Weinstein Company and its former cable home, Bravo, will have a 14-episode run in the Thursday 10 pm time slot.
Lifetime also announced that Drop Dead Diva, starring Brooke Elliott and Margaret Cho, will have its series premiere July 12. The third season of Army Wives premieres June 7.
April 8th, 2009 | 0 Comments
The Casting Call brings together the latest casting news to keep you informed on who is showing up on which show. Find out who is joining your favorite show as a series regular, a recurring character, a guest star or special cameo. The Casting Call could reveal upcoming story-lines, so be aware, there may be spoilers ahead.
100 Questions for Charlotte Payne (NBC)
Elizabeth Ho has come on board NBC’s comedy pilot 100 Questions for Charlotte Payne. The show centers on Charlotte (Sohie Winkleman) who navigates her life and friends. Ho, repped by Stone Manners and Cirrincione and Associates, will play one of her best friends who is also her business partner.
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April 3rd, 2009 | 0 Comments
The Casting Call brings together the latest casting news to keep you informed on who is showing up on which show. Find out who is joining your favorite show as a series regular, a recurring character, a guest star or special cameo. The Casting Call could reveal upcoming story-lines, so be aware, there may be spoilers ahead.
Californication (Showtime)
Diane Farr is joining the third season as a horny grad student who falls for David Duchovny’s carnally-obsessed Hank.
Entourage (HBO)
George Segal has been cast for a multi-episode arc on HBO’s comedy series Entourage. The Oscar-nominated actor will play a Bernie Brillstein-type veteran manager who is a mentor to up-and-coming talent manager Eric (Kevin Connolly).
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April 1st, 2009 | 0 Comments
Project Runway will air Lifetime Television after show producer The Weinstein Company agreed to pay NBC Universal to move the series from its Bravo cable network. The show – in which fledgling fashion designers compete for money to launch their own clothing line – has been one of Bravo’s top-rated shows, averaging 4 million viewers. But in April last year, Weinstein Company said it was taking Project Runway to Lifetime in an agreement that Weinstein Company valued at about $200 million over five years.
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