• TV Bits: Vince Gilligan, Dan Harmon, 'Girls', 'The Newsroom', 'Doctor Who', 'Hannibal', 'Happy Endings', 'Falling Skies'

    Sony is apparently eager to hear what Dan Harmon has to say about Community's fourth season. Also after the jump: Peek at a DVD-only scene from Breaking Bad NBC renews Hannibal USA doesn't want Happy Endings Revenge and Suburgatory lose stars Matt Smith is leaving Doctor Who Dominic West and Judy Greer book new roles Girls adds a boy Peek…

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  • TV Bits: 'Bob's Burgers', 'Arrow', 'Sherlock', 'Star Wars', 'Falling Skies', 'The Farm'

    Who wants clues on Sherlock's upcoming third season? After the jump: Sherlock creators tease three key words for Season 3 Fox orders six more scripts for Season 3 of Bob's Burgers Which DC superheroes won't appear in The CW's Arrow? Palpatine wants to be in the Star Wars live-action series Robert Sean Leonard and Doug Jones join Falling Skies Thomas…

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  • TV Bits: 'Community' Showrunner Apologizes To Fans About Chevy Chase Feud, Plus: 'Veep', 'Falling Skies', Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Ricky Gervais, Robert Redford

    Community's Dan Harmon is very sorry you had to witness that nasty drama between him and Chevy Chase. Also after the jump: The first three minutes of Falling Skies' second season Target's "Little Avengers" ad is pretty cute, if you like kids HBO releases another trailer for its politica satire Veep Robert Redford will produce…

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  • TV Bits: 'Munsters' Remake In Development; 'Warehouse 13?, 'In Plain Sight', 'Suits', And 'Leverage' Renewed; 'Dexter' Season 6 Poster Revealed; Kurt Sutter Talks AMC

    We've got lots of odds and ends for you in today's TV bits, including renewals, a remake, and a rant by notoriously rant-y Sons of Anarchy creator Kurt Sutter. After the jump, read about: NBC's remake of The Munsters The new poster for Season 6 of Dexter Kurt Sutter's thoughts on the AMC debacle Renewals…

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  • /Filmcast Ep. 148 - Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (GUEST: C. Robert Cargill From Ain't It Cool News)

    This week, Dave, Devindra, and Adam discuss the transcendence of Tree of Life, delve into some television season finales, and debate the hypocrisy of the Cannes film festival. Special guest C. Robert Cargill joins us from Ain't It Cool News. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993.…

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  • Watch A Five-Minute Clip Of TNT's 'Falling Skies'

    Earlier this month, Peter reported from WonderCon that he was "very impressed" by the clips he'd seen of Falling Skies, praising the show for its "very high budget and cinematic" look. Now that TNT's released the first five minutes of the Steven Spielberg-produced alien invasion series, we can judge for ourselves -- and I'm with…

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  • WonderCon Day 1: 'Falling Skies' And 'Green Lantern'

    I've flown direct from CinemaCon in Las Vegas to WonderCon in San Francisco. The first day presented two interesting panels, one for the Steven Spielberg-produced alien invasion television series Falling Skies and the other for Warner Bros' big screen comic adaptation Green Lantern. Read the details and my thoughts after the jump. Falling Skies: The first clip…

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  • TV Bits: 'In Treatment' Not Quite Cancelled, Posters For 'Falling Skies,' Nudity Clause For 'The Playboy Club,' Kyle Chandler For 'Powers'?

    We've got a mixed bag of TV bits for you today, from some pretty sci-fi artwork for TNT to possible envelope-pushing on NBC, so let's get started. First off, HBO's treatment of In Treatment: It was widely reported last night that the premium cable network had canceled its ratings-challenged psychiatric drama starring Gabriel Byrne. Today,…

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  • Trailer/Featurette For Steven Spielberg's Alien Invasion Series 'Falling Skies'

    Terra Nova may be suffering setback after setback, but the other new Steven Spielberg-produced sci-fi series, Falling Skies, looks to be right on track. The alien invasion TNT show is slated for a two-hour premiere on Sunday, June 19 at 9/8c, and the network has steadily been releasing promos over the last few months. The…

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  • Trailer For Steven Spielberg's Alien Invasion TV Show 'Falling Skies,'

    If you caught True Grit or other films in theaters this past week you might have seen the first trailer for Falling Skies, the Steven Spielberg-produced alien invasion show that will air on TNT in June 2011. Now the trailer is online, so you can see a grizzled Noah Wylie fend off aliens that occupy…

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  • Comic-Con: Spielberg-Produced Falling Skies Footage Fails To Impress

    Earlier today, I was floored by the footage of Frank Darabont's television adaptation of the Walking Dead. Unfortunately, I wish the same could be said of what I've seen of the Steven Spielberg-produced Falling Skies for TNT. The show -- created by Robert Rodat (screenwriter for Saving Private Ryan, and The Patriot) -- stars TNT-regular…

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  • Video Blog: Comic-Con 2010 Preview

    /Film has landed at Comic-Con, and we're gearing up to take it on with some great coverage -- even though it doesn't seem like there's as much cool movie-related events as last year. (At least there's no Twilight event this time around.) In this video blog, Peter, Adam, Russ, and Devindra chat about what they're…

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  • First Look: Steven Spielberg-Produced Alien Invasion TV Series Falling Skies

    TNT has released 20 production photos for the upcoming Steven Spielberg-produced alien invasion television series Falling Skies. They have also announced that series stars Noah Wyle (ER, TNT’s The Librarian) and Moon Bloodgood (Terminator Salvation) will join co-executive producer and writer Mark Verheiden (Heroes, Battlestar Galactica) at Comic-Con for a Q&A panel session scheduled to…

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