TV Bits: ‘Up All Night’, ‘Arrested Development, ‘Hell on Wheels’, Dwight Schrute, Dan Harmon, Chloë Sevigny

Posted on Monday, October 29th, 2012 by Angie Han

NBC’s shaking things up, while its former employee Dan Harmon’s bouncing back on Adult Swim. After the jump:

• NBC doesn’t want that Dwight Schrute spinoff The Farm after all
• NBC decides to turn Up All Night into a multi-camera sitcom
• Adult Swim orders Dan Harmon‘s new animated comedy to series
• Chloë Sevigny signs up for A&E crime drama pilot Those Who Kill
• See Conan O’Brien hanging around the Arrested Development set
• Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! are renewed through 2015-16
• ABC gives full season orders to Scandal and The Neighbors
• AMC decides to renew Hell on Wheels for a third season

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Legendary Wants To Make A ‘Hot Wheels’ Movie

Posted on Thursday, June 16th, 2011 by Germain Lussier

In the realm of toys and games that are being adapted into movies – Stretch Armstrong, Clue, Monopoly, Battleship, etc. – Hot Wheels seems like a no-brainer. (There’s even something that is basically a Hot Wheels nod in Green Lantern.) With the Fast and Furious films continually raking in the dough, any producer would be remiss not to take the well-known toy car brand and develop it into a big time action movie. In actuality, Hollywood has been attempting to do so for almost a decade but nothing has clicked. The latest company to jump into the driver’s seat is Legendary, who is currently negotiating with Mattel to acquire the brand to make a fast-paced blockbuster. Read More »

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