'50 Shades Darker' Director James Foley To Helm 'Alcatraz' Movie That Probably Won't Be As Cool As 'The Rock'
James Foley is set to direct an Alcatraz movie about the three men who escaped from the prison in real life and were never found.
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Fox Renews 'Touch', 'American Dad', 'Family Guy'; Cancels 'Alcatraz' And 'The Finder'; Orders New Shows From Kevin Bacon And Mindy Kaling
With TV upfronts just around the corner, broadcast networks have been scrambling to make some tough calls. Fox has now decreed the fates of its three freshman dramas, axing J.J. Abrams' Alcatraz and its Bones spinoff The Finder while re-upping on Kiefer Sutherland's Touch. On the animated side, American Dad and Family Guy are slated to return while…
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/Filmcast Ep. 173 - Haywire (GUEST: Joanna Robinson From Pajiba)
This week, Dave, Devindra, and Adam argue about the quality of Gavin O'Connor's Warrior, offer praise for this season's Justified (check out the new JustifiedCast here!) and wonder what the hell the MPAA is doing these days. Special guest Joanna Robinson joins us from Pajiba. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave…
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/Film Receives A Mysterious Package From 'Alcatraz'
/Film headquarters received a mysterious package today from Alcatraz -- the beginning of a viral marketing promotion for the JJ Abrams-produced tv series Alcatraz. Housed inside a worn metal lock box, are a bunch of different items including: A key to an Alcatraz prison cell, a flower, an Alcatraz tour book, a couple postcards (one…
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The Easiest Ways To Diminish Undereye Bags
Whether your under eye bags are the result of a lack of sleep or genetics, these easy solutions should help.
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TV Bits: Man Claims Old Episode Of 'Fraggle Rock' Contains Racial Slur, Plus: 'The Munsters', 'South Park', 'Alcatraz', 'How I Met Your Mother', 'Happy Endings'
We've got a lot of the usual news bits about casting, renewals, and so on in today's TV Bits, but first, don't you want to read about a possible racial slur in a decades-old episode of Fraggle Rock? After the jump: A Texas man reports an offensive slur in a 1984 episode of Fraggle Rock…
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TV Bits: HBO's 'Luck' To Get Early Premiere, Plus: 'Alcatraz', Summer Glau, Noah Baumbach, Burt Reynolds, And More
Though the small screen retains an unfair reputation as a lesser medium -- think of all the snobby types who'll brag about not owning a television, but would never be so dismissive about books or movies -- the truth is that the medium varies as much as any other. Today's TV Bits runs the gamut…
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Comic-Con Alcatraz Review: J.J. Abrams Strikes Gold Again
Welcome to another J.J. Abrams-produced mystery island show. Alcatraz was one of several new TV series premiered at San Diego Comic-Con Wednesday night, and it was by far the standout. The series centers around a mysterious event in 1963 that made 302 Alcatraz prisoners and guards vanish without any explanation. For some reason we don't…
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JJ Abrams' Fox TV Series 'Alcatraz' Trailer, Photos And Plot Revealed
Fox has finally released photos, a long-form plot synopsis and a trailer for the upcoming JJ Abrams-produced Elizabeth Sarnoff-written (Lost, Deadwood) television series Alcatraz. The "chilling new thriller centers on America’s most infamous prison and one-time home to the nation’s most notorious murderers, rapists, kidnappers and thieves." Find out what the show is about, see…
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Fox Picks Up 'Alcatraz' But Not 'Locke & Key;' Cancels 'The Chicago Code'
While one highly anticipated genre television show will get its chance to shine, another will not. Fox was the first network to announce their upcoming slate of shows and have ordered Alcatraz, the J.J. Abrams produced show starring Sam Neill and Jorge Garcia, to series. Awesome. However Locke & Key, based on the Joe Hill…
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Updates: Upcoming Geek TV Pilots From J.J. Abrams, Jonah Nolan, Ron Moore & Tim Kring?
The men who helped to create such popular properties as Lost, The Dark Knight, Battlestar Galactica and Heroes are just a few of the people with brand new shows currently awaiting the executioner's axe. The J.J. Abrams-produced show Alcatraz, Jonah Nolan's Person of Interest, Ronald Moore's 17th Precinct and Tim Kring's Touch are four out…
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J.J. Abrams Talks 'Super 8' Trailer, 'Star Trek 2,' 'Alcatraz' And More
J.J. Abrams is so notoriously mysterious that whenever he opens his mouth about upcoming projects, you'd better listen closely. The producer/director extraordinaire sat down with Collider at the recent Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour and talked about why he has yet to commit to directing Star Trek 2, when we'll see the Super 8…
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Sam Neill Starring In J.J. Abrams' 'Alcatraz'
Briefly: Add one more big name to the prison roster of Alcatraz, the new show being produced by J.J. Abrams, Bryan Burk and Elizabeth Sarnoff, who wrote the pilot and will be showrunner. Sam Neill has just joined the cast in one of the lead roles. He'll play Emerson Hauser, "the head of a government…
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TV Bits: 'Dexter' Gets A Sixth Season; 'Burn Notice' Prequel; Two More Join 'Alcatraz'; 'The Walking Dead' Fires Writers; Kevin Williamson Developing 'Vampire Diaries' Companion
There's a great deal of small TV news to round up, so let's get to it. First off comes the news that Dexter has been given a sixth season renewal. The last time the show was up for renewal was in 2008, when Showtime committed to a fourth and fifth season. E! suggested that a…
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Sarah Jones Given Lead Role In J.J. Abrams' Pilot 'Alcatraz'
Briefly: Fox recently picked up the J.J. Abrams-produced series Alcatraz, which explores the mysteries and secrets of the famous prison. Jorge Garcia (Lost) was recently cast as one significant character, an Alcatraz historian and expert, and now Sarah Jones (Sons of Anarchy) has nabbed the female lead. As Germain wrote not long ago, "the show…
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TV Bits: Jorge Garcia Joins J.J. Abrams' Pilot 'Alcatraz,' 'Community' Animated Christmas Episode, 'Fringe' To Friday, 'Episodes' Trailer
Who's ready for a round up of TV news? Jorge Garcia, best known as Hurley from Lost, is re-teaming with Lost producers J.J. Abrams and Elizabeth Sarnoff to start on their mysterious Fox pilot Alcatraz and we've finally got some details on the plot. That same station has moved another Abrams property, Fringe, to the…
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Fox Picks Up J.J. Abrams' Mysterious Show 'Alcatraz'
J.J. Abrams just keeps coming out with awesome stuff. He's executive producing Undercovers, which premieres September 22 on NBC, Super 8 is in currently in the works, there's that Jonathan Nolan show he'll a part of and, of course, we all are waiting for more news on Star Trek 2. But, in the meantime, it…
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TV News: Harvey Keitel Wanted To Replace Steve Carell On 'The Office'; J.J. Abrams Shopping 'Alcatraz' Drama Series; 'Battlestar Galactica' Co-Creator Ronald D. Moore Working On Magic-Themed Police Procedural
Steve Carell only has one season left as Michael Scott on The Office, and the showrunners are looking for an actor to take over as the show's branch manager. Paul Lieberstein, who plays Toby on the show in addition to being a writer, producer and occasional director, already has someone in mind: Harvey Keitel. Read…
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