After the jump: Jennifer Love Hewitt and Ethan Embry want a Can't Hardly Wait reunion Jason Bateman admits Horrible Bosses 2 was a paycheck gig Jonathan Ames is still working on that Bored to Death movie See more pics of Michael B. Jordan and Sylvester Stallone in Creed Zachary Quinto on returning to Star Trek without J.J. Abrams…
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What's the latest on the Bored to Death movie? Writer Jonathan Ames offers an update, and says it could still happen. Plus, Ted Danson still wants in.
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Fans of Bored to Death no longer have to feel sad and lonely. HBO is now officially developing a feature film based on the cult detective series that stars Jason Schwartzman, Ted Danson and Zack Galifianakis. Show creator Jonathan Ames will write and produce the film, which is described as follows: "Jonathan, Ray, and George…
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Today's TV Bits is all great news if you like Garden State, or just mostly great news if you don't. After the jump: Oz and Willow will reunite on CBS' How I Met Your Mother Arrested Development adds Andy Richter and Conan O'Brien Zach Braff develops the Garden State-esque Garage Bar for ABC Steve Carell produces a…
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Strong as HBO's current lineup is, it's simply not possible to squeeze in that many exciting new shows without cutting out a few of the old ones. And late last year, one of the unfortunate casualties of the updated programming turned out to be the excellent Bored to Death. While the noir-inspired comedy never really…
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Plenty of offices around the country have already begun winding down for the holidays, but apparently Showtime and HBO had a few things to get out of the way first. Meanwhile, Fox is still holding out on a decision on Terra Nova til the new year -- though the producers are apparently feeling optimistic. After…
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Time to round up some TV news, and what better place to start than with the announcement that Goodfellas writer Nicholas Pileggi and James Mangold will collaborate on Ralph Lamb, a '60s-set Vegas crime drama based on the life of "cowboy-turned-Las Vegas sheriff" Ralph Lamb. CBS is producing; Mangold will direct and Pileggi will write…
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ABC's Charlie's Angels is finally going into production. It was first mentioned almost a year ago that the channel was looking to greenlight a pilot that would bring the series back to television, but it experienced a change in the development process that set it back until now. Originally, Josh Friedman (the creator of Terminator:…
Read MoreThis Week in DVD & Blu-ray is a column that compiles all the latest info regarding new DVD and Blu-ray releases, sales, and exclusive deals from stores including Target, Best Buy and Fry’s. COMMUNITY (SEASON 1) It's been asserted more than once that Community didn't start becoming good until well into its first season, and…
Read MoreHBO has released two new trailers for the upcoming second seasons of Danny McBride's sports comedy series Eastbound & Down and the Jonathan Ames-created detective comedy Bored to Death starring Jason Schwartzman, Ted Danson, and Zach Galifianakis. Watch them both, after the jump. Eastbound & Down Season 2 Trailer: Bored to Death Season 2 Teaser:
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HBO has premiered the first full episode of the new television series Bored to Death online almost a week before the televised premiere. For those of you who haven't heard of the show, Death is being billed as "A Noir-otic Comedy". Jason Schwartzman stars as Jonathan Ames (well, not the real Jonathan Ames, although he…
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HBO has premiered a full trailer for the new television series Bored to Death, which is being billed as "A Noir-otic Comedy". Jason Schwartzman stars as Jonathan Ames (well, not the real Jonathan Ames, although he is a writer on the show), an alcoholic noir-fiction-obsessed writer who impulsively decides to become an unlicensed private detective.…
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Just last week, Marshall Fine wrote an open letter to Zach Galifianakis that echoed what a lot of his long-time fans are probably thinking as The Hangover crosses the $200m mark. Basically: "Zach, please don't screw this up." Now the Hollywood Reporter has news that the comic is circling three different projects at Warner Brothers…
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HBO has released the first teaser for Bored to Death, a series pilot starring Jason Schwartzman as an alcoholic writer who begins to moonlight as a private detective, just because he can. In mid-September last year Zach Galifianakis was added to the cast as Ray, a comic book writer and close friend of Schwartzman's character.…
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We're still waiting to get a look at Zach Galifianakis's middle-finger-future comedy, Visioneers, but in the meantime, the talented and gruff comedian continues his trek into the mainstream wilderness with a lead role in The Hangover from director Todd Phillips (Old School, School For Scoundrels). Galifianakis will star alongside Ed Helms and Bradley Cooper (Wedding…
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Jason Schwartzman (Rushmore, Spun, Coconut Records) will play an aging Brooklynite/alcoholic writer who experiences a nasty breakup and finds himself in the position of a Philip Marlowe-ish gumshoe in the new HBO series Bored to Death. Written by former New York Press columnist and novelist, Jonathan Ames, the half-hour comedy will go into production this…
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