Guessing how a TV show will turn out before the first episode even airs is a fool's errand. Even so, some pilots boast premises or talents so promising we can't help but be intrigued, and one we've been particularly curious about is Fox's J.H. Wyman-created, J.J. Abrams-produced Almost Human. Set several decades into the future,…
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Get ready for Arrested Development's triumphant return this weekend with these four more clips from the new season. Also after the jump: David Fury will return for 24: Live Another Day David Slade will direct Ronald Moore's Helix DirecTV's Full Circle adds Buffy and FNL alums CCH Pounder joins Sons of Anarchy FX's The Bridge…
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Left to his own devices Lee Daniels makes films that are eccentric and sometimes just way the hell out there. (The Paperboy) But he has called his newest film, The Butler, "a big compromise" and explained that the film might be "the closest I will come to as a work-for-hire." Does that mean that, on the…
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It took a couple of years after Precious for director Lee Daniels to get cameras rolling on his follow-up, the lurid Southern melodrama The Paperboy, but he's barely even taking a breather before heading into his next picture. Even as The Paperboy gears up for its theatrical run, Daniels has already started shooting The Butler with…
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Even as Lee Daniels' follow-up to Precious, The Paperboy, makes its debut at Cannes this week, the filmmaker's wasting no time assembling a stellar cast for his next project, The Butler. The talented Forest Whitaker leads the picture as Eugene Allen, the late White House butler who served under eight different presidents from 1952 through 1986,…
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Our last couple editions of TV Bits have been filled with mostly good news, but today's is more of a downer, what with shows getting axed, a guy getting hurt, and, well, do you consider a Fred Durst sitcom bad news? At least AMC has some nice things to offer, including a new trailer for…
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ABC has announced that a new reboot of Charlie's Angels will begin airing Thursday nights at 8:00pm starting this Fall. The network has released a trailer for the series, which is executive produced by Smallville creators Miles Millar and Alfred Gough. Watch the trailer embedded after the jump. Please leave your thoughts in the comments…
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ABC may have found its Angels. After an exhaustive search, Minka Kelly and Rachael Taylor are now finalizing negotiations to star alongside Annie Ilonzeh in the Charlie's Angels television reboot, which is being overseen by Smallville creators Al Gough and Miles Millar. You probably won't recognize Ilonzeh, as her most notable role before now was…
Read MoreScreen Gems has released a movie trailer for their new horror/thriller The Roommate. The film stars Minka Kelly as a college student named Sara who finds her safety jeopardized after she's assigned to a dorm room with a new roommate, Rebecca (played by Gossip Girl's Leighton Meester). The film co-stars Alyson Michalka (Easy A, Bandslam),…
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After months of rumors, George Miller is currently hard at work casting Justice League of America. Miller has been in Los Angeles since Saturday, auditioning a lot of young actors in a marathon casting session that started Sunday and continues through Monday. And by young actors, I mean YOUNG ACTORS. This is starting to look…
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