Midnight Rider director charged with involuntary manslaughter following the death of camera assistant Sarah Jones, who was struck and killed by a train.
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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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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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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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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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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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