Best in film and television in 2009: PGA Award winners

The winners of the 2010 PGA Awards were announced at a ceremony at the Hollywood Palladium on Sunday. Here is the complete list:
THE DARRYL F. ZANUCK PRODUCER OF THE YEAR AWARD IN THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES
“The Hurt Locker”
Kathryn Bigelow
Mark Boal
Nicolas Chartier
Greg Shapiro
THE PRODUCERS GUILD OF AMERICA PRODUCER OF THE YEAR AWARD IN ANIMATED THEATRICAL MOTION [...]

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Sci fi Friday kicks off: Sarah Connor, Dollhouse, Battlestar Galactica

For the next month and a half starting today, television will be treating science fiction fans fraktastically well on Friday nights. Battlestar Galactica goes into its final run of episodes (only six to go), Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles moves to a Friday slot and into the season two back nine, and Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse [...]

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Bradley Whitford, Richard Jenkins enter Whedon’s Cabin in the Woods

Richard Jenkins and Bradley Whitford have signed on to star in The Cabin in the Woods, a new film co-written and produced by Joss Whedon. Very few details about Whedon’s upcoming horror flick are known at this point, but Whitford and Jenkins will reportedly play “white-collar co-workers with a mysterious connection to the titular cabin.”
Whedon [...]

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Dollhouse, Sarah Connor relegated to Friday on Fox

Fox has posted its midseason schedule earlier today and it’s pretty much bad news for the network’s only two non-procedural science fiction shows, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and the much anticipated Dollhouse.
The entire schedule spells out one thing: caution. With the current economic crisis adding to all  major networks’ other problems (losing viewers to [...]

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Starz teams up with Raimi for Spartacus

The world of gladiators comes to life as the Roman Empire’s most brutal fighters clash in the ultimate arena. Starz’s new series, “Spartacus,” an entirely new twist on the ancient legend, will utilize virtual environments giving it a unique graphic novel look and style, along with a fresh narrative approach.
Debuting exclusively on Starz, “Spartacus” will [...]

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Sarah Connor thumbs nose at Nielsen ratings, goes to full season on Fox

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles will get a full second season on Fox despite having drawn only modest ratings this fall. After ordering additional two scripts last week, Fox has decided to add nine episodes to the existing 13 and give Sarah Connor the full 22 episode run that the show so richly deserves.
The Sarah [...]

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MGM picks up Whedon and Goddard’s Cabin in the Woods

MGM has greenlit a spec script from Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard called “The Cabin in the Woods,“  the Hollywood Reporter writes.
The film will be the directorial debut for Goddard, who had previously teamed up with Whedon on cult series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spin-off Angel and also written episodes for two J.J. [...]

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Dollhouse news recap: trailer, clip, new story details

Joss Whedon and his crew have recently finished filming the pilot for the new series, Dollhouse, and promotional materials have hit the web in big style this past week.
The series’ launch date is set for mid-January. The episodes will air at 8 PM on Fox, right before the new season of 24.
The episodes order has [...]

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Amy Acker, Miracle Laurie, Harry Lennix cast on Dollhouse

Joss Whedon revealed the actors who will portray the last two major characters on his new show, Dollhouse, at Whedonesque this week.
November, one of the human dolls and recurring character on the show, will be played by Miracle Laurie. A relative newcomer to television yet experienced theatre actress, 26-year-old Laurie has an interesting resume that [...]

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Dollhouse: new cast, casting sides, Buffy alum rumours

Joss Whedon is definitely back in business: he recently finished writing the first episode of his new show Dollhouse, he snagged Battlestar Galactica’s Helo for one of the leading parts, the first pages of a casting script have made their way to the Internet and the series’ leading lady Eliza Dushku may be getting some [...]

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