After several months of negotiations, Matthew Weiner and Lionsgate TV inked a two-year, seven-figure deal that includes Weiner staying on board as showrunner and executive producer of Mad Men and also developing new projects for the network, including a feature film.
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Mad Men’s Matthew Weiner closes deal with Lionsgate
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
BAFTA Television Craft Nominations announced
The nominees for the British Academy Television Craft Awards in 2008 have been announced. Here they are: BREAKTHROUGH TALENT JEZZA NEUMANN (director) – China’s Stolen Children – A Dispatches Special MARK O’ROWE (writer) – Boy A PATRICK REAMS (producer/director/writer) – A Very British Sex Scandal WRITING TEAM – Skins COSTUME DESIGN JENNY BEAVAN – Cranford [...]
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Battlestar Galactica: Caprica prequel, season four news recap
Battlestar Galactica returns for its fourth and final season in less than two weeks and news and promo has been all over the web this last week. New videos emerged, the Caprica pilot was confirmed, the TV movie Razor was nominated for a Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation (Short Form) and the cast has [...]
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Sarah Connor Chronicles booking directors for season two
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles has begun staffing up for season two, writes TV Guide’s Michael Ausiello. While official confirmation of the show’s renewal has yet to come from Fox and season two is by no means a sure thing, the fact that the producers are looking for directors for the first three episodes of [...]
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Judgment Day hanging in the balance
Terminator seems to be the franchise of the season. Not only will we see another movie in the series, with Christian Bale starring as John Connor, but there is a really good television series out there to discover. Last call to anyone who hasn’t tuned in yet – the two-part season finale of The Sarah [...]
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New staff, characters revealed for Whedon’s Dollhouse
Joss Whedon’s new television project Dollhouse, starring Eliza Dushku and commissioned by Fox, has some new staff onboard. Tim Minear, who worked with Whedon on Angel and Firefly, will be joined by Elizabeth Craft and Sarah Fain on the show’s team of writers. (The exact titles have not been agreed on yet.) Craft and Fain [...]
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