The Little F***ers

March 17th, 2009

Preview a funny snippet from Osbournes: Reloaded!

Filling in the Pilots

March 11th, 2009

We’re hiring thespians to fill our pilots. First the dramas:

THE REINCARNATIONIST
The reincarnation drama from writer David Hudgins is about a team of investigators who look into clients’ past lives to solve problems in this one.
Nick Bishop will play a recently fired detective whose wife recently died.
Kelli Giddish will play a psychologist who believes in reincarnation.
Richard Schiff will play a scientist and legend in the field of reincarnation.
Ravi Patel will play a therapist.

UNTITLED IAN BIEDERMAN PILOT
In the hour medical drama about a female heart surgeon who’s also suffering from schizophrenia, Denis O’Hare will play a schizophrenia doctor who treats her.

MASTERWORK
Natalie Dormer will play an MI5 agent, who along with a male FBI agent, travels around the world recovering the world’s most sought-after artifacts.

Now for some comedies:

SONS OF TUCSON
Tyler Labine will play a charming hustler hired by three rich, young brothers to pretend to be their father while their real one serves time for a white-collar crime.

TWO DOLLAR BEER
A group of young adults in Detroit weather the worsening economy but refuse to move away from their hometown.
Jonathan Sadowski will play a former high school athlete.
Noureen DeWulf and Kevin Simpson play a married couple.
Ricky Mabe will play a guy who is “a bit off.”

Arnett vs. Bateman

March 10th, 2009

Arnett: Surprisingly breast-y.
Bateman: Like a little, little child who doesn’t know anything about anything.

A Glimpse of Glee

March 10th, 2009

By popular demand…

In this Economy, Actors Get Jobs

March 9th, 2009

More casting!

GLEE
Jennifer Aspen can probably sing! (Cause she’s now in Glee.)

UNTITLED IAN BIEDERMAN PILOT
Remember this concept?
Luke Mably is the boyfriend of Maggie Hill. He’s also a doctor.
Gbenga Akinnagbe is a surgeon and Maggie’s rival.
Anna Rose Hopkins is Maggie’s younger sister.

COP HOUSE PILOT
Buster Bluth is back on Fox! Tony Hale is a cop who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder.

We Get Rorschach on His Opening Weekend

March 5th, 2009

HUMAN TARGET
Jackie Earle Haley and Chi McBride join Mark Valley in the drama pilot, based on the DC Comics title. Christopher Chance (Valley) is a mysterious freelancer who offers a unique form of security for hire: He assumes the identities of people in danger, becoming the “human target” on behalf of his clients. Haley plays Chance’s information gatherer and McBride plays Chance’s business partner and friend.

UNTITLED IAN BIEDERMAN
Christina Cole plays a brilliant surgeon with schizophrenia in the drama pilot. Stuart Townsend will play her “imaginary boyfriend.”

Expressly Pineapple Peter

March 5th, 2009

Here’s a look at Peter from this Sunday’s Family Guy episode after he’s injected with the “Seth Rogen gene” that “gives you the appearance of being funny even though you haven’t actually done anything funny.”

Seth Rogen is in on the joke, since he is the guest voice on the show!

It’s a WonderfulCon

March 4th, 2009

Mitch Hurwitz and some of the cast (including Will Arnett and Henry Winkler) were at WonderCon to talk Sit Down, Shut Up .

“I am the only actor in the world who has jumped the shark twice!” said Winkler. “Once because of ‘Happy Days’ and once because of Mitch Hurwitz.”

and

48-minute podcast!
“Are you sure you don’t have a browser open right now with Facebook?”

They’ve All Gotta Sing

March 4th, 2009

Note to actors who want to be in Glee: sing well.

Two people have been cast and they both can carry a tune (the understatement of the year). While you know them for their TV work, most theater-types know them for their stage voices:

Kristin Chenoweth - from TV’s Pushing Daisies and a Tony-winner from Broadway’s Wicked

Victor Garber - from TV’s Alias and a Tony-nominee from Broadway’s Damn Yankees

EW’s got the exclusive scoop here.

Serenity Now

February 26th, 2009

The real NASA wants the public to help choose the real International Space Station’s Node 3.

And you thought Joss only had influence on fictional TV and web series?