Melissa McCarthy Sells Pilot Script

September 22, 2011 By arieanna 2 Comments

Following fast after her Emmy win, Melissa McCarthy (Sookie on Gilmore Girls) is now co-creating a new comedy series for CBS.

Melissa sold her pilot script to CBS, which she wrote with husband Ben Falcone. The comedy project would be co-written and co-executive produced by the couple.

The premise of the untitled series is “about a woman in her mid-40s who has a spectacular midlife crisis. The show is about what a midlife crisis means for a woman, which is very different from the way it affects men.”

Melissa also recently sold her first film to Paramount Pictures, a movie about a group of Midwestern women to set out to steal the Stanley Cup. Melissa would star in the film.

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Amy Sherman-Palladio “Bunheads” Pilot

September 22, 2011 By arieanna 3 Comments

Amy Sherman-Palladino, writer and creator for Gilmore Girls, is going to pilot for a new series for ABC Family, Bunheads.

Bunheads is about Michelle, a Las Vegas showgirl who “impulsively” marries a guy and moves to his hometown where she starts to teach at his mother’s dance school.

“I spent 20 years of my life with my hair in a bun. I was supposed to be a dancer,” Sherman-Palladino said. “My mother was a dancer. Her greatest heartbreak was when I got on ‘Roseanne’. So, while writing this will never equal playing ‘Rumpelteazer’ in a bus and truck tour of ‘Cats,’ it does let me to tip my hat to a really special time in my life.”

The series is set to be an hourlong drama.

Amy is also writing a pilot series for ABC in adaptation of The Nanny Diaries.

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Amy Sherman-Palladino to Write “The Nanny Diaries” Series

August 11, 2011 By arieanna 5 Comments

Amy Sherman-Palladino, writer and creator for Gilmore Girls, may soon be adapting the 2002 book The Nanny Diaries into a TV series for ABC.

The Emma McLaughlin bestselling book series was first created into a movie in 2007 starring Scarlett Johansson, Laura Linney and Alicia Keyes. The series is about a set of nannies who work for upper class Manhattan parents.

Though the movie wasn’t a blockbuster success, ABC is hoping that the success of the book will translate it well into a tv series.

I hope it works out! After going to pilot for ABC, Amy Sherman-Palladino’s The Wyoming Project did not get picked up and her The Return of Jezebel James for FOX lasted less than one season.

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John Cabrera’s H+ Trailer from Comic Con

July 22, 2011 By arieanna 1 Comment

After 3 years, I’m happy to pass along the great news that John Cabrera‘s (Brian Fuller on Gilmore Girls) H+ web series is on the move!

The series is produced by Bryan Singer for Warner Premiere/Dolphin Entertainment. As you can see, the series does feature John’s long-time pal and Gilmore Girls co-star Sean Gunn (Kirk Gleason on Gilmore Girls).

The series just held a panel at Comic-Con, premiering the trailer you see below:

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Sean Gunn in John Cabrera’s "H+"

H+ Summary: “The Digital Series takes viewers on a journey into an apocalyptic future where technology has begun to spiral out of control…. a future where 33% of the world’s population has retired its cell phones and laptops in favor of a stunning new device – an implanted computer system called H+. This tiny tool allows the user’s own mind and nervous system to be connected to the Internet 24 hours a day.

But something else is coming… something dark and vicious… and within seconds, billions of people will be dead… opening the door to radical changes in the political and social landscape of the planet — prompting survivors to make sense of what went wrong.”

You can follow along with the progress of H+ on Facebook or follow John himself on Twitter.

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John Stephens Pens Young Adult Lit

June 4, 2011 By arieanna 1 Comment

John Stephens, who was writer and executive producer on 20 episodes of Gilmore Girls, has just released his first novel, The Emerald Atlas. The book is aimed at children and young readers and is set to become the first book in a series.

Kate, Michael, and Emma have been in one orphanage after another for the last ten years, passed along like lost baggage.

Yet these unwanted children are more remarkable than they could possibly imagine. Ripped from their parents as babies, they are being protected from a horrible evil of devastating power, an evil they know nothing about.

The New York Times reviewed the book, as did many others, noting that it has the potential for film adaptation. Indeed, they even made a trailer for the book promotion!

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Dan Palladino Joins “Flintstones” Reboot

May 18, 2011 By arieanna Leave a Comment

Co-creator and writer of Gilmore Girls, Dan Palladino, is slated to become a part of the newly-announced re-birth of the Flintstones.

The new series will live on FOX, beginning production this year for the 2013 tv season. Dan Palladino will serve as executive producer alongside Kara Vallow (Family Guy) and Seth MacFarlane (Family Guy).

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Danny Strong to Rewrite “Earth Defense Force”

February 5, 2011 By arieanna 2 Comments

Danny Strong (Doyle on Gilmore Girls) has been hired to rewrite the script for the much anticipated Sam Raimi-produced Earth Defense Force.

The movie is about three alien fighters who attack the planet, leaving the governments humiliated and forcing the leaders to band together to form their own fighting force for an upcoming alien attack.

It’s not clear when this project will get underway.

Danny Strong broke into screenwriting with Recount for HBO, which was nominated for an Emmy.

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