Jungleboys seeks comedy writers for new ABC sketch series - MuMbrella

Jungleboys seeks comedy writers for new ABC sketch series - MuMbrella

MuMbrellaJungleboys seeks comedy writers for new ABC sketch seriesMuMbrellaProduction company Jungleboys is seeking writers for a new sketch show commissioned by the ABC. Destined for ABC1, the as yet untitled sketch show follows the critical success of the company's first long-form series A Moody Christmas, which has just ...Jungleboys on the hunt for comedy sketch writers for new ABC1 showInside Filmall 3 news articles »

Why Netflix's future is in "House of Cards," "Arrested Development" - not Disney

LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Netflix hailed as a "game-changer" its landmark deal last week to bring Disney movies to the streaming service. But while that deal may be significant, it pales in importance next to another looming development - the February debut of its original series "House of Cards." The economic benefits of the Disney deal, which gives the company streaming rights to ...

Promotions announced at 'Colbert Report': Moreschi moved up to head writer ... - Chicago Tribune

Variety Promotions announced at 'Colbert Report': Moreschi moved up to head writer ...Chicago TribuneMoreschi, who joined the show in 2008 and has performed sketch comedy, moves up from a staff writer position. Julien, who will continue as a writer, is a Montreal native and wrote for several Canadian productions before shifting to "Colbert Report" in ...Barry Julien Upped to Co-EP of 'Colbert Report'Broadcasting & Cableall 4 news articles »

Crystal clear: Veteran comedy star discusses 'Parental Guidance' and his Sandy-ravaged hometown

He's too young to have been part of Old Hollywood, but if there's anyone Old Hollywood in Hollywood, it's Billy Crystal.

Mike Judge to write dang-old Silicon Valley comedy for HBO, man

Mike Judge, the creator of TV shows like "Beavis and Butt-head" and "King of the Hill," as well as movies like "Office Space" and "Idiocracy," is getting ready to take on Silicon Valley in an upcoming HBO comedy series.

Foxtel streamlines movie channels, bolsters catch-up movies

Foxtel is retiring its Showtime and Movie Network subscription cable TV packages, and replacing them with a unified cable and streaming service it is calling Foxtel Movies & Premium Drama.

The View From Away: My friend, my teacher - The Forecaster

The ForecasterThe View From Away: My friend, my teacherThe ForecasterI thought censorship would be a significant issue, given my lifelong comic sensibilities. If my fellow comedy writers viewed life through a glass darkly, I viewed it through a glass blackly. So in the writers' room they might laugh at my pitches, but ...

Lies movies told us

We can learn manners and mores from movies, but we must beware. Movies are full of misinformation.

The 10 worst-reviewed movies of 2012

Last weekend's Gerard Butler flop Playing for Keeps earned a measly 2 percent positive reviews from critics — but it isn't even the most critically savaged film of 2012

Gerard Butler's romantic comedy flops on opening weekend

James Bond is in a box-office photo finish with Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny over what looks to be the last slow weekend of the holidays.

Butler softens up for US romantic comedy

LOS ANGELES, Dec 9 – Scottish hardman actor Gerard Butler, known for thrillers and action movies, has softened up for his latest role, in a romantic comedy set in smalltown America. In “Playing for Keeps” Butler plays ex soccer player George, who has fallen on hard times and returns to live in Virginia near to his ex-wife and son, vowing to ...

Scottish hardman Butler softens up for US romantic comedy

December 08, 2012 9:58 PM LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Scottish hardman actor Gerard Butler, known for thrillers and action movies, has softened up for his latest role, in a romantic comedy set in smalltown America.

Scottish hardman softens up for US romantic comedy

Scottish hardman actor Gerard Butler, known for thrillers and action movies, has softened up for his latest role, in a romantic comedy set in smalltown America.

TV writer Reinhold Weege dies at 63 - Variety

TV writer Reinhold Weege dies at 63VarietyWeege was active as a comedy writer in the 1970s and '80s, working on such series as "Barney Miller" and "MASH." He had been retired from the biz for some time but remained a favorite of many scribes. "Among writers of my generation, he was greatly ...and more »

'Breaking Bad' dominates Writers Guild TV nominations, 'Modern Family' leads ... - New York Daily News

New York Daily News'Breaking Bad' dominates Writers Guild TV nominations, 'Modern Family' leads ...New York Daily NewsA trio of HBO newcomers - Lena Dunham's "Girls," Aaron Sorkin's "The Newsroom," and political satire "Veep" - will compete in the new series category, along with network comedy "The Mindy Project" and country music drama "Nashville," the Writers Guild ...Writers Guild of America announces TV nominationsLos Angeles TimesWriters Guild Awards Nominees: Homeland, Breaking Bad and Modern Family ...E! Online"Breaking Bad" leads Writers Guild of America's TV nominationsCBS NewsSeattle Post Intelligencer -Zap2it.com (blog) -Orange UK Newsall 86 news articles »

Video games, sex and death: comedy writer Rab Florence on a new kind of ... - The Guardian (blog)

The Guardian (blog)Video games, sex and death: comedy writer Rab Florence on a new kind of ...The Guardian (blog)The comedy writer and actor, well-known for BBC Scotland's sketch series Burnistoun, is about to launch a new online series, This Fucking Amusement Arcade, which he describes as, "a semi-fictional comedy short sitcom that happens to be about video ...and more »

Female comedians: Books shine light on funny women as comedy conversation ... - Denver Post

Female comedians: Books shine light on funny women as comedy conversation ...Denver PostConsider former "Saturday Night Live" cast member and "Bridesmaids" writer-star Kristen Wiig, who shook up Hollywood with her blockbusting, all-female comedy flick. Then there are stand-up bottom-feeders like Kathy Griffin and Joan Rivers. Critically ...

WGA, West tells members to stop work on some Comedy Central shows - Los Angeles Times

WGA, West tells members to stop work on some Comedy Central showsLos Angeles TimesThe union said the action came about after the guild learned that Central Productions -- the production arm for Comedy Central -- hired writers on more than two dozen new projects earlier this year without first securing deals with the guild. The WGA ...WGA Tells Members to Stop Writing for Comedy CentralHollywood ReporterWGA, West pulls writers off some Comedy Central showsBizjournals.comWGA West at odds with Comedy's Central Prods.Varietyall 8 news articles »

The funny thing about female comedy writers - The National

The funny thing about female comedy writersThe NationalSomeone in the comedy writing field was being interviewed by a national magazine - and right there, you can see the problem. Writers - especially writers in Hollywood - should never be the subject of interviews in magazines. Writers - especially ...

Dear TV People: There Are Other Female Comedy Writers Besides Whitney ... - Crushable

CrushableDear TV People: There Are Other Female Comedy Writers Besides Whitney ...CrushableCan somebody please tell the people who make TV happen that there are other female comedy writers out there, and maybe one of them should get a turn? Titled “Love You, Mean It,” this one will be a talk show “guided by Cummings' signature humor” ...and more »