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THE A-TEAM Is Coming Back To TV

No matter how I look at it, it simply just doesn’t feel right that director Joe Carnahan’s 2010 reboot of the classic television series, The A-Team, never got its just dues for a sequel. Tonally, it felt right and had Liam Neeson leading the way with a great cast that embodied all the tropes of its predecessor. And it had Jessica Biel for the win. Nonetheless, another big screen take ain’t happening for a long time, if ever. That said, reading the news as of late will take you to any number of reports regarding films being adapted for television. It’s an interesting thing to observe, and that interest now extends itself to The A-Team with word from Deadline. Fast And Furious franchise writer and producer Chris Morgan is pairing with televsion director Tawnia McKiernan, daughter of the original show’s co-creator and late TV veteran Stephen J. Cannell, and writer […]

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TAKEN Gets Taken To NBC For A New Prequel Series

Lee B. Golden III

The last seven years have been crazy for actor Liam Neeson in the wake of the success brought on with his portrayal as retired CIA agent Bryan Mills in Pierre Morrel’s globetrotting espionage Euro actioner, Taken. The film led to a spectacular and epic trilogy with the latter two directed by Oliver Megaton and showcased Neeson in a role garnered with sheer fandom of a character that would do anything to protect his family. Such a persona has really extended itself beyond the trilogy with Neeson in a number of recent roles where he plays a seasoned badass in some capacity with Jaume Collet-Serra’s Run All Night serving as the most recent example, and most likely with his upcoming action comedy, The Revenger now in the works at Universal’s Bluegrass with director Ruben Fleischer. In the meantime, it’s the ‘Mills’ character getting all the love, and stemming largely from the […]

Bruce Willis Actioner, RED Is Heading To NBC For Series Development

Lee B. Golden III

NBC still very much has a slate of exciting new TV shows for viewers to look forward to, and as it turns out, they’re not done yet. The 2003-published graphic novel, Red, created by Warren Ellis and Cully Hamner, became a surprise hit with director Robert Schwentke’s 2010 live-action adaptation prior to helmer Dean Parisot’s sequel in 2013, each focusing on the story of retired government agents who become targets by the CIA. That said, it appears NBC has snagged an opportunity to develop further iterations of DC Comics’s Homage publication into a pilot for an hour-long series to be produced by Lionsgate TV and DiBonaventura Pictures Television. Jon and Erich Hoeber, who wrote both films, and Mark Vahradian who also produced the films, executice producing the new series which Deadline states will sustain itself around the core concept of the graphic novel as seen in the films, but approach […]

SDCC 2015: HEROES REBORN Gets A New Trailer For The Fall Series!

Lee B. Golden III

Fans of the hit show, Heroes, now have something to fawn over this season through the Fall. Heroes Reborn is marking the show’s return to viewers starting September 24, 2015 at 8:00pm/7:00pm central, and it’s easy to see why people are excited. SYNOPSIS: From Creator/Executive Producer Tim Kring, who imagined NBC’s original critically acclaimed 2006 “Heroes” series, comes “Heroes Reborn,” an epic 13-episode event series that chronicles the lives of ordinary people who discover they possess extraordinary abilities. A year ago, a terrorist attack in Odessa, Texas left the city decimated. Blamed for the tragic event, those with extraordinary abilities are in hiding or on the run from those with nefarious motives. Two such vigilantes include Luke (Zachary Levi, “Chuck”) and Joanne (Judith Shekoni, “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2”), who are seeking to avenge a tragic loss. Noah Bennet, aka HRG (Jack Coleman, “Heroes”), has gone off […]

Holt McCallany Enrolls As The Villain In NBC’s WARRIOR TV Series Pilot

Lee B. Golden III

The last time I saw Fight Club, The Losers and Blackhat co-star, actor Holt McCallany on television was back in 2000 during the short-lived run as an exiled former solider-turned-freedom fighter among three other co-stars for one of the best shows on television. The show was called Freedom, and the network at the time, UPN, cancelled its run and leftme nothing to do with my evenings. At any rate, that was well over a decade ago and now McCallany is about to move onto his next venture back on the small screen as the principle villain in NBC’s forthcoming pilot, Warrior. McCallany will play international crime lord Andriv Vorobin, head of his own gym and the local YOMI, and a former prize fighter who is still a mixed martial arts force to be reckoned with. McCallany stars opposite lead actress Natalie Martinez (Death Race) in the role of Kai Forrester, a […]

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WESLEY SNIPES Is The Boss In NBC's ENDGAME

Lee B. Golden III

It’s a bit surprising to see actor Wesley Snipes head to the small screen seeing as how his career has been largely theatrical, but it certainly lends some exciting news for NBC viewers now as the network ramps up its slate of pilots for 2015. Word from Deadline has it that he’ll be joining lead actor Phillip Winchester in the upcoming pilot episode for the new series, Endgame. Set in Las Vegas, Nevada, the show centers on Winchester who will play Alex, a former intelligence agent-turned-security expert who gets swept into a conspiracy that will force him to take on a series of obstacles in order to save innocent lives. Actor Damon Gupton stars alongside Winchester as Vegas detective Cal Brown, friend of Alex, whereas Snipes will play the role of Johnson, the calm and collective, enigmatic Pit Boss of the game who maintains damage control when needed while keeping his eye […]

NBC's New Martial Arts Drama, WARRIOR, Now In Development

Lee B. Golden III

The recent successes over the years with animated action adventure shows like Avatar: The Last Airbender, Attack On Titan and The Legend Of Korra are certainly lending some credence to the notion that a bit of live-action fanfare is in order, especially with everything that has been happening online with shows like Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter. Alas, NBC is currently working on trying to muscle up its own programming according to a new report from The Hollywood Reporter (via AV Club & i09). Crossbones series co-executive producer David DiGilio will write and executive produce the series with Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald for a new female-centric martial arts drama titled Warrior, and it goes a little something like this: In a grounded, contemporary multicultural and sometimes magical milieu, a damaged heroine works undercover with physical and spiritual guidance from a mysterious martial arts master to bring down an international […]