Lifetime isn't Lifetime without V.C. Andrews's book-to-screen adaptations!
And we know you're excited about the four-part Cutler Saga, kicking things off with the first in the series, Dawn.
We can already tell you it's pure campy fun, and the cast is no joke.
We had the opportunity to sit in on a presser with the cast of Dawn, with a special appearance by V.C. Andrews' ghost writer, Andrew Neiderman.
It was all copacetic as everyone discussed how they got into character, gushed over star Brec Bassinger's performance and work ethic, and expressed all the fun they had filming this piece.
Fortunately, TV Fanatic got the opportunity to jump on Zoom with star, Bassinger, to discuss what it was like to play the film's titular role as we follow her through her journey from adolescence through adulthood.
In the first installment of this saga, we find Dawn Longchamp...
And we know you're excited about the four-part Cutler Saga, kicking things off with the first in the series, Dawn.
We can already tell you it's pure campy fun, and the cast is no joke.
We had the opportunity to sit in on a presser with the cast of Dawn, with a special appearance by V.C. Andrews' ghost writer, Andrew Neiderman.
It was all copacetic as everyone discussed how they got into character, gushed over star Brec Bassinger's performance and work ethic, and expressed all the fun they had filming this piece.
Fortunately, TV Fanatic got the opportunity to jump on Zoom with star, Bassinger, to discuss what it was like to play the film's titular role as we follow her through her journey from adolescence through adulthood.
In the first installment of this saga, we find Dawn Longchamp...
- 7/7/2023
- by Jasmine Blu
- TVfanatic
Iliza Shlesinger’s latest comedy special with Netflix titled “Hot Forever” — her sixth for the streamer — has set a release date for October 11. The Avalon-produced special was filmed at the Connor Palace in Cleveland this past July.
The special was directed by Steven Paley, with Shlesinger serving as executive producer alongside Avalon’s Kara Baker and David Martin. Her previous specials with Netflix include 2019’s “Unveiled,” 2018’s “Elder Millennial,” 2016’s “Confirmed Kills,” 2015’s “Freezing Hot” and 2013’s “War Paint.”
Also in today’s television news:
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Bravo’s “Winter House” is set to premiere its second season on the network on Thursday, October 13 at 9 p.m. Pt/Et.
Returning cast to Stowe, Vt., in the show’s second season include Amanda Batula, Jason Cameron, Craig Conover, Kyle Cooke, Paige DeSorbo, Luke Gulbranson, Austen Kroll and Ciara Miller. New cast members for the new season include Rachel Clark, Kory Keefer and Jessica Stocker.
The special was directed by Steven Paley, with Shlesinger serving as executive producer alongside Avalon’s Kara Baker and David Martin. Her previous specials with Netflix include 2019’s “Unveiled,” 2018’s “Elder Millennial,” 2016’s “Confirmed Kills,” 2015’s “Freezing Hot” and 2013’s “War Paint.”
Also in today’s television news:
Dates
Bravo’s “Winter House” is set to premiere its second season on the network on Thursday, October 13 at 9 p.m. Pt/Et.
Returning cast to Stowe, Vt., in the show’s second season include Amanda Batula, Jason Cameron, Craig Conover, Kyle Cooke, Paige DeSorbo, Luke Gulbranson, Austen Kroll and Ciara Miller. New cast members for the new season include Rachel Clark, Kory Keefer and Jessica Stocker.
- 9/15/2022
- by EJ Panaligan
- Variety Film + TV
Lifetime is in the Vc Andrews business, and they've dropped exciting news about an upcoming project.
After the network's success this summer with the limited series Flowers in the Attic: The Origin, seen by 10 million total viewers, they are breaking ground on the V.C. Andrews Dawn Cutler Series, following the dark and twisted history of the Cutler, Longchamp and Booth families.
Let's see what's in store!
Brec Bassinger takes on the title role of Dawn Longchamp and will be joined by Emmy winner Donna Mills as Lillian Cutler.
Also set to star in the new movie event are Joey McIntyre (New Kids on the Block) as Michael Sutton, Jesse Metcalfe (Desperate Housewives) as Ormand Longchamp, Khobe Clarke as Jimmy Longchamp, and Emmy nominee Fran Drescher as Agnes Morris.
As the exclusive home of movies inspired by books from the best-selling author V.C. Andrews, Lifetime brings to television the Dawn Cutler novels -- Dawn,...
After the network's success this summer with the limited series Flowers in the Attic: The Origin, seen by 10 million total viewers, they are breaking ground on the V.C. Andrews Dawn Cutler Series, following the dark and twisted history of the Cutler, Longchamp and Booth families.
Let's see what's in store!
Brec Bassinger takes on the title role of Dawn Longchamp and will be joined by Emmy winner Donna Mills as Lillian Cutler.
Also set to star in the new movie event are Joey McIntyre (New Kids on the Block) as Michael Sutton, Jesse Metcalfe (Desperate Housewives) as Ormand Longchamp, Khobe Clarke as Jimmy Longchamp, and Emmy nominee Fran Drescher as Agnes Morris.
As the exclusive home of movies inspired by books from the best-selling author V.C. Andrews, Lifetime brings to television the Dawn Cutler novels -- Dawn,...
- 9/15/2022
- by Carissa Pavlica
- TVfanatic
Lifetime has set the cast for V.C. Andrews Dawn Cutler Series, the first of a series of movies based Andrews’ popular Cutler books.
Brec Bassinger stars in the title role of Dawn Longchamp, alongside Emmy winner Donna Mills as Lillian Cutler. Also set to star are Emmy nominee Fran Drescher (The Nanny),
Joey McIntyre (New Kids on the Block) and Jesse Metcalfe (Desperate Housewives).
Dawn follows the story of Dawn Longchamp (Bassinger), who after growing up in humble surroundings with a very hardworking and loving family suddenly has everything she loves ripped away from her when she is thrust into a new family whose dark and twisted secrets change the course of her life forever. As Dawn struggles to fit in, her wicked grandmother Lillian Cutler (Mills) rules her life with an iron fist and inflicts cruel punishments when Dawn does not follow her strict orders.
Brec Bassinger stars in the title role of Dawn Longchamp, alongside Emmy winner Donna Mills as Lillian Cutler. Also set to star are Emmy nominee Fran Drescher (The Nanny),
Joey McIntyre (New Kids on the Block) and Jesse Metcalfe (Desperate Housewives).
Dawn follows the story of Dawn Longchamp (Bassinger), who after growing up in humble surroundings with a very hardworking and loving family suddenly has everything she loves ripped away from her when she is thrust into a new family whose dark and twisted secrets change the course of her life forever. As Dawn struggles to fit in, her wicked grandmother Lillian Cutler (Mills) rules her life with an iron fist and inflicts cruel punishments when Dawn does not follow her strict orders.
- 9/15/2022
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Progam Description Darkness slowly creeps in when Flowers in the Attic: The Origin arrives September 13 on DVD from Lionsgate. Inspired by the books from best-selling author V.C. Andrews and based on the prequel novel by Andrew Neiderman, this 4-part limited series tells the story of Olivia Winfield (Jemima Rooper) as she is swept off …
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- 8/22/2022
- by Adrian Halen
- Horror News
Atx TV Festival will feature the world premiere of Lifetime’s “Flowers in the Attic: The Origin,” followed by a Q&a with the cast and creators, Variety can exclusively announce. Additionally, the 11th season of the festival will feature a live episode of the “Friday Night Lights” rewatch podcast “Clear Eyes, Full Hearts.”
The 2022 festival, set to take place in Austin, Texas, will take place June 2-5, 2022, returning to in-person programming for the first time in two years.
After a screening of Lifetime’s limited series “Flowers in the Attic: The Origin,” based on Andrew Neiderman’s novel “Garden of Shadows,” executive producers Paul Sciarrotta and Jennie Snyder Urman will host a panel with cast members Jemima Rooper, Kelsey Grammer, Alana Boden and Hannah Dodd. More guests will be announced in the future.
“Friday Night Lights,” which has been a staple at the festival since it kicked off in...
The 2022 festival, set to take place in Austin, Texas, will take place June 2-5, 2022, returning to in-person programming for the first time in two years.
After a screening of Lifetime’s limited series “Flowers in the Attic: The Origin,” based on Andrew Neiderman’s novel “Garden of Shadows,” executive producers Paul Sciarrotta and Jennie Snyder Urman will host a panel with cast members Jemima Rooper, Kelsey Grammer, Alana Boden and Hannah Dodd. More guests will be announced in the future.
“Friday Night Lights,” which has been a staple at the festival since it kicked off in...
- 4/8/2022
- by Emily Longeretta
- Variety Film + TV
The “V.C. Verse” has found its official home at A+E Networks. The Lifetime parent company has acquired the rights and licenses to “Flowers in the Attic” author V.C. Andrews’ entire library collection, including all new releases.
As part of the deal that gives A+E Networks exclusive access to more than 138 Andrews books, Lifetime — which has found much success with its “Flowers in the Attic” and “Casteel” TV movies — has put into development an adaptation of Andrews’ “Culter” series of books, following the twisted tale of Dawn Longchamp, whose entire world crumbles after the sudden death of her mother.
The next project to make it to the screen in the “V.C. Verse” will be the previously announced prequel limited series “Flowers in the Attic: The Origin,” which stars Jemima Rooper and Max Irons as Olivia Winfield Foxworth and Malcolm Foxworth along with Kelsey Grammer, Harry Hamlin, Paul Wesley and Kate Mulgrew.
As part of the deal that gives A+E Networks exclusive access to more than 138 Andrews books, Lifetime — which has found much success with its “Flowers in the Attic” and “Casteel” TV movies — has put into development an adaptation of Andrews’ “Culter” series of books, following the twisted tale of Dawn Longchamp, whose entire world crumbles after the sudden death of her mother.
The next project to make it to the screen in the “V.C. Verse” will be the previously announced prequel limited series “Flowers in the Attic: The Origin,” which stars Jemima Rooper and Max Irons as Olivia Winfield Foxworth and Malcolm Foxworth along with Kelsey Grammer, Harry Hamlin, Paul Wesley and Kate Mulgrew.
- 2/2/2022
- by Jennifer Maas
- Variety Film + TV
Lifetime will further expand its V. C. Andrews programming, with A+E acquiring rights to the author’s library of bestselling novels.
The cable network revealed Wednesday during its Television Critics Association press tour session that it will develop Andrews’ five-part Cutler series for screen. The books follow the twisted tale of Dawn Longchamp, whose entire world crumbles after the sudden death of her mother. The book series begins with Dawn, which was published in 1990, and includes Secrets of the Morning, Twilight’s Child, Midnight Whispers and Darkest Hour.
For even more Andrews goodness, Lifetime shared an update for its upcoming limited series Flowers in the Attic: The Origin, based on the prequel novel Garden of Shadows by Andrew Neiderman. The prequel series, which stars Jemima Rooper, Max Irons, Kelsey Grammer, Harry Hamlin and more, will make its debut in the summer. Flowers in the Attic: The Origin peels back...
The cable network revealed Wednesday during its Television Critics Association press tour session that it will develop Andrews’ five-part Cutler series for screen. The books follow the twisted tale of Dawn Longchamp, whose entire world crumbles after the sudden death of her mother. The book series begins with Dawn, which was published in 1990, and includes Secrets of the Morning, Twilight’s Child, Midnight Whispers and Darkest Hour.
For even more Andrews goodness, Lifetime shared an update for its upcoming limited series Flowers in the Attic: The Origin, based on the prequel novel Garden of Shadows by Andrew Neiderman. The prequel series, which stars Jemima Rooper, Max Irons, Kelsey Grammer, Harry Hamlin and more, will make its debut in the summer. Flowers in the Attic: The Origin peels back...
- 2/2/2022
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
A+E Networks, the parent company of Lifetime, announced Wednesday that it has acquired rights and licenses to the entire collection by author V.C. Andrews. The deal covers 138 books and all new releases.
Lifetime also announced during Wednesday’s Television Critics Association Winter Tour presentation that the network is currently in development on Andrews’ “Cutler” series, which follows the twisted story of Dawn Longchamp as her world crumbles following the sudden death of her mother.
On Wednesday, Lifetime revealed that limited series “Flowers in the Attic: The Origin,” a prequel to “Flowers in the Attic,” will debut this summer. The series stars Jemima Rooper as Olivia Winfield Foxworth, who eventually becomes the cruel grandmother who imprisons, whips and starves her daughter’s four children.
The logline for the series reads: “Flowers in the Attic: The Origin tells the story of the headstrong and determined Olivia Winfield Foxworth (Rooper) who is...
Lifetime also announced during Wednesday’s Television Critics Association Winter Tour presentation that the network is currently in development on Andrews’ “Cutler” series, which follows the twisted story of Dawn Longchamp as her world crumbles following the sudden death of her mother.
On Wednesday, Lifetime revealed that limited series “Flowers in the Attic: The Origin,” a prequel to “Flowers in the Attic,” will debut this summer. The series stars Jemima Rooper as Olivia Winfield Foxworth, who eventually becomes the cruel grandmother who imprisons, whips and starves her daughter’s four children.
The logline for the series reads: “Flowers in the Attic: The Origin tells the story of the headstrong and determined Olivia Winfield Foxworth (Rooper) who is...
- 2/2/2022
- by Sharon Knolle
- The Wrap
Lifetime is enlisting a lineup of very familiar faces to explore the twisted secrets of the notorious Foxworth family in its anticipated Flowers in the Attic: The Origin prequel.
In the TV mini adapted from Andrew Neiderman’s novel Garden of Shadows (which serves as a prequel to V.C. Andrews’ bestselling Dollanganger series), The Girlfriend Experience’s Jemima Rooper and Condor’s Max Irons star as Olivia Winfield and Malcolm Foxworth, parents to Corrine and grandparents to Cathy and Chris Dollanganger.
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In the TV mini adapted from Andrew Neiderman’s novel Garden of Shadows (which serves as a prequel to V.C. Andrews’ bestselling Dollanganger series), The Girlfriend Experience’s Jemima Rooper and Condor’s Max Irons star as Olivia Winfield and Malcolm Foxworth, parents to Corrine and grandparents to Cathy and Chris Dollanganger.
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- 8/17/2021
- by Keisha Hatchett
- TVLine.com
More Flowers of the Attic is coming to Lifetime. The network has greenlighted Flowers In The Attic: The Origin, a four-part prequel miniseries event starring Jemima Rooper (Gold Digger) and Max Irons (Condor), from Paul Sciarrotta (Jane the Virgin), Jennie Snyder Urman and Joanna Klein’s Sutton St. Productions and CBS Studios. Flowers in the Attic: The Origin is an A+E Studios production in association with Sutton St. and CBS Studios.
Kelsey Grammer (Frasier), Harry Hamlin (Mad Men), Kate Mulgrew (Orange is the New Black), Paul Wesley (The Vampire Diaries), Alana Boden (I Am Elizabeth Smart), Hannah Dodd (Harlots), T’Shan Williams (The Color Purple) and Callum Kerry (Four Weddings and a Funeral) also star in the miniseries which is based on the prequel novel, Garden of Shadows by Andrew Neiderman.
Author V.C. Andrews launched a pop culture sensation with the gothic tale Flowers in the Attic. Flowers in the...
Kelsey Grammer (Frasier), Harry Hamlin (Mad Men), Kate Mulgrew (Orange is the New Black), Paul Wesley (The Vampire Diaries), Alana Boden (I Am Elizabeth Smart), Hannah Dodd (Harlots), T’Shan Williams (The Color Purple) and Callum Kerry (Four Weddings and a Funeral) also star in the miniseries which is based on the prequel novel, Garden of Shadows by Andrew Neiderman.
Author V.C. Andrews launched a pop culture sensation with the gothic tale Flowers in the Attic. Flowers in the...
- 8/17/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Lifetime is going back to the beginning with a prequel miniseries for “Flowers in the Attic,” which will tell the story of Olivia Winfield and Malcom Foxworth, parents to Corrine Foxworth and grandparents to Cathy and Chris Dollanganger, the cable channel announced Tuesday during its day at the Television Critics Association’s virtual press tour.
A four-part series based on the universe created by author V.C. Andrews, “Flowers in the Attic: The Origin” will star Jemima Rooper (“Gold Digger”) and Max Irons (“Condor”) as leads Olivia and Malcom, along with Kelsey Grammer, Harry Hamlin, Paul Wesley, Kate Mulgrew, Alana Boden, Hannah Dodd, T’Shan Williams and Callum Kerr.
Per Lifetime, “Flowers in the Attic: The Origin” tells the story of the headstrong and determined Olivia Winfield (Rooper) who is working alongside her beloved father (Hamlin) when she finds herself unexpectedly wooed by one of the nation’s most eligible bachelors,...
A four-part series based on the universe created by author V.C. Andrews, “Flowers in the Attic: The Origin” will star Jemima Rooper (“Gold Digger”) and Max Irons (“Condor”) as leads Olivia and Malcom, along with Kelsey Grammer, Harry Hamlin, Paul Wesley, Kate Mulgrew, Alana Boden, Hannah Dodd, T’Shan Williams and Callum Kerr.
Per Lifetime, “Flowers in the Attic: The Origin” tells the story of the headstrong and determined Olivia Winfield (Rooper) who is working alongside her beloved father (Hamlin) when she finds herself unexpectedly wooed by one of the nation’s most eligible bachelors,...
- 8/17/2021
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
Lifetime has ordered a prequel miniseries to the Gothic teen classic Flowers in the Attic.
The network has greenlit Flowers in the Attic: The Origin based on the novel Garden of Shadows, which had writer Andrew Neiderman contributing to the franchise originally created by author V.C. Andrews.
The network has a full cast in place: Jemima Rooper (Gold Digger) and Max Irons (Condor) will star as Olivia Winfield and Malcolm Foxworth — the grandparents of Cathy and Chris Dollanganger, the protagonists of the first book. The series also stars Kelsey Grammer (Frasier), Harry Hamlin (Mad Men), Paul Wesley (The Vampire Diaries), Kate Mulgrew (Orange Is the New Black), Alana ...
The network has greenlit Flowers in the Attic: The Origin based on the novel Garden of Shadows, which had writer Andrew Neiderman contributing to the franchise originally created by author V.C. Andrews.
The network has a full cast in place: Jemima Rooper (Gold Digger) and Max Irons (Condor) will star as Olivia Winfield and Malcolm Foxworth — the grandparents of Cathy and Chris Dollanganger, the protagonists of the first book. The series also stars Kelsey Grammer (Frasier), Harry Hamlin (Mad Men), Paul Wesley (The Vampire Diaries), Kate Mulgrew (Orange Is the New Black), Alana ...
- 8/17/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Lifetime has ordered a prequel miniseries to the Gothic teen classic Flowers in the Attic.
The network has greenlit Flowers in the Attic: The Origin based on the novel Garden of Shadows, which had writer Andrew Neiderman contributing to the franchise originally created by author V.C. Andrews.
The network has a full cast in place: Jemima Rooper (Gold Digger) and Max Irons (Condor) will star as Olivia Winfield and Malcolm Foxworth — the grandparents of Cathy and Chris Dollanganger, the protagonists of the first book. The series also stars Kelsey Grammer (Frasier), Harry Hamlin (Mad Men), Paul Wesley (The Vampire Diaries), Kate Mulgrew (Orange Is the New Black), Alana ...
The network has greenlit Flowers in the Attic: The Origin based on the novel Garden of Shadows, which had writer Andrew Neiderman contributing to the franchise originally created by author V.C. Andrews.
The network has a full cast in place: Jemima Rooper (Gold Digger) and Max Irons (Condor) will star as Olivia Winfield and Malcolm Foxworth — the grandparents of Cathy and Chris Dollanganger, the protagonists of the first book. The series also stars Kelsey Grammer (Frasier), Harry Hamlin (Mad Men), Paul Wesley (The Vampire Diaries), Kate Mulgrew (Orange Is the New Black), Alana ...
- 8/17/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Kirsten Howard Feb 17, 2017
Keanu Reeves, as much as any actor of his generation, has left a legacy to be proud of. We take a look back at his career.
Much like his character in the John Wick films, Keanu Reeves is a man with very little to lose.
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Often maligned for his lack of range as an actor, or dismissed as merely a vaguely goofy action star, every misstep that Reeves has taken throughout his career has come from an enviable ability to consistently take risks. Despite every effort to pigeonhole him, Keanu Reeves just won’t be told what he can and can’t do.
Born in Beirut to a showgirl and a geologist, Reeves is also a rabid...
Keanu Reeves, as much as any actor of his generation, has left a legacy to be proud of. We take a look back at his career.
Much like his character in the John Wick films, Keanu Reeves is a man with very little to lose.
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Often maligned for his lack of range as an actor, or dismissed as merely a vaguely goofy action star, every misstep that Reeves has taken throughout his career has come from an enviable ability to consistently take risks. Despite every effort to pigeonhole him, Keanu Reeves just won’t be told what he can and can’t do.
Born in Beirut to a showgirl and a geologist, Reeves is also a rabid...
- 2/8/2017
- Den of Geek
Our look at underappreciated films of the 80s continues, as we head back to 1988...
Either in terms of ticket sales or critical acclaim, 1988 was dominated by the likes of Rain Man, Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Coming To America. It was the year Bruce Willis made the jump from TV to action star with Die Hard, and became a star in the process.
It was the year Leslie Nielsen made his own jump from the small to silver screen with Police Squad spin-off The Naked Gun, which sparked a hugely popular franchise of its own. Elsewhere, the eccentric Tim Burton scored one of the biggest hits of the year with Beetlejuice, the success of which would result in the birth of Batman a year later. And then there was Tom Cruise, who managed to make a drama about a student-turned-barman into a $170m hit, back when $170m was still an...
Either in terms of ticket sales or critical acclaim, 1988 was dominated by the likes of Rain Man, Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Coming To America. It was the year Bruce Willis made the jump from TV to action star with Die Hard, and became a star in the process.
It was the year Leslie Nielsen made his own jump from the small to silver screen with Police Squad spin-off The Naked Gun, which sparked a hugely popular franchise of its own. Elsewhere, the eccentric Tim Burton scored one of the biggest hits of the year with Beetlejuice, the success of which would result in the birth of Batman a year later. And then there was Tom Cruise, who managed to make a drama about a student-turned-barman into a $170m hit, back when $170m was still an...
- 5/6/2015
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
With a sneering, scenery-chewing Al Pacino and a breakout turn from Charlize Theron, The Devil’s Advocate remains a popular watch on cable. However, that successful film could have a more permanent place in the minds of TV watchers, as NBC is now developing a drama series based on the legal thriller from 1997. Arnold Kopelson (producer of the film) and The West Wing‘s John Wells are in talks to produce the series.
Like the film, The Devil’s Advocate series will focus on a rising lawyer who joins a firm run by Satan. Keanu Reeves played the public defender in Taylor Hackford’s film, while Al Pacino got to play the Devil, spouting juicy one liners about how vanity was definitely his favorite sin. The network already has a pilot ready to be filmed, written by Matt Venne (A&E’s Bag of Bones), but there is no guarantee NBC will pick it up,...
Like the film, The Devil’s Advocate series will focus on a rising lawyer who joins a firm run by Satan. Keanu Reeves played the public defender in Taylor Hackford’s film, while Al Pacino got to play the Devil, spouting juicy one liners about how vanity was definitely his favorite sin. The network already has a pilot ready to be filmed, written by Matt Venne (A&E’s Bag of Bones), but there is no guarantee NBC will pick it up,...
- 8/19/2014
- by Jordan Adler
- We Got This Covered
Continuing the fine tradition of TV shows becoming the new remake/prequel/sequel/premake/etc., a new version is on its way of the 1997 flick The Devil's Advocate, which starred Al Pacino chewing more scenery than any one person should be allowed to. Still... he was magic and far from an "Absentee Landlord!!!!"
According to Deadline, producers John Wells and Arnold Kopelson are bringing "The Devil’s Advocate" to television as a potential series. The legal drama with a supernatural twist, from Warner Bros. TV, has landed at NBC with a pilot commitment.
Written by Matt Venne (Bag of Bones, The Exorcism of Molly Harley), the series centers on a public defender who joins a law firm that is run by the Devil himself. In the film version the young lawyer was played by Keanu Reeves with Pacino playing his boss and Charlize Theron co-starring. The film, based on Andrew Neiderman...
According to Deadline, producers John Wells and Arnold Kopelson are bringing "The Devil’s Advocate" to television as a potential series. The legal drama with a supernatural twist, from Warner Bros. TV, has landed at NBC with a pilot commitment.
Written by Matt Venne (Bag of Bones, The Exorcism of Molly Harley), the series centers on a public defender who joins a law firm that is run by the Devil himself. In the film version the young lawyer was played by Keanu Reeves with Pacino playing his boss and Charlize Theron co-starring. The film, based on Andrew Neiderman...
- 8/18/2014
- by Steve Barton
- DreadCentral.com
If you worked at a law firm run by the Devil, the heat would truly be on to win your cases and reap the rewards or risk facing the fiery punishment should you fail. Such a law firm existed in 1997′s The Devil’s Advocate, starring Keanu Reeves and Al Pacino, and fans of the film may be pleased to hear that NBC is developing a TV series based on the devilish legal drama.
Deadline reports that NBC has ordered a pilot for the courtroom demonized drama from Warner Bros. TV. The potential series is penned by Matt Venne (The Exorcism Of Molly Harley, Bag of Bones), who will also co-executive produce with John Wells, Andrew Stearn, and Arnold Kopelson (who produced the 1997 film) executive producing.
Directed by Taylor Hackford, the film follows a skilled public defender played by Keanu Reeves who unknowingly joins a law firm run by the Devil,...
Deadline reports that NBC has ordered a pilot for the courtroom demonized drama from Warner Bros. TV. The potential series is penned by Matt Venne (The Exorcism Of Molly Harley, Bag of Bones), who will also co-executive produce with John Wells, Andrew Stearn, and Arnold Kopelson (who produced the 1997 film) executive producing.
Directed by Taylor Hackford, the film follows a skilled public defender played by Keanu Reeves who unknowingly joins a law firm run by the Devil,...
- 8/18/2014
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Producers John Wells and Arnold Kopelson are teaming for a TV series adaptation of the 1997 Keanu Reeves and Al Pacino-led "Devil's Advocate" for NBC.
Described as a "legal drama with a supernatural twist," Warner Bros. TV will produce the project with NBC giving the project a put pilot commitment. Wells, Kopelson and Andrew Stearn are executive producing.
Matt Venne ("Bag Of Bones," "The Exorcism Of Molly Harley") is penning the series and serving as a co-executive producer. Like the film, it follows a public defender who joins a law firm run by the Devil himself.
Taylor Hackford helmed the movie which was based on Andrew Neiderman's novel and also starred Charlize Theron. It managed a solid $153 million worldwide gross from a $57 million budget. Source: Deadline...
Described as a "legal drama with a supernatural twist," Warner Bros. TV will produce the project with NBC giving the project a put pilot commitment. Wells, Kopelson and Andrew Stearn are executive producing.
Matt Venne ("Bag Of Bones," "The Exorcism Of Molly Harley") is penning the series and serving as a co-executive producer. Like the film, it follows a public defender who joins a law firm run by the Devil himself.
Taylor Hackford helmed the movie which was based on Andrew Neiderman's novel and also starred Charlize Theron. It managed a solid $153 million worldwide gross from a $57 million budget. Source: Deadline...
- 8/18/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
A legal drama based on a movie ,featuring the devil? Definitely sounds like a TV series pitch.
Warner Bros. TV is developing a prime-time version of the 1997 Keanu Reeves and Al Pacino film The Devil’s Advocate for NBC, EW has confirmed. The movie, based on a novel by Andrew Neiderman, starred Reeves as an ambitious young attorney hired by a law firm ruled by a particularly devilish senior partner (Pacino)—sort of like The Firm with Satan instead of a mob boss.
A potential downside: Satanic TV projects haven’t been doing so hot lately. ABC’s 666 Park Ave.
Warner Bros. TV is developing a prime-time version of the 1997 Keanu Reeves and Al Pacino film The Devil’s Advocate for NBC, EW has confirmed. The movie, based on a novel by Andrew Neiderman, starred Reeves as an ambitious young attorney hired by a law firm ruled by a particularly devilish senior partner (Pacino)—sort of like The Firm with Satan instead of a mob boss.
A potential downside: Satanic TV projects haven’t been doing so hot lately. ABC’s 666 Park Ave.
- 8/18/2014
- by James Hibberd
- EW - Inside TV
Maybe dolls and dummies, in general, just freak me out. Dead of Night, The Great Gabbo, even the new flick The Conjuring… dolls just have some hyper-real element that raises the hair on the back of my neck to full attention, and I have a really hairy neck. But I can’t think of another movie where the dummy is actually a medical model. Meet Pin. Well that’s what the family calls him. Pin is a medical dummy with clear skin like a plastic Slim Goodbody (wow, that reference dates me). Pin is the subject of this week’s entry of The Unseen. In the later part of the 1980’s, the creep-tatsic Canadians made the Pin, A Plastic Nightmare. Starring Terry O’Quinn and David Hewlett (who both would become nerd deities because of respective roles on Lost and Stargate: Atlantis), Pin focuses on a medical dummy. Pin is not one of the “Annie,...
- 7/12/2013
- by Rebekah McKendry
- FEARnet
The 1988 doll horror movie, Pin, is the latest on the remake block, but for its cult fans, don’t fret, because Bloody-Disgusting got the drop that the film’s original director, Sandor Stern, is set to come back. The film will be an adaptation of the original novel, writing back then by Andrew Neiderman of Amityville Horror and Devil’s Advocate fame.
In case you haven’t checked out this little Canadian horror film, the plot is: “A doctor has a lifelike, anatomically-correct medical dummy, with muscles and organs visible through its clear skin, named Pin (after Pinocchio). Via ventriloquism, Pin explains bodily functions in a way kids can relate to. When the over-strict doctor and his wife are killed in a car crash, his son (Leon) transfers his alter-ego into Pin, whom he always believed was alive. He starts using Pin as an excuse to over-protect his sister (Ursula...
In case you haven’t checked out this little Canadian horror film, the plot is: “A doctor has a lifelike, anatomically-correct medical dummy, with muscles and organs visible through its clear skin, named Pin (after Pinocchio). Via ventriloquism, Pin explains bodily functions in a way kids can relate to. When the over-strict doctor and his wife are killed in a car crash, his son (Leon) transfers his alter-ego into Pin, whom he always believed was alive. He starts using Pin as an excuse to over-protect his sister (Ursula...
- 1/11/2011
- by Jon Peters
- Killer Films
A few months back a bunch of friends and myself discussed how a remake to Sandor Stern's 1988 horror flick Pin would be crazy awesome, so it comes as no shock that one is currently in development. Bloody Disgusting has exclusively confirmed that Stern will be returning to direct and co-write, alongside Jack Reher (writer of the forthcoming Red Machine and Edge of the Unknown), a redo of the creepy doll movie. What's different is that the duo will be scripting a movie based on Andrew Neiderman's novel of the same name. Neiderman is also known for writing the classic "The Devil's Advocate". Stern wrote the original The Amityville Horror.
- 1/11/2011
- bloody-disgusting.com
It's the "Long Island Examiner's" Long Island Halloween Horror movie review-a-thon! We're taking a look at and examining some movies with a Halloween slant that we can tie to Long Island as we count down to Halloween 2010. Previous Day's Review: Snakehead Terror (2004) It's October 5th, and we only have twenty-six more days until Halloween! Yesterday we had a look at a truly horrible movie. Today we up the artistic merit considerably as we take a look at the 1997 Taylor Hackford film The Devil's Advocate. Based off of a 1990 novel by Andrew Neiderman of the...
- 10/5/2010
- by Christopher Garcia, Long Island Classic Movies Examiner
- Examiner Movies Channel
Always negotiating to keep one's interest but too often getting bogged down in hit-or-miss subplots, director Taylor Hackford's supernatural drama starring Al Pacino and Keanu Reeves is a classy scare, but it takes too long to get to the devilish core of the matter.
The Warner Bros. release produced by Arnon Milchan, Arnold Kopelson and Anne Kopelson ought to open well and travel far. "The Devil's Advocate" has sex, blood and Pacino, whose gleefully bombastic performance is the film's one major success story.
Reeves, playing a Florida legal superstar lured to the big city to work for the firm of mighty John Milton (Pacino), is another matter. Smart but vain, Reeves' character is fairly bland, and the actor, apart from looking like a million bucks, is not involving for long stretches.
Based on the novel by Andrew Neiderman and written for the screen by Jonathan Lemkin and Tony Gilroy, "Devil's Advocate" is an old tale set in the luxurious world of the rich, with young rookie Kevin Reeves) and playful young wife Mary Ann (Charlize Theron) settling into a new life with relative ease.
We learn in early scenes that Kevin is not above terrorizing a sexually abused teenage girl to win acquittal for a guilty client or defending a scary denizen of the lower depths accused of animal cruelty. Living in Milton's swank building, Kevin wins points with his subway-riding boss, but the wife at home starts to go batty.
With Pacino in creepy makeup that makes him look just a bit like Bela Lugosi, one is clued in early on that Kevin is working for a unique boss. The lad's seriously religious mother (Judith Ivey) gets bad vibes and warns that Theron's depressed and lonely character needs his attention. In an important scene, Kevin makes love to Mary Ann and goes into a lustful craze when she turns into the flirtatious co-worker (Connie Nielsen) he's made eye contact with several times.
Meanwhile, always probing, always joking, Milton orders Kevin to take the case of a well-known businessman (Craig T. Nelson) accused of murdering his family. Kevin works hard and bonds with Milton's cheerful lieutenant (Jeffrey Jones), but events soon spiral into a round of revelations and dire consequences.
While Reeves and Theron's characters go through the tortures of the damned and hold up well enough, Pacino is firmly in command, brushing aside all who get in his way of making Satan the Super Lawyer one of his most crowd-pleasing characters. Sometimes he's too funny, and one is distracted. Similarly, Hackford has to conjure up one too many minor frights to keep the audience on edge.
Befitting the head of a firm that represents countries and the world's richest scumbags, Milton's sinister private abode is the sight of the thunderous finale, in which Pacino lets loose in a tirade that's worthy of an ovation. Alas, the movie's pyrotechnics are also cranked up at this point, but the payoff is worth it.
From Bruno Rubeo's production design and Andrzej Bartkowiak's wide-screen imagery to Rick Baker's scary demons and Judianna Makovsky's costumes, "Devil's Advocate" is handsomely mounted.
THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE
Warner Bros.
In association with Regency Enterprises
A Kopelson Entertainment production
A Taylor Hackford film
Director Taylor Hackford
Producers Arnon Milchan, Arnold Kopelson,
Anne Kopelson
Screenwriters Jonathan Lemkin, Tony Gilroy
Based on the novel by Andrew Neiderman
Executive producers Taylor Hackford,
Michael Tadross, Erwin Stoff, Barry Bernardi, Steve White
Director of photography Andrzej Bartkowiak
Production designer Bruno Rubeo
Editor Mark Warner
Music James Newton Howard
Demons designed and created by Rick Baker
Visual effects designer Richard Greenberg
Costume designer Judianna Makovsky
Casting Nancy Klopper, Mary Colquhoun
Color/stereo
Cast:
Kevin Lomax Keanu Reeves
John Milton Al Pacino
Mary Ann Lomax Charlize Theron
Eddie Barzoon Jeffrey Jones
Mrs. Lomax Judith Ivey
Christabella Connie Nielsen
Alexander Cullen Craig T. Nelson
Running time -- 149 mintues
MPAA rating: R...
The Warner Bros. release produced by Arnon Milchan, Arnold Kopelson and Anne Kopelson ought to open well and travel far. "The Devil's Advocate" has sex, blood and Pacino, whose gleefully bombastic performance is the film's one major success story.
Reeves, playing a Florida legal superstar lured to the big city to work for the firm of mighty John Milton (Pacino), is another matter. Smart but vain, Reeves' character is fairly bland, and the actor, apart from looking like a million bucks, is not involving for long stretches.
Based on the novel by Andrew Neiderman and written for the screen by Jonathan Lemkin and Tony Gilroy, "Devil's Advocate" is an old tale set in the luxurious world of the rich, with young rookie Kevin Reeves) and playful young wife Mary Ann (Charlize Theron) settling into a new life with relative ease.
We learn in early scenes that Kevin is not above terrorizing a sexually abused teenage girl to win acquittal for a guilty client or defending a scary denizen of the lower depths accused of animal cruelty. Living in Milton's swank building, Kevin wins points with his subway-riding boss, but the wife at home starts to go batty.
With Pacino in creepy makeup that makes him look just a bit like Bela Lugosi, one is clued in early on that Kevin is working for a unique boss. The lad's seriously religious mother (Judith Ivey) gets bad vibes and warns that Theron's depressed and lonely character needs his attention. In an important scene, Kevin makes love to Mary Ann and goes into a lustful craze when she turns into the flirtatious co-worker (Connie Nielsen) he's made eye contact with several times.
Meanwhile, always probing, always joking, Milton orders Kevin to take the case of a well-known businessman (Craig T. Nelson) accused of murdering his family. Kevin works hard and bonds with Milton's cheerful lieutenant (Jeffrey Jones), but events soon spiral into a round of revelations and dire consequences.
While Reeves and Theron's characters go through the tortures of the damned and hold up well enough, Pacino is firmly in command, brushing aside all who get in his way of making Satan the Super Lawyer one of his most crowd-pleasing characters. Sometimes he's too funny, and one is distracted. Similarly, Hackford has to conjure up one too many minor frights to keep the audience on edge.
Befitting the head of a firm that represents countries and the world's richest scumbags, Milton's sinister private abode is the sight of the thunderous finale, in which Pacino lets loose in a tirade that's worthy of an ovation. Alas, the movie's pyrotechnics are also cranked up at this point, but the payoff is worth it.
From Bruno Rubeo's production design and Andrzej Bartkowiak's wide-screen imagery to Rick Baker's scary demons and Judianna Makovsky's costumes, "Devil's Advocate" is handsomely mounted.
THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE
Warner Bros.
In association with Regency Enterprises
A Kopelson Entertainment production
A Taylor Hackford film
Director Taylor Hackford
Producers Arnon Milchan, Arnold Kopelson,
Anne Kopelson
Screenwriters Jonathan Lemkin, Tony Gilroy
Based on the novel by Andrew Neiderman
Executive producers Taylor Hackford,
Michael Tadross, Erwin Stoff, Barry Bernardi, Steve White
Director of photography Andrzej Bartkowiak
Production designer Bruno Rubeo
Editor Mark Warner
Music James Newton Howard
Demons designed and created by Rick Baker
Visual effects designer Richard Greenberg
Costume designer Judianna Makovsky
Casting Nancy Klopper, Mary Colquhoun
Color/stereo
Cast:
Kevin Lomax Keanu Reeves
John Milton Al Pacino
Mary Ann Lomax Charlize Theron
Eddie Barzoon Jeffrey Jones
Mrs. Lomax Judith Ivey
Christabella Connie Nielsen
Alexander Cullen Craig T. Nelson
Running time -- 149 mintues
MPAA rating: R...
- 10/10/1997
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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