Despite negotiations for a fifth season of Walker, the limited budget became an insurmountable obstacle to filming the next season, even though the series is one of the most popular projects on the network.
The CW has officially canceled Walker, the release of the fourth season of which is now in full swing and the final episode of the project will be released on June 26.
If you still need a dose of quality western in your life, then at least one of these ten projects will definitely appeal to you.
1. Deadwood, 2004-2006
The year is 1876, the Gold Rush continues to sweep the country. It has reached South Dakota, and Deadwood has grown from a prospector's camp to a town. Adventurers and easy money seekers flocked to the town.
Former Marshal Seth Bullock arrived in Deadwood to open a trading post with his business partner. At the same time, Bullock plans...
The CW has officially canceled Walker, the release of the fourth season of which is now in full swing and the final episode of the project will be released on June 26.
If you still need a dose of quality western in your life, then at least one of these ten projects will definitely appeal to you.
1. Deadwood, 2004-2006
The year is 1876, the Gold Rush continues to sweep the country. It has reached South Dakota, and Deadwood has grown from a prospector's camp to a town. Adventurers and easy money seekers flocked to the town.
Former Marshal Seth Bullock arrived in Deadwood to open a trading post with his business partner. At the same time, Bullock plans...
- 5/23/2024
- by zoe-wallace@startefacts.com (Zoe Wallace)
- STartefacts.com
“More stars than there are in heaven” was once the slogan for Hollywood’s largest studio. Larger-than-life celebrities like Judy Garland, Clark Gable, Fred Astaire, Katharine Hepburn, Jean Harlow and Gene Kelly were common fixtures at MGM. Today, MGM is an IP outpost purchased by Amazon for $8.5 billion in 2022, but in its day, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer had the biggest lot in Hollywood and produced some of the most extravagant films. Located in Culver City, MGM’s famously sprawling lot began as it grew from the 40 acres owned by Samuel Goldwyn. The legendary MGM property was 3 miles long and housed more than 45 buildings and 14 stages, in addition to numerous outdoor sets that would be built over the years.
MGM was home to countless classic films, and in 1939 alone, the studio backed the timeless fantasy The Wizard of Oz and distributed the Oscar-winning Gone With the Wind, the Ernst Lubitsch/Greta Garbo comedy Ninotchka,...
MGM was home to countless classic films, and in 1939 alone, the studio backed the timeless fantasy The Wizard of Oz and distributed the Oscar-winning Gone With the Wind, the Ernst Lubitsch/Greta Garbo comedy Ninotchka,...
- 4/29/2024
- by Chris Yogerst
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Welcome to the latest instalment of a brand-new feature here on Nerdly, where one of our comic gurus, Ian Wells, delves into comics history and dissects Comics Interview, the long-running journal of interviews and criticism from David Anthony Kraft (Dak).
Up Front
This month rather than basking on the glory of the previous double-sized issue or of reaching the 10th issue milestone he turns the spotlight on Bill Chadwick. He was the first ‘Fan in The Street’ from #1 and since #5 he has been working for Comics Interview in an editorial role. Now I am trying to remember if I gave him a hard time or not?! Anyway, Dak makes a big deal of dedicating the Up Front space to Chadwick but really it just reads as three further questions from the ‘Fan in The Street’ interview. It would be a cool move if he was going to switch this space...
Up Front
This month rather than basking on the glory of the previous double-sized issue or of reaching the 10th issue milestone he turns the spotlight on Bill Chadwick. He was the first ‘Fan in The Street’ from #1 and since #5 he has been working for Comics Interview in an editorial role. Now I am trying to remember if I gave him a hard time or not?! Anyway, Dak makes a big deal of dedicating the Up Front space to Chadwick but really it just reads as three further questions from the ‘Fan in The Street’ interview. It would be a cool move if he was going to switch this space...
- 2/29/2024
- by Ian Wells
- Nerdly
"The Ballad of Gilligan's Island," penned by executive producer and show creator Sherwood Schwartz and songwriter George Wyle holds the distinction of being the best TV theme song of all time. It might only be tied with the theme song to "The Brady Bunch" ... which was also co-written by Schwartz. In both cases, the theme songs cleverly weave earworm-ready melodies into explicit descriptions of the show's premise. In only 55 seconds, audiences learn that they're about to watch a sitcom about seven stranded castaways on a tropical island, how those castaways got there, and who each of the castaways are. "The Ballad of Gilligan's Island" is both hummable and functional. Even the amazing surf guitars of "The Munsters" or the wicked pip organs of "Tales from the Crypt" cannot approach the utilitarian glories of "Gilligan."
The first season theme song famously omitted the names of the Professor (Russell Johnson) and Mary...
The first season theme song famously omitted the names of the Professor (Russell Johnson) and Mary...
- 2/28/2024
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Exclusive: Good Trouble star Michael Galante is leading a first-of-its-kind comedy series featuring a host of visually impaired and low vision actors.
The Don’t Look Now comedy pilot has been forged to showcase visually impaired actors in leading roles and has been financed by author and visually impaired advocate Rebecca S. Meadows.
Set in an underfunded non-profit training center for the visually impaired, Don’t Look Now revolves around a diverse group of dedicated teachers and staff as they navigate the daily challenges of their work.
Galante, who played Brian in Freeform’s Good Trouble and has also had roles in Will & Grace and Boy Meets Girl, stars alongside an ensemble including Nathan Hurd (She-Hulk: Attorney at Law), Hannah Taragan (Grown-ish), Nimo Liré (Gift of Fear), Jamie H. Jung (Them), Patrick Agada (Kappa Force), Mikaylee Mina (The Black Mass), Diana Villegas (Dead For a Dollar), Ramona Dubarry (The Curse), Olga Itsenko and Brian McCarthy.
The Don’t Look Now comedy pilot has been forged to showcase visually impaired actors in leading roles and has been financed by author and visually impaired advocate Rebecca S. Meadows.
Set in an underfunded non-profit training center for the visually impaired, Don’t Look Now revolves around a diverse group of dedicated teachers and staff as they navigate the daily challenges of their work.
Galante, who played Brian in Freeform’s Good Trouble and has also had roles in Will & Grace and Boy Meets Girl, stars alongside an ensemble including Nathan Hurd (She-Hulk: Attorney at Law), Hannah Taragan (Grown-ish), Nimo Liré (Gift of Fear), Jamie H. Jung (Them), Patrick Agada (Kappa Force), Mikaylee Mina (The Black Mass), Diana Villegas (Dead For a Dollar), Ramona Dubarry (The Curse), Olga Itsenko and Brian McCarthy.
- 1/30/2024
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Marco Bellocchio has ruffled some feathers over the years – starting with his feature debut “Fists in the Pocket.”
“I do remember that people were shocked about me making a film, in Italy, about a son killing his mother. They were surprised and I don’t know why. I thought it was a good idea – from a dramatic point of view,” he said at International Film Festival Rotterdam during a talk with festival director Vanja Kaludjercic.
While his colleague Bernardo Bertolucci found himself in even bigger trouble – “They wanted to burn the negative of ‘The Last Tango in Paris,’ which was absurd! I had issues, but not as big as this one” – “Fists in the Pocket” still angered many. Including Luis Buñuel.
“He is perceived as this great surrealist, a revolutionary, but he was a conservative moralist. He couldn’t believe this angry young man was so bitter against his mother.
“I do remember that people were shocked about me making a film, in Italy, about a son killing his mother. They were surprised and I don’t know why. I thought it was a good idea – from a dramatic point of view,” he said at International Film Festival Rotterdam during a talk with festival director Vanja Kaludjercic.
While his colleague Bernardo Bertolucci found himself in even bigger trouble – “They wanted to burn the negative of ‘The Last Tango in Paris,’ which was absurd! I had issues, but not as big as this one” – “Fists in the Pocket” still angered many. Including Luis Buñuel.
“He is perceived as this great surrealist, a revolutionary, but he was a conservative moralist. He couldn’t believe this angry young man was so bitter against his mother.
- 1/29/2024
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
The episode of "The Twilight Zone" called "Once Upon a Time" is one of the show's attempts at comedy and, by most viewers' gauges, didn't really work. "Once Upon a Time" starred the silent film superstar and immortal filmmaker Buster Keaton as a sad sack janitor named Woodrow Mulligan living in a small middle-American town called Harmony in 1890. Mulligan hates the fancy-pants modern inventions like bicycles and resents that livestock roam the street. The 1890 sequences were filmed in the style of a silent movie with no dialogue, plinking piano music, and intertitles. Mulligan works for a mad scientist who has invented a time-travel helmet that can bring its wearer into the year 1961, but only for 30 minutes. Mulligan, desperate to see his hometown grown up, gives it a shot.
In the year 1961, now filmed with sound, Mulligan meets Rollo (Stanley Adams) a scientist who feels nostalgia for a simpler time, a...
In the year 1961, now filmed with sound, Mulligan meets Rollo (Stanley Adams) a scientist who feels nostalgia for a simpler time, a...
- 1/14/2024
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Exclusive: Sony Pictures International Productions is ramping up two sequels to 2023 German box office hit The Three Investigators – Legacy of the Dragon (Die Drei ??? – Erbe des Drachen). Both adventure mysteries are co-productions from Wiedemann & Berg Film and Deutsche Columbia Pictures Filmproduktion in cooperation with Kosmos Verlag.
The sequels, The Three Investigators – Carpathian Dog and The Three Investigators – Isle of Death, will be shot back-to-back in the Canary Islands, with principal photography beginning in February. They are scheduled to reach cinemas on January 23, 2025 and January 22, 2026, respectively. Tim Dünschede, who helmed the first picture, will direct both films.
Based on the bestselling children’s book series Die drei ???, published by Kosmos Verlag, The Three Investigators – Legacy of the Dragon centered around a famous trio of boy detectives in Transylvania who must unravel mysteries involving a long-missing boy, a mysterious brotherhood and a mysterious undead.
Returning cast members for the sequels are Julius Weckauf,...
The sequels, The Three Investigators – Carpathian Dog and The Three Investigators – Isle of Death, will be shot back-to-back in the Canary Islands, with principal photography beginning in February. They are scheduled to reach cinemas on January 23, 2025 and January 22, 2026, respectively. Tim Dünschede, who helmed the first picture, will direct both films.
Based on the bestselling children’s book series Die drei ???, published by Kosmos Verlag, The Three Investigators – Legacy of the Dragon centered around a famous trio of boy detectives in Transylvania who must unravel mysteries involving a long-missing boy, a mysterious brotherhood and a mysterious undead.
Returning cast members for the sequels are Julius Weckauf,...
- 1/10/2024
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Stars: Maria Vera Ratti, Juane Kimmel, Lee Roy Kunz, Thomas Kretschmann, Alexander Siddig | Written by Lee Roy Kunz, Kane Kunz | Directed by Lee Roy Kunz, Cru Ennis
I usually don’t pay too much attention to what the church has to say, but then The Catholic Review referred to Deliver Us as “A blast furnace of blasphemy” and continued, saying that “Deliver Us” (Magnet), also is an amalgam of gore and nudity.” How could I pass up a film that came so highly recommended?
It certainly opens on a bloody note as a row of kneeling men and women are killed and skinned for the elaborate tattoos on their backs. In a remote Russian convent Sister Yulia awakes from a nightmare of the killings and finds she’s showing the signs of the Stigmata. Even more shocking, she’s pregnant with twins, and still a virgin.
Laura is also pregnant,...
I usually don’t pay too much attention to what the church has to say, but then The Catholic Review referred to Deliver Us as “A blast furnace of blasphemy” and continued, saying that “Deliver Us” (Magnet), also is an amalgam of gore and nudity.” How could I pass up a film that came so highly recommended?
It certainly opens on a bloody note as a row of kneeling men and women are killed and skinned for the elaborate tattoos on their backs. In a remote Russian convent Sister Yulia awakes from a nightmare of the killings and finds she’s showing the signs of the Stigmata. Even more shocking, she’s pregnant with twins, and still a virgin.
Laura is also pregnant,...
- 12/21/2023
- by Jim Morazzini
- Nerdly
The final cover of The Beatles‘ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band doesn’t reflect the Fab Four’s original idea. The Beatles removed one star from the image for financial reasons. The star might have made a huge mistake when he corresponded with The Beatles.
An artist said the creation of The Beatles’ ‘Sgt. Pepper’ cover was ‘pretty funny’
Jann Haworth was one of the artists behind the Sgt. Pepper artwork. Famously, the record includes the visages of many celebrities, writers, and historical figures. During a 2017 interview with Good Times, Haworth said The Beatles’ manager, Brian Epstein, decided the band needed permission to use the famous figures’ images late in the creative process.
“And the story as it’s written up is that Emi thought of this, but as it was presented to me it was Brian saying ‘Oh my god, we’ve got to get this straightened out,...
An artist said the creation of The Beatles’ ‘Sgt. Pepper’ cover was ‘pretty funny’
Jann Haworth was one of the artists behind the Sgt. Pepper artwork. Famously, the record includes the visages of many celebrities, writers, and historical figures. During a 2017 interview with Good Times, Haworth said The Beatles’ manager, Brian Epstein, decided the band needed permission to use the famous figures’ images late in the creative process.
“And the story as it’s written up is that Emi thought of this, but as it was presented to me it was Brian saying ‘Oh my god, we’ve got to get this straightened out,...
- 12/19/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Palm Springs is where one goes to be seen; neighboring Rancho Mirage, well, not so much. That’s why many A-List Hollywood stars pulled up sticks in the mid-20th century, moving from Palm Springs — and L.A. — to the more discreet Rancho Mirage, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary as a city this year.
Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Lucille Ball, Red Skelton, at least one Marx brother, Bing Crosby, and even the guy who played the wizard in The Wizard of Oz, MGM contracted character actor Frank Morgan, lived there. All were seeking the country club lifestyle away from the party scene and camera flashbulbs.
Lawrence Welk, Frank Sinatra, Dinah Shore and Barbara Sinatra at the 1972 Dinah Shore Colgate Winner’s Circle in 1972 at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California.
Rancho Mirage also has long been known as the “Playground of the Presidents,” especially...
Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Lucille Ball, Red Skelton, at least one Marx brother, Bing Crosby, and even the guy who played the wizard in The Wizard of Oz, MGM contracted character actor Frank Morgan, lived there. All were seeking the country club lifestyle away from the party scene and camera flashbulbs.
Lawrence Welk, Frank Sinatra, Dinah Shore and Barbara Sinatra at the 1972 Dinah Shore Colgate Winner’s Circle in 1972 at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California.
Rancho Mirage also has long been known as the “Playground of the Presidents,” especially...
- 12/1/2023
- by Linda Laban
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
"Good night, John-Boy. Good night, Elizabeth. And good night, daddy. Good night, son. And good night, mama. Good night, Mary Ellen. Good night, Jim Bob." Even if you've never watched a single moment of the classic TV show "The Waltons," the impact the series has had on television continues on even to this day. With the series' roots stemming back all the way to one of the most hated episodes of "The Twilight Zone" in history, references to "The Waltons" have extended all the way to films like 2016's "The Nice Guys," where Matt Bomber's villainous Dr. Malek is given the code name "John Boy" as he shares a similar facial birthmark to John-Boy actor Richard Thomas.
Created by Earl Hamner Jr., "The Waltons" centered on the titular family in rural Virginia during the Great Depression and World War II, based on Hamner Jr.'s book "Spencer's Mountain." With a...
Created by Earl Hamner Jr., "The Waltons" centered on the titular family in rural Virginia during the Great Depression and World War II, based on Hamner Jr.'s book "Spencer's Mountain." With a...
- 11/26/2023
- by SlashFilm Staff
- Slash Film
Exclusive: The behavior of a close compatriot of convicted South African rapist and paedophile Dawie de Villiers will be placed under the microscope in a Showmax true crime series airing next month.
Convict Conman, which has unveiled trailer, charts an investigation by journalist Jana Marx, who receives a tip-off to look into Michael O’Connor.
O’Connor claims de Villiers, who was known as the Kempton Park Hugh Hefner and is currently serving a lifelong prison sentence, is a “good friend” and the show sets out to look into what else they have in common. Marx received a tip-off about O’Connor – who ran a photography publication and was looking to start business and fashion magazines – but the Covid-19 pandemic was in full swing and staff had never met him or seen his face. The show also features interviews with de Villiers’ victims.
De Villiers, the founder of Modelling South Africa,...
Convict Conman, which has unveiled trailer, charts an investigation by journalist Jana Marx, who receives a tip-off to look into Michael O’Connor.
O’Connor claims de Villiers, who was known as the Kempton Park Hugh Hefner and is currently serving a lifelong prison sentence, is a “good friend” and the show sets out to look into what else they have in common. Marx received a tip-off about O’Connor – who ran a photography publication and was looking to start business and fashion magazines – but the Covid-19 pandemic was in full swing and staff had never met him or seen his face. The show also features interviews with de Villiers’ victims.
De Villiers, the founder of Modelling South Africa,...
- 11/21/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
In the early scenes of “Oppenheimer,” J. Robert Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy), an American physics student attending graduate school in England and Germany in the 1920s, with bright blue marble eyes and a curly wedge of hair that stands up like Charlie Chaplin’s, keeps having visions of particles and waves. We see the images that are disrupting his mind, the particles pulsating, the waves aglow in vibratory bands of light. Oppenheimer can see the brave new world of quantum physics, and the visual razzmatazz is exactly the sort of thing you’d expect from a biopic written and directed by Christopher Nolan: a molecular light show as a reflection of the hero’s inner spirit.
But even when “Oppenheimer” settles down into a more realistic, less phantasmagorical groove (which it does fairly quickly), it remains every inch a Nolan film. You feel that in the heady, dense, dizzying way it slices and dices chronology,...
But even when “Oppenheimer” settles down into a more realistic, less phantasmagorical groove (which it does fairly quickly), it remains every inch a Nolan film. You feel that in the heady, dense, dizzying way it slices and dices chronology,...
- 7/19/2023
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
Eight decades ago, the United States was in the second full year of World War II. And there was little escape from the horrors of the global conflict. The war even dominated cinema-seven of the top ten films of the year were war-themed. The second highest grossing film of the year was “For Whom the Bell Tolls,” which opened on July 14, 1943, earning $6.3 million-nearly $3 million more than the beloved Oscar-winner “Casablanca,” which placed No 6 that year.
Paramount spared no expense bringing Ernest Hemingway’s 1940 novel set during the Spanish Civil War about Robert Jordan, a young American volunteer with a Republican guerrilla unit tasked with blowing up an important bridge. Hemingway witnessed the Spanish Civil War firsthand as a reporter for the North American Newspaper Alliance. In 1940, Paramount shelled out a staggering $150,000 for film rights. The New York Times wrote: “According to contract, Paramount paid Hemingway $100,000 for the property, agreeing to...
Paramount spared no expense bringing Ernest Hemingway’s 1940 novel set during the Spanish Civil War about Robert Jordan, a young American volunteer with a Republican guerrilla unit tasked with blowing up an important bridge. Hemingway witnessed the Spanish Civil War firsthand as a reporter for the North American Newspaper Alliance. In 1940, Paramount shelled out a staggering $150,000 for film rights. The New York Times wrote: “According to contract, Paramount paid Hemingway $100,000 for the property, agreeing to...
- 7/15/2023
- by Susan King
- Gold Derby
Comedian Mark Normand has announced his first hourlong special for Netflix, “Soup to Nuts,” which will hit the streaming site on July 25.
Since he was a kid, Normand knew he was interested in comedy. But once his mother doled out VHS tapes of the Marx Brothers, it became an integral part of his life. After watching it, he soon discovered comedians, films, shows and specials from the past, all due to his mother’s suggestion.
“I thought, ‘This is great. It’s all jokes. This is hilarious. Still holds up.’ Then I went into a deep dive, where you find Jerry Seinfeld, George Carlin, Richard Pryor and Eddie Murphy,” Normand told Variety. “And then it was my whole world.”
Since stumbling on old clips of Seinfeld, Normand has taken the stage with his comedy hero, opening up for the acclaimed comedian, as well as performing sets on late night TV,...
Since he was a kid, Normand knew he was interested in comedy. But once his mother doled out VHS tapes of the Marx Brothers, it became an integral part of his life. After watching it, he soon discovered comedians, films, shows and specials from the past, all due to his mother’s suggestion.
“I thought, ‘This is great. It’s all jokes. This is hilarious. Still holds up.’ Then I went into a deep dive, where you find Jerry Seinfeld, George Carlin, Richard Pryor and Eddie Murphy,” Normand told Variety. “And then it was my whole world.”
Since stumbling on old clips of Seinfeld, Normand has taken the stage with his comedy hero, opening up for the acclaimed comedian, as well as performing sets on late night TV,...
- 7/10/2023
- by Charna Flam
- Variety Film + TV
Inspiration for classic rock songs sometimes came from unexpected places. For example, Aerosmith’s “Walk This Way” was inspired by The Three Stooges. In addition, Steven Tyler said the meaning of the song was cleverly disguised.
Aerosmith | Gems / Contributor Aerosmith liked The Three Stooges so much they inspired Joey Kramer’s nickname
In his 2014 book Rocks: My Life in and Out of Aerosmith, Aerosmith’s Joe Perry discussed the band’s relationship with The Three Stooges. “We’d jam for five or six hours at a time, stopping to run back to the apartment to catch reruns of The Three Stooges,” he said. “The TV was in Brad [Whitford]’s room, where all five of us religiously watched the episodes, no matter how many times we had seen them before.”
Perry contrasted The Three Stooges with other old-school Hollywood comedians. “The Marx Brothers may be wittier, and [Charlie] Chaplin and [Buster] Keaton are geniuses,...
Aerosmith | Gems / Contributor Aerosmith liked The Three Stooges so much they inspired Joey Kramer’s nickname
In his 2014 book Rocks: My Life in and Out of Aerosmith, Aerosmith’s Joe Perry discussed the band’s relationship with The Three Stooges. “We’d jam for five or six hours at a time, stopping to run back to the apartment to catch reruns of The Three Stooges,” he said. “The TV was in Brad [Whitford]’s room, where all five of us religiously watched the episodes, no matter how many times we had seen them before.”
Perry contrasted The Three Stooges with other old-school Hollywood comedians. “The Marx Brothers may be wittier, and [Charlie] Chaplin and [Buster] Keaton are geniuses,...
- 4/28/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
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