Yesterday the UK Government announced intentions to crack down on internet piracy of films, music and television. While this is a threat the government rolls out on a seemingly bi-monthly basis, one must wonder if anything will ever come of it. And if something does I, for one, do not think it will be a good thing.
I am not going to justify the downloading of movies and music. I think those things should be paid for legally. Nor will I justify the downloading of television that has been released on …

The first promo for the new season of Nip/Tuck is out and making the rounds:

The sixth season is set to premier in Wednesday 14th October on FX. The season will feature the return of Vanessa Redgrave as Julia McNamara’s mother, Erica Noughton.

The Hollywood Reporter has stated Bryan Singer, the mastermind of the first two X-Men films,  has been drafted by Universal to re-imagine yet another genre project.  The project in question is a Battlestar Galactica feature film, which will have no ties to the television show of the same name that wrapped its run on Syfy earlier this year.
Singer made a name for himself by directing The Usual Suspect in 1994.  He’s since been associated with comic book franchises such as X-Men and Superman.
And, yes, I’m sure another updating of Battlestar …

WALTER WHITE: We tried to poison you.  We tried to poison you because you’re an insane, degenerate piece of filth and you deserve to die.

Teacher. Husband. Father. Cancer patient. On paper, Walter White (the brillaint Bryan Cranston) is an incredibly sympathetic man who you can’t help but feel sorry for. Season One of AMC’s spectacular Breaking Bad worked hard in establishing its protagonist as an ultimately good guy, someone to root for. He gave up on the opportunity to be a rich scientist, instead working as a high school …

Cable network AMC have acquired the rights to develop Robert Kirkman’s The Waking Dead into a series.  The Hollywood Reporter notes The Shawshank Redemption’s Oscar nominated writer Frank Darabont is onboard to write, produce and direct the series which will focus on the minutiae of a group of survivors getting by in a zombie-ridden world.
AMC are confident that, despite the genre element of the project, it will be a perfect fit on their schedule, which already includes Breaking Bad and Mad Men.

Oceanic 815… Landing in LAX?

The Lost season six premier (which will be 2 hours long, by the way) is going to be entitled “LA X” as revealed by this source.
After the final scene of season five’s finale, and recent casting rumours, it looks like we will indeed be visiting an Oceanic 815 that didn’t crash onto the island, but knowing Lost can things really be that simple? The space between LA and X also raises some questions as to what the title really means. Typo or complex …

This interview was originally conducted on September 11th, 2007.
Marti Noxon was recently kind enough to take time out from running Private Practice to do an interview with me. During it we talked about Buffy, Grey’s Anatomy and Point Pleasant as well as what it’s like to be a showrunner.

Pasha: How’s Private Practice going?

Marti Noxon: It’s been good. It’s been very busy. The first year of any show is a lot of work. A lot of late nights. But it’s good people, really good people.

P: And …

This interview was originally conducted on July 1st, 2006.
Tim Minear began his career working on syndicated shows before being hired on The X Files and Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman. He is most recognized for his work on Angel and after departing that show went on to showrun, and in some cases create, several shows for FOX: Firefly, Wonderfalls and The Inside.
Here Tim discusses the inception and evolution of his latest show, Drive, and shares his observations on what makes a good franchise.
Pasha: Who or what …

This interview was originally conducted on October 23rd, 2006.
At the 2006 Screenwriting Expo, after finishing his class on breaking an episode of television, I had the opportunity to interview Tim Minear. Less than an hour prior to this interview I found out that his new television show Drive had not been picked up by FOX. Later, whilst transcribing the discussion, I was informed that Drive may not be dead after all.
In the interview that follows we discusses the status of Drive as well as his previous projects from Angel …

Arrested Development creator is set to collaborate with Will Arnett and Jim Vallely for another FOX comedy.  The yet to be titled show will be a single camera sitcom and will focus on the romance and clashing values of Arnett’s rich Beverly Hills asshole main character and a tree-hugger.