http://www.cold-open.com Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:00:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This interview was originally conducted on March 25, 2007. Now a co-executive producer on House and an Emmy award winner for directing the episode "House's Head", three years ago Greg Yaitanes was an executive producer on the short-lived FOX series Drive.  Here he discusses his role in the show. Pasha: ... http://www.cold-open.com/2009/11/15/interview-greg-yaitanes-talks-drive/ This interview was conducted on July 30, 2007. Tim Minear worked on Angel for four out of its five seasons, penning such seminal episodes as "Are You Now or Have You Ever Been", "Reprise" and "Lullaby".  Here he reflects on his time on the show. Pasha: In the past you’ve mentioned ... http://www.cold-open.com/2009/11/15/interview-an-angel-retrospective-with-tim-minear/ This interview was originally conducted on March 14th, 2009. After the Dollhouse episode “True Believer” aired, the writer and consulting producer Tim Minear was kind enough to chat with me a bit about this episode, his contributions to the show and what he’s got coming up in development. Enjoy. Pasha: “True ... http://www.cold-open.com/2009/11/15/interview-tim-minear-on-dollhouse-105-true-believer/ This interview was originally conducted on February 2nd, 2009. Dichen Lachman first became well known for starring in the Australian soap opera as Katya Kinski. After spending a few years on Neighbours she left and moved to LA, where she now stars on Dollhouse as Sierra, an active in the ... http://www.cold-open.com/2009/11/15/interview-dichen-lachman/ 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 ... http://www.cold-open.com/2009/08/25/even-pirates-have-hearts-just-not-tvs-tuned-into-american-networks/ 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. http://www.cold-open.com/2009/08/21/niptuck-season-6-promo/ 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 ... http://www.cold-open.com/2009/08/13/the-usual-suspect-set-to-re-re-imagine-battlestar-galactica/ 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 ... http://www.cold-open.com/2009/08/13/breaking-bad-season-2-youre-heisenberg/ 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 ... http://www.cold-open.com/2009/08/12/pilot-watch-2009-amc-go-side-by-side-with-the-walking-dead/ 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 ... http://www.cold-open.com/2009/08/11/lost-final-season-premier-title-revealed/