James Gandolfini to Star in HBO Pilot
Sopranos star James Gandolfini has been tapped to star in a new HBO pilot, Deadline reports. The show will be called Criminal Justice, and will be based on a 2008 BBC series of the same name. Not surprisingly, Criminal Justice will be a crime drama set in New York. Gandolfini will play Jack Stone, a prisoner lawyer who takes up the case of a Pakistani inmate.... read more
Found in: TV, NewsBoardwalk Empire Review: "Resolution" (Episode 3.01)
While watching the opening sequences in this week's Boardwalk Empire premiere, I couldn’t help but think back to some advice Jimmy Darmody received from a local elder in the middle of season two: “Not every insult requires a response.” read more
Found in: TV, ReviewsBill Hader, Eva Mendes, J.B. Smoove Cast for Larry David's HBO Movie
A bevy of new actors have been cast to appear in Larry David’s upcoming movie for HBO. Jon Hamm and Michael Keaton had already been confirmed to appear in the improv-heavy film, and now Bill Hader, Eva Mendes, Amy Ryan, J.B. Smoove and Danny McBride have also been tapped.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsWatch the Boardwalk Empire Season Three Trailer
By the looks of season three, Boardwalk Empire is going to be just as gory and violent as last season. Entertainment Weekly posted a trailer for the upcoming season that shows a war brewing in Atlantic City.... read more
Found in: TV, NewsNew Christopher Guest TV Series Gets HBO, BBC Order
HBO has given an order to Christopher Guest’s Family Tree, which will send the single-camera comedy straight to series, Deadline reports. The series was written by Guest and Jim Piddock and is expected to be directed by Guest.... read more
Found in: TV, NewsHBO Developing a Norman Mailer Film
HBO is in the process of developing a film that will chronicle famed writer Norman Mailer’s relationship with imprisoned murderer Jack Abbott, who assisted Mailer in writing his 1980 Pulitzer Prize-winning book The Executioner’s Song.... read more
Found in: Books, NewsTrue Blood Review: “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” - (Episode 5.09)
Forget World War Z. World War V is about to be upon the True Blood universe. If its people weren’t praying before, now would be a good time to start.... read more
Found in: TV, ReviewsPlot Details Emerge for Larry David's New Movie
While HBO is being particularly tight-lipped about the forthcoming Larry David film, the L.A. Times has unearthed the plot of the still untitled movie.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsHBO's Girls and Enlightenment to Return in January 2013
Although it’s not news that HBO renewed Girls for a sophomore season, it was announced today that viewers will not see the network’s newest foursome again until 2013.... read more
Found in: TV, NewsTrue Blood: “Somebody That I Used to Know” (Episode 5.08)
Sometime after this week’s episode of True Blood, the always-funny Kelly Oxford tweeted, “True Blood is the supernatural Days of Our Lives.” I couldn’t have put it better myself.... read more
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