Michael Sullivan
May Blog Have Mercy on Our Souls: TBS is Developing a Diablo Cody Talk Show
Finally. Finally! Why did it take so long? Why did it take all of those Hollywood big wigs and ad wizards this long to figure out that America craves a Diablo Cody talk show? In these troubled times of Benghazis and sequesters we need someone who won’t shut up about their stripper past, someone whose more »
Adult Swim Reveals its New Slate of Programming
According to Deadline Hollywood, Adult Swim has revealed their new slate of programming a few days before their appearance at the Upfronts (which will apparently feature a performance by Kanye West). Some of these intriguing and troubling new shows include: RICK AND MORTY – Rick and Morty is about a genius inventor more »
Phil Hartman’s Lost Comedy Album -’Flat TV’- Will Be a Movie
The untimely death of Phil Hartman prevented many potentially great projects from seeing the light of day. For example, there isn’t a Simpsons’ fan alive that doesn’t regret the fact that we’ll never get to see Hartman in that live-action Troy McClure movie. This nagging reminder of what could have been is only exacerbated by more »
The IT Crowd Will Return With 40 Minute Series Finale
After a three year absence, The IT Crowd will finally return with a 40 minute special. BleedingCool.com is reporting that the special will serve as a series finale and once again reunite Chris O’Dowd, Richard Ayoade, Katherine Parkinson and Matt Berry. Currently, there’s no word on whether or not Noel Fielding or Chris Morris will more »
The ‘Pride and Prejudice and Zombies’ Film Adaptation Continues to Slowly Shamble Towards Theaters
Much like the shambling monstrosities in its title, the film adaptation of Seth Grahame-Smith’s Pride and Prejudice and Zombies refuses to stay dead. According to The Hollywood Reporter, “Mirror, Mirror’s” Lily Collins is now attached to star in the film while Burr Steers – the man who gave us such timeless Zac Efron classics like more »
Purge-Ageddon: Netflix Deletes Nearly 2,000 Titles from its Instant Streaming Library
If you were waiting for that one perfect moment to watch such cinematic classics as “Cherry 2000”, “American Ninja 3” or the 1981 Chevy Chase vehicle “Under the Rainbow” on Netflix, I’m afraid that moment has passed. As of today, these three films – along with nearly 1,997 other titles- will no longer be a more »
Can You Handle the Power and Majesty of the ‘Pacific Rim’ Trailer?
It’s way too early to say that “Pacific Rim” will be the best movie released this summer but you know what? Screw it, I’m just going to say it anyway, “Pacific Rim” will be the best movie released this summer”. Period. End of story. I don’t care if this statement sounds premature or looks silly more »
The Latest Trailer for ‘The Fast and the Furious 6′ is Now Available to Mock
As WFMU DJ Tom Scharpling recently noted, what happened to the “Fast and the Furious” franchise? Wasn’t this series once about a pair of cops who were trying to stop people from driving their cars too fast? How did it gradually become a movie about a bunch of spies who are trying to take more »
‘Scream’ May Live On As an MTV Series
One of the biggest lies people tell themselves about the 90s is that ”Scream” was postmodern, deconstructionist and satirical. In reality it was none of those things. “Scream” was smug, kind of dumb and, like practically anything produced at that time, slathered with a heavy dollop of cheap irony. “Scream” didn’t reinvent the slasher genre; it only more »
Call Aunt Edna and Let Her Know That ‘Vacation’ Has Been Postponed
To paraphrase Marty Moose, “Vacation” will be closed indefinitely to repair and retool America’s favorite comedy franchise. Sorry (Ahyuk, Ahyuk, Ahyuk)!” Yes, as Collider is reporting, creative differences have delayed production on “Vacation,” that reboot of “National Lampoon’s Vacation” that was set to star Ed Helms as a grown-up Rusty Griswold, Christina Applegate as his more »
