7:05AM Defamer Hollywood | Hollywood Out of Directors: “Dimension Films has set a November 26 start date for
Comeback, an inspirational sports drama that Ice Cube will star in and produce. Fred Durst will direct.” [
Variety]
13.9 million viewers tuned in to watch The Hoff declare the guy
with his hand up a turtle puppet’s ass the Most Talented Man in America. [
THR]
FX greenlights
Nip/Tuck creator Ryan Murphy’s transsexual drama
4 oz., but since the pitch was bought in the room by president John Landegraf, the central tranny’s vocation has been changed from sportswriter to gynaecologist. (Was it originally too close to the story of the
LAT’s
Mike Penner/Christine Daniels?) Murphy ambitiously envisions his protagonist’s journey from male ladydoctor to lady ladydoctor to unfold over four seasons. [
Variety]
A study claims that people’s internet-time is now rivalling their TV-time, a finding that the studios will do their best to ignore during their fight with the various guilds over online residuals. [
THR]
· Joey Fatone is trying to become TV Guide Channel’s budget-friendly answer to Ryan Seacrest. [
Variety]
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