Frank Darabont Looks Ahead to 'Mob City' After Tense 'Walking Dead' Departure

November 29, 2013
Frank Darabont Looks Ahead to 'Mob City' After Tense 'Walking Dead' Departure
By AJ Marechal TNT's "Mob City" is the Franbk Darabont's first TV effort since the writer-director launched AMC's "The Walking Dead" on its path to record-breaking ratings in 2010 — and then was summarily fired by the network. Full Story on Variety.com→
Oscar Pals With Women Producers, But Big-Budget Gigs Are Scarce By Tim Gray Of the three dozen films identified as potential Oscar contenders, 22 of them have at least one female producer. That seems to indicate women producers are gaining more equality with their male counterparts. And the Producers Guild of America says that nearly half (47%, to be exact) of its 6,000 members are women, according to Lydia Dean Pilcher of the PGA Women's Impact Network. Full Story→	Bruce Dern to George Clooney: Q&A Blitz Helps Carry This Year's Oscar Onslaught By Peter Bart Wherever you go in town this time of year you're likely to run into a filmmaker. Or an actor. Or at least a producer. It's not that normally inaccessible movie stars are suddenly becoming pedestrian friendly. It's just that in this corridor of time known as awards season, "face time" takes on great import for those who have a shot at a nomination. So they're out there pitching their wares to prospective voters like salesmen with their... Full Story→	Matt Cherniss Building Provocative New Worlds for WGN America By Marc Graser Matt Cherniss is turning to the past to define WGN America's brand identity for the future. The cabler's president and general manager has moved quickly in his quest to redefine the Tribune Broadcasting flagship as an outlet for provocative original series. He's greenlighted two straight-to-series productions, both period pieces, since he was hired in April by Tribune CEO Peter Liguori, his former boss at FX and Fox. "Salem," about the ... Full Story→
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