Tag: Friday Night Lights
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‘Parasite’ as an HBO Miniseries? This Is Not Your Father’s Foreign-Film Crossover (Column)
There’s a time-honored tradition of turning celebrated movies into television series. A lot of them have ended up as sitcoms: “The Odd Couple,” “M*A*S*H,” “Alice” (spun out of Martin Scorsese’s 1974 landmark “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore”). But not all of them. Did you know that “Casablanca” was turned into two different TV series, one…
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‘Friday Night Lights’ Reboot Finds New Coaches in The Dowdle Brothers
Just in case you forgot, that Friday Night Lights reboot movie is still in the works, and it has a new creative team. John Erick and Drew Dowdle, known collectively as The Dowdle Brothers, have been tasked with making this potentially bad idea happen. Rather than follow-up the original Friday Night Lights movie, or connect…
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Michael Shannon to Star in Coming-Of-Age Drama ‘Swing’ From Howard Deutch
Michael Shannon is set to star in a romantic coming-of-age drama from director Howard Deutch (“Pretty in Pink”) that Fortitude will present to buyers at the Cannes Film Festival, the company announced Wednesday.Shannon will star in “Swing,” which has been compared to “Friday Night Lights” and “Dead Poets Society.” The story is set in 1999…
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Here’s What’s Leaving Netflix in January
If you count on Netflix to serve as your film library, you have to roll with the punches of losing titles. It happens every month, and January 2018 is losing some big ones. While they might return at a later date, you never know with the licensing agreements, so if there’s something you really love,…
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Netflix’s “I’m Thinking of Ending Things” Cast Adds Brie Larson and Jesse Plemons for Director Charlie Kaufman
Variety reports that the ever-busy Jesse Plemons, whose credits include “Friday Night Lights,” “Breaking Bad,” and the upcoming Vice, has joined the cast of “I’m Thinking of Ending Things.” He will play the role of Jake, the boyfriend to Brie Larson’s character. Read full article
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Daily Podcast: Arrested Development, Jordan Peele, Harley Quinn, Hollywood Salaries, Don Quixote, Friday Night Lights and Edge of Seventeen
On the May 9, 2018 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta and writers Hoai Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to talk about the latest film and TV news, including Arrested Development problems, Jordan Peele’s next movie Us, new details on the Harley Quinn movie, Hollywood salary info revealed, more bad news for Terry…
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There’s a New Friday Night Lights Movie Coming From Director David Gordon Green
Universal Pictures is developing a new Friday Night Lights film based on the Buzz Bissinger book. This time they are looking to hire director David Gordon Green to helm the film. The director is best known for his films such as Pineapple Express, Joe, Stronger, and the upcoming Halloween sequel.It’s interesting that the studio is…
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‘Friday Night Lights’ New Film Taps Director David Gordon Green
“Stronger” and “Pineapple Express” helmer David Gordon Green is in final negotiations to direct Universal’s reimagining of “Friday Night Lights.”Sources tell Variety that the movie is not a sequel to Universal’s 2004 film starring Billy Bob Thornton, nor is it based on NBC’s TV series with Kyle Chandler. Instead, it’s a new property, though still…
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‘Friday Night Lights’ New Film: David Gordon Green Set to Helm ‘Reimagining’ of Beloved Football Book
But who could possibly play Coach? Variety reports that “Stronger” and “All the Real Girls” filmmaker David Gordon Green is in final negotiations to direct a “reimagining” of the 2004 Universal film “Friday Night Lights,” which later spawned a beloved NBC series of the same name. The outlet hastens to add that this new film…
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TV Bits: Netflix True Crime, ‘Lethal Weapon’, ‘Cobra Kai’, ‘Friday Night Lights’ and More
In this edition of TV bits: A trailer for Netflix’s true crime documentaries Fox might cancel Lethal Weapon because of the behavior of the show’s star A new Cobra Kai trailer Friday Night Lights is now on Hulu A Lost in Space featurette focuses on the show’s robot Sense8 sets a date for its finale…