If adaptations of Brian K. Vaughan’s comic books didn’t have terrible luck with timing, they’d have no luck at all. Vaughan has co-created some of the most acclaimed, beloved comics of this century, but they have tended to involve such elaborate concepts and dense storytelling that they’ve taken an incredibly long time to journey from page to screen. As a result, they’ve arrived in other media at the worst possible moments. Runaways , about the rebellious teenage children of a group of supervillains, debuted on Hulu right before Marvel Studios’ Kevin Feige was preparing to take over Marvel’s TV operation and purge it of everything made under the previous regime. Y: The Last Man , set in a world where every man on Earth but one dropped dead at the same time, took so long to become a television show on FX that The Walking Dead (based on a comic that launched after Y ) and other postapocalyptic series stole much of its thunder. (It did not help itself by not leaning into the … [Read more...] about Yes, ‘Paper Girls’ Has Kids on Bikes in the Eighties — But It’s No ‘Stranger Things’ Rip-Off
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Bill Russell Dies: Basketball Hall Of Famer And Boston Celtics Great Was 88
Bill Russell , whom some consider the greatest NBA player of all-time thanks to his 11 NBA titles and five MVP’s, died today at age 88. One of the greatest defensive players in league history, William Felton Russell had 12 All-Star appearances and an Olympic gold medal in 1956. In 30 elimination games at the college, pro and Olympic levels, Russell was a staggering 28-2. Russell was born on Feb. 12, 1934, in Monroe, Louisiana. His family moved to Oakland, Calif. in the 1940s, which is where Russell discovered basketball. His skills were not appreciated at first – he didn’t start in high school until his senior year, and had few scholarship offers. The nearby University of San Francisco was the only college to offer him a scholarship. Under the guidance of coach Phil Woolpert and assistant coach Ross Giudice, he became one of college basketball’s most dominant players. The Dons won two college basketball championships and strung together a winning streak of 55 straight games. … [Read more...] about Bill Russell Dies: Basketball Hall Of Famer And Boston Celtics Great Was 88
Fall Premiere Dates For New & Returning Series: 2016 Edition
The 2016-17 TV season is under way, so here’s a list of more than 350 fall premiere dates for new series and new seasons of existing series. The list covers broadcast, cable and streaming shows from September through December and includes some high-profile one-off programs. Please send any additions or adjustments to [email protected] . Note that the list does not include preview airings of series. We’ll update the post regularly as more dates are revealed. In the meantime, also check out our reviews of some of the new shows of the fall too. September 1: Tracks (Spike, new series) F*ck, That’s Delicious (Viceland, Season 2) Abandoned (Viceland, new series) September 2: Narcos (Netflix, Season 2) Chef’s Table (Netflix, Season 3) Kazoops (Netflix, new series) Kulipari: Army of Frogs (Netflix, new series) Eat the World with Emeril Lagasse (Amazon Prime, new series) September 5: The Chew ( ABC , Season 6) Loosely Exactly Nicole (MTV, new series) … [Read more...] about Fall Premiere Dates For New & Returning Series: 2016 Edition
‘Shōgun’: Production On FX Limited Series Has Been Delayed; Here Is Why
EXCLUSIVE : Last summer, FX greenlighted two limited series within days of each other, Fosse/Verdon and Shōgun. While Fosse/Verdon was unveiled at TCA today and has an April 9 premiere date, Shōgun has been put on a slower track. The project, based on James Clavell’s best-selling novel, had cast several Japanese actors when the network recently made a decision to postpone production. “We were heading towards production — still are by the way, I would still call this a project that is in active pre-production,” FX CEO John Landgraf told Deadline at TCA Monday. “We just didn’t think it was in a good enough shape. Our bottom line was – we just said, we need to slow down and we’ve got to aim higher.” The extra time is being used for more work on scripts as well as figuring out logistics for filming the 10-episode series, which the network had billed as its largest international scale production, with filming in the U.K. and Japan. Set in feudal Japan, … [Read more...] about ‘Shōgun’: Production On FX Limited Series Has Been Delayed; Here Is Why