http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/w ... fly-222500
AMC president Charlie Collier and head of original programming Joel Stillerman on Thursday flew to Atlanta for a one-day visit to the production offices of The Walking Dead, where they met with a cast and crew roiled by the abrupt firing of showrunner Frank Darabont.
Meanwhile, in Los Angeles, a source says Darabont is shopping an hour-long drama series that would mark his return to television. The unspecified project has attracted interest from more than one bidder.
Sources say the Walking Dead cast and crew have been unhappy since late July, when they were summoned to a lunch meeting with AMC vp scripted programming Ben Davis, who confirmed that Darabont was out. A source says some on the production of the hit zombie drama had been asking that Collier or another high-level AMC executive "go and own up to this, and they delayed for the last week." The network confirms to The Hollywood Reporter that Collier and Stillerman were on set on Thursday and returned to their New York offices the same day.
As reported by THR, many of those working on AMC's highest-rated show were dismayed after Darabont was dismissed following a July 22 promotional appearance at Comic-Con. One insider said the cast and crew were stunned "at the duplicity of AMC" for using Darabont to promote the show just before firing him.
There had been a significant cut in the per-episode budget imposed on the show's second season before it premiered last Halloween. Darabont's hopes that AMC would reconsider the depth of those cuts in light of the show's success were eventually dashed. There was also said to be tension between Darabont and Stillerman over AMC's cost-saving suggestions, including shooting more scenes indoors.
Since Darabont was fired, there has been chatter on the set about the cast and crew possibly staging a work stoppage in protest. The agencies representing the show's creative talent have urged them not to walk out, and no work stoppage has occurred.
The nature of Collier and Stillerman’s interaction with the cast and crew is not known, nor is the involvement of Glen Mazzara, who took over as showrunner for Darabont.
Wenn ich kein großer Walking Dead Fan wäre, würde ich es ja lustig finden, wenn Walking Dead jetzt so schnell wie Heroes abfackelt und Darabont einem Konkurrenzsender (z.B. mit einer Dark Tower Serie für HBO oder irgendwas für FX) einen neuen Megahit beschert. :lol: Das darf aber nicht passieren. Die Serie muss mindestens auf 7 Staffeln kommen, in der eine besser als die vorherige ist.
Lustig waren auch Kurt Sutters (Sons of Anarchy Showrunner, kennt den neuen WD-Showrunner aus The Shield Zeiten ) Twitter-Kommentare zum AMC Theater.
"just hate that darabont is being demonized," he writes of "The Walking Dead's" former showrunner.
Sons of Anarchy creator Kurt Sutter went off on Frank Darabont being fired as showrunner of The Walking Dead.
"darabont reacted strongly to slashed budgets. he made mistakes, he was fired," the outspoken Sutter wrote on Twitter Thursday. "no creative in town will trust AMC to back up their artists," Sutter wrote on Twitter. "i don't know Matthew Weiner, got no beef with him. just hate that darabont is being demonized. no one has the balls to tell the truth. MM gutted AMC," he then added
The Hollywood Reporter has detailed exactly what went down before Darabont was fired. Sutter says: "why darabont got fired - weiner. he held AMC hostage, broke their bank, budgets were slashed, shit rolled down hill onto gilligan and frank…
"no one else wants to f--king say it, but the greed of mad men is killing the other two best shows on tv -- breaking bad and walking dead," added Sutter, referring to AMC's long negotiations Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner and Breaking Bad showrunner Vince Gilligan.
Sutter later defended his comments on Twitter.
"i have trouble determining the line between honesty and brutal frankness. i usually get pushed past it by bullshit and injustice," he said. "apparently speaking one's mind is outrageous, troublesome and self-indulgent. man, this is a town full of silent, terrified dicksuckers."
"this is not me vs. matt. the issue is that amc should not have compromised their other shows to appease his $$ demands. it was bad business."
The new issue of THR reveals the inside workings of AMC, which some say does not seem ready to handle its success.
"It feels like they don't have the experience of being on top," one source says. "They're total ball-busters, and that p--ses people off."
Er greift dabei zwar die falsche Seite an, denn AMC hatte ja auch von Mad Men idiotische Eingeständnisse gefordert (Charaktere rausschreiben, nur um Geld zu sparen. Lauflänge der Episoden für mehr Werbung kürzen), die nur abgewehrt werden konnten, weil die Serie nicht AMC gehört und schnell einen anderen Sender gefunden hätte, aber im Kern scheint es wirklich darauf hinauszulaufen, dass die anderen Serien darunter leiden müssen, weil AMC sich bei den Mad Men-Vertragsverlängerungen übernommen hat.
http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/08/12/shawn-ryan-cbs/
The Shield's Shawn Ryan and Criminal Minds' Simon Mirren are teaming up for a crime procedural at CBS.
The Sony-produced project, which has been granted a put pilot commitment at the network, centers on a genetic scientist who uses his own psychopath gene to assist the FBI. The plot line is inspired by the real life story of UC Irvine professor/scientist James Fallon, who discovered he, too, was a psychopath with relations to a series of serial killers.
Mirren, who until recently served as a co-showrunner on Minds, will write and executive produce, with Ryan attached as a writer. For Ryan, who has struggled of late with critically-acclaimed cop dramas including FX's Terriers and Fox's Chicago Code, a CBS procedural would seem a more reliable next step.
Warum schon wieder Network und dann auch noch CBS, Mr Ryan? Nichts gelernt aus Chicago Code und The Unit? :? Falls es so kommt, ist es hoffentlich nur ein Lückenfüller wie Lie to Me (Staffel 2), den er verlässt sobald er ein besseres Projekt auf einen Sender bekommt.
Die meisten Autoren schreiben zwar über das, was sie am besten kennen und am meisten mögen, aber er könnte sich langsam auch ruhig mal in einem komplett anderen Genre versuchen. Er hat doch Genrererfahrung mit Angel und sein Erzählton würde auch hervorragend zu düsterer Sci-Fi/Fantasy oder Horror passen. Meinetwegen auch ein Drama ohne Crime-Element oder wenigstens nicht aus Sicht von Cops und schon gar nicht als Network-Procedural. Da wird im Vergleich zu The Shield sowieso alles ein Rückschritt.
btw. Ist die Prämisse nicht genau der Humbug (ich weiß, dass es auf "einem realen Vorbild beruht"...bleibt trotzdem Humbug :lol: ), der ursprünglich für Fishburnes Charakter in CSI geplant war?
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), denn dazu, dass der FRINGE thread jetzt im Highlightforum steht :?: 