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Buzz News Roundup, 4/22
- Vanessa Hudgens will reportedly star in Beastly, a Manhattan-set, modern-day take on Beauty and the Beast, based on Alex Flinn's young-adult novel. — ComingSoon
- Christopher Gorham will return as Henry in the finale of Ugly Betty. — Entertainment Weekly
- Simon Cowell claims he'd leave American Idol if it stopped being the No.
Buzz News Roundup, 4/8
- Once Pushing Daisies is done, the final episodes of Eli Stone and Dirty Sexy Money will also air Saturday nights on ABC this Summer. — Entertainment Weekly
- Borat director Larry Charles is in talks to direct the comedy Winter's Discontent about a "sexually frustrated widower" who moves into a retirement community. — ComingSoon
- NBC's Kings has been bumped from Sunday to Saturday.
TV Tonight: Kings
NBC's Kings, which premieres tonight, is a vastly ambitious series, set in an alternate universe at a time of war and based on the Biblical story of David and Goliath. It has a fantastic cast, including Ian McShane as the powerful King Silas and relative newcomer Christopher Egan as young David. And while it doesn't necessarily get everything right in tonight's two-hour premiere, I'm curious to see how the show develops in the coming weeks.
Which New Spring Show Are You Looking Forward to Most?
This Spring is filled with lots of good, new, intriguing TV! Castle already got underway this week, and tons of other premieres are in the lineup for the coming weeks. So, what show are you making room for on your schedule?
First Look: Kings
NBC's Kings had one of the more infamous panels at the TCA press tour last Summer, complete with star Ian McShane berating reporters. Lost in the drama, though, was the fact that the clips we saw of the show actually looked pretty great. Set to the regal sounds of Coldplay's "Vida la Vida," the show played out like a hypercolor modern version of the David and Goliath story, with McShane as the powerful King Silas Benjamin and relative newcomer Christopher Egan as young David.
Buzz News Roundup, 10/24
- The Smurfs turned 50 this week! — The Independent
- Ben Stiller may now be the director of The Trial of the Chicago 7. — The Hollywood Reporter
- Macaulay Culkin has joined the cast of Kings on NBC.
NBC's Fall Schedule: My Take
NBC started off this year's Upfronts more than a month early this afternoon, kicking off the frenzy of Fall TV announcements with its no-frills presentation (which took the form of either a PowerPoint presentation or a conference call, depending on where you were). While the format of the announcements wasn't thrilling, the content will give us much to speculate about over the next few months. Here are some of my initial thoughts:
- I think Save Friday Night Lights said this one best: Touchdown!
Ian McShane to Play a King for NBC
Once, he played a cunning criminal. Now, he's ruling an ancient nation.
Deadwood's Ian McShane has joined the cast of NBC's drama Kings, which is based on the life of the Biblical king of Israel.
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Buzz's Favorite Stephen King Adaptations
Just in time for Halloween (aka scary movie) season, Stephen King is taking his work to the small screen again. His novella, The Colorado Kid will be adapted into a series called Haven. The prolific writer has seen tons of his short stories and novels turned into movies and miniseries over the years.
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