George Clooney Gives Showtime Its Next Dark Comedy

BuzzSugar — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:30:53 -0700

Between Weeds, Californication, and the recently announced Matthew Perry project The End of Steve, Showtime certainly seems to be racking up a warehouse full of dark comedies these days. Today there's news of a new one, and it's got a powerhouse behind it: George Clooney.

Clooney's production company, Smoke House, is developing a half-hour comedy called The Fall of Bob. (Wow, nobody's going to get that confused with The End of Steve, right? Heh.) The show centers on a man, unsurprisingly named Bob, who sees his whole life before his eyes as he jumps from the top of a building. According to Variety, the show will play out in flashbacks, which Bob will narrate as he falls.

Yeah, I'll say that sounds dark. But I'd be curious to see it - especially depending on who's cast as Bob.

Last we heard, Clooney was also producing a potential Showtime drama called Doubting Thomas, about a family of televangelists, though there hasn't been any news on it in a while. This new show just might extend his "hero of pay cable" status a while longer, though. Does The Fall of Bob sound like something you'd check out?

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Scream IV Is On - Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette to Star

BuzzSugar — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 05:30:16 -0700

Scream it from the rooftops: Scream IV is happening, and original stars Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, and David Arquette are attached to reprise their roles.

Scheduled to start shooting next Spring, the new movie will be the first in a new trilogy (a little Star Wars-style prequel perhaps?), and Bob Weinstein is trying to get Wes Craven to direct again. Honestly, I wouldn't be as excited about this announcement if Neve Campbell weren't starring; and sure, I'm also excited to see Ms. Cougar Town Courteney Cox and her husband back on the screen together. Though I'm usually not a horror lover, I make an exception for the Scream movies, which get their cleverness from scribe Kevin Williamson, who like Cox is also working on one of Fall's hottest new shows.

More of you guys voted to kill the franchise when news of a fourth Scream was announced months ago, but does Neve Campbell being involved change your mind at all?