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Weinstein Co. to Make Live-Action Fraggle Rock Movie
Guess what? It's time to "Dance your cares away/ Worry's for another day/ Let the music play/ Down at Fraggle Rock!" The Fraggles are back!
Whoa! Project Runway Dumps Bravo for Lifetime
Without question, Project Runway is Bravo's biggest hit. So it's nothing short of shocking that come this Fall, the show's going to be airing on Lifetime instead.
Yup, the show that helped make Bravo a household name is jumping ship, with a new season set to begin airing in November on Lifetime.
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Project Runway Gets Another Spinoff; Santino Gets a Job
Apparently, the two Project Runway spinoffs that the Weinstein Company announced it had up its sleeve for Lifetime just aren't enough. The Weinsteins are pitching another Project-titled project, this one called Project Triple Threat.
The show will be a quest for the nation's best actor/singer/dancer, according to Variety.
Project Runway Gets Two Spinoffs on Lifetime
Though the whole Project Runway vs. NBC lawsuit is yet to be settled, Lifetime is moving forward as though it will be airing the show in the Fall for sure. And that's not all: At a presentation on Monday, Harvey Weinstein — whose company produces Project Runway — told reporters that Lifetime will be airing not one but two spinoffs of the show around the same time as the show's November premiere.
Do You Want to See A Modern Retelling of Pygmalion?
Recently the Weinstein Company bought the rights to a book that hasn't even been published, titled I Think She's Got It, by Birdie Clark. The story is said to be a modern-day Pygmalion, set in Manhattan and focusing on "a shy Midwesterner who is transformed into a sophisticated socialite by a man-about-town who insists he can turn anyone into the latest 'it' girl."
The title of course refers to Eliza Doolittle "getting it" in My Fair Lady, which was itself a retelling of Pygmalion.
Weekend Box Office: 21 Wins the Pot
Well, it looks like 21, the film about MIT students who take Vegas by storm, was a safe bet as it easily won the top spot at the box office. However, the overall weekend box office total was down 17 percent compared to last year, Variety reports. 21 earned an estimated $23 million, beating Horton Hears a Who and firmly establishing Jim Sturgess as a viable leading man.
Fanboys Battle "Darth Weinstein" Over Fanboys
Fanboys angrily defending Fanboys . . .
Bravo Branches Out to Scripted Shows, Adds More Reality
Bravo presented its post-Project Runway plans to advertisers today, and a good deal of the shows look familiar: competitions and reality series focusing on leaders in food, style, and art. The shows will bring some familiar reality stars back to the network and attempt to create some new ones as well. But that's not all: Bravo's also attempting a couple of scripted series.
Project Runway Lawsuit Settles: Show Will Air on Lifetime
Tim Gunn will be making it work on our TVs again before too long after all: NBC Universal and Lifetime have settled their lawsuit over the fate of Project Runway, and the decision means the show will air on Lifetime, not Bravo, from now on.
A statement from NBC said the Weinstein Company — which produces the show and set off the legal battle when it opted to take Runway to Lifetime — has agreed to pay for the right to move the show to a new channel. "All of the parties are pleased with the outcome," the statement said.
Anne Hathaway to Play Judy Garland on Stage and Screen
Anne Hathaway will soon be doing double duty as Judy Garland: She's been cast for both a theater and film adaptation of a book about the troubled star's life.
The roles are based on the biography Get Happy: The Life of Judy Garland, which comes from the same writer who wrote the Truman Capote biography that was adapted into the 2005 Oscar-nominated film. The Garland book was originally published in 2001, and the Weinstein Company recently picked up the rights to it for both stage and screen.
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