Connie Britton blames Kyle Chandler for holding up Friday Night Lights movie

There is disunion in the Taylor household. Connie Britton – aka. Mrs. Coach – was asked on Watch What Happens Live about the future of Friday Night Lights, which ran for five seasons on television and was rumoured to be getting a big-screen sequel. “You know, there’s been a lot of talk about a lot […]

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Interview: Adrianne Palicki (G.I. Joe: Retaliation)

By Simon Miraudo March 26, 2013 Adrianne Palicki is practically the lone female in all of G.I. Joe: Retaliation; required to hold her own in scenes opposite Dwayne Johnson, Bruce Willis, and a bunch of ninjas. Of course, anyone who was a fan of her stint as the fiery Tyra Collette on Friday Night Lights knows […]

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Bleary eyes, full heart – Undefeated review

Undefeated – Directed by Daniel Lindsay and T.J. Martin. Originally published July 6, 2012. By Simon Miraudo. Undefeated plays the Melbourne International Film Festival on August 18, 2012. It arrives on DVD October 3. This review was first run during the Revelation Perth International Film Festival. There’s only room in one’s life for a certain number of passions. Hopefully family and […]

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Bleary eyes, full heart – Undefeated review

Undefeated – Directed by Daniel Lindsay and T.J. Martin. By Simon Miraudo. Undefeated plays the Revelation Perth International Film Festival on July 7 and 10, 2012. It does not yet have an Australian release date. There’s only room in one’s life for a certain number of passions. Hopefully family and friends take up the first […]

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Interview: Peter Berg (Battleship)

Interview: Peter Berg (Battleship). By Simon Miraudo. You might recognise Peter Berg from his 106-episode stint on the hit drama Chicago Hope. These days, however, he’s more likely to appear on TV as himself; popping up on shows like Entourage and Californication as ‘Peter Berg: big-time director’. The success of his last film, Hancock (which […]

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Kyle Chandler to hunt Bin Laden

Kyle Chandler (Friday Night Lights) is the latest actor to join Kathryn Bigelow‘s dramatisation of the hunt for Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden. According to Deadline, Chandler will play a CIA agent in the untitled picture. The project was originally called Kill Bin Laden, but that was before Navy SEAL Team 6 actually killed Bin Laden. Mark Boal’s […]

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Friday Night Lights movie script is “about done”

Peter Berg has told MTV the script for another Friday Night Lights film – this one, based on the TV show – is close to being completed. Berg directed the first adaptation of H.G. Bissinger’s landmark football book Friday Night Lights – concerning a small-town Texan team’s 1988 season – in 2004. He later executive produced the acclaimed television series – […]

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Modern Family rules at 2011 Emmy Awards

The love was shared around at the 63rd Emmy Awards, as if the television industry was one big happy modern family (even Charlie Sheen made a peace offering to the Two and a Half Men team while presenting an award). Modern Family was the big winner at the Jane Lynch-hosted ceremony, picking up Outstanding Comedy […]

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And the winners of the 2011 Emmys are…

The winners of the 63rd Emmy Awards are being announced in Los Angeles as we speak, at a ceremony presided over by Glee’s Jane Lynch. Will Mad Men be able to fend off newcomers Boardwalk Empire and Game of Thrones? Does any comedy series have a chance against the Modern Family juggernaut? Will Betty White win […]

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Friday Night Lights may return to the big screen

From book to movie to TV show and back to movie. The evolution of the Friday Night Lights franchise is more complex than an elaborate football play. The Emmy-nominated television program Friday Night Lights wrapped up over the weekend in the United States, but producer Peter Berg has hinted that there is still life in […]

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