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It's settled

As predicted, the cash machine triumphed in the end as Fox and WB reached a settlement for the Watchmen case.
Fox won’t co-own the money nor co-distribute it, but it will have a nifty “sizable cash payment” with a percentage on the film’s B.O. revenue.
As Nikki Finke loves to say over and over and over again: TOLDJA!

Now that that is settled, let’s move on.

NBC unveiled various announcements such as the premiere date of Amy Poheler’s show: April 9.
But still no name in sight.
I wonder how it’s gonna down in the TV Guide. “Tune in tonight for the thrilling premiere of NBC’s new hit show, The Untitled Daniels/Schur/Poehler Series.”
Also, no surprise, both The Office and 30 Rock have been renewed for another season.

In other news, TNT has ordered six additional scripts for Leverage.
New faces are joining SGU (which will actually premiere in the fall): Justin Louis, David Blue, Brian J. Smith and Jamil Walker Smith.
CBS has ordered the pilot for another comedy, Tick Tock, and FOX has greenlit two new dramas, Maggie Hill (a female heart surgeon suffering from schizophrenia) and Human Target (a security expert going undercover to protect targeted clients).

Oh, and a Jericho movie could be on its way.

Spin it

New infos are starting to leak on that Office not-really-a-spin-off-but-kinda, starring Amy Poehler, and premiering next April on NBC. First off, it will start shooting this month. Despite being made by Greg Daniels and Michael Shur and being shot documentary style the show will not be tied in to The Office. Yet Rachida Jones is joining the cast (with Aziz Ansari).
Will she play an all-new character?
Survey says probably.
Jones is playing Poehler’s BFF. Ansari is the intern constantly following Amy’s every move. Think Ryan inside Dwight. Or not. Why the hell would you put that image in your mind?
Anyway, sounds like The Office 2: Revenge of the Awesome.
Now, what about the main character? And what about the actual show?
The show is actually set in Pawnee, Indiana inside “The Department of Parks and Recreation” with Amy Poehler as its deputy chairman.
FYI the actual Pawnee in Indiana is currently a cornfield.

On the actual Office show meanwhile, Idris Elba has been cast as the new nemesis for Michael Scott. He should appear later this season for a 6-episode stint. Elba is going to play a new Dunder Mifflin corporate recruit that is going to make Scott’s life a living hell.

And I’m not even going to bother talking about that Gossip Girl spin-off prequel.

Dammit

First, two unfortunate deaths today:
Patrick McGoohan from The Prisoner and Ricardo Montalban from Fantasy Island.
R.I.P.

Then:
Emily Blunt is rumored to play Black Widow in the next Iron Man.
But Samuel L. Jackson is supposedly out of the Nick Fury role for The Avengers movie.
After Don Cheadle replacing Terrence Howard, this is really some crappy news again. I don’t really care whose finances are too low to not pay a raise or ask for one, but just get Jackson on board and let’s do this.

Meanwhile Jason Bateman is going to try to talk some sense into his on-screen boy, Michael Cera, who doesn’t want to do the Arrested Development movie.
Come on.
Dude, if all the crew wants in, including Ron Howard, and every fans wants it, just do it.
I’m also happy with another possibility: the actual George Michael playing George Michael with no one mentioning that he is now a middle-aged gay man.

Steve Carell on the other hand has launched his own television division named Carousel Prods. Literally one second after its creation, Universal Media Studios inked a 3-year overall deal with the company.
Way to go.