TELEVISION UPFRONTS – NETWORK SHOWS THAT ARE STAYING, COMING & GOING

Useful to take note of what’s working and what’s not.. It’s the time of year for “upfronts” in the television industry, when networks unveil their line-ups for the upcoming season to potential advertisers. Here are the networks weighing in thus far: NBC Canceled: “Awake,” “Bent,” “Best Friends Forever,” “The Firm,” “Harry’s Law,” and “Are You [...]

TENNESSEE FILM INCENTIVES GET FUNDING BOOST

SPECIAL BULLETIN: Changes to state law made during the 107th General Assembly will mean $2 million in anticipated funding for the state’s film incentive program, administered by the Tennessee Film Entertainment and Music Commission (TFEMC). In addition, reforms to the state’s film funding grant formula will give smaller, indigenous film productions access to a larger [...]

JOSS WHEDON – AVENGERS WRITER/DIRECTOR TALKS MICROBUDGET, FIREFLY, BUFFY, DR HORRIBLE, WEB SERIES & MORE

By Jeff Bercovici — Forbes Magazine.. Joss Whedon has the kind of credibility that only comes from repeated failure. To his intensely devoted fans, Whedon is nothing less than a genius, the hyperliterate auteur who created the cult hit “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and would have minted a half-dozen other self-aware genre franchises by now [...]

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