Pushing Daisies

Barry Sonnenfield to Direct and Exec. Produce FUNNY IN FARSI for ABC

by Michael Sullivan    Posted: November 30th, 2009 at 11:30 am

Producer-Director Barry Sonnenfeld (Pushing Daisies) is set to direct and executive produce the pilot of Funny in Farsi.  The single-camera comedy is being developed for ABC about growing up Iranian American in 1970s Newport Beach, based on Firoozeh Dumas’ memoir of the same name.

According to THR, ABC ordered a pilot script last season, but the director they had in mind pulled out and the project got shelved.  The pilot has been adapted from the book by Jeffrey Hodes and Nastaran Dibai (who worked together on the three-camera According to Jim), and Sonnenfeld is helming the show in conjunction with another show, likely a drama, both in a deal with ABC.

MAD MEN and 30 ROCK Win Emmys Again for Best Drama and Best Comedy So No One Will Be Upset

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: September 20th, 2009 at 8:34 pm

Imagine if the same six or seven movies and their actors, writers, directors, etc. kept getting nominated for Oscars every year.  There would be slight deviations but for the most part, Academy members would just take their ballot from last year, peruse a couple of For Your Consideration ads, maybe read a critic’s list or two as a second source to make sure they weren’t making any selection deemed interesting, and you’d wonder if they just showed a repeat except they somehow replaced Jon Stewart with Hugh Jackman.

“TV’s Finest Night” is always a repeat and you cherish just about anyone who hasn’t won an Emmy in the past no matter the quality of the show.  Yes, “Mad Men” and “30 Rock” are excellent shows but barring a steep decline in quality, I already know who’s going to win next year because the Emmys are a bunch of lazy wimps who don’t watch anything outside the ten shows they already love.  Hit the jump for a list of tonight’s winners and only grumbling since this farce isn’t worth the energy of a blinding rage.

Bryan Fuller and Bryan Singer Team Up for SELLEVISION Show

by Michael Sullivan    Posted: September 10th, 2009 at 10:45 am

Writer/producer Bryan Fuller (“Heroes,” “Pushing Daisies”) and director/producer Bryan Singer (“X-Men,” “The Usual Suspects”) are teaming up with NBC and Mark Bozek, formerly of the Home Shopping Network, to create an hour-long dramedy series of Augusten Burroughs’ “Sellevision.” The novel follows the inner-workings of a fictional home shopping channel, but the series will be less of a satire of HSN and more of a grounded series. More about the show, and whether or not it’s something to be psyched about, after the jump.

Anna Friel Exclusive Video Interview LAND OF THE LOST

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: June 4th, 2009 at 8:50 am

Opening tomorrow is director Brad Silberling’s “Land of the Lost”. So to help promote the film, I recently interviewed Anna Friel as a reporter for our partner website Omelete. As most of you already know, Collider and Omelete are partners. That’s why you see both of our logos in the movie clips and video interviews.

During our interview, we talked about whether or not she was a fan of “Land of the Lost”, what did she think of the outfit she had to wear, making the movie, “Pushing Daisies”, what she has coming up and a lot more. The interview’s after the jump so take a look:

Anna Friel talks PUSHING DAISIES Finale

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: May 29th, 2009 at 9:44 pm

A show that died way before it’s time was ABC’s “Pushing Daisies”. The show had a perfect recipe of comedy, action and imagination. Each week you had a mystery to solve, and at the same time, you got a piece of the bigger storyline. All I can say is, if you get a chance, check out the show. It’s great.

Anyway, ABC is finally airing the last three original episodes starting tomorrow night and for the next two Saturday’s. While you’ll be coming into the storyline very late, if you’re around, you should tune in.

So with ABC finally airing the last few episodes, at this morning’s roundtable interview for “Land of the Lost”, Anna told us what see thought of the show, what she’s doing for the finale, and a little bit on how it’s going to end. If you’re a fan of the show, I think you’ll love hearing her talk about it.

Read what she said after the jump:

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