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Martin Campbell to Direct ABC Pilot THE LAST RESORT from Creator Shawn Ryan

by Adam Chitwood    Posted: January 4th, 2012 at 6:15 pm

Coming off the lackluster Green Lantern, director Martin Campbell is dipping his toe back into television. THR reports that Campbell has signed on to direct the pilot for the thriller The Last Resort. The series centers on “the crew of a U.S. nuclear submarine who, after ignoring an order to fire nuclear missiles, wind up being hunted and escape to a NATO outpost where they declare themselves to be the world’s smallest nuclear nation.” It’s a fantastic premise, and The Shield’s Shawn Ryan and Dead Like Me’s Karl Gajdusek are the key creative team behind the futuristic drama. In addition to directing the pilot, Campbell will serve as executive producer.

While he’s best known for films like GoldenEye, The Mask of Zorro, and Casino Royale, Campbell actually got his start in television. He worked mainly in British TV, on series like The Professionals and Edge of Darkness (which he later remade as a feature in 2010 starring Mel Gibson). Hopefully ABC picks up the Resort pilot to series as the premise and creative talent involved have my interest adequately piqued. Campbell’s follow-up to Green Lantern has yet to be decided, but we recently learned that he may direct a feature adaptation of the TV series The Fall Guy.

ABC Picks Up THE LAST RESORT from THE SHIELD Creator Shawn Ryan

by Ethan Anderton    Posted: August 22nd, 2011 at 4:01 pm

As disappointed as it was to learn of The Chicago Code getting canceled earlier this year, the fact that Shawn Ryan can still make quality television like his preceding series The Shield is somewhat comforting. That’s why it’s good to hear from THR that ABC has just picked up The Last Resort, a futuristic drama series from Ryan and Dead Like Me writer Karl Gajdusek. The series would follow the crew of a U.S. nuclear submarine who, after ignoring an order to fire nuclear missiles, wind up being hunted and escape to a NATO outpost where they declare themselves to be the world’s smallest nuclear nation. Sounds like an original premise at least, and with Ryan and Gajdusek teaming on the script, I have a good feeling about this one. Stay tuned as development on plenty more new series’ for next year continues.

Shawn Ryan Interview THE CHICAGO CODE

by Christina Radish    Posted: February 28th, 2011 at 11:15 am

The Fox cop drama The Chicago Code, from creator/executive producer/writer Shawn Ryan (The Shield), follows the city’s most powerful and respected cops as they navigate the underbelly within Chicago’s notorious political machine. While the city’s first female superintendent, Teresa Colvin (Jennifer Beals), governs Chicago politics as diplomatically as possible, her ex-partner, Chicago Police Department veteran Jarek Wysocki (Jason Clarke), works the streets in an attempt to clean up corruption and crime. As they work together to bring down powerful adversaries, that include Alderman Ronin Gibbons (Delroy Lindo), they also strive to gain the respect of those who question their methods.

During a recent interview to promote the series, Shawn Ryan talked about setting the show in his hometown, the actual plausibility of what it illustrates, balancing the politics and the character development, and thinking ahead to possible storylines for a Season 2. Check out what he had to say after the jump:

The Creative Masters: A Panel with Roberto Orci, Shawn Ryan, Anthony Zuiker and Gale Anne Hurd

by Tommy Cook    Posted: February 22nd, 2011 at 10:56 pm

At the 2011 TV Summit (an all day event hosted by Variety and The Academy of Television Arts and Science Foundation), television executives, creators, actors, producers and show runners came together to discuss the creative process and the financial capital and revenue models needed to sustain such shows. I arrived relatively late to the proceedings in time for the last panel of the day focusing on “The Creative Masters” of the television industry. The question of art vs. commerce loomed large over the proceedings. Every answer seemed to be tinted with the notion of whether art and business are mutually exclusive or can be one and the same. The room was filled with market researchers, representatives of conglomerates such as AOL and Comcast, and other business/market savvy tie-wearing individuals. Under such a setting, the answer to the posed art vs. commerce question unsurprisingly skewed in the latter’s direction. Hit the jump for my coverage of the panel, including interviews with producers/show runners Shawn Ryan (The Shield), Roberto Orci (Fringe, Transformers Prime), Anthony Zuiker (CSI) and Gale Anne Hurd (The Walking Dead).

Jennifer Beals Interview THE CHICAGO CODE

by Christina Radish    Posted: February 6th, 2011 at 8:43 am

The Chicago Code is the compelling new police drama from acclaimed creator/executive producer Shawn Ryan, premiering on Fox on February 7^th. The series follows Teresa Colvin (Jennifer Beals), Chicago’s first female superintendent, and her ex-partner, Jarek Wysocki (Jason Clarke), a veteran of the Chicago Police Department, as they navigate the city’s underbelly to fight crime and expose corruption. Together, they will stop at nothing to bring down their enemies, including Alderman Ronin Gibbons (Delroy Lindo), a building-magnate-turned-politician who quickly proves to be a powerful and formidable adversary.

During a recent conference call to promote this new original series, actress Jennifer Beals talked about what drew her back to series television, taking on such a strong and tough character, the most surprising part of doing ride-along research with the Chicago police force, being a native of Chicago herself, working with this strong ensemble of actors, and how the success of The L Word impacted her career. Check out what she had to say after the jump:

FX Officially Cancels TERRIERS After One Season

by Ethan Anderton    Posted: December 6th, 2010 at 10:05 am

Though fans and critics alike have praised the new FX drama, it looks like there weren’t enough of them as the cable network announced today that it will not renew their freshman series Terriers for a second season. The news isn’t all that surprising considering the ratings were never really impressive for the new series (it ranked as the lowest rated first-year drama series on FX ever with an average of 970,000 viewers per episode). Will Donal Logue ever find a series that won’t get canceled? Surely there are still some viewers out there who will be sad, and maybe even angry, with FX’s decision, but I guess fans of The Shield creator Shawn Ryan’s work on this series will just have to look forward to The Chicago Code in January. Feel free to express your frustration in the comments below!

Fox’s Police Drama THE CHICAGO CODE, Formerly Known As RIDE ALONG, Premieres on February 7th

by Ethan Anderton    Posted: November 3rd, 2010 at 9:26 pm

Back in May during the network upfronts, we got our first look at the all-new police drama Ride Along from Shawn Ryan (The Shield, Terriers), and since then the series has been in production in the Windy City of Chicago awaiting their mid-season premiere. However, Deadline reported recently the series decided to go with The Chicago Code for their official title. In addition, a press release from Fox today announced that the awaited series will finally premiere the day after the Super Bowl on February 7th at 9/8c. While more numbers might have hit the show right after the big game, apparently Fox has already slated an episode of Glee to follow the football festivities (because if there’s one thing football fans love, it’s glitz, glamor and musicals).  More details on the new police drama after the jump.

Shawn Ryan Will Adapt Tom Clancy’s WITHOUT REMORSE, Set in the Jack Ryan Universe

by Jeff Ames    Posted: October 20th, 2010 at 9:38 pm

In perhaps the best news of the day, Paramount Pictures has chosen The Shield creator Shawn Ryan to adapt Tom Clancy’s best-selling 1993 novel Without Remorse into a feature film. According to Vulture, Transformers scribes Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci will produce the film along with David Ellison. The film is a means of establishing a new franchise for the studio, who recently sold their major Marvel titles to Disney.

Set in the Jack Ryan universe, Remorse tells the origin story of CIA operative John Clark (who figured prominently in other Clancy novels, most notably Clear and Present Danger) and his rise to prominence as a lethal government spy. The character was played by Willem Dafoe in the film adaptation of Clear and Present Danger, whilst Liev Schrieber briefly took on the role in 2002’s The Sum of All Fears. No word on whether this film will tie in with the previously announced reboot of the Jack Ryan series (tentatively titled Moscow), which will star Chris Pine (Star Trek). It’s also unclear if the film will carry over the 1970 setting of the novel, or if it will be a contemporary piece. The film is tentatively set for 2011. Hit the jump for more.

Donal Logue and Michael Raymond-James Interview TERRIERS

by Christina Radish    Posted: September 7th, 2010 at 9:44 am

Terriers is a comedic, edgy, original new FX series that centers on Hank Dolworth (Donal Logue), an ex-cop who partners with his best friend Britt Pollack (Michael Raymond-James) in an unlicensed private investigation business. The 13 episodes from creator/executive producer Ted Griffin (Ocean’s 11), and executive producers Shawn Ryan (The Shield) and Tim Minear (Angel), will follow the two men as they solve cases for new clients on a weekly basis, while also promising a bigger storyline that will run throughout.

During a recent interview, co-stars Donal Logue and Michael Raymond-James talked about developing their off-screen friendship, which is reflected in their on screen chemistry, shooting in San Diego and having the artistic freedom of doing a cable series. Check out what they had to say after the jump:

Fox Renews HUMAN TARGET and LIE TO ME, Picks Up RIDEALONG, MIDLAND, TRAFFIC LIGHT and KEEP HOPE ALIVE

by Brendan Bettinger    Posted: May 12th, 2010 at 1:45 pm

Fox was busy today, as the network renewed both Human Target and Lie to Me and ordered four pilots to series: police drama RideAlong, Texas soap Midland, quirky family sitcom Keep Hope Alive, and the comedy Traffic Light, which centers around a trio of friends.  It was hypothesized that Fox would choose either Lie or Target, so the news that both were renewed is a bit of a surprise.  Shawn Ryan (The Shield) recently resigned as showrunner from Lie to Me, in part to focus on the newly ordered RideAlong, which he created.  No word yet on a replacement for Ryan, but according to THR, Fox has selected Matt Miller (Chuck) to take over for showrunner Jonathan Steinberg for season two of Target.

Though nothing is official, the Steven Spielberg-produced Terra Nova is likely to get a series order any day now, while U.S. Marshal drama Breakout Kings is looking at similarly good odds.  For details on each of the four new series, hit the jump.

THE SHIELD: THE COMPLETE SERIES for $64

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: April 14th, 2010 at 9:23 am

The Shield is one of my all-time favorite shows and it should be yours too unless you hate things that are amazing.  Now you can own the entire series box set for $64 over at DeepDiscount.com.  That’s $64 for 29 discs holding 88 episodes plus a boatload of commentaries and special features.  I already own all the seasons separately but if you’ve been waiting for a great deal to buy them all together in one fantastic box set, this is your chance.

More after the jump.

A SHIELD Reunion on LIE TO ME

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: December 1st, 2009 at 5:46 pm

If you were a fan of The Shield on FX and miss the show, you’re going to love this news.  Variety is reporting Lie to Me’s showrunner (and Shield creator) Shawn Ryan has lined up a mini-reunion on his new show.  While Michael Chiklis won’t be appearing, Catherine Dent, Kenny Johnson, David Marciano, Benito Martinez, Cathy Cahlin Ryan and David Rees Snell have all agreed to guest star on one of the future episodes this season.  For what the episode is about and who they’ll play, hit the jump:

Exclusive Interview: Shawn Ryan on THE SHIELD and LIE TO ME

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: November 16th, 2009 at 7:39 pm

If you’ve ever watched an episode of The Shield, The Unit, or Lie to Me, you’ve enjoyed the work of Shawn Ryan.  That’s because he created The Shield and The Unit, and he’s currently the showrunner on Lie to Me.  As you can see by his resume, the guy knows how to make shows people like.  So with The Shield getting a new DVD box set that includes all the episodes ever produced, I recently spoke with Ryan about his work on the show.  Of course we also talked about Lie to Me and the pilot script he’s currently writing called Ride Along.  If you were a fan of The Shield, or just curious what’s up with Lie to Me, you’ll really enjoy our conversation.  You can either read or listen to it after the jump:

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