It was a dream development season for Carol Barbee. She saw her first pilot, "Three Rivers," ordered to series at CBS. Another pilot, the CW's "The Beautiful Life," which she shepherded, also landed a series order.
Now Barbee is solidifying her ties with the folks behind both series, CBS TV Studios, with a new overall deal.
Under the two-year, seven-figure pact, Barbee will focus her attention on "Rivers," on which she serves as executive producer/showrunner.
Following her back-to-back showrunner duties on the second season of "Jericho" and CBS midseason drama "Swingtown," Barbee was left with some time before the start of the 2008 staffing season to work on development.
She was looking to do a medical show when producer Curtis Hanson approached her with the idea of doing a drama set in the world of organ transplants.
"It is a really emotional subject matter," said Barbee, who knew immediately that...
Now Barbee is solidifying her ties with the folks behind both series, CBS TV Studios, with a new overall deal.
Under the two-year, seven-figure pact, Barbee will focus her attention on "Rivers," on which she serves as executive producer/showrunner.
Following her back-to-back showrunner duties on the second season of "Jericho" and CBS midseason drama "Swingtown," Barbee was left with some time before the start of the 2008 staffing season to work on development.
She was looking to do a medical show when producer Curtis Hanson approached her with the idea of doing a drama set in the world of organ transplants.
"It is a really emotional subject matter," said Barbee, who knew immediately that...
- 6/1/2009
- by By Nellie Andreeva
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Jeremy Renner, who recently starred in Columbia Pictures' actioner S.W.A.T., has signed on to topline Love Comes to the Executioner for writer-director Kyle Bergersen. The Aura Entertainment project is due to start shooting later this month in Montana. Executioner centers on a recent college graduate who becomes the star executioner at the local prison where his brother (Renner) is slated to die. The executioner's morality collides with his genetic destiny on death row when he finds an unconventional true love in his brother's incarcerated ex-girlfriend. Other casting is expected to be announced shortly. Doug Draizin and Steve Bickel are producing. Renner starred in the title role of the indie Dahmer, a part that landed him a best male lead nomination at the Independent Spirit Awards for the March ceremony. He recently wrapped the indie Neo Ned opposite Gabrielle Union. Renner is repped by WMA, the Untitled Entertainment/Parseghian-Planco management outfit and Nelson-Felker.
- 10/8/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The pairing of "Friends" regular Matthew Perry and Salma Hayek ("Desperado") in a Southwestern-style romantic comedy has plenty of date-night appeal, but "Fools Rush In" is a disappointingly unendearing cinematic valentine from director Andy Tennant ("It Takes Two").
The Columbia Pictures wide release faces strong competition and won't be experiencing too heavy a rush at the boxoffice, although it may generate respectable crossover business with Latino audiences and perform well on video.
Written by Katherine Reback and based on the real-life courtship of producer Doug Draizin and co-producer Anna Maria Davis, "Fools" sets up a hustling New Yorker (Perry) with an aspiring Latina photographer (Hayek) for a broad but often blandly executed round of multicultural gags and tame drama.
Although both leads give engaging performances, as manic romantics they never really achieve orbital velocity.
After a one-night stand, she leaves him flat. A new guy in her hometown of Vegas, he oversees construction of a new nightclub and confides with an equally well-groomed city slicker (Jon Tenney).
Months later, Hayek's pregnant believer-in-fate shows up and Perry's honorable unbeliever falls in love with her.
The lovers get hitched with the help of an Elvis impersonator, but she doesn't know that he plans to return to New York. He also insults her in front of his nosy country-club parents John Bennett Perry, Jill Clayburgh) and almost runs into serious trouble with her former fiance (Carlos Gomez) and father.
Despite the glitzy Vegas locations and several scenes filmed at Hoover Dam, the film lacks visual pizazz. The soundtrack includes some 20 pop songs -- from vintage Presley to the Iguanas.
FOOLS RUSH IN
Sony Pictures Releasing
Columbia Pictures
A Doug Draizin production
An Andy Tennant film
Director Andy Tennant
Writer Katherine Reback
Producer Doug Draizin
Executive producer Michael McDonnell
Director of photography Robbie Greenberg
Production designer Edward Pisoni
Editor Roger Bondelli
Costume designer Kimberly A. Tillman
Co-producer Anna Maria Davis
Music Alan Silvestri
Casting Juel Bestrop
Color/stereo
Cast:
Alex Matthew Perry
Isabel Salma Hayek
Jeff Jon Tenney
Nan Jill Clayburgh
Running time -- 109 minutes
MPAA rating: PG-13...
The Columbia Pictures wide release faces strong competition and won't be experiencing too heavy a rush at the boxoffice, although it may generate respectable crossover business with Latino audiences and perform well on video.
Written by Katherine Reback and based on the real-life courtship of producer Doug Draizin and co-producer Anna Maria Davis, "Fools" sets up a hustling New Yorker (Perry) with an aspiring Latina photographer (Hayek) for a broad but often blandly executed round of multicultural gags and tame drama.
Although both leads give engaging performances, as manic romantics they never really achieve orbital velocity.
After a one-night stand, she leaves him flat. A new guy in her hometown of Vegas, he oversees construction of a new nightclub and confides with an equally well-groomed city slicker (Jon Tenney).
Months later, Hayek's pregnant believer-in-fate shows up and Perry's honorable unbeliever falls in love with her.
The lovers get hitched with the help of an Elvis impersonator, but she doesn't know that he plans to return to New York. He also insults her in front of his nosy country-club parents John Bennett Perry, Jill Clayburgh) and almost runs into serious trouble with her former fiance (Carlos Gomez) and father.
Despite the glitzy Vegas locations and several scenes filmed at Hoover Dam, the film lacks visual pizazz. The soundtrack includes some 20 pop songs -- from vintage Presley to the Iguanas.
FOOLS RUSH IN
Sony Pictures Releasing
Columbia Pictures
A Doug Draizin production
An Andy Tennant film
Director Andy Tennant
Writer Katherine Reback
Producer Doug Draizin
Executive producer Michael McDonnell
Director of photography Robbie Greenberg
Production designer Edward Pisoni
Editor Roger Bondelli
Costume designer Kimberly A. Tillman
Co-producer Anna Maria Davis
Music Alan Silvestri
Casting Juel Bestrop
Color/stereo
Cast:
Alex Matthew Perry
Isabel Salma Hayek
Jeff Jon Tenney
Nan Jill Clayburgh
Running time -- 109 minutes
MPAA rating: PG-13...
- 2/10/1997
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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