If you're a certified Gleek, then you know that Will Schuster (a.k.a. Mr. Schue) is William McKinley High School's Spanish teacher turned extremely passionate choir director on "Glee," Fox's mega-hit about an underdog show choir and their rise to success. Mr. Schue (Matthew Morrison) enthusiastically leads the glee club through six seasons of ups and downs, but he may just be one of the creepiest characters to ever grace a television screen. His plucky, can-do charm often hides some of the more salacious aspects of his personality (just watch him in the background of any scene involving his female students dancing and you'll see what I mean), and I am still not and will probably never be over his rendition of "The Thong Song" which he performs at school for his engaged coworker, Emma (Jayma Mays) who just happens to show up in his classroom in her wedding...
- 10/31/2022
- by Miyako Pleines
- Slash Film
Exclusive: Amanda Abbington and emerging talent Elliot James Langridge also star; Glee producer Michael Novick exec produces.
Principal photography has kicked off on We The Kings, the feature debut from director Lauren Mackenzie, which stars English stage and screen actor Timothy West (Eastenders, Iris).
Featuring alongside West are rising talent Elliot James Langridge, whose credits include Elaine Constantine’s Northern Soul, and Amanda Abbington of Mr Selfridge and Sherlock fame.
The film follows a young man (Langridge), a product of the foster system, who finds himself on the run from the police for an attempted murder. Fate lands him in hiding in the house of an old man he has never met (West), a seemingly helpless mute who hides a frightful past behind his frail façade.
The film is shooting on location in London and Kent and production will last for a total of four weeks.
David Wade is producing through his company 1906 Production and the project...
Principal photography has kicked off on We The Kings, the feature debut from director Lauren Mackenzie, which stars English stage and screen actor Timothy West (Eastenders, Iris).
Featuring alongside West are rising talent Elliot James Langridge, whose credits include Elaine Constantine’s Northern Soul, and Amanda Abbington of Mr Selfridge and Sherlock fame.
The film follows a young man (Langridge), a product of the foster system, who finds himself on the run from the police for an attempted murder. Fate lands him in hiding in the house of an old man he has never met (West), a seemingly helpless mute who hides a frightful past behind his frail façade.
The film is shooting on location in London and Kent and production will last for a total of four weeks.
David Wade is producing through his company 1906 Production and the project...
- 11/10/2016
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
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Wondering what you’ll watch when The Hunger Games franchise is over? We’ve got some ideas…
As well as sequels, remakes, and comic book adaptations, there’s one kind of movie you can feel fairly sure is going to keep popping up at a cinema near you: young adult adaptations. Stories about teenagers are still doing big business in the book trade, and thanks to Harry Potter, Twilight, and The Hunger Games, Hollywood is convinced of the genre’s appeal, too.
A couple of new franchises have already been kicked off – there’s still at least another Divergent sequel on the way, and another Maze Runner sequel – but what’s more interesting is the list of Ya novels that have been optioned and may soon be taking over the box office. Now, not all of the adaptations on this list will see the light of day,...
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Wondering what you’ll watch when The Hunger Games franchise is over? We’ve got some ideas…
As well as sequels, remakes, and comic book adaptations, there’s one kind of movie you can feel fairly sure is going to keep popping up at a cinema near you: young adult adaptations. Stories about teenagers are still doing big business in the book trade, and thanks to Harry Potter, Twilight, and The Hunger Games, Hollywood is convinced of the genre’s appeal, too.
A couple of new franchises have already been kicked off – there’s still at least another Divergent sequel on the way, and another Maze Runner sequel – but what’s more interesting is the list of Ya novels that have been optioned and may soon be taking over the box office. Now, not all of the adaptations on this list will see the light of day,...
- 10/14/2015
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
Leila Sales’s music-infused Ya novel This Song Will Save Your Life has been optioned by two producers looking to adapt it for both stage and screen. Tony-winner Kevin McCollum (Avenue Q, Rent) and TV producer Michael Novick (best known for Glee) announced the deal today for the 2013 young adult novel, about a misfit teenage girl named Elise Dembowski who has a passion for music but not much skill at making friends.
- 1/7/2015
- by Anthony Breznican
- EW - Inside Movies
Tony Award winning producer Kevin McCollum In the Heights, Avenue Q, Rent and Emmy Award nominated television producer Michael Novick Glee just announced they have optioned the rights to develop Leila Sales' critically acclaimed young adult novel This Song Will Save Your Life for stage and film. The deal was negotiated by CAA and Sales's literary agent, Stephen Barbara at InkWell Management.
- 1/7/2015
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Since Fox is treating tonight's episode of "Touch" as the show's official premiere, we might as well continue my tradition of doing talkback posts for new shows. I posted my review of the new episodes — including tonight's, which I found to be pretty dire — yesterday. Now it's your turn. For those who liked the pilot, did this feel like a step down? For those who didn't see the first episode, could you make heads or tails of this? Was anyone glad to see the giggly Japanese girls recur? Were the "24" fans sated by the Jack Bauer/Mike Novick reunion?...
- 3/23/2012
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
Glee producer Michael Novick is reportedly suing the show's co-creator Ian Brennan. Novick alleges that when Brennan wrote a screenplay for a movie about a high-school glee club, they agreed to work together to sell it, TMZ claims. Novick reportedly met Glee's executive producer Ryan Murphy at a gym and pitched him the idea, but negotiations with Fox proved difficult. To smooth the talks, Brennan allegedly persuaded Novick to accept a lower fee (more)...
- 7/20/2011
- by By Catriona Wightman
- Digital Spy
A producer on Glee who helped sell the original idea to creator Ryan Murphy is suing co-executive producer Ian Brennan over allegations he failed to honour a compensation agreement in the early days of the show.
Producer Michael Novick approached Murphy with his pal Brennan's concept of a movie about a high school choir. Murphy loved the idea and pitched it to Fox as a TV show.
Novick reportedly wanted more money than the amount offered from network bosses, but was allegedly persuaded by Brennan to accept lesser credit and cash in exchange for 15 per cent of any later compensation Brennan - who co-executive produces and writes the huge hit - would receive.
However, the promised deal has not worked out and Novick has now filed suit against Brennan. He is seeking unspecified damages.
Producer Michael Novick approached Murphy with his pal Brennan's concept of a movie about a high school choir. Murphy loved the idea and pitched it to Fox as a TV show.
Novick reportedly wanted more money than the amount offered from network bosses, but was allegedly persuaded by Brennan to accept lesser credit and cash in exchange for 15 per cent of any later compensation Brennan - who co-executive produces and writes the huge hit - would receive.
However, the promised deal has not worked out and Novick has now filed suit against Brennan. He is seeking unspecified damages.
- 7/20/2011
- WENN
As they say, every hit show is a lawsuit waiting to happen. That's what's happening with Fox's Glee where Michael Novick, a former producer on the musical dramedy, has filed a complained against Glee co-creator/executive producer (and his former good friend) Ian Brennan. In the lawsuit, obtained by TMZ, Novick claims that he was the one who got Brennan's feature script about a high-school glee club into the hands of Ryan Murphy, which led to the creation of Glee. Novick, who served as a producer on the first season and a half of the Fox series, claims that he agreed to a lower credit and fee when the project was getting set up at Fox after Brennan promised him 15% of any backend he receives for the show. With Glee sold in cable syndication last summer, Novick is now seeking profits through the courts.
- 7/19/2011
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
The man who claims he was critical in developing " Glee " is suing co-creator Ian Brennan , claiming Brennan betrayed him by refusing to honor an agreement they made. Michael Novick , a producer on "Glee," claims his former good friend Ian Brennan developed a concept for "Glee" as a screenplay for a movie -- about a high school glee club. Novick and Brennan agreed to work as a team to sell the project. Novick worked out at a gym in West Hollywood,...
- 7/19/2011
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
What does it take to make a half a billion dollar franchise? Just ask the people who put together Fox’s hit series Glee. The new Hollywood Reporter article on Thursday, goes deep inside the war room with cast and execs to look at the forces that have made Fox’s hit show a half-billion-dollar franchise, as they also open up about looming cast salary negotiations, that Kings of Leon snub (everyone’s mad!) and an eventual future without creator Ryan Murphy. The story appears in the current issue of The Hollywood Reporter available on newsstands Thursday.
I am not going to cut and paste but the article was really interesting seeing how a show like Glee was put together and why it is so successful in becoming a major brand and franchise.
“For Glee, gone is the old TV model of making money only off ads (nearly $300,000 per 30-second spot and rising) and syndication.
I am not going to cut and paste but the article was really interesting seeing how a show like Glee was put together and why it is so successful in becoming a major brand and franchise.
“For Glee, gone is the old TV model of making money only off ads (nearly $300,000 per 30-second spot and rising) and syndication.
- 1/26/2011
- by Kevin Coll
- FusedFilm
"Nip/Tuck" creator Ryan Murphy is getting into the "American Idol" spirit with "Glee," a hourlong comedy that has been put on the fast track by Fox for a potential March launch.
The project, set in the cutthroat world of high school glee clubs, was greenlighted to pilot immediately after the network received the script this week and ordered four additional scripts.
The 20th TV-produced "Glee," now casting, is expected to be viewed at Fox's recently unveiled December pilot screenings.
Following the racy "Nip/Tuck" and the transsexual pilot "Pretty/Handsome" for FX, Murphy was looking to exercise different creative muscles with a wholesome comedy that the entire family can watch.
"It is a very optimistic, uplifting show for a very dark time," he said of "Glee."
Under his deal with 20th TV, Fox and FX, Murphy was exploring series ideas for Fox that tie to the network's biggest hit, "American Idol."
"It seemed to be a natural evolution to do something in that vein," he said.
Through producer Mike Novick, Murphy was approached by actor Ian Brennan, who pitched him an idea for a show set in the world of glee clubs. Murphy, who himself had starred in high school and college musicals, immediately sparked to it.
"Glee" centers on Will, a thirtysomething30-year-old Spanish teacher at an Ohio high school who has the daunting task of taking over the school's glee club -- the worst in the country -- which has become a haven for outcasts. With help from Will and others, the kids build their confidence and gradually transform into winners.
Each episode will feature four musical numbers, but they will be organic as the students will be putting on a show every week, Murphy said.
Murphy, "Nip/Tuck" producer Brad Falchuk and Brennan penned the script for "Glee," with Murphy set to direct. Murphy and Falchuk are executive producing, with Brennan serving as co-executive producer and Novick as a producer.
Over at FX, on the heels of his widely praised but controversial "Pretty/Handsome" pilot that ultimately didn't go forward, CAA-repped Murphy is looking to develop a new project to succeed "Nip/Tuck," which is set to bow out in 2011.
The project, set in the cutthroat world of high school glee clubs, was greenlighted to pilot immediately after the network received the script this week and ordered four additional scripts.
The 20th TV-produced "Glee," now casting, is expected to be viewed at Fox's recently unveiled December pilot screenings.
Following the racy "Nip/Tuck" and the transsexual pilot "Pretty/Handsome" for FX, Murphy was looking to exercise different creative muscles with a wholesome comedy that the entire family can watch.
"It is a very optimistic, uplifting show for a very dark time," he said of "Glee."
Under his deal with 20th TV, Fox and FX, Murphy was exploring series ideas for Fox that tie to the network's biggest hit, "American Idol."
"It seemed to be a natural evolution to do something in that vein," he said.
Through producer Mike Novick, Murphy was approached by actor Ian Brennan, who pitched him an idea for a show set in the world of glee clubs. Murphy, who himself had starred in high school and college musicals, immediately sparked to it.
"Glee" centers on Will, a thirtysomething30-year-old Spanish teacher at an Ohio high school who has the daunting task of taking over the school's glee club -- the worst in the country -- which has become a haven for outcasts. With help from Will and others, the kids build their confidence and gradually transform into winners.
Each episode will feature four musical numbers, but they will be organic as the students will be putting on a show every week, Murphy said.
Murphy, "Nip/Tuck" producer Brad Falchuk and Brennan penned the script for "Glee," with Murphy set to direct. Murphy and Falchuk are executive producing, with Brennan serving as co-executive producer and Novick as a producer.
Over at FX, on the heels of his widely praised but controversial "Pretty/Handsome" pilot that ultimately didn't go forward, CAA-repped Murphy is looking to develop a new project to succeed "Nip/Tuck," which is set to bow out in 2011.
- 7/23/2008
- by By Nellie Andreeva
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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