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Another Filmmaker Flees Film

rudeboy7969 — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:46:13 EDT

Will one of the charecters get killed in a boat?

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LolCait — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:05:36 EDT

@urnidiot: Well, he is getting an exec-producer credit.

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urnidiot — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:39:40 EDT

You're way, way off as usual. He did the pilot, as most name directors do, because it's easy money for easy work, and the studios get to throw his name around in promoting it. It's not his show in any way, and highly unlikely he'd direct additional episodes.

Thanks again for the outside scoop, Gawker!

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Kakapo — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:32:07 EDT

Hmm... That's actually a good idea for a series, although it might have been smarter to try to get it on the air amidst all of the buzz about the books five or six years ago.

I'm not a fan of his movies, but I would not too be surprised if he were actually able to put together a smart and entertaining series.

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Chief Wahoo — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:12:28 EDT

Does this mean he is going to stop trying so hard to pimp his talentless sons acting career?

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GollyG — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:28:47 EDT

Actually, Minghella started out in television. Maybe he is returning to that medium because the vogue for overlong adaptations of so-so works of fiction is better served by breaking it up into forty-minute portions over several weeks. And does no one remember Elaine's reason for not liking the English Patient?: "Because it sucked."

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CodePink — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:15:52 EDT

I only saw one episode of The Black Donnellys. Irish boys were hosing each other down with water after they'd murdered someone. The boys were naked. I thought that was a good show.

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PimpMyCouch — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 11:55:17 EDT

Ohhh, I liked the Black Donnellys. That is to say, I found the lead actor on that show attractive, so I was able to ignore the fact that the storyline was kind of silly.

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Botswana Meat Commission FC — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 11:51:33 EDT

His The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, about crime solving women in Botswana (adapted from Alexander McCall Smith's books)

How could this not be a huge hit?

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LolCait — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 11:34:47 EDT

@SuperBien: Yeah, he's working on it with Minghella.

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SuperBien — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 11:32:22 EDT

Richard "Four Weddings + A Funeral" Curtis was supposed to be writing "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" as a film . . . when did it turn into a mini-series?

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mitchel_stevens — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 11:29:51 EDT

and the way underrated Breaking & Entering

lies! lies, i say!

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TheHonJudgeSmails — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 11:25:47 EDT

Is he any relation to Josef?

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