Turning a murder case into anything close to comedy is a tricky proposition, even when the victim is a fictional character. But over the course of two seasons, NBC’s “Trial and Error” has turned that challenge into a jumping-off point; it throws off distinctions of sitcom, parody, and TV legal proceedings and makes a story that’s wholly its own.
Where other shows might make the central attorney at the heart of each case the series’ beating heart, Josh Segal (Nicholas D’Agosto) is more of an idealistic conduit of relative calm around which the future of his law career and the town of East Peck exist in a constant state of flux. After successfully guiding his ragtag group of colleagues through the trial of Larry Henderson (John Lithgow), Josh gets an even bigger challenge: defend the beloved, extravagant Lavinia Peck-Foster (Kristin Chenoweth), who’s charged with killing her husband.
Where other shows might make the central attorney at the heart of each case the series’ beating heart, Josh Segal (Nicholas D’Agosto) is more of an idealistic conduit of relative calm around which the future of his law career and the town of East Peck exist in a constant state of flux. After successfully guiding his ragtag group of colleagues through the trial of Larry Henderson (John Lithgow), Josh gets an even bigger challenge: defend the beloved, extravagant Lavinia Peck-Foster (Kristin Chenoweth), who’s charged with killing her husband.
- 7/19/2018
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
In today’s roundup, AMC releases first look images at “Better Call Saul” and “Lodge 49,” while Netflix taps the second half of the fourth season of “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” for a 2019 launch date.
First Looks
AMC‘s “Better Call Saul” is slated to return for its fourth season on Monday, August 6 at 9 p.m. Et/Pt. The series premiere of “Lodge 49” will air immediately after at 10 p.m. Et/Pt. Both series will appear at the Atx Television Festival from June 7-10 in Austin, Texas, including a panel with “Better Call Saul” executive producer Vince Gilligan and star Bob Odenkirk as well as a sneak peek screening of the “Lodge 49” premiere followed by a panel with stars Wyatt Russell and Brent Jennings and executive producers Peter Ocko and Dan Carey. AMC released first look images for both shows featured below.
Casting
Sloane Morgan Siegel (“Gortimer Gibbon’s...
First Looks
AMC‘s “Better Call Saul” is slated to return for its fourth season on Monday, August 6 at 9 p.m. Et/Pt. The series premiere of “Lodge 49” will air immediately after at 10 p.m. Et/Pt. Both series will appear at the Atx Television Festival from June 7-10 in Austin, Texas, including a panel with “Better Call Saul” executive producer Vince Gilligan and star Bob Odenkirk as well as a sneak peek screening of the “Lodge 49” premiere followed by a panel with stars Wyatt Russell and Brent Jennings and executive producers Peter Ocko and Dan Carey. AMC released first look images for both shows featured below.
Casting
Sloane Morgan Siegel (“Gortimer Gibbon’s...
- 5/31/2018
- by Tara Bitran
- Variety Film + TV
Actress Caitlin Carmichael has landed the female lead in the new series Dwight in Shining Armor, set for the BYUtv network.
The series is a contemporary fish out of water original scripted comedy with Carmichael as “Gretta,” a young warrior princess who has been sleeping for a thousand years and wakes up in the 21st century with no understanding of the world around her.
Carmichael was recently seen in a recurring role on Fox’s The Mick, and next up plays a young Olivia Wilde in the Amazon film Life Itself, which will be released in September. She has also appeared on Young Sheldon and in the film Wheelman.
She is repped by Paradigm, Link Entertainment and Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern.
Dwight In Shining Armor will premiere in 2019. Sloane Morgan Siegel (Amazon Studio’s Gortimer Gibbon’s Life on Normal Street) and Joel McCrary (The Princess Diaries 1 & 2) star in...
The series is a contemporary fish out of water original scripted comedy with Carmichael as “Gretta,” a young warrior princess who has been sleeping for a thousand years and wakes up in the 21st century with no understanding of the world around her.
Carmichael was recently seen in a recurring role on Fox’s The Mick, and next up plays a young Olivia Wilde in the Amazon film Life Itself, which will be released in September. She has also appeared on Young Sheldon and in the film Wheelman.
She is repped by Paradigm, Link Entertainment and Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern.
Dwight In Shining Armor will premiere in 2019. Sloane Morgan Siegel (Amazon Studio’s Gortimer Gibbon’s Life on Normal Street) and Joel McCrary (The Princess Diaries 1 & 2) star in...
- 5/26/2018
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Matthew Davis, Julianna Robinson Betsy Beutler, Michael Grant Terry, Colby French and Joel McCrary star in what is sure to be a new cult classic in director Matthew Kohnen's Aaah! Zombies!! (aka Wasting Away). The Screamfest award winner turns the zombie film on its head by being an oddball comedy that's told from the perspective of the brain munching monsters themselves. Here is what director Matthew Kohnen had to say about the making of this film and remember "zombies are people too!".
So who is Matthew Kohnene and what are you all about?
Who is Matthew Kohnen, huh? Well, I was born the son of a poor sharecropper…
No, actually I'm originally from St. Louis, Missouri. Not a small town, more of a Midwest suburban nowhere that was a mixture of upper middle class and poor, me being solidly in the middle of that. I'd love to have one...
So who is Matthew Kohnene and what are you all about?
Who is Matthew Kohnen, huh? Well, I was born the son of a poor sharecropper…
No, actually I'm originally from St. Louis, Missouri. Not a small town, more of a Midwest suburban nowhere that was a mixture of upper middle class and poor, me being solidly in the middle of that. I'd love to have one...
- 10/30/2010
- by Big Daddy aka Brandon Sites
- Big Daddy Horror Reviews - Interviews
Julianna Robinson co-starred alongside Matthew Davis, Betsy Beutler, Michael Grant Terry, Colby French and Joel McCrary for what is sure to be a new cult classic in director Matthew Kohnen's Aaah! Zombies!! (aka Wasting Away).
The Screamfest award winner turns the zombie film on its head by being oddball comedy that's told from the perspective of the brain munching monsters themselves. Here is what Julianna Robinson had to say about being a part of this film and remember "zombies are people too!".
So who is Julianna Robinson and what are you all about?
"Who are you?" said the caterpillar. I'm the girl who who falls in holes because she dreams too much.
So how did you become involved with Aaah! Zombies!!? What was it about the film that attracted you to it?
The guys who wrote the film were driving down Hollywood Blvd one day and they saw me...
The Screamfest award winner turns the zombie film on its head by being oddball comedy that's told from the perspective of the brain munching monsters themselves. Here is what Julianna Robinson had to say about being a part of this film and remember "zombies are people too!".
So who is Julianna Robinson and what are you all about?
"Who are you?" said the caterpillar. I'm the girl who who falls in holes because she dreams too much.
So how did you become involved with Aaah! Zombies!!? What was it about the film that attracted you to it?
The guys who wrote the film were driving down Hollywood Blvd one day and they saw me...
- 10/20/2010
- by Big Daddy aka Brandon Sites
- Big Daddy Horror Reviews - Interviews
Aaah! Zombies!! DVD ArtThe Aaah! Zombies!! release date has been pushed back from September to October 19th and the DVD art can be seen here. In the graphic two rotting lovebirds hold onto each other, as they stare blankly ever onward. The tagline announces: "Zombies are people too!!," with a mysterious yellow haze keeping these two oblivious to their misfortune. The film will be available on DVD, VOD and PPV in just a few weeks and the available special features on the release will be posted shortly.
The synopsis for Aaah! Zombies!! here:
"Turning the zombie film on its head, Aaah! Zombies!! is an oddball comedy from the perspective of the brain munching monsters themselves" (Aaah!).
Release Date: October 19th, 2010.
Director: Matthew Kohnen.
Writers: Matthew Kohnen and Sean Kohnen
Cast: Matthew Davis, Betsy Beutler, Colby French, Julianna Robinson, and Joel McCrary.
The trailer for the film here:
Aaah! Zombies!! on...
The synopsis for Aaah! Zombies!! here:
"Turning the zombie film on its head, Aaah! Zombies!! is an oddball comedy from the perspective of the brain munching monsters themselves" (Aaah!).
Release Date: October 19th, 2010.
Director: Matthew Kohnen.
Writers: Matthew Kohnen and Sean Kohnen
Cast: Matthew Davis, Betsy Beutler, Colby French, Julianna Robinson, and Joel McCrary.
The trailer for the film here:
Aaah! Zombies!! on...
- 9/8/2010
- by 28DaysLaterAnalysis@gmail.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
One flick we've had our eyes on for a while now is the new zombie comedy from Matthew Kohnen entitled Aaah! Zombies!!, and in just a few short weeks this baby is coming home for mass consumption!
Want to get yourself a free copy from the filmmakers themselves? All you have to do is visit the official Aaah! Zombies!! Facebook fan page here and become a fan. From there 10 random lucky fans from Facebook will be given a free copy of the DVD on the movie's release date - October 19, 2010. Pretty sweet, no?
Directed by Matthew Kohnen and starring Matthew Davis, Betsy Beutler, Michael Grant Terry, Colby French, Julianna Robinson, and Joel McCrary, Aaah! Zombies!! is an oddball comedy told from the perspective of the brain-munching monsters themselves.
For a bit more on the flick, including some stills, check out the main Aaah! Zombies!! Facebook page here! In the interim...
Want to get yourself a free copy from the filmmakers themselves? All you have to do is visit the official Aaah! Zombies!! Facebook fan page here and become a fan. From there 10 random lucky fans from Facebook will be given a free copy of the DVD on the movie's release date - October 19, 2010. Pretty sweet, no?
Directed by Matthew Kohnen and starring Matthew Davis, Betsy Beutler, Michael Grant Terry, Colby French, Julianna Robinson, and Joel McCrary, Aaah! Zombies!! is an oddball comedy told from the perspective of the brain-munching monsters themselves.
For a bit more on the flick, including some stills, check out the main Aaah! Zombies!! Facebook page here! In the interim...
- 9/8/2010
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
The seventh annual New York Musical Theatre Festival has announced its lineup, which includes 27 musicals, a developmental reading series, and special events. The festival, which runs Sept. 27–Oct. 17, will team up with South Korea's Daegu International Musical Festival for one production and will feature performances by participants in Rosie O'Donnell's arts program Rosie's Broadway Kids and by students from the Marquez Charter Elementary School in Los Angeles. Nymf has premiered more than 200 musicals since it began in 2004, and more than 60 of them have gone on to award-winning productions across the U.S. and in several countries. Festival alumnus "Next to Normal" won three Tony Awards after opening on Broadway last year, as well as the 2010 Pulitzer Prize in drama.Isaac Robert Hurwitz, the festival's executive director and producer, said in a written statement, "We are extremely excited with the unique variety of this year's festival offerings. It is essential...
- 7/28/2010
- backstage.com
Let's face it. Horror is an easy genre to create a film for. We did it when I was in high school on a no-string budget and the film (although gawd awful) was still entertaining and you know what, it's probably better than some of the dollar bin dreck out there to this day...
So you take the ease of film making and add that to the fact that people love zombies and whamo, you have the world shooting zombie movies. So for every thousand zombie movies you see only a rare few are true gems. Thus is the case with director Matthew Kohnen's latest horror comedy aptly named, "Aaah! Zombies!!" (two exclamation points).
Starring Matthew Davis, Michael Grant Terry, Colby French, Betsy Beutler, Julianna Robinson, and Joel McCrary, "Aaah! Zombies!!" separates itself from the fray by telling the story from the zombies point of view. Feast on the trailer and poster below.
So you take the ease of film making and add that to the fact that people love zombies and whamo, you have the world shooting zombie movies. So for every thousand zombie movies you see only a rare few are true gems. Thus is the case with director Matthew Kohnen's latest horror comedy aptly named, "Aaah! Zombies!!" (two exclamation points).
Starring Matthew Davis, Michael Grant Terry, Colby French, Betsy Beutler, Julianna Robinson, and Joel McCrary, "Aaah! Zombies!!" separates itself from the fray by telling the story from the zombies point of view. Feast on the trailer and poster below.
- 6/18/2010
- by admin
- Horrorbid
There's no doubt the horror market is kind of saturated with zombie movies right now, and we have to admit we really don't mind because we love ourselves some undead mayhem, but it can get a bit tiresome. Good thing for us then that every once in a while a flick comes along with a clever spin on things. Enter the upcoming zombie comedy Aaah! Zombies!!
Directed by Matthew Kohnen and starring Matthew Davis, Betsy Beutler, Michael Grant Terry, Colby French, Julianna Robinson, and Joel McCrary, Aaah! Zombies!! is an oddball comedy told from the perspective of the brain-munching monsters themselves.
For a bit more on the flick, including some stills, check out the official Aaah! Zombies!! Facebook page here! We'll keep our ears open for distro news. In the interim check out the trailer and the poster art below.
- Uncle Creepy
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Directed by Matthew Kohnen and starring Matthew Davis, Betsy Beutler, Michael Grant Terry, Colby French, Julianna Robinson, and Joel McCrary, Aaah! Zombies!! is an oddball comedy told from the perspective of the brain-munching monsters themselves.
For a bit more on the flick, including some stills, check out the official Aaah! Zombies!! Facebook page here! We'll keep our ears open for distro news. In the interim check out the trailer and the poster art below.
- Uncle Creepy
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- 6/17/2010
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
New trailer for a new zombie comedy! New!
The upcoming zombie comedy Aaah! Zombies!! is a new twist on the genre, with the movie taking the point-of-view of four friends — Matthew Davis (The Vampire Diaries, Blue Crush), Julianna Robinson, Betsy Beutler (Scrubs), and Michael Terry (Bones) — as they discover they have been inadvertently turned into zombies due to a toxic waste spill (weren't the 80's great?), only they are the only ones who can't see their zombification.
The movie premiered at the La ScreamFest in 2007 (Audience Award winner) under the title Wasting Away, but will finally get released under its new title on DVD September 28 by Level 33 Entertainment.
Colby French (Changeling, Heroes), Joel McCrary, and genre vet Tracey Walter (Trailer Park of Terror, Repo Man) also star in the movie written by newcomers Matthew Kohnen and Sean Kohnen, and directed by Matthew. Watch the Trailer below:
Source: YouTube...
The upcoming zombie comedy Aaah! Zombies!! is a new twist on the genre, with the movie taking the point-of-view of four friends — Matthew Davis (The Vampire Diaries, Blue Crush), Julianna Robinson, Betsy Beutler (Scrubs), and Michael Terry (Bones) — as they discover they have been inadvertently turned into zombies due to a toxic waste spill (weren't the 80's great?), only they are the only ones who can't see their zombification.
The movie premiered at the La ScreamFest in 2007 (Audience Award winner) under the title Wasting Away, but will finally get released under its new title on DVD September 28 by Level 33 Entertainment.
Colby French (Changeling, Heroes), Joel McCrary, and genre vet Tracey Walter (Trailer Park of Terror, Repo Man) also star in the movie written by newcomers Matthew Kohnen and Sean Kohnen, and directed by Matthew. Watch the Trailer below:
Source: YouTube...
- 5/31/2010
- HugAZombie
Aaah! Zombies! is a Level 33 Entertainment production that rightfully blends horror with zombie and a little romance. The film will release September 28th and this trailer shows a group of friends turning into "super soldiers" by way of a toxic spill. The laughs unfold as four friends become very strange by accident while seeing life through rose coloured lenses. Plus, have a watch as two zombie characters make out, grotesquely, in this award winning feature (Screamfest Audience Award Winner).
The synopsis for Aaah! Zombies! here:
"Turning the zombie film on its head, "Aaah! Zombies!!" is an oddball comedy from the perspective of the brain munching monsters themselves" (Aaah!).
Release Date: September 28, 2010.
Director: Matthew Kohnen.
Writers: Matthew Kohnen and Sean Kohnen
Cast: Matthew Davis, Betsy Beutler, Colby French, Julianna Robinson, and Joel McCrary.
The trailer for the film here:
Aaah! Zombies! on Facebook:
Zombies! on Fb
Sources:
Zombies! on Fearnet
Stumble It!
The synopsis for Aaah! Zombies! here:
"Turning the zombie film on its head, "Aaah! Zombies!!" is an oddball comedy from the perspective of the brain munching monsters themselves" (Aaah!).
Release Date: September 28, 2010.
Director: Matthew Kohnen.
Writers: Matthew Kohnen and Sean Kohnen
Cast: Matthew Davis, Betsy Beutler, Colby French, Julianna Robinson, and Joel McCrary.
The trailer for the film here:
Aaah! Zombies! on Facebook:
Zombies! on Fb
Sources:
Zombies! on Fearnet
Stumble It!
- 5/29/2010
- by 28DaysLaterAnalysis@gmail.com (Michael Ross Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Cybill Shepherd has been tapped to star in Lifetime's comedy pilot "Alligator Point," which will be directed by Kelsey Grammer.
Lauren Stamile, Brian Patrick Wade, Robyn Lively, Leslie Jordan, Joel McCrary and Charlie Robinson also have been cast in the multicamera project, from Steve Stark Prods.
Written by Robert Peacock, "Point" revolves around an eccentric group of Floridians who find refuge in the Southern hospitality of Mae's (Shepherd) Oyster Bar. Their lives change when a Yankee (Stamile) becomes part of their disjointed family.
Peacock and Stark, former president of Grammer's Grammnet Prods., are exec producing, with Franco Bario co-exec producing and Grammer producing.
Peacock and Grammnet originally developed "Point" for NBC during the 2002-03 season when it went to pilot starring Nathan Fillion, Jaime Pressly and Paula Marshall as well as McCrary, who will be reprising his role as a boat mechanic in the Lifetime pilot.
Shepherd, repped by Fortitude and Hofflund/Polone,...
Lauren Stamile, Brian Patrick Wade, Robyn Lively, Leslie Jordan, Joel McCrary and Charlie Robinson also have been cast in the multicamera project, from Steve Stark Prods.
Written by Robert Peacock, "Point" revolves around an eccentric group of Floridians who find refuge in the Southern hospitality of Mae's (Shepherd) Oyster Bar. Their lives change when a Yankee (Stamile) becomes part of their disjointed family.
Peacock and Stark, former president of Grammer's Grammnet Prods., are exec producing, with Franco Bario co-exec producing and Grammer producing.
Peacock and Grammnet originally developed "Point" for NBC during the 2002-03 season when it went to pilot starring Nathan Fillion, Jaime Pressly and Paula Marshall as well as McCrary, who will be reprising his role as a boat mechanic in the Lifetime pilot.
Shepherd, repped by Fortitude and Hofflund/Polone,...
- 2/10/2009
- by By Nellie Andreeva
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
There’s something about grocery stores. They have a sort of charm that’s currently going three for three, as far as recent horror/sci-fi entries with that setting go. Both The Mist and last year’s Splinter were excellent examples of the “trapped in a market” theme, and now comes Warner’s Raw Feed DVD release Alien Raiders (out February 17)—which, while not overly original, is nonetheless pretty awesome.
The film opens with some shaky handheld insight into our protagonists, getting ready for their next mission. Intercut between video clips and the main titles are shots of hands preparing some seriously heavy firepower. This is a risky move; it basically promises, “This flick is going to have bad-ass written all over it.” And it works. The characters we’re following are a team of operatives/mercenaries/soldiers of some sort with rad names like Ritter (Carlos Bernard), Sterling (Courtney Ford...
The film opens with some shaky handheld insight into our protagonists, getting ready for their next mission. Intercut between video clips and the main titles are shots of hands preparing some seriously heavy firepower. This is a risky move; it basically promises, “This flick is going to have bad-ass written all over it.” And it works. The characters we’re following are a team of operatives/mercenaries/soldiers of some sort with rad names like Ritter (Carlos Bernard), Sterling (Courtney Ford...
- 2/3/2009
- Fangoria
The Walt Disney Co. has tapped Dead Like Me's Callum Blue to star opposite Anne Hathaway in The Princess Diaries 2. Caroline Goodall, Sean O'Bryan and Joel McCrary also have signed to reprise their roles in the sequel to the 2001 hit. Blue will play an English suitor who is set up to marry the young princess in the film, which also stars Julie Andrews and is being directed by Garry Marshall. Goodall will return in the role of Hathaway's mother, O'Bryan will be back as Hathaway's teacher, and McCrary returns as Prime Minister Motaz. Newcomer Chris Pine has also joined the cast in a supporting role. The project is being produced by Debra Martin Chase and is being overseen for the studio by Disney production exec Karen Glass. In addition to starring on the Showtime series Dead Like Me, Blue has appeared in the BBC television series As If and the CBS telefilm In Love and War. Blue is repped by WMA, Untitled Entertainment and PFD in London. Goodall and O'Bryan are both repped by Paradigm Talent and Literary. Goodall is also managed by Seven Summits Pictures and Management. McCrary is repped by Stone Manners.
- 12/11/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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