From Disney World to Universal Studios, theme parks have captured imaginations around the world. But have you ever wondered what it's like to be the actual people behind the scenes who bring the magic to life? Starting this week, Keys to the Kingdom is an eight-part, weekly docuseries about the real and peculiar backstage life of theme park performers and Disney Cast Members. With insider secrets, stories of absurd guest behavior, and good old “office politics”, this independent production reveals what it's like to not only work for The Mouse... but to be The Mouse.
Co-hosted by former Disney Princess and co-founder of Earios Podcast Network, Amanda Lund, and former Disneyland Cast Member and actor, producer, podcaster, Matt Gourley, listeners will hear from current and former employees from Disney and other beloved theme parks, some of whom have become household names, as they share their personal experiences and provide an unprecedented perspective rarely heard.
Co-hosted by former Disney Princess and co-founder of Earios Podcast Network, Amanda Lund, and former Disneyland Cast Member and actor, producer, podcaster, Matt Gourley, listeners will hear from current and former employees from Disney and other beloved theme parks, some of whom have become household names, as they share their personal experiences and provide an unprecedented perspective rarely heard.
- 10/17/2023
- Podnews.net
Podcasts from talent including Love creator Lesley Arfin, Margaret Cho, Glow’s Kimmy Gatewood and The Good Place’s Rebecca Delgado form the inaugural slate for female-focused podcast network Earios.
Earios was set up by former UTA and Wme comedy agent Priyanka Mattoo, who also ran Electric Dynamite with Jack Black, Maria Blasucci, star of HBO’s Family Tree and Amanda Lund, who has appeared on series including Fresh Off The Boat and New Girl.
Last year, the company successfully raised money through a Kickstarter campaign and secured enough to launch 12 shows this year. It has also partnered with podcast company Acast to launch the slate, which will launch three shows at the start of July and will run new shows every couple of weeks.
It is designed to produce female-fronted podcasts after Lund and Blasucci, who previously hosted their own independent shows, failed to find podcast companies run by...
Earios was set up by former UTA and Wme comedy agent Priyanka Mattoo, who also ran Electric Dynamite with Jack Black, Maria Blasucci, star of HBO’s Family Tree and Amanda Lund, who has appeared on series including Fresh Off The Boat and New Girl.
Last year, the company successfully raised money through a Kickstarter campaign and secured enough to launch 12 shows this year. It has also partnered with podcast company Acast to launch the slate, which will launch three shows at the start of July and will run new shows every couple of weeks.
It is designed to produce female-fronted podcasts after Lund and Blasucci, who previously hosted their own independent shows, failed to find podcast companies run by...
- 7/1/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
The trailer has been released for New York Times bestseller Allison Raskin's new scripted soap opera podcast, Gossip. Gossip centers on three unlikely female friends: Valerie (Indie Series Award winner Victoria Rowell), Mia (Amanda Perez) and Bethany (Allison Raskin). Each week, they meet at the Golden Cup Coffee Corner to drink coffee and share the latest gossip floating around their not-so-traditional suburban town, Golden Acres.
When the juicy stories involve infidelity, secret pasts, and murder, does it even matter if the rumors are true? Each episode will also feature an accompanying comic from New Yorker artists such as Amy Kurzweil, Sofia Warren, Hilary Campbell, and more.
Cast and crew:
Showrunner/Bethany: Allison Raskin
Valerie - Victoria Rowell
Mia - Amanda Perez (Don Jon)
Rockin' Robin - Beth Littleford
Karen Heart - Emily Heller
Phil Heart - Kunal Dudheker
Father Williams - Marlon Young
Eliza - Carrie Clifford
Mayor Alice...
When the juicy stories involve infidelity, secret pasts, and murder, does it even matter if the rumors are true? Each episode will also feature an accompanying comic from New Yorker artists such as Amy Kurzweil, Sofia Warren, Hilary Campbell, and more.
Cast and crew:
Showrunner/Bethany: Allison Raskin
Valerie - Victoria Rowell
Mia - Amanda Perez (Don Jon)
Rockin' Robin - Beth Littleford
Karen Heart - Emily Heller
Phil Heart - Kunal Dudheker
Father Williams - Marlon Young
Eliza - Carrie Clifford
Mayor Alice...
- 6/6/2018
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
FX has opted not to pick up to series Singularity, a futuristic comedy pilot from comedy writer Sonny Lee (Silicon Valley) and producers Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg. Conceived by Lee, the comedy starring Damon Wayans Jr. and Amanda Lund, was set in a future when artificial intelligence greatly surpasses human intelligence, resulting in profound changes to our society. Singularity was said to be similar in tone to Rogen and Goldberg's disaster movie This Is the End, which…...
- 2/2/2018
- Deadline TV
You don’t need a virtual reality headset to enjoy immersive entertainment. The new 360-degree animated show “Water Bear” is a hilariously weird comedy series that recently debuted on Facebook, where anyone can watch episodes using a computer or a phone. To explore the virtual world, viewers just click and drag or move their phone while watching.
Read More: The 20 Best Animated TV Shows of the 21st Century, Ranked
“Water Bear” follows the friendly titular character, a bear who was on a glass bottom cruise getting “schlocked” with friends before finding himself underwater. There, he meets a host of new underwater friends, including Octopus, Starfish and Squid Dude. The ocean floor even has fun activities ranging from bocce to karaoke.
“Water Bear” features the voices of Chris Powell (“Detroiters”), Kate Berlant (“The Characters”), Amanda Lund (“Fresh Off the Boat”) and Rob Huebel (“Transparent”). The show was created by actor Lucas Kavner...
Read More: The 20 Best Animated TV Shows of the 21st Century, Ranked
“Water Bear” follows the friendly titular character, a bear who was on a glass bottom cruise getting “schlocked” with friends before finding himself underwater. There, he meets a host of new underwater friends, including Octopus, Starfish and Squid Dude. The ocean floor even has fun activities ranging from bocce to karaoke.
“Water Bear” features the voices of Chris Powell (“Detroiters”), Kate Berlant (“The Characters”), Amanda Lund (“Fresh Off the Boat”) and Rob Huebel (“Transparent”). The show was created by actor Lucas Kavner...
- 5/30/2017
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
Amanda Lund is set as a female lead opposite Damon Wayans Jr. in Singularity, FX's futuristic comedy pilot from Sonny Lee (Silicon Valley) and producers Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg. Conceived by Lee, the comedy is set in a future when artificial intelligence greatly surpasses human intelligence, resulting in profound changes to our society. Lund will play Anna, an unfailingly optimistic, sweet, book-smart Ph.D. graduate who no longer has use for her degree and finds joy…...
- 4/27/2017
- Deadline TV
If you don’t know who the Pistol Shrimps are, you’re going to want to very soon.
Brent Hodge’s new documentary “The Pistol Shrimps” follows the eponymous all-women recreational basketball team, led by players like Aubrey Plaza, model/actress Melissa Stetten, comedian Molly Hawkey (who you may know as “‘The Bachelor’s oldest-ever contestant”) and many other incredible players just might be one of the funnest and funniest films of the year. During the film’s Los Angeles premiere, the laughs never slowed, but it also became apparent that this documentary isn’t about basketball. It’s about what basketball means and can do for these women as individuals and as a group of friends, empowering them, inspiring them, encouraging them and much more.
After screening Wednesday night at The Theatre at Ace Hotel, the Shrimps, their coaches, their announcers and director Hodge sat down for a Q&A. Like their team name implies — and they would suggest to look up what a pistol shrimp is — each woman’s personality popped like the crack of a pistol shrimp claw. They laughed at many of the high jinks that unfolded the season depicted in the doc, but also got real about how, no matter the small scale, the team is vastly important to them. That’s something that’s also evident in the documentary, as the film makes sure to highlight many of the team members, their personalities and how the team affects their lives.
Read More: SXSW: 10 Totally Random Minutes with Aubrey Plaza
The team itself came together in a rather interesting way. According to the film, it was a bit tough to get the league together, as there wasn’t really a league at all before they came along. In the Q&A, Shrimp Amanda Lund explained how the struggles of making a web series sparked the idea in the first place. “I remember the moment when Maria [Blasucci] realized she needed to start a sports team. We had made this web series ‘Ghost Ghirls’ that no one was watching. So we made our own flyers and started flyering in the streets, saying, ‘You got ghosts? Watch this web series.’ So we were handing out these flyers and Maria was like, ‘This is so fun being out and doing an activity.’ And then she was like, ‘I’m going to start a sports team.’”
But why basketball? Recounting a rather momentous and crazy achievement in her early life, Shrimp founder Blasucci said, “I used to play in grade school and one time, I was dribbling the ball in the park league on the Pacific Palisades Sparks and I lost my shoe at halfcourt as I was dribbling the ball. And I went to shoot the basket and I made it, but my shoe was still at halfcourt. It was a real whirlwind.”
Unfortunately, the ragtag group didn’t start off with success, with only a few members ever having played the sport, let alone in an organized way, and others not entirely knowing how the sport works. Originally, they came together with a shared sense of trash talking and putting down their haters to offset this lack of success. But during the documented season, the Shrimps went on to win the championship.
This did, however, come at a cost to their original skills. One of the Shrimps said, “I think it goes to the root of self confidence and when you don’t have a lot of self confidence, it’s very easy to talk trash. So when we finally got the skills, the trash talking went away. It’s like when you don’t dress for the job you have, you dress for the job you want and so we talked trash when we couldn’t play basketball.”
Read More: The 22 Most Anticipated Films Of The 2016 Tribeca Film Festival
After seeing the original trash talking chemistry, filmmaker Hodge knew he had to make a movie about them, telling the crowd, “One of my friends went to the games and he was like, ‘Dude, this whole thing’s a film. There’s a coach with a unicorn costume on, you’ve got to film this.’ And then we just started filming.”
He even theorized that the crew is why they won, explaining that “this is the only season you guys have won, so we’re like your lucky charm. And I don’t think we would’ve had a film unless they won.” Shrimp Molly Hawkey pleaded, “I was wondering if you could come out to the rest of our seasons because we didn’t do so well this season.” This past season, the Shrimps won only three games and lost seven.
But it wasn’t always easy for Shrimps. There were a lot of antics and even drama between teams during the season, exemplified in the documentary when Aubrey Plaza tore her Acl playing undercover in a second game on her sister’s team. The recovery, which Plaza described as taking “a couple steps forward, a bunch of steps backwards and I’m trying to just get forward again,” and the taste of the other team led her to test the market.
“I’m going to be playing for the Spice Squirrels in the fall. After my injury, I had a lot of time off and I just decided to test free agency,” she said. “I had to make the best choice for my family and my basketball career. And I just felt like the Spice Squirrels have a lot to offer me.”
Toward the end of the Q&A, founder Blasucci touched on an empowering point about the team, an aspect that was the documentary’s most lasting impression.
“I went to an all girls high school and I learned that girls can be the best of friends if they allow themselves to kind of let go of all the claw,” she said. “You know, ‘Ah, I need to get ahead of you!’ If you could just let that go, you can have such deep relationships with girls and I feel that with all of you girls and I, at no point, ever feel jealous or envious or anything. I just feel 100% support and I feel grateful and it’s wonderful. I suggest any girl out there that doesn’t have a tight group of girlfriends to really search for that, because as hard as it may be, you find these people that are so important to you and I feel that with all of these girls and I’m really grateful.”
Read More: Morgan Spurlock on Why Documentaries Matter More Than Ever
“Pistol Shrimps,” which is the first original feature film released by Seeso, an ad-free comedy streaming service, premieres today, June 16, on seeso.com. The film was shown at the Tribeca Film Festival earlier this year and was executive produced by Morgan Spurlock, the filmmaker behind “Super Size Me.” Check out the trailer below!
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Brent Hodge’s new documentary “The Pistol Shrimps” follows the eponymous all-women recreational basketball team, led by players like Aubrey Plaza, model/actress Melissa Stetten, comedian Molly Hawkey (who you may know as “‘The Bachelor’s oldest-ever contestant”) and many other incredible players just might be one of the funnest and funniest films of the year. During the film’s Los Angeles premiere, the laughs never slowed, but it also became apparent that this documentary isn’t about basketball. It’s about what basketball means and can do for these women as individuals and as a group of friends, empowering them, inspiring them, encouraging them and much more.
After screening Wednesday night at The Theatre at Ace Hotel, the Shrimps, their coaches, their announcers and director Hodge sat down for a Q&A. Like their team name implies — and they would suggest to look up what a pistol shrimp is — each woman’s personality popped like the crack of a pistol shrimp claw. They laughed at many of the high jinks that unfolded the season depicted in the doc, but also got real about how, no matter the small scale, the team is vastly important to them. That’s something that’s also evident in the documentary, as the film makes sure to highlight many of the team members, their personalities and how the team affects their lives.
Read More: SXSW: 10 Totally Random Minutes with Aubrey Plaza
The team itself came together in a rather interesting way. According to the film, it was a bit tough to get the league together, as there wasn’t really a league at all before they came along. In the Q&A, Shrimp Amanda Lund explained how the struggles of making a web series sparked the idea in the first place. “I remember the moment when Maria [Blasucci] realized she needed to start a sports team. We had made this web series ‘Ghost Ghirls’ that no one was watching. So we made our own flyers and started flyering in the streets, saying, ‘You got ghosts? Watch this web series.’ So we were handing out these flyers and Maria was like, ‘This is so fun being out and doing an activity.’ And then she was like, ‘I’m going to start a sports team.’”
But why basketball? Recounting a rather momentous and crazy achievement in her early life, Shrimp founder Blasucci said, “I used to play in grade school and one time, I was dribbling the ball in the park league on the Pacific Palisades Sparks and I lost my shoe at halfcourt as I was dribbling the ball. And I went to shoot the basket and I made it, but my shoe was still at halfcourt. It was a real whirlwind.”
Unfortunately, the ragtag group didn’t start off with success, with only a few members ever having played the sport, let alone in an organized way, and others not entirely knowing how the sport works. Originally, they came together with a shared sense of trash talking and putting down their haters to offset this lack of success. But during the documented season, the Shrimps went on to win the championship.
This did, however, come at a cost to their original skills. One of the Shrimps said, “I think it goes to the root of self confidence and when you don’t have a lot of self confidence, it’s very easy to talk trash. So when we finally got the skills, the trash talking went away. It’s like when you don’t dress for the job you have, you dress for the job you want and so we talked trash when we couldn’t play basketball.”
Read More: The 22 Most Anticipated Films Of The 2016 Tribeca Film Festival
After seeing the original trash talking chemistry, filmmaker Hodge knew he had to make a movie about them, telling the crowd, “One of my friends went to the games and he was like, ‘Dude, this whole thing’s a film. There’s a coach with a unicorn costume on, you’ve got to film this.’ And then we just started filming.”
He even theorized that the crew is why they won, explaining that “this is the only season you guys have won, so we’re like your lucky charm. And I don’t think we would’ve had a film unless they won.” Shrimp Molly Hawkey pleaded, “I was wondering if you could come out to the rest of our seasons because we didn’t do so well this season.” This past season, the Shrimps won only three games and lost seven.
But it wasn’t always easy for Shrimps. There were a lot of antics and even drama between teams during the season, exemplified in the documentary when Aubrey Plaza tore her Acl playing undercover in a second game on her sister’s team. The recovery, which Plaza described as taking “a couple steps forward, a bunch of steps backwards and I’m trying to just get forward again,” and the taste of the other team led her to test the market.
“I’m going to be playing for the Spice Squirrels in the fall. After my injury, I had a lot of time off and I just decided to test free agency,” she said. “I had to make the best choice for my family and my basketball career. And I just felt like the Spice Squirrels have a lot to offer me.”
Toward the end of the Q&A, founder Blasucci touched on an empowering point about the team, an aspect that was the documentary’s most lasting impression.
“I went to an all girls high school and I learned that girls can be the best of friends if they allow themselves to kind of let go of all the claw,” she said. “You know, ‘Ah, I need to get ahead of you!’ If you could just let that go, you can have such deep relationships with girls and I feel that with all of you girls and I, at no point, ever feel jealous or envious or anything. I just feel 100% support and I feel grateful and it’s wonderful. I suggest any girl out there that doesn’t have a tight group of girlfriends to really search for that, because as hard as it may be, you find these people that are so important to you and I feel that with all of these girls and I’m really grateful.”
Read More: Morgan Spurlock on Why Documentaries Matter More Than Ever
“Pistol Shrimps,” which is the first original feature film released by Seeso, an ad-free comedy streaming service, premieres today, June 16, on seeso.com. The film was shown at the Tribeca Film Festival earlier this year and was executive produced by Morgan Spurlock, the filmmaker behind “Super Size Me.” Check out the trailer below!
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- 6/16/2016
- by Kyle Kizu
- Indiewire
Stars: Dylan Minnette, Odeya Rush, Jack Black, Ryan Lee, Amy Ryan, Jillian Bell, Halston Sage, Steven Krueger, Keith Arthur Bolden, Amanda Lund, Timothy Simons, Ken Marino | Written by Darren Lemke | Directed by Rob Letterman
As a kid growing up I was a huge horror fan, I loved reading scary novels – mainly ones I really shouldn’t have been allowed to like Graham Masterton’s Family Portrait; watching the late-night BBC double-bills or renting all the Friday the 13th and Nightmare on Elm Street films from the local video shop even though I wasn’t over 18; or watching Are You Afraid of the Dark? on terrestrial TV – where it suffered censorship and missing episodes – I adored horror and still do. But one thing I never got into was Goosebumps. Maybe it was because the books came too late for me – as I said I was already reading adult horror fiction...
As a kid growing up I was a huge horror fan, I loved reading scary novels – mainly ones I really shouldn’t have been allowed to like Graham Masterton’s Family Portrait; watching the late-night BBC double-bills or renting all the Friday the 13th and Nightmare on Elm Street films from the local video shop even though I wasn’t over 18; or watching Are You Afraid of the Dark? on terrestrial TV – where it suffered censorship and missing episodes – I adored horror and still do. But one thing I never got into was Goosebumps. Maybe it was because the books came too late for me – as I said I was already reading adult horror fiction...
- 1/31/2016
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Generations of horror hounds were ushered into the genre via R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps books. Siting atop the shelves of libraries around the world with their vibrantly colored spines just waiting to be grabbed by young readers, the influential series is being brought to the big screen by Columbia Pictures next summer, and a meme maker for the upcoming feature reveals familiar faces from the page that will create scares onscreen.
The Goosebumps meme maker is now available for fans to use. The online workshop allows users to take official images from the film and write original captions to display in memes. Many of the images show monsters from the film that fans will recognize from several Goosebumps series. We knew that Slappy the Dummy, a recurring core villain from the series, will be featured in the film, but as the movie’s official images below show, the tiny terror...
The Goosebumps meme maker is now available for fans to use. The online workshop allows users to take official images from the film and write original captions to display in memes. Many of the images show monsters from the film that fans will recognize from several Goosebumps series. We knew that Slappy the Dummy, a recurring core villain from the series, will be featured in the film, but as the movie’s official images below show, the tiny terror...
- 11/24/2014
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Check out the new restricted trailer for "Someone Marry Barry," starring Tyler Labine, Damon Wayans Jr., Lucy Punch, Hayes MacArthur, Thomas Middleditch, Amanda Lund, Frances Shaw and Wyatt Oleff. Here, a trio of childhood friends schemes to find a wife for their socially inappropriate pal Barry (Tyler Labine, “Monsters University”). Their plan completely backfires when his new girlfriend Melanie (Lucy Punch, “Bad Teacher”), turns out to be just like him. The raunchy comedy features Damon Wayans Jr. (“Happy Endings”) and Hayes MacArthur (“Bachelorette”). Rob Pearlstein wrote and directed the film which opens in theaters on February 7th.
- 1/29/2014
- Upcoming-Movies.com
The comedy directed and written by Rob Pearlstein opens in theaters on February 7th, followed by VOD and digital players on February 13th, including iTunes, Amazon Instant Video, Cable Movies On Demand, Google Play, Xbox Video, Sony Playstation, Cinemanow and Vudu. Starring in Someone Marry Barry are Tyler Labine, Damon Wayans Jr., Lucy Punch, Hayes MacArthur, Thomas Middleditch, Amanda Lund, Frances Shaw and Wyatt Oleff. In this hilariously raunchy new film, a trio of childhood friends scheme to find a wife for their social wrecking ball of a pal Barry (Labine, Monsters University). Their plan completely backfires when his new girlfriend Melanie (Punch, Bad Teacher), turns out to be just as inappropriate as him.
- 1/16/2014
- Upcoming-Movies.com
In the ever-evolving world of television, the latest frontier for original programming has become the Internet. With Netflix's great success in launching hits like "House of Cards" and "Orange is the New Black," more and more websites are following suit. The latest to launch their slate of original series? Yahoo.
On Monday (Sept. 9), Yahoo launched its most aggressive slate of original programming to date with the premieres of five new comedy series from some big talent. Following Netflix's lead, all episodes of new series "Losing It with John Stamos," "Ghost Ghirls," "The Fuzz," "We Need Help" and "Tiny Commando" were made available on Yahoo! Screen. But the big question is: Are any of them worth watching?
Of the five newbies, "Losing It with John Stamos" stands out of the pack. A charming interview-based show featuring John Stamos talking one-on-one with a celebrity about how they lost their virginity, interspersed with...
On Monday (Sept. 9), Yahoo launched its most aggressive slate of original programming to date with the premieres of five new comedy series from some big talent. Following Netflix's lead, all episodes of new series "Losing It with John Stamos," "Ghost Ghirls," "The Fuzz," "We Need Help" and "Tiny Commando" were made available on Yahoo! Screen. But the big question is: Are any of them worth watching?
Of the five newbies, "Losing It with John Stamos" stands out of the pack. A charming interview-based show featuring John Stamos talking one-on-one with a celebrity about how they lost their virginity, interspersed with...
- 9/10/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
If you -- like a lot of people -- can't see horror movies for fear of having terrifying nightmares, then feast your eyes on Jack Black's latest project, "Ghost Ghirls."
The new Yahoo web series, which debuts its entire first season on Monday (Sept. 9) on Yahoo Screen, is executive produced by Black and co-created by "Drunk History's" Jeremy Konner. The 10-12 minute long episodes star Amanda Lund and Maria Blasucci as bumbling paranormal investigators. The series is a mix of comedy and supernatural happenings ... with an emphasis on the comedy. "There's a good, even mix of science and otherworldly problems," Black tells Zap2it. "It's like in 'Scooby Doo' where oftentimes you pull the mask off the guy and there's just a dude."
But don't expect to see real-world problems behind every case on "Ghost Ghirls." Black promises that there is a hearty mix of supernatural issues as well.
The new Yahoo web series, which debuts its entire first season on Monday (Sept. 9) on Yahoo Screen, is executive produced by Black and co-created by "Drunk History's" Jeremy Konner. The 10-12 minute long episodes star Amanda Lund and Maria Blasucci as bumbling paranormal investigators. The series is a mix of comedy and supernatural happenings ... with an emphasis on the comedy. "There's a good, even mix of science and otherworldly problems," Black tells Zap2it. "It's like in 'Scooby Doo' where oftentimes you pull the mask off the guy and there's just a dude."
But don't expect to see real-world problems behind every case on "Ghost Ghirls." Black promises that there is a hearty mix of supernatural issues as well.
- 9/9/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Still freaked out from going to see The Conjuring? Then may we recommend you check out the new Yahoo! web series Ghost Ghirls — which, while also supernaturally-themed, is much more interested in tickling your funny bone than tingling your spine.
Executive produced by Jack Black and co-created by Drunk History director Jeremy Konner, the show stars Amanda Lund and Maria Blasucci as a pair of bumbling paranormal investigators and boasts a list of celebrity guests, including Black, Molly Shannon, Jason Schwartzman, Dave Grohl, Val Kilmer, and Jake Johnson, who can be seen in the available-to-view-now premiere episode.
You can watch...
Executive produced by Jack Black and co-created by Drunk History director Jeremy Konner, the show stars Amanda Lund and Maria Blasucci as a pair of bumbling paranormal investigators and boasts a list of celebrity guests, including Black, Molly Shannon, Jason Schwartzman, Dave Grohl, Val Kilmer, and Jake Johnson, who can be seen in the available-to-view-now premiere episode.
You can watch...
- 9/9/2013
- by Clark Collis
- EW.com - PopWatch
Nine months after it first crossed our radar, Ghost Ghirls has debuted on Yahoo Screen. The twelve episode comedy, produced by Jack Black's Electric Dynamite, stars Amanda Lund and Maria Blasucci as Heidi and Angelica, a pair of hapless paranormal investigators. During a conference call, Black, Lund, and Blasucci discussed their new show, with the Tenacious D star explaining the way he first came across it. "I've been producing for a while--my own stuff that I was in--and I'm always looking for talented people I want to collaborate with. This sort of fell into my lap. I knew Jeremy Konner, the director (editor's note: Konner is best known for co-creating Drunk History). Jeremy fell in love with these girls who were very creative and hilarious. They went and shot the pilot for Ghost Ghirls. He brought in these girls with this pilot they had shot, and I said 'I want in',...
- 9/9/2013
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
It’s getting hard to keep up with the increasing options for where to get your “television” programming. Luckily, theTVaddict.com is here to keep you in the loop! Starting September 9, 2013, comedic powerhouse Jack Black is bringing a new take on the detective genre to Yahoo! Screen. Ghost Ghirls is Black’s new web series that stars Amanda Lund and Maria Blasucci as paranormal sleuths (aka parapsychologists). Dropping in on the fun are some fabulous guest stars, including Molly Shannon, Val Kilmer, Dave Grohl, Jason Ritter, and Jason Schwartzman, among others. theTVaddict.com checked in with Black and the cast of Ghost Ghirls at Comic-Con, check out what they had to say about this quirky new show after the jump.
- 8/22/2013
- by theTVaddict
- The TV Addict
While Netflix aims to be the new HBO in its original series and Hulu is building up an impressive library of international imports, Yahoo!'s biggest success for its Yahoo! Screen section has been "Burning Love," its scripted "Bachelor" spoof created by Erica Oyama that features a range of famous faces, from comedians like Michael Ian Black and Ken Jeong to actors like Jennifer Aniston and Ben Stiller. Yahoo! is set to premiere eight more digital comedy series on September 9th, and in the vein of "Burning Love," the new originals feature plenty of celebrity cameos and involvement. The site has premiered trailers for four of the eight today, and announced plans to premiere nearly all of the episodes of the fall slate on the 9th, alongside the complete "Saturday Night Live" archives, which the company made an exclusive year-long deal for in April. "Ghost Ghirls" is a comedy co-produced...
- 8/20/2013
- by Alison Willmore
- Indiewire
Network: CBS
Episodes: Eight but none aired (half-hour)
Seasons: One
TV show dates: N/A
Series status: Cancelled
Performers include: Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Nicholas Braun, Amanda Lund, Dan Ahdoot, Parvesh Cheena, and Steve Talley
TV show description:
This comedy revolves around a pair of best friends in their twenties who've moved from Indiana to Los Angeles to start cool new jobs at Groupon. While they have some things in common, the buddies can't agree on how to socially engage in their new city.
Evan (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) prefers to socialize online at home in his underwear -- web-chatting and playing poker with his Hoosier buddies like Mike (Parveesh Cheena), Sully (Tim Robinson) and Farhad (Dan Ahdoot).
Meanwhile, Rob (Nicholas Braun) is eager to embrace the big city scene and meet new...
Episodes: Eight but none aired (half-hour)
Seasons: One
TV show dates: N/A
Series status: Cancelled
Performers include: Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Nicholas Braun, Amanda Lund, Dan Ahdoot, Parvesh Cheena, and Steve Talley
TV show description:
This comedy revolves around a pair of best friends in their twenties who've moved from Indiana to Los Angeles to start cool new jobs at Groupon. While they have some things in common, the buddies can't agree on how to socially engage in their new city.
Evan (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) prefers to socialize online at home in his underwear -- web-chatting and playing poker with his Hoosier buddies like Mike (Parveesh Cheena), Sully (Tim Robinson) and Farhad (Dan Ahdoot).
Meanwhile, Rob (Nicholas Braun) is eager to embrace the big city scene and meet new...
- 8/13/2013
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
It doesn't look like viewers will ever get to see Friend Me. CBS has decided to shelve the comedy series and won't be airing the produced episodes.
Co-created by Ajay Sahgal and Alan Kirschenbaum, Friend Me revolves around two young best friends (Christopher Mintz-Plasse and Nicholas Braun) who move from Indiana to Los Angeles to work for Groupon. While one wants to recreate himself in the big city, the other wants to hold onto his hometown roots and relationships. Others in the cast include Amanda Lund, Dan Ahdoot, Parvesh Cheena, and Steve Talley.
The sitcom was ordered to series in May 2012 and was expected to debut mid-season. Kirschenbaum tragically took his own life in October 2012 and the network opted not to include the show in their mid-season plans in December.
The show's fate still seemed up in the air but,...
Co-created by Ajay Sahgal and Alan Kirschenbaum, Friend Me revolves around two young best friends (Christopher Mintz-Plasse and Nicholas Braun) who move from Indiana to Los Angeles to work for Groupon. While one wants to recreate himself in the big city, the other wants to hold onto his hometown roots and relationships. Others in the cast include Amanda Lund, Dan Ahdoot, Parvesh Cheena, and Steve Talley.
The sitcom was ordered to series in May 2012 and was expected to debut mid-season. Kirschenbaum tragically took his own life in October 2012 and the network opted not to include the show in their mid-season plans in December.
The show's fate still seemed up in the air but,...
- 8/13/2013
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
The Anatomy of Superhero Film Music panel
Thursday was a big day for television, with a full day of programming in Ballroom 20 (including Sherlock and the X-Files 20th anniversary panel). Given the craziness of Ballroom 20, I opted for the smaller rooms, starting the day off at a panel called The Anatomy of Superhero Film Music. A group of composers for various superhero projects made up the panel and we went down the line, taking a look at clips from each project, both with and without the music, exploring this contrast, along with the inspiration for the music. The one television project was an excerpt of Bear McCreary’s score for Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. We listened to what appears to be a main theme for the upcoming series. Unsurprisingly, given McCreary’s prior work and the superhero focus of the show, it features a mostly orchestral sound, with some...
Thursday was a big day for television, with a full day of programming in Ballroom 20 (including Sherlock and the X-Files 20th anniversary panel). Given the craziness of Ballroom 20, I opted for the smaller rooms, starting the day off at a panel called The Anatomy of Superhero Film Music. A group of composers for various superhero projects made up the panel and we went down the line, taking a look at clips from each project, both with and without the music, exploring this contrast, along with the inspiration for the music. The one television project was an excerpt of Bear McCreary’s score for Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. We listened to what appears to be a main theme for the upcoming series. Unsurprisingly, given McCreary’s prior work and the superhero focus of the show, it features a mostly orchestral sound, with some...
- 7/25/2013
- by Kate Kulzick
- SoundOnSight
Jack Black was last seen at Comic-Con in 2005. But Black was back for the start of the 2013 nerd convention promoting his newest online venture: "Ghost Ghirls." Black and the Ghost Ghirls -- Amanda Lund and Maria Blasucci -- along with the show's director, Jeremy Konner, were in San Diego to explain the concept of this new web show, which Black stars in and produces. His production company, Electric Dynamite, and Shine America came together to work on this paranormal comedy about two childhood girlfriends who possess special powers: They can...
- 7/19/2013
- by Suzette Valle
- The Wrap
Comic Con hasn’t been strictly superheroes in a long, long time. We have scoured the schedule for this year’s event and have pulled out the dark, the bloody, the monstrous, and the ghostly panels that look to be right up FEARnet readers’s alley.
Paranormal Passion Panel
Authors discuss the inclusion of romantic elements in their action-packed novels. Protagonists must battle the forces of evil while trying to keep the world (and often their lovers) safe from destruction. Maryelizabeth Hart of Mysterious Galaxy leads a discussion with Comic-Con special guest Christine Feehan (The Dark Series), Claudia Gray (Spellcaster), Aprilynne Pike (Earthbound), Lauren Kate (The Fallen Novels), Kendare Blake (Antigoddess), and Magnus Flyte (City of Dark Magic).
Thursday July 18, 2013 10:30am - 11:30am
Room 24Abc
Masters of the Web
Some of the most prominent and influential film pundits on the web discuss the film industry, writing for film online,...
Paranormal Passion Panel
Authors discuss the inclusion of romantic elements in their action-packed novels. Protagonists must battle the forces of evil while trying to keep the world (and often their lovers) safe from destruction. Maryelizabeth Hart of Mysterious Galaxy leads a discussion with Comic-Con special guest Christine Feehan (The Dark Series), Claudia Gray (Spellcaster), Aprilynne Pike (Earthbound), Lauren Kate (The Fallen Novels), Kendare Blake (Antigoddess), and Magnus Flyte (City of Dark Magic).
Thursday July 18, 2013 10:30am - 11:30am
Room 24Abc
Masters of the Web
Some of the most prominent and influential film pundits on the web discuss the film industry, writing for film online,...
- 7/10/2013
- by Alyse Wax
- FEARnet
With Sdcc 2013 kicking off soon, Preview Night details and the full schedule for Day 1 have arrived. We have some tough decisions to make as The Walking Dead comics take on "The X-Files" reunion and then the "Dexter," "Hannibal," and "Teen Wolf" panels go head-to-head.
Per usual, the abovementioned choices are just the tip of the iceberg for genre fans with panels running all day and evening on July 18th for paranormal novels, sexy steampunkers, horror gaming, horror novels, horror comics, horror journalists (including our own Heather Wixson!), composers, the ever present and popular zombies, The Goon feature film, and - in the last panel of the night - horror sitcom "Holliston." Check out our picks below, and be sure to visit the official San Diego Comic-Con 2013 website for the full lineup.
Preview Night: Wednesday, July 17, 2013
6:00pm - Special Sneak Peek Pilot Screenings
Comic-Con and Warner Bros. Television proudly continue their annual Preview Night tradition,...
Per usual, the abovementioned choices are just the tip of the iceberg for genre fans with panels running all day and evening on July 18th for paranormal novels, sexy steampunkers, horror gaming, horror novels, horror comics, horror journalists (including our own Heather Wixson!), composers, the ever present and popular zombies, The Goon feature film, and - in the last panel of the night - horror sitcom "Holliston." Check out our picks below, and be sure to visit the official San Diego Comic-Con 2013 website for the full lineup.
Preview Night: Wednesday, July 17, 2013
6:00pm - Special Sneak Peek Pilot Screenings
Comic-Con and Warner Bros. Television proudly continue their annual Preview Night tradition,...
- 7/5/2013
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
The full Thursday, July 18th schedule for Comic-Con has been officially announced and includes a 10th Anniversary panel for The Walking Dead comic book series, a panel for the Hannibal TV series, and a panel for Dexter‘s final season. Continue reading for a list of Thursday’s horror panels, including a certain zombie panel we’ll be officially announcing tomorrow:
Paranormal Passion Panel: Authors discuss the inclusion of romantic elements in their action-packed novels. Protagonists must battle the forces of evil while trying to keep the world (and often their lovers) safe from destruction. Maryelizabeth Hart of Mysterious Galaxy leads a discussion with Comic-Con special guest Christine Feehan (The Dark Series), Claudia Gray (Spellcaster), Aprilynne Pike (Earthbound), Lauren Kate (The Fallen Novels), Kendare Blake (Antigoddess), and Magnus Flyte (City of Dark Magic).
10:30am – 11:30am, Room 24Abc
Ghost Ghirls: A Behind-the-Scenes Paranormal Experience with Jack Black: Hey Comic-Con!
Paranormal Passion Panel: Authors discuss the inclusion of romantic elements in their action-packed novels. Protagonists must battle the forces of evil while trying to keep the world (and often their lovers) safe from destruction. Maryelizabeth Hart of Mysterious Galaxy leads a discussion with Comic-Con special guest Christine Feehan (The Dark Series), Claudia Gray (Spellcaster), Aprilynne Pike (Earthbound), Lauren Kate (The Fallen Novels), Kendare Blake (Antigoddess), and Magnus Flyte (City of Dark Magic).
10:30am – 11:30am, Room 24Abc
Ghost Ghirls: A Behind-the-Scenes Paranormal Experience with Jack Black: Hey Comic-Con!
- 7/4/2013
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Los Angeles, July 3: Actor-comedian Jack Black will produce an online version of a comedy series about ghost hunters.
The 43-year-old actor has teamed up with bosses of internet giant Yahoo! and Shine America to produce "Ghost Ghirls", a paranormal web comedy series.
Co-creators Amanda Lund and Maria Blasucci star as the female double-act, while Black will make guest appearances in the online series, which is billed as a spoof version of TV shows such as "Medium" and "Ghost Whisperer".
The show is due to premiere in autumn this year.
Ians...
The 43-year-old actor has teamed up with bosses of internet giant Yahoo! and Shine America to produce "Ghost Ghirls", a paranormal web comedy series.
Co-creators Amanda Lund and Maria Blasucci star as the female double-act, while Black will make guest appearances in the online series, which is billed as a spoof version of TV shows such as "Medium" and "Ghost Whisperer".
The show is due to premiere in autumn this year.
Ians...
- 7/3/2013
- by Arun Pandit
- RealBollywood.com
The beast that is Comic-Con is speeding at us like a bullet headed straight to the noggin of an undead head, and we have the first word on a bit of sexy parapsychological silliness that will be live (or dead) and in attendance.
From the Press Release
Shine America and Yahoo! will bring the ultimate paranormal experience to this year’s Comic-Con International in San Diego, CA. Jack Black will return to Comic-Con for the first time since 2005 for a panel session to support the paranormal comedy web series “Ghost Ghirls,” guest-starring and produced by Black and coming to Yahoo! this fall.
The panel will take place on Thursday, July 18th, from 1:00 Pm to 2:00 Pm in the Indigo Ballroom at the Hilton Bayfront Hotel. Joining Black on the “Ghost Ghirls” panel are co-stars/creators Amanda Lund and Maria Blasucci, director/creator Jeremy Konner, and Erin McPherson, VP & Head of Video at Yahoo!
From the Press Release
Shine America and Yahoo! will bring the ultimate paranormal experience to this year’s Comic-Con International in San Diego, CA. Jack Black will return to Comic-Con for the first time since 2005 for a panel session to support the paranormal comedy web series “Ghost Ghirls,” guest-starring and produced by Black and coming to Yahoo! this fall.
The panel will take place on Thursday, July 18th, from 1:00 Pm to 2:00 Pm in the Indigo Ballroom at the Hilton Bayfront Hotel. Joining Black on the “Ghost Ghirls” panel are co-stars/creators Amanda Lund and Maria Blasucci, director/creator Jeremy Konner, and Erin McPherson, VP & Head of Video at Yahoo!
- 7/2/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Jack Black will appear at Comic-Con to promote upcoming web series "Ghost Ghirls," which he produced and guest stars in, Shine America and Yahoo announced on Monday. Co-creators Amanda Lund, Maria Blasucci and Jeremy Konner will join Black on stage to talk about the show, along with Erin McPherson, video chief at Yahoo, which will air the show this fall. They will present an episode of "Ghost Ghirls," starring Lund and Blasucci as friends working as paranormal investigators. Each episode presents a new case. Also read: SXSW: Jack Black Debuts 'Ghost Ghirls' – The Next...
- 7/1/2013
- by Lucas Shaw
- The Wrap
Jack Black Returns to Comic-Con for a Paranormal Panel on Yahoo!.s Comedy Series .Ghost Ghirls. Shine America and Yahoo! will bring the ultimate paranormal experience to this year.s Comic-Con International in San Diego, CA. Jack Black will return to Comic-Con for the first time since 2005 for a panel session to support the paranormal comedy web series, .Ghost Ghirls,. guest-starring and produced by Black and coming to Yahoo! this fall. The panel will take place on Thursday, July 18th from 1:00 Pm to 2:00 Pm in the Indigo Ballroom at the Hilton Bayfront Hotel. Joining Black on the .Ghost Ghirls. panel are co-stars/creators Amanda Lund and Maria Blasucci, director/creator Jeremy Konner and Erin McPherson, VP & Head of Video at...
- 7/1/2013
- by April Neale
- Monsters and Critics
Updated: Another NBC pilot that narrowly missed the cut to series is staying alive. I’ve learned that the network has extended the options on the entire cast of the untitled Craig Robinson pilot, which I hear also is getting an order for three additional scripts. The project, written by Owen Ellickson, centers around a talented musician (Robinson) who adjusts to his new life as a middle school music teacher, where he maneuvers precocious kids, teacher politics, and the temptations of single moms. The cast of the pilot, from Universal TV, Deedle-Dee Prods and 3 Arts, also includes Larenz Tate, Amanda Lund and Jean Smart. Ellickson is executive producing with Greg Daniels, Tracy Katsky, Gabe Miller and Jonathan Green, who helped rewrite the pilot script, Howard Klein and Mark Schulman. Robinson serves as producer. The Craig Robinson pilot joins fellow NBC/Uni TV comedy pilot Assistance, which recently received an order...
- 6/29/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Ghost Ghirls is a new online comedy series presented by Yahoo!Screen that follows two young female ghostbusters as they solve mysteries of paranormal phenomena. Portrayed by comedians Amanda Lund and Maria Blasucci, the pair emulate Shawn and Gus of Psych more than Sherlock Holmes and Watson as they attempt to convince their clients and local law enforcement of their legitimacy as investigators.
Ghost Ghirls was created by Jeremy Konner, Lund and Blasucci, who also serve as executive producers -- seen above with fellow executive producer Jack Black. Konner, who is best known for his Drunk History series on Funny or Die, also directed Ghost Ghirls.
An exclusive sneak preview of two episodes of Ghost Ghirls was presented at SXSW 2013, featuring hilarious cameo appearances by Dave Grohl, Val Kilmer, Molly Shannon and numerous other celebrities. I thoroughly enjoyed the witty writing and well paced storylines, and look forward to more adventures with the paranormal pair.
Ghost Ghirls was created by Jeremy Konner, Lund and Blasucci, who also serve as executive producers -- seen above with fellow executive producer Jack Black. Konner, who is best known for his Drunk History series on Funny or Die, also directed Ghost Ghirls.
An exclusive sneak preview of two episodes of Ghost Ghirls was presented at SXSW 2013, featuring hilarious cameo appearances by Dave Grohl, Val Kilmer, Molly Shannon and numerous other celebrities. I thoroughly enjoyed the witty writing and well paced storylines, and look forward to more adventures with the paranormal pair.
- 3/25/2013
- by Debbie Cerda
- Slackerwood
Jack Black descended on Austin Wednesday night, taking a brief respite from his Tenacious D world tour to perform alongside longtime partner in crime Kyle Gass at South by Southwest. And while the audience waited to hear the actor/singer strum his guitar and play a faux saxophone, they were treated to a welcome surprise -- a couple of episodes from a funny new web series, "Ghost Ghirls," a paranormal comedy created by and starring Amanda Lund and Maria Blasucci and executive-produced by Black. At a panel after the screening, the girls joked...
- 3/14/2013
- by Lucas Shaw
- The Wrap
Think there is no letter “D” in SXSW? Think again. Jack Black and Kyle Gass’ acoustic-metal rockers Tenacious D are set to play a concert in Austin to promote the new Yahoo! Screen web comedy Ghost Ghirls, about a pair of ditzy ghost hunters played by Amanda Lund and Maria Blasucci. The concert, and a screening party, will take place on March 13 at Yahoo!’s SXSW venue. The show was co-created by Lund, Blasucci, and series director Jeremy Konner (Funny or Die) and is being co-produced by Black’s Electric Dynamite Productions and Shine America.
“There is no better to...
“There is no better to...
- 2/25/2013
- by Clark Collis
- EW.com - PopWatch
By Rachel Bennett
Television Editor & Columnist
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It’s pilot season, which means your favorite out-of-work TV actors, actresses, creators and writers are getting a chance to return to the small screen once more.
Although we have yet to know what new series we’ll see next year, the networks have been busy selecting projects to consider for their schedules. So far, almost 100 scripts have been chosen, and audiences will only get to see a handful actually come to fruition.
Several are duds, but there are a few promising prospects that I hope network executives will keep around for the 2013-2014 season — even if it means they have to cancel old favorites to make room (just keep Parks and Recreation, Ok, NBC?).
Check out my choices for the best prospective pilots NBC and CBS have ordered, and come back tomorrow to see my picks for ABC and Fox:
NBC
Drama
1. Believe...
Television Editor & Columnist
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It’s pilot season, which means your favorite out-of-work TV actors, actresses, creators and writers are getting a chance to return to the small screen once more.
Although we have yet to know what new series we’ll see next year, the networks have been busy selecting projects to consider for their schedules. So far, almost 100 scripts have been chosen, and audiences will only get to see a handful actually come to fruition.
Several are duds, but there are a few promising prospects that I hope network executives will keep around for the 2013-2014 season — even if it means they have to cancel old favorites to make room (just keep Parks and Recreation, Ok, NBC?).
Check out my choices for the best prospective pilots NBC and CBS have ordered, and come back tomorrow to see my picks for ABC and Fox:
NBC
Drama
1. Believe...
- 2/24/2013
- by Rachel Bennett
- Scott Feinberg
NBC's "Dracula" has found its Van Helsing -- and it's someone who's familiar with the story.
Thomas Kretschmann, who starred on ABC's "The River" last season, will play Abraham Van Helsing in the series, which stars Jonathan Rhys Meyers as the title character. Oliver Jackson-Cohen ("Mr. Selfridge") has also joined the cast as Jonathan Harker.
"Dracula" is set in 1890s London and has the undead count posing as an American while he plots revenge on those who made him what he is. In this telling, Van Helsing is also dangerously obsessed with vengeance. Harker, meanwhile, is a journalist and social climber who will do whatever he can to gain access to the upper reaches of society.
Kretschmann played Dracula in a Dario Argento movie last year.
Other casting news:
- Nate Corddry ("United States of Tara") has joined the cast of CBS' comedy "Mom," co-created by Chuck Lorre and starring...
Thomas Kretschmann, who starred on ABC's "The River" last season, will play Abraham Van Helsing in the series, which stars Jonathan Rhys Meyers as the title character. Oliver Jackson-Cohen ("Mr. Selfridge") has also joined the cast as Jonathan Harker.
"Dracula" is set in 1890s London and has the undead count posing as an American while he plots revenge on those who made him what he is. In this telling, Van Helsing is also dangerously obsessed with vengeance. Harker, meanwhile, is a journalist and social climber who will do whatever he can to gain access to the upper reaches of society.
Kretschmann played Dracula in a Dario Argento movie last year.
Other casting news:
- Nate Corddry ("United States of Tara") has joined the cast of CBS' comedy "Mom," co-created by Chuck Lorre and starring...
- 2/12/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Nate Corddry To Co-Star In Chuck Lorre’s CBS Pilot ‘Mom’, Amanda Lund In NBC’s Craig Robinson Comedy
Exclusive: Nate Corddry (Harry’s Law, Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip) has been tapped as the male lead in Chuck Lorre’s CBS comedy pilot Mom. The multi-camera project, which Lorre co-wrote on spec with two members of his Two And A Half Men team — executive producer Eddie Gorodetsky and story editor Gemma Baker — stars Anna Faris as Christy, a newly sober single mom who tries to pull her life together in Napa Valley. Corddry, repped by Wme and the Group Entertainment, will play Gabriel, the married boss with whom Christy is having an affair. Allison Janney co-stars as Christy’s mom. Corddry, who was pursued for multiple pilots, will next be seen in the features The Heat, In Lieu Of Flowers and Girl Most Likely and voices a regular role on the new Disney Xd animation series Tron: Uprising. Amanda Lund has landed the female lead opposite Craig Robinson...
- 2/11/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
It seems Jack Black can’t get enough ghostbuster-based gags. Last week he filled the shoes of Dan Aykroyd at a live reading of the Ghostbusters script organized by director Jason Reitman at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Now, it has been announced that he’s producing a new web comedy series called Ghost Ghirls that will debut on Yahoo! Screen next spring.
The 12-episode series details the adventures of two ghostbusters played by Amanda Lund and Maria Blasucci. Molly Shannon, Jason Schwartzman, and Black himself will all make cameo appearances on the show, which began production in Los Angeles earlier this month.
The 12-episode series details the adventures of two ghostbusters played by Amanda Lund and Maria Blasucci. Molly Shannon, Jason Schwartzman, and Black himself will all make cameo appearances on the show, which began production in Los Angeles earlier this month.
- 12/17/2012
- by Clark Collis
- EW - Inside TV
Shine America and Jack Black's Electric Dynamite Productions have partnered to produce "Ghost Ghirls," a new comedy series that will debut in the Spring on Yahoo! Screen, the web giant's video portal. Jeremy Konner, Amanda Lund and Maria Blasucci created the show, which stars Lund and Blasucci as a pair of hapless investigators on the hunt for paranormal activity. It has begun production on a first season of 12 episodes. Konner, who directed Funny or Die's "Drunk History" videos, will direct and executive produce with Lund, Blasucci, Black and Priyanka Matoo of...
- 12/17/2012
- by Lucas Shaw
- The Wrap
Production has started on Ghost Ghirls, a Web comedy series from Shine America and Jack Black’s Electric Dynamite Prods, which is set to debut in spring 2013 on Yahoo! Screen. Black, as well as Jake Johnson, Molly Shannon, Jason Schwartzman and other celebrities, are set to make cameo appearances in Ghost Ghirls, a comedic take on popular paranormal procedurals like Medium and Ghost Whisperer. The project, originally developed as a TV series for Syfy last year, chronicles the antics of two young female ghostbusters, played by Amanda Lund and Maria Blasucci (two-women improv show Beans!) — a pair of investigators attempting to solve the mysteries behind paranormal phenomena. At the same time, they attempt to convince their clients, other-worldly visitors and themselves that they are legit. Ghost Ghirls was created by Jeremy Konner, Lund and Blasucci, who also serve as executive producers alongside Electric Dynamite’s Black and Priyanka Mattoo. Konner...
- 12/17/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Jack Black's production company Electric Dynamite and Shine America have teamed up for a new project: the paranormal comedy web series Ghost Ghirls. The 12-episode Ghost Ghirls, which wraps filming in Los Angeles at the end of this week, will debut in spring 2013 on Yahoo! Screen. Black, New Girl's Jake Johnson, Molly Shannon and Jason Schwartzman are among the celebrities that will appear in the web series, though more names will be revealed later. The episodes will be roughly 10 minutes each. Ghost Ghirls, created by Jeremy Konner, Amanda Lund and Maria Blasucci, revolve around two young female
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- 12/17/2012
- by Philiana Ng
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: CBS is adding some estrogen to midseason buddy comedy Friend Me with the introduction of a new regular female character to be played by Amanda Lund. Created by Alan Kirschenbaum and Ajay Sahgal, Friend Me is about two twentysomething best friends who just moved from Indiana to Los Angeles to start cool new jobs. Rob (Nicholas Braun) is eager to embrace the L.A. scene and meet new people, while Evan (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) prefers to socialize online at home in his underwear, web-chatting and playing poker with his Hoosier buddies Mike (Parveesh Cheena), Sully and Farhad (Dan Ahdoot). In what is considered the female lead on the ensemble, Lund will play the upbeat and often socially awkward Amanda Baxter, new to Los Angeles, alone after a break-up, and eager to move on with her life. Working for a caterer with dreams one day to be a chef, she finds...
- 9/18/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Principal photography has begun on .Someone Marry Barry,. a raucous comedy written and directed by Academy Award©-nominee Rob Pearlstein, starring Tyler Labine, Damon Wayans, Jr., Lucy Punch, Hayes MacArthur, Thomas Middleditch, Frankie Shaw and Amanda Lund. Producers are Josephson Entertainment.s Barry Josephson along with Marisa Polvino and Kate Cohen, of Straight Up Films. Executive producers are Josephson Entertainment vice-president Alexander Young, Madrose Productions. Jeremy Bailer, and Marc H. Simon at Cowan, DeBaets, Abrahams & Sheppard Llp, who packaged the project.
.Someone Marry Barry. follows three friends who plot to get rid of their socially inappropriate friend Barry by finding him a wife. But when Barry finally meets a woman, she turns out to be just like him, and now the guys have to deal with not one but two .Barrys.. Through their tribulations with this uncensored duo, the guys learn some truths about the nature of friendship and love.
.Someone Marry Barry. follows three friends who plot to get rid of their socially inappropriate friend Barry by finding him a wife. But when Barry finally meets a woman, she turns out to be just like him, and now the guys have to deal with not one but two .Barrys.. Through their tribulations with this uncensored duo, the guys learn some truths about the nature of friendship and love.
- 7/24/2012
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Damon Wayans Jr. will star alongside Tyler Labine and Lucy Punch in Someone Marry Barry, a comedy written and directed by Rob Pearlstein. Barry follows three friends who plot to get rid of their socially inappropriate friend Barry by finding him a wife. But when Barry finally meets a woman, she turns out to be just like him, and now the guys have to deal with not one but two “Barrys. Hayes MacArthur, Thomas Middleditch, Frankie Shaw and Amanda Lund co-star in supporting roles. Principal photography on the project began yesterday, in Los Angeles. Barry Josephson, as well as Marisa Polvino and Kate Cohen of Straight Up Films are producing. ...
- 7/24/2012
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Tyler Labine, Damon Wayans Jr., and Lucy Punch are starring in Someone Marry Barry, a comedy written and directed by Rob Pearlstein and produced by Barry Josephson. Hayes MacArthur, Thomas Middleditch, Frankie Shaw and Amanda Lund are also in the movie, which began production Monday in Los Angeles. Barry follows three friends who plot to get rid of their socially inappropriate friend Barry by finding him a wife. But when Barry finally meets a woman, she turns out to be just like him, and now the guys have to deal with not one but two “Barrys.” Josephson is producing
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- 7/24/2012
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: On the heels of casting Gossip Girl, Melrose Place and Supernatural alumna Katie Cassidy as the female lead in the CW’s pilot Arrow, another familiar CW face is joining the project. Willa Holland (Gossip Girl) has been cast in the modern retelling of the story of DC Comics character Green Arrow which stars Stephen Amell as the vigilante superhero who fights crime using archery, martial arts and technology under his secret identity as Oliver Queen, a wealthy playboy and billionaire industrialist-turned-outspoken politician in Star City. Holland will play Thea Queen, Oliver’s celebutante younger sister who’s testing the boundaries of acceptable behavior. The actress, repped by Gersh and Meyer Management, also co-starred on Fox’s The O.C. Adam Campbell (Harper’s Island) and Amanda Lund have been added to the cast of CBS’s single-camera comedy pilot from feature writer-director Nick Stoller. Stoller wrote and will direct the untitled project,...
- 2/16/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Syfy doesn’t have a half-hour comedy on its schedule right now, but it may have designs to do so in the future. It has reportedly purchased a project entitled Ghost Ghirls, executive produced by Jack Black. It was created by Amanda Lund, Maria Blasucci and Jeremy Konner.
Deadline reports:
Directed by Konner, Ghost Ghirls is a comedic take on popular paranormal procedurals like Medium and Ghost Whisperer starring Lund and Blasucci (improv two-women show Beans!) as two women: Heidi, who has self-proclaimed psychic abilities, and Angelica, who is a tech wiz. Together they attempt to solve paranormal mysteries each week while trying to prove to themselves and their customers that they are competent ghost hunters.
Ok, we’re willing to give it a try if Syfy does. We’ll keep you posted.
Deadline reports:
Directed by Konner, Ghost Ghirls is a comedic take on popular paranormal procedurals like Medium and Ghost Whisperer starring Lund and Blasucci (improv two-women show Beans!) as two women: Heidi, who has self-proclaimed psychic abilities, and Angelica, who is a tech wiz. Together they attempt to solve paranormal mysteries each week while trying to prove to themselves and their customers that they are competent ghost hunters.
Ok, we’re willing to give it a try if Syfy does. We’ll keep you posted.
- 11/23/2011
- by Erin Willard
- ScifiMafia
SyFy remained busy on the original series front. The fanboy favorite cable outlet just gave the green light to its first half-hour comedy pilot, Ghost Girls, created by Jeremy Konney and improv comics Amanda Lund and Maria Blasucci and produced by Jack Black. Truer to its fanboy core, The Hollywood Reporter confirmed today that the NBC Universal cable channel also ordered a pilot scipt based on the DC Comics title Booster Gold, about a time traveler named Michael John Carter from 25th century Gotham City who uses futuristic technology and knowledge of the past to come off as a superhero in the 21st century.
- 11/22/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
SyFy Orders Script for DC Comic Booster Gold
SyFy remained busy on the original series front. The fanboy favorite cable outlet just gave the green light to its first half-hour comedy pilot, Ghost Girls, created by Jeremy Konney and improv comics Amanda Lund and Maria Blasucci and produced by Jack Black. Truer to its fanboy core, The Hollywood Reporter confirmed today that the NBC Universal cable channel also ordered a pilot scipt based on the DC Comics title Booster Gold, about a time traveler named Michael John Carter from 25th century Gotham City who uses futuristic technology and knowledge of the past to come off as a superhero in the 21st century.
- 11/22/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
SyFy remained busy on the original series front. The fanboy favorite cable outlet just gave the green light to its first half-hour comedy pilot, Ghost Girls, created by Jeremy Konney and improv comics Amanda Lund and Maria Blasucci and produced by Jack Black. Truer to its fanboy core, The Hollywood Reporter confirmed today that the NBC Universal cable channel also ordered a pilot scipt based on the DC Comics title Booster Gold, about a time traveler named Michael John Carter from 25th century Gotham City who uses futuristic technology and knowledge of the past to come off as a superhero in the 21st century.
- 11/22/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Syfy has expanded their lineup with a new comedy series. Deadline reports that the network has picked up Ghost Ghirls, a project created by Jeremy Konner, Amanda Lund and Maria Blasucci and executive produced by Jack Black. The comedy is directed by Konner, and is reportedly a comedic take on shows like Medium and Ghost Whisperer. Lund and Blasucci respectively play “Heidi, who has self-proclaimed psychic abilities, and Angelica, who is a tech wiz. Together they attempt to solve paranormal mysteries each week while trying to prove to themselves and their customers that they are competent ghost hunters.”
Ghost Ghirls will be exec produced by Electric Dynamite’s Jack Black and Priyanka Mattoo with Ben Cooley, while Konner will serve as producer. This actually sounds like a fun show to me. My wife loves Medium and Ghost Whisperer and I have always found them ridiculously annoying, so a comic twist...
Ghost Ghirls will be exec produced by Electric Dynamite’s Jack Black and Priyanka Mattoo with Ben Cooley, while Konner will serve as producer. This actually sounds like a fun show to me. My wife loves Medium and Ghost Whisperer and I have always found them ridiculously annoying, so a comic twist...
- 11/21/2011
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
Syfy is developing a half-hour comedy pilot with Hollywood star Jack Black. Ghost Ghirls will star Amanda Lund and Maria Blasucci as a pair of paranormal investigators, according to Deadline. Lund's Heidi is a self-proclaimed psychic, while Blasucci's Angelia is a computer whiz. The project is being pitched as a comedic take on shows like Medium and Ghost Whisperer. Black will executive produce, while Jeremy Konner will both produce and direct. (more)...
- 11/21/2011
- by By Morgan Jeffery
- Digital Spy
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