Exclusive: Nurse Jackie co-creator Liz Brixius has signed an overall deal with Universal Television. The rich two-year pact reunites Brixius with former Showtime entertainment president Bob Greenblatt, who developed and put Nurse Jackie on the air and now oversees NBC and Universal TV as NBC Entertainment chairman. Under the new deal, Brixius will develop new projects for Uni TV. Related: ‘Nurse Jackie’ Co-Creators-Showrunners Linda Wallem, Liz Brixius To Depart Brixius recently left Nurse Jackie, on which she served as co-showrunner for four seasons alongside fellow co-creator/executive producer Linda Wallem, who also departed. The two co-created the dark comedy starring Edie Falco with Evan Dunsky. Nurse Jackie was the first TV series for Brixius, who previously teamed with Wallem to co-create another Showtime project, Insatiable, which was picked up to pilot by Greenblatt and led to the duo’s gig on Nurse Jackie. In addition to her four-year stint on Nurse Jackie,...
- 4/24/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Not long ago, Peter Facinelli went to meet with "Training Day" director Antoine Fuqua on a new project. Though Facinelli has been in the business for more than 15 years and has played a wide variety of characters, he is probably best known as Dr. Carlisle Cullen, the adoptive father to a brood of gorgeous vampires in the "Twilight" film series. Carlisle is described as eternally young and so good-looking he practically makes nurses faint in his wake, and it's not hard to see why the actor who got his big break as the hotshot jock in "Can't Hardly Wait" was the perfect choice for the role.But when Facinelli sat down with Fuqua and his producer, he made an offbeat suggestion. "I said, 'You know who I'd really love to play?' " he recalls. "They assumed I was talking about the lead role, for whom they were pursuing huge names.
- 3/24/2010
- backstage.com
Nurse Jackie, starring Edie Falco (The Sopranos) as the complicated, sweet-and-sour title character, has been a surprise hit for Showtime. With its strong female characters and gay-inclusive storylines — one of the lead characters, Mo-Mo (Haaz Slieman), is gay and the show recently featured a lesbian couple played by Swoosie Kurtz and Blythe Danner — the drama has become a favorite with Lgbt viewers as well.
A big part of Nurse Jackie’s progressive recipe for success are its co-creators and co-show runners, Linda Wallem and Liz Brixius — who also just happen to be out lesbians.
Linda Wallem and Liz Brixius
We spoke to both of them about writing gay storylines, where Nurse Jackie is headed in its second season, and how they’ve fared as out lesbians in entertainment.
AfterEllen.com: Congratulations on the success of Nurse Jackie. Only two days after its premiere episode, it was picked up for a second season!
A big part of Nurse Jackie’s progressive recipe for success are its co-creators and co-show runners, Linda Wallem and Liz Brixius — who also just happen to be out lesbians.
Linda Wallem and Liz Brixius
We spoke to both of them about writing gay storylines, where Nurse Jackie is headed in its second season, and how they’ve fared as out lesbians in entertainment.
AfterEllen.com: Congratulations on the success of Nurse Jackie. Only two days after its premiere episode, it was picked up for a second season!
- 7/28/2009
- by karman
- AfterEllen.com
Chris Johnson has landed a lead role on ABC's comedy pilot The More Things Change ... for director Todd Phillips.
Meanwhile, Beth Riesgraf and Gina Bellman have joined the TNT drama pilot Leverage, to be directed by Dean Devlin.
Change, from Regency TV and writer Allan Loeb, is a single-camera comedy about a quartet of male friends who explore how male friendships endure through change. Johnson will play one of the four men. His character, Rick, is a young man who suddenly has an astounding revelation in his life that turns his friendships upside down.
Johnson's credits include the feature XXX: State of the Union and the UPN series South Beach. He is repped by APA and Luber/Roklin Management.
Leverage, written by John Rogers and Chris Downey, centers on Nate Ford (Timothy Hutton), a former insurance investigator-turned-thief who is the brains behind a team of accomplished hooligans and high-tech outlaws.
Riesgraf (Showtime's pilot Insatiable) will play Parker, an accomplished burglar who exudes dorkiness, eccentricity and sexuality.
Meanwhile, Beth Riesgraf and Gina Bellman have joined the TNT drama pilot Leverage, to be directed by Dean Devlin.
Change, from Regency TV and writer Allan Loeb, is a single-camera comedy about a quartet of male friends who explore how male friendships endure through change. Johnson will play one of the four men. His character, Rick, is a young man who suddenly has an astounding revelation in his life that turns his friendships upside down.
Johnson's credits include the feature XXX: State of the Union and the UPN series South Beach. He is repped by APA and Luber/Roklin Management.
Leverage, written by John Rogers and Chris Downey, centers on Nate Ford (Timothy Hutton), a former insurance investigator-turned-thief who is the brains behind a team of accomplished hooligans and high-tech outlaws.
Riesgraf (Showtime's pilot Insatiable) will play Parker, an accomplished burglar who exudes dorkiness, eccentricity and sexuality.
- 11/26/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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