Posts by Zach Dionne

November 1, 2013
Pet Sematary, Jealous of Carrie, Will Get a Remake

'Twas late Halloween when Variety told the verrry spoooooky tale of Pet Sematary being remade, no matter how poorly the deeply unnecessary Carrie remake did at the box office in October. Negotiating to take the helm is Spain’s Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, who showed a knack for interpreting source material when he wrote and directed the not-awful 28 Weeks Later; […]
October 31, 2013
Afternoon Links: NBC Bought a Tina Fey Show Starring Ellie Kemper

Since not even NBC is crazy enough to stay out of the Tina Fey business for too long, the Peacock has ordered 13 episodes of a sitcom that Fey and her 30 Rock co-executive producer Robert Carlock will write and produce together. Ellie Kemper will star as a woman who “escapes from a doomsday cult […]
October 31, 2013
Let’s Try Not to Panic About Totally Biased’s Tiny Ratings on FXX

This fall, comedian W. Kamau Bell more or less found himself the de facto face of FX’s comedy-leaning offshoot, FXX. Bell’s Totally Biased — a bright spot of diversity and progressive real talk in the late-night arena, executive produced and co-created by Chris Rock — was upgraded from one episode per week to five. (The […]
October 31, 2013
How I Met Your Father Might Happen Next

How I Met Your Mother has managed to turn what could have been a quick after-dinner story explaining its titular subject into a sitcom of Friends-ian proportions, spinning out into nine seasons and as many Emmys. Now Carter Bays and Craig Thomas, the show’s co-creators and executive producers, have found their next big move: doing […]
October 30, 2013
Afternoon Links: Guy Fieri Kicked a Crying, Swearing Hairdresser Out of His SUV

Here’s one of those situations where you definitely want to know it happened, but you don’t want any more than the bare minimum of information. Someone, a hairdresser called Ariel Ramirez, is deploying a furious melange of curses at someone else who has booted him from an SUV. The someone else is Guy Fieri, a […]
October 30, 2013
Prism Is Katy Perry’s Second No. 1 Album

When you deploy a shimmering golden 18-wheeler to announce your new record, you’re gonna debut at no. 1. There is no other way. And so it was that Katy Perry sold 286,000 copies of Prism to claim the top spot on the Billboard 200 this week, also securing bragging rights for 2013’s best debut week […]
October 30, 2013
Gerard Butler and Aaron Eckhart Are Doing London Has Fallen

I could sit here and tell you White House Down was getting a sequel and, unless you’re a drooling Channing Tatum fan, you might not even know I was lying. But it’s actually Olympus Has Fallen that’s heading to London. Just for crystal clarity, that means you’ll have the opportunity to spend another couple of […]
October 29, 2013
Afternoon Links: How Do You Get Harrison Ford to Talk to You?

Harrison Ford is 71 now, and he’s just so over trying to be cordial when he doesn’t want to be. For example, take erstwhile Grantlander and current GQ-er Zach Baron’s attempt to highlight Ford’s apparent interest in the sci-fi genre, on the eve of Ender’s Game. “If you say so,” Ford said/likely growled. Quizzed on […]
October 29, 2013
Was Louisiana Visited by an R. Kelly Imposter This Weekend?

There may be a make-believe R. Kelly in our midst, and this matters. Not only because Kellz might have fudged a concert or had his likeness taken advantage of, but because we don’t want Lady Gaga impersonators playing Staples Center in a few years while we gladly cough up our last 200 zombie apocalypse dollars […]
October 29, 2013
Emile Hirsch Will Play John Belushi After All

With names like Joaquin Phoenix and Workaholics’ Adam DeVine in the air, 28-year-old Emile Hirsch has locked down the opportunity to don the COLLEGE sweatshirt. (It happened so fast, it’s almost like they didn’t take our alternate casting suggestions into serious consideration. Ouch, guys.) Screenwriter Steve Conrad (The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, The Weather Man) will […]

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