Will is a member of the Television Critics Association and has written for Decider.com, the Onion A.V. Club, The Dissolve, Indiewire, Rhino.com, TV Week Magazine, The Virginian-Pilot, Popdose.com, and EW.com along with writing for Bullz-Eye.com and Premium Hollywood.
Per the Sci-Fi Network’s panel at the TCA press tour…
“Sci-Fi.com has ordered a 10-part webisode series based on the multi-award-winning “Farscape” the fan and critical darling that has been widely recognized as one of the greatest sci-fi series in television history. Executive-produced by Brian Henson and Robert Halmi, Jr., and produced by The Jim Henson Company, in association with RHI Entertainment, the series will revive and expand the beloved “Farscape” universe.”
After the “Californication” panel yesterday, David Duchovny was literally SWARMED by writers with their recorders extended…and, yes, I was one of them. But, eventually, my arm got tired – I was having to stretch over the shoulder of another fella – and I have to give up the ghost. Still, I got this pic, and I also got this valuable info:
Duchovny is anticipating that he’ll finally, FINALLY be receiving the script to the forever-gestating “X-Files” movie sequel. It’s a co-write by Chris Carter and Frank Spotnitz, which longtime fans of the show will be giddy about, given that Carter, of course, is the show’s creator, while Spotnitz wrote, story-edited, and produced many fine episodes for the series. (Carter will also direct, according to Duchovny.) Gillian Anderson is on board, as you’ve no doubt heard rumored…but, then, this flick has been nothing but rumors for the longest time. Lord knows we’ve heard rumors that a script was on the way before. So what makes this different?
“This time,” says Duchovny, “I really am supposed to get the script next week. And I’m looking forward to seeing what (Chris) did.”
It’s to be a one-off script, i.e. there are no intentions to continue the franchise as an ongoing series of sequels, and – all things being equal – the plan is for filming to begin later this year, with a release date for sometime in 2008.
Bonus anecdote: Evan Handler, who plays Duchovny’s character’s agent on “Californication,” joked, “It’s going to open the same weekend as the ‘Sex and the City’ movie.” Duchovny’s reply: “We’re gonna crush ’em!”
If you’re looking for the transcript of the “General Hospital: Night Shift” panel, sorry, I had to yank it. As a new member of the Television Critics Association, I committed the cardinal sin of not studying the bylaws as well as perhaps I should have, and I didn’t realize that the posting of transcripts is more than a little bit frowned upon. I’ll work on pulling together some highlights of the event in a slightly different format, but, for now, it’ll remain MIA.
Sorry!
The “Weeds” panel just ended, and I figured, okay, how can I not at least try to get a photo of Mary-Kate Olsen? No dice. She was whisked off the premises like she was a Beatle. Surprisingly, Mary Louise Parker evacuated the premises just as rapidly, but at least she was willing to let people put their tape recorders in her face for a minute or two as she walked to her car.
Mary-Kate, however, was off like a shot, only stopping long enough to chat with an acquaintance, and, even then, she was swarmed so that you couldn’t get a pic. Dammit. So let me just say this: both Marys were wearing very cute and very short skirts, but it’s perhaps a testament to my age that it was Ms. Parker who won the Most Gorgeous category. (To be fair, though, she kind of looks like a deer in this headlights in this shot.)
Damn, sorry to stretch this thing out into 3 parts. That was never my intention. There just happens to be a lot going on…and, if nothing else, I think I’m clarifying that pretty well with the length of these postings!
Okay, so: The Salt-n-Pepa Show.
Like I said, I wasn’t able to catch this panel, and I was disappointed, but, ultimately, I figured people would be more interested in reading about Steven Van Vandt, and I stand by that decision. But, fortunately, I’ve got the transcript, and it sounds like there’s more than enough remaining tension between the pair that…well, though I hate to admit it, I’m actually rather tempted to watch it.
When asked to go into what happened in 2002, when the pair separated, Salt immediately passed the buck to Pepa, which – as it turned out – was a harbinger of things to come. But, anyway, apparently, what happened was that Salt made the very poor decision of dropping a bomb on Pepa via cell phone.
“We were just in the process of changing management,” began Pepa, “and with my perception, you know, I had all of my eggs in the basket with Salt. I just believed that she and I was going to take the world by storm. We were getting rid of some…you know, some people that were part of our team that wasn’t, you know, good business for us. We were moving forward, so I believed. And once we put that in order and got rid of some of the people, I’m getting a pedicure, or I’m in the salon…actually, Spin Salon, at the time…and my cell phone rings. It was Salt on the phone. And I’m, like, ‘Hey, girl, what’s going on?’ And she was just, like, basically, ‘I don’t want to be joined at your hips anymore. I’m through. I’m leaving the group.’ I was shocked, but I didn’t believe her until I saw that the offers were coming in and she was really sticking with it and saying, ‘No, I’m leaving, and I don’t want to be a part of it anymore.’ And I was just devastated at that moment.”
Salt launched into her defense, naturally, explaining that there had been an escalating series of events which led to her decision. “It had been many years Salt-n-Pepa had a lot of success,” she said, “and it was all fun for her, but from my perspective, I felt like I didn’t have control of my life. I felt like I was compromising in a lot of ways. I had some other really deep issues that I won’t go into right now, and I was just tired. It’s hard being in a group, you know, year after year after year, and I needed to do some soul-searching, you know. It’s that time in an artist’s career where they need to separate from the business. And since then, I got married. I married my daughter’s father. We had another child. I kind of cleaned up my personal life, and I needed that time to do that.”
“Which is fine,” snapped back Pepa, “but with your partner, like in any relationship or marriage or a business, you actually sit down, and you kind of prep that other person who is involved with you that this is your next step. So it was…to me, it was just the way that she did it, and I just never got over it. I’ve just been bitter about it and upset, and we just never really spoke about it.”
“And I have apologized for the way I did it many times,” reminded Salt. “Even in writing.”
Okay, obviously, this is a transcript, and I didn’t see it personally, but I just know that, at this point, Pepa rolled her eyes, because she immediately went off about how there had been much talk of this letter, and that she was aware that Salt had even written a song called “A Letter to Pep,” “but I never received a written letter saying, ‘I apologize to you, Pep.'”
“It never came back to the house,” snapped Salt. “You usually get a ‘Return to Sender.'”
“Apologizing means let’s make this happen.”
“Apologizing means let’s make some money. Once the money is made, then…”
“I’m an entertainer. I like to entertain.”
“I want to make a few million. Then everything will all be good.”
“We made millions!”
“I’m like you: more!”
I mean, maybe it’s all an act, but it sure sounds like they’re still pretty pissed off at each other…and that usually equals good television, from my experience.
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