Robert Redford and Laura Michalchyshyn's Sundance Productions are producing a new scripted "factual series" for Discovery Channel -- "The West," which will look at the characters at the center of the 40 year period between the end of the American Civil War through the turn of the 20th Century, including Jesse James, Crazy Horse, Wyatt Earp and Buffalo Bill. "The stories of the American West are epic and profound with some of the biggest, most renowned and mythologized characters," said Redford and Michalchyshyn. "We are thrilled to be partnering with Stephen David to bring this series to the world." That would be Stephen David of Stephen David Entertainment, who'll be coproducing the series, and who previously worked on the History docudrama "The Men Who Built America," which sounds similar in format and had actors Adam Jonas Segaller, Justin Morck and Cary Donaldson playing Andrew Carnegie, Thomas Edison and Henry Ford.
- 12/17/2013
- by Alison Willmore
- Indiewire
Directors: Seth Jarrett and Stevan Mena. Writer: Mora Stephens. Cast: Justin Morck, Bettina Mangiaracina and Booch O'Connell. Executive Producers: Mark Burnett, Julie Insogna and Seth Jarrett. Fans of sorority house horror films may well become interested in SyFy's "School Spirits." Instead of revealing what is good about supporting the school's community endeavors, this paranormal television product tries to show what is scary when ghosts are living in the dorms, frat houses and the like. There is no rule saying ghosts cannot haunt schools. Usually, they are gentle spirits rather than something dark. With this series, the big question of why these students do not reach out for help is a mystery. Only the second episode addresses that to some degree. The first episode is more about girls with privacy issues. If fellow sisters cannot talk to one another, just whom can they reach out to? No one. Most of the...
- 7/12/2012
- by noreply@blogger.com (Ed Sum)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
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