It seems today that all you see is cartoon shows with little continuity.
Nevertheless, Seth MacFarlane’s Family Guy, as obscene and silly as it may be, decides to switch up its “canon” every so often. Whether it’s due to the passing of a cast member, attempts at a ratings stunt, or (unintentional) acts of progressiveness for its characters’ development, the Griffin family’s world within Quahog for the past 25 years of airing has only expanded.
Here are some of the most significant canon changes in Family Guy history.
Revival With Yolo Energy
Due to low ratings, Family Guy faced the cancellation gun early into its lifespan. But in its death, the great bird-is-the-word got around via DVD sales and rerun airings on Adult Swim. Thus, in its rebirth on Fox in 2005, the show became cruder, bloodier, and edgier than ever, both in its art style and spirit. The...
Nevertheless, Seth MacFarlane’s Family Guy, as obscene and silly as it may be, decides to switch up its “canon” every so often. Whether it’s due to the passing of a cast member, attempts at a ratings stunt, or (unintentional) acts of progressiveness for its characters’ development, the Griffin family’s world within Quahog for the past 25 years of airing has only expanded.
Here are some of the most significant canon changes in Family Guy history.
Revival With Yolo Energy
Due to low ratings, Family Guy faced the cancellation gun early into its lifespan. But in its death, the great bird-is-the-word got around via DVD sales and rerun airings on Adult Swim. Thus, in its rebirth on Fox in 2005, the show became cruder, bloodier, and edgier than ever, both in its art style and spirit. The...
- 5/20/2024
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Cheating in Call of Duty seems to be rampant these days. However, for some people, that streak has ended. A huge wave of bans has hit the game, and over 58,000 accounts were hit with the permanent ban hammer.
But what’s got players even more rattled is the confirmation of their worst nightmare – these bans are permanent, and according to Activision, there weren’t any false bans.
Call of Duty Warzone and MW3 Hit With Tens of Thousands of Perma Bans
A ton of Call of Duty cheaters supposedly got banned in one big swing by Activision
According to reports from Charlieintel, the ban wave was part of a targeted enforcement operation aimed at rooting out cheat vendors and their subscribers.
With more ban waves on the horizon, it’s clear that Activision is taking a no-nonsense approach to maintaining fair play in its games.
Over 58,000 accounts were banned yesterday...
But what’s got players even more rattled is the confirmation of their worst nightmare – these bans are permanent, and according to Activision, there weren’t any false bans.
Call of Duty Warzone and MW3 Hit With Tens of Thousands of Perma Bans
A ton of Call of Duty cheaters supposedly got banned in one big swing by Activision
According to reports from Charlieintel, the ban wave was part of a targeted enforcement operation aimed at rooting out cheat vendors and their subscribers.
With more ban waves on the horizon, it’s clear that Activision is taking a no-nonsense approach to maintaining fair play in its games.
Over 58,000 accounts were banned yesterday...
- 4/12/2024
- by Vibha Hegde
- FandomWire
On the heels of two momentous performances on Sunday’s American Music Awards and ahead of the arrival of a new Netflix documentary, singer/songwriter Shawn Mendes, along with his longtime manager Andrew Gertler, have announced their entry into original content with Permanent Content, a new film and television production company that will develop scripted and documentary projects “focused on issues that impact or are important to today’s youth.”
Among its first projects is the Netflix Original documentary, “In Wonder,” which chronicles Mendes’ rise to the top strata of pop music. Noted video director Grant Singer directed the feature-length doc which was executive produced by Mendes and Gertler (for Permanent Content) and Ben Winston for Fulwell73.
“I’m so excited for the launch of Permanent Content, with the Netflix documentary as our first project, and so many more exciting things we’re working on,” said Mendes. “Our goal is...
Among its first projects is the Netflix Original documentary, “In Wonder,” which chronicles Mendes’ rise to the top strata of pop music. Noted video director Grant Singer directed the feature-length doc which was executive produced by Mendes and Gertler (for Permanent Content) and Ben Winston for Fulwell73.
“I’m so excited for the launch of Permanent Content, with the Netflix documentary as our first project, and so many more exciting things we’re working on,” said Mendes. “Our goal is...
- 11/23/2020
- by Jazz Tangcay and Shirley Halperin
- Variety Film + TV
Rainn Wilson, Mena Suvari, Fionn Whitehead, and Jack Dylan Grazer star in Don’t Tell A Soul, a dramatic indie thriller written and directed by Alex McAulay. It’s the first directorial outing for McAulay, who penned the 2017 feature Flower starring Zoey Deutch.
Don’t Tell A Soul follows two young thieving brothers, with a cancer-stricken mother at home (Suvari), who match wits with a security guard (Wilson) trapped at the bottom of a forgotten cistern.
Chris Mangano of Mangano Movies & Media and Unbridled Film’s Merry-Kay Poe produced the pic, while UTA Independent Film Group has come aboard to rep the film.
Whitehead, repped by UTA, Curtis Brown Group, and Peikoff Mahan Law Office, made his feature debut as the star of Christopher Nolan’s Oscar nominated war film Dunkirk and can currently be seen in Netflix’s first interactive film, Black Mirror: Bandersnatch. He next stars in Port Authority,...
Don’t Tell A Soul follows two young thieving brothers, with a cancer-stricken mother at home (Suvari), who match wits with a security guard (Wilson) trapped at the bottom of a forgotten cistern.
Chris Mangano of Mangano Movies & Media and Unbridled Film’s Merry-Kay Poe produced the pic, while UTA Independent Film Group has come aboard to rep the film.
Whitehead, repped by UTA, Curtis Brown Group, and Peikoff Mahan Law Office, made his feature debut as the star of Christopher Nolan’s Oscar nominated war film Dunkirk and can currently be seen in Netflix’s first interactive film, Black Mirror: Bandersnatch. He next stars in Port Authority,...
- 1/11/2019
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
"Hairstyles are temporary, but family is forever." Magnolia has debuted an official trailer for an indie comedy titled Permanent, set in the 1980s about a young girl who gets a special hairstyle to fit in. The title is, of course, referring to the 80's hairstyle called "permanent", or better known as a "perm", with big Farrah Fawcett-type curls. When she tries to get this done at the wrong place, it turns out to be a disaster, turning her into the laughing stock of the school. Kira McLean stars as Aurelie, along with Patricia Arquette and Rainn Wilson as her parents, plus Aidan Fiske, Jane McNeill, and Brian Bremer. This looks fun, quirky, and charming, in a quintessential indie way of course, which is why it also looks mostly forgettable. Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for Colette Burson's Permanent, direct from YouTube: Set in 1983 in small town Virginia,...
- 11/3/2017
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Austin Film Festival Unveils First Films In Lineup; Will Premiere Season Finale Of HBO’s ‘The Deuce’
The 2017 Austin Film Festival will premiere the season finale of HBO's new drama The Deuce as well as the romantic comedy Amanda and Jack Go Glamping starring David Arquette and Amy Acker, written and directed by Austin filmmaker Brandon Dickerson. Other films this year will be Permanent with Rainn Wilson and Patricia Arquette, Please Stand By with Dakota Fanning and Toni Collete, and 24 Hours to Live with Ethan Hawke and Liam Cunningham. The festival takes place this…...
- 8/22/2017
- Deadline
Exclusive: Buyers respond to comedic titles.
Magnolia Pictures International returns from the Croisette having enjoyed a roaring trade on comedic drama Lucky starring Harry Dean Stanton (pictured) and coming-of-age tale Permanent.
John Caroll Lynch’s directorial debut Lucky premiered at SXSW and centres on a 90-year-old atheist’s unexpected journey towards enlightenment. David Lynch, Ron Livingston, Ed Begley Jr, and Tom Skerritt also star.
Deals closed in the UK (The Works), France (Kmbo), Benelux (De Filmfreak), Italy (Wanted Cinema), Scandinavia (Njutafilms), the Middle East (Front Row), Spain (Avalon), Portugal (Alambique), Turkey (Filmarti), and China (Beijing Hugoeast Media).
Sales are understood to be imminent in Eastern Europe, Japan and several other territories. Films We Like previously acquired Lucky for Canada and Magnolia Pictures plans an autumn theatrical release in the Us.
Permanent is a 1980s-set coming-of-age comedy starring Patricia Arquette and Rainn Wilson as hapless parents of a teenager who desperately wants to get a perm to...
Magnolia Pictures International returns from the Croisette having enjoyed a roaring trade on comedic drama Lucky starring Harry Dean Stanton (pictured) and coming-of-age tale Permanent.
John Caroll Lynch’s directorial debut Lucky premiered at SXSW and centres on a 90-year-old atheist’s unexpected journey towards enlightenment. David Lynch, Ron Livingston, Ed Begley Jr, and Tom Skerritt also star.
Deals closed in the UK (The Works), France (Kmbo), Benelux (De Filmfreak), Italy (Wanted Cinema), Scandinavia (Njutafilms), the Middle East (Front Row), Spain (Avalon), Portugal (Alambique), Turkey (Filmarti), and China (Beijing Hugoeast Media).
Sales are understood to be imminent in Eastern Europe, Japan and several other territories. Films We Like previously acquired Lucky for Canada and Magnolia Pictures plans an autumn theatrical release in the Us.
Permanent is a 1980s-set coming-of-age comedy starring Patricia Arquette and Rainn Wilson as hapless parents of a teenager who desperately wants to get a perm to...
- 6/6/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Company plans Us release later this year.
Magnolia Pictures will launch international sales in Cannes on the comedy Permanent starring Patricia Arquette and Rainn Wilson.
Colette Burson wrote and directed the 1980’s-set coming-of-age story about a young teenager who desperately wants a perm to make a fashion statement at school.
When her clueless parents take her to a hairdressing academy to save money, things go wrong. Newcomer Kira McLean rounds out the key cast.
Magnolia head of worldwide sales Scott Veltri and director of international sales Lorna Lee Sagebiel-Torres will introduce Permanent on the Croisette.
Magnolia plans a Us release later this year for the 2929 production in partnership with Park Pictures and Washington Square Films.
Mary Ann Marino, Haroula Rose, Sam Bisbee, and Joshua Blum produced the film.
Executive producers are Todd Wagner, Mark Cuban, Ben Cosgrove, Jackie Kelman Bisbee, Lance Acord, and Danielle Renfrew Behrens.
Magnolia Pictures will launch international sales in Cannes on the comedy Permanent starring Patricia Arquette and Rainn Wilson.
Colette Burson wrote and directed the 1980’s-set coming-of-age story about a young teenager who desperately wants a perm to make a fashion statement at school.
When her clueless parents take her to a hairdressing academy to save money, things go wrong. Newcomer Kira McLean rounds out the key cast.
Magnolia head of worldwide sales Scott Veltri and director of international sales Lorna Lee Sagebiel-Torres will introduce Permanent on the Croisette.
Magnolia plans a Us release later this year for the 2929 production in partnership with Park Pictures and Washington Square Films.
Mary Ann Marino, Haroula Rose, Sam Bisbee, and Joshua Blum produced the film.
Executive producers are Todd Wagner, Mark Cuban, Ben Cosgrove, Jackie Kelman Bisbee, Lance Acord, and Danielle Renfrew Behrens.
- 5/11/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
What if a wedding didn’t promise a new beginning but rather an ugly detour? That’s the core of Haroula Rose’s latest short film “Wedding Dress,” which follows the burgeoning relationship between two strangers who meet by chance. The film follows Michael (Joshua Leonard), a man estranged from his family for quite a while, who knocks on the door of his brother John’s (Dominic Bogart) house only for his new sister-in-law Rayanne (Abby Wathen) to answer the door. Soon they bond over wine and dance to The Allah-Las’ song “Catamaran” only for John to return home to reveal things aren’t what they seem. Watch the film below.
Read More: 11th Annual Tribeca All Access Program Announces 10 New Projects to Receive $150,000
This is the second film in Rose’s True Love Trilogy, which was designed, in the words of Rose, “to play on what’s real and...
Read More: 11th Annual Tribeca All Access Program Announces 10 New Projects to Receive $150,000
This is the second film in Rose’s True Love Trilogy, which was designed, in the words of Rose, “to play on what’s real and...
- 11/23/2016
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
A new ’80s comedy is going to put a serious crimp in Patricia Arquette’s style—according to The Hollywood Reporter, the Oscar winner has just signed on to star in Colette Burson’s Permanent. The comedy is set in the ’80s, and will follow a family in the American South that’s just obsessed with hair. Arquette will presumably play the well-coiffed (or not) matriarch; she’s joined in the cast by Rainn Wilson, who’s already declared his excitement about working with the Boyhood star and Burson while “wearing a toupée and dressing exactly like my dad circa 1982.”
Wilson previously sported a questionable ’80s ’do in 2008’s The Rocker, but Arquette’s rarely had an onscreen bad hair day (not even in A Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors). Michael Greene (Batteries Not Included, Return Of The Killer Tomatoes, we think?) and newcomer Kira McLea ...
Wilson previously sported a questionable ’80s ’do in 2008’s The Rocker, but Arquette’s rarely had an onscreen bad hair day (not even in A Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors). Michael Greene (Batteries Not Included, Return Of The Killer Tomatoes, we think?) and newcomer Kira McLea ...
- 8/15/2016
- by Danette Chavez
- avclub.com
Writer/director Colette Burson is currently directing Patricia Arquette, Rainn Wilson, Michael Greene and Kira McLean in a comedy that has been underway for weeks in Central Virginia called Permanent. The coming of age story is about an idiosyncratic family set in 1983 where they become obsessed about their hair. Burson is the creator and executive producer of the HBO television series Hung. 2929 Productions is financing in partnership with Park Pictures and Washington…...
- 8/15/2016
- Deadline
Film Society Of Lincoln Center announced on Monday complete details for the interactive storytelling programme that runs from October 1-4 within the 54th New York Film Festival.
Convergence includes nine interactive experiences featuring virtual reality, augmented reality and installations.
Sound Hunters invites users to record the sounds of their world via an app by mixing and remixing their own electronic music compositions, while audience-directed heist film Late Shift gets its Us premiere
Click here for the full line-up.
Oscar winner and Boyhood star Patricia Arquette and Rainn Wilson are lining up for Colette Burson’s Permanent, which will shoot in Virginia this summer. Mary Ann Marino, Haroula Rose, Sam Bisbee, and Joshua Blum produce the comedy about an idiosyncratic family in the 1980s that seeks to be more artistic. 2929 Productions is financing in partnership with Park Pictures and Washington Square Films.
Convergence includes nine interactive experiences featuring virtual reality, augmented reality and installations.
Sound Hunters invites users to record the sounds of their world via an app by mixing and remixing their own electronic music compositions, while audience-directed heist film Late Shift gets its Us premiere
Click here for the full line-up.
Oscar winner and Boyhood star Patricia Arquette and Rainn Wilson are lining up for Colette Burson’s Permanent, which will shoot in Virginia this summer. Mary Ann Marino, Haroula Rose, Sam Bisbee, and Joshua Blum produce the comedy about an idiosyncratic family in the 1980s that seeks to be more artistic. 2929 Productions is financing in partnership with Park Pictures and Washington Square Films.
- 8/15/2016
- by govi2016@lawnet.ucla.edu (Alec Govi)
- ScreenDaily
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