Good news for “Archer” fans (of which I am a recent convert): The show has been picked up for a third season, and in an unusual strategy, three episodes will air after “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” this fall (to expose it to new viewers) and the other 13 eps will air in 2012.
And while F/X did cancel “Lights Out” and “Terriers,” you don’t want to be too hard on the network: It has officially picked up “Justified” for a third season (in addition to the above “Archer”) and now, according to Deadline, they’re going to pick up a new half-hour comedy series from the folks behind “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.” The show, called “Townies” will be about a couple of teenagers left to raise themselves after they were ditched by their folks.
And by request, the news of “Justified’s” renewal comes with Olyphant imagery. Here he is as a teenager.
Here he is in a pink-shirt making his case for a small screen version of Superman.
Here he is creeping my shit out.
And here he is with his wife. Did you know they have three children together? She was his college sweetheart. Adorable, aren’t they?
Did you know that Timothy Olyphant was born in Hawaii? And that the proper way to spell his nickname is: Olafantastic.
The next wave in Hollywood’s beat-an-idea-to-death business model is apparently reimaginings of fairy tales (despite the box-office failure of Red Riding Hood) and the latest is a Lindsay Devlin spec script for Sleeping Beauty, which True Grit’s Hailee Steinfeld is now attached to. This reimagining will have Sleeping Beauty trapped in a dream world trying to fight her way back to consciousness. So, Sleeping Beauty in Wonderland?
In case you missed all the “Mad Men” fuss, it doesn’t look like it will be back until 2012 because there are apparently a few hang-ups in negotiations with showrunner Matthew Weiner. Depending on who you believe, the catches are a combination of factors, including Weiner’s salary, AMC’s insistence upon deducting two minutes from the show’s running time (for additional commercials), and their demands that two-to-six characters be excised or reduced (probably characters outside the core group). Whatever. Just let me know when new episodes are airing. (Vulture and The Wrap)
Bill Murray is set to play FDR in the film adaptation of the radio play, Hyde Park on Hudson. Roger Mitchell (Morning Glory) will direct the BBC Production about an illicit affair between FDR and his distant cousin Margaret Stuckley that took place while King George VI and Queen Elizabeth were making their first visit to America. (Vulture)
The Monsters, Inc. sequel has been given a name: Monsters University.
The given up for dead World War Z adapation, set to star Brad Pitt, has potentially found a new financier and could start filming as soon as June, according to Deadline. Marc Forster is set to direct and yes, the movie is expected to be PG-13, as all good zombie movies must be. Right?
Hugh Jackman insists that, even though Darren Aronovsky has abandoned the project, Fox is still eager to make the Wolverine sequel. I wonder what Bret Ratner is doing? (Coming Soon)
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Those pictures are hysterical. I remember when I knew him as that greasy dude from Scream 2.
Posted by: Julie at March 30, 2011 10:36 AM
Hooray for Archer!
And yay for Justified!
It's good to know that there are at least some people in TV-Land with a good head on their shoulders.
Posted by: MurderBot at March 30, 2011 10:38 AM
Why in the how come is Bill Murray playing FDR?
Posted by: Mrs. Julien at March 30, 2011 10:41 AM
Sadly, after reading all of the above trade news, my nipples remain untweaked.
And I was all ready to apply the clothespins and warm up the candle wax at the prospect of a Sleepin Beauty movie, when I realized it was not going to be the series written by Anne Rice under the pseudonym of A.N. Roquelare.
Dang it.
Posted by: The Wanderer at March 30, 2011 10:42 AM
Young Olyphant looks like Dennis Quaid.
Posted by: D-Day at March 30, 2011 10:43 AM
Better than Sleeping Beauty in Sucker Punch which is what it sounds like.
Hey, AMC? You've got one of the best shows on TV and it's brought your piece-of-shit network more acclaim, attention and money than anything else you've ever done. STOP. FUCKING. WITH. IT.
Posted by: Tracer Bullet at March 30, 2011 10:43 AM
I admit he's creepy Dustin, but it loses some intensity when you notice that his hair has been borrowed from Sarah Jessica Parker circa Square Pegs.
Posted by: Mrs. Julien at March 30, 2011 10:46 AM
Due to the delay Christina Hendricks signed on to Neil Labute's next movie so she's not definitely available for the delayed season.
Posted by: Jay at March 30, 2011 10:46 AM
Her name was Margaret Suckley, and while she almost certainly had an intellectual affair with FDR, there's not much actual evidence they were physically intimate.
I can see Murray looking like FDR. Interesting casting decision.
Posted by: , at March 30, 2011 10:46 AM
This reimagining will have Sleeping Beauty trapped in a dream world trying to fight her way back to consciousness. So, Sleeping Beauty in Wonderland?
Ugh.
I much prefer The Wanderer's idea.
Posted by: Anna von Beav at March 30, 2011 10:49 AM
Who, other than newborn babies (and even some of them do) doesn't have a photo with bad hair somewhere in a box?
He's still the most drop-dead sexy, hunky, yummy man alive.
Posted by: PaddyDog at March 30, 2011 10:50 AM
As FDR mournfully wrote in his diary at Warm Springs, "If a woman named Suckley can't do it, no one can. Stupid polio."
Posted by: Kballs at March 30, 2011 10:52 AM
He has long hair, but not cool long hair. It's the kind that says, "I'm dangerous, but I blow dry."
Posted by: Mrs. Julien at March 30, 2011 10:53 AM
I guess Mad Men winning three Emmy awards for Best Drama Series AND three Golden Globes for Best Drama Series is still not enough for AMC to keep their hands off it and let Weiner do his thing.
I'll believe Timothy Olyphant was born in Hawaii when I see his long-form birth certificate.
Posted by: Todd at March 30, 2011 10:53 AM
speaking of that header pic: god i hate it. i hate that strap with the weird knot thing and that color and that necklace and that actress.
Posted by: gp at March 30, 2011 10:53 AM
Got the Fug Madness in your blood, gp?
Posted by: Mrs. Julien at March 30, 2011 10:59 AM
Damn you Dustin! Wife pictures ruin the whole thing! I don't believe in an Olyphamily.
Posted by: Cindy at March 30, 2011 11:01 AM
Todd for the win.
Posted by: PaddyDog at March 30, 2011 11:05 AM
Does the MPAA consider a zombie head shot the same as it does a human one?
If the focus of the movie is interviews and conversations and astronauts and politicians, WWZ could work as a PG-13. If the intent is to show us the most awesomest battles and such, it has to be R.
I can't for the life of me understand how a WWZ movie could work anyway, whatever it is rated. The things that make the book so amazing aren't the things that you can show in a two hour movie. It would be like trying to tell the entire story of WWII in one film.
Unless they are going to commit to a 9 hour LOTR sized trilogy, it's going to be just another zombie movie.
Posted by: The Mutt at March 30, 2011 11:15 AM
Gahhh! C'mon, AMC! It's an amazing show! However, I did hear that Wiener is asking for a LOT of money and that in light of the fact that Mad Men isn't as highly rated as say, Walking Dead, AMC is hesitant to pay what Weiner wants. I don't want to lose any characters though! Or shave two minutes off. That show moves slowly; every moment counts!
I am forever and ever in love with the Olyphant.
Posted by: Sassafrass Green at March 30, 2011 11:17 AM
PS: Is it weird that the fact that he married and has had three children with his college sweetheart makes him even HOTTER? I feel a little bad about that. But it means he's into some pretty serious commitment and that's pretty damn sexy.
Posted by: Sassafrass Green at March 30, 2011 11:19 AM
Olyphant was born in Hawaii?
Posted by: John W at March 30, 2011 11:19 AM
Where's his birth certificate?
Posted by: John W at March 30, 2011 11:20 AM
Dustin, thanks for that header pic. I started out my Pajibaday being called "fuckface" in another thread, but the lovely Ms. Hendricks makes everything better.
Posted by: Groundloop at March 30, 2011 11:22 AM
This just...argh. Argh. I'm gonna be in a rage all day and this is all because of YOU, Dustin.
Ahhhhhh, Olyphant. I want to cover him in Dulce de Leche de Cabra con Nuez and make him sing Hungry Like the Wolf. After that, I will do unspeakable things to him.
Posted by: ZombieNurse at March 30, 2011 12:14 PM
It indeed looks as though Ryan Reynolds is but a faded gleam in Dustin's eye, eclipsed by the sun that is Timothy Olyphant.
Posted by: jimbob at March 30, 2011 12:20 PM
I LOVE that necklace. Love it. So there, gp.
Posted by: Anna von Beav at March 30, 2011 12:34 PM
If I'm not mistaken, Archer originally debuted after episodes of "Sunny" - or else, I may have missed it myself. Brilliant show!
Oh, and AMC, why are you punishing me so? No "Hamm as Draper" goodness until 2012? I'm not sure I'll be able to handle this.
Posted by: SugarKane at March 30, 2011 1:01 PM
Weiner denies the $30 million that is being reported, which would make him the highest paid property in cable. I tend to believe him. I think he's fighting not to have to cut his crew or cut down the runtime for more commercials, and they threw in the $30 million to make it look like it was him, not them.
Posted by: John G. at March 30, 2011 6:05 PM
PS: Is it weird that the fact that he married and has had three children with his college sweetheart makes him even HOTTER? I feel a little bad about that. But it means he's into some pretty serious commitment and that's pretty damn sexy.
No, Sassafrass Green, I'm with you there. Remember how Harrison Ford wouldn't dance with any woman who wasn't his wife? Torch. Left her for Flockhart? Fwoomp.
Posted by: Salieri2 at March 30, 2011 11:10 PM
Maybe Mr. Olyphant's dad was in the army and stationed in Hawaii? He grew up in Cali anyways.
Yay for Archer and Justified. F/X is slowly making it up to me for cancelling Terriers, not quite thre yet...
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Those pictures are hysterical. I remember when I knew him as that greasy dude from Scream 2.