THEATRE/ NEW "SPIDEY" PICS RELEASED: New pictures of the revised version of the new Broadway musical "Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark," playing at the Foxwoods Theatre, have just been released. "Spider-Man" originally began performances Nov. 28, 2010. The show went on hiatus April 17 after a preview period that included several cast injuries and numerous delays for the opening night. Critics even weighed in, in early Spring, and were less than impressed. The official opening is now scheduled for this Tuesday, June 14. Critics have been invited and new reviews, based on the revised version, are sure to hit the streets very early on Wednesday morning. Song titles in the musical include "The Myth of Arachne," "Behold and Wonder," "Bullying by Numbers," "No More," "D.I.Y. World," "Bouncing Off the Walls," "Rise Above," "Pull the Trigger," "Picture This," "A Freak Like Me," "If the World Should End," "Sinistereo," "Spider-Man!," "Turn Off the Dark," "I Just Can't Walk Away," "Think Again," "The Boy Falls From the Sky," "I'll Take Manhattan" and "Finale – A New Dawn."
"Parks and Recreation" star Adam Scott has been cast in the comedy "My Mother's Curse," opposite Seth Rogen and Barbra Streisand. The comedy actor has also joined Robin Tunney in "See Girl Run" for writer-director Nate Meyer. Paramount and Skydance Prods. are producing "Curse," which Anne Fletcher is directing from a screenplay by Dan Fogelman. The comedy follows an inventor who takes a cross-country road trip with his mother during which he tries to sell his latest product and reunite her with a lost love. Colin Hanks and Yvonne Strahovski also star. "See Girl Run" involves a woman who gets caught up in "what ifs" that cause her to dig back into her romantic history. Scott will play a local hero who stayed in her hometown to become an artist and illustrator and pine for his high school love. Scott will next appear in the Sundance comedy "Our Idiot Brother," which the Weinstein Co. will release in August, and the Red Granite Pictures comedy "Friends with Kids".
NBC and "30 Rock" creator/star Tina Fey have issued apologies for Tracy Morgan's homophobic one-liner at a Nashville show earlier this month. The NBC entertainment chief said, "We will always recognize an artist’s freedom to express him or herself, but not when reckless things are said no matter what the context. Unfortunately, Tracy’s comments reflect negatively on both "30 Rock" and NBC, two very all-inclusive and diverse organizations, and we have made it clear to him that this kind of behavior will not be tolerated. Fey also said she was happy that the comedian apologized, adding, "Stand-up comics may have the right to 'work out' their material in its ugliest and rawest form in front of an audience, but the violent imagery of Tracy's rant was disturbing to me at a time when homophobic hate crimes continue to be a life-threatening issue for the GLBT Community. It also doesn't line up with the Tracy Morgan I know, who is not a hateful man and is generally much too sleepy and self-centered to ever hurt another person". Morgan apologized yesterday for his remarks.
HBO is teaming back up with with "Rome" duo Jane Tranter and Anne Thomopoulos for a miniseries based on Robert Graves’ "I, Claudius". According to media reports, BBC Worldwide Productions duo will executive produce the co-production with BBC2. Graves' novel was 1st published in 1934 as an autobiography of Roman Emperor Claudius and includes the history of the Roman Empire from Julius Caesar’s assassination to Caligula’s assassination. The book, and its sequel, "Claudius the God," were 1st adapted as a miniseries by BBC Television in 1976 and broadcast stateside as part of PBS’ "Masterpiece Theatre". Starring Derek Jacobi as the Roman emperor, the miniseries picked up 3 Emmy nominations, including outstanding direction and limited series, winning for art direction.The HBO/BBC co-production will be based on both books. The project was first adapted for the big-screen in 1937 with director Josef von Sternberg with Charles Laughton as Claudius. Tranter and Thomopoulos produced HBO’s historical drama "Rome," which ran for 2 seasons on the cable network. HBO also is teaming with the BBC for "Parade’s End," a 5 part miniseries set during World War I being written by "Shakespeare in Love" Oscar winner Tom Stoppard with Benedict Cumberbatch and Rebecca Hall starring.
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