Live, from Boston, it's Cheri Oteri!OK, everyone simmah down now....Saturday Night Live alumna Cheri Oteri, who has been somewhat MIA from the smaller screen as of late (but delivered well as the voice of Shrek the Third's dopey Sleeping Beauty), will turn up on Boston Legal during the ABC series' final season, TVGuide.com has learned.Oteri is lensing this week a guest-starring role as a woman who seeks Alan's counsel when she is (allegedly) wrongly fired from her job. Boston Legal's 13-episode swan song kicks off Monday, Sept. 22, at 10 pm/ET. — Matt Mitovich
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Could this be off the shelf? Even though TV Guide had heard the J.J. Abrams/Cheri Oteri half-hour comedy was shelved a few weeks ago, Oteri tells TV Guide she’s back working with Abrams on the project. SNL alum Oteri spoke to TV Guide on Tuesday, Oct. 30, at the premiere of her indie film Park (which also stars Dirty Sexy Money’s William Baldwin, and Ricki Lake). Abrams, currently at work on the latest Star Trek feature film, is best known for Lost, What About Brian, Alias and Felicity, all of which displayed some comedic elements, but he has yet to produce a half-hour comedy. Abrams did, however, direct an episode of NBC’s The Office this year."I met him years ago," Oteri says of Abrams. "He said, 'I’ve always wanted to do a comedy and I only want to do it with you.'"According to Oteri, the project is slated for 2008. "Working with him is just a dream come true," she says. As for dream cast mates, Oteri’s leaving that to Abrams. "He’s got such great in...
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Walt Disney Pictures is prepping a "reimagining" of Escape to Witch Mountain, the 1975 pic about two siblings endowed with paranormal powers.... Also per the Reporter, Stanley Tucci is in talks to play killer George Harvey in Peter Jackson's take on The Lovely Bones.... ReBoot, one of the first computer-animated TV series, is being developed as a feature-film trilogy.... Cheri Oteri, Steve Guttenberg and Vivica A. Fox have enlisted in Jessica Simpson's Major Movie Star, playing a gung-ho fellow recruit, a Hollywood agent and an intimidating training officer, respectively.... Per Variety, Tom Cruise is set to play Edwin A. Salt, a CIA officer who goes on the run after being accused of being a Ruskie spy.
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Question: What ever happened to the Cheri Oteri/J.J. Abrams sitcom project?
Answer: It simmered down now.
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Shrek the Third is about to jolt the fairy-tale world. In the third installment of the animated phenomenon (in theaters now), the women save the day. It all starts at the most unlikely event — a baby shower for Princess Fiona (Cameron Diaz). In the midst of the joyful proceedings, the castle of the kingdom of Far Far Away comes under attack. That's when Fiona empowers gal pals Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Rapunzel and Cinderella to take charge. TV Guide sat down at the W Hotel in Westwood, California, with Diaz, Amy Sedaris, and Saturday Night Live stars past and present Amy Poehler,
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