Question: How likely is it that Dirty Sexy Money will survive the writers' strike? It's by far my favorite new show of the season, and the thought of it being scrapped is upsetting. I've also heard that the networks think this season has been a bust and they would be quite happy to start over once the strike ends without any of their freshman shows. Craig Wright didn't sound very optimistic about their survival chances in an interview I read, and with no end to the strike in sight, I'm beginning to feel the same way (particularly in light of the stories I heard about DSM being significantly over budget).
Answer: Again, I'd be lying if I didn't say a show like this is vulnerable, along with many other freshman series that haven't quite broken out yet. Given the investment of talent in front of and behind the camera on Dirty Sexy Money, I'd be especially sorry to see this one scrapped too early. Guess we'll have to wait and see ...
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X man James Marsden is in talks to be Cameron Diaz's hubby in The Box, a horror pic about a box that dispenses a hefty sum of cash — while someone you know dies.... Also per the Reporter, with Night at the Museum's Shawn Levy stymied by scheduling conflicts, David Dobkin (Fred Claus) will direct and Craig Wright (Dirty Sexy Money) will write the big-screen adaptation of The Flash.... Until his port of the vidgame Halo is a go, Peter Jackson is moving ahead with District 9, a live-action sci-fier, says Variety.... Producer Brad Pitt has acquired the graphic novel The Killer (shop Amazon), to be made into a film directed by David Fincher.
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Peter Krause is ready to get dirty. Not dirt as in a funeral plot, but as in scandals of the rich and famous. On ABC's Dirty Sexy Money, premiering tonight at 10 pm/ET, the Six Feet Under and Sports Night alum plays Nick George, a high-powered legal eagle who, begrudgingly, inherits his suspiciously passed-on father's role as consigliere to the Darlings of New York City. Headed up by Donald Sutherland and Jill Clayburgh, the ultra-affluent clan is littered by all manner of bad-seed offspring (and parents), giving Nick plenty to manage, spin-control and nip in the bud. Krause shared a sneak peek at the good 'n' dirty 'n' sexy times ahead.
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Dateline: Venice, California. Some ruthless bug has totally sidelined me. Symptoms include fever and coughing, paranoia and lassitude. Not wishing to become the Typhoid Mary of Brothers & Sisters, I have banished myself to home, and I am going quietly mad in my exile. What is the evil genius, Dr. [Greg] Berlanti cooking up in my absence? Is Balthazar Getty running naked through the hallways? Is Ron Rifkin trying to seize control of the whole show? Will Touchstone fire me and have my house burned down? Has ABC kidnapped my dog Trip and put him on Dancing with the Stars? All these fears and I've only been out of the office for two days. The idle time has given me room, however, to daydream about where the show is headed, some of the issues we are exploring, and how we're doing it:1: Growing Up In America Now. What is it like? To go from the idyllic and safe American childhoods so many of us had to a vastly more dangerous world. Take Justin [Dave Annable], drug-addled, suffering fr...
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