Fox is developing a contemporary take on Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.The project, which is tentatively titled Georgia and the Seven Associates, will be produced by ABC Studios, written by Chris Brancato, David Weissman and David Diamond, and directed by Office alum Ken Kwapis, says The Hollywood Reporter.The hour-long dramedy, is set around a modern Snow White character — a young lawyer named Georgia Burnett. She's been banished from a law firm run by her stepmother and must team up with seven quirky lawyers at a storefront legal office.Producer Chris Brancato told The Reporter, "It is L.A. Law vs. the little engine that could." The associates at the firm will have the personalities (no word on if they will have the physical traits, like a allergy prone Sneezy) of the Seven Dwarfs: Doc will be an ambulance chaser who carries neck braces in his trunk.Adding to the fairy tale theme, some of the legal cases will be modernized fables, like one about three people ...
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Fans of NBC's The Office are slowly learning about Creed, the old guy who spends most of his time with is feet on his desk at Dunder-Mifflin. A deleted scene from one of last season's episodes revealed he was a member of the once-superhot '60s pop band the Grassroots. (Their hits "Midnight Confessions" and "Let's Live for Today" are still oldies-radio staples.) The actor Creed Bratton did play lead guitar in the band for a few of its glory years, and wandered the globe in search of musical stardom. The Biz caught up with Bratton at the TCA Press Tour in Pasadena and talked about the long, strange trip he's blended into his on-screen character.
TVGuide.com: How did you go from being in a pop band to acting?Creed Bratton: Well, I was a drama major in college, b
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