IL Ruffino
21-09-2006, 21:03
Just looking through google news and found two news stories..
SNL axes three members
20-Sep-2006
Written by: Alex Lang
Chris Parnell, Horatio Sanz, Finesse Mitchell gone from show
Saturday Night Live looks as it has lightened its load, both figuratively and literally.
Chris Parnell, Horatio Sanz, and Finesse Mitchell have been dropped from the long-running, late-night comedy sketch show, according to E! Online. There was no announcement about the changes, but their names were not on the cast list in a press release previewing the show’s upcoming season.
"I believe there were mutual choices made," NBC rep Marc Liepis told E! Online. "When you're on the show for eight years, I don't think you look at it as a firing."
The three exiting cast members have not made comments about the decision, but from past comments it looks as those they may have been surprised by the decision.
"I haven't been approached with anything that's led me to believe I won't be back," Sanz told the Chicago Sun-Times less than a month ago. "I definitely enjoy the job and would like to stick with it."
http://thecelebritycafe.com/features/7487.html
Not Horatio! :(
Presenting Spaceballs the Cartoon
Posted Sep 20, 2006, 12:55 PM ET
MGM, G4 TV Network, and Berliner Film Companie are teaming up to bring to a small screen near you, Spaceballs the animated series.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios is teaming up with G4 Television Network, Brooksfilms Ltd., and Berliner Film for the US release of a new original animated television series based on the 1987 classic film by Mel Brooks, Spaceballs. G4 has exclusively licensed the first run of Spaceballs - The Animated Series in the US market.
Spaceballs - The Animated Series will premiere in the fall of 2007 and will be targeting an audience of 18 to 34 year old males with a deep digital landscape and a programming slate that incorporates all of the twisted humor of Mel Brooks. MGM Worldwide Television Distribution Group, a unit of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc., will officially launch the program at the upcoming MIPCOM international television festival in Cannes, France in October 9-13, of 2006.
Spaceballs - The Animated Series will bring a top flight team of comedy specialists to the series. Mel Brooks has for the last 40 years created classics such as "Blazing Saddles," "Young Frankenstein" and both versions of "The Producers," co-wrote the "Spaceballs" pilot with the highly accomplished Thomas Meehan. Meehan, who has co-written three film projects with Brooks, the original "Spaceballs" film, "To Be or Not to Be" and the musical version of "The Producers," will oversee all writing for the first 13 episodes. Brooks will also lend his voice to two of the characters in the show, President Skroob and Yogurt.
"This series has all the elements of a great comedy show. Mel Brooks has one of the top comedy minds in the business and the Berliner team has an impressive track record for producing quality animation. On the heels of retooling our worldwide television distribution group, MGM will be an active player in bringing first-run series to the marketplace and 'Spaceballs' is a good example of the programming partnerships we can create with this vast library." said Jim Packer, President of MGM Worldwide Television Distribution Group.
In the pilot episode of "Spaceballs: The Animated Series," the storyline will be similar to that of the movie, which was released theatrically in 1987. The evil Dark Helmet kidnaps Princess Vespa of the Planet Druidia. His dastardly plan: to blackmail her father, King Roland, into giving up his planet's air to replenish the polluted Planet Spaceball, run by the fiendish President Skroob (to be voiced by Brooks). Princess Vespa's dad hires Lone Starr and Barf to rescue the princess. After a battle with Dark Helmet, they rescue the princess and Planet Druidia. From there, they launch on a series of wild adventures across the Galaxy. This should be a fun and irreverent animated series for kids of all ages.
http://www.gameshout.com/news/presenting_spaceballs_the_cartoon/article8232.htm
Cool! :)
Anyone else care? I hope you do!
SNL axes three members
20-Sep-2006
Written by: Alex Lang
Chris Parnell, Horatio Sanz, Finesse Mitchell gone from show
Saturday Night Live looks as it has lightened its load, both figuratively and literally.
Chris Parnell, Horatio Sanz, and Finesse Mitchell have been dropped from the long-running, late-night comedy sketch show, according to E! Online. There was no announcement about the changes, but their names were not on the cast list in a press release previewing the show’s upcoming season.
"I believe there were mutual choices made," NBC rep Marc Liepis told E! Online. "When you're on the show for eight years, I don't think you look at it as a firing."
The three exiting cast members have not made comments about the decision, but from past comments it looks as those they may have been surprised by the decision.
"I haven't been approached with anything that's led me to believe I won't be back," Sanz told the Chicago Sun-Times less than a month ago. "I definitely enjoy the job and would like to stick with it."
http://thecelebritycafe.com/features/7487.html
Not Horatio! :(
Presenting Spaceballs the Cartoon
Posted Sep 20, 2006, 12:55 PM ET
MGM, G4 TV Network, and Berliner Film Companie are teaming up to bring to a small screen near you, Spaceballs the animated series.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios is teaming up with G4 Television Network, Brooksfilms Ltd., and Berliner Film for the US release of a new original animated television series based on the 1987 classic film by Mel Brooks, Spaceballs. G4 has exclusively licensed the first run of Spaceballs - The Animated Series in the US market.
Spaceballs - The Animated Series will premiere in the fall of 2007 and will be targeting an audience of 18 to 34 year old males with a deep digital landscape and a programming slate that incorporates all of the twisted humor of Mel Brooks. MGM Worldwide Television Distribution Group, a unit of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc., will officially launch the program at the upcoming MIPCOM international television festival in Cannes, France in October 9-13, of 2006.
Spaceballs - The Animated Series will bring a top flight team of comedy specialists to the series. Mel Brooks has for the last 40 years created classics such as "Blazing Saddles," "Young Frankenstein" and both versions of "The Producers," co-wrote the "Spaceballs" pilot with the highly accomplished Thomas Meehan. Meehan, who has co-written three film projects with Brooks, the original "Spaceballs" film, "To Be or Not to Be" and the musical version of "The Producers," will oversee all writing for the first 13 episodes. Brooks will also lend his voice to two of the characters in the show, President Skroob and Yogurt.
"This series has all the elements of a great comedy show. Mel Brooks has one of the top comedy minds in the business and the Berliner team has an impressive track record for producing quality animation. On the heels of retooling our worldwide television distribution group, MGM will be an active player in bringing first-run series to the marketplace and 'Spaceballs' is a good example of the programming partnerships we can create with this vast library." said Jim Packer, President of MGM Worldwide Television Distribution Group.
In the pilot episode of "Spaceballs: The Animated Series," the storyline will be similar to that of the movie, which was released theatrically in 1987. The evil Dark Helmet kidnaps Princess Vespa of the Planet Druidia. His dastardly plan: to blackmail her father, King Roland, into giving up his planet's air to replenish the polluted Planet Spaceball, run by the fiendish President Skroob (to be voiced by Brooks). Princess Vespa's dad hires Lone Starr and Barf to rescue the princess. After a battle with Dark Helmet, they rescue the princess and Planet Druidia. From there, they launch on a series of wild adventures across the Galaxy. This should be a fun and irreverent animated series for kids of all ages.
http://www.gameshout.com/news/presenting_spaceballs_the_cartoon/article8232.htm
Cool! :)
Anyone else care? I hope you do!