HBO Max‘s Full Circle cast has added Dennis Quaid to its roster. Quaid will star alongside Claire Danes, Zazie Beetz, and Timothy Olyphant in the Steven Soderbergh limited series, which does not yet have a release date. Set in present-day New York City, Full Circle follows the investigation into a botched kidnapping that uncovers long-held secrets connecting multiple characters and cultures. The Parent Trap alum will play a famous TV chef whose grandson was the subject of the kidnapping, per Deadline. Danes will play a Manhattan attorney running her father’s family business with Olyphant as her husband, Derek. Beetz will play an agent for the U.S. Postal Inspection Service. Full Circle‘s six total episodes will be directed by Soderbergh. The series reunites Soderbergh, Ed Soloman, and Casey Silver, the team behind the HBO Max film No Sudden Move starring Don Cheadle, Benicio Del Toro, David Harbour, Jon Hamm,...
- 9/16/2022
- TV Insider
Screenwriter Ed Soloman shared a heartwarming story on Tuesday about the time “Star Wars” star Mark Hamill made a sick child’s wish come true. “When a friend’s son (who was, so tragically, dying from an incurable illness) made a wish: to meet Luke Skywalker, it fell on me — the only person the dad knew who worked in the film business — to make a call,” Solomon wrote in a series of tweets. “Not knowing Mark, I called his agent and explained that this lovely boy watched Star Wars every day and wanted to meet Not Mark Hammill, but, rather,...
- 12/6/2017
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
When I was 22 I was trying to be something in show business. I hadn't really narrowed it down. An actor, a writer, an agent, a coke dealer -- all viable occupations in 1986. I was in what seemed like my 80th semester of UCLA, and still floundering when I got the chance, through a family friend, to work as an "apprentice writer" on It's Garry Shandling's Show. I had never heard of that job, but it was better than trying to spend hours trying to find a parking spot at UCLA so I jumped at the chance. It was a new sitcom on Showtime, a place that didn't really make sitcoms or shows. Well, when I showed up for work in my suit, I was told to get the producer a bagel and cream cheese. I realized immediately there was no apprentice writer job. I was a runner, a production assistant.
- 3/24/2016
- by Jay Kogen
- Hitfix
As it turns out, screenwriter Gary Whitta (The Book Of Eli) is not only a fan of the old TV series Columbo, he's also possibly developing the property for the big screen. And all it took was one little tweet to reveal to him that (Nick Fury voice) he's part of a bigger universe. Is it possible that Columbo could come to the big screen in the guise of Mark Ruffalo? The Twitter-happy Whitta first found inspiration in a followers' Tweet as to who would be his ideal Columbo. Woke up this morning still thinking about @MarkRuffalo as new Columbo. How is this not already a thing? #Ruffacolumbo pic.twitter.com/Vl8heHmGve. Gary Whitta (@garywhitta) July 15, 2014 So far, so harmless. But the Twitter gods were listening. And so was Mark Ruffalo. @MysteryExec @garywhitta Ed Soloman approached me on this about a month ago. We are thinking a movie.. Mark...
- 7/16/2014
- cinemablend.com
Well, here’s a fun and unexpected bit of casting buzz that actually seems to make a lot of sense to us. The TV detective series Columbo ran for quite a large amount of time, starting out in the ’60s and continuing sporadically up until 2003, with the late Peter Falk in the lead role of the disheveled, affable and wordy detective, who discreetly ran circles around the crooks he was chasing while making them underestimate him with his ostensible absentmindedness. Now, we’re hearing that a Columbo movie may be coming down the pipeline, with an intriguing actor primed to take the lead role – Mark Ruffalo.
Before we go any further, this could turn out to be empty rumblings, but some very interesting tweets went out yesterday between screenwriter Gary Whitta (currently hard at work on a Star Wars spinoff), a user known as “Mystery Executive” and Ruffalo:
Oh hey,...
Before we go any further, this could turn out to be empty rumblings, but some very interesting tweets went out yesterday between screenwriter Gary Whitta (currently hard at work on a Star Wars spinoff), a user known as “Mystery Executive” and Ruffalo:
Oh hey,...
- 7/16/2014
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
Social media is weird, you guys. It was already tough to figure out if people were being silly or sarcastic online -- is that winky face passive aggressive? What do the extra exclamation points mean? --- and in 140 characters, it can be even harder. Whether Gary Whitta ("The Book of Eli," "After Earth," an upcoming "Star Wars" project) was serious or just tweetin' around, his fan-casting of Mark Ruffalo as Columbo struck a nerve with folks who loved the mystery series and its adorably gruff star, Peter Falk.
Look at this man, how is this Not the Columbo of today? pic.twitter.com/Vl8heHmGve
- Gary Whitta (@garywhitta) July 15, 2014 Then Ruffalo, who is an active Twitter user, chimed in.
@garywhitta Lol. I have been working on it!
- Mark Ruffalo (@MarkRuffalo) July 15, 2014 The idea started snowballing:
@MysteryExec @garywhitta Ed Soloman approached me on this about a month ago. We are thinking a movie.
Look at this man, how is this Not the Columbo of today? pic.twitter.com/Vl8heHmGve
- Gary Whitta (@garywhitta) July 15, 2014 Then Ruffalo, who is an active Twitter user, chimed in.
@garywhitta Lol. I have been working on it!
- Mark Ruffalo (@MarkRuffalo) July 15, 2014 The idea started snowballing:
@MysteryExec @garywhitta Ed Soloman approached me on this about a month ago. We are thinking a movie.
- 7/16/2014
- by Jenni Miller
- Moviefone
Dude, does this sound like a bad idea? Well, at least on the surface, it certainly does. What possible credible mileage must exist in revisiting the Bill & Ted parts that made Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter famous over twenty years ago seems fairly nebulous. Although doubtless the most appropriate roll to the acting talent Reeve’s possesses, now in his forties, the naïve California valley bum will not be charming, rather monumentally irritating.
The most obvious question is, of course, why on earth does Reeves feel the need to portray the character that set him on the road to super-stardom and untold riches?
For Winter, on the other hand, Bill and Ted only launched him on the road to obscurity, and the few moments of international exposure he still receives are entirely due to repeated airings of the two films- or interviews thereon. So for him at least, talk of...
The most obvious question is, of course, why on earth does Reeves feel the need to portray the character that set him on the road to super-stardom and untold riches?
For Winter, on the other hand, Bill and Ted only launched him on the road to obscurity, and the few moments of international exposure he still receives are entirely due to repeated airings of the two films- or interviews thereon. So for him at least, talk of...
- 4/5/2011
- by Ben Szwediuk
- Obsessed with Film
Whoa, dude. Keanu Reeves has revealed that he's actively trying to bring the gnarly adventures of the rocker slackers back for Bill & Ted 3. Co-star Alex Winter recently revealed that he had met with Reeves, and original screenwriters Chris Matheson and Ed Soloman to discuss the possibility of a third movie, but the rumour mill has really gathered steam with Reeves himself confirming his involvement.
- 9/20/2010
- Sky Movies
Whoa, dude. Keanu Reeves has revealed that he's actively trying to bring the gnarly adventures of the rocker slackers back for Bill & Ted 3. Co-star Alex Winter recently revealed that he had met with Reeves, and original screenwriters Chris Matheson and Ed Soloman to discuss the possibility of a third movie, but the rumour mill has really gathered steam with Reeves himself confirming his involvement.
- 9/20/2010
- Sky Movies
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