CBS has decided not to move forward with its gender-flipped “Early Edition” reboot project after completing the pilot, Variety has learned.
The original ’90s drama “Early Edition” starred Kyle Chandler as a man who magically received tomorrow’s edition of the Chicago Sun-Times today, delivered to his door each morning by a mysterious ginger tabby cat. His knowledge of the future then gave him the chance to change it for the better.
In the rebooted version, ambitious but uncompromising journalist Beth (Alice Eve) starts receiving tomorrow’s newspaper today. She then finds herself in the complicated business of changing the news instead of reporting it.
Beth is further described as the executive producer of Ksea, a local Seattle TV news station. A journalist/investigative reporter since she was a kid, Beth is very focused on getting the story no matter what, which sometimes puts her at odds with her beloved mentor,...
The original ’90s drama “Early Edition” starred Kyle Chandler as a man who magically received tomorrow’s edition of the Chicago Sun-Times today, delivered to his door each morning by a mysterious ginger tabby cat. His knowledge of the future then gave him the chance to change it for the better.
In the rebooted version, ambitious but uncompromising journalist Beth (Alice Eve) starts receiving tomorrow’s newspaper today. She then finds herself in the complicated business of changing the news instead of reporting it.
Beth is further described as the executive producer of Ksea, a local Seattle TV news station. A journalist/investigative reporter since she was a kid, Beth is very focused on getting the story no matter what, which sometimes puts her at odds with her beloved mentor,...
- 5/12/2022
- by Jennifer Maas
- Variety Film + TV
Alice Eve is set to headline the “Early Edition” reboot pilot at CBS, Variety has confirmed.
In the rebooted version, ambitious but uncompromising journalist Beth (Eve) starts receiving tomorrow’s newspaper today. She then finds herself in the complicated business of changing the news instead of reporting it.
Beth is further described as the executive producer of Ksea, a local Seattle TV news station. A journalist/investigative reporter since she was a kid, Beth is very focused on getting the story no matter what, which sometimes puts her at odds with her beloved mentor, Tommy, who believes that the most important thing about a story is the people and its human toll.
Eve most recently appeared in the Epix series “Belgravia” and the feature “Warning.” Next up, she will be seen in the films “The Infernal Machine,” “Freelancers,” “The Queen Mary,” and the series “The Power” for Amazon. Her past...
In the rebooted version, ambitious but uncompromising journalist Beth (Eve) starts receiving tomorrow’s newspaper today. She then finds herself in the complicated business of changing the news instead of reporting it.
Beth is further described as the executive producer of Ksea, a local Seattle TV news station. A journalist/investigative reporter since she was a kid, Beth is very focused on getting the story no matter what, which sometimes puts her at odds with her beloved mentor, Tommy, who believes that the most important thing about a story is the people and its human toll.
Eve most recently appeared in the Epix series “Belgravia” and the feature “Warning.” Next up, she will be seen in the films “The Infernal Machine,” “Freelancers,” “The Queen Mary,” and the series “The Power” for Amazon. Her past...
- 3/17/2022
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
CBS may be back on the Early Edition beat next fall: the Eye network has handed a pilot order to a gender-flipped reboot of the late 1990s dramedy, our sister site Deadline reports.
The original Early Edition was created by Ian Abrams, Patrick Q. Page, and Vik Rubenfeld, and ran for four seasons on CBS between 1996 and 2000. A pre-Friday Night Lights Kyle Chandler played Gary Hobson, a man who mysteriously received each Chicago Sun-Times newspaper the day before it was published, and used the knowledge he received to prevent terrible events from taking place. Shanésia Davis-Williams, Fisher Stevens, Kristy Swanson,...
The original Early Edition was created by Ian Abrams, Patrick Q. Page, and Vik Rubenfeld, and ran for four seasons on CBS between 1996 and 2000. A pre-Friday Night Lights Kyle Chandler played Gary Hobson, a man who mysteriously received each Chicago Sun-Times newspaper the day before it was published, and used the knowledge he received to prevent terrible events from taking place. Shanésia Davis-Williams, Fisher Stevens, Kristy Swanson,...
- 2/9/2022
- by Ryan Schwartz
- TVLine.com
CBS has ordered a pilot for a reboot of the drama series “Early Edition,” Variety has learned.
The original series starred Kyle Chandler as a man who magically received tomorrow’s edition of the Chicago Sun-Times today, delivered to his door each morning by a mysterious ginger tabby cat. His knowledge of the future then gave him the chance to change it for the better.
In the rebooted version, an ambitious but uncompromising journalist starts receiving tomorrow’s newspaper today. She then finds herself in the complicated business of changing the news instead of reporting it.
Melissa Glenn serves as writer and executive producer on the pilot. DeVon Franklin of Franklin Entertainment will also executive produce along with Bob Brush. Jenna Nicholson of Franklin Entertainment will co-executive produce. Sony Pictures Television and Affirm Television produce in association with CBS Studios.
Along with Chandler, the original “Early Edition” starred Shanésia Davis-Williams,...
The original series starred Kyle Chandler as a man who magically received tomorrow’s edition of the Chicago Sun-Times today, delivered to his door each morning by a mysterious ginger tabby cat. His knowledge of the future then gave him the chance to change it for the better.
In the rebooted version, an ambitious but uncompromising journalist starts receiving tomorrow’s newspaper today. She then finds herself in the complicated business of changing the news instead of reporting it.
Melissa Glenn serves as writer and executive producer on the pilot. DeVon Franklin of Franklin Entertainment will also executive produce along with Bob Brush. Jenna Nicholson of Franklin Entertainment will co-executive produce. Sony Pictures Television and Affirm Television produce in association with CBS Studios.
Along with Chandler, the original “Early Edition” starred Shanésia Davis-Williams,...
- 2/9/2022
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Having earned a loyal following as editor of the satirical publication and Web site the Onion, founder Scott Dikkers turns his attention to the irreverence-starved world of feature comedies.
Unfortunately, the resulting "Bad Meat", co-written with fellow former Onion scribe Michael Hirsch, bears little of the barbed wit that made for such memorable headlines as "Tenth Circle Added to Rapidly Growing Hell" or "Mr. T to Pity Fool".
Instead Dikkers and Hirsch have delivered a one-note, dumb/dumber black comedy about a pair of losers whose scheme to kidnap a corrupt congressman goes very, very wrong.
Apparently aiming for the deliberately bad but failing to achieve that highly elusive so-bad-it's-good status, the Los Angeles Film Festival narrative competition entry may have a limited future as a midnight movie cult item, but judging from the walkouts at its first screening, "Bad Meat" is an acquired stench.
Set in the meat-packing town of Butcher's Mill, Ill., home to the perennially unemployed Buddy (Lance Barber channeling Chris Farley) and wide-eyed meat-packer Earl (Billie Worley), the film follows the dimwitted duo's plot to kidnap the obnoxious Congressman Greeley (Chevy Chase rendered virtually unrecognizable with a terrible toupe and even worse teeth).
The fact that Greeley drops dead before they can get to him doesn't prove to be a deterrent. Neither does the additional fact that his snatched cadaver finds its way into the plant and gets ground up into bologna.
Speaking of baloney, there's seems to be an attempt to conjure up the perverse spirit of early John Waters here, but the tone gets old real fast and the irritation factor isn't helped by Dikkers' (presumed) deliberately incompetent directing style.
On the plus side, Chase may take some consolation in knowing that "Under the Rainbow" is no longer his worst film.
Unfortunately, the resulting "Bad Meat", co-written with fellow former Onion scribe Michael Hirsch, bears little of the barbed wit that made for such memorable headlines as "Tenth Circle Added to Rapidly Growing Hell" or "Mr. T to Pity Fool".
Instead Dikkers and Hirsch have delivered a one-note, dumb/dumber black comedy about a pair of losers whose scheme to kidnap a corrupt congressman goes very, very wrong.
Apparently aiming for the deliberately bad but failing to achieve that highly elusive so-bad-it's-good status, the Los Angeles Film Festival narrative competition entry may have a limited future as a midnight movie cult item, but judging from the walkouts at its first screening, "Bad Meat" is an acquired stench.
Set in the meat-packing town of Butcher's Mill, Ill., home to the perennially unemployed Buddy (Lance Barber channeling Chris Farley) and wide-eyed meat-packer Earl (Billie Worley), the film follows the dimwitted duo's plot to kidnap the obnoxious Congressman Greeley (Chevy Chase rendered virtually unrecognizable with a terrible toupe and even worse teeth).
The fact that Greeley drops dead before they can get to him doesn't prove to be a deterrent. Neither does the additional fact that his snatched cadaver finds its way into the plant and gets ground up into bologna.
Speaking of baloney, there's seems to be an attempt to conjure up the perverse spirit of early John Waters here, but the tone gets old real fast and the irritation factor isn't helped by Dikkers' (presumed) deliberately incompetent directing style.
On the plus side, Chase may take some consolation in knowing that "Under the Rainbow" is no longer his worst film.
Having earned a loyal following as editor of the satirical publication and Web site the Onion, founder Scott Dikkers turns his attention to the irreverence-starved world of feature comedies.
Unfortunately, the resulting "Bad Meat", co-written with fellow former Onion scribe Michael Hirsch, bears little of the barbed wit that made for such memorable headlines as "Tenth Circle Added to Rapidly Growing Hell" or "Mr. T to Pity Fool".
Instead Dikkers and Hirsch have delivered a one-note, dumb/dumber black comedy about a pair of losers whose scheme to kidnap a corrupt congressman goes very, very wrong.
Apparently aiming for the deliberately bad but failing to achieve that highly elusive so-bad-it's-good status, the Los Angeles Film Festival narrative competition entry may have a limited future as a midnight movie cult item, but judging from the walkouts at its first screening, "Bad Meat" is an acquired stench.
Set in the meat-packing town of Butcher's Mill, Ill., home to the perennially unemployed Buddy (Lance Barber channeling Chris Farley) and wide-eyed meat-packer Earl (Billie Worley), the film follows the dimwitted duo's plot to kidnap the obnoxious Congressman Greeley (Chevy Chase rendered virtually unrecognizable with a terrible toupe and even worse teeth).
The fact that Greeley drops dead before they can get to him doesn't prove to be a deterrent. Neither does the additional fact that his snatched cadaver finds its way into the plant and gets ground up into bologna.
Speaking of baloney, there's seems to be an attempt to conjure up the perverse spirit of early John Waters here, but the tone gets old real fast and the irritation factor isn't helped by Dikkers' (presumed) deliberately incompetent directing style.
On the plus side, Chase may take some consolation in knowing that "Under the Rainbow" is no longer his worst film.
Unfortunately, the resulting "Bad Meat", co-written with fellow former Onion scribe Michael Hirsch, bears little of the barbed wit that made for such memorable headlines as "Tenth Circle Added to Rapidly Growing Hell" or "Mr. T to Pity Fool".
Instead Dikkers and Hirsch have delivered a one-note, dumb/dumber black comedy about a pair of losers whose scheme to kidnap a corrupt congressman goes very, very wrong.
Apparently aiming for the deliberately bad but failing to achieve that highly elusive so-bad-it's-good status, the Los Angeles Film Festival narrative competition entry may have a limited future as a midnight movie cult item, but judging from the walkouts at its first screening, "Bad Meat" is an acquired stench.
Set in the meat-packing town of Butcher's Mill, Ill., home to the perennially unemployed Buddy (Lance Barber channeling Chris Farley) and wide-eyed meat-packer Earl (Billie Worley), the film follows the dimwitted duo's plot to kidnap the obnoxious Congressman Greeley (Chevy Chase rendered virtually unrecognizable with a terrible toupe and even worse teeth).
The fact that Greeley drops dead before they can get to him doesn't prove to be a deterrent. Neither does the additional fact that his snatched cadaver finds its way into the plant and gets ground up into bologna.
Speaking of baloney, there's seems to be an attempt to conjure up the perverse spirit of early John Waters here, but the tone gets old real fast and the irritation factor isn't helped by Dikkers' (presumed) deliberately incompetent directing style.
On the plus side, Chase may take some consolation in knowing that "Under the Rainbow" is no longer his worst film.
- 6/25/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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