Barry Sonnenfeld News
Stephen King, Barry Sonnenfeld Return to TV
tv.com –
2009-09-29
It's good to be the King. One way to make television more sufferable is let pros from other mediums take a swing at the boob tube. ... Full Article
Barry Sonnenfeld inks ABC deal
hollywoodreporter.com –
2009-09-28
Producer-director Barry Sonnenfeld is setting shop at ABC, closing in on a two-year, first-look deal with the network and ABC Studios. Under the pact, Sonnenfeld will develop projects for ABC and will direct a pilot for the network during pilot... ... Full Article
Hollywood gets on with the business of being Hollywood, selling top-quality products and bottom-shelf products all in the same breath. In that vein we have a 1910 adventure series going to screen, and the Octo-mom lady getting a show. ... Full Article
Barry Sonnenfeld ( Men In Black) is attempting to bring one of Hollywood's longest-stalled projects to the big screen: an adaptation of the juvenile sci-fi book series Tom Swift. ... Full Article
Sony & Sonnenfeld Re-Imagine "Swift"
darkhorizons.com –
2009-06-01
Sony Pictures has picked up "Swift", a script described as a reimagining of the Tom Swift adventure novels says Variety . This new version would feature Swift as one-half of a father-son team who are among the greatest inventors of... ... Full Article
That's "Swift" as in "Tom Swift," the fictional inventor/adventurer concocted by Edward Stratemeyer in the early 1900s for a series of young adult books. The pitch comes from "Men in Black" director Barry Sonnenfeld and Ben David Grabinski, according to... ... Full Article
Sonnenfeld Get's Shorty
moviehole.net –
2009-05-31
The, er, Men in Black have paid Barry Sonnenfeld an undisclosed amount to bring the Tom Swift novels to the big screen. The Tom Swift character, one-half of a father-son team who are among the greatest inventors of all time,... ... Full Article
The Definitive List of Superior Sequels
film.com –
2009-05-25
Sequels almost never live up to their predecessors. It's just a sad fact of life. When you think about it, most sequels are kind of doomed from the start because -- for the most part -- their existence is born... ... Full Article
NEW YORK -- Sofía Vergara slips into the bar area of Manhattan's Thalia restaurant on a recent evening as dusk is giving way to the come-hither lights of Broadway marquees. ... Full Article
WMA TV veteran exits
hollywoodreporter.com –
2009-05-17
William Morris' top scripted TV agent, Aaron Kaplan, is leaving to launch a management and production company. Kaplan, an 18-year WMA veteran, rose to worldwide head of scripted television and packaging after joining the agency's mailroom in 1991. ... Full Article