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Published on Monday, December 20, 2004 - 10:18pm |
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Dead LikeDEAD LIKE ME!!And Other News ofthe Dude Who Created WONDERFALLS!!
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I am – Hercules!!
Lots going on in the life of comedy genius Bryan Fuller at the moment!
The good news? Fuller’s teleplay for the hilarious “Wonderfalls” pilot, so foolishly ignored by the Emmys and most of the other worthless kudo-machines, snagged a Writer’s Guild of America nomination on Wednesday.
The bad news? At 5 p.m. on the very same day, the contracts for the “Dead Like Me” cast expired, and Fuller’s reps informed him Showtime programming exec Bob Greenblat failed to pick up a third season of the Fuller-created series.
“They called me last week and said it was cancelled,” Fuller told Ain’t It Cool Monday. Execs at MGM are “currently trying to find a new home for it, perhaps even the SciFi Channel.”
Now, I acknowledge that “Dead” has been a shadow of its former self since Fuller left it early in its first season. But is Greenblat going to shift the savings into another season of “Huff”?
Don’t feel too bad for young Bryan. In a matter of weeks he hopes to start casting SciFi’s animated half-hour “Amazing Screw-On Head,” which Fuller adapted from the comic book character created by Mike Mignola (“Hellboy”). It’s a supernatural Civil War-era tale about an otherworldly U.S. operative who can screw his head onto a variety of bodies.
Fuller’s also busy creating the NBC hourlong "The Assistants,” about those who facilitate the star of the fictional “Dr. Marty Show.”
Dr. Marty preaches the importance of being kind to one’s fellow man but eventually “shits on his assistant” one too many times. “Think Dr. Phil if he were Bill O'Reilly,” summarizes Fuller. “The outline’s approved and I'm off writing.”
Finally, for those who haven’t heard, “Wonderfalls: The Complete Series” comes to DVD on Feb. 1. All 13 episodes, including the nine that never aired in the United States, with loads of commentaries and extras. I will buy the HD version when it’s issued in a year or two, but I’m snapping up the SD version in the meantime. This is one that must be owned as early as possible.

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Reader Talkback
Dead Like Me by Celtican | Dec 20th, 2004 10:30:55 PM | Wonderfalls was great! by Batgirl | Dec 20th, 2004 10:35:10 PM | Sci-Fi would never pick up
Dead Like Me by Logo Lou | Dec 20th, 2004 10:59:57 PM | SD? HD-DVD by woemcats | Dec 20th, 2004 11:00:21 PM | And Gone is one of the
smartest shows on television! by KenKRK | Dec 20th, 2004 11:08:52 PM | I love good TV by mullymt | Dec 20th, 2004 11:37:32 PM | Goodbye Peanut... by Darth_Nader | Dec 21st, 2004 12:14:22 AM | Insert Snarky Wonderland
comment here by Silver Shamrock | Dec 21st, 2004 12:50:56 AM | wonderland, wonderfalls, by Silver Shamrock | Dec 21st, 2004 12:53:33 AM | DLM has improved consistently
for two seasons. by Kurg1 | Dec 21st, 2004 01:07:13 AM | Wonderful Wonderfalls
Cancelled. Yet "the Swan" is
still on the by Jimmy Jazz | Dec 21st, 2004 01:09:00 AM | Is the guy that cancelled
Angel now working for
showtime? by The Outlander | Dec 21st, 2004 01:15:51 AM | Finally something I can agree
with Herc on... by ryLRci | Dec 21st, 2004 02:24:52 AM | He's Dead Like Me, Jim by Baba-Lou | Dec 21st, 2004 08:16:15 AM | Shit by ejcarter9 | Dec 21st, 2004 08:49:04 AM | WTF?! by KingKrikkit | Dec 21st, 2004 09:00:56 AM | Don't believe it. by Geophyrd | Dec 21st, 2004 09:31:51 AM | My Christmas is ruined by buffymm | Dec 21st, 2004 09:35:07 AM | Dead Like RIP.... It's Greg
the Bunny again by EPE | Dec 21st, 2004 09:39:09 AM | As George would say...WHAT THE
FUCK?! by SpyGuy | Dec 21st, 2004 10:28:56 AM | Normally I'm with ya Herc by Banky the Hack | Dec 21st, 2004 10:51:33 AM | Where's the love for 'The L
Word'?! I spank it to this
show lik by Goon Bighead | Dec 21st, 2004 10:51:55 AM | ONLINE PETITION & other stuff
to do to help save Dead Like
Me! by The Outlander | Dec 21st, 2004 11:10:19 AM | Send Showtime some corpses! by HoldenCaulfield | Dec 21st, 2004 11:25:04 AM | This is typical Showtime by KazamaSmokers | Dec 21st, 2004 12:00:58 PM | SHOWTIME-HBO by cocolopez | Dec 21st, 2004 12:03:23 PM | DLM wasn't the only reason I
kept Showtime... by zer0cool2k2 | Dec 21st, 2004 05:15:00 PM | Direct petition link by EPE | Dec 21st, 2004 06:32:45 PM | damn, just when i didn't think
i had to hear about
wonderfalls a by Lou C. | Dec 21st, 2004 07:09:00 PM | fuck showtime by manhattom | Dec 21st, 2004 07:15:15 PM | Best Showtime Series Ever by MCVamp | Dec 21st, 2004 08:33:01 PM | I haven't posted in a while,
but I felt I just had to
here.. by Surf Ninja | Dec 22nd, 2004 12:45:33 AM | What's the deal with Herc's
GRUDGE with DLM??? by Enter4None | Dec 22nd, 2004 02:43:00 PM | Wonderfalls...Pre-order DVD on
Amazon by Ninja Nerd | Dec 22nd, 2004 03:44:06 PM | Enter4None, You Are So Right. by The Outlander | Dec 22nd, 2004 08:44:09 PM | alright DLM is axed I'm sad,
but Glen FUCKING Close is on
The Sh by sTalking_Goat | Dec 23rd, 2004 11:12:44 PM | DLM was a quality piece of
programming by lush | Dec 24th, 2004 02:37:54 PM | Just contacted showtime by lush | Dec 24th, 2004 02:51:23 PM | "i hurt my wank" by satansteve | Dec 27th, 2004 03:17:49 PM | I agree "Wonderfalls" was way
overated, and WTF about DLM? by CyberBeavis1326 | Dec 28th, 2004 10:11:46 AM |
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