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Movie and TV rumors for the next 5ish years
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[quote]Every year at Orycon there is a panel by a reviewer and industry insider, Gareth Von Kallenbach, in which he talks about the current going ons in cinema and television. (There is also an assistant producer there who worked on every season of Star Trek Voyager and Enterprise who has shed some very interesting light on the subject, alas this is a tangent). Here are the notes I have taken. Now I checked my notes from the past two years and it seems this guy has a good track record for this industry, about 60-85% successful prediction. Now mind you many of these are just being looked at or are in pre production. Never assume anything is certain until the cameras start rolling. Oh, and the basic premise of Indiana Jones 4 and the New Star Trek is down at the bottom.[/quote]
[quote]Every year at Orycon there is a panel by a reviewer and industry insider, Gareth Von Kallenbach, in which he talks about the current going ons in cinema and television. (There is also an assistant producer there who worked on every season of Star Trek Voyager and Enterprise who has shed some very interesting light on the subject, alas this is a tangent). Here are the notes I have taken. Now I checked my notes from the past two years and it seems this guy has a good track record for this industry, about 60-85% successful prediction. Now mind you many of these are just being looked at or are in pre production. Never assume anything is certain until the cameras start rolling. Oh, and the basic premise of Indiana Jones 4 and the New Star Trek is down at the bottom.[/quote]
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Did you hear this right? I don't think that either of his shows could even begin to continue very far without him, esp Family Guy, since he voices so many characters.
Jake
Jake
[quote="TV Squad"]The last pre-strike produced episode aired last Sunday which left the studio with the option to continue without MacFarlane and the writing staff, or go immediately into reruns. With November Sweeps upon us and most of their live action compatriots being forced into repeats soon, network brass decided that the hopes of one creator; who you might recall they've already fired once so they could certainly do it again; paled in comparison to the hopes and dreams of beating Desperate Housewives during sweeps month and being able to jack up ad rates to Super Bowl levels (I know these are the kinds of things TV Execs dream of because I watch 30 Rock). And so, tonight will mark the premiere of the first episode ever completed without its creator's blessing.
While the episodes in question were begun with MacFarlane and the writers in place, considering the long lead time animated series must work under (except for South Park who can knock one out in twelve minutes), there are always late changes and edits that are made before each one goes to air, and this portion is what the networks are doing without their showrunner. If the strike continues, however, they may have to get even more hands on. [/quote]
[URL="http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/11/18/family-guy-goes-on-without-creator-seth-macfarlane/"]Source[/URL]
This indicates that the production components for a total of either four or five unfinished episodes are complete, but waiting for assembly. The problem is not that FOX is going ahead, but that changes may need to be done without Macfarlane's creative input or his voice, if indeed re-takes are necessary for a particular scene. It hasn't been recast, but it certainly may make for episodes that do not offer the same level of quality that a standard production run would.
I'm not trying to give FOX a good image here, but I just hate seeing an accurate story get manhandled into something completely false.
Jake