Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Slow News Day: Would You Believe Alan Arkin?, Venture III, Andy's Bar, Animania Strikes Again

ITEM: Fresh off his Oscar win, Alan Arkin has signed on to play the Chief in the film update of Get Smart with Steve Carell. He'll be joining Anne Hathaway, the Rock, and Terence Stamp in the 2008 release, which is unfortunately brought to you by the writers of Failure to Launch and the director of Anger Management.

ITEM: Jackson Publick and Doc Hammer have announced that The Venture Bros. has been greenlit for a third season, and a fourth is almost definite. (Hell yeh!) But...the third season probably won't begin until next spring, due to the enormous amount of time the show takes to animate. (Hell naw...)

ITEM: The usually reliable Andy Ackerman (Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm) is working with the usually shitty Scott Silveri (Friends, Joey) on an untitled new sitcom for CBS, about a group of late-night bar regulars. Meh...

ITEM: The third volumes of the beloved Saturday morning relics Animaniacs and Pinky and the Brain will hit DVD on June 19, which will finally complete your Pinky collection and push you over the halfway mark on the other.

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