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Laurence Fishburne Is Alex Haley In ‘Roots’ Remake
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Lawrence Fishburne has been cast in the small but pivotal role of Alex Haley (originally played by James Earl Jones), in Roots, the remake scheduled to be simulcast on A&E, Lifetime, and The History Channel. Haley, is the author of Roots: The Saga of an American Family, the basis for the miniseries, along with historical research.
Check out the press release below.
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TV Review: The Lizzie Borden Chronicles 1.8 “Capsize”
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The Lizzie Borden Chronicles
Episode 1.8 “Capsize”
Directed by Constantine Makris
Teleplay by Richard Blaney, Gregory Small
Story by by Richard Blaney, Gregory Small, David Simkins
Starring Christina Ricci, Clea DuVall, Chris Bauer, Cody Ray Thompson, Matthew Le Nevez, Amy Forsyth, Michelle Fairley
Lifetime
Air Date: Sunday, May 24th, 2015, 10pm ET
This is the end! It’s the last episode of the really fun ride known as The Lizzie Borden Chronicles! Spinning the tale of what life was like for Lizzie and Emma Borden (Christina Ricci and Clea DuVall) after the sensational trial of which she was acquitted, the story lands back in Fall River, and the blood never stops flowing.
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Tags: Amy Forsyth, Chris Bauer, Christina Ricci, Clea DuVall, Cody Ray Thompson, Constantine Makris, David Simkins, Lifetime, Matthew Le Nevez, Michelle Fairley, The Lizzie Borden Chronicles
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‘The Lizzie Borden Chronicles’ Interviews Pt 2: Writer David Simkins
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Lifetime’s The Lizzie Borden Chronicles comes to an end tonight, and I think I might miss it most of all. This fun and campy limited series, a continuation of the Lifetime movie, Lizzie Borden Took An Ax, gave us a fictionalized account of what Lizzie Borden’s life was like once she was acquitted of the murder of her parents. That life, which interwined real and unreal (really unreal!) characters, was a bloody romp. That couldn’t have happened without Christina Ricci and Clea Duvall, who played Lizzie and Emma Borden, respectively. Nor could it have happened without the writers Greg Small, Rich Blaney, Barbara Nance, Jason Grote, and David Simkins.
I had interviewed Rich and Greg previously, and then got the bonus chance of interviewing David Simkins, veteran TV writer and producer of such shows as Charmed, Roswell, Warehouse 13, Dark Angel, Grimm, and so much more.
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Tags: Barbara Nance, Christina Ricci, Clea DuVall, Cole Hauser, David Simkins, Greg Small, Jason Grote, Lifetime, Lizzie Borden, Rich Blaney, The Lizzie Borden Chronicles
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TV Review: The Lizzie Borden Chronicles 1.7 “The Sisters Grimke”
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The Lizzie Borden Chronicles
Episode 1.7 “The Sisters Grimke”
Directed by Constantine Makris
Written by Richard Blaney, Gregory Small
Starring Christina Ricci, Clea DuVall, Chris Bauer, Ronan Vilbert, Steven McCarthy, Gage Munroe, Robert B. Kennedy, Adrian G. Griffiths, Gianpaolo Venuta
Lifetime
Air Date: Sunday, May 17, 2015, 10pm ET
Last week was the unofficial finale of sorts for The Lizzie Borden Chronicles. We know, thanks to writers, Rich Blaney and Greg Small, that originally the plan was for 6 episodes. Then, when two more were ordered, after the arc was pretty set for those six, the last 2 episodes were really an “opportunity” to explore, leaving the 6th episode with a finale-like feel. And boy! They weren’t kidding!
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Tags: Adrian G. Griffiths, Chris Bauer, Christina Ricci, Clea DuVall, Constantine Makris, Gage Munroe, Gianpaolo Venuta, Gregory Small, Lifetime, Richard Blaney, Robert B. Kennedy, Ronan Vilbert, Ryan Blakely, Steven McCarthy, The Lizzie Borden Chronicles
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‘The Lizzie Borden Chronicles’ Interviews Pt 1: Writers Small & Blaney
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The Lizzie Borden Chronicles debuted on April 5th, 2015, on Lifetime, as a continuation of the Lifetime movie, Lizzie Borden Took An Ax. It tells the fictionalized story of what life was like for the Borden sisters, Lizzie and Emma (Christina Ricci and Clea DuVall), after the sensational trial of the murder of their parents, of which Lizzie was acquitted. As can be expected, life in Fall River was not ponies and rainbows, but chock full of more death and tons of blood.
Geeks of Doom got the chance to speak with 3 of the writers (Part 2 with David Simkins posts Monday) of this campy series (think 1890s Evil Dead-y), and while they didn’t give us spoilers, they did give us some insight into the story process, Christina Ricci’s dynamite input, and how lucky they were with the fantastic casting.
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Tags: Andrew Howard, Bradley Stryker, Christina Ricci, Clea DuVall, Cole Hauser, Greg Small, Jessy Schram, John Heard, Jonathan Banks, Lifetime, Lizzie Borden, Rich Blaney, The Lizzie Borden Chronicles
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