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Daniel Kurland Jan 7, 2019

Jon Glaser—the gearmaster himself—helps tease Jon Glaser Loves Gear Season 2.

Jon Glaser has always been a magnet for the unusual. His TruTV series, Jon Glaser Loves Gear, is one of the comedian’s strangest, most unique projects to date. The series acts like an innocuous unscripted series that focuses on various gear and equipment, but each episode also heads down a bizarre tangent as Jon’s personality and obsession with gear derails the subject at hand. An episode about space gear can somehow organically turn into an installment that looks at plastic surgery and prosthetics as Jon attempts to hide his identity. It’s a stunning hybrid of styles which all amount to a comedy that’s ridiculously silly with absurd set pieces that you won’t see anywhere else on television.

Jon Glaser Loves Gear season 2, which premieres January 9th on truTV, keeps the...

Jon Glaser loves gear. “Jon Glaser” really loves gear.

TruTV’s new series “Jon Glaser Loves Gear,” which premieres Wednesday night, defies classification. It’s a fake reality show about a celebrity who loves cool gadgets, but it includes segments with real people showcasing real cool gadgets. It’s heavily improvised, but with real scripted story tangents, as comedian Jon Glaser, playing an awful version of himself, watches the narrative unravel.

“It is weirdly hard to describe,” Glaser said. “And when people ask, ‘What is gear?’ that has an even wider definition.”

“Jon Glaser Loves Gear” follows the fictional Glaser as he pitches TruTV on the show, which the network quickly greenlights. He finds a sidekick (Steve Cirbus, “Delocated”) and in the first episode, and sets out to go camping. After his wife refuses to play along, he auditions models to play his spouse… and things fall apart once the camping gets started.

The Jon Glaser Loves Gear TV show premieres on truTV, Wednesday, October 26, 2016 at 10:00pm Et/Pt, with two back-to-back half-hour episodes. The series features Glaser as himself, making a docu-series about his passion for gear -- which tends to interfere with show production. TruTV will air a sneak peek of the debut, Tuesday, October 25 at 11:00 p.m. Et/Pt, after The Adam Ruins Everything Election Special.The hybrid comedy show's recurring cast also features John Hodgman Steve Cirbus, Miriam Tolan, and Eva Solveig. Guest stars include: Janeane Garofalo, Jo Firestone, mixed martial artist Renzo Gracie; bass fishing champ Woo Daves, Ron Duguay, Peter Grosz, and Robert Kelly. Get the details from this truTV press release.Read More…...

TruTV has announced cast and an October 26 premiere date for Jon Glaser’s (Parks and Recreation, Girls), hybrid comedy series Jon Glaser Loves Gear and cast for Melissa Hunter’s scripted comedy pilot Small Victories. The 10-episode first season of Jon Glaser Loves Gear will feature The Daily Show‘s John Hodgman, Steve Cirbus (Delocated), Miriam Tolan and Eva Solveig in recurring roles. Janeane Garofalo (Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp) is set to guest star…...

Adult Swim's new live-action mini-series, Neon Joe, Werewolf Hunter, premieres Monday, December 7, 2015 at 12:00am Et/Pt, and will air for five nights in a row, with the series finale airing Friday, December 11. When the small town of Garrity, Vt is threatened by a werewolf, it's Neon Joe to the rescue.

Neon Joe, Werewolf Hunter stars Joes Glaser as Neon Joe. The cast also includes Scott Adsit, Stephanie March, Steve Little, and Steve Cirbus. Continue on for details from Adult Swim. Read More…...

The Focus Features drama Being Flynn is already out in limited release, and it is set to expand nationwide today, March 16. We have a contest lined up for this adaptation of Nick Flynn's memoir starring Robert De Niro and Paul Dano, and we're giving away the motion picture soundtrack, Bose earbud headphones, and Nick Flynn's book to our readers. These prizes will go fast, so enter this contest today.

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Being Flynn is the new dramatic feature from Academy Award-nominated writer/director Paul Weitz (About a Boy). Adapted from Nick Flynn's 2004 memoir Another Bulls-t Night in Suck City,...

Images from Being Flynn, starring Robert De Niro, Paul Dano, Olivia Thirlby, Lili Taylor and Julianne Moore. Helmed and scripted by Paul Weitz (About a Boy) Being Flynn follows Nick Flynn (Paul Dano) who is shocked to have his eccentric and long-absent father, Jonathan (Robert De Niro) reach out to him unexpectedly. Still feeling the loss of his mother (played in flashbacks by Julianne Moore) in the midst of starting a new relationship with Denise (Juno’s Olivia Thirlby), the last person Nick wants to see is his father. But you can’t outrun fate and slowly Nick comes to realize he has been given the chance to make a real future not only for himself, but for his struggling father too. Being Flynn is based on the memoir Another Bullsh#t Night in Suck City by Nick Flynn, and produced by Michael Costigan, Andrew Miano and Paul Weitz. Also...

Images from Being Flynn, starring Robert De Niro, Paul Dano, Olivia Thirlby, Lili Taylor and Julianne Moore. Helmed and scripted by Paul Weitz (About a Boy) Being Flynn follows Nick Flynn (Paul Dano) who is shocked to have his eccentric and long-absent father, Jonathan (Robert De Niro) reach out to him unexpectedly. Still feeling the loss of his mother (played in flashbacks by Julianne Moore) in the midst of starting a new relationship with Denise (Juno’s Olivia Thirlby), the last person Nick wants to see is his father. But you can’t outrun fate and slowly Nick comes to realize he has been given the chance to make a real future not only for himself, but for his struggling father too. Being Flynn is based on the memoir Another Bullsh#t Night in Suck City by Nick Flynn, and produced by Michael Costigan, Andrew Miano and Paul Weitz. Also...

Images from Being Flynn, starring Robert De Niro, Paul Dano, Olivia Thirlby, Lili Taylor and Julianne Moore. Helmed and scripted by Paul Weitz (About a Boy) Being Flynn follows Nick Flynn (Paul Dano) who is shocked to have his eccentric and long-absent father, Jonathan (Robert De Niro) reach out to him unexpectedly. Still feeling the loss of his mother (played in flashbacks by Julianne Moore) in the midst of starting a new relationship with Denise (Juno’s Olivia Thirlby), the last person Nick wants to see is his father. But you can’t outrun fate and slowly Nick comes to realize he has been given the chance to make a real future not only for himself, but for his struggling father too. Being Flynn is based on the memoir Another Bullsh#t Night in Suck City by Nick Flynn, and produced by Michael Costigan, Andrew Miano and Paul Weitz. Also...

He’s the writer-director of TV series The Kill Point, starring Steve Cirbus, Donnie Wahlberg and Michael Hyatt, about a group of Iraq veterans who pull off a major bank heist. He’s also dabbled in a spot of editing, acting and producing with comedy Big Fan.

Now Josh Trank sets his sights higher by taking on his ‘reality TV’ style sci-fi thriller, Chronicle, about three high school friends who gain superpowers after making an incredible discovery and find their bond tested as they embrace their darker sides. The new film stars Michael B. Jordan and Michael Kelly, and relative newcomers Alex Russell and Dane DeHaan.

At an exclusive ‘first-see’ screening in central London in January, Trank talked about the origins of the Chronicle, working with director John Landis’s son, Max Landis, on the ideas and the script, his documentary influence, whether he’s been asked to revamp Fantastic Four/X-Men,...

If you are not a fan of Delocated yet, then a marathon sitting at home is the only way to digest it. You just have to keep in mind that it gets better once you learn the characters. Jon Glaser has created an awkward comedy with an even more awkward and bizarre premise. A family in federal witness protection gets a deal for a reality TV series. The government lets them move to New York and do the series as long as they always wear their masks. Although this mockumentary is outrageously unbelievable, in today’s world of Kim Kardashian dominated pseudo-reality TV, anything goes. Just remember you have to want to stick it out through the first few episodes.

The pilot opens up with Jon (Glaser) and his family moving with their security detail to New York City. It’s not long before you realize that Jon is a self-absorbed jerk.

Adult Swim has just announced that Emmy nominated actress and comedian Janeane Garofalo will join the cast of Delocated in season 3. Delocated creator and star Jon Glaser teased, “I couldn¹t be less excited… Janeane is not very funny, and she¹s also a terrible actress.” Glaser adds, “Oh My God, Hilarious! I Actually Mean The Opposite Of Everything I Just Said About Her! Welcome, Janeane!” Garofalo joins the cast as Susan Shapiro, the head of the television network that produces the reality show about Jon (played by Glaser), a man in the witness protection program. After testifying against the Russian Mafia, Jon accepts an offer to participate in a reality show based on his life. In order to protect his identity with television audiences‹and more importantly, the Russian mob family the Mirminsky’s he wears a ski mask and has his voice surgically disguised. Garofalo will also join...

The New York Comic Con will soon be upon us. Here is our first bit of information we have recieved about the panels and signings from the Cartoon Network and Adult Swim. That means that shows like Robot Chicken, The Venture Bros., Eagleheart and much more.

Here is a description of the con from www.newyorkcomiccon.com:

New York Comic Con is the East Coast's biggest and most exciting popular culture convention. Our show floor plays host to the latest and greatest in comics, graphic novels, anime, manga, video games, toys, movies, and television. Our panels and autograph sessions give fans a chance to interact with their favorite creators. Our screening rooms feature sneak peeks at films and television shows months before they hit either big or small screens. And with dedicated professional hours, New York Comic Con is a market place, bringing together the major players in the entertainment industry.

Spike TV has rounded out the cast of its upcoming eight-hour drama series Kill Pit, which stars John Leguizamo and Donnie Wahlberg.

Joining the cast of the series, from Lionsgate and Mandeville, are Peter Appel (NYPD Blue), Dana Ashbrook (Deadwood), Adam Cantor, Steve Cirbus (Law & Order), Jeremy Davidson (Cold Case), Christine Evangelista ("Law & Order"; reps are Gersh Agency, Myrna Jacoby at MJ Management and attorney Lev Ginsburg), Jennifer Ferrin (Rescue Me), Leo Fitzpatrick (The Wire), Frank Grillo (Prison Break), Michael Hogan (Law & Order: Criminal Intent), Michael Hyatt (Grey's Anatomy), Mike McGlone (The Brothers McMullen) and Wayne Kasserman (Law & Order: SVU).

Production on the series, which centers on a bank robbery that goes awry, starts Wednesday in Pittsburgh, with the show now set to premiere July 22.

In addition, Steve Shill has signed on to direct all eight episodes and co-executive produce.