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Deadly Dealings, "a stylish, blood-soaked queer horror film," will be available On Digital and On Demand August 20th and we have an exclusive look at the official trailer!

Deadly Dealings stars indie scream queen Roni Jonah (Shark Exorcist, Volumes of Blood), Helene Udy (My Bloody Valentine, “Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman”), Conor McCarthy (Weredeer, Wetworks), Dixie Gers (Crazy Fat Ethel, Death Care), Adam Freeman (Truly Madly, Cannibal Hookers), and Stephen McGill (Reunion From Hell).

Official Synopsis: Mary is plagued by haunting visions of her brother, who tragically passed away. Desperate to reconnect with him, she reluctantly turns to a spirit board for answers. However, her attempt to communicate with him unleashes a malevolent entity that begins to torment her, invading both her dreams and waking life.

Deadly Dealings was directed by Adam Freeman from a script he wrote alongside Dixie Gers and Jake Zelch. The filmmakers set out to immerse the...

New Yorker Liam Malone thought that counting heads would be an easy (and well-paying) gig, but he gets in over his head with supernatural entities and mythological creatures when he realizes he's unwittingly joined the Otherworld Census Bureau in the new comic book series Census. With the first issue of Census now available to read digitally as a Comixology Original, we caught up with co-writers Marc Bernardin and Adam Freeman to discuss their new comic book series, including setting the story in New York City, working with artist Sebastián Piriz, and finding that perfect blend of horror and comedy in Liam's unpredictable journey as a supernatural census taker.

You can read our full Q&a with Marc and Adam below, and we also have preview pages from the first issue of Census, which also includes lettering by Bernardo Brice and was edited by Sarah Litt!

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The long wait for Rat in the Kitchen is almost over.

The highly anticipated TBS reality series debuts on Thursday, March 31, at 9 pm Et.

In the premiere episode, “The Case of The Fishy Sauce,” co-hosts Chef Ludo Lefebvre and comedian Natasha Leggero welcome six new chefs to compete for a shot at $50,0000 in this culinary whodunnit.

Will a fishy faux pas be enough for the rat to avoid being identified and scurry home with the dough?

TBS describes the series as "far more than a cooking show hosted by iconic roasting queen and comedian Natasha Leggero and celebrity chef Ludo Lefebvre, is a game of high stakes cat and mouse where viewers get to play detective."

Over the course of the 10-episode season, a mix of professional chefs and passionate home cooks compete in a series of creative cooking challenges, earning cash in their bank for every dish that impresses Chef Ludo,...

A handful of crew of TBS’ upcoming cooking competition series Rat In The Kitchen have gone on strike over healthcare benefits.

The series, which is produced by ITV America’s Thinkfactory Media, has been shooting in Atlanta, Georgia, but certain members of the IATSE crew downed tools this week.

They say that they are not being provided healthcare benefits. Crew stood down on Thursday saying that producers have been “unresponsive” for requests for recognition. It’s thought that the crew is a mix of ITV America staff and folk from the Warner-owned studio complex.

We understand that around 10% of staff are striking but production is continuing.

The series, which is based on a buzzy British format, is fronted by Natasha Leggero. The ten-part series, which also features celebrity chef Ludo Lefebvre as a judge, follows a group of cooks competing to win a cash prize across a series of challenges.

Exclusive: A buzzy British entertainment format that’s described as a cross between The Masked Singer and Hell’s Kitchen is the latest show to cross the pond after TBS ordered a U.S. version of Rat In The Kitchen.

Comedian Natasha Leggero is to host the 10-part series for the WarnerMedia-backed network with celebrity chef Ludo Lefebvre as judge.

The series is produced by ITV America’s Thinkfactory Media and was devised by Glenn Hugill and his UK-based ITV-owned production company Possessed.

The series follows a group of cooks competing to win a cash prize across a series of challenges. However, all the while, one of them is trying to sabotage their efforts – the rat in the kitchen.

It is a whodunit cooking format and a game of high stakes cat and mouse where viewers get to play detective. In each episode, a mix of professional chefs and...

A&e Network will kick off the new year with a deep look into mother nature’s most viral moments. The network announced Thursday Nature Gone Wild, a new non-fiction series that follows backcountry guide and explorer Greg Aiello (Outside with Greg Aiello) as he brings attention and analysis to viral videos documenting some of mother nature’s unbelievable occurrences, from natural disasters to animal attacks.

The 12-episode, half-hour series premieres on Wednesday Jan. 6. Each installment will explore unfiltered moments of the world’s wild side as Aiello explains and analyzes the unfiltered footage of natural phenomenons gathered from across the globe to get to the root of the various occurrences.

Nature Gone Wild is produced for A&e Network by Thinkfactory Media, an ITV America company. Adam Reed, Adam Freeman, Karen Kunkel Young and Mark Anstendig are executive producers for Thinkfactory. Sean Gottlieb, Zachary Behr and Amy Savitsky are...

A&e is doubling down on its hit police series Live Pd and has ordered a live treasure format fronted by Jeff Foxworthy and series searching for WWE memorabilia.

The cable network is taking the total number of episodes of Live Pd to over 450 with the bumper renewal. The three-hour live show hosted by Dan Abrams, which is produced by MGM’s Big Fish Entertainment, will hit its 300th episode this summer.

Live Pd is exec produced by Dan Cesareo, Lucilla D’Agostino and John Zito for Big Fish and Elaine Frontain Bryant, Shelly Tatro, Sean Gottlieb, and Brad Abramson for A&e.

What’s It Worth? Live is a treasure format hosted by comedian and collector Jeff Foxworthy. Across eight two-hour episodes, the show, broadcast live from Atlanta, will see viewers given the chance to bid of and purchase an array of extremely rare, intriguing and valuable personal treasures, sold by...

In lieu of a traditional upfront presentation, A+E Networks announced its slate of programming across all networks on Thursday. Among the new shows are a handful of History channel docuseries centered on American presidents, a new unscripted series about WWE memorabilia for A&e and a new lineup of Lifetime Original Movies.

On the flagship A&e Network, the new greenlights include the Jeff Foxworthy-hosted live auction series “What’s It Worth? Live” and “The Quest for Lost WWE Treasures,” which will follow Stephanie McMahon and Paul “Triple H” Levesque as they go on a hunt for rare WWE collectibles.

History will expand its relationship with “The Food That Built America’s” Adam Richman with the new series “American Made” about the creation of America’s most groundbreaking inventions. The network has also ordered three limited docuseries about American presidents from historian Doris Kearns Goodwin and Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way.

Rosie Knight Oct 3, 2019

These 10 indie creators are putting the comics back in Comic Con.

New York Comic Con is one of the biggest comic conventions in the world, with fans, creators, stars, artists, writers, and cosplayers converging on the Javits Center every October. With all the announcements and incredible reveals at the show, it can be easy to get swept up and forget what that first C in Nycc stands for: Comics. To make sure you make the most of the con floor this year, we've selected 10 artists who will make venturing into the impressive (and sometimes intimidating) Artist Alley a highlight of your 2019 convention schedule!

Dave Baker and Nicole Goux

This powerhouse pair of cartoonists have been making brilliant comics together for a few years and are probably best known for their teen coming-of-age comic F*ck Off Squad. Dynamic, stylish illustrations from Goux and razor-sharp writing from Baker...

The massive success of Jill Soloway’s “Transparent” offered a foot in the door for many trans actors, writers, and directors to get a first legitimate credit in Hollywood. Episode director Silas Howard directed Octavia Spencer in “A Kid Like Jake”; writer Our Lady J is a writer and producer on “Pose”; and actress Trace Lysette’s star is about to reach new heights when she appears opposite Jennifer Lopez in “Hustlers.”

Now, we can add Rhys Ernst to the list of trans Hollywood elite to come out of the school of Soloway. A visual artist and filmmaker, Ernst makes his feature filmmaking debut with “Adam,” a Ya romantic-comedy with an unusual twist.

The movie, which premiered at Sundance earlier this year, packs a number of rising stars in its ranks. Margaret Qualley, who will next appear in Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” costars in the film,...

Lifetime has given the green light to eight-part reality event series My Great Big Live Wedding with David Tutera. Produced by Thinkfactory Media, the series is slated to premiere in early 2019.

In the series, eight inspirational couples will work with renowned wedding and event planner Tutera, to receive the wedding of their dreams. Each week, one new couple will share their emotional and heart-warming story live from a different city or town across the country. Dramatic reveals will culminate in the live broadcast of the wedding, brought to life by Tutera, Lifetime says.

“We scoured the country to find the most amazing couples whose true stories of courage and survival against all odds define Real Love. We’re honored to celebrate these love stories with America.” said Gena McCarthy, Executive Vice President and Head of Programing for Lifetime Unscripted and fyi. “David Tutera is a best-in-class talent who delivers dream events.

It's a match. We tv has renewed Patti Stanger's Million Dollar Matchmaker TV show for a second season. The first season premiered on We tv in July of 2016. Stanger previously hosted The Millionaire Matchmaker TV series on Bravo, but broke up with the cable outlet, which left that show effectively cancelled.A dating reality series, Million Dollar Matchmaker hails from Thinkfactory Media, with Adam Freeman, Adam Reed, Spike Van Briesen, Rob Lee, and Leslie Greif executive producing. Lauren Gellert, Sitarah Pendelton-Eaglin, and David Stefanou executive produce for We tv. Stanger also serves as an executive producer.Read More…...

Hide The Smile is coming to the U.S. Thinkfactory Media has finalized a U.S. licensing deal for international game show format Hide The Smile with Larry the Cable Guy set as host. The program will be executive produced by Thinkfactory Media's Adam Reed, Adam Freeman, Leslie Greif, Larry the Cable Guy and Maggie Houlehan. Through a mashup of game show, stage entertainment and comedy sketches, Hide The Smile challenges contestants to keep a straight face and hold back…...

Genius #3

Written by Adam Freeman and Marc Bernardin

Art by Afua Richardson

Published by Image Comics

I like this comic book less and less the more that I read it. With each issue, Genius scales back in quality and realism. Part of that is due to the current political backdrop in the United States,and how the comic tries to comment on a current events, but fails. More importantly, this critic is just having trouble believing in the story since the motivations within feel thin.

Reginald Grey is piecing together who exactly Destiny Ajaye is and why she is declaring war on the city. The governor, unable to tap the National Guard to deal with Destiny, orders the police to hold off and avoid any direct confrontation for the time being. Meanwhile, Destiny’s men hang back, while the journalist we saw before goes to Destiny in search of answers.

Genius #2

Written by Adam Freeman and Marc Bernardin

Art by Afua Richardson

Published by Image Comics

War against the Lapd has begun. At this point in the series, there’s a bit of a credibility gap in the story, as we only poorly understand the motivations for the gangbangers as well as for Destiny. This could be fixed with a few issues explaining some context and backstory, but as it stands, the action thus far is pretty hard to buy into.

The main police analyst doesn’t have much to do in this issue, instead learning a bit more about Destiny and fruitlessly trying to stop his comrades from getting killed. Destiny leaks videos of residents of South Central discussing the brutality they experience in a viral video campaign, which then leaks into news media. Destiny’s troops lead the cops in a protracted gun battle, luring them deeper and deeper into the neighborhood.

Genius #1

Written by Marc Bernardin and Adam Freeman

Illustrated by Afua Richardson

Published by Image Comics

Genius is, at its core, a tale of revenge. A lot of kids grow up around a militarized, hostile police force and get lost in the system, and many of those kids grow up angry and potentially violent. This comic wants to show what would happen if one of those kids happened to be on an intellectual par with Hannibal or Alexander the Great.

Destiny Ajaye is a genius at what she does, which is a form of insurgent warfare directed against the Lapd. She has effectively united all of the gangs in Los Angeles under her control after spending years as one of the leader’s girlfriends, using that time to study all of the key players. After her men shoot up a group of cops, the Lapd prepares to descend in force on her hideout,...

The unscripted series will focus on the inaugural season of the La Kiss Arena Football League team and owners Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons, bass guitarist/lead vocalist/co-founder of heavy metal band Kiss, and longtime manager Doc McGhee. The 10-episode series will follow the dedicated players and coaches as they try to turn La’s first professional football team in years into a winning franchise. Produced by Thinkfactory Media (Gene Simmons Family Jewels, Hatfields & McCoys), the series will premiere on AMC this summer. Executive producers of the as-yet-untitled show are Adam Freeman, Adam Reed and Leslie Greif. Goldberg, Marco Bresaz and Andrea Beckerman will oversee the series for AMC.

The Hub Network's kid-friendly frightfest "Spooksville" is heading into its spine-tingling mid-season finale on December 21st so before it takes off for the year, we sat down with three of its young stars, Katie Douglas, Nick Purcha, and Keean Johnson, for a Q&A.

Katie Douglas - "Sally Wilcox"

Q: What kind of response have you gotten from the show so far?

A: On social networking Sally’s quite a hit with the younger girls I noticed. They like her wardrobe, and the show is actually number two on the Hub Network, which is absolutely amazing.

Q: So tell me a little bit about what you thought when you first heard about the show, about doing something scary like this.

A: When I first heard about the audition, I read the description that it used to be a book so I looked everywhere for print copies, but I actually didn’t get to find it.

Following its June sale to Britain’s ITV, Thinkfactory Media has reshuffled its exec ranks. Founder and CEO Leslie Greif has promoted 12-year company veteran Joanne Rubino to Svp of production, continuing to oversee all Thinkfactory production and additionally handling biz dev duties and all corporate finance oversight. Adam Freeman, who started with Thinkfactory in 2006 as showrunner on Gene Simmons Family Jewels and worked on productions including Sinbad: It’s Just Family, Dogg After Dark, Marriage Bootcamp: Bridezillas, Kissteria, Hatfields & McCoys: White Lightning and The Great Santini Brothers, is now creative director overseeing unscripted development and productions. He’ll also consult on scripted programming for Thinkfactory. Aaron Fishman currently oversees the R&B Divas franchise and has been named executive producer. The team will report to new Evp Adam Reed, who was promoted to the post in September.

Exclusive: On the heels of a breakout first season, We tv‘s summer series Marriage Boot Camp: Bridezillas has been picked up for a 10-episode second season to premiere in early 2014. Production begins in the fall. “This has been a strong summer for We tv, with solid ratings growth largely driven by Marriage Boot Camp: Bridezillas, which has really resonated with viewers,” said Kim Martin, president and general manager of We tv. Marriage Boot Camp: Bridezillas showed steady growth through its freshman season. Its season finale last Friday night delivered 837,000 total viewers, up 46% from the series premiere, 395,000 women 18-49 and 340,000 women 25-54. Marriage Boot Camp: Bridezillas made We tv the No. 1 women’s network on Friday nights among women 18-49 and women 18-34 and helped the net deliver its best-ever second quarter in primetime. Produced by Thinkfactory Media in cooperation with September Films, Marriage Boot Camp: Bridezillas pairs five previous...

Great Britain's rowers participated in a Henley Regatta with a twist yesterday (July 7), signing up to form the Monsters University Rowing Team.

The race coincided with the release of Disney/Pixar's new movie which reunites Monsters, Inc duo Mike and Sulley after more than 10 years away from the big screen.

Zac Purchase, Mark Hunter, Chris Bartley and Adam Freeman-Pask were enlisted by James Cracknell to race against Oxford University Lightweight Rowing Club.

Oxford won the hotly-contested Boat Race earlier this year, but it was the Monsters University Team Gb foursome that came out on top in yesterday's special contest.

Cracknell said: "It's been a year since the public have really been able to get behind Team Gb so it's been great to get the boys together again on the water and race. Commiserations to the lads from Oxford and thanks for the race, it's a good job we won.

ABC Family has ordered a new game show -- Spell-Mageddon. The hour program will premiere on Wednesday, July 24th -- airing after sitcoms Melissa and Joey and Baby Daddy.

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ABC Family Continues To Grow Its Original Programming And Greenlights A New Comedy Series, "Spell-mageddon"

Newest Series Will Join ABC Family's Slate of New Productions Premiering This Summer Including "The Fosters," "Twisted," "Dancing Fools" and "The Vineyard"

Burbank, CA - (May 23, 2013) - ABC Family has added another original series to its roster of original programming that will premiere this summer. "Spell-Mageddon" is an hour game show where contestants take on hilarious distractions while spelling increasingly challenging words.

"Spell-Mageddon," which takes a traditional spelling bee to a whole new level, is created and Executive-Produced by Adam Reed, Adam Freeman and Leslie Greif...

ABC Family is getting into the game show business. The cable network has greenlit "Spell-Mageddon" for a summer premiere. The show basically takes the traditional spelling bee and introduces "hilarious distractions" as the contenders try to spell difficult words (while simultaneously bringing back horrible childhood memories of the spelling competition). Also read: 'Pretty Little Liars' Spinoff 'Ravenswood' Adds Brett Dier and Elizabeth Whitson Executive produced by Thinkfactory Media's Adam Reed, Adam Freeman and Leslie Greif ("Hatfields & McCoys," "Preachers' Daughters") with executive producers Jeff Krask and Michael Canter, the game show will join ABC...

ABC Family is looking for a few good (and bad) spellers. The youth-skewing cable network has handed a series order to Spell-Mageddon, The Hollywood Reporter has learned exclusively. Spell-Mageddon is described as a spelling bee meets Wipe Out, where contestants take on hilarious distractions while spelling increasingly challenging words during each hourlong episode. Photos: 51 New and Returning Summer Series The series is created by Thinkfactory Media's Adam Reed, Adam Freeman and Leslie Greif (History's Hatfields & McCoys, Gene Simmons: Family Jewels). The trio will executive produce Spell-Mageddon alongside Jeff Krask (NBC's upcoming Million Dollar Mind

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As we’ve been reporting, Syfy had its Upfront presentation to potential advertisers Wednesday night, and they spent yesterday issuing press releases. It’s a good thing they held the event at a pier, as there is a boatload of information included in the summary press release below. We made sure to get it posted before the weekend, since it will take you the entire weekend to absorb it all.

Some of it is information we’ve already posted, like the Ringworld and Childhood’s End development and the High Moon pilot production, some of it we posted about fairly recently, like Ronald D. Moore‘s Helix, some of it we haven’t heard about in quite some time, like Orion, Proof, and Dominion, and some, like the nonscripted shows, the anthology, and some of the projects announced, are news to us.

You’ll also see ratings info and other...

AMC has given a pilot order to Geek Out (working title), an unscripted project featuring superfans of films, comic books, authors, actors, athletes, musicians, video games, and TV series. Geek Out will be hosted by author/screenwriter/fanboy aficionado Ernest Cline. Search is underway for a co-host. Cline will also serve as executive producer with Thinkfactory Media’s Leslie Greif (Hatfields & McCoys), Adam Freeman, Adam Reed, and Farah Films’ Dan Farah, producer on the upcoming remake of fanboy cult classic The Crow. In Geek Out, Cline and his co-host will travel the country and give obsessed fans the surprise of a lifetime with a special experience related to their obsession. “Conceptually, Geek Out is right in AMC’s wheelhouse of appealing to the fanboy community and ultimately creating an indelible moment in one lucky person’s life,” said Joel Stillerman, AMC’s Evp Original Programming. This is an area AMC...

Some Preachers’ Daughters are coming to Lifetime. The network announced today it has ordered eight one-hour episodes of the docu-soap about the teenage daughters of worried and watchful pastors. “By opening their homes and lives to our viewers, the families featured on Preachers’ Daughters will provide an honest portrayal of their experiences — bookended by the deep love they share and shifting household dynamics in their beliefs,” said Rob Sharenow, Lifetime’s Evp Programming, in a release. Preachers’ Daughters will debut on Lifetime next year, the network says. The series will be produced by Thinkfactory Media. Adam Reed, Emily Sinclair, Adam Freeman and Leslie Greif will executive produce with Lifetime’s Sharenow, Gena McCarthy, Kimberly Chessler and Toby Faulkner. Related: Hewitt Developing DerfWad Manor Movie For Lifetime...

Ten episodes of the hidden-camera series Prank My Mom have been ordered to premiere October 9 at 10 Pm, with sneak peeks set for September 27 and October 4 following Lifetime‘s Project Runway. Vivica A. Fox has been tapped to host the series, which features sons and daughters pulling outrageous pranks on their mothers. ThinkFactory Media and Peter M. Cohen Prods. are producing, with Adam Reed, Cohen, Adam Freeman and Leslie Greif and Lifetime’s Rob Sharenow, Gena McCarthy and Kimberly Chessler executive producing.

After seven seasons and more than 160 episodes, A&E is telling Gene Simmons Family Jewels to kiss off. “We could not be more proud of the unparalleled run of Gene Simmons Family Jewels,” the network said in a statement. “On behalf of everyone at A&E, we’d like to thank the production team at Thinkfactory Media, Gene and his amazing family for their partnership, collaboration and for opening up their lives, warts-and-all, to us throughout the years.”

The Simmons family said in a statement: “With Kiss on tour and with my other business commitments, we have decided to draw...

M&C has added production stills from Cmt.s new series Redneck Island. Redneck Island takes 12 red, white and blue-collared Americans out of the South . and far away from cold beer . dropping them in a tropical paradise where they will compete for $100,000. Redneck Island takes 12 red, white and blue-collared Americans out of the South . and far away from cold beer . dropping them in a tropical paradise where they will compete for $100,000. Adam Freeman (Nashville, Tenn.) - After two marriages that ended in divorce, he came out as a gay man. He is a hairstylist with a big and fabulous personality, but is just as much of a proud redneck as the next guy. Adam...

The big news in comics today is the massive reboot going on over at DC. Jim Lee and Geoff Johns' "Justice League" #1 went on sale all over the country to kick it off, and the two of them have been touring New York City on the signing circuit to promote it. Lee even tweeted some photographic evidence.

Opinions on what DC's relaunched titles will accomplish varied. A couple of takes, along with Edgar Wright's "Game of Thrones" discovery and info about a "Powers" pilot cut you can't see unless you're at Brian Michael Bendis' house made the rundown today.

I'm @brianwarmoth, and this is the Twitter Report for August 31, 2011.

"Powers" pt. 1: @Brianmbendis @Oeming got the new powers cut. come over!

-Brian Michael Bendis, Writer ("Ultimate Spider-Man," "New Avengers")

"Powers" pt. 2: @Oeming @Brianmbendis what's that? A new cut of the Powers pilot? Hells yea! After...

Beyoncé and the new "Hunger Games" sneak peek attracted more responses than any other moments among comics tweeters last night at the MTV Video Music Awards. Writers and artists alike immediately put their imaginations to use predicting what motherhood will be like for the pop star.

In the meantime, Ben Templesmith seems to have discovered that the announcer from "The Hunger Games," Claudius Templesmith, shares a name with him. His response and reactions to Lady Gaga's performance and the return of "Doctor Who" ranked atop our favorite tweets of the last 24 hours.

I'm @brianwarmoth, and this is the Twitter Report for August 29, 2011.

"The Hunger Games" pt. 1: @Templesmith Who do I sue to get my name changed in this Hunger Games thing then. There can be only one Templesmith & I'm legal bitches!

-Ben Templesmith, Writer/Artist ("30 Days of Night," "Welcome to Hoxford")

"The Hunger Games" pt. 2: @LucyKnisley Ahh!

I actually went light on the Steve Jobs retweets today. By now everyone knows the news about him resigning as Apple's CEO. However, you may have missed a few of the zingers that got tossed around the feed this morning and last night.

In other subjects, the art was strong with the last day's worth of tweeting. Ben Templesmith claims a Batman sketch he posted was painted in beer, which in addition to the fact that it's a Ben Templesmith Batman sketch makes the piece mighty rad. Check out a link to the big picture and Robert Kirkman's love for the CGI Yoda replacement that's coming to the new "Star Wars: Episode I" Blu-ray discs. It's all in the highlight reel below.

I'm @brianwarmoth, and this is the Twitter Report for August 25, 2011.

@MrAdamFreeman Steve Jobs. iQuit. Didn't write that joke, but love it.

-Adam Freeman, Writer ("Dark X-Men: The Beginning,...

The crowd-drawing power of "The Smurfs" proved powerful enough to tie "Cowboys and Aliens" over the weekend. The little blue guys also beat out "Captain America: The First Avenger" in terms of box office receipts, which seemed to impress writer Javier Grillo-Marxuach.

Marvel's patriotic hero continued to get a lot of attention in weekend tweeting, though, as did Harry Potter. Both of those guys, "True Blood" and a pitch for an all-new Showtime series made this morning's highlight reel.

I'm @brianwarmoth, and this is the Twitter Report for August 1, 2011.

@Okbjgm the smurfs may have taken down indiana jones, james bond and ccaptain america? does that mean belgium is the next global superpower?

-Javier Grillo-Marxuach, Writer ("Annihilation: Super-Skrull," "The Middleman")

@marcbernardin Goddamn, Captain America made me happy. (Not as happy as #AttacktheBlock, but still.) Marvel had a good run this year. Believe.

-Marc Bernardin, Writer ("The Authority," "The Highwaymen")

@neilkleid...

Following my post about the wrenching premiere of “Gene Simmons Family Jewels” (A&E, Tuesdays at 10 p.m. Est), executive producers Adam Freeman and Adam Reed contacted HitFix to give their first interview since the episode aired. They talked candidly about, well, the show everyone’s talking about, answering questions about whether or not they saw the split between Gene Simmons and Shannon Tweed coming, what they think the end result will be and (yes) what they have to say to people who think it’s all fake. Some people have posted comments stating that they absolutely believe what they saw in...

Tobey Maguire is ''interested'' in making a movie version of new book 'Hero Complex'. The 'Spider-Man' actor is said to have taken to the idea of making a film based on how a man transforms himself into a superhero after being a geek in his school years, based on the latest project by Marc Bernardin and Adam Freeman. Speaking to ComicBookMovie.com, Tobey said: ''Well we are excited that Tobey Maguire is interested. ''Having someone who has played in that space before is perfect because he both gives it credibility and lets the audience wink...

You didn't have to be an "American Idol" fan to get caught up in storm of tweets the show generated last night. Even Ande Parks, who professes not to like the televised contest, lamented missing Tom Jones' performance.

The best conversation of the day, however, sprouted out of a post by David Mack. Mack and a flurry of respondents all named off their childhood role models, so if you want to know who he and Mike Oeming looked up to as kids, check out today's tweet rundown after the jump.

I'm @brianwarmoth, and this is your Twitter Report for May 26, 2011.

"American Idol" pt. 1: @andeparks Sh--, I watched all that b---sh-- American Idol tonight but somehow missed the coolest man ever, Mister Tom Jones?!

-Ande Parks, Writer/Artist ("Green Arrow," "Capote")

"American Idol" pt. 2: @MrAdamFreeman "Hey Idol finalists, here's Lil Jon, who can't sing and will sell more...

As a proud owner of a German Shepherd, I couldn't resist breaking this story. Tlc has picked up Unleashed: K-9 Broward County, a limited six-part series about the the Broward County Sheriff’s Office man-tracking K-9 unit. An extension to Tlc's Police Women of Broward County series, the comedic in tone Unleashed follows Deputy Jerry Wengert, his loyal canine Bali and partner Detective Geoff Brown as they juggle foot chases and dog-food runs. Unleashed, produced by Thinkfactory Media, will premiere April 7 on Tlc and will also air on Discovery Channel. On Tlc, it will follow a new episode of Police Women of Broward County. This is the third new series launch for Leslie Greif’s Thinkfactory Media in April along with Mounted in Alaska on History and Sinbad: It's All About Family on We tv. Greif is exec producing Unleashed with Adam Reed, Kevin Leadingham and Adam Freeman. (Note: Bali is actually a Belgian Malinois,...

The lunar eclipse attracted tweets from all over last night and left a few astonishing amateur photos in the feed this morning. It also prompted a diverse array of reactions, however, and you need look no farther than Jimmy Palmiotti and Joe Hill's posts to see where the poles lie.

In other, more serious musical-related news, writer Brian Lynch got seated for the "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" performance that ended badly last night. Check out some perspective from him and others down below, along with some in-progress artwork from Jim Lee.

I'm @brianwarmoth, and this is your Twitter Report for December 21, 2010.

@jpalmiotti Outside watching the total lunar eclipse ...we have an orange moon! Sooo cool!!!!

-Jimmy Palmiotti, Writer ("Jonah Hex," "Painkiller Jane")

@joe_hill F---ing hell. I've had nightmares going at me all night like Joe Pesci with a baseball bat. I'm blaming that ol devil moon.

Top Cow's Genius is to return for a full miniseries in 2011. Debuting as a 'Pilot Season' short in 2008, the comic follows a young female military genius who becomes embroiled in a gang war in South Los Angeles. Written by Marc Bernardin and Adam Freeman, the original strip featured artwork by Afua Richardson. The entire creative team will return for the new series. "For my part, it came from a decent amount of late-night History Channel viewing. Watching documentaries about Alexander the Great or Ghengis Khan or Sun Tzu, men for whom combat and military strategy came as second nature," Bernardin (more)...

Celebrity shock stories fanned some tweet flames in the Twitter Report feed today with Brett Favre's scandal continuing capture attention, though Matt Fraction was more focused on his football stats last night. Carrie Fisher also caught some industry professionals' attention by admitting to cocaine use on the set of "The Empire Strikes Back."

In other hot headline topics, the Chilean miner rescue effort has the world watching, but one creator turned his hopes surrounding the incident toward the "Jersey Shore" cast. Find out who you agree with, whose been writing Transformers material and how Kieron Gillen prefers to play "Asteroids" after the jump.

I'm @brianwarmoth, and this is your Twitter Report for October 12, 2010.

Chile pt. 1: @GerryDuggan Hoping MTV announces the next season of The Jersey Shore will take place in a Chilean mine.

-Gerry Duggan, Writer ("The Infinite Horizon")

Chile pt. 2: @kierondwyer @GerryDuggan Except that they've...

Writers Adam Freeman and Marc Bernardin have revealed their plans to detail the origin of the Authority's interdimensional base, the Carrier. The pair - who recently took over the writing duties of The Authority for Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning - have said that they will finally reveal the architects of the ship that can travel through the space between universes. "That was our concept," Bernardin told theauthority.ws. "Who built the Carrier, and what if (more)...

Wildstorm's superhero series "The Authority" has passed through several prominent writers' hands in the past, including Warren Ellis, Mark Millar and Grant Morrison, but the latest writing duo of Marc Bernardin and Adam Freeman might be facing the greatest challenge of them all: taking "The Authority" home.

Bernardin spoke with MTV News about his upcoming run on "The Authority" with Freeman, revealing that the basic premise of the upcoming story arc focuses on the superhero team dealing with the fallout of the "World's End" storyline that involved the Authority's massive spaceship, The Carrier, crashing into the middle of London. Given that cataclysmic aftermath, there is literally nowhere left for the Authority to go but up.

Read on for an exclusive preview of "The Authority" #18 and more details about the creative team's plans for their run.

"We thought, at some point, somebody built The Carrier — somebody with an intelligence far greater than anyone on Earth,...

Writers Adam Freeman and Marc Bernardin will take the reins of WildStorm's popular title The Authority, beginning with an epilogue in issue #17. Freeman and Bernardin will take over from Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning (Guardians of the Galaxy, Nova) when they depart the title on issue #17. "We very much wanted to make sure that The Authority was accessible," Bernardin told Newsarama. "Part of the beauty of Warren [Ellis]'s run was that you could pick it up and, almost instantly, get what he was doing. We wanted to capture that sense of get-up-and-go." "From page one of issue #18 all bets are off," added Freeman. "The Authority has historically been one of the most flawed teams (more)...

The man who quit The Apprentice before the first episode was filmed has a connection to Sir Alan Sugar, it has emerged. Adam Freeman's sister Hayley has been photographed with Sir Alan's daughter Louise, with their children both attending the same private school in Essex, The Sun reports. Freeman said: "I told the producers as they ask you when you go on the show if you have any links to Sir Alan. They didn't seem bothered. "No-one else in the family is linked to the Sugars. My parents (more)...

The 16th Apprentice contestant, who pulled out of the show at the last minute, has been revealed. 31-year-old Adam Freeman from Essex dropped out of the BBC series shortly before filming started on the first task. Sir Alan Sugar refers to Freeman as a "bottler" in the opening episode. The father-of-two, who currently works on a loans website, claims to have made his first million by the age of 25 selling ringtones. Freeman insists that he would have won the £100,000-a-year job if he had remained on the show, but admitted that he was concerned about being "whipped silly" by Sir Alan Sugar. "We would be like two peas from the (more)...

According to a Variety report, Walt Disney Studios has attached director Andy Fickman, who recently directed the Duane Johnson-helmed action flick “Race To Witch Mountain”, to direct the big-screen adaptation of the graphic novel “Monster Attack Network”. The original graphic novel, released in 2007, focuses on a team of first-response agents led by the dashing Nate Klinger, who guard the citizens of Lapuatu, a Pacific island that would be a tropical paradise, save for frequent attacks by giant monsters that rise from the ocean as well as the newly-arrived industrialists and expatriates that are more than they seem. “Monster Attack Network” was created by writers Marc Bernardin and Adam Freeman [...]...

With Race to Witch Mountain topping the box office and news streaming in on his executive producer role in the remake of Val Lewton's I Walked with a Zombie, our buddy Andy Fickman is all over the news today like Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is all over PG family dramedies! According to Variety.com, Walt Disney Studios has tapped Fickman, the Race to Witch Mountain director, for another family adventure film, Monster Attack Network. The pic is an adaptation of the 2007 graphic novel from Marc Bernardin, Adam Freeman and Nima Sorat about a Pacific Island paradise that would be an absolute utopia if not for the constant sea-monster attacks. The story centers on a team of first-responders who guard the citizens of the island,...

Walt Disney Studios has attached Race to Witch Mountain director Andy Fickman to helm family adventure film Monster Attack Network , reports Variety . Scott Elder and Josh Harmon have been hired to adapt the Ait/Planet Lar graphic novel. The 2007 graphic novel focuses on a team of first-responders who guard the citizens of Lapuatu, a Pacific island that would be a paradise except for frequent attacks by giant monsters that rise from the sea. Marc Bernardin and Adam Freeman wrote the graphic novel, illustrated by Nima Sorat. Disney views the film as a visual effects-heavy tentpole built around an elite government agency's resolve to protect America's coasts from huge, rampaging monsters.

With Race to Witch Mountain making some nice coin at the box office, Disney is now turn to director Andy Fickman for another film: Monster Attack Network . Pic was announced shortly after Comic-Con last year. Writers Scott Elder and Josh Harmon are adapting the Ait/Planet Lar graphic novel which concerned a South Pacific island that is repeatedly attacked by giant beasts emerging from the sea. It was created by Bernardin and Adam Freeman. For the film, focus will settle "on an elite government agency's resolve to protect America's coasts from huge, rampaging monsters." Disney's thinkin' "big" in more ways than one on this project. Big story. Big FX. A tentpole film. Wanted 's Jason Netter is producing.