Dangerous Liaisons [NYC project title confirmed]

[midoro]

Mar 17, 2014 15:37:44 GMT rueful said:

Maybe they'll be smart for a change and call it "The Rufus Sewell Show".

Perfect!

[kygal]

HaHa...the RS show sounds great!

[GreenEyesToo]

He'd have to do the series then, wouldn't he?


Another addition to the cast:

Ravenswood alum Britne Oldford is set as a series regular on ABC’s Richard LaGravenese drama pilot. In the vein of Dangerous Liaisons, the untitled project is set in New York and revolves around the love and rivalry between two equally matched, powerful socialites — Philip Fitzgerald Julien (Rufus Sewell) and Margot Worth Cole — who play out their obsessive attraction and seduction of each other through their manipulation of others. Gersh-repped Oldford will play Cecelia, the No. 1 fashion model/cover girl in the world who is publicly, and in truth, a virgin, yet in every photo shoot is portrayed as sexual and unattainable. She’s engaged to marry Anderson Cole, who’s three decades older.

www.deadline.com/2014/03/david-cross-set-for-foxs-dead-boss-abcs-richard-lagravenese-cws-jane-the-virgin-add-to-casts/

[kissmekate]

Thanks for the additional info, GE2!

I wonder how long we will have to wait until we finally get a title.

[kygal]

The thought did occur to me that if this makes it to a series, Rufus/Phillip may not be in it. I decided to stop thinking.

[rumantic]

I decided to stop thinking.

I use that solution for lots of things, actually!

Am very curious to see how this turns out!

[kitty]

I'm sure Rufus will be wonderful in whatever he decides to do.

[kygal]

I agree Kitty! He always is!

[rueful]

Mar 19, 2014 15:44:43 GMT rumantic said:

I decided to stop thinking.

I use that solution for lots of things, actually!

I found a little list of definitions for TV pilots. The last one is the one I care about:

Pilot season is here, meaning the networks are taking stock of their needs for 2014-15 and getting the ball rolling toward filling any gaps. With development season about to get really interesting — meaning it’s time to start booking actors for these wannabe series! — we thought it might help to round up the current crop, and well as define some of the lingo that gets tossed around.

PILOT | You really want get basic, eh? When a network orders (or “picks up”) a pilot, they’re asking its writers/producers/studio to cast and produce a close facsimile of what their series’ first episode will look like. Each pilot is reviewed by network brass, then typically put into testing before a decision is made on whether it’ll land on the schedule (for fall or midseason).

PLANTED SPIN-OFF | Also called a “backdoor” pilot, this is an episode of an existing series that sets up a prospective offshoot. For example, The Vampire Diaries aired an episode last April focused around Klaus, Elijah and Hayley in New Orleans, and that was a planted pilot for the spin-off The Originals. Free History Lesson: That Brady Bunch episode with new neighbor Ken Berry adopting three orphans? That was a(n ill-fated) planted pilot for a spin-off to be called Kelly’s Kids.

DRAMA/COMEDY PRESENTATION | Occasionally, due to time or budget restraints, a network won’t order a full pilot but a “presentation” of a not-quite-complete drama or a taste of what a sitcom would look like.

CAST-CONTINGENT/CAST CONTINGENCY | Sometimes a network will order a pilot with the caveat that production can’t start until a suitable (usually “name”) actor has been cast in the starring role. (A possible translation: “The premise is iffy, but a big star could really help sell us.”) So you’ll sometimes hear that with the casting of so-and-so, “the cast contingency has been lifted” on a pilot. (The sorta flip-side is an “if-come deal,” meaning the major players are pre-signed and rarin’ to go the instant the network OKs the pilot itself.)

SECOND POSITION | These are perhaps the two words that makes fans of “bubble” shows most nervous each spring, as stars from underperforming series start booking pilots (provided they get the OK from their current bosses). The term literally means that the pilot role is in second position (or priority) should their current show be renewed. Example: In spring 2011, Damon Wayans Jr. booked a lead on Fox’s New Girl, but when ABC renewed Happy Endings, New Girl had to replace his character. An actor booking a second position gig doesn’t always mean his/her current show is doomed… though it often tends to. Variation: A “safe second” means the pilot’s bosses have been discreetly all-but-assured that the actor will be available.

UPFRONTS | This is the week in mid-May when the networks take turns unveiling their schedules for next season — including the pilots that have been ordered to series. With rare exception, if your show doesn’t make the cut here, it’s (gulp) officially a goner.

[adina]

Paparazzi pictures of Rufus and Melissa George - in New York City, 19 March - www.zimbio.com/photos/Melissa+George/Melissa+George+Out+NYC/ykiRwjjrFAL



  


And just for fun...



Rufus and Melissa in Dark City 16 years ago

[Petruchio - Good God]

so much adina for these fab pics -

[kissmekate]

Ohhh, nice! Good to see him again.

And is it just me, or have the years been quite a lot kinder to him than to her?

[nell]

Oh lovely! Thanks Adina. I think they both look great.

[rueful]

Very nice pics! Great find, Adina!! Thank you!

(I went to the link, you posted. Clearly a stupid photographer, focusing his camera mostly on the wrong subject. )

[BuildersPassion]

 Adina! Great Pics! 
Rueful, you're dead right!