What happens when one Disney franchise comes to a close? Another one, in a similar vein of course, begins. Now that the High School Musical kids are all grown up and playing high school students for other studios, Disney is moving on to Prom, a comedy about the stress of prepping for the big night.
As planned, Disney opted for all unfamiliar faces casting Thomas McDonell, Aimee Teegarden, Danielle Campbell, Nolan Sotillo, Yin Chang, Jared Kusnitz, Nicholas Braun, Ben Esler, Kylie Bunbury and DeVaughn Nixon. None have too much experience under their belt, some none at all, except for Teegarden who stars in the show Friday Night Lights, Chang who plays Nelly Yuki in Gossip Girl, Kusnitz who was in Bob Saget’s short-lived show Surviving Suburbia and Braun who plays Cameron in the TV version of 10 Things I Hate About You.
The script comes from first-time feature writer Katie Wech and will be put in Sydney White director Joe Nussbaum’s hands. A major plus comes in the form of Ted Griffin, the producer of Up in the Air. He’s joining forces with first timer, Justin Springer, to produce the flick.
Deadline explains Prom will have a similar tone to John Hughes’ Sixteen Candles and Pretty in Pink, which sounds awfully presumptuous. Perhaps just aiming to create something of High School Musical’s caliber would be more realistic. HSM was never my thing, but compared to the teenage trash out there, it’s impressive stuff and the appeal is quite obvious. Could Disney have another franchise on its hands with Prom? If they make it a simple teenage romp like HSM, it’s certainly possible.
One of the most acclaimed TV dramas comes to DVD a fourth time on August 17, when Universal Studios Home Entertainment releases "Friday Night Lights: The Fourth Season" in a three-disc set. All 13 episodes are included.
Adapted from the book and film by the same name, "Friday Night Lights" plunges viewers into the world of the Dillon High School Panthers football team and Coach Taylor (Kyle Chandler) and his family. In season four, Taylor takes the reins at East Dillon High School, while his wife (Britton) is principal at Dillon High in a fictional Texas small town. They have a teenage daughter (Aimee Teegarden) who has problems of her own, but then again everyone has problems in this series--which tackles every major issue facing people living in small-town America.
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The fifth season of Friday Night Lights will be its last, multiple sources confirm.
Although an NBC rep insists no official decision on FNL’s future has been made, I’m told the network has informed the show’s cast that they’re free to pursue other work after production on season 5 wraps in June. And while the news is sure to make you — and, more importantly, me — sad, this cloud is chockablock with silver linings. To wit:
* We won’t realize the show is gone for ages. While season 4 wraps tonight on DirecTV, it won’t even debut on NBC until April 30. And the fifth season? That may not hit the network until 2011. (It’ll premiere on DirecTV in the fall.)
* While there was always the possibility that the critical darling could continue for a sixth season, no one connected to the show really expected it to. In other words, though we may sniffle and sob, the cast and crew have already gotten that out of their system by now.
* For the show’s MVPs, the timing is great: Pilot season is just kicking off, so the actors are free to attach themselves to new fall shows with no availability issues. As I mentioned, production on season 5 is expected to wrap in June or July, right around the time most broadcast shows start up production. (My God, can you imagine the bidding wars that’ll ensue over the services of Kyle Chandler and Connie Britton?)
* The timing of the announcement is also great for behind-the-scenes quarterback Jason Katims and his fellow producers. Now they can call their final plays knowing that they’ll be their final plays.
Having said that, it’s still sad to think of FNL coming to an end. Eulogies anyone?
Question: Now that we know Taylor Kitsch won’t be back on Friday Night Lights full time, what about Aimee Teegarden and Jesse Plemons? —Chris
Ausiello: It sounds like they’ll both be back for one of those farewell arcs that FNL does so well. According to exec producer Jason Katims, both Landry and Julie will be high school graduates at the start of season 5. “They will definitely be on the show next season,” he adds, “I just don’t know whether it’s every episode or not. But [at the very least] they’ll both have significant arcs.
I've added almost 200 screencaps from last week's episode! I've also started adding screencaps from the past seasons, so, be sure to check them out!
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