If you were to look back at Ed Asner's acting career, there would be few who would argue that his greatest success — both critically and from the audience's point of view — came from the years he spent playing newsman Lou Grant on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and the character's self-titled dramatic spin-off, which ran collectively from 1970-82. By anybody's standards, that's a hell of a run. And while he may not have achieved that sort of sustained success again, this is a guy who's still working all these years later. And at the age of 88, that is an accomplishment deserving of respect. "Well, I've got to pay off my bills," he says in an exclusive interview in a voice that still resonates his most famous character. "I hit a dry spell when I first started out. I used to get the Los Angeles Times on Saturday night to look...
- 6/1/2018
- by Ed Gross
- Closer Weekly
From TorontoFilm.Net here is the Toronto Film Production Update for December 2017 including "Blood and Water", "Decoy", "Falling Water" and a whole lot more:
Anne Season 2
TV Series
CBC/Netflix
Prod.: John Calvert
Oct 2/17 - Mar 20/18
Blood And Water Season 3
TV Series
Breakthrough Entertainment
Prod.: Paula J. Smith
Dir.: Felipe Rodriguez
Nov 15 - Dec 8/17
Decoy
Feature
Decoy Pictures Inc.
Prod.: Andrew Gunn, Michael Bien, Angela Donald
Dir.: Allan Ungar
Nov 1 - Dec 7/17
Designated Survivor
Season 2
TV Series
Designated 1 Ltd.
Prod.: Llewellyn Wells
Dir.: Various
Jul 4/17 - Mar 31/18 Tbc
Falling Water Season 2
TV Series
Gep Falling Water Inc.
Prod.: Terry Gould
Dir.: various
Aug 20 - Mar 20/18
Franklin
Feature
New Line Productions Inc. / Jellystone Films Inc.
Prod.: Peter Safran
Dir.: David F. Sandberg
Feb 5 - May 8/18
Freebirds
TV Series
Warner Bros. TV / Berlanti Entertainment
Prod.: Robert Ortiz
Dir.: John Fawcett,...
Anne Season 2
TV Series
CBC/Netflix
Prod.: John Calvert
Oct 2/17 - Mar 20/18
Blood And Water Season 3
TV Series
Breakthrough Entertainment
Prod.: Paula J. Smith
Dir.: Felipe Rodriguez
Nov 15 - Dec 8/17
Decoy
Feature
Decoy Pictures Inc.
Prod.: Andrew Gunn, Michael Bien, Angela Donald
Dir.: Allan Ungar
Nov 1 - Dec 7/17
Designated Survivor
Season 2
TV Series
Designated 1 Ltd.
Prod.: Llewellyn Wells
Dir.: Various
Jul 4/17 - Mar 31/18 Tbc
Falling Water Season 2
TV Series
Gep Falling Water Inc.
Prod.: Terry Gould
Dir.: various
Aug 20 - Mar 20/18
Franklin
Feature
New Line Productions Inc. / Jellystone Films Inc.
Prod.: Peter Safran
Dir.: David F. Sandberg
Feb 5 - May 8/18
Freebirds
TV Series
Warner Bros. TV / Berlanti Entertainment
Prod.: Robert Ortiz
Dir.: John Fawcett,...
- 11/30/2017
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Andy Garcia, Frank Grillo and Teen Wolf star Tyler Posey are teaming up to star in Decoy, an action thriller to be directed by Allan Ungar.
13 Films is handling international sales and will introduce the film to buyers at the Toronto International Film Festival. Andrew Gunn (Sky High) and Michael Bien (Billionaire Boys Club) are on board to produce.
Written by David Benullo, the script centers on a young identity thief (Posey) who finds himself being hunted by the Nsa after he unwittingly steals the identity of a wanted man. Grillo will play the head of a task force...
13 Films is handling international sales and will introduce the film to buyers at the Toronto International Film Festival. Andrew Gunn (Sky High) and Michael Bien (Billionaire Boys Club) are on board to produce.
Written by David Benullo, the script centers on a young identity thief (Posey) who finds himself being hunted by the Nsa after he unwittingly steals the identity of a wanted man. Grillo will play the head of a task force...
- 9/7/2017
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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