Trade Round-Up: Hollywood Gives Up On America
· Universal will remake the British TV hit No Angels in America. The edgy drama follows nurses who "work hard by day and play hard by night." Anyone else remember Nightingales? Or Coupling? We look forward to savoring both episodes before the show is yanked. [THR]
· Samuel Goldwyn Films and 20th Century Fox team up for a remake of the French thriller, He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not. If it worked in France, there's absolutely no way it can be anything other than a huge hit here, right? Maybe they can throw in some naughty British nurses and admit we've given up on new ideas from America. [THR]
· The ratings are in, and the Emmys tanked like, well, an ABC show. They should demand a recount, just in case Garry Shandling's overflowing bile melted a few thousand Nielsen boxes. [THR]
· Rod "The Contender" Lurie signs a two-year deal with Touchstone TV with a two-script commitment, one of which will be the ABC drama pilot Commander In Chief, about the first woman president. Clearly, this will be the perfect opportunity for Paris Hilton to prove her acting chops. [THR]
· Dimension's Scary Movie 3 team of David Zucker, Criag Mazin, and Robert Weiss find yet another movie genre to lamely spoof with Superhero!. Expect endless jokes about wearing tights and the things that bulge when crammed into tights. At least it's not the Wayans Brothers on the job, or we'd really be in trouble with the dick jokes. [Variety, sub. req'd]