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Tim Allen is one step closer to returning to ABC for a third time. The Alphabet net has given a pilot order to his latest sitcom, “Shifting Gears,” from 20th Television. Allen is on board to star and executive produce the multi-cam sitcom pilot — which is still a working title — which will also be written and executive produced by Mike Scully and Julie Thacker Scully.

In the project, Allen plays Matt, the “stubborn, widowed owner of a classic car restoration shop. When Matt’s estranged daughter and her teenage kids move into his house, the real restoration begins.”

Marty Adelstein, Becky Clements, Richard Baker and Rick Messina are the non-writing exec producers on the show.

“Shifting Gears” continues Allen’s long association with ABC and Disney, including the long-running hit (1991-1997) “Home Improvement.” Allen later starred on ABC’s “Last Man Standing,” which aired on the Alphabet web from 2011 to...

The cause of actor Evan Ellingson’s death has been revealed less than a month after he died at age 35.

According to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, Ellingson died from an accidental overdose of fentanyl. His body was found on November 5 at his residence in Fontana, California.

The actor opened up about his struggle with addiction in 2021 when he sought out addiction recovery treatment at River’s Edge Ranch. He said he began using drugs at age 19.

Ellingson had several notable roles in films and television roles throughout his childhood and teenage years. In 2009, he played Jesse Fitzgerald in My Sister’s Keeper, acting alongside Cameron Diaz, Abigal Breslin and Sofia Vassilieva.

His other projects include CSI: Miami, Complete Savages, 24, Letters from Iwo Jima, Titus, Mad TV and State of Mind.

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Actor Evan Ellingson’s cause of death has been ruled as an accident.

The actor, who was best known for his role opposite Cameron Diaz in 2009 drama film “My Sister’s Keeper,” passed away as a result of an accidental fentanyl overdose, a spokesperson for the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department coroner told media outlets Tuesday.

The news comes nearly a month after Ellingson passed away died in his Fontana, California residence at age 35. Ellingson struggled with addiction and drugs throughout his life, and his father Michael told TMZ his son was living at a sober-living home.

At the time of his death, Ellingson had not appeared in front of the camera for over a decade. In addition to “My Sister’s Keeper,” which also starred Alec Baldwin, Abigail Breslin and Jason Patrick, Ellingson can be recognized from his recurring role on “CSI: Miami.” In the procedural broadcast show, he played Kyle Harmon...

The sudden death last month of CSI: Miami and 24 actor Evan Ellingson now has an official explanation.

Ellingson died from an accidental overdose of fentanyl, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department told The Hollywood Reporter on Tuesday. He was found dead at a sober living home on Nov. 5 at the age of 35. The actor had reportedly struggled with drugs in the past, but was living there while in recovery.

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The San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner has determined one-time child star Evan Ellingson died of an accidental fentanyl overdose. An autopsy was performed on Monday, November 6 for Ellingson, who was found dead at his Fontana home the day before. His cause of death is listed on the coroner’s website as “accident”.

Ellingson was best known for his lead role in the 2009 film My Sister’s Keeper and also for his work on CSI: Miami. He was 35.

In the cancer drama My Sister’s Keeper, directed by Nick Cassavetes, Ellingson played the son of Cameron Diaz and Jason Patric and the brother to Abigail Breslin. The film, based on Jodi Picoult’s 2004 novel, also starred Sofia Vassilieva and Alec Baldwin.

His career began with guest spots on Mad TV, later moving on to a series regular role on Fox sitcom Titus in 2002. He portrayed Kyle Savage, the son of single dad...

Evan Ellingson’s cause of death has been revealed less than a month after the actor died at age 35.

Ellingson died from an accidental overdose of fentanyl, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter on Tuesday.

On Nov. 5, the My Sister’s Keeper star was found dead at his Fontana, California, residence, the Sheriff’s Department said at the time. TMZ previously reported that Ellingson was staying at a sober living home when he died.

Though he hadn’t appeared onscreen in 10 years, Ellingson had several roles in projects throughout his childhood and teenage years. His most notable included playing Jesse Fitzgerald, the teen son of Cameron Diaz’s Sara, in 2009’s adaptation of Jodi Picoult’s My Sister’s Keeper. He starred opposite Abigail Breslin and Sofia Vassilieva in the film.

Ellingson, who reportedly started acting at age 10, also played Kyle Harmon, the son of David Caruso’s Lt.

Evan Ellingson, a Hollywood child star who appeared in My Sister’s Keeper, CSI: Miami and 24, has died. He was 35.

The former actor was found dead at his Fontana residence on Sunday at about 11:30 a.m., according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department. An autopsy and toxicology tests were completed Monday, with the cause of death pending. TMZ reports that Ellingson was residing at a sober-living home at the time of his death.

Ellingson is best known for his big-screen role opposite Cameron Diaz and Abigail Breslin in 2009’s adaptation of Jodi Picoult’s My Sister’s Keeper, directed by Nick Cassavetes. He starred as Jesse Fitzgerald, the teen son of Diaz’s Sara, and the brother to Kate (Sofia Vassilieva) — diagnosed with acute promyelocytic leukemia — and Breslin’s Anna, who was conceived to donate blood and stem cells to her ailing sister.

Before that, he appeared on multiple...

Evan Ellingson, a child star featured in “CSI” and “My Sister’s Keeper,” has died. He was 35.

The actor was best known for his role opposite Cameron Diaz in 2009 drama film “My Sister’s Keeper” which also starred Alec Baldwin, Abigail Breslin and Jason Patrick, as well as his recurring role on “CSI: Miami,” where he played Kyle Harmon for 18 episodes over the course of three years.

He hadn’t appeared on camera for over a decade before his death. The San Bernardino County coroner’s office confirmed his death to media outlets. His father Michael told TMZ that Ellingson was found at a sober-living home. He had worked on his past struggle with drugs, and his death came as a surprise to his family.

The actor began his career at the age of 13 playing a small role in a TV movie as well as guest-appearing on “General Hospital.” He later appeared in “Titus,...

Evan Ellingson, a one-time child star, best known for his lead role in the 2009 film My Sister’s Keeper and also for his work on CSI: Miami, has died. Ellingson was found dead Sunday, Nov. 5 at his home in Fontana, CA, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner’s office. An autopsy is scheduled this morning to determine the cause of death. He was 35.

Ellingson’s final and perhaps best known role was in the cancer drama My Sister’s Keeper, directed by Nick Cassavetes, playing the son of Cameron Diaz and Jason Patric and the brother to Abigail Breslin. The film, based on Jodi Picoult’s 2004 novel, also starred Sofia Vassilieva and Alec Baldwin.

His career began with guest spots on Mad TV, later moving on to a series regular role on Fox sitcom Titus in 2002. He portrayed Kyle Savage, the son of single dad Keith Carradine in ABC sitcom Complete Savages...

Evan Ellingson, best known for his roles in "My Sister's Keeper," "CSI: Miami," and "24," has died at the age of 35. 

According to TMZ, who spoke to Ellingson's father, Michael, the former child star died in his home in San Bernardino, California, and the circumstances surrounding his death are unclear at the moment, although officials do not suspect any foul play.

Ellingson started his career as a child actor at the age of 13, starring in the popular daytime television soap opera, "General Hospital," where he played the role of young Luke Spencer. Soon after, he went on to star as a young Christopher Titus in comedian's own Fox sitcom "Titus," which is best known for its unique setting, where a "neutral space" featured standup routines that explored facets of interpersonal relationships. By this time, Ellingson had made a name for himself and was soon set on the track of memorable sitcom...

Former child actor Evan Ellingson, who starred in CSI: Miami and 24, died Sunday at his home in San Bernardino county, Calif. He was 35 years old.

The news was confirmed to TMZ by Ellingson’s father Michael, who said his son was found dead at a sober living home. The former actor had struggled with drugs in the past, but was living there while in recovery. The cause of death remain unclear, but no foul play has been detected.

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Below is the official trailer for the upcoming John Wick spinoff series from from director and executive producer Albert Hughes.

The Continental: From the World of John Wick is Peacock’s three-part limited series, set roughly 40 years before the events in the John Wick feature film saga.

Continental focuses on events surrounding a hotel for assassins in New York City and stars Colin Woodell (The Purge) as Winston Scott — the young version of the Continental Hotel owner played by Ian McShane in the Keanu Reeves movies.

Mel Gibson also stars as a character named Cormac, an underworld kingpin and the hotel’s current manager. The Continental is the Oscar winner’s first TV series work since his recurring role in the short-lived 2004 ABC comedy Complete Savages.

Here’s the official description: “The three-part event will explore the origin behind the iconic hotel-for-assassins centerpiece of the John Wick universe through the...

The first look at the John Wick prequel series is here, but don’t expect to see its biggest star.

Below is the teaser trailer for The Continental, Peacock’s three-part limited series set roughly 40 years before the events in the Wick feature film saga that focuses on events surrounding a hotel for assassins in New York City.

The project’s top-billed actor is Mel Gibson, who plays a character named Cormac, yet the controversial Oscar winner is absent from the footage:

The show — fully titled The Continental: From the World of John Wick — stars Colin Woodell (The Purge) as Winston Scott. He’s the young version of the Continental Hotel owner played by Ian McShane in the films that star Keanu Reeves.

The Continental is Gibson’s first TV series work since his recurring role in the short-lived 2004 ABC comedy Complete Savages. His casting in The Continental caused a...

Company enjoyed A-list festival success in 2021 with Cannes and Venice winners Titane and Happening.

Wild Bunch International (Wbi) has unveiled an eclectic French-language slate for 2022 featuring new films from Louis Garrel, Kim Chapiron, Alice Diop, Léa Mysius and Rebecca Zlotowski as well as directorial duo Benoît Delépine and Gustave Kervern.

The company is launching sales on the new French titles at the Unifrance Rendez-vous with French Cinema, which is scheduled to run as an in-person event in Paris from January 11 to 17.

Wild Bunch enjoyed a high-profile festival run for its 2021 slate which saw Titane win the Palme d’Or in...

Mel Gibson has been tapped to lead the Starz original series The Continental, which serves as a prequel to Keanu Reeves’ John Wick movies, our sister site Deadline reports.

Produced by Lionsgate Television, the three-night event takes John Wick fans back to 1975 New York City, where a young criminal named Winston Scott navigates the city’s nefarious underbelly in an attempt to take control of The Continental, a notorious hangout for all manner of ne’er-do-wells. Though Winston, who is played in the films by Ian McShane, has not yet been cast, Deadline reports that Gibson will be playing a character named Cormac.

In a competitive situation, Mike Scully and Julie Thacker Scully have signed with Verve, Variety has learned exclusively.

The husband and wife duo most recently co-created the Fox animated series “Duncanville” with Amy Poehler, on which they also serve as co-showrunners. Poehler also provides the voice of the lead character on the show and serves as an executive producer along with Scully and Thacker Scully. The show will return to the broadcaster for its second season on May 23.

Scully is perhaps best known for his time on “The Simpsons,” on which he was an executive producer and showrunner for four seasons. He was also a producer on “The Simpsons Movie,” which was released in 2007. He has also worked as a writer-producer on hit shows like “Everybody Loves Raymond,” “The Carmichael Show,” and “Parks and Recreation.” He was

Thacker Scully was also a writer and co-executive producer on “The Simpsons” as...

“A Prophet,” the series adaptation of Jacques Audiard’s 2009 film, will be set in today’s France, in Marseille, with a young, Black protagonist. The original movie, which won Cannes’ grand jury prize and a BAFTA Award, and earned Oscar and Golden Globe nominations, starred Tahar Rahim (“The Mauritanian”) as a 19-year-old French-Algerian sentenced to six years in prison who becomes involved with an organized crime ring in Paris.

The French-language series will reunite the Cesar-winning team behind the movie, notably its producer Marco Cherqui, and the screenwriters, Abdel Raouf Dafri — who made his directorial debut last year with “The Breitner Commando” — and Nicolas Peufaillit. Cherqui, producer at Paris-based Cpb Films, and Sebastien Janin, former Apple exec and co-founder of Media Musketeers, spoke to Variety about how “A Prophet” was being adapted to contemporary France. The show is expected to start production in France during the second half of 2021. Besides “A Prophet,...

Savages opens this weekend. You know, the Oliver Stone drug opera, with Blake Lively in a three-way relationship with Tim Riggins and Aaron Johnson. The movie is just one of many pop-culture Savages, though — there are other Savage movies, TV shows, characters, and even a myth buster. Here's your guide to keeping them straight.The Savages, a 2007 movie starring Laura Linney and Phillip Seymour Hoffman. It's not very savage, though it is very well done and super depressing. The Savages, a family. Fred and Ben are the most nostalgia-inducing of all savages. Complete Savages, a 2004 TV show. This was the last gasp of Tgif. Keith Carradine starred as a single father to five boys. Also, there was a dog. Dan Savage, columnist and activist. In addition to his hugely popular "Savage Love" advice column and podcast, Dan Savage also founded the It Gets Better Project. Basically the opposite...

A month after Bela Bajaria was given the reins of NBC’s production arm with the mandate to re-establish it as a full-fledged, stand-alone studio, Universal Television has sold two projects to non-nbc networks, comedy End Of The World to ABC and untitled FBI drama to CBS. In addition to Bajaria’s hire, the company’s rapid transformation over the past month also includes the assembling of a top executive team under her with the appointment of heads of comedy, drama and casting, as well as a name change from Universal Media Studios to Universal Television and a new logo (above, animated version below). This marks a return to Ums’ old days, before it was consolidated into NBC 3 years ago, when it developed and produced series for other networks, including Sons And Daughters and Complete Savages for ABC. Here are details on the first 2 non-nbc projects to come out of...

HollywoodNews.com: Veteran animation and television writer Mike Scully has been named the recipient of the Writers Guild of America, West Animation Writers Caucus’ 13th annual Animation Writing Award, recognizing his prolific career and outstanding contributions to the craft of film and television animation writing, as well as his efforts to organize animation writers on behalf of the Writers Guild.

The Awc’s lifetime achievement award will be presented to Scully tonight at the Awc’s annual awards ceremony held at Wgaw headquarters in Los Angeles.

“Whether penning episodes of The Simpsons, one of the most acclaimed, influential, and long-running series in TV history, or playing a key role in organizing the field of animation writing on behalf of the Guild, Mike’s contributions to both the craft and business of animation writing make him more than deserving of this award,” commented Wgaw President John Wells.

“Mike Scully, now in...

Veteran Simpsons writer Mike Scully will receive the Writers Guild of America, West Animation Writers Caucus’ 13th annual Animation Writing Award, a lifetime achievement honor, which will be presented to him tonight at the Awc’s annual awards ceremony. “Whether penning episodes of The Simpsons, one of the most acclaimed, influential, and long-running series in TV history, or playing a key role in organizing the field of animation writing on behalf of the Guild, Mike’s contributions to both the craft and business of animation writing make him more than deserving of this award,” said Wgaw president John Wells. Scully’s television writing credits include Parks and Recreation, Everybody Loves Raymond, Complete Savages and The Pitts. He also co-wrote The Simpsons Movie and is an executive producer of the upcoming Fox animated series Napoleon Dynamite. Previous Awc Writing Award honorees include Al Jean, Brad Bird, Michael Reiss, Linda Woolverton and Stan Berkowitz.

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Oscar winners George Clooney and Mel Gibson (in 'Baby Talk' and 'Complete Savages') ... 'Friends' star Matthew Perry (in 'Home Free') .... 'Chuck' leading man Zachary Levi (in 'Less Than Perfect') ... they were all adult members of ABC's "Tgif" lineup of Friday night family sitcoms.

But what we remember most from those Friday nights in front of the tube? The younger cast members -- Urkel, the Tanner kiddies, the Mowry twins. They kept us tuning in season after season (the block ran on ABC from 1988-2000 and 2003-2005), and what has inspired this look at where the real stars, the Tgif kids, are now ...

 

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Let's take a trip in the Wabac Machine, shall we? It's 2004, and although it received high marks from critics and developed a small legion of fans, the Fox Network, in its infinite wisdom decided to take Family Guy off the air, and with it went show creator Seth MacFarlane. That year MacFarlane's addition to the entertainment world was a guest spot on an episode of Star Trek: Enterprise as an engineer and a role as "TV Announcer" on a show called Complete Savages. Now let's hop back in to the machine and go to April 11th, 2010. Not one, not two, but three shows by MacFarlane, including the resurrected Family Guy, all premiere new episodes that make up an hour and a half of Fox's two-hour Animation Domination block. Oh, and he's the highest paid writer-producer on television after signing a $100 million contract back in 2008. Guess what? Now he's making a...

If you’re a Disney Channel fan or you remember the 2004 sitcom “Complete Savages,” you probably recognize Jason Dolley.

The kid’s resume already includes a series regular role on “Cory in the House,” several TV movies and a gig on Disney’s next comedy, “Good Luck Charlie,” which premieres Sunday (April 4).

After fighting a swarm of squealing tween girls outside Mel’s Diner on Sunset this week — okay, there were only four or five of ‘em and I had no problem boxing them out — I met up with Jason for a milkshake and some getting-to-know-you time…

“Good Luck Charlie” premieres Sunday, April 4 at 8:30 p.m. Est on The Disney Channel

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The Absinthe Drinkers, which will feature The Twilight Saga: New Moon's Peter Facinelli, has just added a new cast member to its fabulous and growing list. Keith Carradine, who has starred in such television series as Deadwood, Dexter, and Complete Savages, and who won an Academy Award for his work on the film Nashville, has joined the cast. Facinelli's co-star Alicja Bachleda, whose film with Colin Farrell entitled Ondine is receiving a lot of positive attention, will be the heroine. Says director John Jopson and producer Carlo Dusi .... Meanwhile, Little Ashes with Robert Pattinson, Javier Beltran, Matthew McNulty and ....

Shaun Sipos has snagged the last regular role on the CW's "Melrose Place" and the one that links the new project to the original Fox series.

Sipos will play David Patterson, the son of Jake Hansen (Grant Show).

David is a bad boy with smoldering good looks who grew up as a rich kid but has been cut off from his family money.

Sipos, whose series credits include "Maybe It's Me," "Complete Savages" and "Shark," joins previously cast "Melrose" co-stars Michael Rady, Jessica Lucas, Katie Cassidy, Ashlee Simpson-Weitz, Colin Egglesfield and Stephanie Jacobson.

Emmy-winning "Simpsons" writer-producers Mike Scully and Julie Thacker-Scully have inked with UTA.

Scully has worked on Fox's animated series on and off for the past 15 years, including serving as executive producer/showrunner. He also was a writer-producer on the hit 2007 "The Simpsons Movie." Scully also served as a co-exec producer on CBS' "Everybody Loves Raymond."

Scully and wife Thacker-Scully most recently redeveloped their 2003 live-action comedy series "The Pitts" into an animated show for Fox last season. The two also created ABC's "Complete Savages."...

Walt Disney Pictures has bought an untitled adult treasure hunt spec script by Amy Pocha and Seth Cohen. Chris Bender and JC Spink's Benderspink, Adam Shankman and Jennifer Gibgot's Offspring as well as Mason Novick are attached to produce.

The story follows a group of childhood friends who reunite in their early 30s to seek out a treasure that they tried and failed to find as kids. The script is based on an original idea by Novick.

Offspring's Matthew Mizel brought the treasure hunt project to Kristin Burr at Disney. Mizel will act as a co-producer and oversee for Offspring. Burr is shepherding for Disney.

Langley Perer is overseeing for Benderspink.

Disney-based Offspring is prepping Bedtime Stories, which Shankman will direct with Adam Sandler starring, and Step Up 2.

Benderspink is developing Bob the Musical at Disney. The company has the comedies Mancation at New Line and The Guy Not Taken at DreamWorks.

Pocha and Cohen are relative newcomers to the screenwriting scene. Pocha was on the production staff on ABC's Complete Savages, while Cohen was a story editor on WB Network's High School Reunion.

The duo are repped by Benderspink and attorney Sean Marks.

ABC has given the green light to a full season of its Wednesday reality series Wife Swap. ABC and other broadcast networks also took a half-step toward picking up a clutch of fledgling freshman series by handing out a number of additional script orders during the past week. But in general, the broadcast nets seem to be treading more cautiously this year than in the recent past when it comes to giving full-season pickups to new series performing in the fair-to-middling range. Additional scripts help network and studio brass evaluate the long-term prospects for shows on the Nielsen fence without having to fully commit to new episodic production. ABC has ordered nine more scripts of its Tuesday 9:30 p.m. sitcom Rodney, which has done respectable, if not impressive, business behind 9 p.m. anchor According to Jim. ABC also asked for six more scripts of Friday newcomer Complete Savages, which has so far been fairly weak behind 8 Simple Rules in the 8 p.m. hour.

NEW YORK -- Sinclair Broadcast Group's controversial news special A POW Story: Politics, Pressure and the Media did only so-so Nielsen numbers in some of Sinclair's larger markets Friday despite an avalanche of media attention devoted during the past two weeks to Sinclair's plans to run the politically charged special. In 15 of the larger markets where Sinclair stations carried the special in the opening hour of primetime, A POW Story averaged a 2.9 household rating/5 share, according to local market data provided by Nielsen Media Research. Sinclair aired the special on 40 of the 62 stations it owns in various markets nationwide. Of the markets where ratings data was available Monday, A POW Story scored highest in the Greenville-Spartanburg-Asheville market that straddles North and South Carolina. The 8 p.m. telecast on ABC affiliate WLOS, which serves the nation's 35th-largest TV market, delivered a 5.5 household rating/9 share, a significant increase from the 3.8/7 the station pulled in the time slot the previous week with regular ABC programming, the comedies 8 Simple Rules and Complete Savages.

John Leguizamo has teamed with writer Peter Murrieta for a comedy series project for Fox based on Leguizamo's real life as a performer and a family man. The family life of feature and TV stars has successfully translated to a TV series in such projects as the UPN comedy All of Us, based on Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith's experiences. ABC is looking for similar success with the upcoming sitcom Complete Savages, inspired by the family life of executive producer Mel Gibson. The Leguizamo/Murrieta project, from 3 Arts Entertainment and 20th Century Fox TV, is described as being in the vein of Make Room for Daddy.

Mel Gibson's next project differs considerably from his controversial smash hit The Passion Of The Christ - it's a TV program about a single father raising five sons. Savages, currently in development for American television network ABC, is set to star Keith Carradine and is loosely based on Gibson's own life. Gibson - who himself has five sons - will not appear onscreen, but he has directed the first episode of the show in which Carradine plays the father of the boys, aged between 11 and 17.

ABC's sitcom Savages, CBS' coming-of-age drama Clubhouse and NBC's animated comedy Father of the Pride are the new primetime series set to debut in the fall that were funded in part by the Family Friendly Programming Forum, the Association of National Advertisers said Tuesday. Launched in 1999, the Family Friendly initiative is a coalition of 40 big-ticket advertisers, including IBM, General Motors, FedEx Corp., General Mills and Ford Motor Corp., that provide seed money to the major broadcast networks to develop family-oriented programs. Other shows that have benefited from FFPF funding early on in their development include the WB Network's Gilmore Girls, ABC's 8 Simple Rules and NBC's American Dreams.