“It was lightning in a bottle,” David Boreanaz says of Bones, the Fox procedural that followed his FBI agent and Emily Deschanel‘s forensic anthropologist and her team as they solved crimes. It ran for 12 seasons, from 2005 to 2017. So, at a time when revivals are happening more often, would he revisit Seeley Booth? Boreanaz recalls the connection he and Deschanel had working together on the show. “I hold that so near and dear, and it would be great to relive that again,” he tells TV Insider. After all, he knows how much fans still love the show, its characters, and the central relationship between Booth and Brennan. “It is the work ethic that we had putting into these characters and what we put out was entertainment for them, and I just can’t tell you how much love and admiration we get from fans for these two characters. And to...
- 8/8/2024
- TV Insider
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Thanks to the lightning-quick rise of the internet around the tail-end of the 20th century, the entertainment industry suddenly had a shiny new tool at its disposal to promote its products. And while the eventual rise of Facebook and Twitter would send social media marketing into overdrive, Hart Hanson's "Bones" proved to be exceptionally savvy at navigating the wild, wild west that is the information superhighway in the years that came both before and after that. In fact, as early as its second season, Hanson's gooey-gross procedural rom-com had already started using the ancient relic known as MySpace to make its viewers feel like they themselves were playing an active role in the show's weekly murder investigations. Such was the case with season 2, episode 20, "The Glowing Bones in the Old Stone House."
On the surface, "Glowing Bones" had...
Thanks to the lightning-quick rise of the internet around the tail-end of the 20th century, the entertainment industry suddenly had a shiny new tool at its disposal to promote its products. And while the eventual rise of Facebook and Twitter would send social media marketing into overdrive, Hart Hanson's "Bones" proved to be exceptionally savvy at navigating the wild, wild west that is the information superhighway in the years that came both before and after that. In fact, as early as its second season, Hanson's gooey-gross procedural rom-com had already started using the ancient relic known as MySpace to make its viewers feel like they themselves were playing an active role in the show's weekly murder investigations. Such was the case with season 2, episode 20, "The Glowing Bones in the Old Stone House."
On the surface, "Glowing Bones" had...
- 8/6/2024
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
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Premiering on September 13, 2005, and ending just short of 12 years later on March 28, 2017, "Bones" straddled the line between the post-9/11 media of the 2000s and Obama-era pop culture. You can see that in the show's politics, which, like a lot of network TV, skewed centrist for much of its run.
This is also reflected in the series' characters. David Boreanaz's FBI Agent Seeley Booth is a military man, but he doesn't that responsibility lightly. His beliefs put him at loggerheads with T.J. Thyne's sarcastic entomologist Jack Hodgins, who started out as a caricature of far-left types, spouting wild conspiracy theories fueled by his distrust of the government. Emily Deschanel's anthropologist Temperance "Bones" Brennan, ever the rationalist, was the buffer between them and was only ever interested in the facts of their murder investigations, not assumptions or gut feelings.
Premiering on September 13, 2005, and ending just short of 12 years later on March 28, 2017, "Bones" straddled the line between the post-9/11 media of the 2000s and Obama-era pop culture. You can see that in the show's politics, which, like a lot of network TV, skewed centrist for much of its run.
This is also reflected in the series' characters. David Boreanaz's FBI Agent Seeley Booth is a military man, but he doesn't that responsibility lightly. His beliefs put him at loggerheads with T.J. Thyne's sarcastic entomologist Jack Hodgins, who started out as a caricature of far-left types, spouting wild conspiracy theories fueled by his distrust of the government. Emily Deschanel's anthropologist Temperance "Bones" Brennan, ever the rationalist, was the buffer between them and was only ever interested in the facts of their murder investigations, not assumptions or gut feelings.
- 7/28/2024
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
In the modern TV landscape, there isn't really anything quite like "Bones." Not only are there so few shows outside of reality or unscripted TV that can claim they've made it to 12 seasons in the streaming era, but so many shows have gone the serialized route. On the flip side, this was very much a network TV show that allowed viewers to pop in and out, catching up with Brennan and Booth for the murder of the week. The creators often went all out to make those murders stand out, particularly when it came to the bodies. To that end, a severed head from the show's second season was so realistic it was downright barf-worthy.
In the "Bones: The Official Companion" book, authors Paul Ruditis and Hart Hanson go into detail on the severed head of Caroline Epps from the episode "The Man in the Cell." Crafting this prop was...
In the "Bones: The Official Companion" book, authors Paul Ruditis and Hart Hanson go into detail on the severed head of Caroline Epps from the episode "The Man in the Cell." Crafting this prop was...
- 7/28/2024
- by Ryan Scott
- Slash Film
"Bones" episodes usually followed a fairly simple plot: A body was found and it was up to Dr. Temperance Brennan (Emily Deschanel), and FBI agent Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz) to find out what happened. This was how "Bones" worked, with each episode offering up its own mini mystery that was usually solved by the end of the installment. Except, quite often, the show would introduce viewers to a serial killer, prompting multi-episode storylines which could often be tricky for an episodic series.
Throughout the show's run, we were introduced to The Ghost Killer, The Gravedigger, and The Hacktivist, who was responsible for serving Bones and Booth with a fresh body that went a little too far even for the show's producer. There was also season 3's cannibal killer The Gormogon, whose storyline Boreanaz once called, in about as candid a way as possible, "just bad television." But the very first...
Throughout the show's run, we were introduced to The Ghost Killer, The Gravedigger, and The Hacktivist, who was responsible for serving Bones and Booth with a fresh body that went a little too far even for the show's producer. There was also season 3's cannibal killer The Gormogon, whose storyline Boreanaz once called, in about as candid a way as possible, "just bad television." But the very first...
- 7/27/2024
- by Joe Roberts
- Slash Film
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The 1999 summer movie season was one for the history books. It saw the release of the first "Star Wars" film in well over a decade, "Austin Powers" went from VHS success to bonafide blockbuster, and an unknown director named M. Night Shyamalan came out of nowhere to deliver the second-highest grossing title of the year. "The Sixth Sense" would've been that year's definitive work of horror, too, had it not been for "The Blair Witch Project." Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez's shoestring-budgeted phenomenon, which premiered just a few weeks before young Haley Joel Osment saw dead people, was inescapable. Heather Donahue's terrified, teary-eyed confession to her camera in the film instantly became a widely-recognized piece of iconography alongside the movie's maddening final shot, both of which would soon be referenced and parodied in virtually equal measure.
By the...
The 1999 summer movie season was one for the history books. It saw the release of the first "Star Wars" film in well over a decade, "Austin Powers" went from VHS success to bonafide blockbuster, and an unknown director named M. Night Shyamalan came out of nowhere to deliver the second-highest grossing title of the year. "The Sixth Sense" would've been that year's definitive work of horror, too, had it not been for "The Blair Witch Project." Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez's shoestring-budgeted phenomenon, which premiered just a few weeks before young Haley Joel Osment saw dead people, was inescapable. Heather Donahue's terrified, teary-eyed confession to her camera in the film instantly became a widely-recognized piece of iconography alongside the movie's maddening final shot, both of which would soon be referenced and parodied in virtually equal measure.
By the...
- 7/21/2024
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
"Bones" may have only gone off the air in 2017, but it already feels like a relic of a bygone era in many ways. The episodic procedural was a "murder of the week" show that invited viewers to see what crime Emily Deschanel's Brennan and David Boreanaz's Booth were trying to solve each week. There were plenty of throughlines in the series, but it was also the sort of show that someone could just jump on board with for the most part because most episodes did contain an isolated story. This worked to the show's benefit, to be certain, but it also caused a bit of a problem for the show's central character.
In the "Bones: The Official Companion" book, it's explained that the episode "The Woman in Limbo," which served as the show's season 1 finale, wasn't originally intended to cram in Brennan's full backstory. We're talking about one...
In the "Bones: The Official Companion" book, it's explained that the episode "The Woman in Limbo," which served as the show's season 1 finale, wasn't originally intended to cram in Brennan's full backstory. We're talking about one...
- 7/21/2024
- by Ryan Scott
- Slash Film
Spending in television is a game of chance. Some weeks, you can keep things on the cheap and get away with doing a glorified bottle episode. Other times, you have to construct your own golf course because the locals don't take kindly to you wanting to fake a plane crash on their freshly-mowed grass, complete with (also fake but still nasty) dismembered body parts.
"Bones" season 1, episode 14, "The Man on the Fairway," finds everyone's favorite sensible forensics expert, the good Dr. Temperance "Bones" Brennan (Emily Deschanel), and her motley crew investigating said plane crash at a golf course not too far from Virginia Beach. In a firmly on-brand coincidence, Bones and the gang happen upon the remains of a non-passenger while inspecting the crash site. The episode takes the usual twists and turns from there, even delving into "Fargo" territory when Bones and all deduce that the victim was likely...
"Bones" season 1, episode 14, "The Man on the Fairway," finds everyone's favorite sensible forensics expert, the good Dr. Temperance "Bones" Brennan (Emily Deschanel), and her motley crew investigating said plane crash at a golf course not too far from Virginia Beach. In a firmly on-brand coincidence, Bones and the gang happen upon the remains of a non-passenger while inspecting the crash site. The episode takes the usual twists and turns from there, even delving into "Fargo" territory when Bones and all deduce that the victim was likely...
- 7/20/2024
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
"Bones" episode titles all sound like perverse "Nancy Drew" novels. Instead of "The Clue in the Diary" or "The Message in the Hollow Oak," you get "The Headless Witch in the Woods" and "The Passenger in the Oven." But then, "Bones" is loosely based on Kathy Reichs' crime novels, and features a protagonist who aside from being a forensic anthropologist also writes mystery books. In that sense, the slightly macabre mystery novel episode titles fit nicely with the show's overall tone.
What's more, much like Nancy Drew (at least in her later novels), Emily Deschanel's Temperance "Bones" Brennan isn't afraid to travel in service of her investigations into witches in the woods or passengers in ovens. In fact, in the latter case she and FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz) actually found themselves solving one such mystery en-route to China. In other episodes the pair have left their Washington D.
What's more, much like Nancy Drew (at least in her later novels), Emily Deschanel's Temperance "Bones" Brennan isn't afraid to travel in service of her investigations into witches in the woods or passengers in ovens. In fact, in the latter case she and FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz) actually found themselves solving one such mystery en-route to China. In other episodes the pair have left their Washington D.
- 7/14/2024
- by Joe Roberts
- Slash Film
As "Bones" headed into its first-ever midseason break at the end of 2005, the show's creatives were starting to breathe just a little easier. The series was consistently drawing seven million viewers a week and even creator Hart Hanson was beginning to realize his modest procedural dramedy might yet enjoy a healthy shelf life on par with the likes of "Magnum, P.I." and its own forbearer on Fox, "The X-Files," after "Bones" found its groove with its fourth episode, "The Man in the Bear." But with penny-pinching network execs still breathing down his neck, the pressure was on Hanson to employ some cost-cutting measures.
Enter season 1, episode 9, "The Man in the Fallout Shelter". This particular Christmas-themed outing sees Dr. Temperance "Bones" Brennan (Emily Deschanel) and her crew investigating a skeleton that, true to the title of the episode, has been rotting away in an atomic fallout shelter for decades. When...
Enter season 1, episode 9, "The Man in the Fallout Shelter". This particular Christmas-themed outing sees Dr. Temperance "Bones" Brennan (Emily Deschanel) and her crew investigating a skeleton that, true to the title of the episode, has been rotting away in an atomic fallout shelter for decades. When...
- 7/14/2024
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
"Bones" had an impressive run. The procedural crime dramedy comprises 246 episodes, making for a total of 12 seasons. Of course, a show that goes on for as long as that was going to encounter some issues at along the way. Over its decade-plus run, there were all manner of problems that cropped up on "Bones," from the fresh body that went too far for producer Stephen Nathan to the storyline that star David Boreanez thought was just "bad television."
Usually, the show managed to overcome its issues, often in ingenious fashion. For instance, there was one point at which "Bones" borrowed a set from a short-lived Kelsey Grammer sitcom in order to shoot several scenes and ensure the set didn't go to waste. Or how about the time the showrunners cleverly covered up star Emily Deschanel's injury using an eyepatch and a circus-focused storyline.
But often, the show would stoke...
Usually, the show managed to overcome its issues, often in ingenious fashion. For instance, there was one point at which "Bones" borrowed a set from a short-lived Kelsey Grammer sitcom in order to shoot several scenes and ensure the set didn't go to waste. Or how about the time the showrunners cleverly covered up star Emily Deschanel's injury using an eyepatch and a circus-focused storyline.
But often, the show would stoke...
- 7/13/2024
- by Joe Roberts
- Slash Film
When you think of the long-running Fox procedural "Bones," what do you think of? Skeletons of every kind — goopy, burned, rotting, frozen, and so on — on display while Emily Deschanel's forensic anthropologist examined them for clues? A will-they-won't-they romance between her character, Temperance Brennan, and David Boreanaz's FBI agent Seeley Booth? That one post-"American Idol" episode where The Gravedigger's head explodes?
By virtue of the show's title alone, it's unlikely that Booth's sharpshooting is the first thing that comes to mind for fans of the series. The character was great at his job, but any number of FBI cool guy antics paled in comparison to Bones' own nitty-gritty investigative work. Still, Boreanaz apparently worked hard behind the scenes to make sure Booth's status as a former Army sniper was believable, even going so far as to train with the show's police technical adviser, according to Paul Ruditis' book "Bones: The Official Companion.
By virtue of the show's title alone, it's unlikely that Booth's sharpshooting is the first thing that comes to mind for fans of the series. The character was great at his job, but any number of FBI cool guy antics paled in comparison to Bones' own nitty-gritty investigative work. Still, Boreanaz apparently worked hard behind the scenes to make sure Booth's status as a former Army sniper was believable, even going so far as to train with the show's police technical adviser, according to Paul Ruditis' book "Bones: The Official Companion.
- 7/8/2024
- by Valerie Ettenhofer
- Slash Film
"Bones" enjoyed a ridiculously healthy run on Fox from 2005 to 2017. With 12 seasons and well over 200 episodes under its belt, we're talking about one of the more successful network shows of the modern era. Getting any show made is hard. Making one this enduring? It's almost impossible. Any number of things can derail a show from a casting decision to the whims of a network. But everything went right for this series. Would it have been as successful with a different title? We'll never know but "Bones" was very nearly called something else before Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz came into the picture.
In "Bones: The Official Companion," creator Hart Hanson reveals the show's creatives were struggling to find the right title during development. At one point, the idea was to simply call the show "Brennan" after its lead character, Temperance Brennan, not unlike Fox's other very successful 2000s series "House,...
In "Bones: The Official Companion," creator Hart Hanson reveals the show's creatives were struggling to find the right title during development. At one point, the idea was to simply call the show "Brennan" after its lead character, Temperance Brennan, not unlike Fox's other very successful 2000s series "House,...
- 7/7/2024
- by Ryan Scott
- Slash Film
Forensic anthropology is not for the impatient. It requires long, tedious hours of poring over and trying to make sense of bone fragments, so you'd better be a real nerd when it comes to loving the minutiae of the human skeleton. It's also not a field for the squeamish. As you might imagine, the human remains you have to recover and analyze at crime scenes can be deeply upsetting.
"Bones" fans would know all about that. The longtime Fox mainstay was full of utterly gross and gnarly scenes, like the time its heroes, Special Agent Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz) and Dr. Temperance "Bones" Brennan (Emily Deschanel), found themselves staring down the barrel of a bathtub full of liquified body parts in the season 2 episode "The Truth in the Lye". Bones, never one to be easily phased by a nauseating sight in her workplace, quickly sets to work examining the melted...
"Bones" fans would know all about that. The longtime Fox mainstay was full of utterly gross and gnarly scenes, like the time its heroes, Special Agent Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz) and Dr. Temperance "Bones" Brennan (Emily Deschanel), found themselves staring down the barrel of a bathtub full of liquified body parts in the season 2 episode "The Truth in the Lye". Bones, never one to be easily phased by a nauseating sight in her workplace, quickly sets to work examining the melted...
- 7/7/2024
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
Special effects shenanigans are to be expected on almost any police procedural. After all, these shows often involve unusual crime scene setups, many with some kind of gag involved. With 12 seasons and 246 episodes, the beloved Fox series "Bones" had plenty of time for a special effect to misfire, and in one spectacularly silly case, it caused a bit of a decapitation mishap! Don't worry, no one was hurt, just a little embarrassed. Just before "Bones" started to find its footing with a stellar fourth episode, there was "A Boy in a Tree," following Special Agent Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz) and forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance "Bones" Brennan (Emily Deschanel) as they investigate the remains of a teenage boy found hanging from a tree at a prestigious private school. The episode itself is decent enough, but behind-the-scenes things were just a little bit more difficult.
In the book "Bones: The Official Companion...
In the book "Bones: The Official Companion...
- 7/6/2024
- by Danielle Ryan
- Slash Film
Exclusive: Writer Jeffrey Reddick, creator of the long-running Final Destination horror franchise, is teaming with producer Todd Slater and more on Bloody Mary: Origins, a chilling new take on the classic urban legend.
Hailing from Slater’s Convoke Media, Vast Entertainment and DreamPunk Entertainment, the film is based on the New York Times bestseller Mary: The Summoning by Hillary Monahan. The story focuses on a group of teenage girls who discover an ancient spell that conjures the real Bloody Mary. When the terrifying entity pulls one of the girls through the mirror, she becomes trapped in the past living out the real Mary Worth’s last days. With time running out, the others must discover a way to save their friend in the past while vanquishing a terrorizing Bloody Mary in the present.
Reddick wrote the script with John Stancari, who passed away in 2018 after a long battle with cancer.
Hailing from Slater’s Convoke Media, Vast Entertainment and DreamPunk Entertainment, the film is based on the New York Times bestseller Mary: The Summoning by Hillary Monahan. The story focuses on a group of teenage girls who discover an ancient spell that conjures the real Bloody Mary. When the terrifying entity pulls one of the girls through the mirror, she becomes trapped in the past living out the real Mary Worth’s last days. With time running out, the others must discover a way to save their friend in the past while vanquishing a terrorizing Bloody Mary in the present.
Reddick wrote the script with John Stancari, who passed away in 2018 after a long battle with cancer.
- 7/2/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
There's nothing quite like a TV show that features our protagonists watching another, somewhat random TV show. In "The Sopranos," Tony at one point unwinds with an episode of "Gilmore Girls." In "Community," pop culture superfan Abed gets really, really into the ABC sitcom "Cougar Town." And in "Family Guy," the Griffin family watches, well, everything.
"Lucifer," the cult favorite supernatural series that aired from 2016 to 2021, took the TV-show-in-a-tv-show trope one step further by using a different primetime series as the catalyst for one of its best callbacks. In a season 3 plot, Luci (Tom Ellis) refuses to sleep after learning that he may be moonlighting as a guardian angel in a fantastical take on sleepwalking. He stays up for a week straight, binge-watching 12 seasons of the always-gross, always-shippable hit forensics drama "Bones" all the while, and even resurfaces with a new nickname for Chloe (Lauren German).
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"Lucifer," the cult favorite supernatural series that aired from 2016 to 2021, took the TV-show-in-a-tv-show trope one step further by using a different primetime series as the catalyst for one of its best callbacks. In a season 3 plot, Luci (Tom Ellis) refuses to sleep after learning that he may be moonlighting as a guardian angel in a fantastical take on sleepwalking. He stays up for a week straight, binge-watching 12 seasons of the always-gross, always-shippable hit forensics drama "Bones" all the while, and even resurfaces with a new nickname for Chloe (Lauren German).
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- 6/30/2024
- by Valerie Ettenhofer
- Slash Film
Maybe I've simply been in the game too long, but spoilers just don't bother me anymore. /Film's Bj Colangelo put it best in her own takedown of spoiler culture and media: "Without actually seeing the spoiler in action or having context, we can't know the execution of the scene, the tone, or see the reactions characters have to the moment ... all necessary cues to a moment's impact." I myself have gone in fully spoiled for many films and TV series I've seen in recent years (such is the nature of this industry), yet I usually come away feeling either far less annoyed or more deeply moved by major reveals or character deaths. It all depends on how they're handled.
I get it, though. For casual viewers, investing years of your life in a story only for some jagoff to ruin the ending or a shocking twist must be infuriating. It...
I get it, though. For casual viewers, investing years of your life in a story only for some jagoff to ruin the ending or a shocking twist must be infuriating. It...
- 6/30/2024
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
"Bones" is not just a show that has a devoted fan base despite the fact that it ended its run more than seven years ago, it's also a show that had a longer run than most shows that have ever made it to air. Spanning 12 seasons and more than 240 episodes, few series in the history of television can ever say they enjoyed such a fruitful run. That said, creator Hart Hanson wasn't always confident that the show was going to go the distance. There was, however, one key moment that led him to believe the show had legs.
In a 2017 interview with TV Insider around the time that the "Bones" series finale was about to air, Hanson spoke about the moment in question. For him, it was the show's fourth episode. Titled "The Man in the Bear," the episode aired in November of 2005 as the series was trying to find its footing.
In a 2017 interview with TV Insider around the time that the "Bones" series finale was about to air, Hanson spoke about the moment in question. For him, it was the show's fourth episode. Titled "The Man in the Bear," the episode aired in November of 2005 as the series was trying to find its footing.
- 6/22/2024
- by Ryan Scott
- Slash Film
When Hart Hanson's "Bones" premiered on Fox at the outset of the 2005-06 television season, the home entertainment world was a dramatically different place than it is now. The vast majority of TV viewers still looked to the big four networks for small-screen escapism, while word-of-mouth buzz was still a fickle thing that spread around the proverbial water cooler or in social circles outside of work. The internet was a valuable tool -- everyone either had a blog or knew somebody with one -- and an increasing number of folks were starting to get addicted to their Blackberry screens (the term "Crackberry" began to spring up around this time), but we weren't completely buried in our screens.
And, for folks over the age of 30 (or simply not heavily online), social media looked like a passing fad.
Three years later, Facebook and Twitter started to blow up, and it didn't...
And, for folks over the age of 30 (or simply not heavily online), social media looked like a passing fad.
Three years later, Facebook and Twitter started to blow up, and it didn't...
- 6/22/2024
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
Betty White was TV royalty. All she had to do was pop in, and viewers would sit up, aware they were in the presence of greatness whether they'd ever watched a minute of "The Golden Girls" or absorbed it purely through cultural osmosis. White's legacy goes far beyond playing lovable simpleton Rose on Susan Harris' legendary sitcom (though the character could be hella savage when the occasion called for it), but she spent much of her third act putting her razor-sharp comedic sensibilities to work in a never-ending string of small screen roles. Sitcoms, obviously, were her specialty; "Ally McBeal," "The Ellen Show," "That '70s Show," "Malcolm in the Middle," "Ugly Betty," "30 Rock," and "Community" all brought in White for an episode or more, as did the animated likes of "The Simpsons," "King of the Hill," "Family Guy," and "The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy."
So, of course,...
So, of course,...
- 6/21/2024
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
Ensembles are the lifeblood of television. "Scooby-Doo" had the Mystery Machine team. "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" had the Scooby Gang (no relation). "Riverdale" had its polycule, which it ultimately dubbed the "Quad." With its distinctive blend of humor and horror, Hart Hanson's "Bones" followed the motley crew at the Jeffersonian Institute as they cracked murder cases week in, week out. But when you really drill down to its core, you'll find that a lot of the show's most endearing players weren't around for as long as you might think.
Takes Dr. Sweets. Everybody's favorite nerdy FBI psychologist infamously died a heartbreaking premature death after John Francis Daley's directing career went into overdrive. Still, you'd be forgiven for forgetting that he didn't actually show up until season 3, episode 4, "The Secret in the Soil," considering he ultimately appeared in an eye-watering 138 episodes (albeit out of 246 total). The same goes for Cam.
Takes Dr. Sweets. Everybody's favorite nerdy FBI psychologist infamously died a heartbreaking premature death after John Francis Daley's directing career went into overdrive. Still, you'd be forgiven for forgetting that he didn't actually show up until season 3, episode 4, "The Secret in the Soil," considering he ultimately appeared in an eye-watering 138 episodes (albeit out of 246 total). The same goes for Cam.
- 6/16/2024
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
Before the streaming wars reinvented cable yet somehow made it worse, television series didn't need to be ratings giants to enjoy a long life. In point of fact, shows that attracted a consistent audience tended to survive long after whatever pristine new series executives had counted on becoming their next breadwinner inevitably faltered partway into its soon-to-be-short-lived run. (My sympathies to "Terra Nova.")
"Bones" was one such series for Fox. Despite the network's baffling efforts to sink Hart Hanson's modest procedural dramedy, the show was quick to draw a loyal crowd that followed it anywhere Fox thought to move it (even the dreaded Friday night "death slot"). In fact, the series actually peaked in terms of immediate viewership after just 11 episodes (out of 246!) with season 1's "The Woman in the Car," which aired on February 1, 2006, to an audience of roughly 12.64 million viewers and double the number of eyeballs. Later...
"Bones" was one such series for Fox. Despite the network's baffling efforts to sink Hart Hanson's modest procedural dramedy, the show was quick to draw a loyal crowd that followed it anywhere Fox thought to move it (even the dreaded Friday night "death slot"). In fact, the series actually peaked in terms of immediate viewership after just 11 episodes (out of 246!) with season 1's "The Woman in the Car," which aired on February 1, 2006, to an audience of roughly 12.64 million viewers and double the number of eyeballs. Later...
- 6/15/2024
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
Exclusive: Lionsgate and its Grindstone Entertainment Group have acquired the indie drama Continue, extending their relationship with writer-director-actress Nadine Crocker with a deal for multiplatform domestic distribution of her latest film.
Set to screen at the Bentonville Film Festival this week as part of the fest’s mission to amplify female filmmakers and other diverse storytellers, the film will be released in theaters September 6, coinciding with suicide awareness month.
In Continue, a girl suffering from depression is forced to get her life together when she is taken involuntarily to a mental institution after trying to follow in her father’s footsteps but failing in her suicide attempt. There, she finds unlikely friends, unwavering love, and a life she never imagined possible, only to find out some decisions can’t be undone. You only get one life.
In addition to Crocker, Continue stars Shiloh Fernandez, Lio Tipton, Kat Foster, Annapurna Sriram and Emily Deschanel.
Set to screen at the Bentonville Film Festival this week as part of the fest’s mission to amplify female filmmakers and other diverse storytellers, the film will be released in theaters September 6, coinciding with suicide awareness month.
In Continue, a girl suffering from depression is forced to get her life together when she is taken involuntarily to a mental institution after trying to follow in her father’s footsteps but failing in her suicide attempt. There, she finds unlikely friends, unwavering love, and a life she never imagined possible, only to find out some decisions can’t be undone. You only get one life.
In addition to Crocker, Continue stars Shiloh Fernandez, Lio Tipton, Kat Foster, Annapurna Sriram and Emily Deschanel.
- 6/10/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
The thing about big swings and high concept genre television is that when it lands, its smacks you squarely in the stomach. It's how you get all-time greats like the "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" episodes "Hush", "The Body" (one of the most gut-wrenching explorations of grief put to screen), and, of course, the musical spectacular "Once More, with Feeling." When it misses, on the other hand, you can end up with "Buffy" stinkers like "Doublemeat Palace" (which is far less captivating than its "Soylent Green"-inspired premise would suggest) and the one-two punch of "Beer Bad" and "Where the Wild Things Are".
When it comes to "Bones," Hart Hanson's agreeable, long-running rom-com crime procedural was constantly testing the waters to determine whether a comedic episode was perhaps a little too silly for a show about nightmarish murder investigations. You can see that in the common denominator shared by the...
When it comes to "Bones," Hart Hanson's agreeable, long-running rom-com crime procedural was constantly testing the waters to determine whether a comedic episode was perhaps a little too silly for a show about nightmarish murder investigations. You can see that in the common denominator shared by the...
- 6/8/2024
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
In genre television series fandom, there isn't a more reliable argument starter than "What is the best episode of X show?" Devotees of "Star Trek" The Original Series will fight to their dying breath defending the likes of "The City on the Edge of Forever," "The Enemy Within," and "Amok Time". As for the original "The Twilight Zone," it could be "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street," "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet," "To Serve Man," or just about any other episode because the series had very few duds. And then, of course, there's "Airwolf." Where to start with "Airwolf?" The winning move is not to start, because we'll never stop!
This topic becomes especially fraught when you're dealing with a long-running show like "Bones." Hart Hanson's amiable forensics procedural driven by the romantic chemistry between Emily Deschanel's brainy Temperance "Bones" Brennan and David Boreanaz's impulsive FBI Agent...
This topic becomes especially fraught when you're dealing with a long-running show like "Bones." Hart Hanson's amiable forensics procedural driven by the romantic chemistry between Emily Deschanel's brainy Temperance "Bones" Brennan and David Boreanaz's impulsive FBI Agent...
- 6/8/2024
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
Cassandra Freeman (Bel-Air), Tika Sumpter (Sonic the Hedgehog) and Michaela Watkins (Thanks for Sharing) have joined the “Geena & Friends” program taking place at the upcoming Bentonville Film Festival in Arkansas.
The program, led by Geena Davis and moderated by The Hollywood Reporter contributing editor Stacey Wilson Hunt, takes a unique spin on traditional comedic narratives by reimagining them with an all-female or gender-non-conforming cast. The event is set for June 14 at the Thaden Theater in Bentonville.
“I am thrilled to lead this program that reimagines all-male film narratives with an all-female/gender-non-conforming cast, leading to great humor,” Davis said. “It’s an incredible opportunity to showcase the power of storytelling through laughter and camaraderie. Working alongside such talented individuals as Cassandra Freeman, Tika Sumpter and Michaela Watkins is truly inspiring. I look forward to sharing this unique and transformative experience with everyone.”
The Bentonville Film Foundation made the announcement Thursday,...
The program, led by Geena Davis and moderated by The Hollywood Reporter contributing editor Stacey Wilson Hunt, takes a unique spin on traditional comedic narratives by reimagining them with an all-female or gender-non-conforming cast. The event is set for June 14 at the Thaden Theater in Bentonville.
“I am thrilled to lead this program that reimagines all-male film narratives with an all-female/gender-non-conforming cast, leading to great humor,” Davis said. “It’s an incredible opportunity to showcase the power of storytelling through laughter and camaraderie. Working alongside such talented individuals as Cassandra Freeman, Tika Sumpter and Michaela Watkins is truly inspiring. I look forward to sharing this unique and transformative experience with everyone.”
The Bentonville Film Foundation made the announcement Thursday,...
- 6/6/2024
- by Kimberly Nordyke
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Explore the Lives of the Bones Cast Emily Deschanel as Dr. Temperance Brennan – $30 Million Net Worth David Boreanaz as Seeley Booth – $30 Million Net Worth T.J. Thyne as Dr. Jack Hodgins – $10 Million Net Worth Tamara Taylor as Dr. Camille Saroyan – $5 Million Net Worth John Francis Daley as Dr. Lance Sweets – $5 Million Net Worth Michaela Conlin as Angela Montenegro – $4 Million Net Worth Carla Gallo as Daisy Wick – $2 Million Net Worth John Boyd as James Aubrey – $1- $5 Million Net Worth Eric Millegan as Dr. Zack Addy – $750 Thousand Net Worth
The hit crime procedural drama Bones graced our screens for twelve captivating seasons from September 13, 2005, to March 28, 2017.
Distinguishing from the era’s formulaic TV landscape, Bones intricately wove forensic anthropology into FBI crime-solving with a dash of humanity, humor, and romance.
Bones captured audiences for twelve seasons and introduced an ensemble cast consisting of charming veterans and fresh faces (Credit: INFevents)
Now, 18 years after its inception,...
The hit crime procedural drama Bones graced our screens for twelve captivating seasons from September 13, 2005, to March 28, 2017.
Distinguishing from the era’s formulaic TV landscape, Bones intricately wove forensic anthropology into FBI crime-solving with a dash of humanity, humor, and romance.
Bones captured audiences for twelve seasons and introduced an ensemble cast consisting of charming veterans and fresh faces (Credit: INFevents)
Now, 18 years after its inception,...
- 5/30/2024
- by Florie Mae Malapit
- Your Next Shoes
Most actors would love to have a career like David Boreanaz's. The man wooed Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar) as her brooding, completely age-inappropriate vampiric boyfriend Angel on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," took his fight against the forces of evil to Los Angeles in the "Buffy" spinoff "Angel," and solved murders while falling for stiff forensic anthropologist Temperance "Bones" Brennan (Emily Deschanel) in "Bones." He's since led the military drama series "Seal Team," which will wrap up after seven seasons (a miraculously long run in the brutal current TV landscape).
That's not to suggest his closet is devoid of skeletons. The actor was sued for allegedly sexually harassing a "Bones" extra in 2010; the lawsuit was dismissed after being resolved out of court in 2011. That same year, Boreanaz also publicly admitted to cheating on his wife Jaime Bergman. As of 2024, however, they are still married, with Bergman having since become one...
That's not to suggest his closet is devoid of skeletons. The actor was sued for allegedly sexually harassing a "Bones" extra in 2010; the lawsuit was dismissed after being resolved out of court in 2011. That same year, Boreanaz also publicly admitted to cheating on his wife Jaime Bergman. As of 2024, however, they are still married, with Bergman having since become one...
- 5/25/2024
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
Even though "Bones" has been off the air since 2017, the show maintains a loyal following. Audiences followed Emily Deschanel's Brennan and David Boreanaz's Booth for 12 seasons and nearly 250 episodes as they solved crimes while falling in love. That relationship was at the very center of the show from the pilot onward. That being the case, fans of the show had a tendency to not like it when the Brennan/Booth romance was messed with. That's why Katheryn Winnick was given a warning before she accepted her role as Hannah.
Winnick, who would go on to star in shows such as "Vikings" and "Big Sky," stepped into the series relatively late in the game. Her character Hannah Burley was a major player in "Bones" season 6, and one that fans had strong opinions about. She had a fling with Booth in Afghanistan and, in the show's sixth season, she made...
Winnick, who would go on to star in shows such as "Vikings" and "Big Sky," stepped into the series relatively late in the game. Her character Hannah Burley was a major player in "Bones" season 6, and one that fans had strong opinions about. She had a fling with Booth in Afghanistan and, in the show's sixth season, she made...
- 5/24/2024
- by Ryan Scott
- Slash Film
Fox hit a home run with "Bones." The procedural crime dramedy feels like the last of a dying breed, with the show running for an amazing 246 episodes across 12 seasons. In the age of Netflix canceling seemingly successful shows after just a few seasons (if we're lucky), that feels like an impossibility. The show's success stems from the relationship between Emily Deschanel's Temperance "Bones" Brennan and David Boreanaz's Seely Booth. But that wasn't always going to be the case, until series creator Hart Hanson realized it needed to be the case.
In a 2014 interview with Give Me My Remote, Hanson was asked to reflect back on the show's pilot, which aired in 2005. Deschanel had already secured her role on "Bones" thanks to a bit of improv. Boreanaz, meanwhile, was set to be part of the show, but not necessarily the co-lead alongside Deschanel. Hanson explained how that all changed thanks to one key scene.
In a 2014 interview with Give Me My Remote, Hanson was asked to reflect back on the show's pilot, which aired in 2005. Deschanel had already secured her role on "Bones" thanks to a bit of improv. Boreanaz, meanwhile, was set to be part of the show, but not necessarily the co-lead alongside Deschanel. Hanson explained how that all changed thanks to one key scene.
- 5/18/2024
- by Ryan Scott
- Slash Film
Much like last year's "Suits" renaissance, "Bones" continues to be popular long after wrapping up. The final episode aired back in 2017 but the David Boreanez and Emily Deschanel-starring procedural is still seeing plenty of streaming action on Hulu — and I say, good for "Bones!" If you didn't happen to catch the show during its run on the Fox network, there are several things about the show that might surprise you to learn. The guest stars, for instance, were actually quite impressive. Stephen Fry showed up quite a bit as psychiatrist, Dr. Gordon Wyatt, as did Zz Top vocalist/guitarist Billy Gibbons. Yes, the hirsute rock star played the father of Angela Montenegro (Michaela Conlin), a Jeffersonian Institute forensic artist.
In a 2010 interview with TVTango, series creator/executive producer Hart Hanson said that he "always knew [Angela] had a rock-star dad because it's just funny to me that guys I...
In a 2010 interview with TVTango, series creator/executive producer Hart Hanson said that he "always knew [Angela] had a rock-star dad because it's just funny to me that guys I...
- 5/18/2024
- by Joe Roberts
- Slash Film
Spoilers for the series finale of Devil in Ohio ahead.
Devil in Ohio ends with a shocking revelation: Mae Dodd (Madeleine Arthur), the teenage cult escapee sheltered by psychiatrist Suzanne Mathis (Emily Deschanel), has been hiding a big secret. Far from being dragged back to her cult against her will during the Harvest Dance, Mae orchestrated the whole thing, going as far as stealing her date’s car to get herself there. In other words, it was Mae who set in motion the events leading to her mother’s death and the devastation of Suzanne’s family. Why would Mae do all this? So that she could be exactly where she wants: alone with Suzanne.
Viewers learn all this when Suzanne gets a phone call from Detective Lopez (Gerardo Celasco), who has finally pieced together the evidence and tells her what actually happened. Shaken, Suzanne returns to the table, trying...
Devil in Ohio ends with a shocking revelation: Mae Dodd (Madeleine Arthur), the teenage cult escapee sheltered by psychiatrist Suzanne Mathis (Emily Deschanel), has been hiding a big secret. Far from being dragged back to her cult against her will during the Harvest Dance, Mae orchestrated the whole thing, going as far as stealing her date’s car to get herself there. In other words, it was Mae who set in motion the events leading to her mother’s death and the devastation of Suzanne’s family. Why would Mae do all this? So that she could be exactly where she wants: alone with Suzanne.
Viewers learn all this when Suzanne gets a phone call from Detective Lopez (Gerardo Celasco), who has finally pieced together the evidence and tells her what actually happened. Shaken, Suzanne returns to the table, trying...
- 5/14/2024
- by Anne Cohen
- Tudum - Netflix
Writer/director/producer Corey Sherman helmed an ode to his own coming-of-age and coming out story, while honoring both his “big” feelings and physicality.
Sherman’s indie comedy “Big Boys” centers on teenage boy Jamie’s (Isaac Krasner) unexpected crush during a camping trip. While Jamie is elated to spend time with his cousin (Dora Madison), he really only has eyes for her boyfriend and fellow “big boy” Dan (David Johnson III).
Emily Deschanel, Taj Cross, Marion Van Cuyck, Emma Broz, and Jack De Sanz co-star.
Sherman writes, directs, and edits, as well as serves as a producer alongside Allison Tate.
“We made a film about a young man’s unrequited crush to shed light on this extremely common, yet under-examined aspect of queer life,” Sherman said in a press statement. “In most romantic stories, the object of the protagonist’s love eventually returns their affection. However, for many queer people like myself,...
Sherman’s indie comedy “Big Boys” centers on teenage boy Jamie’s (Isaac Krasner) unexpected crush during a camping trip. While Jamie is elated to spend time with his cousin (Dora Madison), he really only has eyes for her boyfriend and fellow “big boy” Dan (David Johnson III).
Emily Deschanel, Taj Cross, Marion Van Cuyck, Emma Broz, and Jack De Sanz co-star.
Sherman writes, directs, and edits, as well as serves as a producer alongside Allison Tate.
“We made a film about a young man’s unrequited crush to shed light on this extremely common, yet under-examined aspect of queer life,” Sherman said in a press statement. “In most romantic stories, the object of the protagonist’s love eventually returns their affection. However, for many queer people like myself,...
- 5/13/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Serialized storylines are, naturally, tricky for shows that are, by design, inherently episodic. When "House" devoted a large chunk of its third season to the relentless Detective Michael Tritter (David Morse) trying to get back at Hugh Laurie's misanthropic diagnostician for humiliating him, the series' writers were banking on viewers not losing interest before the pair's conflict had concluded. As one of those viewers, let me tell you: It's a good thing they didn't push their luck any further than they did, even if pitting House against a cop was about as effective a way as any to get us to overlook the former's many, many blatantly unethical indiscretions and root for him to outwit this wannabe Moriarty to his Sherlock.
"Bones," like "House," was primarily episodic, with its namesake, Dr. Temperance Brennan (Emily Deschanel), and her other half, FBI agent Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz), typically wrapping up a...
"Bones," like "House," was primarily episodic, with its namesake, Dr. Temperance Brennan (Emily Deschanel), and her other half, FBI agent Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz), typically wrapping up a...
- 5/12/2024
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
TV crossovers have been a thing for the vast majority of the medium's history as a popular form of entertainment. From "The Jetsons" meeting "The Flinstones" to "The Simpsons" meeting the characters from "Futurama," there's a rich history here. But not every crossover is quite so obvious. For example, the Fox crime drama "Bones" ended up crossing with, oddly enough, Seth MacFarlane's animated sitcom "Family Guy." Bizarre though it may sound, both shows aired on the same network at the same time, and there was a good enough reason to bring these characters into the same universe at the time.
The episode in question was the second to last episode of "Bones" season 4, entitled "The Critic in the Cabernet." While the main plot involves human remains found inside a wine barrel during a tasting, the crossover has to do with the episode's B-plot. In the episode, Emily Deschanel's...
The episode in question was the second to last episode of "Bones" season 4, entitled "The Critic in the Cabernet." While the main plot involves human remains found inside a wine barrel during a tasting, the crossover has to do with the episode's B-plot. In the episode, Emily Deschanel's...
- 5/12/2024
- by Ryan Scott
- Slash Film
Watch just about any media from the mid-20th century and you'll quickly notice something: people smoked a lot more onscreen back then -- like, a lot more. Those born in the current century would no doubt be shocked to learn that even beloved cartoon icons like Donald Duck would light up a pipe or puff away on a stogie when the occasion merited (and that's to say nothing of commercials like the jaw-dropping marketing campaign where Fred Flinstone gets his buddy Barney and his wife Wilma hooked on Winston cigarettes).
Smoking was a useful visual shorthand for a variety of things. When Cruella De Vil spewed a wreath of putrid yellow smoke from her infamous cigarette holder in Disney's animated "101 Dalmatians," you just knew she was trouble, even before dog-napping entered the equation. Alternatively, when Cary Grant carefully lit Eva Marie Saint's cigarette in perhaps the ultimate Alfred Hitchcock picture,...
Smoking was a useful visual shorthand for a variety of things. When Cruella De Vil spewed a wreath of putrid yellow smoke from her infamous cigarette holder in Disney's animated "101 Dalmatians," you just knew she was trouble, even before dog-napping entered the equation. Alternatively, when Cary Grant carefully lit Eva Marie Saint's cigarette in perhaps the ultimate Alfred Hitchcock picture,...
- 4/28/2024
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
Never let it be said that "Bones" was above using its weekly murder investigation format to put its heroes in highly improbable situations for a laugh. In point of fact, the show's writers seized every excuse they could contrive to push Temperance Brennan (Emily Deschanel) and Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz) out of their element, whether that meant going undercover at a circus or entering the squared circle as part of an episode that was itself an irreverent "Simpsons" Easter egg hunt. 10 bucks say you can already guess what happened when the Jeffersonian crew found themselves looking into the apparent murder of a professional ballroom dancer in season 8, episode 10, "The Diamond in the Rough."
Sure enough, faster than you can argue that "Strictly Ballroom" is Baz Luhrmann's second-best movie (never let it be said that I myself am above contriving things for my own purposes), Bones and Booth dust off...
Sure enough, faster than you can argue that "Strictly Ballroom" is Baz Luhrmann's second-best movie (never let it be said that I myself am above contriving things for my own purposes), Bones and Booth dust off...
- 4/14/2024
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
The thing with playing a fictional character is that certain things from one's real life are going to impact that character. This came into play for Emily Deschanel during her long run as Temperance Brennan on "Bones." During the show's seventh season, Deschanel was pregnant, which impacted the production. Part of that was solved by her character also being pregnant, even though half of the season's planned episodes still had to be scrapped. But other problems were solved simply by Deschanel being unwilling to surrender parts of her job, including stunts.
Executive producers Hart Hanson and Stephen Nathan discussed "Bones" season 7 ahead of its premiere back in 2011 with TV Tango. The duo explained that they hired a stunt double for the actor, figuring somewhat reasonably that she would need it given that she was toward the end of her pregnancy. But as Nathan revealed, even though she was literally days away from giving birth,...
Executive producers Hart Hanson and Stephen Nathan discussed "Bones" season 7 ahead of its premiere back in 2011 with TV Tango. The duo explained that they hired a stunt double for the actor, figuring somewhat reasonably that she would need it given that she was toward the end of her pregnancy. But as Nathan revealed, even though she was literally days away from giving birth,...
- 4/13/2024
- by Ryan Scott
- Slash Film
Somewhere, as "Euphoria" struggles to reassemble its cast of former no-names-turned-movie-stars for season 3, the team behind "Bones" is wistfully inquiring, "First time?" Hart Hanson's nearly-unstoppable procedural dramedy not only transformed Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz into household names over its 12 seasons, but it also took many of its supporting players to the next level. The only downside was, this meant it was sometimes necessary for the show's creatives to kill off a fan-favorite member of the Jeffersonian's staff once the actors behind them had filled up their workload with outside projects.
Most infamously, "Bones" took Booth's honorary little brother Lance Sweets out back behind the shed after John Francis Daley's directing career made it impossible for him to continue playing the cherished FBI psychologist on a regular basis. It wasn't fun for anyone (least of all Daley), although he was far from the only cast member whose character got Old Yeller-ed.
Most infamously, "Bones" took Booth's honorary little brother Lance Sweets out back behind the shed after John Francis Daley's directing career made it impossible for him to continue playing the cherished FBI psychologist on a regular basis. It wasn't fun for anyone (least of all Daley), although he was far from the only cast member whose character got Old Yeller-ed.
- 4/8/2024
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
When David Boreanaz read for FBI agent Seeley Booth in the "Bones" pilot, he instantly thought of "Harry and the Hendersons." It's not hard to see why. The character's relationship with his then newfound partner, the forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance "Bones" Brennan (Emily Deschanel), readily evokes that between the open-hearted Bigfoot Harry and John Lithgow's uptight, disapproving patriarch George Henderson Jr. in William Dear's Oscar-winning 1987 fantasy comedy film. Much like Harry and George, however, Bones gradually opens up to Booth in spite of his shenanigans and even bids him a teary farewell when he rejoins his fellow federal investigators living in the wilderness.
Alright, alright, fine, Boreanaz actually thought of "Romancing the Stone." Even in the pilot, long before they became a romantic item, Booth and Bones' repartee recalled Robert Zemeckis' 1984 hit action-rom-com, itself a throwback to Golden Age Hollywood screwball comedy and action-adventure classics like "It Happened One Night" and "The African Queen,...
Alright, alright, fine, Boreanaz actually thought of "Romancing the Stone." Even in the pilot, long before they became a romantic item, Booth and Bones' repartee recalled Robert Zemeckis' 1984 hit action-rom-com, itself a throwback to Golden Age Hollywood screwball comedy and action-adventure classics like "It Happened One Night" and "The African Queen,...
- 4/7/2024
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
Dark Star Pictures has acquired North American distribution rights to “Big Boys,” an LGBTQ coming-of-age comedy. The company is planning a theatrical release in May, followed by a digital launch in June, which will coincide with Pride Month.
Written and directed by Corey Sherman, “Big Boys” follows a group of teenage boys whose unexpected romantic attachment transforms a simple camping trip into a weekend of self-discovery. “The first crush of a young queer person is a profound experience, filled with awkward, humorous moments. We aimed to delve into this pivotal phase, resonating with those who’ve had similar experiences,” says Sherman. “We’re thrilled to partner with Dark Star Pictures and share this film across North America.”
The film’s ensemble cast includes Emily Deschanel (FX’s “Bones”), Dora Madison (“Alone With You”), Taj Cross (Hulu’s “PEN15”), Marion Van Cuyck (Hulu’s “PEN15”) and newcomer Isaac Krasner. It was...
Written and directed by Corey Sherman, “Big Boys” follows a group of teenage boys whose unexpected romantic attachment transforms a simple camping trip into a weekend of self-discovery. “The first crush of a young queer person is a profound experience, filled with awkward, humorous moments. We aimed to delve into this pivotal phase, resonating with those who’ve had similar experiences,” says Sherman. “We’re thrilled to partner with Dark Star Pictures and share this film across North America.”
The film’s ensemble cast includes Emily Deschanel (FX’s “Bones”), Dora Madison (“Alone With You”), Taj Cross (Hulu’s “PEN15”), Marion Van Cuyck (Hulu’s “PEN15”) and newcomer Isaac Krasner. It was...
- 4/3/2024
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
New Girl actress Zooey Deschanel has famous parents and an even more famous sister, Emily Deschanel. The actress was born to cinematographer Caleb Deschanel and actress Mary Jo Deschanel. Caleb has six Oscar nominations to his name, including the one for his work on The Passion of the Christ. However, the Almost Famous actress doesn’t believe that she got roles in Hollywood due to her famous father.
Zooey Deschanel as Jess Day in New Girl
Deschanel’s sister, Emily, played Temperance “Bones” Brennan in 12 seasons of the Fox police procedural series Bones. Her mom is also famous for her role in David Lynch’s famous series, Twin Peaks. Deschanel considers her family as a community of artists who helped her grow as an actress.
Zooey Deschanel Responds To The Criticisms About Being A Nepo Baby Zooey Deschanel with her sister Emily Deschanel in an episode of Bones
Zooey Deschanel...
Zooey Deschanel as Jess Day in New Girl
Deschanel’s sister, Emily, played Temperance “Bones” Brennan in 12 seasons of the Fox police procedural series Bones. Her mom is also famous for her role in David Lynch’s famous series, Twin Peaks. Deschanel considers her family as a community of artists who helped her grow as an actress.
Zooey Deschanel Responds To The Criticisms About Being A Nepo Baby Zooey Deschanel with her sister Emily Deschanel in an episode of Bones
Zooey Deschanel...
- 4/1/2024
- by Hashim Asraff
- FandomWire
Exclusive: The Handmaid’s Tale actor Sam Jaeger is joining Blumhouse and Universal’s Wolf Man alongside previously announced Julia Garner and Christopher Abbott. Cameras are currently rolling in New Zealand
The Leigh Whannell directed movie follows a family who is being terrorized by a lethal predator.
Whannell wrote the pic with Corbett Tuck, Lauren Schuker Blum and Rebecca Angelo, the latter two who recently penned Sony’s Dumb Money.
Jason Blum is producing with Ryan Gosling, Ken Kao, Bea Sequeira, Mel Turner and Whannell serving as EPs. Wolf Man is a Blumhouse and Motel Movies production.
Jaeger is a series regular on the multiple Emmy Award winning Hulu/MGM series The Handmaid’s Tale, playing Mark Tuello. He started the series in Season 2 in a guest role which grew into a larger series regular. Jaeger also starred opposite Emily Deschanel in Netflix’s limited series The Devil in Ohio, and recently...
The Leigh Whannell directed movie follows a family who is being terrorized by a lethal predator.
Whannell wrote the pic with Corbett Tuck, Lauren Schuker Blum and Rebecca Angelo, the latter two who recently penned Sony’s Dumb Money.
Jason Blum is producing with Ryan Gosling, Ken Kao, Bea Sequeira, Mel Turner and Whannell serving as EPs. Wolf Man is a Blumhouse and Motel Movies production.
Jaeger is a series regular on the multiple Emmy Award winning Hulu/MGM series The Handmaid’s Tale, playing Mark Tuello. He started the series in Season 2 in a guest role which grew into a larger series regular. Jaeger also starred opposite Emily Deschanel in Netflix’s limited series The Devil in Ohio, and recently...
- 3/27/2024
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
A crime procedural called "Bones" was always going to involve some pretty grisly scenes. While the hit Fox series often kept things light, that didn't mean it held back when it came to depicting some truly gruesome and upsetting crime scenes. As John Francis Daley, who played Sweets, put it in a 2012 interview:
"Every episode there's something that makes me want to gag. But that's, I think, part of what makes the show successful is there's a morbid curiosity that everyone has, and to be able to combine horrific deaths and body parts with humor and light subjects is brilliant."
Throughout its 12-season run, "Bones" presented some surprisingly graphic scenes, particularly when it came to the dead bodies. One body, in particular, had Eric Millegan, who played Zack Addy, extra grossed out, while another gross bathtub scene had to be cut completely. Much of this was down to brothers Kevin and Chris Yagher,...
"Every episode there's something that makes me want to gag. But that's, I think, part of what makes the show successful is there's a morbid curiosity that everyone has, and to be able to combine horrific deaths and body parts with humor and light subjects is brilliant."
Throughout its 12-season run, "Bones" presented some surprisingly graphic scenes, particularly when it came to the dead bodies. One body, in particular, had Eric Millegan, who played Zack Addy, extra grossed out, while another gross bathtub scene had to be cut completely. Much of this was down to brothers Kevin and Chris Yagher,...
- 3/25/2024
- by Joe Roberts
- Slash Film
Cancer subplots are an extremely tough needle to thread on television. When you're dealing with a disease that causes millions of new cases each year, the line between handling the subject sensitively and crossing the line into exploitation is thinner and blurrier than it might be with other topics. "Bones" may have done a poor job handling cannibalistic serial killers with its Gormogon arc -- a storyline that even Booth himself, David Boreanaz, has admitted was "bad television" -- but for the vast majority of people watching at home, cannibalistic serial killers, unlike cancer, aren't something they'll ever have to worry about in their real lives.
This was absolutely on creator Hart Hanson and his writing staff's minds when they decided to tackle The Big C. "Bones," unlike a lot of other crime procedurals, was equally invested in the home lives of the Jeffersonian Institute's employees as when they were...
This was absolutely on creator Hart Hanson and his writing staff's minds when they decided to tackle The Big C. "Bones," unlike a lot of other crime procedurals, was equally invested in the home lives of the Jeffersonian Institute's employees as when they were...
- 3/24/2024
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
Every show with a will-they-or-won't-they romance inevitably faces the question: should we try and make our characters work as a couple for real? Or do we just keep pretending that Cory and Topanga aren't stuck in a toxic loop and Cory wouldn't be much happier with Shawn? Or that Cory, Topanga, Shawn, and Angela should just end the charade already and enter a polyamorous relationship? I have a lot of thoughts on "Boy Meets World," that's what I'm really saying.
So it was when "Bones" reached what would only end up being the halfway point of its 12-season run. By that time, creator Hart Hanson knew he couldn't pull another fakeout, what with "Bones" fans still fuming from Booth (David Boreanaz) hallucinating that he and Bones (Emily Deschanel) had finally done the horizontal mambo at the end of season 4. Instead, Hanson and his fellow creatives decided it was time for...
So it was when "Bones" reached what would only end up being the halfway point of its 12-season run. By that time, creator Hart Hanson knew he couldn't pull another fakeout, what with "Bones" fans still fuming from Booth (David Boreanaz) hallucinating that he and Bones (Emily Deschanel) had finally done the horizontal mambo at the end of season 4. Instead, Hanson and his fellow creatives decided it was time for...
- 3/17/2024
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
"Bones" is a show that had its fair share of dead bodies to contend with during its 12-season run. It makes sense, given that it's a show about people trying to solve deadly crimes. But one of the show's most hard-to-contend-with bodies came early on during its first season, so much so that Eric Millegan, who played Zack Addy, had a difficult time even being around it. It was, as he put it, "really gross."
The body in question showed up in the episode "A Man on Death Row," which was the seventh episode of the show overall. It centers on Brennan (Emily Deschanel) and Booth (David Boreanaz) investigating the case of a man on death row who some claim is innocent. They dig up new evidence, including two additional murders. This forces them to question the legitimacy of the forthcoming execution. Part of digging through the case involved digging up a years-old body.
The body in question showed up in the episode "A Man on Death Row," which was the seventh episode of the show overall. It centers on Brennan (Emily Deschanel) and Booth (David Boreanaz) investigating the case of a man on death row who some claim is innocent. They dig up new evidence, including two additional murders. This forces them to question the legitimacy of the forthcoming execution. Part of digging through the case involved digging up a years-old body.
- 3/10/2024
- by Ryan Scott
- Slash Film
Hart Hanson's comedic crime procedural "Bones" lasted a whopping 246 episodes over 12 seasons and is still, to this day, enjoying a robust afterlife on streaming. It has also inspired a massively passionate following and the show's two stars, Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz, are now permanent fixtures in the pop culture firmament. Even if you didn't actively watch "Bones" during its run from 2005 to 2017, there's every reason to assume you will brush up with it eventually. You'll be in a hotel room, perhaps, or idly thumbing through Hulu and, like "Law & Order" or "Chopped," you'll be consuming several episodes in a row without even thinking about it.
Naturally, with a show that ran as long as it did, "Bones" had its share of stinkers. In trying to create bizarre and unique deaths to investigate, sometimes the "Bones" writers reached a little too far into outlandish territory, crafting murder mysteries that were nonsensical,...
Naturally, with a show that ran as long as it did, "Bones" had its share of stinkers. In trying to create bizarre and unique deaths to investigate, sometimes the "Bones" writers reached a little too far into outlandish territory, crafting murder mysteries that were nonsensical,...
- 3/9/2024
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Like any effectual will-they/won't-they foxtrot (not least of all the '80s action rom-com that convinced David Boreanaz to join the series), "Bones" was always looking for fun and frisky ways of bringing socially aloof forensics expert Temperance "Bones" Brennan (Emily Deschanel) and intuitive FBI agent Seeley Booth's (Boreanaz) underlying sexual tension to a boil. Even so, few of their adventures saw Bones and Booth engage in quite as much figurative edging as they did in "Double Trouble in the Panhandle."
This particular season 4 outing sent the then-platonic power couple undercover at a traveling circus as part of their investigation into the dubious death of a pair of conjoined female twins who previously worked there. Mercifully, this didn't lead to them trying to pull off a problematic cowboy and Native American princess act. Instead, it began with the two posing as the Canadian performers Wanda and Buck Moosejaw (which...
This particular season 4 outing sent the then-platonic power couple undercover at a traveling circus as part of their investigation into the dubious death of a pair of conjoined female twins who previously worked there. Mercifully, this didn't lead to them trying to pull off a problematic cowboy and Native American princess act. Instead, it began with the two posing as the Canadian performers Wanda and Buck Moosejaw (which...
- 3/2/2024
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
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