Had it not already been taken, “How to Win Friends and Influence People” would have been a better title for Michael August’s second volume in the Scream series. Instead, this 1994 book borrows the name of a relatively obscure 1980 slasher movie, New Year’s Evil, but it hardly has any slashing. August (real name: Sidney Williams) wrote a new spin on an old tale; the new kid in town wants to make friends. However, Charisse Bienville has less conventional methods for getting recognized and moving up the social ladder. As she offers four classmates a solution to their shared problem, Charisse also invites them into a world of black magic.
Despite its title, New Year’s Evil largely takes place around Thanksgiving and Christmas. It’s not until the end of the last act when the characters go to a foreboding New Year’s party. In the meantime, Tess Ryan...
Despite its title, New Year’s Evil largely takes place around Thanksgiving and Christmas. It’s not until the end of the last act when the characters go to a foreboding New Year’s party. In the meantime, Tess Ryan...
- 12/29/2022
- by Paul Lê
- bloody-disgusting.com
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While Paramount+’s reboot of Frasier, which just received a series order, has the full blessing of original show creator David Lee, it will not be front of mind.
Lee — who started Frasier alongside Peter Casey and the late David Angell, his colleagues in Grub Street Productions — is not involved; it’s being reimagined by star Kelsey Grammer’s Grammnet Productions, CBS Studios and scribes Chris Harris and Joe Cristalli.
“My writing partner Peter Casey and I are not generally fans of the reboot idea,” the nine-time Emmy winner says, “but if someone can come up with a great premise, a great script and a great staff of writers and actors, then we say, ‘Go for it!’ Hopefully for 11 years [like ours did]. We won’t be involved in the sausage-making, though.”
David Lee and Josh Smith
Instead, he’ll be focused on his continuing work...
While Paramount+’s reboot of Frasier, which just received a series order, has the full blessing of original show creator David Lee, it will not be front of mind.
Lee — who started Frasier alongside Peter Casey and the late David Angell, his colleagues in Grub Street Productions — is not involved; it’s being reimagined by star Kelsey Grammer’s Grammnet Productions, CBS Studios and scribes Chris Harris and Joe Cristalli.
“My writing partner Peter Casey and I are not generally fans of the reboot idea,” the nine-time Emmy winner says, “but if someone can come up with a great premise, a great script and a great staff of writers and actors, then we say, ‘Go for it!’ Hopefully for 11 years [like ours did]. We won’t be involved in the sausage-making, though.”
David Lee and Josh Smith
Instead, he’ll be focused on his continuing work...
- 10/8/2022
- by Abigail Stone
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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