Lifetime just unveiled the first five minutes from its upcoming "Saved By the Bell" movie, called "Unauthorized Saved By the Bell Story," giving us a glimpse at how the show started and the success that followed. Check out the trailer below. Dylan Everett ("Degreassi: The Next Generation") will play Mark-Paul Gosselaar/Zack Morris, Sam Kindseth ("Shameless") is Dustin Diamond/Screech, Julian Works (Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones) is Mario Lopez/AC Slater, Alyssa Lynch (The High Jumping Witch) is Tiffani Amber Thiessen/Kelly Kapowski, Tiera Skovbye ("Supernatural") is Elizabeth Berkley/Jessie Sapano, and Taylor Russell McKenzie (Blink) is Lark Voorhies/Lisa Turtle. Watch the movie on September 1st at 9pm Et/Pt on Lifetime. Video:...
- 8/23/2014
- WorstPreviews.com
Even when you’re saved by the bell, it’s not all right.
At least, that’s the lesson we’re learning from The Unauthorized Saved By the Bell Story, Lifetime’s upcoming original movie inspired by Bell star Dustin Diamond’s 2009 tell-all.
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In the sneak peek above, there’s some serious teenage tension going on at a photo shoot, not least of which includes a catfight between Lark Voorhies (played by Blink‘s Taylor Russell McKenzie) and Tiffani Thiessen (newcomer Alyssa Lynch). Plus,...
At least, that’s the lesson we’re learning from The Unauthorized Saved By the Bell Story, Lifetime’s upcoming original movie inspired by Bell star Dustin Diamond’s 2009 tell-all.
Related Lifetime Takes on Marilyn Monroe: Upon Which Actress Do You Wish This No-Win Scenario?
In the sneak peek above, there’s some serious teenage tension going on at a photo shoot, not least of which includes a catfight between Lark Voorhies (played by Blink‘s Taylor Russell McKenzie) and Tiffani Thiessen (newcomer Alyssa Lynch). Plus,...
- 8/8/2014
- TVLine.com
Lifetime will premiere an unauthorized TV movie for the classic 1990s kid series Saved By The Bell. The movie will focus on the off-camera experiences of the six young stars of the afternoon sitcom. According to THR, the film "promises to expose the challenges of growing up under the public scrutiny while trying to maintain a squeaky clean image of their characters on- and off-screen."
Having grown up watching Saved By The Bell, it will be really interesting to see what behind-the-scenes stories they tell in this thing. I imagine there was a lot more drama with these actors off-screen than on.
The movie was cast by the original casting director of the series, Robin Lippin. The TV movie stars Dylan Everett (Degrassi: The Next Generation) as Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Sam Kindseth (Shameless) as Dustin Diamond, Julian Works (Paranormal Activity) as Mario Lopez, Alyssa Lynch as Tiffani-Amber Thiessen, Tiera Skovbye (Supernatural) as Elizabeth Berkley,...
Having grown up watching Saved By The Bell, it will be really interesting to see what behind-the-scenes stories they tell in this thing. I imagine there was a lot more drama with these actors off-screen than on.
The movie was cast by the original casting director of the series, Robin Lippin. The TV movie stars Dylan Everett (Degrassi: The Next Generation) as Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Sam Kindseth (Shameless) as Dustin Diamond, Julian Works (Paranormal Activity) as Mario Lopez, Alyssa Lynch as Tiffani-Amber Thiessen, Tiera Skovbye (Supernatural) as Elizabeth Berkley,...
- 6/20/2014
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Lifetime, the network that's bringing you a controversial Aaliyah biopic starring Zendaya Coleman, is wowing us again with another loony project: an unauthorized backstage look at NBC's beloved 1989-93 teen series "Saved By the Bell." "The Unauthorized 'Saved by the Bell' Story" is based on star Dustin Diamond's tell-all "Behind the Bell," which detailed sinister backstage goings-on at the show. According to him, there was a fair amount of experimentation with drugs and even some sexual dalliances, including threeways. Lifetime apparently also conducted hours of interviews for this project. Check out the cast: -"Blink" star Taylor Russell McKenzie as Lark Voorhies (Lisa Turtle) -"Degrassi: The Next Generation" star Dylan Everett as Mark-Paul Gosselaar (Zack Morris) -Newcomer Alyssa Lynch as Tiffani-Amber Thiessen (Kelly Kapowski) -Julian Works of "Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones" as Mario Lopez (A.C. Slater) -Tiera Skovbye of "Supernatural" as Elizabeth Berkley (Jessie...
- 6/19/2014
- by Louis Virtel
- Hitfix
“Extracurricular activities” are about to take on a whoooooole new meaning.
Lifetime will go back to school this fall with The Unauthorized Saved By the Bell Story, a TV-movie that chronicles the behind-the-scenes antics of NBC’s beloved 1990s sitcom, Buzzfeed reports.
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The cast includes Dylan Everett (Degrassi: The Next Generation) as Mark-Paul Gosselaar/”Zack,” Sam Kindseth (Shameless) as Dustin Diamond/”Screech,” Julian Works (Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones) as Mario Lopez/”Slater,” Tiera Skovbye (Supernatural) as Elizabeth Berkley/”Jessie,” Taylor Russell McKenzie (Blink) as Lark Voorhies/”Lisa” and newcomer Alyssa Lynch as Tiffani Thiessen/”Kelly.
Lifetime will go back to school this fall with The Unauthorized Saved By the Bell Story, a TV-movie that chronicles the behind-the-scenes antics of NBC’s beloved 1990s sitcom, Buzzfeed reports.
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The cast includes Dylan Everett (Degrassi: The Next Generation) as Mark-Paul Gosselaar/”Zack,” Sam Kindseth (Shameless) as Dustin Diamond/”Screech,” Julian Works (Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones) as Mario Lopez/”Slater,” Tiera Skovbye (Supernatural) as Elizabeth Berkley/”Jessie,” Taylor Russell McKenzie (Blink) as Lark Voorhies/”Lisa” and newcomer Alyssa Lynch as Tiffani Thiessen/”Kelly.
- 6/19/2014
- TVLine.com
Exclusive: In his first season as a CBS TV Studios-based producer following his June exit as CBS’ head of current programming, David Brownfield has sold two projects to the network. An untitled drama, from Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal’s CBS TV Studios-based Tribeca Prods., is written by former Brothers & Sisters and Smash executive producer David Marshall Grant. It centers on a counter-insurgency expert who comes back from Afghanistan to his old police precinct and begins to use techniques he employed overseas to try to control gang violence at home. Grant, De Niro and Rosenthal executive produce with Brownfield; Berry Welsh co-exec produces. Last year, Grant — repped by CAA and Untitled — developed two projects for CBS TV Studios, one of which, The CW’s Blink, went to pilot. He also has upcoming HBO series Looking. Tribeca is with CAA. Brownfield’s other CBS project is comedy Secrets Of Happy Families,...
- 11/8/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Exclusive: Big Beach and Donald De Line’s De Line Pictures have made a deal for Don’t Make Me Go, the script by Vera Herbert that made last year’s Black List. It tells the story of a single Dad who, after learning he has a serious illness, takes his teenage daughter on a road trip to find the mother who abandoned her years before. In the process, he seizes his final opportunity to teach her essential life lessons. De Line will produce with Big Beach’s Marc Turtletaub and Peter Saraf. Big Beach will finance the film. Leah Holzer of Big Beach and De Line’s Jacob Robinson will oversee development. De Line, Saraf and Turtletaub confirmed the deal. They said in a statement: “It’s rare to find such honest, mature and truly hilarious material, especially from a writer in her early 20′s. Vera brings a wisdom...
- 4/3/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
Lost’s Terry O’Quinn, Sarah Connor‘s son and Comedy Central roast regular Jeffrey Ross are among the latest actors to book pilots this season.
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Per our sister site Deadline….
* With 666 Park Avenue’s number veritably up, O’Quinn has replaced Tom Berenger on Fox’s Gang Related drama, playing the tough police chief who oversees the Gang Task Force. Berenger and the project parted ways after the first table read.
* Magic City beauty Elena Satine has scored the last major role...
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Per our sister site Deadline….
* With 666 Park Avenue’s number veritably up, O’Quinn has replaced Tom Berenger on Fox’s Gang Related drama, playing the tough police chief who oversees the Gang Task Force. Berenger and the project parted ways after the first table read.
* Magic City beauty Elena Satine has scored the last major role...
- 3/19/2013
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
Elizabeth Marvel has been cast as the female lead in Blink.
The actress (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Person of Interest) will star opposite John Benjamin Hickey on The CW pilot, which centers around the latter's character and his car accident, which leaves him unable to speak or move.
Marvel will play Hickey's wife, a psychotherapist obviously quite affected by her love's accident and state.
Deadline broke the casting news for this light-hearted family drama.
The actress (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Person of Interest) will star opposite John Benjamin Hickey on The CW pilot, which centers around the latter's character and his car accident, which leaves him unable to speak or move.
Marvel will play Hickey's wife, a psychotherapist obviously quite affected by her love's accident and state.
Deadline broke the casting news for this light-hearted family drama.
- 3/18/2013
- by matt@mediavine.com (Matt Richenthal)
- TVfanatic
Elizabeth Marvel has been cast as the adult lead in in the CW’s pilot Blink, a quirky, humorous family drama narrated by a father, Greg (John Benjamin Hickey), who is in a coma-like state following a car accident where he cannot speak or move but can see and hear all. Marvel, repped by Gersh and Authentic, plays Greg’s wife Helen Trask, a strong-willed psychotherapist whose life and marriage were abruptly disrupted by her husband’s accident. My Wife And Kids alumna Brooklyn Sudano has been added to ABC‘s Romeo & Juliet-esque pilot Westside. It focuses on two rival families, the Nances and the Carvers, and a forbidden and dangerous romance emerging between their offspring Sophie Nance (Odette Annable) and Chris Carver (Luke Bracey) as the families battle for control of Venice. Sudano, daughter of Donna Summer and Bruce Sudano, plays Chris’ girlfriend Jess, who has been waiting six...
- 3/18/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
John Benjamin Hickey (The Big C) is set as a lead in the CW’s pilot Blink. Written by Vera Herbert and exec produced by David Marshall Grant, Blink is a quirky, humorous family drama narrated by the father, Greg (Hickey), who is in a coma-like state following a car accident where he cannot speak or move, but can see and hear all. Hickey is with Paradigm and The Schiff Co.
- 3/1/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Here is the full list of the CW pilots in contention to become series. Network executives will decide in the spring what shows to order to series. What do you think looks good? What looks bad? And what do you think the CW will order to series? Tell us what you think in the comments, and check back regularly for additions and updates we'll post in bold. Dramas Blink (CBS Television Studios, Timberman-Beverly Prods.) Writer: Vera Herbert Producers: David Marshall Grant, Sarah Timberman, Carl Beverly Logline: Warm, quirky, humorous drama about a family whose lives are forever...
- 2/28/2013
- by TheWrap Staff
- The Wrap
Stephen Louis Grush has landed a lead in ABC’s drama pilot Lucky 7, from ABC Studios and Amblin TV. Written by David Zabel and Jason Richman, Lucky 7 is about seven employees of a service station in Queens whose lives are changed in many unexpected ways when they win a lottery jackpot. Grush will play one of them, Nicky, a reckless but likeable young guy who served time. Grush, repped by Robert Stein Management and Wme, will next be seen in films At Any Price and Shreveport. Johnny Simmons (The Perks Of Being A Wallflower) is set to co-star in the CW’s pilot Blink. Written by Vera Herbert, Blink is a quirky, humorous family drama narrated by the father, Greg, who is in a coma-like state following a car accident where he cannot speak or move, but can see and hear all. Simmons will play Greg’s goofy son Dodge,...
- 2/27/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
The CW's Blink has added a Wallflower. Johnny Simmons, who played closeted star quarterback Brad in The Perks of Being a Wallflower, has joined the one-hour drama pilot executive produced by Smash's David Marshall Grant, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. From CBS TV Studios and Timberman-Beverly Productions, Blink is a warm, quirky, humorous drama about the Trask family, whose lives are forever changed, for better and worse, when patriarch Greg has a car crash resulting in a coma-like syndrome in which he cannot speak or move but can see and hear all. Narration and fantasy sequences emanating
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- 2/27/2013
- by Philiana Ng
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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