With table read set for tomorrow, it seems uncertain whether Modern Family's six Emmy-nominated leads will show up. Simply, the gang wants more money. Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Eric Stonestreet and Sofia Vergara are negotiating together, Friends-style, to get their $65,000 an episode up to about $200,000, plus some backend dollars. Ed O'Neill is going at it alone because he was already at $100,000. $200,000 sounds like a lot – putting the actors at about $4,800,000 a season – and it is, but you have to consider a hugely popular series like Modern Family, especially once it goes into syndication, is worth easily well into the [...]
The Sundance 2012 premieres have been announced, and like this year's film selections they include lots of comedyfolk! We've got Andy Samberg and Rashida Jones in the long-awaited Celeste and Jesse Forever (with more photos here), Chris Rock in 2 Days in New York, Isla Fisher, Lizzy Caplan, and Adam Scott in Bachelorette (Party Down reunion alert!), and Josh Radnor in Liberal Arts. And Justin Long and Ty Burrell and Parker Posey, oh my. Full synopses below.
Modern Family's Ty Burrell might make being a sweet dope look as easy as rolling down a hill, but like all cheery TV boobs before him, Phil's obtuseness is the result of Burrell's painstaking attention to The Craft. “He has a level of obliviousness that is, to me, more akin to a dog personality,” the actor explains. “He’s so excited in general.” Having a writing staff and director cued into the cast's needs makes the creation of a character that much easier. As Burrell explains, "One of the very important things is keeping things on set really light all day long, and a good director will consciously [...]
