A few of those who were writers for Malcolm in the Middle have been featured in news articles during the term of this WGA (Writers Guild of America) Strike, or have posted their own articles or blogs on the subject. David Sacks and Jay Kogen are two such individuals.
Reuters reported on January 10th that Writer David Sacks is finding time between his current executive producer duties on Comedy Central’s The Root of All Evil to pen “Vigfus,” a parable about Vikings who end up in modern-day New York and find the city too gentle. “It has been a great outlet during the strike,” said Sacks, who with his writing partner Brian Ross recently turned in a second draft.
Writer Jay Kogen have wrote a long letter on January 6th to those taking part in the strike as well as the strike’s supporters. He speaks to the writers about how they should not listen to the AMPTP (Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers) until they are ready to deal, which he believes they are not at this time.
For more information and an overview of the WGA Strike, check out the entry in Wikipedia.
Ken Kwapis was a writer/producer on ‘Malcolm in the Middle’ and other highly successful TV shows such as ‘The Office’ and ‘The Bernie Mac Show’ - however his latest film ‘License to Wed’ starring Robin Williams has had bad reviews.
Alex Reid is a name some of you may have spotted in Malcolm in the Middle credits as he is the executive producer/writer and eventually showrunner on the final season. He won an Emmy for the writing of ‘Bowling‘ in 2001. He also produced ‘Help Me Help You‘ which starred Jane Kaczmarek (Lois).
Emmy-winning writer-producer Alex Reid has inked a two-year overall deal with ABC Studios.
Under the seven-figure pact, “Malcolm in the Middle” alum Reid will join the studio’s upcoming ABC comedy series “Samantha Who?” as co-executive producer and will develop new projects.
Reid read several scripts this past development season, but the single-camera “Samantha,” written by Don Todd and based on an idea by Cecelia Ahern and Todd, stood out.
“It was a very emotionally written story,” he said of the project, previously known as “Sam I Am” and “Samantha Be Good.” “I feel that this is the direction television comedy needs to go to attract and hook audiences.”
He also was drawn by the prospect of again working with Todd, whom he met on NBC’s short-lived animated comedy “God, the Devil and Bob.”
“Samantha,” which stars Christina Applegate as a woman with amnesia who has to rediscover her life, landed the plum post-”Dancing With the Stars” slot on ABC’s fall schedule.
Reid first met with ABC Studios president Mark Pedowitz, executive vp Julia Franz and their team two years ago when his deal with “Malcolm” producer Regency TV was up.
He said he was impressed by Pedowitz but ultimately “wasn’t ready to leave ‘Malcolm.’ ”
Reid inked another two-year deal with Regency TV and served as executive producer and eventually showrunner on the final season of “Malcolm.” Last season, he served as executive producer/co-showrunner alongside creators Alexandra Rushfield and Jennifer Konner on Regency TV’s praised but short-lived comedy for ABC “Help Me Help You.”
When his deal was up this year, “it was a new playing field with no show for me to return to,” he said. “I remembered how much I liked Mark and his team, and ABC Studios was the first place I went back to when I was looking where to land for the next few years,” he said.
Reid won an Emmy in 2001 for writing the “Bowling” episode of “Malcolm.” The episode also earned him a WGA nomination.
Reid is repped by the Rothman Brecher Agency and attorney Jared Levine.
Some interesting quotes from Malcolm in the Middle creator Linwood Boomer on how season 2 may have been very different if Frankie Muniz (Malcolm) didn’t grow up so fast!
“Malcolm in the Middle” went through its awkward stage early. It was an instant hit for Fox when it premiered in January 2000. However, its 14-year-old star, Frankie Muniz, who was 13 when he shot the first season as an 11-year-old whiz kid, had grown eight inches and his voice had dropped at least an octave before the show came back for a second season that fall. So producers scrambled for an early shoot over the summer, and juggled new story lines for their lead character.
“We realized that a lot of the fourth grade, fifth grade, 10-11-year old stories we had been planning to do with Malcolm we couldn’t do anymore,” said creator Linwood Boomer. “We had to sort of write to his age.”
As readers may or may not know Linwood Boomer is the creative genius behind Malcolm in the Middle. He has had many other successes, however the US version of the British comedy ‘I’m With Stupid’ is not having the chance to be one of them.
I’m With Stupid (NBC U TV) NOT ORDERED Exec producers:Wil Calhoun (writer), Ben Silverman, Teri Weinberg, Kenton Allen, Paul Telegdy Director:Linwood Boomer Cast: Daryl “Chill” Mitchell, Christopher Thornton, Kevin Daniels, Lusia Strus, Brianne Davis Logline: An unlucky guy meets a man who uses a wheelchair…and moves into his group home.
Having seen the UK version this is a shame as if done successfully (As I’m sure Linwood would) It could be a success.
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