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Post by -|E|- on Sept 10, 2005 13:46:50 GMT -5
======================================= Born in the shadow of Rahway Prison, Kurt Sutter was raised in the indoor/outdoor splendor of the New Jersey suburbs. He honed his storytelling skills at an early age by learning how to tell complex and elaborate lies. None of which ever eased the pain of being a slim-minded kid in a "huskyboy" body. After graduating from Rutgers University with a BA in Film, Kurt spent six years as an actor in NYC, performing in various off off-Broadway theatres, lofts, rooftops and holding cells. He moved to Los Angeles in the early 90s where he began teaching and directing. That focus eventually brought Sutter back to New York City where he joined the faculty of The Gately-Poole Acting Studio on Theatre Row, teaching the Meisner Technique and directing productions at The Nat Horne Theatre. In 1995, Kurt was awarded an MFA Fellowship to attend Northern Illinois University. In Chicago, Kurt's exposure to the dramatic masters - Strindberg, O'Neill, Genet - inspired him, and he began writing plays and cultivating ideas for the screen. After graduating with a Master of Fine Arts, Sutter moved back to Los Angeles where he wrote his first screenplay, "Delivering Gen". "Gen" garnered industry kudos, got him an agent and sold in 2000. In 2001, the countless, unmonitored hours spent in front of the TV as a child paid off, when Kurt landed a writing gig on FX's, "The Shield". Sutter is currently in his fifth season as a writer and Co-Executive Producer on the Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning television show. Along with his work on "The Shield", Kurt has a two-picture feature deal at Warner Brothers. His first script, "In-Crime", is a gritty drama about LAPD's controversial SIS unit. "Training Day" director, Antoine Fuqua and Lorenzo DiBonaventura are producing. Kurt recently married actor/singer Katey Sagal and now faces his most terrifying challenge to date... fatherhood. Kurt Sutter Bio======================================= The pictures in this thread were found at this fansite.E
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Post by -|E|- on Oct 5, 2005 16:38:53 GMT -5
Variety.com WB hatches dual speciesStudio preps simultaneous pic, vidgame Posted: Tue., Oct. 4, 2005, 10:00pm PT By MICHAEL FLEMINGWarner Bros. has set "The Shield" co-executive producer Kurt Sutter to write "Species X," a drama about a police detective who realizes he might be from another world. WB Interactive Entertainment will simultaneously develop videogame "The Condemned: Criminal Origins" based on the concept. It is an unusual occurrence, since movies and vidgames usually cross-pollinate when one is a hit and the other is little more than an adaptation. "Species X," which will be produced by Basil Iwanyk and David Goyer, was hatched by Jason Hall and Nathan Hendrickson. Hall is an established gamer who runs WBIE, the only vidgame publisher owned by a film studio. Hall wanted to try something different. "We wanted to come up with something specifically designed to use multiple mediums to tell stories that had some continuity and connective thread," he said. "One medium usually handicaps the other, because if you hadn't thought of the movie when you did the game, you'd limit creative expression or completely depart from the game, and risk losing your core game audience. ...We wanted to create a universe that, like a 'Star Wars,' was big enough where different stories could exist." Exec hopes to introduce the concept with the vidgame, followed by a movie that will come out at the same time as a sequel game that expands the universe. It's a shift for WB Interactive, which has previously made games based on existing studio properties. Its first self-funded title, "The Matrix Online," did poorly and was recently sold to Sony Online Entertainment. Hall created a 20-page bible that Iwanyk, Goyer and WB exec Lynn Harris used to hook Sutter, who penned "In-Crime," a drama that's likely to get made next year at WB. "I'm a big gamer, one who feels that, in the last five years, some of the smartest and most innovative ideas have come out of the gaming world," Sutter said. In the course of a murder investigation, the protagonist cop has reason to question who he is as a man, until he realizes he's not a man. A tug-of-war emerges among a faction of good and evil aliens. "It's got touches of 'Terminator' and 'Highlander,' and it is hatched from the same egg as the videogame," Iwanyk said. "It's an experiment that, if successful, could be a tentpole title and a great thing for the studio."
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Post by jwc53531 on Oct 6, 2005 10:26:19 GMT -5
Mrs. Margos - Katey Sagal (Nancy Gilroy) - had a big part on episode 3 of Lost playing Locke's pre-crash girlfriend - I don't think that back story is quite finished so she'll probably be back before the season ends
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Post by -|E|- on Oct 8, 2005 15:59:09 GMT -5
======================================= From /film.com: This Week In Scripts! Posted Saturday, October 08 2005 @ 11:34 AM PDT by RD Ross Species X What It’s About: A cop asks of himself during a murder investigation, “Who am I as a man?” But realizes that’s stupid because he’s actually an alien. To Be Penned By: Kurt Sutter, who’s credits include “The Shield”, “The Shield”, and “The Shield”, according to IMDB. Who Paid: Warner Bros. Pictures Who’s Involved: In an effort to make lots and lots of money, WB Interactive Entertainment will be making a videogame, called “The Condemned: Criminal Origins”. =======================================
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Post by NancyGilroy on Oct 22, 2005 13:12:48 GMT -5
I wonder who will be cast in the show?
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