OCTOBER 27, 1995/Michael Gersh, director/co-founder of New York-based production house Big Picture, has departed the company to sign with Sweet Dreams, New York, for spot representation….Dreamworks, Los Angeles, has tapped Glenn Entis to head up its interactive division. Entis was with now defunct new media house Fab Lab, which he started up a year ago with director/designer Henry Anderson….Creative Film Management (CFM), New York, has hired former freelancer James Kadonoff as executive producer. He replaces Jane Bostedt, who has gone freelance….
OCTOBER 26, 1990/New York-headquartered Van Dusen Films has signed director Bruce Logan, formerly a freelancer repped via The Directors Network, Studio City, Calif….Director Stephen Amini has signed with They Shoot Films, New York, for U.S. representation, severing his tie with Partners’/USA after only 11 months….Marcus Kemp has been hired as senior VP/creative director, a new post at Hal Riney & Partners, San Francisco. Kemp formerly held the same title at BBDO Worldwide, Los Angeles….
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Damon Wayans and Damon Wayans Jr. Explore Generations, Old School vs. New School, In “Poppa’s House”
Boundaries between work and family don't just blur in the new CBS sitcom "Poppa's House" starring father-and-son comedy duo Damon Wayans and Damon Wayans Jr. They shatter.
"It's wonderful to come to work every day and see him and some of his kids and my sister and my brother and nieces and nephews. They all work on this show. They all contribute," says the senior Wayans. "I don't think there are words to express how joyful I am."
Wayans plays the titular Poppa, a curmudgeonly radio DJ who's more than comfortable doing it his way, while Wayans Jr. plays his son, Damon, a budding filmmaker who's stuck in a job he hates.
"My character, Pop, is just an old school guy who's kind of stuck in his ways," says Wayans, who starred in "In Living Color" and "My Wife and Kids."
Pop yearns for the days when a handshake was a binding contract and Michael Jordan didn't complain if he got fouled on the court. Pop laughs at the younger generation's participation trophies.
"It's old school versus new school and them teaching each other lessons from both sides," says Wayans Jr., who played Coach in the Fox sitcom "New Girl."
"They (the characters) bring the best out in each other and they're resistant initially. But then throughout the episode they have revelations and these revelations help them become better people," he adds.
The two have worked together before — dad made an appearance on son's "Happy Endings" and "Happy Together," while son was a writer and guest star on dad's "My Wife and Kids." But this is the first time they have headlined a series together.
The half-hour comedy — premiering Monday and co-starring Essence Atkins and Tetona Jackson — smartly leaves places in the script where father and son can let... Read More