AUGUST 18, 1995/Boss Film Studios, Marina del Rey, Calif., has shut down its commercial division, which was headed by senior VP of production Ellen Somers…. Judge Dredd and The Young Americans director Danny Cannon has joined bicoastal RSA USA for exclusive spot representation….RGA/LA, the sister studio of New York-based R/Greenberg Associates, is restructuring itself to focus on graphic design and new-media projects, rather than visual effects for features….
AUGUST 24, 1990/Director David Lynch’s four Calvin Klein "Obsession" spots, produced by Los Angeles-based Propaganda Films and via Chiat/Day/Mojo, also Los Angeles, broke nationally last week….DP Robert Richardson, who has shot several features for director Oliver Stone, makes his debut as a spot director this week with two PSAs for anthropological group Cultural Survival via Hill, Holliday, Connors Cosmopulos, Boston…. Director/DP Ron Phillips has joined BeauVison, Los Angeles, after recently closing his Santa Monica-based company Luminaire Productions….
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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