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[This story contains spoilers from the first season of Prime Video’s Cruel Intentions.]

If you were a young adult in the late ‘90s, you almost certainly knew Sean Patrick Thomas.

Before he was Jimmy James in the Barbershop franchise, spent four seasons as Detective Temple Page in CBS police drama The District or, more recently, portrayed Gene Mobley, partner of Mamie Till and father-figure to Emmett in Till, the sharp-jawed, warm-eyed actor had carved out his own corner of YA drama success.

During that time, he would star in films like Save the Last Dance and Halloween: Resurrection, roles that would follow his memorable turn as Ronald Clifford in Roger Kumble’s Cruel Intentions. Thomas took on the role of the music tutor to the rich, naive and virginal Cecile Caldwell (Selma Blair), with whom he falls in love with before their relationship is sabotaged by the ruthless, scheming step-sibling duo of Kathryn Merteuil (Sarah Michelle Gellar) and Sebastian Valmont (Ryan Phillippe...

The small screen adaptation of 1999 teen drama Cruel Intentions will stream on Prime Video next month. Here’s the trailer.

Cruel Intentions, written and directed by Roger Kumble, is a seminal teen film of the 1990s, planting the plot of Dangerous Liasons firmly in late twentieth century American youth culture. It boasted star making turns from Selma Blair, Ryan Phillipe and Reese Witherspoon. It’s also the film that helped launch the big screen career of Buffy star Sarah Michelle Gellar.

Now, Cruel Intentions is heading to the small screen in a fresh modern take courtesy of Amazon Prime Video. Many versions of a television adaptation have been attempted in the past, including a 2016 pilot which saw Gellar reprise her role, but ultimately none of them gained any traction. A second film, Cruel Intentions 2, was edited together out of two completed episodes of a cancelled television prequel series called...

"I'm just trying to figure out how everything works around here..." Prime Video has revealed the full trailer for Cruel Intentions, a 2024 update on the 90s movie of the same name. Ready to view in November if anyone wants to watch. This is the 3rd attempt at a TV series based on the world of Cruel Intentions (1999) which was adapted from the French novel. The straight-to-video sequel Cruel Intentions 2 (2000), with Amy Adams replacing Sarah Michelle Gellar, was originally a scripted series before being re-edited into a feature. Gellar would later reprise her role as Kathryn in 2016 for the NBC pilot Cruel Intentions (2016), which was not ordered to series. After a hazing incident at their elite college, step-siblings Caroline and Lucien set about to preserve their power and reputation by seducing the daughter of the Vice President of the United States. Pv's Cruel Intentions series stars Sarah Catherine Hook as...

Last December, Prime Video is gave a series order to Cruel Intentions, an eight-episode television series inspired by the teen romantic drama that starred Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, Reese Witherspoon, and Selma Blair, and was released back in 1999. Now the show is set to have its worldwide Prime Video premiere on November 21st – and with that date just a month away, a trailer has arrived online. You can check it out in the embed above.

The series is produced by Sony Pictures Television, Amazon MGM Studios, and Original Film. The cast includes Sarah Catherine Hook (First Kill), Zac Burgess (Totally Completely Fine), Savannah Lee Smith (Gossip Girl), Sara Silva (American Horror Stories), Khobe Clarke (Yellowjackets), John Harlan Kim (The Last Thing He Told Me), Brooke Lena Johnson (You), and Sean Patrick Thomas (Till). Claire Forlani (Mallrats), Nikki Crawford (Crown Lake), Isabella Tagliati (Scuba), Zeke Goodman (the I Know What You Did Last Summer...

Amazon Prime Video’s Cruel Intentions series has dropped its first trailer, and we get our first proper look at the updated take on the cult 1999 film that starred Reese Witherspoon, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe and Selma Blair.

In the clip, we see the focus of the series, the machinations of privileged step-siblings Caroline Merteuil (Sarah Catherine Hook) and Lucien Belmont (Zac Burgess), who run Greek life at Manchester College, an elite Washington, D.C., university. The pair find themselves in trouble after a hazing incident goes wrong, and attempt to lie, deceive and seduce their way out of bother.

The cast also includes Savannah Lee Smith, Sara Silva, Khobe Clarke, John Harlan Kim and Brooke Lena Johnson. Sean Patrick Thomas, who played Ronald Clifford in the original film, plays Professor Chadwick in this version.

In a nod to the original film, the trailer is set to a cover...

After 25 years, several direct-to-video sequels and a failed pilot, a new generation is getting the Cruel Intentions treatment.

On Thursday, Prime Video debuted the first trailer for its series adaptation of the 1999 teen movie, all eight episodes premiering Nov. 21 on the streamer, bringing a familiar tale of deception to a new locale with all new characters.

The trailer has some nostalgic callbacks to the hit 1999 movie, including an upbeat cover of The Verve’s ‘Bitter Sweet Symphony’, a familiar black convertible and an even more familiar rosary necklace with an unholy hidden secret.

Also consistent with the original, the series features a very indecent wager between affluent stepsiblings Caroline Merteuil (Sarah Catherine Hook) and Lucien Belmont (Zac Burgess), who rule the Greek system at Manchester College, their Washington DC-adjacent university.

But when a hazing incident puts their charter in jeopardy, Caroline enlists Lucien’s help to get the US vice...

TV has been home to an infinite number of one-season wonders — but what about the shows that were practically yanked before the first commercial break?

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In the wake of Doubt‘s swift cancellation after just two episodes, TVLine is taking a look back at 25 of TV’s most (in)famous flame-outs — some beloved, others not so much. Because for every Lone Star, there’s also a Viva Laughlin, or (ugh) Work It.

Some of these series had the misfortune(/blessing?) of being yanked after just a single episode (such as when ABC apparently had...

NBC has decided not to move forward with the “Cruel Intentions” TV series, TheWrap has confirmed. NBC bought the script in October with a commitment plus a penalty from the film’s original director and writer Roger Kumble. He co-wrote the project with Lindsey Rosin and Jordan Ross, best known for staging the musical version of “Cruel Intentions” in Los Angeles last summer. Kumble previously tried to bring “Cruel Intentions” to TV with a series called “Manchester Prep.” It was scrapped by Fox prior to the airing of the first episode in 1999, due to scenes that included female masturbation amongst other things.

“Where do you think Kathryn Merteuil is right now? After her public humiliation on the steps of Manchester Prep, where did she go?”

That simple question — with an undoubtedly complicated answer — was the genesis for NBC’s Cruel Intentions revival, executive producer Jordan Ross told TVLine last month during a visit to our Comic-Con interview suite (presented by Zte).

RelatedCruel Intentions Update: NBC Considering ‘Alternative Platform’ for Sarah Michelle Gellar Revival

The pilot picks up nearly two decades after the events of the 1999 film, as Bash Casey — the secret son of Annette Hargrove (Reese Witherspoon, played in the series...

Last week, fans of Sarah Michelle Gellar delighted at the news that she'd be reprising one of her most popular characters on a new TV series. Realistically speaking, that news was probably followed immediately by the clarification, "No, not Buffy and no, not Kendall Hart, but one of the others ones," but it's still reason to be excited.

Cruel Intentions stood out from the rest during the late '90s teen movie boom. It was nasty, it was sexy and it was fun – and as manipulative bad girl Kathryn Mertuil, it let Gellar flex some acting muscles she didn't get to use on Buffy.

Last week, fans of Sarah Michelle Gellar delighted at the news that she'd be reprising one of her most popular characters on a new TV series. Realistically speaking, that news was probably followed immediately by the clarification, "No, not Buffy and no, not Kendall Hart, but one of the others ones," but it's still reason to be excited. Cruel Intentions stood out from the rest during the late '90s teen movie boom. It was nasty, it was sexy and it was fun - and as manipulative bad girl Kathryn Mertuil, it let Gellar flex some acting muscles she didn't get to use on Buffy.

Last week, fans of Sarah Michelle Gellar delighted at the news that she'd be reprising one of her most popular characters on a new TV series. Realistically speaking, that news was probably followed immediately by the clarification, "No, not Buffy and no, not Kendall Hart, but one of the others ones," but it's still reason to be excited. Cruel Intentions stood out from the rest during the late '90s teen movie boom. It was nasty, it was sexy and it was fun - and as manipulative bad girl Kathryn Mertuil, it let Gellar flex some acting muscles she didn't get to use on Buffy.

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Peyton Reed, who directed Ant-Man to great success earlier this year, is in negotiations to helm the sequel, Ant-Man and the Wasp. Paul Rudd will return as the tiny superhero. The original earned more than $454 million at the box office worldwide; the sequel has already been scheduled for release on July 6, 2018. [Heat Vision]   Cruel Intentions: Early in her career, Reese Witherspoon starred in Cruel Intentions (1999, above), a sexy high school drama inspired by the 18th century French novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses. The movie made more than $75 million worldwide at the box office and inspired two followup editions; the first, a prequel, was compiled from three episodes of a television spinoff titled Manchester Prep and featured Amy Adams. Now a...

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If the fate of Sebastian Valmont and Annette Hargrove's child was still bothering you sixteen years after the release of "Cruel Intentions," good news. There's going to be new TV show focused on just that very story. Deadline reports that the film's original writer Roger Kumble (who directed the straight to video "Cruel Intentions 2," and lots of TV) is teaming up with Lindsey Rosin and Jordan Ross ("The Unauthorized Musical Parody Of Cruel Intentions" stage show) are teaming up to bring a new series to NBC that picks up where the first movie left off. The drama will center around the teenage Bash Casey, who discovers his Dad's diary, and endeavors to learn more about the family legacy. And so, prep school beckons, and plays, sex, money, and power follow. I dunno, sounds like your average soap opera to me, with or without the name "Cruel Intentions." Is there...

Welcome, friends! It's time to live-blog the 2015 Golden Globe Awards.  Follow along as I celebrate/reflect-on/mock all of tonight's winners, losers and most gloriously drunken moments. Check out HitFix's Golden Globes Predictions. Join the conversation in the comments below... 8:00 p.m. Et. I'll do the times for this live-blog in Et, just for fun. Except for when I forget to. 8:00 p.m. Et. Tina Fey and Amy Poheler take the stage. "Welcome you bunch of despicable, spoiled, minimally talented brats," Tina says. "Yes. We are so happy to be here hosting the 72nd and Final Golden Globe Awards," Amy says. Tina jokes that tonight we're celebrating all of the movies North Korea would allow us to see. They both make jokes about the quality of "The Interview." The first celebrity in the spotlight is Oprah. "She's put a cranberry candle under each of your seats," Tina says.

You know how sometimes you go to Chipotle and you’re midway through having the guy build your burrito—then you realize you’ve made a terrible mistake? Maybe you should have gone for the chicken instead of the beef, or a wheat tortilla instead of white, or perhaps you finally decide you don’t even like Chipotle in the first place. This also happens to TV executives when ordering shows.

Sometimes, even after slogging through months of development, script revisions, a pilot order, a series order, and even announcing a premiere date, executives will still stop and go: Wait,...

Stars: Robin Dunne, Lacey Chabert, Richard Harmon, Brittney Wilson, Nicole Muñoz, Kevin O’Grady, Julia Maxwell, Reilly Dolman, Iain Belcher, Jerry Wasserman, Lanie McAuley | Written by Rick Suvalle | Directed by Sheldon Wilson

I’ll admit I have a soft spot for the scarecrow film. Ever since I was terrified by a TV screening of Dark Night of the Scarecrow back in the 80s, I’ve seen just about every scarecrow-related film going – even those that should probably have never seen the light of day! So of course I Had to see Scarecrow. Even moreso given that it’s (yet another) Canadian genre film and it stars Robin Dunne, an actor whose career I’ve followed ever since I saw him in Cruel Intentions 2 (yes, I liked that film – even more than the original).

The film sees school teacher Aaron Harris (Dunne) doling out punishment to six students serving detention,...

A group of misbehaving schoolkids are bussed out to remote Miller farm along with their teacher to dismantle a scarecrow and take it into town for the annual Harvest Festival. They're overseen by teacher Aaron (Robin Dunne, Cruel Intentions 2) whose ex-girlfriend Kristen (Lacey Chabert) lived on the farm... and is only too aware of the terrible secret it holds.

The messed-up machinations of bored, oversexed stepsiblings Kathryn Merteuil and Sebastian Valmont aren’t quite as shocking in 2014 as they were when Cruel Intentions was released on March 5, 1999. (Blame Gossip Girl, Pretty Little Liars, and a zillion other glitzy/scandalous imitators.)

That said, Cruel Intentions is still an enormously entertaining teen movie, even 15 years (gulp) after its initial release — thanks to an uncommonly sharp script, a killer soundtrack, and, most importantly, an impeccable cast, which featured future Oscar winners and future Sharknado stars alike. Well, one of each, but you get the picture. Whoever headed up this franchise had a...

Tagline: "Welcome to the Family." Filmax International is also developing the slasher film Torment. From director Jordan Barker (Duress), this film is still in production through Gearshift Films. Shooting is taking place in Canada and the film hosts a few Canadian actors. Stephen McHattie (The Tall Man), Katharine Isabelle (American Mary) and Robin Dunne (Cruel Intentions 2) are three participating Canadian actors. Isabelle can be seen in an early still for the film (below) and a strangely hooded killer is seen in the film's early poster (left). The film's story involves a couple, Sarah (Isabelle) and Cory (Dunne), out on holiday, with their young son. Though, someone or something has been staying in their old country house. Now, Liam (Peter DaCunha), the son, is missing. Both Sarah and Cory must fight for their lives against an entity, which has come straight from hell. Pre-production on this slasher film is likely...

Bless you, direct-to-dvd industry, for churning out endlessly amusing extensions of movies that never should have been franchises in the first place. An EW staffer casually mentioned the third Ace Ventura movie earlier today, inspiring a group of us to reminisce about the most random sequels we could think of — sequels many of us were hearing about for the first time.

And so, in honor of both these little-discussed gems and the gift that is Friday afternoon, here’s a list of the genre’s most unassuming entries. Caution: It’s about to get all nostalgic up in here. (Like that’s a surprise.

Bates Motel premieres Monday, March 18, at 10pm Et on A&E. TV prequels are having a moment, with A&E showing how Norman Bates went Psycho in Bates Motel, The CW’s The Carrie Diaries (Mondays at 8pm Et) focusing on a pre-Sex and the City Carrie Bradshaw, and NBC’s upcoming Hannibal (April 4) maybe letting us see Dr. Lecter dealing with that census taker who once tried to test him. But this new wave isn’t the first, as this list attests: 5. Manchester Prep (2000) This Cruel Intentions prequel never made it to air on Fox, but did find life on DVD as Cruel [...]...

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This year's Oscar nominees are pretty straight, especially compared to the last few years where we had a strong showing with The Kids Are Alright, Pariah and Albert Nobbs. Fear not — we've got a way to keep it gay when you watch the ceremony this Sunday, at least as far as the women go.

Jessica Chastain

Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images

Nominated for: Best Actress, Zero Dark Thirty

Queer Quotient: Before she was the hottest new actress in Hollywood, Jessica starred in the indie Jolene where she has a lesbian relationship with Frances Fisher. She also posed for a sensual photo with Kat Dennings in W magazine once.

Jennifer Lawrence

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Nominated for: Best Actress, Silver Linings Playbook

Queer Quotient: JLaw once told The New York Times her mom thought she was gay because she loved painting portraits of naked women.

Amy Adams has ditched the ingenue roles for unforgettable turns in classy awards fodder from big-name directors – and now she has worked with Clint Eastwood in Trouble With the Curve

It's an absolutely archetypal American face; you can read a multitude into it. Look long enough at Amy Adams' pre-Raphaelite cascade of orange-red hair, her pale complexion – with its susceptibility, no doubt, to freckles and sunburn – the upturned chin, the tough-cookie set jaw, and the slender sloping nose, and soon enough you will discern the possibilities: Anne of Green Gables, Annie, if she was still young enough, or one of Willa Cather's doughty Nebraska Plainswomen – Thea Kronberg, perhaps, from The Song of The Lark – Dorothea Lange's Migrant Mother, eyes fixed for ever on the middle distance, or any number of western farmwives or lady-gunfighters. Take names from Henry James or Edith Wharton – Daisy Miller, Undine Spragg – and Adams...

There is no doubt that Amy Adams is full of surprises. She can be sexy when she wants to be (see Cruel Intentions 2), or she can slap a smile on your face with her comedic performances (see Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby ), and she is no slouch when it comes to a dramatic turn (see The Fighter). So we can only guess what type of performance we'll get when we finally see her as the new Lois Lane in Man Of Steel. Will she be as witty and sarcastic as Margot Kidder's Lois? Or, will she be as determined and competitive, with a hint of sweetness as Erica Durance's Lois? Let's just hope she isn't as forgettable as Kate Bosworth's Lois Lane in Superman Returns. Agreed! Wonder Twins activate! How was the experience of playing Lois Lane this summer? Adams: It was great. It...

I have no real personal connection to the Muppets, which is mostly why I didn't rush out to see the movie in theaters like many of those pining for Muppet nostalgia. I certainly didn't grow up with them and, because of that, I didn't understand the appeal of this reboot of sorts. Now I get it. If you've already seen the film, you know it's a delightful piece of family entertainment for Muppet fans both old and new. And whether you loved the film in theaters or have held out like I did, Disney has done their best to make this "Wocka Wocka Value Pack" worth your hard-earned dollar. The film tracks Gary (Jason Segel, who also co-wrote the film) and Mary (Amy Adams from Cruel Intentions 2, as Segel refers to her in the hugely entertaining commentary track) as they make a romantic getaway to California. Out of courtesy they also invite Walter,...

For Hollywood actress Sarah Thompson, her Bollywood debut in Raajneeti may have opened more doors than she could have imagined. Since she played Ranbir Kapoor’s love interest in the film, Thompson, popular for her role in Cruel Intentions 2, has been busy meeting filmmakers. “I’d a long meeting with Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra this week. I’ll meet more filmmakers in Mumbai this week,” says the actress, who has got herself a Hindi tutor now. “When I was shooting for the film in Bhopal, everyone would speak and crack jokes in Hindi, and I felt left out. So, when I returned after ...

After Love Aaj Kal, which starred the Brazilian model Gisele Monteiro, and Kites that has the Mexican actor Barabara Mori, it's the turn of Prakash Jha's Rajneeti to boast a foreign name in its star cast. Sarah Thompson, a familiar name on American television, stars opposite Ranbir Kapoor in the film. " Mein theek hoon, aap kaise hain ," says Thompson, 31, over phone from Los Angeles .Thompson, a part of the box office debacle Cruel Intentions 2 (2000), says she started taking Hindi lessons in La last December and she is "somewhat capable of reading and writing in the language." "It was not like that during the shoot of Rajneeti. I would cringe when I had to speak lines in Hindi," she recalls. Her last film outing was in the Richard Gere-starrer Brooklyn's Finest,in which she has a small role as the damsel in...

Bollywood hottie Katrina Kaif is the only woman (though the popular English actress Sarah Thompson Kane, of Cruel Intentions 2 fame, also features in this multistarrer, nevertheless she has a brief appearance) amongst the male dominated starcast of Prakash Jha's film Raajneeti. Infact the leading lady Katrina Kaif will be seen throughout the film, sharing the screen space with each and every actor. After having worked with such a dynamic and talented starcast (out of which max...

What is more scary a violent slasher, or a film that feeds paranoia about big companies and corrupt governments? Toxic Skies has a premise that incorporates capitalist deception and a disease that is brought about by chem trails. Chem trails are the deliberate release of chemicals at high altitudes to detoxify, or toxify the general public below. Toxic Skies deftly utilizes the public's fear of the potential of this phenomenon and provides, what looks like, an entertaining piece of cinema. The film stars Anne Heche (Spread), Daniel Bacon (39 Steps), and Barclay Hope (Cruel Intentions 2). The DVD date for the release is March 23, with Image Entertainment helping with distribution. More info' below.

A synopsis for Toxic Skies:

"A mysterious disease is spreading across the country, killing people with alarming speed in this pulse-pounding, action-filled thriller. Toxic Skies co-stars Anne Heche and James Tupper. These two reignite their chemistry as...

American actress Sarah Thompson Kane, best-known for her role as Eve in the hit TV series Angel, and for her part in Cruel Intentions 2 with Amy Adams, debuts in Bollywood in Rajneeti. She plays the part of Ranbir Kapoor’s American girlfriend - “an innocent who wanted nothing, but lost it all.”

In the movie, Ranbir abandons America to return to India to pursue his political ambitions. The movie, which also stars Ajay Devgn and Katrina Kaif, is about a political election and the tricks that the candidates will stoop to in order to achieve their goals.

Probably Sarah’s best film to date was The Pink Conspiracy with Bradley Snedeker in which Dave, the hero, stumbles across what he believes is a conspiracy in which all his previous girlfriends have joined together to drive him crazy (most men also suspect this is happening). Now, if only he could prove it.

If you were wondering who the blonde girl in Raajneeti's promos is, she's 30-year-old Sarah Thompson Kane, who plays Ranbir Kapoor's American girlfriend in the film. In the first look of the film, Sarah's character is described as "an innocent who wanted nothing, but lost it all". Indeed, the buzz is that in the film, the Us-returned Ranbir abandons his girlfriend to continue his family's political legacy. Sarah's decade long career in Hollywood includes many films and TV series including Cruel Intentions 2 and the 2008 biopic Hansie. The actress is said to have been selected after multiple round of auditions to select the right face. It's the first time Ranbir will be doing the jig with a non-Indian lady, onscreen, of course!

If you were wondering who the blonde girl in Raajneeti's promos is, she's 30-year-old Sarah Thompson Kane, who plays Ranbir Kapoor's American girlfriend in the film. In the first look of the film, Sarah's character is described as "an innocent who wanted nothing, but lost it all". Indeed, the buzz is that in the film, the Us-returned Ranbir abandons his girlfriend to continue his family's political legacy. Sarah's decade long career in Hollywood includes many films and TV series including Cruel Intentions 2 and the 2008 biopic Hansie. The actress is said to have been selected after multiple round of auditions to select the right face. It's the first time Ranbir will be doing the jig with a non-Indian lady, onscreen, of course!

In reel, the girl who is playing Ranbir Kapoor’s girlfriend has been revealed. She is Sarah, an American actress best known for her role in Cruel Intentions 2 and for playing South African cricketer Hansie Cronje’s wife in the 2008 biopic Hansie. Sara is also a popular American television actress. Prakash Jha has selected Sara for playing Ranbir Kapoor’s ladylove in ‘Rajneeti’ after auctioning almost half a dozen of international actresses.In the film, Ranbir falls for Sara while studying in an American university but he has to leave Sara and come back to India to take up politics run by his family. Later Sara...

<div style="text-align: justify;">The secret is out. Ranbir Kapoor.s American girlfriend in Raajneeti, the one he abandons to pursue his family.s political dynastic ambitions in India, is 30-year-old Sarah Thompson Kane.Sarah is best known for her role in Cruel Intentions 2 and for playing South African cricketer Hansie Cronje.s wife in the 2008 biopic Hansie. She was chosen to play Ranbir.s American girl in Raajneeti after a great deal of deliberation. .We auditioned nearly 30 girls before we selected Sarah. She was right for the part. It.s a substantial role and we needed an actress who could act and would look compatible with Ranbir,. says director Prakash Jha.In the film, Sarah and Ranbir fall in love in an American university. She later follows him to India.This is the first Caucasian actress that Ranbir has shot with. Apparently the vibes were so thanda between the two that the...

There's a common misconception that women, in order to win a prestigious acting award, must play ugly. My new theory is that you must play gay. Here's the proof, based on this morning's Golden Globe Award nominations.

Julianne Moore

Nominated for: Best Performance By An Actress In A Supporting Role In A Motion Picture, A Single Man

Played gay in: The Hours, The Private Lives of Pippa Lee

Meryl Streep

Nominated for: Best Performance By An Actress In A Motion Picture – Comedy Or Musical , It's Complicated and Julie & Julia

Played gay in: Manhattan, The Hours

January Jones

Nominated for: Best Performance By An Actress In A Television Series – Drama, Mad Men

Played gay in: Anger Management

Chloë Sevigny

Nominated for: Best Performance By An Actress In A Supporting Role In A Series, Mini-Series Or Motion Picture Made For Television , Big Love

Played gay in: If These Walls Could Talk 2...

I remember the first time I saw Amy Adams in a movie. She was among a cast of women who, at the time, were a little more well known in the amazing dark comedy, Drop Dead Gorgeous. (Should we now compare careers: Adams vs. Denise Richards, Kirstie Alley or Brittany Murphy? I still think Allison Janney and Ellen Barkin pull out ahead, though. Kirsten Dunst is wavering, but I'll give her the benefit of the doubt she'll make a good career choice again soon.)

But back to Amy, whose career has taken off since she played the cheerleading-pageant-hopeful with a horny boyfriend in Ddg. Since then, she's been up for an Academy Award for playing a suspicious nun in Doubt, Amelia Earhart in Night at the Museum 2, a crime-scene washing sister to Emily Blunt in Sunshine Cleaning, and her newest part in Julie & Julia is alongside Doubt co-star and all-around actress-extraordinaire Meryl Streep.

If Robin Hood is such a great hero you'd think he'd be able to work in some monster fighting in between all his robbing from the rich to give to the poor. That's why all Robin Hood movies in the past have sucked: lack of monsters. Thank goodness we have the Sci-Fi Channel around to rectify such mistakes.

I'd first heard about Robin Hood: Beyond Sherwood what seems like ages ago. It's only just now that progress is being made. Working from a script by Chase Parker, the writer of such other Sci-Fi offerings as Basilisk: The Serpent King, Reign of the Gargoyles, and the all-time classic Boa vs. Python, actor-director Peter DeLuise ("21 Jump Street", "Stargate Sg-1") helms this ultimate tale of merry ol' England's favorite tights-wearing, forest-dwelling, arrow-shooting, always-sticking-it-to-the-man swashbuckler as he squares off with a fiendish monster brought forth by the Sheriff of Nottingham, now in the post-production phase.

SoapNet has acquired a package of 19 films, including "Hitch" and "Fun With Dick and Jane," from Sony Pictures Television for the cable network's Sunday Night Movie block.

Also included are "Something's Gotta Give," "Sleepless in Seattle," "My Best Friend's Wedding," "Jerry Maguire," "Groundhog Day," "Roxanne," "Fools Rush In," "Postcards From the Edge," "Only You," "It Could Happen to You," "Crazy in Alabama," "Ice Castles," "Loverboy," "Cruel Intentions 2," "Mixed Nuts," "Nadine" and "Lone Star State of Mind."

"SoapNet added movies to its programming slate a year ago in an effort to expand 'soapy' programming and extend its reach," said Brian Frons, president of daytime at Disney-abc Television Group. "Each of the titles offers an entry point for new viewers."

The movies begin airing this month at 10 p.m. Sundays.