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Post by annabelleleigh on Jul 30, 2008 14:04:22 GMT -5
Since we are beginning to speculate about the new showrunner for future VDO/Erbe episodes of CI, I thought it might be reasonable to start a thread for gathering the facts about Walon Green. Not everything relevant about him (to us, I would guess) is found in his imdb filmography. For example, in 1993 he shared an Edgar Award nomination with CI creator Rene Balcer for a mothership episode called "Simone Says." So they did work together and are presumably somewhat familiar with each other's careers and capabilities. (For information on Mr. Green's 1995 Edgar win see query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE1DF143CF93BA15757C0A963958260&scp=17&sq=Walon%20Green&st=cse)Be back with more links and info. Please -- anyone with a Walon Green link or a verifiable fact -- please join me! AL |
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Post by annabelleleigh on Jul 30, 2008 14:06:41 GMT -5
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Post by annabelleleigh on Jul 30, 2008 14:14:15 GMT -5
And more on Mr. Green...and the CI shooting schedule. As always, boldfaces mine. AL ------------------------- Dick Wolf reveals 'Intent'
Green, Nathan to exec produce eight eps eachBy Daniel Frankel VarietyJuly 29, 2008 Excerpt: "Dick Wolf has stated his dual intentions for season eight of "Law & Order: Criminal Intent." Wolf plans to split the 16-episode season between longtime "L&O" denizens Walon Green and Robert Nathan, with Green exec producing eight episodes starring Vincent D’Onofrio and Nathan serving as EP for the eight featuring newcomer Jeff Goldblum, who has replaced Chris Noth. Together, Green and Nathan will fill the shoes of departed "Criminal Intent" EP Warren Leight, who left the series in June to work on HBO’s "In Treatment." For Green’s eight-episode set, Michael Chernuchin will serve as co-EP... ...Production of "Criminal Intent" recently shifted to the new NBCU Cable Studio, headed by USA/Sci Fi topper Bonnie Hammer. The USA Network still has original episodes from "Criminal Intent’s" seventh season in the can and will be airing them Sundays at 9 p.m. through August, leading into new drama "In Plain Sight." Lensing for season eight of "Criminal Intent" will begin in August. Read the full article at: www.variety.com/article/VR1117989737.html |
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Post by Patcat on Jul 30, 2008 14:32:08 GMT -5
He co-wrote ZERO EFFECT !!!!
This is a great film--ok, maybe not great, but awfully, awfully good. It's an attempt to update Sherlock Holmes (much more blatantly and clearly than Robert Goren is), and it's fascinating.
My hopes for the next season just went up considerably..
Patcat
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Post by annabelleleigh on Jul 30, 2008 14:56:25 GMT -5
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Post by annabelleleigh on Jul 30, 2008 15:02:51 GMT -5
Walon Green comments -- with affection and respect -- on the last days of Jerry Orbach in this February 22, 2005 piece from The New York Times. (Mr. Green was showrunner for "Law & Order: Trial by Jury." On some Internet sites he is also credited -- with Rene Balcer -- with co-creating the Lennie Briscoe character so beautifully inhabited by Jerrry Orbach.) query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D04EFD61E3AF931A15751C0A9639C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=2AL P.S. In the "Two Showrunners" thread under Articles & Interviews, Eames47 posted this: Was just browsing today through old interviews on this site and stumbled on this quote from Rene Balcer: You were co-writer with Walon Green for the episode Point of View, Briscoe's first episode. How much of Briscoe's back story was already decided at that point and, of that, how much came from you?
A: Though Walon and I co-created the character, there’s more Walon there than Balcer. After we broke the “Point of View” story, Walon wrote the first half (the cops) and I wrote the second half (the lawyers), so he more directly set the tone for Briscoe. Walon is one of my favorite writers (and favorite people in the business), and one of the most accomplished writers in Hollywood – though we had fun writing episodes together, and I learned much from him, he really didn’t need my help to come up with Briscoe. This choice for Walon Green is sounding better and better to me. |
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Post by annabelleleigh on Jul 30, 2008 15:35:16 GMT -5
And here's another important fact about Walon Green: Apparently he isn't adverse to being interviewed by fan site members. He engaged with The Dragnet Discussion Group as an executive producer of Dick Wolf's short-lived revival. www.badge714.com/wgreen.htmDear CI-US moderators, maybe you can snag some Walon time for us here? AL |
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Post by dragonsback on Jul 30, 2008 18:22:15 GMT -5
Oh my. This is all becoming most intriguing. The connections between Walon Green and, in routes both direct and indirect, LOCI. Thanks for kicking off this thread, AL. Also great tip re the Zero Effect tie-in, Patcat. Will have to do something about renting this flick, if possible.
What with one thing (several things) and another, Season 8 promises to be great grist for us all.
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Post by annabelleleigh on Jul 31, 2008 1:30:09 GMT -5
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Post by Ladyheather on Jul 31, 2008 7:41:44 GMT -5
Lensing for season eight of "Criminal Intent" will begin in August. What does lensing mean? Sounds like a good fit for LOCI. |
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Post by dragonsback on Jul 31, 2008 9:21:41 GMT -5
While Green is talking hereabout Trial by Jury, I found this snippet particularly apropos of LOCI's original whydunnit set-up. "....Suspects are shown effortlessly confessing heinous crimes to their lawyers, who then conspire with their clients to cover their tracks. Prosecutors fumble, as if in the dark, to win convictions, often with far less knowledge of the crime and how it was committed than the viewer. "It's a game in which you know the moves of the other side in many cases before the other side does,'' said Walon Green, a veteran of ''Hill Street Blues'' and ''NYPD Blue'' who is an executive producer on the show with Mr. Wolf. ''The suspense is in wondering how they're going to deal with it.'' " Would love to see this element return to the series, and I think others here have also expressed a yen for the "why" format. |
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Post by annabelleleigh on Jul 31, 2008 9:51:13 GMT -5
Since 1986 Walon Green has acquired seven Emmy nominations for producing or writing, for his work on "Law & Order," "ER." "Hill Street Blues" and "NYPD Blue" (winner, 1995 best writing, drama series). This according to the Emmy database at: www.emmys.org/awards/Of course I know about how some of us -- including me -- feel about the fairness of the Emmys. Interesting but unsurprising note: One of the nominations was shared with Robert Nathan, the new showrunner for the Jeff Goldblum CI series. Another was shared with Michael Chernuchin, Green's new co-ep on CI. The Dick Wolf pack has run together for many years. AL |
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Post by Patcat on Jul 31, 2008 11:43:08 GMT -5
Well, it seems to be a successful pack (g).
I don't know if you can discuss this Annabelleleigh, but I've always been struck by the number of playwrights on the LOCI writing staff.
Patcat
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Post by annabelleleigh on Aug 1, 2008 15:47:04 GMT -5
Patcat, you're referring to the fact that every CI writer under Warren Leight -- except two* -- have all been published playwrights like Leight himself?
Are you wondering whether that will change under Walon Green?
AL
(*Novelist/journalist Peter Blauner and ex-"Seinfeld" writer/NYU professor Charlie Rubin.)
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Post by Techguy on Aug 1, 2008 21:37:20 GMT -5
Lensing for season eight of "Criminal Intent" will begin in August. What does lensing mean? Sounds like a good fit for LOCI. |
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