Docudramas (genre)

How Josh Gad was almost Cameron, and Sarah Palin led Jason Winer to '1600 Penn'

Talk about instant success. Baltimore native Jason Winer doesn't even have a name yet for his Hollywood production company. But he and his two co-creators, "The Book of Mormon" Broadway star Josh Gad and former White House speechwriter Jon Lovett, already...

Tags: Netflix Inc., ABC (tv network), House of Cards (tv program), Fox Broadcasting Company, Political Animals (tv program)

Budget impasse in Annapolis threatens thriving local TV industry

After four tough years, these are heady days in the world of Maryland TV and film production. Last month, "Game Change," the Baltimore-made HBO docudrama on the 2008 presidential election, premiered to strong reviews and even stronger debate. This week,...

Tags: Robin Wright, Netflix Inc., Business, Budgets and Budgeting, Annapolis

Palin TV-movie 'Game Change' pushes the limits of docudrama

Sarah Palin says it's a lie. Her press spokeswoman calls it "sick." Other supporters of the former Alaska governor refer to it as a "hit job" — concocted by Hollywood leftists and the liberal media. Filmed in and around Baltimore last year, "HBO"...

Tags: Saturday Night Live (tv program), John McCain, Ed Harris, Regional Authority, Tina Fey

With new shows in the works, TV is awash in Washington

After weeks of partisan sniping, the public finally gets to judge HBO's Sarah Palin docudrama "Game Change" for itself this weekend. But the campaign for more politics as TV drama has only begun. Aaron Sorkin's"The West Wing"notwithstanding, prime-time...

Tags: Netflix Inc., Kiefer Sutherland, The Hollywood Reporter, House of Cards (tv program), Showtime (tv network)

'Game Change' premiere scores big ratings for HBO

The Baltimore Sun

HBO's "Game Change," the docudrama about the John McCain and Sarah Palin presidential campaign in 2008, was a big ratings winner for HBO in its Saturday premiere drawing 2.1 million viewers. That was the largest debut audience for an HBO movie since...

Tags: Republican Party, John McCain, The Hollywood Reporter, HBO (tv network), Sarah Palin

It feels kind of scary: The rise of Sarah Palin in HBO's 'Game Change'

The Baltimore Sun

Remember the Baltimore sightings of Ed Harris, Julianne Moore and Woody Harrelson last summer? Well, here's the trailer for the HBO film they were shooting here, "Game Change," a docudrama about the 2008 presidential election that focuses on the GOP...

Tags: John McCain, Republican Party, Ed Harris, U.S. Presidential Election (2008), Woody Harrelson

First look at HBO's 'Game Change' - A film so political in so many good ways

The Baltimore Sun

I just walked out of a dark room after spending two hours with the screener for "Game Change," the HBO film about the 2008 Republican presidential campaign of John McCain and Sarah Palin. Based on a best-selling, non-fiction book about the historic race,...

Tags: Rick Santorum, Republican Party, John McCain, Ed Harris, Fox Broadcasting Company

'Game Change' - Sarah Palin posse flipping out over HBO film before seeing it

The Baltimore Sun

Last week, I wrote about HBO's "Game Change" right after screening the two-hour film about the 2008 presidential campaign of John McCain and Sarah Palin. You can read it here. I described the film as "so political in so many good ways," and predicted...

Tags: Regional Authority, John McCain, TLC (tv network), Rupert Murdoch, Nightline (tv program)

Brent Bozell joins the right-wing chorus of complaints over HBO's 'Game Change'

The Baltimore sun

And the hits keep coming ... Yesterday, I wrote about complaints lodged by members of Sarah Palin's Alaska posse against HBO's "Game Change," a film about the 2008 GOP presidential campaign that is scheduled to premiere March 10. You should know that...

Tags: Republican Party, John McCain, Ed Harris, Julianne Moore, Movies

Maryland has a new go-to role on television — Washington

For almost two decades, Baltimore was mainly seen by the TV industry as a place to make shows about cops and crime. But now, the city is looking more like the nation's capital to some of Hollywood's top producers. On Thursday, Gov. Martin O'Malley...

Tags: Wes Craven, John McCain, Ed Harris, Netflix Inc., Labor Legislation

HBO set designers provide 'change' you can believe in

Baltimore Sun reporter

Maryland is no stranger to movies and TV, but with the filming of the HBO political drama "Game Change" here, our small state has taken on its toughest role ever -- Alaska. Yet production designer Michael Corenblith and set decorator Tiffany Zappulla...

Tags: Republican Party, Ed Harris, John McCain, Baltimore Hotels, Republican National Conventions

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