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Question: Some news about the future of Josh Holloway in television? —Olivia
Ausiello: Funny story: Shortly after I posted my story linking Holloway to NBC’s Rockford Files remake, Doc Jensen emails me and says he had a conversation with JH about Rockford back in April when NBC started casting the pilot. Doc J mentioned to him that after watching the “Sawyer & Miles” cop show in the sideways world, he thought Holloway would make a perfect Jim Rockford. Holloway’s response? “I thought so, too! And I was like, no way, don’t even go there… because I love The Rockford Files. And I thought Ken [Leung] would be great for [Rockford's sidekick]. I would have loved that show. But I wanted to give movies a shot, so I never even pursued it.” But that was April. This is August. Fingers crossed Holloway is having a change of heart.
It’s been nearly three months since Lost ended and I’m still finding Easter eggs. My latest discovery: Sawyer’s purgatorial stint as a police detective may have foreshadowed Josh Holloway’s next career move!
News that NBC is taking another stab at rebooting the ’70s private-eye classic The Rockford Files—sans Dermot Mulroney in the title role—has revived talk that Holloway would look great in James Garner’s iconic (gum)shoes. And for the first time, that chatter appears to be spreading beyond my office!
A Peacock source tells me that the former Lostie’s name has been mentioned in connection to the project, but the insider stresses that there are no serious talks going on at this time. Meanwhile, House exec producer David Shore—who is shepherding the reboot along with Steve Carell’s Carousel Prods and Peter Berg’s Film 44—concedes that Holloway is a “viable choice,” but adds that “it’s too premature” to start naming names. A rep for the actor declined to comment for this story.
“NBC is still high on the project,” adds Shore. “They would like it to happen. Peter Berg’s involved producing and possibly directing and we will be looking for a new lead.”
The first attempt to revive the franchise crashed and burned last spring when the completed pilot received a thumbs-down from NBC execs.
“[It] looked like it was shot in the ’70s,” one source bemoaned to NYMag.com’s Joe Adalian. “You didn’t even know it was the current day until Jim pulled out his cell phone. It looked like Stephen J. Cannell directed it himself.”
Yesterday AvengersNews posted an article that claimed, “there’s been talk between Marvel and his [Josh Holloway] group to play a ‘lead’ role in an upcoming Marvel film.” The site claimed that it was likely he was up for the role of either Hank Pym, Hawkeye or Dum Dum Dugan based on “subtle hints” that they had recieved.
Like many of you, I was pleased to hear this news especially as I’m a big fan of Holloway’s work in Lost and could see him being able to do a great job with any of the characters listed above. However, I decided to dig a little deeper with this rumour and after a lot of searching and several emails, I managed to get in touch with Melissa Kates from View Point LA who represents the actor.
I asked her whether there was any truth to the news and if she could tell me exactly what role he might be in the running for but was unfortunately met with the following response:
“Hi Josh – this is just a rumor.”
So there you have it. Many thanks to Melissa for taking the time to get back to me! Personally, I still hope that we’ll see Holloway get a role in a comic book movie in the near future but you can have your say with the below poll and in the usual place!
Marvel casting news is a hot topic this past week or so. We’ve had Tommy Lee Jones and Dominic Cooper confirmed for roles in The First Avenger: Captain America. Also, over the weekend two separate stories help to give credence to each other that we might see Carol Danvers/Ms. Marvel in The Avengers played by either Alice Eve or Malin Akerman. AvengerNews is reporting we may have more Marvel casting news this week involving Josh Holloway (Lost):
Apparently there’s been talk between Marvel and his [Josh Holloway] group to play a “lead” role in an upcoming Marvel film. We mention a “lead” role because these bigger actors often won’t sign “retainers”, meaning everything should be 100% locked (character, film, etc) for Josh once he’s signed the dotted line.
The gallery has a brand new theme thanks to the generosity of a fan donation and to the work of Mel from Turn Back the Sun Designs.
Plus I have added some screencaps from Josh‘s appearance in Walker, Texas Ranger back in 2001. Hope you’ll enjoy!
Also I’m looking for screencaps from some others Josh’s works to complete the gallery. They are:
“Whisper” (2007)
“Good Girls Don’t…” – Addicted to Love (2004)
“The Lyon’s Den” – Separation Anxiety (2003)
“Dr. Benny” (2003)
“My Daughter’s Tears” (2002)
“Mi amigo” (2002)
“Moving August” (2002)
If you have one of these and want to donate to the site, please send me an email. Thanks!
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Other Works > Walker, Texas Ranger (2001)
Before Lost (btw, only 4 days left!) Josh Holloway made a tiny appearance on “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation”. The year was 2003 and the episode was 4.01 – Assume Nothing. Thanks to Nikie I’ve finally added the screencaps in the gallery. Enjoy!
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Other Works > CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2003)
‘Stay Cool‘ will be released early 2010!
After the trailer here we have the poster for Stay Cool.
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Other Works > Stay Cool (2009)
Finally some news on Stay Cool! The movie still doesn’t have a release date but now there is a trailer!
I’ve added in the Gallery a scan from the July issue of Vanity Fair Italy featuring the new ads for Davidoff Coolwater.
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Magazine scans > Vanity Fair Italy (July 2009)
