TCA: Showtime’s Bob Greenblatt Reveals Details on ‘L Word’ Spin-off
Leisha Hayley's character goes to prison for a 'Female Oz'
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Showtime President of Entertainment Bob Greenblatt spilled some details of the recently-piloted The L-Word spin-off: It will star The L Word’s Leisha Hayley and will be a “very different, substantially different show” from L-Word, he says.
Hayley’s character Alice Pieszecki goes to jail, where the new show would be set. While L-Word, which will conclude as a series after its yet-to-premiere sixth season, focuses primarily on a community of lesbians, the spin-off would involve a broad spectrum of characters, including some lesbians, Greenblatt says: “It’s a big group of characters and there’s a few lesbians in that group but it isn’t the exact makeup of what the L-Word was.”
When asked if it is a “female Oz,” he says that was “not a bad description,” though it would not be as dark as Oz, the gritty, former HBO series.
Three guest stars appear in the pilot and may or may not go forward on the series should it get picked up: Melissa Leo (Frozen River), Famke Janssen and Laurie Metcalf.
Greenblatt says he expects to make a decision about the pilot, which he has not yet seen cut together, in the next couple of months.
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Prison… Please let us call the show La Stereotype Lesbians.
The world does not need any more negative images of us and god knows there is an abundance of them out there.
This week we saw on Grey’s Anatomy a Lesbian moment in the damn bathroom. Come on Hollywood we can be more creative then that!
Possible Story lines:
1. Why not has the spin-off be a Law and Order’ish show with every slice of Americana?
Tasha is going into the police force, with girl friend in the police custody.
2. Shane becomes strung-out and goes to rehab, cleans up and opens a new hair salon. Like Barbershop the movie Lesbian style
3. Alice gets out of jail and opens a bookstore next to Kits cafe
Better the chocolate meets LWord
4. Carmen comes back (SHE IS HOT) and is the DJ at Kits new night club (Hit).
Have new and upcoming GLBT groups perform. Lword meets Charmed
5. Back to the future meets LWord, Alice does 5 years, Tasha makes Lieutenant and the world like gays.
I came up with those ideas in 5 mins, I know the professional can do much better then Prison.
Harvey Milk would be ashamed of you!
Suzan
Suzan Thompson - 2/6/2009 2:58:21 PM EST -
Maybe she goes to jail for killing the crackhead that killed Jenny
Billy Bob - 1/16/2009 9:23:17 PM EST -
Thanks for the SPOILER idiot. Perhaps you should have waited to post this little tidbit AFTER we watch the L Word to see who kills Jenny.
Now, by this article, it's pretty obvious.
Taylor Murphy - 1/16/2009 3:31:19 AM EST -
So now we know who kills Jenny Schecter. BUMMER!! That takes some of the fun & suspense out of it. Thanks a lot, Asshle!!!
Jeanette Coers - 1/15/2009 5:17:00 PM EST -
you just ruined the season ENDING!! At least say SPOILER ALERT before someone keeps reading on.
carol - 1/15/2009 3:48:00 PM EST
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