But may or may not effect whether it'll make it to the air or not. Fox
just named Peter Liguori their new broadcasting president. He used to
run the FX cable network, which produced brilliant shows like the
Shield.

Basically, i was thinking this may well be a very good thing. Crazy
Lawyers has so much promise (at least, I think so), but there was some
worry about FOX mishandling it, as they have a tendancy to do with
decent shows. However, Mr. Liguori has experiance with developing high
concept shows, and god willing, that will bode well for 'Lawyers.'

As he is quoted as saying: "I could not be more excited to work with
them to roll out the network's impressive new development slate."

You can read the rest of the article here:

http://www.thefutoncritic.com/cgi/gofuton.cgi?action=pr&id=20050324fox02

Nothing major, just part of an article about film stars such as Glenn
Close going into television. Again, i was intrigued by the wording:

Also possibly coming to TV: Chris O'Donnell (Kinsey) in next fall's
Fox legal drama Crazy Lawyers and Aidan Quinn (Legends of the Fall)
as an unconventional man of the cloth in NBC's Book of Daniel.

URL: http://channels.netscape.com/ns/tv/feature.jsp?
story=EW_mostwanted&floc=TV_1-L1

It's an interesting read.

I managed to find the dates for the filming of Crazy Lawyer's. It was
shot at a certain location and finished yesterday:

Fox Crazy Lawyers TV 3/15 3/22 1401 Oak Knoll Ave S
           169 St. John
           1055 Lagunita Rd

http://www.ci.pasadena.ca.us/film/calendar.asp

Okay, this comes from FilmJerk, so i'm not sure how reliable it is.
I have trouble trusting anyone who cannot spell someone's name
correctly.

Nevertheless:

-

There are Crazy Lawyers coming on FOX. Chris O'Donnel and Adam
Goldberg are buddied up by their psychiatrist, and must look after
each other and keep each other's neurosis and problems under control.

-

So, according to this, it's Dr. Robinson who suggest Jason team with
Shultz (or vice versa.) Interesting. Also, the wording seems to again
suggest that this show is already a done deal.

I'm having such positive vibes about this project right now. ;)

URL: http://www.filmjerk.com/new/article1229.html

Cool update to "Crazy Lawyers"...Chris' second cinematic foray into
parenthood...he has a son in CL...here's the newsbrief...CRAZY
LAWYERS (FOX) - Jake Cherry ("Third Watch") has scored the role
of Chris O'Donnell and Krista Allen's son in the drama pilot, about a
successful golden boy lawyer (O'Donnell) who has a nervous breakdown
and teams up with another mentally disturbed lawyer with an anger
problem (Adam Goldberg) to help people with issues, legal and
otherwise. Aimee Garcia, Rachael Leigh Cook and Rockmond Dunbar also
star in the 20th Century Fox Television project, which comes from
executive producers Bill Chais, Jeff Rake and Barry Josephson. Cherry
spent the past development season attached to the failed ABC drama
pilot "Kat Plus One."

According to it's listing on 'My Entertainment World,' casting
for 'Lawyers' took place on March 3rd. This means shooting such start
fairly soon.

http://www.myentertainmentworld.com/mew/tv_production_P.2.html

HOUSE OF PAYNE - (TV Pilot - 1 Hour Drama for FOX) - March 3, 2005 -
Los Angeles; Details Are only Available By Subscription.. (Posted:
February 23, 2005. Revised: March 1, 2005)

I managed to stumble across a list of all the characters set to
appear in the pilot *is dancing excitedly*

Category: Pilots
Project: CRAZY LAWYERS PILOT
Casting Director: GILMORE/MCCONNELL

Roles

Amy
Assistant
Attractive Female Reporter
Bandaged Wizard
Barry
Daniel Gold
Eve
Fiona
Fisherman
Foreperson
Frank
Guard
Homeless Man
Ida Shultz
Jason Payne
Judge Newton
Judge Silver
Kate
Laurie
Morgan
Nina
Patty
Peter
Reporter #2
Reporter #3
Robinson
Ryan
Shultz
Walter Goldman
Ward

The pilot is listed under 'New York' - i'm assuming that's where it's
meant to be set since i read earlier that they were filming mid-March
in L.A.

URL:
http://www.showfax.com/role_selection.cfm?l=2&t=2&p=77010

'Unscripted' Star Written into FOX Pilot
(Thursday, March 03 11:44 AM)
LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) Krista Allen, coming off her turn as more or
less herself in HBO's "Unscripted," has joined the cast of FOX's
crazy-lawyers pilot. William Fichtner, Missi Pyle and Dave Attell
have also landed pilot gigs.
Allen will play the estranged wife of Chris O'Donnell's character in
the FOX pilot, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The show, which
has variously been called "House of Payne," "Crazy Lawyers" and the
Untitled Crazy Lawyers Project, is about an attorney (O'Donnell) who
suffers a breakdown and then goes into business with another lawyer
who has anger issues (Adam Goldberg).

In addition to "Unscripted," Allen has been a regular on "Baywatch"
and appeared in "Anger Management" and "Paycheck" (and, as referenced
repeatedly in the HBO show, several soft-porn "Emmanuelle" movies,
playing the title character). She has a fairly extensive list of TV-
guest credits, including appearances
on "CSI," "Smallville," "Charmed" and "Two and a Half Men."




--- In CrazyLawyers@yahoogroups.com, ibwhisper <ibwhisper@y...> wrote:
> - Krista Allen (HBO's "Unscripted") has been tapped to co-star in
Fox's untitled crazy lawyers pilot, which centers on a successful
lawyer (Chris O'Donnell) who has a nervous breakdown and teams with a
lawyer with an anger problem. Allen will play Payne's estranged wife.

It's only a small snippet i yoinked from the Boston Legal page on TV
Tome, but it points towards 'Lawyers' been a lock already. *is
excites*

Jeff Rake was one of the executive producers, but has now departed.
He served as executive producers for episodes 1-10, 13.

(Don't forget to check out Crazy Lawyers A.K.A. House of Payne
in fall of 2005 from creator Jeff Rake who will also serve as an
executive producer.)

-

Wow, i hope they are right!

http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=19459

-- You've probably already seen this, but i thought i'd link it
anyway. Also, dredged out of the mostly inane comments was this:

And for the others except Catch he won't be that involved. NY-70 has
sounded quite good so far, and both Prison Break and Crazy Lawyers
have good casts.

At least we're not alone in seeing the potential in this series. ;)

Well, it could just have been an assumption on E! Online's part. Either
that, or they know something the rest of us don't.

I always assumed every show had to do a pilot, dead lock or not. However,
it's not my area of expertise.

Regards,
Emma

http://gilraen.net




>From: "marilyn1172000" <marilyn1172000@...>
>Reply-To: CrazyLawyers@yahoogroups.com
>To: CrazyLawyers@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: ~* Crazy Lawyers *~ Re: 'Series Debuts In the Fall?'
>Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 16:07:39 -0000
>
>
>Sounds great!...but why do a pilot if it's a lock?...I don't get it
>either...but have to say..."Crazy Lawyers" is a promising series for
>our sweetie...lots of primetime Chris O'Donnell...we're in heaven! :)
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>--- In CrazyLawyers@yahoogroups.com, "Emma" <nymphadoria@h...> wrote:
> >
> > Okay, i'm officially confused:
> >
> > Rachael Leigh Cook and Adam Goldberg may not be crazy, but they're
> > going to play it on TV. They join Chris O'Donnell in the new Fox
> > drama Crazy Lawyers about a rage-aholic (Goldberg) who opens a law
> > firm with his nervous breakdown-prone partner (O'Donnell). The
>series
> > debuts next fall.
> >
> > If that is true, then huzzah! But mostly the consensus is that the
> > FOX execs are waiting on the pilot. *shrug*
> >
> > URL:
> >
> > http://www.eonline.com/News/Dotted/0,165,0-2-0-0,00.html
>
>
>

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Sounds great!...but why do a pilot if it's a lock?...I don't get it
either...but have to say..."Crazy Lawyers" is a promising series for
our sweetie...lots of primetime Chris O'Donnell...we're in heaven! :)








--- In CrazyLawyers@yahoogroups.com, "Emma" <nymphadoria@h...> wrote:
>
> Okay, i'm officially confused:
>
> Rachael Leigh Cook and Adam Goldberg may not be crazy, but they're
> going to play it on TV. They join Chris O'Donnell in the new Fox
> drama Crazy Lawyers about a rage-aholic (Goldberg) who opens a law
> firm with his nervous breakdown-prone partner (O'Donnell). The
series
> debuts next fall.
>
> If that is true, then huzzah! But mostly the consensus is that the
> FOX execs are waiting on the pilot. *shrug*
>
> URL:
>
> http://www.eonline.com/News/Dotted/0,165,0-2-0-0,00.html

Okay, i'm officially confused:

Rachael Leigh Cook and Adam Goldberg may not be crazy, but they're
going to play it on TV. They join Chris O'Donnell in the new Fox
drama Crazy Lawyers about a rage-aholic (Goldberg) who opens a law
firm with his nervous breakdown-prone partner (O'Donnell). The series
debuts next fall.

If that is true, then huzzah! But mostly the consensus is that the
FOX execs are waiting on the pilot. *shrug*

URL:

http://www.eonline.com/News/Dotted/0,165,0-2-0-0,00.html

More "Crazy Lawyers" detail re: A.M.'s update:

CRAZY LAWYERS (FOX) - Adam Goldberg ("Saving Private Ryan"), Rachael
Leigh Cook ("She's All That") and Rockmond Dunbar ("Soul Food") have
all joined the cast of the drama pilot, about a successful golden boy
lawyer (Chris O'Donnell) who has a nervous breakdown and teams up
with
another mentally disturbed lawyer with an anger problem to help
people
with issues, legal and otherwise. Goldberg will play Shultz, said
unkempt attorney with an explosive rage problem, while Cook is set as
Kate, a rich, troubled young woman who got to know Payne (O'Donnell's
character) in the hospital he was admitted to after his breakdown.
Dunbar then will play Dr. Robinson, a therapist who helps out the
characters. Aimee Garcia also stars as the assistant to Payne and
Shultz. "Lawyers" comes from executive producers Jeff Rake, Bill
Chais
and Barry Josephson and is set up at 20th Century Fox Television.





















--- In CrazyLawyers@yahoogroups.com, "marilyn1172000"
<marilyn1172000@y...> wrote:
>
> Thoughts of watching Chris in an hour-long dramedy each week give us
> a thrill...the premisis for "Crazy Lawyers" is a breath of fresh air
> in TV's legal jungle...one attorney biting-his-nails, the other
hyper-
> ventilating, teamed with off-the-wall clients...they should keep us
> on the edge of our seats...and what's sweet...Jason has a romantic
> interest...pretty Rachael Leigh Cook from "29 Palms"...this
> sounds like a pilot that can fly...here's the update from Yahoo
News:
>
> Adam Goldberg (news) ("A Beautiful Mind"), Rachael Leigh Cook
("She's
> All That") and Rockmond Dunbar (Showtime's "Soul Food") have joined
> Chris O'Donnell in Fox's untitled Crazy Lawyers drama. O'Donnell
> plays a successful lawyer who has a nervous breakdown and teams with
> a mentally disturbed lawyer (Goldberg) with an anger problem. Cook
> will play Payne's love interest, and Dunbar will play a
psychiatrist.

Thoughts of watching Chris in an hour-long dramedy each week give us
a thrill...the premisis for "Crazy Lawyers" is a breath of fresh air
in TV's legal jungle...one attorney biting-his-nails, the other hyper-
ventilating, teamed with off-the-wall clients...they should keep us
on the edge of our seats...and what's sweet...Jason has a romantic
interest...pretty Rachael Leigh Cook from "29 Palms"...this
sounds like a pilot that can fly...here's the update from Yahoo News:

Adam Goldberg (news) ("A Beautiful Mind"), Rachael Leigh Cook ("She's
All That") and Rockmond Dunbar (Showtime's "Soul Food") have joined
Chris O'Donnell in Fox's untitled Crazy Lawyers drama. O'Donnell
plays a successful lawyer who has a nervous breakdown and teams with
a mentally disturbed lawyer (Goldberg) with an anger problem. Cook
will play Payne's love interest, and Dunbar will play a psychiatrist.

Oh, here's the link from where i got it from:
http://www.myentertainmentworld.com/mew/tv_production_P.2.html

Looks kind of like a guess to me, but oh well. We can dream. :)

>From: "ibwhisper" <ibwhisper@...>
>Reply-To: CrazyLawyers@yahoogroups.com
>To: CrazyLawyers@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: ~* Crazy Lawyers *~ Re: 'Lawyers' To Shoot in March?
>Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 21:46:48 -0000
>
>
>Wow, that is fast. Well I guess being a 1 hour dramedy, no
>audience can watch. Darn.
>
>
>
>--- In CrazyLawyers@yahoogroups.com, "Emma" <nymphadoria@h...> wrote:
> >
> > I was doing some random searching and i found this:
> >
> > HOUSE OF PAYNE - (TV Pilot - 1 Hour dramedy for FOX) - Mid March,
> > 2005 - Los Angeles;
> >
> > I was wondering if March was when it was meant to shoot? If so,
>it's
> > sooner than i thought. Which is certainly not a bad thing. :)
>
>
>

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Wow, that is fast. Well I guess being a 1 hour dramedy, no
audience can watch. Darn.



--- In CrazyLawyers@yahoogroups.com, "Emma" <nymphadoria@h...> wrote:
>
> I was doing some random searching and i found this:
>
> HOUSE OF PAYNE - (TV Pilot - 1 Hour dramedy for FOX) - Mid March,
> 2005 - Los Angeles;
>
> I was wondering if March was when it was meant to shoot? If so,
it's
> sooner than i thought. Which is certainly not a bad thing. :)

I was doing some random searching and i found this:

HOUSE OF PAYNE - (TV Pilot - 1 Hour dramedy for FOX) - Mid March,
2005 - Los Angeles;

I was wondering if March was when it was meant to shoot? If so, it's
sooner than i thought. Which is certainly not a bad thing. :)

This is what TV Tome has about her character:

Aimee Garcia has come onboard Fox's Bill Chais/Jeff Rake project,
tentively titled Crazy Lawyers. Garcia will play the lawyer in
distress' loyal assistant.

Garcia, most recently featured in "Spanglish," will next be seen
in "Dirty," "The Alibi" and "A Lot Like Love."

- Sounds like she's the person who will provide some much needed
sanity around the place. ;)


--- In CrazyLawyers@yahoogroups.com, "Emma" <nymphadoria@h...> wrote:
>
> I noticed they've added a new cast member on the TV Tome site
> for 'Lawyers' - Aimee Garcia. I took a quick look at her biography,
> and i see she's from Chicago too. Plus, i think she is extremely
> pretty. :)
>
> http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/PersonDetail/personid-35215 -
> Aimee's bio.

I noticed they've added a new cast member on the TV Tome site
for 'Lawyers' - Aimee Garcia. I took a quick look at her biography,
and i see she's from Chicago too. Plus, i think she is extremely
pretty. :)

http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/PersonDetail/personid-35215 -
Aimee's bio.

Unfortunately, it's not. They are waiting to see how the pilot turns
out:

"Should the pilot make it to series, it would be O'Donnell's
first
regular role on a series."

On a related note, i knew i'd heard of Andy Fleming (the guy whose
exec
producer and director on the series) before, so I looked him up on
IMDB.com. He
made The Craft and Dick - both indie films i thought were great. That
just made me all the more positive. Chais and Rake (who wrote it)
have worked on The Practice, which may or may not be a clue as to
where they picked their lead actor from.

And speaking of actors - we should be hearing about who has been cast
as Chris' partner on the show fairly soon. *is excited*

--- In CrazyLawyers@yahoogroups.com, ibwhisper <ibwhisper@y...> wrote:
> LORD, let this be TRUE!!!!
>
> Marilyn Thomas <marilyn1172000@y...> wrote:That article says "Chris
will take on his first television series"...is it a done deal...that
the pilot will expand to a series?

I found this rather interesting:

Fox has signed Chris O'Donnell to star in the untitled drama pilot
about a young lawyer (O'Donnell) and his mentor, a slightly whacked
aging attorney. The project is from 20th and exec prod Chris Chais
and Jeff Rake.

- so much for my theory that it was woman. ;)

http://www.emmyonline.org/emmy/dn/news01.html