Tag: No Ordinary Family

Los Angeles Times television critic Robert Lloyd weighs in on  “No Ordinary Family.” In “Anna Karenina,” Leo Tolstoy famously wrote that although happy families are all alike, the unhappy ones are unhappy each in a special way. But this is not true in television, where unhappy families tend to come in but a few popular flavors. The Powells of  ABC’s “No Ordinary Family” — the title is ironic, and then again, it isn’t — are a common type: one parent too busy to pay attention, the other wondering where the good times have gone and kids who hate themselves. And like a lot of unhappy TV families, they are actually a happy family just waiting for the thing that will remind them of that fact. As does the cartoon movie “The Incredibles,” this new series, premiering Tuesday, proposes the exercise ...

Writer-director Greg Berlanti, the television veteran known for character-driven dramas such as “Everwood” and “Brothers & Sisters,” has been spending a lot of time nourishing his inner geek lately. There’s his new ABC series, “No Ordinary Family,” which premieres Tuesday, and Berlanti is one of the key screenwriters for the Warner Bros.  franchise-in-the -making “Green Lantern” movie and its planned sequel. He also hopes to write and direct the big-screen adventures of another Justice League member, the Flash, and has lent some ideas to the sequel to “Clash of the Titans,” due out next year. On the non-fanboy front, he’s got the romantic comedy-drama “Life as We Know It” set to open Oct. 8. Hero Complex contributor Gina McIntyre sat down with Berlanti to chat about all his projects. GM: How did you come to write the script for “Green Lantern”? It’s very different from ...

Marc Guggenheim, an executive producer for “No Ordinary Family,” which premieres on ABC this fall, and a screenwriter for the 2011 feature film “Green Lantern,” hears the purists wail about the Hollywoodization of Comic-Con International, but he has a different take. He was interviewed by Hero Complex contributor Nicky Loomis. NL: What do you say to old-school souls who complain about the changing ethos of Comic-Con? MG: There are a lot of positives about it. Every year it gets bigger. I sort of feel like it’s like worrying about the weather. There’s no going back. The genie is out of the bottle. I think that Comic-Con has been more about pop culture anyway — I like to call it Omni-Con. NL: How has Hollywood’s presence at Comic-Con affected the comic book creative community? MG: One, I think that it’s been really good for comic ...

So it’s official that “Heroes” has been canceled by NBC, bringing an end to the once-high-flying show that, in most everyone’s view, tumbled down to Earth quite a while ago. But ABC and NBC each hope to recapture the “Heroes” audience with a new heroic ventures – “The Cape” and “No Ordinary Family.” Let’s take a look… – Jevon Phillips RECENT AND RELATED  Guggenheim: Chiklis brings star power to “Ordinary Family”  The Cult of Chloe: “Smallville” fans celebrate Clark”s gal pal ‘Lost’ producers vow ‘everything that matters will be answered’ SHOW TRACKER: Full coverage of upfronts George Lucas finds ‘Lost’ familiar: ‘The trick is to pretend you’ve planned the whole thing out’ ON THE SET: Hero Complex visits “Fringe” in Vancouver Clicking on Green Links will take you to a third-party e-commerce site. These sites are not operated by the Los Angeles Times. The Times Editorial staff is not involved in ...