Production Begins in Portland, Oregon on Untitled Gus Van Sant Project Nov 14, 2009
Television productions include Fox's hit Golden Globe and Emmy award winning Best Drama Series 24; NBC's Peabody Award winning series Friday Night Lights; Fox's Lie To Me, staring Tim Roth; Fox's Emmy award winning Best Comedy Arrested Development; NBC's Miss Match; WB's Felicity; ABC's SportsNight; and HBO's From the Earth to the Moon, which won the Emmy for Outstanding Mini-Series. Imagine Entertainment's upcoming releases include the Ridley Scott directed adventure drama Robin Hood,... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Does this make your head hurt? Oct 17, 2009
As a keen follower of sci-fi, I would love for teleportation to become a reality, but can you imagine putting all our atoms and molecules back in the right order after beaming from the Earth to the Moon. Furthermore, which nutcase would volunteer to be the first. (BBC News -- UK)
Buzz Aldrin: A different kind of moon race Oct 13, 2009
And as it was told in Tom Hank's series "From The Earth To The Moon" Apollo 8 astronauts were read a short telegram from a little old lady who wrote simply. "Thank you for saving 1968". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
H.G. Wells Birthday Quiz: The Man Behind the Fiction Sep 22, 2009
From the Earth to the Moonc ... He and Jules Verne the author of From the Earth to the Moon have each been called the "father of science fiction.". (National Geographic)
FX series creators talk about the plight of the writer Aug 22, 2009
Another member of the panel was Graham Yost, who created a series, "Lawman," for FX and "Boomtown" for NBC. He has writing and producing credits for HBO's acclaimed miniseries "From the Earth to the Moon," "Band of Brothers" and "John Adams," and for "The Pacific," which premieres in 2010. All told, a pretty stellar lineup, and when questions about NBC's decision to cut out the 10 p.m. hour came up, there was no shortage of takers. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
FX keeps edge in race for cable viewers Aug 11, 2009
Two series already picked up are the wonderfully funny and perverse new animated comedy, "Archer," which could premiere before the end of 2009, and "Lawman," starring Timothy Olyphant and executive produced by Graham Yost, the respected writer and producer of far-flung projects like "Boomtown," "Band of Brothers," "From the Earth to the Moon" and the upcoming HBO miniseries "The Pacific." "Lawman" will air in 2010. Landgraf said there's a good chance the four pilots that weren't picked up may... (San Francisco Chronicle)
With 'Defying Gravity,' Ron Livingston is walking on air Jul 31, 2009
By Gary Strauss, USA TODAY Ron Livingston practically camped outside a casting director's office for a chance to land on 's 1998 astronaut-centered miniseries, From the Earth to the Moon. "I was too young for any of the roles," says Livingston, at 42 no longer Earth-bound in ABC's Defying Gravity, a summer drama premiering Sunday (10 ET/PT). (USA Today -- Life)
* Behind the lunar landings, flights of fantasy Jul 19, 2009
In Jules Vernes novel From the Earth to the Moon (1865) three adventurers hurtle toward the moon in a projectile fired from a giant cannon ... The feature film From the Earth to the Moon (1958), starring Joseph Cotten, is a more faithful adaptation of Vernes works. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
An 'evolutionary milestone' Jul 19, 2009
Their most monumental task involved building behemoth machines capable of catapulting astronauts from the Earth to the moon and returning them home. The end product: NASA's Saturn V moon rocket. (Florida Today)
Our views: Luring Hollywood Jul 18, 2009
From the Earth to the Moon, an award-winning HBO miniseries, also was filmed in 1998 with Hanks. Meanwhile, Brevard was the backdrop for the Meryl Streep-Robert De Niro drama Marvins Room in 1996, while parts of Jaws III were filmed on the Minutemen Causeway in Cocoa Beach. (Florida Today)
Relive the Apollo 11 mission Jul 13, 2009
It will track the capsules route from the Earth to the Moon, ending with the moon landing and Armstrongs walk in real time but 40 years later. Internet visitors will be able to see animated recreations of key events from the four-day mission, including when Apollo 11 first orbits the moon and when the lunar module separates from the command module, as well as browse video clips and photos and hear the radio transmission between the astronauts and Nasa flight controllers. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Useless Knowledge: Tom or Ron? May 15, 2009
Who directed an episode of "From the Earth to the Moon". 8. (Montana Standard, MT)
18 more reasons to skip traditional TV, go DVD Apr 28, 2009
"From the Earth to the Moon," "Band of Brothers" and "Generation Kill," HBO. All of them are stunning on various levels, each packed with wonderful writing, superb acting, realism and believable characters. From American involvement in space, to our involvement in a war we didn't start and one we did. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Five Sci-Fi Ideas That Became Reality Mar 27, 2009
Jules Verne published "From the Earth to the Moon" in 1865. In 1901, H.G. Wells' "The First Men in the Moon" was published, and the two inspired the first science fiction film, Georges Melies' "A Trip to the Moon.". (Fox News)
Major Tom... Hanks Mar 26, 2009
who has worked on the Hanks-produced HBO miniseries From the Earth to the Moon and Band of Brothers, will pen the script. Hanks and his Playtone partner will produce, reports Variety. (IGN FilmForce)
