Back on August 31st, Steve Timko wrote: > > Amazon is streaming “Sneaky Pete,” a pilot developed by Bryan Cranston > for CBS, who passed. It stumbles in parts and moves predictably in > others but overall I enjoyed it. I hope Amazon picks it up. > The title refers to an inmate who bores with cellmate Marius (Giovanni > Ribisi) with endless discussion of his childhood with his > grandparents. Marius gets released from prison owing a boatload of > money to a bad guy and decides to lay low by posing as Pete and > visiting Pete’s grandparents. He had plans of getting money from them > too. But instead of being in the financial bonds business as the real > Pete remembers, they’re in the bail bond business and hardly well off. > But the faux Pete fits in well here and can help them track down > criminals because he is one. > Added to the mix is a hot blonde who looked up to Pete as a child. > Supposedly she’s his cousin. But we know differently. > For me it goes awry when the plot turns a little preposterous. Still > it moves along fairly believably. It’s a solid cast. I can’t think of > the last time I’ve liked Ribisi in a performance. The real Pete’s > grandparents are played by a villainess from “Justified” and a judge > from “The Wire.” Cranston even makes a small appearance, although he > seems a little over-the-top. > I’m not sure how they could get 22 episodes out of this, but it would > probably work fine streaming on Amazon. >
That's Margo Martindale and Marin Ireland he's referring to near the end. They've got their series, the studio chief announced today (4). 'Toob of the pilot included. THR <http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/official-amazon-orders-sneaky-pete-836810> (link) B -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
