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  • Bob Odenkirk to star in TV series adaptation of novel Straight Man

    By Express News Service

    AMC Networks has announced that a series titled Straight Man starring Bob Odenkirk is fast in development. The series will be an adaptation of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Russo’s 1997 novel of the same name.

    Straight Man follows William Henry Devereaux Jr. (Odenkirk), the unlikely interim chairman of the English department of the extremely underfunded Railton College found in the rust belt of Pennsylvania.

    Additional cast members are yet to be announced. The series is produced by AMC along with Sony Pictures’ Television TriStar TV and Gran Via. Straight Man will mark Odenkir’s third series with AMC after Breaking Bad and its spin-off Better Call Saul.

    Aaron Zelman and Paul Lieberstein will serve as the showrunners on the project. Zelman and Lieberstein will also direct along with Odenkirk and Peter Farrelly. Author Russo will also be an executive producer alongside Naomi Odenkirk and Marc Provissiero. 

  • Bob Odenkirk back on ‘Better Call Saul’ set post heart attack

    By ANI

    WASHINGTON: Hollywood actor Bob Odenkirk confirmed on Wednesday that he has returned to work on the set of his hit TV series ‘Better Call Saul’.

    The Emmy-nominated actor suffered a heart attack and collapsed while filming the show just months ago. “Back to work on Better Call Saul! So happy to be here and living this specific life surrounded by such good people. BTW this is makeup pro Cheri Montesanto making me not ugly for shooting!” he joked on Twitter.

    In late July, this year, the actor had collapsed on the set of ‘Better Call Saul’ in Culver City, California. Days later, he took to social media to address the reports and thanked fans and loved ones for their well wishes.

    “To my family and friends who have surrounded me this week. And for the outpouring of love from everyone who expressed concern and care for me. It’s overwhelming. But I feel the love and it means so much,” he tweeted.

    “I had a small heart attack. But I’m going to be ok thanks to Rosa Estrada and the doctors who knew how to fix the blockage without surgery,” he continued in a subsequent message to fans, adding, “Also, AMC and SONYs support and help throughout this has been next-level. I’m going to take a beat to recover but I’ll be back soon.”

    The former ‘Saturday Night Live’ writer was filming the sixth and final season of the ‘Breaking Bad’ spinoff. As per Fox News, crew members called an ambulance that took the actor to a hospital, where he stayed overnight.

    Odenkirk has been nominated for four Emmys for playing the title character, a down-on-his-luck lawyer named Jimmy McGill, who becomes increasingly corrupt and adopts the pseudonym Saul Goodman.

  • Bob Odenkirk’s Nobody  slated for August 13 release

    By Express News Service

    Universal Pictures has announced that Bob Odenkirk’s much-awaited action-thriller Nobody will hit theatres in India this week on Friday.Written by John Wick writer Derek Kolstad, Nobody is directed by Ilya Naishuller.It revolves around a bystander named Hutch Mansell (Odenkirk), who when two thieves break into his suburban home one night, declines to defend himself or his family, hoping to prevent serious violence. His teenage son, Blake (Gage Munroe), is disappointed in him and his wife, Becca (Connie Nielsen), seems to pull only further away.

    The aftermath of the incident strikes a match to Hutch’s long-simmering rage, triggering dormant instincts and propelling him on a brutal path that will surface dark secrets and lethal skills. In a barrage of fists, gunfire and squealing tires, Hutch must save his family from a dangerous adversary (played by Russian actor Aleksey Serebryakov) — and ensure that he will never be underestimated as a ‘Nobody’ again.

    Nobody also features Christopher Lloyd and Connie Nielsen and Christopher Llyod in key roles. The film will release in English and Hindi on August 13. Meanwhile, Odenkirk is recovering from a heart attack he suffered last month on the sets of Better Call Saul. The actor tweeted a recovery update day before yesterday, writing “I am doing great. I’ve had my very own ‘It’s a wonderful life’ week of people insisting I make the world slightly better. Wow! Thank you, I love everyone right now but let’s keep expectations reasonable!”

  • Bob Odenkirk collapses on ‘Better Call Saul’ set, hospitalised

    By Express News Service
    Actor Bob Odenkirk collapsed on the set of Better Call Saul in New Mexico yesterday and was rushed to a hospital.

    Odenkirk was shooting for the sixth and final season of his hit tv series Better Call Saul, which started production in March. According to reports, the cause of the collapse is yet to be revealed and the actor’s present condition remains unknown.

    In the Breaking Bad spin-off series, Odenkirk reprises his role as con-man lawyer Saul Goodman. Better Call Saul focuses on the character’s transformation from the criminally-inclined Jimmy McGill to powerful criminal defense lawyer Saul. 

    The series yielded Odenkirk four Golden Globe nominations for best actor in a television series drama and four Emmy noms for outstanding lead actor in a drama series.