MCG

Joseph "McG" McGinty Nichol (born August 9, 1968) is an American film and television producer and director. He was nicknamed McG from birth to differentiate him from his uncle and grandfather, both of whom are also named Joe

Impressed with McG's recent flashy and energetic videos, Drew Barrymore approached McG about directing a Charlie's Angels film. He accepted, wanting to take on bigger projects, and pitched the movie to studio executives, who later green-lighted the project. The film was released in 2000 and went on to gross well over $200 million worldwide with mixed critical reception from critics and fans alike. A sequel immediately followed, and, although not as successful as the first, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle made over $200 million worldwide as well.

His next work was We Are Marshall, a sports drama film. He is currently in post-production on the next installment of the Terminator franchise: Terminator Salvation. McG is next expected to direct a prequel to 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea for Disney, and then a fifth Terminator sequel. He wants Will Smith for Captain Nemo.

For his television work, McG created Fastlane, which was eventually canceled but is now available on home video. He is also an executive producer on The Mountain, The O.C., the Pussycat Dolls Present: series, Supernatural, and Chuck, the latter of which he directed the Pilot and all of which are co-produced with his production company, Wonderland Sound and Vision. He was the executive producer for the WB Television Network's new online portal as well. One of the series, Sorority Forever, is produced in conjunction with Big Fantastic, the creators of the online series Prom Queen.

In December 11, 2008, McG was awarded the Kodak filmmaker of the year by CineAsia (via Wikipedia)

From The Blogsphere

Moon Bloodgood Wearing Nothing But Rain! And Pants

via iwatchstuff.com ( 23 Days ago )
When McG started making Terminator Salvation, he went in wanting, first and foremost, to correct what he believed was the biggest shortcoming he showed in his work on the Charlie's Angel films: this time, he would see a bare boob. So, the director told Terminator star Moon Bloodgood that rain makes things artistic, and got the actress to take her top off for a few seconds in one [...]

10.8 The Cooler

via uproxx.com ( 45 Days ago )
We’ve Got An APB Out On The Name Of This Butter Pecan Bloody Mary Buffalo Wings [The Bachelor Guy] Why Every Man Needs a Butcher [Men Style] Use Toilet Before Boarding, Japan Airline Asks [CNN] Trick-or-Puke! [Maxim] A Case Of Morals [Ill Doctrine] Jamal Still Fades ‘Em All in 2009 [33Jones] The Drake Theory [FWMJ] Nike Air Max 95 Snakeskin [CS] Claire’s Inevitable [...]

MPAA Rates Terminator Salvation Director’s Cut R For ‘Some Violence and Brief Nudity’

via slashfilm.com ( 88 Days ago )
That man McG seems to change his story an awful lot. I can’t even unravel all of the threads of argument about the rating for Terminator Salvation (something… about… pizza?) but I do recall that, at various times, it was either fully intentional or fully unintentional that Moon Bloodgood’s infamous breast-baring not be part of the final cut. And how much [...]

McG Talks About His Plans for Terminator 5 & 20,000 Leagues

via firstshowing.net ( 107 Days ago )
Coming out of this summer, I'm not sure McG will be a director most people are excited to see more from, but he might be able to redeem himself. McG talked with both IGN and RadioFree recently and opened up about his plans for both Terminator 5 and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, which are both in active development. "I'm prepping 20,000 Leagues every day, but I'm concurrently prepping [...]

Sam Worthington Likely As McG’s Nemo, Updates on Terminator 5

via slashfilm.com ( 107 Days ago )
McG has been hyping the upcoming TV series Human Target on the TCA press tour and by the by discussing his plans for another Terminator and also his 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea adaptation. Previously, McG had suggested he had Will Smith in mind for the role of Captain Nemo. Of course, Nemo is an Indian in the books, and Smith is not so it was clear that McG was willing to take [...]

McG Admits Terminator Salvation Didn’t Satisfy Fans

via screencrave.com ( 107 Days ago )
After this summer’s lukewarm response to Terminator Salvation, fans began to wonder what could be done to repair the franchise. A fifth Terminator is already in the works, but will it be able to save us from the blunders us its predecessor? IGN recently spoke with director McG about the fourth and fifth installment of the series to let us in on what went wrong, and what he’s [...]

McG Talks T5

via ign.com ( 107 Days ago )
Terminator Salvation director McG spoke to the press after this week's Human Target panel at the TCAs about the lackluster domestic box office performance of Salvation and what to expect from Terminator 5. He also name-dropped who he wants to play the title role in his next project, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Captain Nemo.

McG Is Sinking To 20,000 Leagues

via latinoreview.com ( 107 Days ago )
Terminator Salvation might have been a $200 million dollar exercise in ruining continuity, but it managed to pull in $341 million to date and will undoubtedly lead to a fifth Terminator film. Just not directly. What's coming up next from the now-blockbuster director is a remake of Disney's first live action film, 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea. McG broke radio silence to RadioFree, [...]

Cameron Diaz Is Game, But Not Hopeful, For A Third 'Charlie's Angels'

via mtv.com ( 109 Days ago )
Remember the "Charlie's Angels" movies? Directed by McG? Starring Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu and Cameron Diaz? No? Could be because it's been more than half a decade since the second movie in the series, 2003's "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle." It wasn't half-bad either, especially if you're into the whole "grrl power" blockbuster vibe. So where has the series gone? "Full Throttle" [...]

Sam Worthington Elected The Candidate

via latinoreview.com ( 124 Days ago )
Austrialian actor Sam Worthington has yet to show that star power that McG (Terminator Salvation), James Cameron (Avatar) and Louis Leterrier (Clash Of The Titans) have seen in him, but he continues to be attached to projects of some note. I guess we'll have to wait for Avatar to make sweet love to our eyes this December.Until then, we continue to follow the man and his cinematic [...]