RON HOWARD

Ronald William "Ron" Howard (born March 1, 1954) is an Academy Award-winning American director and producer as well as an actor. Howard came to prominence in the 1960s while playing Andy Griffith's TV son, Opie Taylor, on The Andy Griffith Show (credited as Ronny Howard), and later in the 1970s as Howard Cunningham's son and Arthur Fonzarelli's best friend, Richie Cunningham, on Happy Days (a role he played from 1974 to 1980). Since retiring from acting, he has directed many films including Apollo 13, A Beautiful Mind, Frost/Nixon, The Da Vinci Code, and its upcoming sequel, Angels and Demons. (via Wikipedia)

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Ron Howard and His Comic Book Dreams

via latinoreview.com ( 56 Days ago )
Ron Howard has had a busy year with his films and hitting theaters. But that doesn't mean that he hasn't been busy thinking about future projects. Speaking to the LA Times, Howard revealed some of his excitement about adapting the Image Comics series, The Strange Adventures of H.P. Lovecraft, for the big screen. "Look, it's challenging, but if we get it right, it could be really [...]

Ron Howard Talks The Strange Adventures of H.P. Lovecraft

via firstshowing.net ( 58 Days ago )
Though we've known that Ron Howard was going to be at the helm of an adaptation of Image Comics series The Strange Adventures of H.P. Lovecraft, we haven't really found out any details regarding his approach to the story about a wimpy writer who becomes a bad-ass fighter of all things supernatural (hence the H.P. Lovecraft aspect). This is a new experience for Ron Howard as he steps [...]

Right Now on TV Squad

via cinematical.com ( 62 Days ago )
Our brothers and sisters over at TV Squad have busted through the boob tube and brought with them the following juicy bits of must-see eye candy. While a lot of people don't see anything funny about filing their taxes, Ron Howard is hoping to find comedy at the IRS in his new sitcom. Is that guy really saying "plucking?" Here's a news anchor using some questionable language. [...]

Ron Howard coming back to TV to make the IRS funny

via tvsquad.com ( 65 Days ago )
The last time Opie got involved in a television show, we wound up with Arrested Development. Now he's hoping he can bring back the funny, maybe this time with ratings. FOX has picked up a penalty-heavy pilot commitment for Ron Howard's new multi-camera IRS-based sitcom.Think of it as a classic workplace comedy modeled after the Taxi formula. And we'll have the added fact that the [...]

TV News Bites: Ron Howard’s IRS Comedy; Ray Wise in Dollhouse; Helen Hunt Joins Parenthood

via slashfilm.com ( 66 Days ago )
Got some brief TV news today, leading off with a project from Ron Howard that returns the filmmaker and Arrested Development producer to television comedy. THR reports that Howard has landed a pilot commitment at Fox for a multicamera workplace comedy set in an IRS office. (Cue cries of surprise about Arrested Development alums working once more with Fox, but execs reportedly loved [...]

Angels and Demons DVD review

via telegraph.co.uk ( 66 Days ago )
Ron Howard; Tom Hanks Ewan McGregor Ayelet Zure. Rating:

Fox Takes on New Ron Howard Comedy

via comingsoon.net ( 66 Days ago )
A new comedy from Ron Howard ("Arrested Development") set at an Internal Revenue Service district office has landed at Fox. The pilot will be written by Brent Forrester, writer/director of NBC's "The Office." Forrester and Howard are executive producing with Imagine's Brian Grazer and David Nevins. "The one thing that unites all Americans is their suspicion and hatred for the IRS," [...]

Brooklyn Organization Suing Town for Defamation of Mermaids

via gothamist.com ( 88 Days ago )
You may have to suspend disbelief here, but we assure you this is real life; you didn't just wake up in a 1984 Ron Howard film. Somewhat recently there were multiple mermaid sightings off the coast of Kiryat Yam (near Haifa in Northern Israel) which prompted the town to offer up a $1 million reward for anyone who could prove the mythical creature exists. Once this news traveled [...]

Gus van Sant Gets Restless

via comingsoon.net ( 90 Days ago )
Gus van Sant is in negotiations with Columbia Pictures to develop and direct Restless , an original screenplay by first-time screenwriter Jason Lew, says The Hollywood Reporter . Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Bryce Howard will produce for Imagine Entertainment. The logline is being kept under wraps, though it is described as contemporary and distinctive take on young love. The [...]

Bryce Dallas Howard is Bangin’

via buzznet.com ( 111 Days ago )
Twilght’s latest star Bryce Dallas Howard is all smiles as she sports some new bangs in Beverly Hills on Saturday (August 1). The 28-year-old daughter of director Ron Howard stopped to sign some autographs after she finished her workout at a gym. Other pictures include Bryce leaving a medical building in Hollywood on Friday (July 31). Bryce recently was cast [...]