Sons of Anarchy Creator Developing New Comedy for FX

Kurt Sutter, the creator of FX's Sons of Anarchy, has just sold a script to the network for a new comedy called Diva. Clown. Killer.

EW.com describes the story as a "dark, absurd comedy about an '80s has-been rock diva, her dysfunctional son who makes his living as kid’s party clown, and of course, an assassin." Sons of Anarchy star (and Sutter's wife) Katey Sagal will executive produce the project alongside Belle Zwerdling. Sagal could also potentially star, depending on her work schedule.

"I look at [Sons of Anarchy] as being an intense drama, where the murder and mayhem are made palatable by absurd, dark humor," explained Sutter. "This half-hour will be an absurd, dark comedy, where the story is fueled by murder and mayhem."

Should the script go to pilot, Sutter would hire a showrunner so he could continue working on SOA.

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Arrested Development Creator Talks Season 4

Arrested Development's highly anticipated fourth season went into production earlier last month, with Netflix set to premiere the new episodes next spring.

In a recent interview with Vulture, show creator Mitchell Hurwitz offered an update on the revival, which is set to focus on a specific character for each episode. Explained Hurwitz, "It's almost an anthology version of the show with each episode focusing on a particular character and where they've been since the family fell apart six years ago." The creator added that didn't mean you'd only see one Bluth per episode, as some other folks would be popping up in other people's stories as well.

As for the possibility of additional AD content, Hurwitz continued, "Our initial order is for ten [episodes], but the beauty of Netflix is that we theoretically have an opportunity to provide more material for them..."

For years, Hurwitz was trying to get an Arrested Development movie off the ground and he noted that was still what he hoped would happen. "The [new] episodes are an outgrowth of the design of what we hope will be the movie. They precede it. They function as an act one of a movie that we all want to do, but haven't 'sold' yet."

While Netflix originally announced that it would be releasing all ten episodes at once, Hurwitz said that may not necessarily be the case. "I actually think the strategy for release is up in the air," he noted. "I know Netflix at one point was talking about streaming them all at once, because that's how they've done it with other shows, and it's their choice."

Perhaps we'll be getting weekly installments of Arrested Development after all? Let us hear what you think in the comments below!

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PAX: Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes Demo Impressions

Today at PAX, Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima unveiled the first gameplay of Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes, which he called a "prologue" to Metal Gear Solid 5.

The Fox Engine driven "current gen" gameplay demo first shown last week in Tokyo offers a first look at who is presumably Big Boss and new vehicle gameplay, but more importantly we now know what the next Metal Gear Solid game will look like running. Here it is if you haven't watched it already.

First and foremost, the demo shows off the muscle of Fox Engine, looking as next-gen as anything could (Kojima again reiterated that this was not a tech demo, but a true gameplay demo for current-gen systems). The non-gameplay but "in-engine" pre-roll introduces an unidentified man making his way through a high-security base, possibly a camp of the Les Enfant Terrible. The internet is already speculating that this man is Volgin. We want to throw another guess out there - could this instead be The Fury, who burned to "death" in Metal Gear Solid 3?

Volgin or The Fury? Someone else?

Regardless, we're next shown a child in a cage - Paz - who appears to have headphones plugged into her chest (she unplugs them, replugging them into an old walkman). She's betrayed the man somehow. He tells the girl to give his regards to her "Boss" (yes, capital B in sub-titles) as he leaves.

The scarred man pulls away in a jeep convoy, a helicopter buzzing overhead, both of which foreshadow the use of vehicles in Ground Zeroes.

Next up: Snake or Big Boss? He's credited and addressed as Snake in the demo, but it makes more sense based on the "prologue" timeline, that and his eye-patch is on his right eye.

Yes, it's been too long.

Being called Snake works for Big Boss as well considering that Snake is Big Boss' codename. It could be either, as they both appear to be eluded to in the below on-screen quote, "From 'FOX', two phantoms were born." We're going to go out on a limb and call him Big Boss.

Big Boss or Snake?

We see the stealth mechanics in play here for the first time, crouching through the base, avoiding spotlights and taking out a guard with a silenced pistol. We also see Big Boss grab a jeep, and quickly reverse himself out of sight. It's during this section that we see a high-tech tracking device, called a 1Droid in the upper left corner (in beta version 1.02, no less). One crazy theory we have is this could possibly imply either Vita second-screen options, or even crazier, Wii U possibilities. Or maybe iPad? Smart glass? Or it's just a fancy Metal Gear Google map. I know, we're nuts.

That's right: Droid, not Apple.

Grand Theft Solid.

The demo closes with Big Boss catching a lift on a chopper, which Kojima said would serve as a means to travel between missions, and even different countries in the game. The vehicles featured customize-able music, with "Flight of the Valkyries" providing a dramatic backdrop for the demo. Kojima noted that the volume of the music will effect if you're discovered.

Flares are your friend.

So what do you think? Will we be playing as Big Boss? Snake? If so, which ones? And who's the scarred man at the beginning? And why does Pax listen to her body with headphones? So many questions! Right or wrong, tell us what you think in the comments below and let's figure this out.

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