Tim Minear - tv writer, director, showrunner
So naturally whenever I hear that Tim is going to be writing for or running a new tv show, I can pretty much expect that I will enjoy it -- that is, as long as it remains on the air, which you will shortly see is a bit of a challenge when your name is Tim Minear ;)
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Dollhouse (2009)
Tim's next project
Eliza Dushku (Buffy, Tru Calling) and Tahmoh Penikett (Battlestar Galactica) as well as several other popular genre actors will star.
The show is about a futuristic laboratory that assigns different tasks to its various residents, who then have their memories erased upon the completion of their assignments.
Does Fox hate Tim Minear?
Actually, what am I talking about? We're really talking five shows. He was a consulting producer on Standoff (CANCELLED) and Executive Producer on The Inside (CANCELLED), as well.
Tim Minear Shows Cancelled by Fox
Drive (The Complete Series)
Drive is the most recent Minear-run show to get cancelled by Fox. It is also the second cancelled show starring Nathan Fillion, so maybe it's Nathan that Fox hates :) (naaah, just kidding... who could hate Nathan?)
Only six episodes were shot. Fox aired four, then pulled the show from the schedule. Then they schedule the final two eps to air on the 4th of July. Then they cancelled that and re-scheduled for July 13th. Then they cancelled them altogether and put them online. Phew... I'm dizzy just writing it.
Right now, you can download Drive from Amazon. Hopefully, it will eventually be made available on DVD as well, but since it was only six episodes I think the hope is somewhat dim.
Amazon Price: (as of 11/29/2009) 
Firefly - The Complete Series
Created by Joss Whedon and Exectuve produced by Tim Minear (he was the showrunner), Firefly is the show that just wouldn't die. It aired 11 of its 14 episodes in 2002. Fox, in their eternal wisdom, aired episodes out of order (including the pilot!).
After cancellation, Firefly went on to be a hit on DVD. Eventually Fox's loss was Universal's gain as Universal greenlit a film based upon the series, Serenity.
Amazon Price: $38.49 (as of 11/29/2009)
Wonderfalls - The Complete Series
13 episodes were filmed, but only four of them were aired on the Fox network. As usual, Fox aired the episodes out of their intended order and then switched the night it aired from Friday to Thursday without bothering to advertise the switch -- that all spells CANCELLED!
Amazon Price: $24.49 (as of 11/29/2009)
Tim Minear -- Cancelled -- Again!
- Wonderfalls Cancelled
- Tim Minear announces the cancellation of Wonderfalls.
- The Inside - Is it cancelled? You betcha!
- Tim Minear discusses The Inside's status on Fox and the will they, won't they air it question.
- Lisa de Moraes - Hate to Say It, but 'Drive' Has Reached the Finish Line - washingtonpost.com
- The early cancellation continues executive producer Tim Minear's track record of critically heralded, short-lived series at the network. That list include "Standoff," "Wonderfalls," "The Inside" and "Firefly."
Tim Minear at a Glance
Tim Minear (born October 29, 1963) is an American screenwriter and director. He was born in New York, grew up in Whittier, California, and studied film at California State University, Long Beach.
Minear was an assistant director on the film Platoon, and wrote episodes for several television series including The X-Files and Category: Lois and Clark - : The New Adventures of Superman|Lois and Clark. He later wrote, executive-produced, and directed episodes of Strange World, Angel, Firefly, Wonderfalls, and The Inside (which he also created, with Howard Gordon).
Minear had another series, Drive, a...
Tim Minear on the Web
- Tim Minear - IMDB
- Complete credits for Tim Minear on IMDB.
- TimMinear.net 5.0
- Very well put together fan website for Tim Minear
- Whedonesque : Tim+Minear
- Whedonesque is the Joss Whedon community weblog and since Tim Minear frequently works with Joss Whedon, his name comes up there quite often. This is a link to all discussions tagged as having to do with Tim.
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Blogging about Tim Minear
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- Video of the Jane Espenson and Tim Minear QMX panel. At the Creation Salute to Firefly/Serenity even...
- QMx Presents – Jane Espenson & Tim Minear talk writing at the 2009 ...
- Check out the six videos below to hear writers Jane Espenson and Tim Minear talk about Buffy the Vam...
- Tim Minear – Screenwriting Expo '05 – on Spec Scripts ...
- Tim Minear speaks at the Screenwriting Expo in 2005. Rating: 5 | Views: 694.
- Serenity Salute: Fun With Tim and Jane
- Tim Minear and Jane Espenson are well-known for the scripts they make, especially for Joss Whedon. T...
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