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Wednesday, May 25, 2011

May 25: KC In a Family Feud (No, Not the Game Show)

Kevin Costner will be part of "The Hatfields & the McCoys," a miniseries about the infamous family rivalry that will be filmed for the History Channel.

Let's hope this one goes better than the History Channel's first try at a miniseries - the hatchet job on the Kennedys that the network ultimately did not run when serious accuracy and bias questions were asked.

It's not the most encouraging news that the producer is Leslie Greif, whose only scripted success was the television series "Walker, Texas Ranger," which starred Chuck Norris.

But more encouraging is the news that Ted Mann, who worked behind the scenes on such programs as "NYPD Blue" and "Deadwood," wrote the script for this one.

I must admit, I would have been much happier to see KC work on that other miniseries, "A Little War of Our Own," that he initially had planned for HBO. But we'll see how this goes.

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

May 17, 2011: Super Dad and New Doc

By Sylvia Gurinsky

Sorry, fellow Costner fans. I know it's been a while since the last post, and a lot has happened. Life happens, which is why I haven't been updating the blog.

Of course, it has been well publicized that Kevin Costner will play Jonathan Kent, father of Clark Kent, in "Man of Steel." (Incidentally, Glenn Ford played the character as "Pa Kent" in the terrific 1978 film "Superman.")

These days, superhero movies tend to take on lives of their own with rumors and counter-rumors, so the focus here will be exclusively on KC's role until the movie is released.

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If you visit southern California, you don't have to wait for "Man of Steel" to catch KC in a new production. He's narrated a new documentary about the Channel Islands, part of the National Park Service.

Also, "The Company Men" DVD will be released June 7. It will include various extras, including deleted scenes, an alternate ending, a making-of documentary and commentary by John Wells, the movie's director. It can already be pre-ordered online, of course.