Nick has gotten the lead role in Fox's remake of the 1950's film noir film "Moontide". The movie will be aired on TV under the name "Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye". For some wonderful spoilers and a drool worthy tale go to Emile's site.
Fox's Press Release, June 11, 1999: Production Begins On First Film From "Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang" Series
Jason Priestley (BEVERLY HILLS, 90210) directs and co-stars with Nick Lea (THE
X-FILES) and Holt McCallany ("Fight Club") in KISS TOMORROW GOODBYE, the first
film from FOX's new "Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang" series of Nineties Noir movies inspired by 20th
Century Fox classic "B" films of the '40s and '50s. Production began this week on KISS
TOMORROW GOODBYE, which will air on FOX during the 1999-2000 season, it was
announced today by Doug Herzog, President of Entertainment for FOX.
"The FOX vaults are full of wonderful films from the '40s and '50s," said Marci Pool, Senior
Vice President, Movies and Miniseries for FOX Television Productions. "There's a wealth of
wise-cracking, drop-dead gorgeous characters hell-bent on getting in and out of trouble. We're
taking those characters and stories and reworking them with a '90s perspective and a FOX
attitude."
In KISS TOMORROW GOODBYE, Dustin Yarma (Lea) is easy to envy. He has the house,
the car, the studio title, the girls and his best friend Jarred (Priestley) to share his good fortune.
But one moody summer night, that all changes. Blind drunk after a wedding, Dustin grabs one of
the girls lap dancing in the limo and goes for a moonlight walk on the beach. The next thing he
knows, he's lying on the sand in his tux being awakened by a smelly bum named Minnow
(McCallany), who's talking about the dead girl sprawled nearby. It seems Minnow witnessed
Dustin kill the girl in the heat of passion and now the police are on the way. But Minnow has a
proposal. He'll take care of the body if Dustin takes care of him. It seems a clean and easy way
for Dustin to keep the enviable life he's worked so hard to get. But things are rarely as easy as
they seem and Dustin's dirty little secret is about to turn his world upside down.
KISS TOMORROW GOODBYE is a FOX Television Studios Production. Elliot Lewis
Rosenblatt ("Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas") is producer. Jason Priestley, whose directing
credits include a documentary on the musical group Barenaked Ladies and episodes of "The
Outer Limits" and BEVERLY HILLS, 90210, directs the screenplay by Ozzie Cheek.
Here's what TV Guide has to say: Former "Beverly Hills, 90210" star
Jason Priestley has taken on the
tricky task of updating the classic
Film Noir genre with a "90s feel"
as he directs and co-stars with
Nick Lea ("The X-Files" ) and Holt
McCallany ("Fight Club" ) in the upcoming FOX
telepic "Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye."
Part of FOX's new "Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang"
series of Nineties Noir movies inspired by 20th
Century Fox classic "B" films of the 40s and '50s,
"Goodbye" will deliver the Noir elements of
suspense, ill-fated romance, and murder in a hip
Hollywood setting.
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"The FOX vaults are full of wonderful films from the
40s and 50s," said Marci Pool, Senior Vice
President, Movies and Miniseries for FOX
Television Productions. "There's a wealth of
wise-cracking, drop-dead gorgeous characters hell-bent on
getting in and out of trouble. We're taking those characters and stories and
reworking them with a 90s perspective and a FOX attitude."
"Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye" began production this week, and
will air on FOX during the 1999-2000 season.
From USA Today:
Everything noir is new again.
Spurred by the critically acclaimed L.A. Confidential, Fox is entering the realm of femmes
fatales, atmospheric lighting and quirky plot twists. The network plans to remake three of 20th
Century Fox's old B-movies for next season and hopes to do more if ratings warrent.
First up this fall is a remake of 1942's Moontide, which starred Ida Lupino and Claude Rains, to
be followed by 1936's Half Angel and 1953's Pickup On South Street, a Sam Fuller movie
starring RIchard Widmark.
"A lot of these films you've never heard of, which was more appealing," says Marci Pool of Fox
Television Productions. "With the bigger titles, you get into the Psycho problem, where you're
trying to remake something that was great. To me, if something was great, don't remake it."
Each film will be updated with a 90's sensibility. Moontide's longshoreman (convinced that he
has committed a murder) becomes a studio executive in the remake Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye.
Production began in Los Angeles Wednesday, starring Nick Lea (The X-Files) and directed by
Jason Priestly (Beverly Hills, 90210), who also appears as Lea's best friend.
Other films also will feature FOX stars, the better to attract the networks' viewers.
- Gary Levin
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