Friday, July 12, 2013
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Chicago Fire 1x23 Promo "Let Her Go" / First look on Chicago PD
Watch the promo for "Let Her Go" to get a first look on Chicago PD and don't forget to tune in on May 15, 2013!!
Chicago PD: Personal lives of Police at the heart of Spinoff
"‘Chicago Fire” producers were scouting the old Monroe District police station for their upcoming spinoff when someone noticed a framed photo in what had been the commander’s office.
The man in the photo was Chicago Police officer Brian Strouse, 33, fatally shot by a gang member in a Pilsen alley in 2001.
The show’s writers wanted to know more. They talked to a couple of officers who were with Strouse the night he was gunned down.
“It’s still a very difficult memory for them,” said “Chicago Fire” showrunner Matt Olmstead, an executive producer of the spinoff, “Chicago PD.” “You see these tough cops get quiet. It was a real defining moment for the show in terms of what we’re trying to do: to tell stories about what the cops go through personally, how they approach the job and how they interact with each other. That’s the heart of it.”
The man in the photo was Chicago Police officer Brian Strouse, 33, fatally shot by a gang member in a Pilsen alley in 2001.
The show’s writers wanted to know more. They talked to a couple of officers who were with Strouse the night he was gunned down.
“It’s still a very difficult memory for them,” said “Chicago Fire” showrunner Matt Olmstead, an executive producer of the spinoff, “Chicago PD.” “You see these tough cops get quiet. It was a real defining moment for the show in terms of what we’re trying to do: to tell stories about what the cops go through personally, how they approach the job and how they interact with each other. That’s the heart of it.”
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SOURCE: Chicago SunTimes
Monday, May 13, 2013
Chicago Fire's May 15 episode "Let Her Go" previews Chicago PD
"By now fans of "Chicago Fire" know that NBC is creating a police-focused spinoff of the series called "Chicago PD." Tune in to this Wednesday's episode of "Chicago Fire" to get a sneak peek of the new series.
In "Let Her Go," debuting at 9 p.m. CT May 15, Jon Seda returns as Det. Antonio Dawson and Jason Beghe is back as Det. Hank Voight. In the episode, Casey (Jesse Spencer) is forced to team up with the Intelligence Unit, now run by crooked cop Voight (Beghe), who served at stint in prison after Casey helped take him down earlier in the season.
The episode features other characters from the new series, including Chicago PD Officer Jim Barnes (Scott Eastwood), Det. Julia Willhite (Melissa Sagemiller), Officer John Elam (Kelly Blatz), Kevin Atwater (LaRoyce Hawkins) and Officer Nicole Sermons (Tania Raymonde).
In the episode’s other storylines, Shay’s (Lauren German) excitement at the prospect of becoming a parent grows, while Mills (Charlie Barnett) and Dawson (Monica Raymund) face some personal challenges. Meanwhile, the firehouse comes together to support the opening of Molly’s. Taylor Kinney, David Eigneberg and Eamonn Walker also star."
Click Here for the full article.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune / Curt Wagner / RedEye
In "Let Her Go," debuting at 9 p.m. CT May 15, Jon Seda returns as Det. Antonio Dawson and Jason Beghe is back as Det. Hank Voight. In the episode, Casey (Jesse Spencer) is forced to team up with the Intelligence Unit, now run by crooked cop Voight (Beghe), who served at stint in prison after Casey helped take him down earlier in the season.
The episode features other characters from the new series, including Chicago PD Officer Jim Barnes (Scott Eastwood), Det. Julia Willhite (Melissa Sagemiller), Officer John Elam (Kelly Blatz), Kevin Atwater (LaRoyce Hawkins) and Officer Nicole Sermons (Tania Raymonde).
In the episode’s other storylines, Shay’s (Lauren German) excitement at the prospect of becoming a parent grows, while Mills (Charlie Barnett) and Dawson (Monica Raymund) face some personal challenges. Meanwhile, the firehouse comes together to support the opening of Molly’s. Taylor Kinney, David Eigneberg and Eamonn Walker also star."
Click Here for the full article.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune / Curt Wagner / RedEye
Sunday, May 12, 2013
'Chicago Fire' Co-Creator Derek Haas Interview, talks Renewal and Spin off
(This was posted on the Chicago Tribune site on May 2, 2013. Chicago PD has been made official.)
Q: What can you tell me about the possible police-themed spin-off that you're testing out in an episode of "Chicago Fire" (airing in two weeks)?
A: Last fall, when we first introduced two cops on the show, Dick Wolf — half with a smile on his face — said, "You know, we could do a cop show!" And Dick's a great writer himself, so he was already talking to the network: What if we did this? What if we did that? And I think as they picked shows for pilot season, they realized, "Oh, we don't have something like 'Chicago Fire' this year," and I think they called Dick back and said, "So what would that cop show look like?"
We already had a story line in the 23rd episode we knew would involve the police, so all that was involved was making that bigger. It's not the finale, by the way, which is what everybody's reporting. All this happens in the penultimate episode.
Q: With the exception of "Southland," which probably isn't coming back, you don't see those kinds of workaday cop shows anymore.
A: Exactly. The cop shows have been like, "Here's the detective who can always tell when you're lying!" or "This is the unit that only tracks down serial killers!" Our thing was, Matt, Michael and I spent four days riding around with cops and detectives and we got to see the inner workings of the police department, and it was like, why isn't this a show? The same way that we did it with the fire department, there's a show in what it means to be a policeman in Chicago. So that's what we're going for.
I will say that the "Chicago Fire" experience helped us in telling the network, "You can do a show like this." Because I think if we had just come in and said we wanted to do a police show in Chicago, they would have said, "What's the hook?" That's the big expression. But we were like: No, it's going to be day-in-the-life of Chicago policemen.
If we do this right, as Dick Wolf said, it'll be like Dickens' London, where we can have a character appear on both shows. There's a way to do it where these characters just intertwine. And the only way to do that is both shows shooting in Chicago, shooting close by, having the same people in charge.
Click Here for the full interview.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune / Nina Metz
Q: What can you tell me about the possible police-themed spin-off that you're testing out in an episode of "Chicago Fire" (airing in two weeks)?
A: Last fall, when we first introduced two cops on the show, Dick Wolf — half with a smile on his face — said, "You know, we could do a cop show!" And Dick's a great writer himself, so he was already talking to the network: What if we did this? What if we did that? And I think as they picked shows for pilot season, they realized, "Oh, we don't have something like 'Chicago Fire' this year," and I think they called Dick back and said, "So what would that cop show look like?"
We already had a story line in the 23rd episode we knew would involve the police, so all that was involved was making that bigger. It's not the finale, by the way, which is what everybody's reporting. All this happens in the penultimate episode.
Q: With the exception of "Southland," which probably isn't coming back, you don't see those kinds of workaday cop shows anymore.
A: Exactly. The cop shows have been like, "Here's the detective who can always tell when you're lying!" or "This is the unit that only tracks down serial killers!" Our thing was, Matt, Michael and I spent four days riding around with cops and detectives and we got to see the inner workings of the police department, and it was like, why isn't this a show? The same way that we did it with the fire department, there's a show in what it means to be a policeman in Chicago. So that's what we're going for.
I will say that the "Chicago Fire" experience helped us in telling the network, "You can do a show like this." Because I think if we had just come in and said we wanted to do a police show in Chicago, they would have said, "What's the hook?" That's the big expression. But we were like: No, it's going to be day-in-the-life of Chicago policemen.
If we do this right, as Dick Wolf said, it'll be like Dickens' London, where we can have a character appear on both shows. There's a way to do it where these characters just intertwine. And the only way to do that is both shows shooting in Chicago, shooting close by, having the same people in charge.
Click Here for the full interview.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune / Nina Metz
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