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With the Ted Bundy primer covered off (listen), it’s time for Jenn and I to dig into our first Ted Bundy adaptation.

Writer/director Matthew Bright is…an acquired taste. The man behind the Freeway films (which Trace Thurman and I have covered on Horror Queers) has a tendency to blur the boundaries of “good taste” with his mix of comedy, violence, sex and exploitation.

This is certainly applicable to Ted Bundy (2002), which Bright co-wrote with Stephen Johnston. The film is part of a glut of fictionalized true crime films of the early aughts.

In the case of Ted Bundy, there’s a *partial* attempt at covering the real story. Aside from Bundy, all of the names have been changed, but several key incidents, including the Lake Sammamish double murder, as well as the attempted mall abduction, are recreated here.

But Bright and Johnston can’t help indulging in...

"Your daughter always has red eyes!" "Doesn't your child have memory problems?" Gravitas has unveiled an official trailer for a wild, weed comedy called Fourth Grade, from a Brazilian director named Marcelo Galvão. This was made in the US and after premiering at one fest in 2021 hasn't been released until now. When a brick of weed is found in a fourth-grade classroom, the students' parents gather in an emergency meeting full of accusations and intrigue. Uproarious chaos will quickly follow after some of them agree to share a joint. In the process, fragile and obscure secrets are revealed, and perspectives begin to shift... The weed problem is exposed as hypocrisy, and heartfelt truths & camaraderie blossom. Of course. The film stars William Baldwin, Teri Polo, Mena Suvari, Boti Bliss, Ben Begley, Challen Cates, and Roland Kickinger. This looks so bad, surprise surprise folks, but at least they start smoking up and letting loose.

Exclusive: Gravitas Ventures on Wednesday announced their acquisition of North American rights to Fourth Grade, a comedy starring William Baldwin (Backdraft), Teri Polo (Meet the Parents), Mena Suvari (American Beauty) and Ben Begley (For All Mankind) that will be released on demand and in theaters in around 10 markets on July 14.

Written and directed by Brazil’s Marcelo Galvão, Fourth Grade takes place at a prestigious, private, Catholic elementary school, where a principal and a drama teacher gather the parents of the 4th grade students to discuss an alarming situation: a brick of marijuana found in the theater class. To protect the school’s reputation, they need to expel the kid responsible for the weed.

10 wealthy parents from Pacific Palisades, CA and Eddie (Ben Begley), an outsider whose daughter just won a scholarship, arrive at the meeting. And after an aggressive discussion, the principal and the drama teacher leave the room.

Teri Polo, William Baldwin, Mena Suvari, and Robert Pine have been tapped to star in Fourth Grade B, a comedy-drama written by Marcelo Galvão. The indie is an American remake of Galvão’s 2005 Brazilian feature Quarta B. It’s described as a satirical portrayal of a private school’s emergency meeting filled with accusations and intrigue, as each parent tries to protect their own child and the uproarious chaos that follows the decision to light up a joint. Pamela Dunlap, Roland Kickinger, Ben Begley, Challen Cates, Taja V. Simpson, Boti Bliss, Rob Norton, Kelli Daniels, Jamison Jones, and Jiu-Jitsu celebrity trainer Rigan Machado co-star. Galvão produced the Wolf in a Pack production pic with Gabriela Kulaif and executive producers Giordano Biagi and Caio Vecchio. Galvão’s credits...

When Eric and Marsha break off their long-term relationship, journalist Eric (Brian Krause) is able to weather it pretty well. He still has his long time canine companion Gabe, and his boss, Ms. Andrews, wants to send him to London to open an office. But first Ms Andrews says Eric must find out the true identity of the best-selling author Rl Dutton. A bigger obstacle for Eric's trip, however, comes from his dog. Gabe does not want to face six months in quarantine with big pit bulls and mastiffs waiting for an Ok to the UK. Getting ideas from a pretty TV host, Gabe acts as Cupid Dog, doing his best to bring Eric and their neighbor Sara (Boti Bliss) together. Gabe's plan works, only to go up in smoke when Eric realizes Sara is the mysterious author. Now Sara thinks Eric was just using her for a story before leaving for London.

Network: CBS

Episodes: 232 (hour)

Seasons: 10

TV show dates: September 23, 2002 -- April 8, 2012

Series status: Cancelled

Performers include: David Caruso, Emily Procter, Adam Rodriguez, Khandi Alexander, Rex Linn, Jonathan Togo, Eva La Rue, Boti Bliss, Sofia Milos, Rory Cochrane, Brendan Fehr, Brian Poth, and David Lee Smith.

TV show description:

A team of Miami-Dade Police Department forensic scientists investigate the circumstances behind unusual deaths and crimes.

Lieutenant Horatio Caine (David Caruso) leads the CSI team and is a forensic analyst and former bomb squad officer.

Past and present members of his team include ballistics specialist Calleigh Duquesne (Emily Procter), fingerprint and drug identification expert Eric Delko (Adam Rodriguez), medical examiner Dr. Alexx Woods (Khandi Alexander), young officer Ryan Wolfe (Jonathan Togo), Homicide Detective Frank Tripp...

Calleigh (Emily Procter) and Ryan (Jonathan Togo) answer a 911 call and give chase to a suspect. Think this is the first in a chase scene for Calleigh. I'm sure the heels of her boots kept changing, everytime the shots were replaced with her stuntwoman. Calleigh finds the suspect in the swimming pool, pretending to be swimming but the pool water turns red from the blood on his pants. Horatio (David Caruso) joins them in the chase and his stuntman was so obvious from the back. Can't beat CSI:ny for chase scenes! Horatio comments that "maybe he's still here." The boy denies killing the girl but he's caught out since no one mentioned any girl as Calleigh tells him. The news reports the death of Summer Davenport. The suspect, Zach (Eric Jungmann) who is homeless, says he climbed in through an open window and never saw her. Tripp (Rex Linn) says...

Summit Entertainment has acquired their second Naomi Watts movie in one week. (They nabbed Fair Game in late April.) The studio has picked up The Impossible, Watts' film with Ewan McGregor, which revolves around the devastating 2004 tsunami in Thailand. [THR] It's always sunny in Cupertino: Apple has announced they have sold more than one million iPads since the device went on sale April 3. Yes, but when will they get to work on the iHoverBike? [Apple] Megan Park (The Secret Life of the American Teenager), David Charvet (Melrose Place), and Boti Bliss (CSI: Miami) have been tapped to star in the lifetime movie The Perfect Teacher.

Lifetime Movie Network has lined up the cast for its latest movie "The Perfect Teacher."

Megan Park ("The Secret Life of the American Teenager") will star as a spoiled high school student who becomes obsessed with seducing her teacher (David Charvet of "Melrose Place"). Boti Bliss ("CSI: Miami") has been cast as Charvet's girlfriend.

The Thrill Films and Capital Prods. project began production last month; the film is set for release this year. Park is repped by Paradigm, Charvet is repped by Chasin Agency, and Bliss is repped by Stone Manners/McGowan Management.

Meanwhile, Michael Badalucco ("The Practice") has booked a recurring role on HBO drama series "Boardwalk Empire." He's repped by Stone Manners/McGowan.

Got tips on TV industry news? Contact Hollywood Reporter TV Editor James Hibberd at james.hibberd@thr.com...

There will be another murder case to be solved on the next episode of "CSI: Miami". As revealed in a new preview of episode 7.09, a very cruel killer is on the loose in Miami and the team of Miami-Dade Police Department forensic scientists must solve a murder case before the suspect claims another victim.

Entitled "Power Trip", the episode reveals how the main character Horatio Caine, played by David Caruso, deals with murder cases of a savage killer who runs rampant in the city. At the same time, it also shows how Horatio must intervene to stop a member of the police force from getting too close to the case.

Recurring actor Boti Bliss will make another appearance on the "Power Trip" episode along with guest stars, Tanner Blaze and J.P. Pitoc. The episode 7.09 is scheduled to air on CBS network on November 24 at 10/9c.

"Pulse 2: Afterlife", a direct-to-video sequel to "Pulse", is just around the corner as it is scheduled to be outed in DVD on September 30, 2008. To be distributed by Dimension Extreme, the horror thriller movie picks up its sequel story right where the first film left off.

In the follow-up film, it will be seen that the world has been changed forever by the invading ghosts coming via wireless Internet. Mankind is on the brink of extinction, many cities are now deserted by its citizen and technology involving anything electrical has been destroyed to stop the spirits from taking over the world. When all hope seem to be lost, two divorced parents are forced to go inside this chaotic world to find their missing daughter.

Giving a preview to how the terror comes to be this time, a series of images from the Phil Joanou-scripted film has also been put forward.

Dimension Extreme released the brand new dvd artwork and release details for the upcoming film ” Pulse 2: Afterlife ” by director Joel Soisson who produced Pulse, Feast and Mimic 2. The film stars Jamie Bamber, Georgina Rylance ( Hellraiser: Deader ), Boti Bliss ( CSI: Miami ) and Karley Scott Collins ( The Midnight Man ). Synopsis: Jamie Bamber (Battlestar Gallactica) stars in this terrifying sequel that picks up where the original Pulse left off. The dead have found a way back to our world – through cell phones and WiFi – and the human survivors have taken to remote areas to escape. When a young girl goes missing, her father must return to the city to battle her mother’s [...]...