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The actress is set to wear the producer's hat for a TV adaptation of her popular film.

Cameron Diaz is ready to get Bad again.

The actress has signed on for CBS's series adaptation of her 2011 film Bad Teacher, which she starred in as Elizabeth Halsey, an individual familiar with the move told TheWrap on Thursday.

The series will star Fringe actress Ari Graynor as Meredith Davis, a hot, confident, unapologetic trophy wife who takes a job at a middle school to meet a new man after her husband leaves her without a dime.

Sex And The City alum Kristin Davis will play Meredith's nemesis Ginny, a math teacher, choir director and faculty president. Bad Teacher is being produced by Sony Pictures Television in association with Mosaic Media Group.

My Name Is Earl and Community veteran Hilary Winston is executive-producing. Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky, who were behind the film, are executive-producing as well, along with Jimmy Miller, Sam Hansen and Michael Lasker. The series will premiere mid-season in the United States. — Reuters

'Breaking Bad' has a spinoff

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The hit drama series is getting a spinoff – featuring one of its colourful characters – called Better Call Saul.

A spinoff of the successful US cable television series Breaking Bad has been given the green light from network AMC and producer Sony Pictures Television, the companies said in a joint statement yesterday.

Better Call Saul will be based on the character Saul Goodman, who is played by Bob Odenkirk in Breaking Bad.

The one-hour show will be a prequel and tells the story of Goodman before he became the lawyer for Walter White, the series' main character played by Bryan Cranston.

AMC, which is part of AMC Networks Inc, and Sony Corp's Sony Pictures Television did not say when production would start or when it was projected to air. Breaking Bad, which concludes its five-season run this month, is a dark drug drama about a high school chemistry teacher who begins producing and selling methamphetamine to secure his family's financial future after he is diagnosed with terminal cancer.

The series' actors have won five Emmys, including three top TV drama actor accolades for Cranston and two best supporting actor awards for Aaron Paul, who plays White's former-student-turned-business-partner Jesse Pinkman.

Breaking Bad has been nominated for six Primetime Emmy Awards this year, including best drama series. — Reuters

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Jumaat, 13 September 2013