Depends on the contracts, and I wouldn't put it past the Fox overlords to put some sort of technical hold on the actors to prevent them trying out for other shows, et cetera, if they could.
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Theodosia - Mar 31, 2009 2:20:13 am PDT #7626 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
§ ita § - Mar 31, 2009 5:08:12 am PDT #7627 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Well, for one reason or another BAG is exempt.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 31, 2009 5:37:49 am PDT #7628 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I expect that someday Fox will advance to signing talented actors to development contracts with no-competition clauses but no actual projects to work on, just to make sure they're not making quality programs on other networks.
§ ita § - Mar 31, 2009 5:46:24 am PDT #7629 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
They already do. That's what a develoment deal is like.
Vortex - Mar 31, 2009 5:47:18 am PDT #7630 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Yep. That's why we got Timothy Dalton as James Bond (ptui! Let us never speak of it again). They wanted Pierce Brosnan back then, but he was tied into a development deal at NBC, and they wouldn't let him go.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 31, 2009 5:49:00 am PDT #7631 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I thought development deals did at least have the intent of producing some sort of profitable show involving the talent signed, even if circumstances don't actually work out that way?
Emily - Mar 31, 2009 5:52:19 am PDT #7632 of 30001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Frankenbuddha - Mar 31, 2009 5:55:49 am PDT #7633 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Emily, did you mean to post that in Boxed Set?
Emily - Mar 31, 2009 6:00:45 am PDT #7634 of 30001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
GOD no. I could have sworn I was in Bitches.
Thanks, Frank. I did think about editing it to a comment about Kings, just to make you look crazy, but I decided that would be mean.
Also, I couldn't think of anything.
Vortex - Mar 31, 2009 6:27:13 am PDT #7635 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I thought development deals did at least have the intent of producing some sort of profitable show involving the talent signed, even if circumstances don't actually work out that way?
they do, but in Brosnan's case,the franchise wanted him to commit to multiple pictures, so the network would not have made any profit. There was no upside to releasing him from his contract, and there was still the possibility that they would find him a profitable vehicle.