Braff gets 'Scrubs' extension
Zach Braff could make an awful lot of money to return for a seventh season of "Scrubs." Now NBC just has to want a seventh season of "Scrubs."
Braff has reportedly reached a one-year deal with Touchstone TV that will pay him a whopping $350,000-plus per episode for a 2007-08 season of "Scrubs."
According to The Hollywood Reporter, though, Braff will only make that money if NBC renews the medical comedy. That seems fair, right?
Fortunately, NBC is expected to keep the series around for one more season, with Braff's deal serving as a major hang-up. Back in January, "Scrubs" creator Bill Lawrence told reporters that if Braff stuck around, he'd like to keep the show going.
An Emmy nominee for his work as Dr. John Dorian, Braff will now make a per-episode salary in line with Charlie Sheen's recent deal to topline "Two and a Half Men." Of course, "Men" averages nearly 15.2 million viewers per week, while "Scrubs" pulls in closer to 6.9 million. Hollywood is wacky like that.
Braff found box office success as writer-director-star of "Garden State," but failed to strike gold with last fall's "Last Kiss." He next stars in the comedy "The Ex," which has been bouncing around release schedules since a very brief premiere as "Fast Track" last winter.
Maguire Says Goodbye to Spider-Man?
Tobey Maguire has confirmed the upcoming Spider-man 3 will be the last time he plays the superhero on the big screen. Co-star Kirsten Duns
t has also said she feels the third film will be the last in the popular franchise. Maguire says, "To me it seems like this is a natural point for the team to break up because we have a lot of story conclusions that were going along for the main characters for the first two movies and we kind of tie almost everything up for the third movie.
"It feels like a trilogy to me and it feels like the end."
But moviemaker Sam Raimi isn't so sure that it's all over for the web-slinging movie hero. In a recent interview, the director stated he's seriously considering a fourth film.
He explains, "I love Spider-Man and I love working with Kirsten, Tobey, James Franco)... I just have to make sure that when I'm done with Spider-Man 3, I'm really still fascinated with the character.
At this moment I'm fascinated with him." But Raimi insists he couldn't imagine making a fourth installment if Maguire didn't sign on for it. He adds, "I couldn't imagine it."