SSN Insider 2014 Holiday Gift Guide, On the Set For 11/17/14, HBO Visits ‘Westworld’, Sean Bean Finds ‘Frankenstein’

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The SSN Insider 2014 Holiday Gift Guide: Reasonably Priced Finds of Smart Design

If the thought of braving the holiday shopping crowds at an outdoor mall like The Grove has you breaking out in a cold sweat, never fear. SSN is bringing you our yearly holiday gift guide this week. (SSN)

On the Set For 11/17/14: Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg Start Shooting ‘Daddy’s Home,’ While ‘Ted 2’ and ‘Zeroville’ Wrap

Other movies starting up include a new starring venture for Eddie Murphy, a revenge flick with Anthony Hopkins, and a Condemned sequel, while a handful of other films finish production. (SSN)

TODAY’S HEADLINES

HBO Wants To Take a Good, Long Trip To ‘Westworld’

Star-studded series, from Bad Robot and Jonathan Nolan, who co-wrote and directed the pilot, will feature Anthony Hopkins in his first regular series role. (THR)

ITV’s ‘The Frankenstein Chronicles’ Finds Its Leading Man In Sean Bean

The Game of Thrones and Lord of the Rings star will play a police inspector in the rethinking of the Mary Shelley classic, which will be produced as a six-part period crime drama. (VAR)

‘From Hell’ Is Just Where FX Wants To Be As It Green Lights a New Take On The Graphic Novel

Jack The Ripper story’s source material about led to the 2001 Hughes Brothers film starring Johnny Depp, though none of them will be involved in this version, to be written by David Arata. (DH)

This Really Has To Stop: A Script Is Stolen From the Set of ‘American Horror Story’

Not only was the script taken from the New Orleans set, but reports are that it is being shopped around to various media outlets to reveal a specific page from an upcoming episode. (CB)

Fans of Peter Capaldi as Doctor Who Are In Luck

Series show runner Steven Moffat confirms that Capaldi will return for both a ninth and a tenth season, though no word yet on whether co-star Jenna-Louise Coleman will also be back. (IBT)

Well, So Much For AMC Breaking Into Half-Hour Comedy Programming Any Time Soon

The network decides not to go forward with its We Hate Paul Revere pilot, bringing the short-lived comedy experiment to an end, as all other scripts in development are dramas. (TVW)

Norman Lear On Belly Laughs, the Stories All Around You, and Shaping Television as We Know It

The creative mastermind behind sitcoms like All in the Family, Sanford and Son and Maude, talks about everything from mining his own life for material to his desire to bring diversity to television to his refusal to bow down to the demands of network execs. (FCC)

First Look: ‘Peanuts’

Twentieth Century Fox and Blue Sky have released the first images from next year’s long-awaited Peanuts film, revealing a great reverence for Charles Schulz’ characters. The movie hits theaters November 6, 2015. (COL)