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this was posted at the ER@weavered board:
WYLE NEGOTIATES FOR 11TH 'ER' SEASON -- WITH SOME TIME OFF/AYKROYD, HOSTING 'SNL,' PROCLAIMS IT'S TIME TO PUNCH OUT GLOOM
Noah Wyle is in the final stages of negotiations to extend his "ER" contract through the show's 11th year -- a deal that adds a year to his commitment on the NBC show and also gives him "a few" episodes off next season.
Three? Five? "Somewhere in there," answers TV's current MVD (most valuable doctor) from Hawaii location of the series, where they've been filming the stunning Congo-set storyline that will have his Dr. Carter reunite with Goran Visnjic's Dr. Kovac on tonight's (5/15) season finale. Noah's looking forward to a little more time with wife Tracy and their 5-month-old, Owen. "I want to watch my son learn how to crawl and walk," notes the actor. He has the family with him in Hawaii because "I'm not about to leave them for 24 hours, let alone the three weeks we're shooting here."
The "ER" team is shooting two episodes ahead for next season, which will continue the doctors' ordeal as they try to treat refugees of a devastating civil war. (Noah, who is deeply involved with the Doctors of the World organization in real life, has been wanting to do an "ER" storyline dealing with refugee medical aid for years.)
In Hawaii, "You don't have to play heat. You don't have to play bugs. We've been shooting extremely long hours -- but it all lends to the authenticity of what we're doing. It's actually liberating. Creatively, I'm more satisfied than I've been in years. I'm really gratified," Noah adds, "that after 200 episodes everyone is still interested in taking chances and making the shows better and better. I think the last two seasons have had some of our strongest episodes."
MEANWHILE: There's also Wyle news on the big-screen side. In July, he'll head to San Francisco for five weeks to make a feature film -- an updated remake of "The Bostonians" called "The Californians." He and Illeana Douglas will play twins at odds; he a developer trying to build mansions along the California coastline, she an environmentalist.
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