Additional Episodes Ordered for “Veronica Mars” and “One Tree Hill” November 17, 2006 7:42 pm
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The CW has ordered additional episodes of both “Veronica Mars” and “One Tree Hill”, but not full-season back-nine orders. Instead, the network has ordered eight episodes of the later, bringing its total to 21 episodes this season and seven episodes of the former, bringing its total to 20 episodes this season.
It is unknown why The CW decided against giving normal back-nine episode orders.
Both shows are pacing ahead of their runs last season with “One Tree Hill” averaging 3.31M viewers so far (3.26M last season) and Veronica Mars averaging 3.08M viewers this season thus far (compared to 3.01M last season).
Playstation 3 Launch (and cost details) November 17, 2006 11:39 am
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The first of two new console launches (the Nintendo Wii on Sunday being the other) is happening today.
The Playstation 3 will be available today, to those who’ve pre-ordered or are waiting in line, in two varieties; a $599.99 version which contains a 60GB harddrive, a multimedia reader and WiFi built in and a $499.99 version which contains a 20GB harddrive, no multimedia reader and no WiFi built in.
Demand is expected to be high, but unfortunately Sony will not be able to meet it with expected shipments somewhere in the neighborhood of 150,000 to 200,000 (they previously were shooting for about 1M, before cutting it to 400,000 and now halving that).
Supplies throughout the holiday season are also expected to be low as Sony as reports indicate Sony will only be able to supply around 500,000 to 800,000 units by the end of the year in North America (halved from the previous estimate of 1M to 1.2M).
According to a report at iSupply Corporation, the 20GB version of the Playstation 3 costs the company $805.85/console (a $306.85 loss/console) to produce, while the 60B version costs the company $840.35/console (or a loss of $241.35/console) to produce.
Needless to say, this is a very expensive launch for the company, and they have a lot riding on it.
2008 Movie Premieres Slowly Being Set November 17, 2006 4:07 am
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A few dates have been set for a couple big time movies set for release in 2008:
Columbia Pictures
- The Will Smith led superhero action/drama “Tonight, He Comes”
- July 2, 2008
- “Step Brothers” reuniting “Talladega Nights” stars Will Ferrell and John C. Reill
- July 25, 2008
- The Da Vinci Code follow-up “Angels & Demons” (an adaption of Don Brown’s novel of the same name)
- December 12, 2008
Warner Bros.
- The Wachowski brothers’ “Speed Racer” adaption
- May 23, 2008
- The Batman Begins sequel titled “The Dark Knight”
- July 18, 2008
Casino Royale Sets New UK Record for Bond Films November 17, 2006 3:58 am
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“Casino Royale”, the new Bond movie starring Daniel Craig in the main role, sold 1.7 million pounds ($3.2 million) worth of tickets in its first day of release on Thursday. Compared to the most recent Bond movie, the 2002 “Die Another Day”, that was an increase of 54% when comparing sales.
It made up more than 66% of all movie tickets sold across Britain.
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