“Raines” given premiere date December 1, 2006 5:12 am
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Though it failed to make the midseason schedule, “Raines” hasn’t disappeared. NBC has set a March 2007 premiere date for the supernatural series which stars Jeff Goldblum as a detective who sees ghosts.
It will air Friday nights at 9:00 PM ET, replacing “Las Vegas” when that series ends its string of first-run episodes.
A&E orders second season of “Gene Simmons Family Jewels” December 1, 2006 5:06 am
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A&E has ordered a second season of the Gene Simmons reality vehicle, signing off on a 20 episode run.
“Our viewers have really connected with Gene and his family,” says Bob DeBitetto, executive vice president and general manager at A&E. “‘Gene Simmons Family Jewels’ is a great example of A&E’s unique brand of peal-life series, presenting remarkable personal stories in an entertaining but always honest way.”
‘Family Jewels’ is the networks best original series launch since 2004 (“Dog the Bounty Hunter”) and averaged 1.3 million viewers and episode for the first season.
Gene Simmons had the following to say about the pickup: “Now that A&E has picked us up for another 20 shows, I suppose they expect me to put out. I will. “My family, Shannon, Nick and Sophie, my partners Leslie Greif and Adam Reed, the entire staff and I have a ‘take no prisoners’ approach to doing things. It’s our way or the highway and we’re proud to be back.”
Production on the second season has already begun, with the second season set to premiere sometime in 2007 (official date not yet set).
Eddie Murphy to star in new “Beverly Hills Cop” December 1, 2006 4:57 am
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According to Variety, Paramount will be bringing back Eddie Murphy in “Beverly Hills Cop IV” to reprise the role of Axel Foley. Lorenzo di Bonaventura will serve as producer of the film.
The first “Beverly Hills Cop” movie was released in 1984 and went on to become a major success, grossing more than $234.76M domestically and $81.60M overseas.
There were two other installments, with the second doing equally strong business ($153.66M domestically, plus $146.30M overseas) three years later, before the franchise fizzled out with the third installment in 1994, which failed to crack the $45M mark domestically.
“Axel Foley is one of the great action-comedy characters, a character that Eddie loves. I’m lucky enough to help bring it back,” di Bonaventura said. “This genre is missing from the landscape.”
Jerry Bruckheimer, who was part of the first two films, will not be involved with the fourth installment.
Starship Troopers 3 close to greenlight December 1, 2006 4:46 am
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According to moviehole.net, it appears that Sony is close to greenlighting a third film in the Starship Tropers franchise.
“Looks like – fingers crossed – Sony is moving forward”, Neumeier, who will write & direct the film, tells Moviehole. “Plans are afoot to shoot next year. Casper Van Dien will be back as Colonel John Rico. There’ll be a new bug or two. Also draft riots. Religion makes a comeback. And the Federation has a new weapon.”
Starship Troopers began its run back in 1997 as a mild SF hit movie, which was directed by Paul Verhoeven. Neumeier, who is involved with the third film, wrote the screenplay for that film.
Neumeier was also involved with the second film, serving as the writer and co-producer of “Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation, which was released as a straight-to-video production.
If Troopers 3 is indeed greenlit, it’s expected to be released direct-to-DVD.
Medieval France film in the works from Scorcese December 1, 2006 4:32 am
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Martin Scorcese will develop (with hopes to direct) an adaption of Eric Jager’s “The Last Duel: A True Story of Crime, Scandal and Trial by Combat in Medieval France”. The movie will carry the title of “Duel”.
The film is part of Scorcese’s new four-year deal at Paramount which will see him direct and produce features (including direct-to-DVD), television and even digital content.
“The Last Duel” was written in 2004 and tells the story of a duel sanctioned by the French government between two knights in 1386 France.
Columbia Pictures to take “Cleopatra” back to the big screen December 1, 2006 4:24 am
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Columbia Pictures has acquired the screen rights to “Cleopatra” with hopes of debutinthe movie sometime in 2009.
The film will be written by pullitzer Prize-winning biographer Stacy Schiff with Scott Rudin set to produce.
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