Comic-Con 2008: “Terminator Salvation” Panel (Trailer Screened + Poster Revealed) July 26, 2008 9:03 pm
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Director McG was joined by the cast (except for Bale who was in Japan promoting The Dark Knight) of Terminator Salvation at the panel for the film. Here are some highlights courtesy ComingSoon.net:
- McG mentioned the film is only 50% complete and that no CGI has been added.
- He told the audience that he has listened to the fans and even went to see James Cameron and Arnold Schwarzenegger before making the movie.
- Contrary to early reports, they aren’t targeting a PG-13 rating. McG said that they’re just going to make the movie they want to make, and if the final rating is R or PG-13, they are okay with whatever.
- The movie takes place in the near future-2018.
- Hinted at the T-100 model being a part of the mythology of Terminator (Arnold cameo?).
- He announced that a full trailer will be attached to this November’s Quantum of Solace.
- McG also revealed that Jonathan Nolan (The Dark Knight) was “the lead writer of the film” adding “I don’t know how the WGA rules work but honest to goodness, we did the heaviest lifting with Jonah.”
- A new poster from the film has been released (pictured right–click to enlarge).
Here’s a summary of the footage that was screened (via /Film):
The footage opens with a descending overhead shot of John Connor (Christian Bale), barely emerging from the scene of a helicopter crash. “Are there any survivors?” a cackling radio voice asks? “One,” Bale says quietly, then again, shouting, for emphasis. He walks off into the distance, as we begin to hear Bale’s dialogue in the film.
The rest of the trailer takes place in various places in 2018, when Earth has become a bombed out, post-apocalyptic hellscape after the rise of Skynet. Amongst other scenes, we see a face to face confrontation between Connor and Marcus Wright (Sam Worthington), in which Bale threateningly declares, “If I let you down, you’ll kill everyone in this room,” and then later, “You tried killing my mother. You killed my father. You will not kill me.”
A young Kyle Reese (Anton Yelchin) delivers the “Come with me if you want to live” line and we see several obscured shots of T-600s, hideous combinations of metal and rubbery flesh. A topless (but covered by her hands) Blair Williams, played by Moon Bloodgood, shares a poignant look with Wright. At one point in the trailer, Connor and Reese share a meaningful exchange. Various action shots, full of shooting, running, and massive explosions are concluded by a shot of Bale screaming at the close sight of a metal cyborg hand.
Comic-Con 2008: Red-Band Trailer for “Quarantine” Released July 26, 2008 8:30 pm
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The Red-Band trailer for Screen Gems’ upcoming horror movie Quarantine, that debuted at the San Diego Comic-Con on Saturday night, has been released. Courtesy IGN Movies, click here to watch the trailer (or watch it embedded after the jump).
Comic-Con 2008: Francis Lawrence Confirms “I Am Legend” Prequel July 26, 2008 8:16 pm
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I Am Legend director Francis Lawrence told ShockTillYouDrop at the San Diego Comic-Con that the rumor of a prequel to the hit Will Smith starring film is true: “Yes, yes, absolutely, we’re actually trying to crack that. We’re trying to figure out some ideas for it, but yes, it would be a prequel,” Lawrence said. Lawrence also confirmed that Will Smith is interested in doing the prequel.
Comic-Con 2008: “Land of the Lost Panel” July 26, 2008 7:45 pm
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Universal Pictures’ panel for the upcoming comedy Land of the Lost, starring Will Ferrell and Anna Friel, featured the first teaser for the film. Here’s the summary of what was shown courtesy ComingSoon.net:
Will Ferrell sits on a stool beneath a spotlight in an old, darkened room strumming on a banjo and slowly singing the original theme. He makes it about halfway through and then looks up saying, “I always forget this part. Does anyone remember the words?” Words flash across the screen: MARSHALL, WILL, HOLLY, ROUTINE EXPEDITION. The scene comes back to Will, trying again to sing but having to mumble through some of the words. “LAND OF THE LOST, 2009” appears and the teaser ends.
At that point, and to applause, director Brad Silberling joined stars Anna Friel, Jorma Taccone and Danny McBride and original creators Sid and Marty Krofft on the stage. Here are some highlights from the panel:
- Right off the bat, Silberling promised the things that would definitely make an appearance in the film: Pylons and crystals (“In new and wonderous ways,” Enik, Cha-Ka, and dinosaours Dopey and Grumpy).
- He noted that Uncle Jack was sequel territory.
- As a special surprise, Will Ferrell made a video appearance. Though pre-taped, the joker was set up that he was answering questions live from another hotel in San Diego and had bad audio connection.
They ended the panel showing a brief bit of footage, which they said would be officially available within the month:
White on black text reads:
10 thousand pounds
Over 20 feet tall
Driven by hunger
Never before witnessed by man
The scene cuts to a dinosaur walking through a prehistoric jungle. In the foreground, Will Ferrell looks directly into the camera with his back to the creature.
“He’s right behind me, isn’t he?” says Ferrell, “I’m just trying not to move.”
The theme comes up and it cuts to the “Land of the Lost, 2009” text.
Broadcast TV Ratings for Friday, July 25, 2008 July 26, 2008 7:35 pm
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Ridley Scott’s “Nottingham” Has Been Delayed July 26, 2008 7:00 pm
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First reported by Defamer, THR has confirmed a report that Ridley Scott’s Nottingham has been delayed. The film will star Russell Crowe as Sheriff of Nottingham and Sienna Miller as Maid Marian. According to the reports, the project was suppose to start in London in mid-August, but now has been put on hold. THR notes that it’s currently unclear if this means a postponement or a cancellation.
Comic-Con 2008: Fox’s “Bones” Panel July 26, 2008 5:15 pm
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The panel for Fox’s Bones featured David Boreanaz, Tamara Taylor, John Francis Daley, Michaela Conlin and creators Hart Hanson and Barry Josephson. Here are some highlights courtesy TV Squad:
- The audience was treated to a preview for an upcoming fourth season episode, which TV Squad note was a takeoff on Cheaters and looked good.
- Josephson was happy that they were able to take the show out of its usual setting, placing Bones and Booth in London for the two-hour season premiere (airing September 3rd).
- Michaela said that she may have a relationship with an ex-girlfriend in the upcoming season.
- Daley also said that his character may find love and will have to work harder after some of the events of last season’s finale.
- Love will also be in the air for Taylor’s character, who according to the actress, will have a tryst with someone Angela has had a relationship with.
- Also, Hanson said that both Booth and Bones will end up in bed together. Naked.
- Some information about how the show came to be was discussed, including that originally Breanna was going to work for a number of different law enforcement people–one of which being Booth.
- Boreanaz said he was impressed and moved when Emily Deschanel, who plays Dr. Temperance ‘Bones’ Brennan, tried out for the role and was the only one who stood up to Booth during the read. Josephson said: “When we finished the pilot we knew how good the chemistry was (between Bones and Booth).”
Comic-Con 2008: NBC’s “Heroes” Panel (S2 DVD To Include Unaired Episodes) July 26, 2008 4:45 pm
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The biggest news to come out of the panel for NBC’s Heroes was that the season two DVD release of the show will contain several unaired episodes which were shot but apparently cut due to the writers strike. The DVD hits store shelves on August 26th. Click here to purchase it on DVD (and here for Blu-ray Hi-Def).
Comic-Con 2008: Fox’s “American Dad” and “Family Guy” Panels July 26, 2008 4:35 pm
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The panels for the animated Fox comedies American Dad and Family Guy took place back-to-back. Very little was revealed at the American Dad panel, with really the only noteworthy thing being that there was a table reading by the voice actors of the show, so we’ll just jump into the Family Guy panel. Here are the highlights courtesy TV Squad.
- The panel for Family Guy featured Seth MacFarlane, Seth Green and the producers and writers of both Family Guy and The Cleveland Show.
- Upcoming episodes will feature: A new dog in the Griffin house that is always happy, which will force Brian away; Stewie and Brian going back in time to 1939 Poland and bringing Mort Goldman along and a takeoff on the Sliders premise with Stewie and Brian traveling to different parallel universes.
- They confirmed that this season will see a sequel to the Star Wars parody Blue Harvest. It will be a parody of The Empire Strikes Back and be called “Something Something Something Dark Side”.
- Still no premiere date for The Cleveland Show.
- MacFarlane said that they are “putting a helluva lot of work on the show.” and that “You will not be disappointed”.
- James Woods will be returning to Family Guy sometime this season.
- Asked about why Stewie is no longer trying to kill his mother, MacFarlane said that they try to get back to it, but “It’s hard to do this one note thing.” He added that, despite being a cartoon, the character of Stewie needed to expand.
Comic-Con 2008: “My Bloody Valentine 3-D” Poster July 26, 2008 4:20 pm
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ShockTillYouDrop.com took a quick snapshot of the poster for Lionsgate’s Bloody Valentine. Check it out below (click to enlarge).
Comic-Con 2008: “The Simpsons” Panel July 26, 2008 3:47 pm
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After a preview for Treehouse of Horror XIX (which features a homage to Peanuts) the panel for The Simpsons went straight into audience questions. Here are the highlights courtesy TV Squad.
- Guest stars that will be appearing on the show’s 20th season include Dennis Leary in the second episode and Seth Rogan will also star and write an episode to air later in the season.
- Al Jean, responding to a question about whether there will be another movie, said that a script would have to be really right in order to create another one.
- Matt says he’s amazed that none of the other major networks have stepped up like Fox to produce smart animated fare, though is glad that the cable nets have picked up the slack.
- When asked where the writers get their jokes, Groening deadpanned “Family Guy“. After the applause died down, Al Jean responded that some of the jokes come from personal experiences.
Comic-Con 2008: “Futurama” Panel + ‘Bender’s Game’ Release Date July 26, 2008 3:45 pm
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Due to time constraints, the panel for Futurama was strictly focused on questions from the audience. Here are the highlights courtesy TV Squad.
- The primary voice cast: Billy West, Katey Sagal, and John DiMaggio as well as creators Matt Groening and David X. Cohen, were in attendance.
- Matt and David both said that they had the entire story of Futurama planned before the show began. They didn’t know where the show would go, but they still have plenty of secrets to reveal via the DVD’s.
- Responding to a question on how the time code was created for the first Futurama DVD, Cohen responded: “If it wasn’t obvious to you then you should be ashamed of yourself,” said David. More seriously, David said that the code was the same in the mirror as it was when read properly on Bender’s rear end.
- The Fry-Leela relationship will be revisited during the 4th DVD and there may be some kissing.
- Guest appearances for the upcoming DVDs: George Takei and Rich Little in the third DVD and Snoop Dogg and Penn Gillette in the fourth DVD.
Fox also showed some footage of the upcoming DVD “‘Bender’s Game’ and the movie has been dated for release on DVD and Blu-ray Hi-Def on November 4, 2008. Check out promotional art below courtesy /Film (click to enlarge).
Comic-Con 2008: MIB Producer Attached to “Spooks” July 26, 2008 3:07 pm
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ShockTillYouDrop.com is reporting that producer Barry Josephson is attached to a live-action adaptation of the Devil’s Due comic book Spooks. Click here for more details.
Comic-Con 2008: Is Lexi Alexander Off “The Punisher: War Zone”? July 26, 2008 2:45 pm
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A rumor is circulating out of Comic-Con that Lionsgate/Marvel have kicked director Lexi Alexander off of “The Punisher: War Zone”. The movie has concluded filming, but according to /Film, there are apparently huge creative differences between the director and studio over the final cut. AICN also reports that the film’s composer is off the project.
Comic-Con 2008: “Stargate Atlantis” Panel July 26, 2008 1:40 pm
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Here are some highlights, courtesy TV Squad, of the Comic-Con panel for the SCI FI series Stargate Atlantis:
- Flanigan was the only original cast member of Atlantis at the panel. Flanigan talked about how his character has evolved over the last five seasons. He use to do many things solo in the beginning, but now he’s a team player, he says.
- Plenty of jokes to go around.
- Jewel Staite answered a question about her most difficult show to film to date, saying it was the season four episode “Tracker”.
- Picardo named an upcoming episode, “Inquisition”, because his character has nearly 10 pages of straight dialougue to go through.
- Writer Brad Wright responded a question about whether there would be any romance between Sheppard and Teyla by saying that they have a unique relationship and it will be explored more this year.
Comic-Con 2008: More On “Watchmen” and Zack Snyder July 26, 2008 1:20 pm
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Here are a few more details on the Watchmen film relayed via the various panels going on at Comic-Con.
- At the panel for Watchmen, Snyder expressed his love of Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns graphic novel and said this: “There are a lot of other graphic novels out there, but I would love to see Frank Miller’s Dark Knight made into a movie, but that’s just me.”
- He continued that line of thought while at the Entertainment Weekly Visionaries panel, where Frank Miller told Snyder: “You can do it anytime you want to Zack”. Snyder said he was making a note of Miller’s response.
Here’s a bit on the length/editing issue:
- Speaking at the Entertainment Weekly Visionaries session, Zack Snyder revealed that they’ve filmed the transitions featured in the graphic novel that take the main storyline into the Freighter comic and that though they won’t be part of the theatrical cut, they’ll show up in a future director’s cut (presumably on DVD).
- When asked about the running time debate, Snyder said the following: “I want to make the best movie I can. I want to put pressure on myself as a filmmaker and say, ‘What’s the coolest movie?’ And if the coolest movie is 3-hours long then that’s the coolest movie. I understand and respect my partners at Warner Bros. I want them to have financial success with the film. You know, when you look at it that way, they invested a lot of money into it, they want it to be good. But on the other hand, I would tell them that I think the very things they think are too long, or too violent, or too sexy are the very reasons to go to the movie.”
- Snyder also noted that since the film’s release, the graphic novel has moved up on the Amazon charts: “[The graphic novel] is #1 or #2 on Amazon right now, and that’s awesome. I think that if in the end the movie is a 3-hour advertisement for the book, then so be it. I succeeded.”
Rounding out the Watchmen coverage, Snyder responded to a question about the recently announced Watchmen videogames, assuring the audience that care will go in to making them:
We had quite a back and fourth about that. They sent me a script for it. This is the dorkiest thing I’ve ever seen in my life, and it’s not cool at all. And it had nothing to do with Watchmen. We tried to rewrite it. We tried to come up with an idea where you like kill Woodward and Bernstein. We tried to go down those kind of routes and do something more subversive. A dialogue needs to be established between filmmakers and game producers. It’s not marketing; it can’t be an afterthought.
“Tropic Thunder” Viral Site Updates July 26, 2008 11:15 am
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DreamWorks/Paramount has launched a new batch of viral sites linked from the Rain of Madness website. Rain of Madness is a mockumentary telling what happened during the shooting of Tropic Thunder. The sites launched are an official site for Tugg Speedman (Ben Stiller) and an official site for Kirk Lazarus (Robert Downey Jr.). And lastly, there’s a new website for the Make Pretty Skin Clinic, the company resonsible for changing Lazarus into a black man.
Tropic Thunder hits theaters on August 13, 2008.
Comic-Con 2008: “Mystery Science Theater” DVD Announced July 26, 2008 11:10 am
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Shout! Factory has announced that they are releasing a special 20th Anniversary Edition DVD set of Mystery Science Theater on October 28th. The set will include four never-before-released movies: Laserblast, First Space on Venus, Werewolf, and Future War. The announcement was made at Comic-Con and Shout! says they intend to release several more boxsets of the series.
Order it today at this link.
Source: TV Squad
Comic-Con 2008: Release Date for “Whiteout” Confirmed July 26, 2008 11:00 am
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Warner Bros. Pictures has set a release date for its adaptation of Greg Rucka’s graphic novel Whiteout. ShockTillYouDrop.com is reporting that the film will be released in theaters on April 24, 2009.
Comic-Con 2008: Kevin Smith Talks Future Projects Plus MPAA Issues with ‘Zack and Miri’ July 26, 2008 8:15 am
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At Kevin Smith’s Comic-Con panel for Zack and Miri Make a Porno, the director talked publicly about the ratings troubles he’s been having with the MPAA. Smith says that the film was initially given an NC-17 rating. He made some edits and resubmitted it to the MPAA only to receive yet another NC-17 rating: “I’ve gone as far as I can go,” Smith said. He’s now appealed the rating. /Film writes that there are two specific scenes that the MPAA wants cut, one involves “thrusting” and the other involves acts that are “unspeakable”. The appeal will take place on August 4th, after which if the NC-17 rating is withheld, Smith will have no choice but to make the necessary cuts as he’s contractually obligated to deliver an R-rated film.
Another thing that came out of his panel was that Smith revealed that he plans to make a film that “will test [his] abilities as a visual filmmaker.” All he’s revealed about the film is that it will be set in space.
Comic-Con 2008: “Stargate Continuum” Panel July 26, 2008 3:22 am
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There were several Stargate-related panels at Comic-Con, one of which was for the new direct-to-DVD movie, Stargate Continuum. Brad Wright, Martin Wood, Richard Dean Anderson, Amanda Tapping, Ben Browder, Michael Shanks, Christopher Judge and Beau Bridges attended the panel. Here are some highlights courtesy TV Squad:
- The audience was shown a trailer for the new movie. This is the same trailer that was previously released.
- Tapping revealed that they are currently filming on the eighth of 13 episodes of her new series Sanctuary.
- Judge said he’s working on a new project and he’ll announce it in the near future.
- Wright said that there will be another Stargate DVD movie and that it “looks good” for the Stargate Universe series.
- They played a memorial to deceased actor Don S. Davis.
Stargate Continuum hits DVD and Blu-ray Hi-Def on Tuesday, July 29th. Buy it now (DVD or Blu-ray).
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