Broadcast TV Ratings for Tuesday, August 19, 2008 August 20, 2008 3:25 pm
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A complete breakdown of the night’s ratings follows after the jump.
WB Addresses ‘Harry Potter’ Fans August 20, 2008 4:10 am
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Ever since Warner Bros. announced that they would be delaying Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince from November 21, 2008 to July 17, 2009, fans have expressed their disappointment quite passionately. To quell concerns, WB’s President and Chief Operating Office Alan Horne has released a new statement. Read it in full after the jump.
Writing on “The Hobbit” Films Gets Underway August 20, 2008 3:59 am
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TheOneRing.net is reporting that writing on The Hobbit (December 2011) and its sequel (December 2012) has gotten underway. The Lord of the Rings team Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens will be joined by Guillermo del Toro to write the screenplays for both movies. Shooting may begin as early as the fall of 2009 in New Zealand.
Source: TheOneRing.net
“The Amazing Race 13” Teams Announced August 20, 2008 3:55 am
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CBS has announced the 11 teams that will compete on the upcoming season of The Amazing Race. The Amazing Race 13 kicks off on Sunday, September 23rd (8-9pm ET/PT). The teams will travel over 30,000 miles over 23 days in five continents. Full details, including the complete list of team members, is included after the jump.
“Veronica Mars” Movie Still in Thomas’ Plans August 20, 2008 3:46 am
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Rob Thomas, creator of the short-lived UPN/CW series Veronica Mars revealed that a film based on the show may still happen. Thomas has a production office on the same lot where Kristen Bell is currently shooting Heroes and the two sat down for a chat: “Kristen and I ran into each other, and we did discuss a Veronica movie.” Additionally, Thomas said that he’s had conversations with VM executive producer Joel Silver. Sure you don’t want to get your hopes up, but Thomas assures us that “as soon as I have any free time, [the movie is] my top priority.”
Being a big fan of the show, this news has me very excited. Hopefully things come together and we’ll be seeing Veronica Mars on the screen once again.
Source: EW
Vin Diesel to Direct ‘Fast and Furious’ Prequel August 20, 2008 3:30 am
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Vin Diesel told ComingSoon.net that he is directing a 20-minute prequel film to Fast and Furious, the fourth installment (but sequel to the first film) in the street racing franchise. Diesel will also star in the prequel alongside Michelle Rodriquez who will be reprising her role as Letty and Sung Kang who will return as Han. It’s still unclear how the movie will be distributed.
Directed by Justin Lin, Fast and Furious hits theaters on June 5, 2009.
Source: ComingSoon.net
“Superman: Man of Steel” Update August 20, 2008 3:22 am
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Anne Thompson of Variety is reporting that behind-the-scenes, Warner Bros. is debating how they should proceed with the planned Superman Returns sequel Superman: Man of Steel:
The debate continues to rage about what Warner Bros. should do with Superman. The last movie, Bryan Singer’s Superman Returns, paid homage to the Richard Donner Superman movies without completely updating the franchise the way Christopher Nolan did with Batman Begins.
Fans have been clamoring all over the web–and on this blog–for a complete reboot. And within the halls of Warner Bros. the same debate rages on. They too believe that the last movie didn’t break the mold and wound up in some kind of middle limbo. Today I was told that it is a priority at the studio to find the right direction and if Bryan Singer is willing to do that, fine, but if he gets in the way, he may not stay on the project. There are no writers working on a Superman script now. The studio wants to figure it out. “It might be better to start from scratch,” one exec admitted.
I know that many fans had problems with Superman Returns, but I personally enjoyed the heck out of it, and would love to see where Singer would take the sequel. I’m not sure what Warner Bros. expected, afterall, they completely botched the marketing behind it, yet the film still managed to slightly gross more money (because of the overseas market) than the more critically beloved Batman Begins.
Source: Variety
Cruise and Raimi Team for Adaptation of “Sleeper” Comic Book August 20, 2008 3:13 am
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Tom Cruise and Sam Raimi are teaming up to develop an adaptation of the comic book Sleeper. The series was written by Ed Brubaker and ran from 2003 through 2005. As per THR, the comic book series centers on an operative whose fusion with an alien artifact makes him impervious to pain and allows him to pass it on to others through skin contact. He is placed undercover in a villainous organization by an intelligence agency and falls for a member of the group, named Miss Misery.
Cruise could star in the film, while Raimi will produce alongside Josh Donen.
Source: THR
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