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Broadcast TV Ratings for Saturday, November 1, 2008

Sony and Paramount to Partner for Tintin

Sony Pictures and Paramount Pictures are in talks to co-finance the digital 3-D Tintin series from directors Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson.  The series is based on the Belgian comics of the same name.

Details, via Variety:

After resolving the Paramount-DreamWorks divorce, putting together a studio deal for “Tintin” was next on Spielberg’s agenda. After Universal [...]

Huge $8M Opening Day for Quantum of Solace in the U.K.

The latest James Bond film, Quantum of Solace, opened to large audiences on Friday in the U.K., taking in $8 million (£4.94 million) in its first day of release.  That haul, which was made possible by lots of advance ticket sales, makes ‘Solace’ the biggest Friday opening of all time in the U.K.

The previous Friday [...]

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Principal Photography Wraps

Principal photography for director Michael Bay’s sequel Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen has wrapped.  The film is scheduled to hit conventional and IMAX theaters on June 26, 2009.

Source: Michael Bay

ABC Orders Full Season of Samantha Who?

The Christina Applegate half-hour comedy series Samantha Who? will see a full season  ABC has ordered an additional seven episodes of the show which is produced by ABC Studios.

The show has held steady in recent airings, drawing 9.6 million viewers and a 2.7 rating among adults 18-49 out of lead-in Dancing With the Stars.  Through three [...]

Pulitzer Winner David Lindsay-Abaire to Write Spider-Man 4

Pulitzer prize winning author David Lindsay is in final negotiations with Columbia Pictures to write Spider-Man 4.  The writer won the pulitzer for the 2007 drama Rabbit Hole.  It’s unclear if Lindsay-Abaire will be writing a new draft for the film, or simply rewriting James Vanderbilt’s previous draft.

THR also notes that both Sam Raimi and Tobey [...]

JMS To Write Forbidden Planet Remake

Babylon 5 creator/writer J. Michael Straczynski has been signed by Warner Bros. to write the long-in-development update to the Sci-Fi classic Forbidden Planet.

JMS recently wrote the script to the Clint Eastwood-directed film Changeling.

The original film was released in 1956 and told the story of an expedition sent from Earth to check on a colony of [...]

“American Dad” Renewed for Fifth Season

While Fox opted not to renew its long-running animated series King of the Hill (related article here), the network has decided to give a greenlight for a fifth season of American Dad.  Executive producers Mike Barker and Matt Weitzman have also signed new overall deals with 20th Century Fox TV:

“It was one of our goals [...]