Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen One-Sheet January 8, 2009 10:16 pm
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Paramount has released the official one-sheet teaser movie poster for Tranformers: Revenge of the Fallen on Yahoo! Movies.
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen hits theaters on June 26, 2009.
Broadcast TV Ratings for Wednesday, January 7, 2009 January 8, 2009 7:27 pm
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Open Letter from Watchmen Producer January 8, 2009 4:37 pm
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Lloyd Levin, one of the producers of this year’s upcoming film Watchmen got in touch with HitFix about the legal battle that’s currently raging between Warner Bros. and Fox. Lloyd has offered an open letter regarding the Watchmensuit and the 20-year struggle to get the project on screen. It’s a very interesting read, so check it out below (and continue through the jump to read the entire letter).
“Watchmen. A producer’s perspective.
An open letter.
Who is right? In the Watchmen dispute between Warner Brothers and Fox that question is being discussed, analyzed, argued, tried and ruled on in a court of law. That’s one way to answer the question – It is a fallback position in our society for parties in conflict to resolve disputes. And there are teams of lawyers and a highly regarded Federal Judge trying to do just that, which obviates any contribution I could make towards answering the “who is right” question within a legal context. But after 15 plus years of involvement in the project, and a decade more than that working in the movie business, I have another perspective, a personal perspective that I believe important to have on the public record.
More after the jump.
First Look at Star Trek Movie Props January 8, 2009 4:22 pm
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Lenovo, a promotional partner for Paramount’s Star Trek, is displaying three props from the new film at CES in Las Vegas. TrekMovie has the first look at Kirk’s communicator, Dr. McCoy’s medical tricorder and Uhura’s communications unit:
Click here to read more about the props and to get a closer a look.
Barack Obama Featured in Upcoming Issue of The Amazing Spider-Man January 8, 2009 4:01 pm
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Marvel Comics has announced that issue No. 583 of The Amazing Spider-Man will hit stands on January 14th with two different covers, one of which will be a special Inauguration Day edition that features President-elect Barack Obama alongside Spider-Man.
Marvel says that the President-elect was a natural fit to be featured in the comic, given his history with the medium:
“When we heard that President-Elect Obama is a collector of Spider-Man comics, we knew that these two historic figures had to meet in our comics’ Marvel Universe,” says Marvel’s Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada. “Historic moments such as this one can be reflected in our comics because the Marvel Universe is set in the real world. A Spider-Man fan moving into the Oval Office is an event that must be commemorated in the pages of ‘Amazing Spider-Man.’”
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Source: LA Times Hero Complex Blog
The Dark Knight Gets PGA, WGA and DGA Nominations January 8, 2009 3:47 pm
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The prospects of The Dark Knight receiving an Oscar nomination for Best Picture, a feat many suspected a comic-book movie would never achieve, have increased greatly over the past few days. That’s because the film has received several key nominations by: the Producer’s Guild of America, the Writer’s Guild of America and today, the Director’s Guild of America.
Here are the other nominees for those respective groups:
Producer’s Guild of America (Best Picture)
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- The Dark Knight
- Frost/Nixon
- Slumdog Millioinaire
Writer’s Guild of America (Adapted Screenplay)
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Doubt
- Frost/Nixon
- Slumdog Millionaire
Director’s Guild of America (Best Director)
- David Fincher (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
- Ron Howard (Frost/Nixon)
- Gus Van Sant (Milk)
- Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire)
New Wonder Woman Images + Q&A With Virginia Madsen January 8, 2009 12:00 pm
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Another week, another set of new images from Wonder Woman, Warner Bros’ upcoming DC Universe straight-to-video film. This week also sees a brand new interview with Academy Award-nominee Virginia Madsen, who voices Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons. Click to enlarge the images, and be sure to head over the jump to read the new Q&A and to see two more images.
Official Plot Synopsis:
Produced by the multiple Emmy® Award winning animation legend Bruce Timm, Wonder Woman is an origin– story and features a stellar celebrity voice cast including Keri Russell (Waitress, Felicity), Nathan Fillion (Desperate Housewives), Alfred Molina (Spider-Man 2), Virginia Madsen (Sideways), Rosario Dawson (Sin City), Oliver Platt (The West Wing) and David McCallum (NCIS). Wonder Woman begins on the mystical island of Themyscira, where a proud and fierce warrior race of Amazons resides. They have raised Princess Diana, a daughter of stunning beauty, extraordinary strength and incredible fighting prowess. Diana possesses a host of super human powers granted to her by the gods and goddesses of Olympus and her strength and stamina are unparalleled. When Air Force fighter pilot Steve Trevor crash lands on the island, the rebellious and headstrong Diana defies Amazonian law by accompanying Trevor back to civilization. Meanwhile, Ares (the God of War) has escaped his imprisonment at the hands of the Amazons and has decided to exact his revenge by starting a world war that will destroy them all. It is up to Princess Diana to save her people and the world by using her gifts to become the ultimate Wonder Woman.
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Wonder Woman hits DVD and Blu-ray Hi-Def on March 3, 2009.
HBO To Air Obama Opening Inaugural Ceremonies January 8, 2009 11:35 am
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HBO will be broadcasting President-elect Barack Obama’s opening inaugural ceremonies at the Lincoln Memorial on January 18th. The events leading up to the Inauguration on January 20th is being billed as a star-studded event with top performers from the music and entertainment fields. According to Obama’s Presidential Inaugural Committee, the ceremony will be free and open to the public, but HBO will get the exclusive rights to show it. HBO will make the 9o-minute event available for free to all consumers, regardless if they have a subscription to the premium network.
For those without cable or satellite subscriptions, Brent Colburn, a spokesman for Obama’s inaugural committee, said they “are working on details on how we can amplify the event beyond HBO.”
Entertainment for the event has yet to be announced, but sources have indicated that Barbra Streisand, Bruce Springsteen, Beyonce and Stevie Wonder have been approached about performing some time during the four days of events planned for Obama’s inaugural.
It’s still unclear if the event will be carried live, or via tape delay.
Source: Variety
Watch The Prisoner (the Original Series) Online for Free January 8, 2009 11:25 am
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In anticipation of its upcoming broadcast of the remake of The Prisoner that will star Jim Caviezel and Sir Ian McKellan, AMC is making available the entire original series on its website for free. Watch the series at this link. The Prisoner mini-series will premiere later this year.
Watchmen Updates: New Viral Site, Spin-Off Given R-Rating + New Photos January 8, 2009 11:15 am
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Just a couple additional updates to report this morning on Warner Bros’ Watchmen on top of the trial news reported earlier this morning. First up, Warner Bros. has launched a new viral site: TheNewFrontiersman.net. The website is in reference to the far right-wing magazine featured in the Watchmen comic that Rorschach gets much of his conspiracy theory-obsessed news from. Photos, video and more is expected in the coming weeks.
Also, RopesofSilicon that the Watchmen comic-within-a-comic Tales of the Black Freighter, which will be released on DVD, has been given an R-Rating by the MPAA for “Violent and Grisly Images.”
And finally, TotalFilm Magazine has some brand new photos from the film. I’ve included two on this article, click to enlarge, check out the rest right here.
Watchmen, if all goes well with the trial, will hit theaters on March 6, 2009.
First Look at Jim Carrey as Ebenezer Scrooge January 8, 2009 11:00 am
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Filmz.ru has posted a high-res photo of Jim Carrey as Ebenezer Scrooge for Robert Zemeckis’ A Christmas Carol. Click to enlarge. MarketSaw also has a promotional poster for the film that utilizes the same image, but is not as high-res. Check that out here.
A Christmas Carol, which like Zemeckis’ prior films, was shot using performance capture and will be shown in conventional and 3D theaters on November 6, 2009. The film also stars Colin Firth as Fred and Gary Oldman as Bob Cratchit, Marley and Tiny Tim. Carrey will also portray Ghost of Christmas Past, the Ghost of Christmas Present and the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come.
Warner Bros. Wants Watchmen Decision To Come Sooner Than the 20th January 8, 2009 10:45 am
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Warner Bros. has asked Judge Gary A. Feess to decide whether to issue an injunction against the fim’s release sooner than January 20th. The studio wants the hearing moved up to as early as Monday because “time is critical.” The issue at hand is Warner Bros. must soon commit to tens of millions of dollars in marketing costs for a film that it is unsure it can release. For more details on this issue, including background of Fox’s case and what may lie ahead in terms of litigation, check out this piece at The Hollywood Reporter.
Taylor Lautner Reprising His Role in Twilight Sequel, New Moon January 8, 2009 10:15 am
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The rumors that Taylor Lautner (Jacob Black) would be replaced for New Moon, the sequel to Summit Entertainment’s Twilight, have turned out to be false. The studio and new director Chris Weitz announced today that Lautner would be reprising his role as the character:
Weitz noted there has been speculation about whether Lautner could portray the character who goes through many changes physically, including growing taller and bulkier and aging 10 years. The 16-year-old Lautner has been spending time in the gym, trying to add 19 pounds of muscle. Weitz added that Lautner is “emotionally right” for the part.
New Moon hits theaters on November 20, 2009.
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