Warner Bros. and Fox Settle Watchmen Suit January 15, 2009 11:54 pm
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Great news in the Warner/Fox Watchmen suit. The two studios have settled their dispute. The two sides will present a settlement to Judge Gary Feess soon and request that the case be dismissed.
Terms of the agreement were not disclosed, but the deal is said to involve a sizable cash payment to Fox and a percentage of the film’s boxoffice grosses; Fox will not be a co-distributor on the film, nor will it co-own the “Watchmen” property, but it will share in revenue derived from it. The studios released a joint statement last night.
“Warner Bros. acknowledges that Fox acted in good faith in bringing its claims, which were asserted prior to the start of principal photography,” the statement read. “Fox acknowledges that Warner Bros. acted in good faith defending against those claims.”
Source: THR
NBC Renews The Office, 30 Rock and The Biggest Loser + Sets Premiere Dates for New Shows January 15, 2009 11:50 pm
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NBC has announced the renewal of three of its shows, discussed others still not renewed and set premiere dates for a few new series. First up the renewals. NBC has handed out renewal notices to 30 Rock, The Biggest Loser and The Office, each of which have performed well this season (although 30 Rock continues to struggle with a solid lead-in).
The network also declared that despite low ratings and an expecation among fans and critics that Lipstick Jungle will be canceled, they have yet to make an official decision as to the show’s future.
NBC also set premiere date for the untitled Amy Poehler comedy (8:30pm on Thursday, April 9th, the current Kath & Kim slot) and confirmed that John Wells’ new police drama Soutland will take over ER‘s spot at Thursday’s at 10pm.
New drama Kings will kick off on Sunday, March 15th at 8pm, while the new cooking competition series The Chopping Block will premiere at 8pm on Wednesday, March 11 filling in the Knight Rider slot.
New entertainment president Angela Bromstad said that the network is hoping for six dramas and four new comedies this fall and hopes to have the long-awaited action series The Philanthropist on the air as early as this spring.
And what about the struggling sci-fi drama Heroes? It’s future is safe, very safe apparently:
” ‘Heroes’ is very secure,” she says. “We have a great relationship with Tim Kring. … What’s important is we never lose sight of being responsible in production.”
As to Kath & Kim and Knight Rider, Bromstad says the shows “may or may not come back”.
Source: THR
Jericho Creator Working on Feature Film Version January 15, 2009 11:37 pm
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The twice-canceled CBS drama Jericho isn’t dead yet. Executive producer Jon Turteltaub tells iFMagazine that there is a theatrical movie based on the short-lived TV series in development.
…the big news is Turteltaub’s company is currently hatching a potential feature film version of the TV show.
“We’re developing a feature for JERICHO,” says Turteltaub. “It would not require you to have seen the TV show, but it get into life after an event like this on a national scale. It would be the bigger, full on American version of what’s going on beyond the town in Jericho.”
Asked about whether the cast would return, Turteltaub exclaimed “Oh yeah!”. If the project got the green light, Turteltaub expects an adequate budget: “Anything would be a huge budget compared to what we were dealing with,” he adds. “If we had $40 million dollars to make a movie with, that’s 20 times more than we did before.”
The CW is currently airing Jericho repeats on Sunday night’s. Catch the show all over again at 7:00pm.
New Friday the 13th Photos January 15, 2009 11:13 pm
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ShockTillYouDrop.com has 15 brand new photos from this February’s Friday the 13th. Click on any of the three I’ve posted here to see the rest.
Friday the 13th hits theaters on February 13th.
Broadcast TV Ratings for Wednesday, January 14, 2009 January 15, 2009 12:45 pm
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Battlestar Galactica Premiere Will Run 3 1/2 Minutes Long January 15, 2009 11:13 am
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Battlestar Galactica fans take note. The SCI FI channel is letting fans know that the January 16th return of the series at 10pm will run 3 1/2 minutes long, so make sure you set your DVR if it doesn’t catch the change.
For those who miss it, SCIFI.com will post the extra minutes following the West Coast debut of the series, which ends at 11pm PT/2am ET.
Source: SCI FI Wire
New Kick-Ass Photos January 15, 2009 11:00 am
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HitFix has three new photos from Mathew Vaughn’s adaptation of the Mark Millar comic-book series, Kick-Ass. Click the image above the check out the other two.
FCC Reviewing NBC’s Golden Globes Telecast January 15, 2009 10:49 am
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You had to see this coming.
After receiving 18 complaints, the FCC said yesterday that it is reviewing the program for possible violations of indecency rules. Seriously? The event was watched by about 14.9 million people, 18 of them complain and that triggers an investigation?
The biggest issue was when director Darren Aronofsky was caught on camera jokingly making the “flipping the bird” gesture at actor Mickey Rourke.
There were also a few other incidents that involved some colorful language, some of which was censored by NBC censors.
“We received 18 complaints about the Golden Globes telecast,” FCC spokeswoman Edie Herman wrote in an e-mail to The Times, “and the commission is reviewing the matter.”
An NBC spokeswoman confirmed that it aired the Aronofsky gesture on the live telecast. “On the West Coast, it went to black for two seconds,” the spokeswoman e-mailed. “Beyond that, we have no further comment.”
Aronofsky’s publicist, Karen Samfilippo, said earlier this week that she had not heard anything from NBC about the matter.
Source: LA Times
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