Marvel Sets Date for Spider-Man 4, Pushes Back Thor and The Avengers March 12, 2009 5:57 pm
Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Marvel Studios, Movies, News, Release Dates, Sony Pictures.Tags: Spider-Man 4, The Avengers, The First Avenger: Captain America, Thor
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Sony and Marvel have announced that Spider-Man 4 will be released on May 6, 2011. But three other Marvel films have been pushed back. The studio has announced that Thor, originally scheduled to be released on July 16, 2010, will now hit theaters on June 17, 2011. The First Avenger: Captain America is staying in 2011 but being pushed back by about two months from May 6, 2011 to July 22, 2011. And finally, The Avengers is being pushed back from July 15, 2011 to May 4, 2012.
There have been no changes to the release of Marvel’s other high-profile property, Iron Man 2, which remains set for a May 7, 2010 release.
NBC Announces Summer Schedule March 12, 2009 5:48 pm
Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in 2008/2009 TV Season, NBC, News, Television.Tags: Great American Road Trip, I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!, Merlin, The Listener, The Meteor, The Philanthropist, The Storm
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NBC has unveiled their summer schedule, announcing key dates for new scripted projects including The Philanthropist, overseas co-productions including the BBC series Merlin and the CTV (from Canada) series The Listener as well as two new miniseries (The Meteor and The Storm) and two new reality series (I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! and Great American Road Trip). Here’s the schedule (shows in CAPS are new):
MONDAY, JUNE 1
“I’M A CELEBRITY…GET ME OUT OF HERE!” — premiere (8-9 p.m.)
“Medium” season finale (10-11 p.m.)
TUESDAY, JUNE 2
“Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” — season finale (10-11 p.m.)
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3
“Law & Order” — season finale (10-11 p.m.)
THURSDAY, JUNE 4
“THE LISTENER” — premiere (10-11 p.m.)
SUNDAY, JUNE 7 and JUNE 14
“METEOR” — miniseries (9-11 p.m.)
MONDAY, JUNE 8
“Law & Order: Criminal Intent” (NBC season premiere; 9-10 p.m.)
“Dateline NBC” (10-11 p.m.)
SUNDAY, JUNE 21
“MERLIN” (premiere 8-10 p.m.; June 28 airs 8-10 p.m.; July 5 resumes regular time 8-9 p.m.)
TUESDAY, JUNE 23 and WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24
“AMERICA’S GOT TALENT” (9-10 p.m. both nights)
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24
“THE PHILANTHROPIST” – premieres (10-11 p.m.)
WEDNESDAY, JULY 1
“GREAT AMERICAN ROAD TRIP” — premieres (8-9 p.m.)
SATURDAY, JULY 4
“MACY’S 4TH OF JULY FIREWORKS SPECTACULAR” (9-10 p.m.)
SUNDAY, JULY 19 and SUNDAY, JULY 26
“THE STORM” – miniseries (9-11 p.m.)
The full press release, which includes official show descriptions, follows after the jump. (more…)
Taken 2 and American Version of District 13 In the Works March 12, 2009 5:34 pm
Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Movies, News.Tags: Robert Mark Kamen, Taken, Taken 2
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Screenwriter Robert Mark Kamen tells the LA Times that he’s working on a sequel to the hit action film Taken as well as an American version of District 13, based on a popular 2004 thriller produced by Besson:
“I get to work with the world’s greatest filmmaker without ever worrying about being replaced,” he says with an exuberance you rarely hear in a screenwriter’s voice. “I feel like I died and went to writer’s heaven, which is a place where you don’t get rewritten and you can always get a three-star meal. It doesn’t get any better than that.”
This is awesome news. Taken was great fun and featured a terrific performance from Liam Neeson. The film has done incredibly well at the box office (it was #3 this weekend even after five weeks of release) and has grossed $119.6 million domestically and is nearing $200M worldwide ($192.7M).
Jericho Comic on the Way March 12, 2009 5:26 pm
Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Comics, News, Television.Tags: Jericho
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Devil’s Due Publishing has announced that they’ve cut a deal with CBS Consumer Products to publish a comic based on the canceled-CBS series Jericho. The comic will pick up where the series left off and pledges to answer many of the story’s still lingering questions.
“’Jericho’ is alive and well, thanks to the amazing fans who’ve driven us to find new and fresh ways to tell the Jericho story,” said Dan Shotz, co-executive producer of the show. “Josh Blaylock and the DDP team are great partners and have shown a true love for our show. We are so thrilled about this comic book series and the endless possibilities for the future of ‘Jericho.’”
This looks like it’ll be a faithful extension of the Jericho brand as the series’ original producing team of Jon Turteltaub, Carol Barbee, Karim Zreik and Jon Steinberg will be involved with Shotz.
Broadcast TV Ratings for Wednesday, March 11, 2009 March 12, 2009 4:37 pm
Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Nielsen TV Ratings, Television.Tags: Broadcast TV Ratings, Wednesday
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Lie to Me made a successful move to earlier in the evening. The show made its time slot premiere last night at 8:00pm and actually managed to grow its audience from the week prior when it had the benefit of airing out of an episode of American Idol. That’s very good news. It must be noted that there was a slight decline in terms of the show’s A18-49 audience, but not enough to be concerned about, at least not at the moment.
American Idol also was a bit stronger than usual (although its still down from last season’s numbers), increasing by near double-digits among viewers and double-digits among adults 18-49 from last week’s episode.
Following in second place was CBS, which while well behind Fox, still managed to post solid numbers and showed no ill effects, with each of the show’s improving in viewers and adults 18-49 from the week (or episode) prior.
NBC finished in third place and the most noteworthy development was the poor performance for new reality series Chopping Block. The show basically, to be put it bluntly, flopped, averaging less than 4 million viewers and a pultry 1.4 rating among adults 18-49, resulting in a dead-last place finish for the hour. NBC saw better results for Life at 9:00pm and especially Law & Order at 10:00pm, but overall, it was a poor showingn for a struggling network.
ABC aired just one original program last night, the already-canceled Life on Mars in the 10:00pm time period. Without the benefit of a Lost lead-in, the show dipped by double-digits and fell to below 5 million viewers and just a 1.5 rating in A18-49 rating.
That leaves us with The CW. Week two of the new season of America’s Next Top Model did very well for the network, drawing nearly 4.5 million viewers and improving upon last week’s numbers. The show also easily bested NBC’s premiere of Chopping Block in the hour and was very competitive (in A18-49 rating) with the two 8:00pm CBS comedies The New Adventures of Old Christine and Gary Unmarried. The viewer number reflected in the chart above is misleading due to a miserably performing 90210 repeat (which averaged just a touch over 1 million viewers) at 9:00pm.
Full ratings and breakdown’s, including week-to-week comparisons, etc., follow after the jump.
Star Trek Trailer #3 Beats Apple.com Download Record March 12, 2009 1:26 am
Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Movie Trailers, Movies, News.Tags: J.J. Abrams, Star Trek
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The new Star Trek trailer for J.J. Abrams Star Trek has broken all existing records on Apple.com with over 1.8 million downloads during the first 24 hours on the site. The trailer also broke the weekly download record with over five million downloads since its exclusive debut on the site on March 6th.
Check out the full press release after the jump. And if you haven’t seen the trailer yet, or just want to relive the epic awesomeness of it, watch it after the jump.
Star Trek hits theaters on May 8, 2009. (more…)
Charisma Carpenter Joins Cast of Sly Stallone’s The Expendables [UPDATE] March 12, 2009 1:17 am
Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Casting, Movies, News.Tags: Charisma Carpenter, Dolph Lundgren, Eric Roberts, Forest Whitaker, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Mickey Rourke, Randy Couture, Steve Austin, Sylvester Stallone, The Expendables
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UPDATE: Variety confirmed the casting and also announced that former WWE wrestler “Stone Cold” Steve Austin has also been added to the cast.
Original article follows below.
I don’t know how I missed this news from a few days ago. According to TV Guide, Charisma Carpenter (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) has been cast in Sylvester Stallone’s star-heavy action pic The Expendables. She’ll be playing the girlfriend of co-star Jason Statham.
In addition to Carpenter and Statham, The Expendables stars writer/director Sylvester Stallone, Eric Roberts, Mickey Rourke, Jet Li, Randy Couture, Dolph Lundgren and Forest Whitaker.
via MovieWeb
Juan Antonio Bayona Tapped to Direct The Twilight Saga’s Eclipse March 12, 2009 1:08 am
Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Movies, News, Summit Entertainment.Tags: Juan Antonio Bayona, The Twilight Saga's Eclipse
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Summit Entertainment has settled on Spanish director Juan Antonio Bayona to helm the studio’s third film in the Twilight franchise, The Twilight Saga’s Eclipse. According to Variety, Summit is expected to make the official announcement shortly.
Bayona is best known for directing the Spanish-language horror/thriller The Orphanage, which was executive produced by Guillermo Del Toro. His next project is the Universal Pictures thriller Hater, with Del Toro and Mark Johnson on board to produce.
Production on the second film in the franchise, The Twilight Saga’s New Moon, is expected to begin shortly. That’s set to hit theaters this November 20th.
The Twilight Saga’s Eclipse is scheduled to hit theaters on June 30, 2010.
Skeet Ulrich ‘Back’ At CBS March 12, 2009 1:00 am
Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in CBS, News, Television.Tags: Back, Craig Zadan, Dean Widenmann, Mark Pellington, Neil Meron, Skeet Ulrich
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Jericho star Skeet Ulrich is back at CBS, landing a role as the lead in the network’s drama pilot Back. From CBS Paramount, Back centers on a man (Ulrich) who returns home to discover he was reported missing eight years earlier, after September 11th. He must reconnect with his family and a world that has moved on without him.
The pilot’s script was written by Dean Widenmann who will be executive producing with producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron (Hairspray). Mark Pellington is directing.
Da Vinci Code Blu-ray to Offer Glimpse at Angels & Demons March 12, 2009 12:53 am
Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Blu-ray, Movies, News, Sony Pictures.Tags: Angels & Demons, Ron Howard, The Da Vinci Code, Tom Hanks
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Customers who purchase The Da Vinci Code: Extended Cut on Blu-ray April 28th will be treated to an exclusive five-minute scene from the upcoming prequel, Angels & Demons, which hits theaters two weeks later on May 15th.
The scene will be made available only on the Blu-ray version of The Da Vinci Code: Extended Cut and will feature an introduction by director Ron Howard. The new Blu-ray release will also include $10 in movie cash good towards the purchase of Angels & Demons tickets as well.
The Da Vinci Code: Extended Cut includes 28 minutes of new footage from the 2006 film.
Source: Variety
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