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Posted by Rosario T. Calabria on August 19, 2009 at 5:03 pm
According to Daniel Kaplan of SportsBusiness Journal, NFL Owners have voted to extend the broadcasting deal they have in place with NBC for two more years. The owners are in Chicago for a five-hour business meeting.
An official announcement is expected shortly.
With the extension in place, NBC’s rights deals will now expire in [...]
Posted by Rosario T. Calabria on August 19, 2009 at 4:41 pm
NCM Fathom, Warner Home Video and Turner Classic Movies have announced a one night only high definition presentation of The Wizard of Oz in over 440 movie theaters nationwide on Wednesday, September 23rd at 7:00 p.m. (local time).
The presentation will include a special introduction by Robert Osborne, a classic film historian and host [...]
Posted by Rosario T. Calabria on August 19, 2009 at 4:38 pm
Hollywood continues to be in love with remakes. Details are scarce, but Production Weekly, through their Twitter account, is reporting that Lionsgate is developing a remake of the 1987 classic Dirty Dancing.
The only other detail we know is that the script will be written by Julia [...]
Posted by Rosario T. Calabria on August 19, 2009 at 1:29 pm
The Taps team returns tonight (August 19th) with the season premiere of Ghost Hunters on Syfy at 9:00 p.m. The episode is called “Inhuman Entity” and focuses on the investigation of a private home in Blackstone, MA. Here’s the synopsis:
The Ghost Hunters head to Blackstone, MA to investigate a private home, where a family’s paranormal experiences have recently taken a turn for the worse. The increasingly violent, inexplicable occurrences show no sign of letting up during the team’s investigation, during which Jason is attacked by an invisible force!
Head on over the jump to check out a new video clip from the premiere.
Check out all new episodes of Ghost Hunters this summer Wednesday’s at 9:00 p.m. on Syfy. Continue reading Ghost Hunters Season Premiere Tonight: Watch Clip

Posted by Rosario T. Calabria on August 19, 2009 at 12:49 pm
Summit Entertainment is in advanced talks to pick up the world film rights to The Beaver. The dark comedy, written by Kyle Killen, is set to star Mel Gibson and will be directed by Jodie Foster.
The film centers on a depressed man who finds solace in wearing a beaver hand puppet. Foster will [...]
Posted by Rosario T. Calabria on August 19, 2009 at 12:45 pm
Jon Hamm (Mad Men) has joined the cast of director Zack Snyder’s upcoming action fantasy Sucker Punch. Hamm joins Emily Browning, Vanessa Hudgens, Jamie Chung, Jena Malone, Abbie Cornish and Carla Gugino in the 1950′s-set film about a girl (Browning) confined to a mental institution by her stepfather, who intends to have her lobotomized [...]
Posted by Rosario T. Calabria on August 19, 2009 at 12:35 pm
IGN has posted a new featurette for director Jonathan Mostow’s upcoming adaptation of the graphic novel Surrogates. The sci-fi thriller stars Bruce Willis, Radha Mitchell, Rosamund Pike, James Cromwell and Ving Rhames. Watch the featurette after the jump.
Synopsis
People are living their lives remotely from the safety of their own homes via robotic surrogate-sexy, physically perfect mechanical representations of themselves.
It’s an ideal world where crime, pain, fear and consequences don’t exist. When the first murder in yeras jolts this utopia, FBI agent Greer (Bruce Willis) discovers a vast conspiracy behind the surrogate phenomenon and must abandon his own surrogate, risking his life to unravel the myster.
A gripping action thriller directed by Jonathan Mostow (Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Breakdown), Surrogates also stars Radha Mitchell, Rosamund Pike, James Cromwell and Ving Rhames.
Surrogates hits theaters on September 25, 2009. Continue reading New Featurette: A Look Inside Surrogates

Posted by Rosario T. Calabria on August 19, 2009 at 12:12 pm
Warner Brothers is remaking the 1981 space Western Outland. The new film, based on the original which starred Sean Connery as a marshal on one of Jupiter’s moons who is investigating mysterious deaths, will be written by Chad St. John and directed by Michael Davis. Hollywood Gang’s Gianni Nunnari is producing and Craig Flores [...]
Posted by Rosario T. Calabria on August 19, 2009 at 11:52 am
Showtime is working on a new 10-episode documentary series from Academy Award-winning director Oliver Stone entitled Oliver Stone’s Secret History of America. The series will debut on Showtime in 2010:
Narrated by Stone, the new one-hour series will feature episodes that focus on human events, that at the time went under-reported, but crucially shaped America’s unique and complex history over the last 60 years. Stone and a small group of historians and archivists have meticulously combed through the national archives of the U.S., Russia, South Africa, England, and Japan in search of papers, letters, memoranda, film, and photographs to assist in their documentation of unknown historical figures and events that have rarely, if ever, been revealed. Topics range from President Harry Truman’s decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan to the origins and reasons for the Cold War with the Soviet Union, to the fierce struggle between war and peace in America’s national security complex. Newly discovered facts and accounts from the Kennedy administration, the Vietnam War, and the great changes in America’s role in the world since the fall of Communism in the 1980s will be presented.
The full press release follows after the jump.
Continue reading Showtime Partnering with Oliver Stone for Secret History of America

Posted by Rosario T. Calabria on August 19, 2009 at 11:30 am
A&E’s new series Hoarders debuted Monday night as the most-watched series premiere in network history among Adults 18-49 and tied for the most ever in Adults 25-54. The premiere was watched by 2.5 million viewers (1.8 million Adults 18-49).
Hoarders airs Monday’s at 10:00 p.m. on A&E.
The full press release follows after the jump.
Continue reading A&E’s New Series Hoarders Records Best A18-49 Premiere Performance in Network History

Posted by Rosario T. Calabria on August 19, 2009 at 11:20 am
TNT has added two additional episodes to its summer run of the hit series Leverage, starring Academy Award winner Timothy Hutton, Gina Bellman, Christian Kane, Beth Riesgraf and Aldis Hodge. The summer finale, scheduled to air on September 9th at 9:00 p.m., guest-stars Jeri Ryan (Star Trek: Voyager) in a new recurring role as Tara, a grifter who helps the team out. Here’s the schedule:
“The Ice Man Job” Wednesday, Sept. 2, at 9 p.m. (ET/PT)
Summer Finale: “The Lost Heir Job” Wednesday, Sept. 9, at 9 p.m. (ET/PT).
The full press release follows after the jump. Continue reading TNT Adds Two More Episodes of Leverage to Summer Lineup

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