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Rosario T. Calabria on August 25, 2009 at 4:00 pm
The fifth episode of the recently renewed Syfy series Warehouse 13 drew 4.3 million viewers (when including an additional 985,000 DVR viewers). That makes the episode the network’s most-watched series telecast in the history of the network. Check out the complete press release after the jump.
Also, tonight at 9:00 p.m., Syfy airs a brand new episode of the series (“Duped”). Head on over the jump to check out a clip from the show. Continue reading Syfy’s Warehouse 13 Becomes Most-Watched Original Series Telecast in Network History (with DVR Viewing) + New Video Clip
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Rosario T. Calabria on August 25, 2009 at 3:20 pm
This is really something. Sunday’s episode of True Blood hit another series high, drawing an impressive 5.33 million viewers (up 20% from last week’s then-series high 4.46 million viewers).
Even more impressive — given the relatively low penetration level of HBO — is that the show was #3 across all of cable last week.
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Rosario T. Calabria on August 25, 2009 at 3:05 pm
The blaxploitation spoof Black Dynamite will have a platform release starting on October 16th. The film — co-written by stars Michael Jai White and Byron Minns and Scott Sanders — premiered at Sundance’s Midnight section this year and was purchased by Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group. Black Dynamite will be released through Apparition, [...]
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Rosario T. Calabria on August 25, 2009 at 3:05 pm
Disney has released a new behind-the-scenes featurette for The Princess and the Frog, the studio’s upcoming hand-drawn animated feature film. The featurette is titled “Conjuring the Villain” and comes courtesy the website CartoonBrew. Watch it after the jump.
The Princess and the Frog hits theaters on November 25, 2009. Continue reading The Princess and the Frog Featurette: “Conjuring the Villain”
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Rosario T. Calabria on August 25, 2009 at 3:05 pm
Columbia Pictures has hired writers Adam Fierro and Glen Mazzara to write a sequel to the Will Smith superhero movie Hancock.
Plot details for the sequel are being kept under wraps, but THR reports that the writers will work with Smith and director Peter Berg to “build on the world hinted at in [...]
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Rosario T. Calabria on August 25, 2009 at 2:51 pm
The teaser trailer for director Christopher Nolan’s upcoming sci-fi action film Inception has been released online. The trailer was attached to select prints of Inglourious Basterds last Friday. Check out the trailer after the jump.
Inception hits theaters on July 16, 2010. Continue reading Inception Teaser Trailer
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Rosario T. Calabria on August 25, 2009 at 2:47 pm
Producer Frank Marshall revealed on his Twitter account that the second/theatrical trailer for M. Night Shyamalan’s The Last Airbender is on track to be released by this Christmas:
“For those of you wondering about LAST AIRBENDER, all is well in post and we r working on a trailer for Xmas…”
The Last [...]
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Rosario T. Calabria on August 25, 2009 at 2:42 pm
Reaction may have been decidedly mixed towards the highly anticipated debut of the trailer for James Cameron’s Avatar last week, but the launch was a huge success for everyone involved — most especially Apple.com who exclusively hosted the trailer. According to Apple, the trailer became the most-viewed ever on Apple.com, netting over 4 million streams in its 24 hours and thus shattering the previous record of 1.7 million streams.
Head on over the jump to read the press release. Also, if you haven’t seen it yet, Ubisoft released the trailer for the videogame adaptation. I’ve included that after the jump as well.
Avatar hits conventional, IMAX 3-D, IMAX 2-D, digital 3-D, digital 2-D, and 35mm 2-D theaters on December 18, 2009. Continue reading Avatar Trailer Breaks Record + Videogame trailer
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Rosario T. Calabria on August 25, 2009 at 2:34 pm
Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (28 Weeks Later) is in talks with Universal Pictures to direct Bioshock, the studio’s upcoming adaptation of the Take-Two video game. Gore Verbinski, who was originally set to direct the film but pulled out over budget concerns brough up by Universal (who want to shoot overseas to take advantage of tax [...]
