ABC Adapting “Maid in Manhattan” from Film to TV August 19, 2008 5:14 pm
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The 2002 romantic comedy starring Jennifer Lopez, Maid in Manhattan, is being adapted from the big screen to Television courtesy of ABC. Lopez will executive produce the planned series, along with Joe Roth and the film’s producer, Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas, while Chad Hodge will write. The hourlong drama/comedy will not be a remake, however: “The show is a different maid in a different Manhattan,” Hodge said. While the lead will remain a young Latina from the Bronx, the series will focus mostly on her relationships with her co-workers at a Manhattan hotel.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
New Trailer for “Body of Lies” August 19, 2008 5:12 pm
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Warner Bros. Pictures has released a new trailer for their Ridley Scott-directed drama Body of Lies which stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe. Watch the trailer below.
Synopsis
Fresh off of their success with director Martin Scorsese’s The Departed, star Leonardo DiCaprio and screenwriter William Monahan team with director Ridley Scott for this screen adaptation of David Ignatius’ novel Body of Lies. When CIA operative Roger Ferris (DiCaprio) uncovers evidence indicating that a major terrorist leader may be operating out of Jordan, he enlists the aid of CIA veteran Ed Hoffman (Russell Crowe) in infiltrating the elusive saboteur’s vast underground network. During the course of his dangerous mission, Ferris gradually comes to question how much he can trust his presumed allies — who include not just Hoffman, but the outwardly helpful head of Jordanian intelligence as well.
Body of Lies hits theaters on October 10, 2008.
Watch it in Standard Definition below, or click here to watch it in HD.
CBS Developing New “Hawaii Five-O” Series August 19, 2008 5:08 pm
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CBS is developing a new series based on the Hawaii Five-O franchise. The series comes from Criminal Minds executive producer/showrunner Ed Bernero.
The update will follow the structure of the original series, a procedural chronicling the workings of the fictional Hawaiian state police department, with Bernero noting that they “will try to keep as much of the original show as possible,” adding “I’m not trying to reinvent it.” In the original series, the unit was headed up by Steve McGarrett (Jack Lord). The new series will have McGarrett’s son Chris, as the head cop.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
Broadcast TV Ratings for Monday, August 18, 2008 August 19, 2008 4:39 pm
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Broadcast TV Ratings for Sunday, August 17, 2008 August 18, 2008 6:25 pm
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A complete breakdown of the night’s ratings follows after the jump.
Zak Penn to Write/Produce “The Argonauts” August 18, 2008 1:22 am
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Zak Penn has been hired by 20th Century Fox to write and produce a big screen adaptation of the classic Greek tale The Argonauts. Penn will work with John Davis. This will be the third adaptation of the material, as it was first adapted in 1963 and more recently in 2000 for Hallmark Television. Dreamworks is also working on a project with the same title.
Source: Variety
“Nightline” At Risk of Cancellation August 18, 2008 1:13 am
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Despite a trend that shows the long-running newsmagazine Nightline closing the viewer gap against CBS’s Late Night With David Letterman, ABC could cancel the news magazine should the network get the opportunity to pick up Jay Leno in a new late-night talk show.
“It would be hard for ABC not to make a play for Leno,” said Greg Kahn, senior vice president of the ad-buying firm Optimedia. “He is still at the top of his game, and the thinking is that a lot of ad dollars would follow him to another network.”
Starting next year, Leno will step down from The Tonight Show, so that NBC can install Conan O’Brien as the new host, but Leno, 58, isn’t ready to retire and rival studios ABC and Fox are already making a play on the talk show host, whose show earns about $50 million a year profit for NBC.
Source: LA Times
“Star Trek” Movie Site Updated August 18, 2008 12:54 am
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The official website for J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek has been updated with the four recently revealed new posters, featuring John Cho (Sulu), Simon Pegg (Scotty), Karl Urban (McCoy) and Anton Yelchin (Chekov), which I posted about in this article. You’ll find the high-resolution posters after the jump.
ABC Orders TV Pilot of “The Witches of Eastwick” August 18, 2008 12:43 am
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ABC has put in a script order for a new TV series based on the supernatural movie The Witches of Eastwick. The pilot will be written by Dawson’s Creek writer Maggie Friedman.
This marks the third attempt at a TV version of the 1987 film (and book of which it was based), which starred Jack Nicholson, Cher, Susan Sarandon and Michelle Pfeiffer. In 1992, Warner Bros. TV commissioned writers Carlton Cuse and Jeffrey Boam to develop The Witches of Eastwick for NBC and in 2002, Fox developed a version along with Warner Bros. TV titled Eastwick, from excecutive producer Jim Leonard and writers Jon Cowan and Robert Rovner.
Source: Variety
‘Night at the Museum 2’ and ‘Transformers 2’ To Hit IMAX August 18, 2008 12:35 am
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20th Century Fox and DreamWorks/Paramount will release Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, respectively, in both conventional and IMAX theaters next year. ‘Night at the Museum 2’ hits theaters on May 22, 2009, while Transformers 2 follows on June 26, 2009.
The original Transformers had a delayed release of more than 2 months back in 2007.
Source: ComingSoon.net
J.J. Abrams Signs Onto Earthquake Disaster Project August 18, 2008 12:30 am
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Universal Pictures has announced that J.J. Abrams (Lost, Star Trek) is developing an Earthquake disaster film with screenwriter David Selzter (Omen). While details on the project are being kept under tight wraps–surprise, surprise–we do know that it isn’t a remake of Universal’s 1974 film of the same name, Earthquake.
Source: THR
Broadcast TV Ratings for Saturday, August 16, 2008 August 17, 2008 6:15 pm
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Broadcast TV Ratings for Friday, August 15, 2008 August 16, 2008 6:15 pm
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Broadcast TV Ratings for Thursday, August 14, 2008 August 15, 2008 7:22 pm
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Broadcast TV Ratings for Wednesday, August 13, 2008 August 14, 2008 11:10 pm
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Broadcast TV Ratings for Tuesday, August 12, 2008 August 13, 2008 6:22 pm
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A complete breakdown of the night’s ratings follows after the jump.
“Gossip Girl” Contest: Enter to Win A $1,000 Gift Card And A 2 Night Trip to NYC + More August 12, 2008 9:25 pm
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The first season DVD set of The CW’s Gossip Girl is just a week away (August 19, 2008), and in celebration of its release and the upcoming second season you could win a $1,000 Gift Card and more. Click the image below to head over to gossipgirltvondvd.com to enter the contest.
Broadcast TV Ratings for Monday, August 11, 2008 August 12, 2008 5:20 pm
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Broadcast TV Ratings for Sunday, August 10, 2008 August 11, 2008 8:24 pm
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A complete breakdown of the night’s ratings follows after the jump.
Spingsteen To Anchor Super Bowl Halftime Show August 11, 2008 3:15 pm
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The NYPost is reporting that the 2009 Super Bowl in Tampa Bay has landed Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band for the Super Bowl Halftime show. The Super Bowl this season airs on NBC on February 1, 2009.
“The Princess and the Frog” Artwork August 11, 2008 2:11 pm
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Disney has opened up a new website at DisneyAnimation.com and they’ve put up a new section for their upcoming animated film The Princess and the Frog. Check out some artwork from the film by clicking the image below.
Source: Disney Animation
Broadcast TV Ratings for Saturday, August 9, 2008 August 11, 2008 2:15 am
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Four Consecutive First Place Weekends for “The Dark Knight”; Now Third Highest Grossing Movie of All-Time August 10, 2008 11:14 pm
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The Dark Knight held off comedy Pineapple Express over the weekend, taking in an estimated $26.03M from 4,025 theaters to take first place for the fourth consecutive weekend. That’s a drop of just 39% from the weekend prior. The film’s total domestic gross now stands at $441.54M, good enough to put it into third place on the all-time list, just below #2 Star Wars ($461M). As I noted last week, I’m going to continue tracking the performance of The Dark Knight and my estimate has widened slightly to $496-547M total domestic box office (Although Titanic’s $600.79M record is unlikely, it’s not entirely out of the question just yet. It’s really going to depend on how the movie performs over the coming weeks).
In terms of overseas box office, the film has tacked on an additional $263.1M, growing its worldwide cume to over $700M at $704.64M.
Pineapple Express, meanwhile, grossed $22.4M over the weekend, but the film actually opened on Wednesday so it’s taken in $40.47M over its first five days of release. A good sum for an R-rated comedy.
Click through the jump for the rest of the top 10.
“Tiny Toon Adventures Season 1 Volume 1”: DVD Review August 10, 2008 10:45 pm
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Cartoon fun so huge it’s Tiny! Rejoice, potatoes du couch, ’cause look what’s finally on 4 deliciously delirious DVDs: the first half of Season One – 35 furry, funny, Montana Max-has-money episodes stretching from inner Burbank to outer space and featuring Buster Bunny, Babs Bunny (no relation!), Plucky Duck, Hamton Pig, Elmyra Duff, Dizzy Devil and more denizens of Acme Acres. Here you;’ll find cultrual send-ups, sly in-jokes and lfat0out silliness. And here you’ll find Acme Looniversity, where the Toonsters are schooleed under the wise(guy) guidance of Warner Bros. ‘toon legends from Bugs Bunny to Yosemite Sam. Enroll today. (And if you don’t pay attent and stop playing with that Acme Atom Re-Arranger, you’ll get a week’s detention!)
Read my review of the Four-Disc DVD set after the jump.
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