Source: THR
60 Minutes Obama Sitdown Draws Largest Audience Since 1999 November 21, 2008 1:30 pm
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Last Sunday’s sit-down interview with President-elect Barack Obama (later joined by wife Michelle) on CBS’s 60 Minutes drew 25.10 million viewers. That’s the highest ratings the show has posted since 1999 as well as the first time since then that it has drawn more than 24 million viewers.
Full ratings for the episode:
- Household – 15.1/23 Rating/Share
- Viewers – 25,104,000 (8.7 Rating)
- Adults 18-49 – 8,325,000 (6.3/16 Rating/Share)
Source: Nielsen Media
Little Fockers in Development November 21, 2008 1:07 pm
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FOX News is reporting that Ben Stiller is moving forward with a third Meet the Parents movie, a sequel to 2004’s Meet the Fockers titled Little Fockers:
In the natural progression of things, Robert DeNiro and Blythe Danner would return as grandparents to Ben Stiller and Teri Polo’s babies. Of course, Dustin Hoffman and Barbra Streisand would have to return as well.
Both comedy’s in the franchise have been very successful for Universal, with the second grossing $516.6 million worldwide and the first (2000) grossing $330.4 million worldwide.
Source: FOX News
New Star Trek Movie Trailer Online November 17, 2008 3:14 pm
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The second trailer for the new Star Trek film from J.J. Abrams is now online. I’ve embedded the trailer below.
It’s safe to say this is a trailer that is best watched on the big screen, but watching it in High Definition (over at Apple.com) is a solid alternative for those not willing to watch it attached to Quantum of Solace.
Star Trek hits theaters on May 8, 2009.
New The Spirit Trailer November 14, 2008 8:30 pm
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Check out the new trailer for Frank Miller’s film adaptation of the Will Eisner graphic novel The Spirit.
Synopsis
A resurrected cop does battle with a villain whose quest for immortality threatens an entire metropolis in Sin City creator Frank Miller’s adaptation of Will Eisner’s acclaimed graphic novel. When a rookie cop is brutally killed and mysteriously brought back to life, he assumes the guise of The Spirit (Gabriel Macht) — a masked crime fighter who prowls the shadows of Central City on a supernatural mission to keep the urban landscape safe. Upon discovering that his arch nemesis, The Octopus (Samuel L. Jackson), is determined to live forever even if it means wiping out the entire population of Central City, The Spirit must race to stop the diabolical villain from achieving his cold-blooded plan. But even with his unique powers, the brave masked crusader will face a series of deadly challenges as a bevy of treacherous beauties including deceptively sweet girl next door Ellen Dolan (Sarah Paulson), spitfire secretary Silken Floss (Scarlett Johansson), wraithlike siren Lorelei (Jaime King), seductive policewoman Morgenstern (Stana Katic), and French black widow Plaster of Paris (Paz Vega) set out to seduce or consume him at every turn; even The Spirit’s one true love, a volatile jewel thief named Sand Saref (Eva Mendes), could ultimately destroy our hero before he accomplishes his mission of saving Central City.
The Spirit hits theaters on December 25, 2008.
New Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Trailer November 14, 2008 3:18 pm
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Warner Bros has released a new trailer for the sixth installment in the Harry Potter franchise, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Watch it below.
Synopsis
Adolescent wizard-in-training Harry Potter returns to Hogwarts for another year of schooling and learns more about the dark past of the boy who grew up to become Lord Voldemort in this, the sixth installment of the film series that originated from the writings of author J.K. Rowling.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince hits theaters on July 17, 2009.
New Watchmen Trailer Released November 13, 2008 7:56 pm
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The second theatrical trailer for Zack Snyder’s Watchmen has been released. Watch it below, or you can watch it in high definition via Yahoo! Movies.
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Watchmen hits theaters on March 6, 2009.
Broadcast TV Ratings for Wednesday, November 12, 2008 November 13, 2008 7:03 pm
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Academy Disqualifies The Dark Knight Score November 13, 2008 6:31 pm
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Because the films music cue sheet lists five names as composers, the soundtrack to The Dark Knight
Sources inside the committee said that the big issue was the fact that five names were listed as composers on the music cue sheet, the official studio document that specifies every piece of music (along with its duration and copyright owner) in the film.
Zimmer said, in an interview with Variety prior to this week’s Acad action, that listing multiple names on the cue sheet was a way of financially rewarding parts of the music team who helped make the overall work successful. (Performing-rights societies like ASCAP and BMI use the cue sheet to distribute royalties to composers.)
Source: Variety
2012 Teaser Trailer November 13, 2008 6:19 pm
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Sony Pictures has released the teaser trailer for Roland Emmerich’s upcoming disaster film 2012. Check it out embedded below, or watch it in High Definition at Moviefone.
Synopsis
Roland Emmerich delivers another large-scale disaster picture with 2012, a Sony Pictures Entertainment production detailing the year when many ancient scribes predicted that the world would end, with John Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Danny Glover, Amanda Peet, Thandie Newton, and Oliver Platt filling out the cast. The director co-wrote the script with his 10,000 B.C. writer/composer Harald Kloser.
2012 hits theaters on July 10, 2009.
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First Look at Resident Evil: Degeneration November 13, 2008 6:12 pm
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The first eight minutes and an age-restricted clip from Sony Pictures and Capcom’s Resident Evil: Degeneration have been unveiled online. You can watch the clips below. The CG-animated film hits DVD and Blu-ray Disc on December 30, 2008.
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Watchmen Trailer Online This Evening (Thursday, November 13th) November 13, 2008 6:07 pm
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A new trailer for Watchmen will debut online this Thursday, November 13th at 8pm ET on Yahoo! Movies. This is the same trailer, by the way, that will be attached to prints of Quantum of Solace this Friday.
Watchmen hits theaters on March 6, 2009.
NBC Cancels My Own Worst Enemy and Lipstick Jungle November 13, 2008 6:02 pm
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NBC has pulled the plug on two of its shows: freshman drama My Own Worst Enemy and second-year series Lipstick Jungle, according to THR. NBC had high hopes for ‘Enemy’, but the series got out of the gate poorly and sunk to a very poor 1.8 A18-49 rating and 4.3 million total viewers on Monday night. Lipstick Jungle drew a weaker 3.3 million total viewers and a 1.2 rating among adults 18-49 on Friday.
It’s unclear at this time how NBC’s schedule will change. Production continues on the ninth, and final, episode of My Own Worst Enemy (four have aired) while Lipstick Jungle has all 13 episodes of its initial order complete.
Source: THR
Fox Cancels Mad TV November 13, 2008 5:54 pm
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After 14 seasons on the air, Mad TV is coming to an end. Fox confirmed on Wednesday that the Saturday night sketch series, which in the past has escaped cancellation, will end its run at the end of this season.
“There’s been great interest in recent years,” said exec producer David Salzman. “We’ve had a number of networks inquire as to whether the show was coming off Fox and saying that they’d be interested. We have not started to talk to them yet, but now is the time to begin those conversations. I think we have real prospects, but you never know, especially given the economy.”
Fox decided to inform the show’s producers of their decision now, rather than later in the season, in order to give them a chance to end the series with a proper sendoff:
“This will give us a proper sendoff, a chance to promote the finale and bring back old cast members,” Salzman said.
Source: Variety
Twilight Soundtrack Debuts at #1 on Billboard 200 November 13, 2008 5:43 pm
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The soundtrack to Twilight debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 this week, becoming the third No. 1 film soundtrack this year after Juno and Mamma Mia! According to Nielsen SoundScan, the soundtrack moved 165,000 copies in the US. 29% (48,000) of its sales were digital downloads which is the second-biggest digital week for a soundtrack since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking album download sales in 2004 (High School Musical bowed with 62,000 downloads in August 2007).
Last week’s No. 1, AC/DC’s “Black Ice” from Columbia dropped 41% to No. 2 with 160,000 copies and the soundtrack to Disney’s High School Musical 3 stayed in third place for a second straight week with a 32% drop to 110,000 copies sold.
Twilight hits theaters next week, November 21st.
Source: Nielsen SoundScan (via THR)
Broadcast TV Ratings for Tuesday, November 11, 2008 November 12, 2008 5:12 pm
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Star Trek Enterprise Revealed November 12, 2008 4:03 pm
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Entertainment Weekly has revealed the first full photo of the Enterprise from director J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek. Click to enlarge. The magazine also spoke with Abrams:
Abrams wanted to take the original TV series Enterprise and the movie franchise Enterprise and fuse them together into a new yet familiar Enterprise. His ambition was a ship that felt very realistic, that could “stand up” to today’s f/x standards—and beyond. “If you’re going to do Star Trek there are many things you cannot change. The Enterprise is a visual touchstone for so many people. So if you’re going to do the Enterprise, it better look like the Enterprise, because otherwise, what are you doing?”
Source: Entertainment Weekly
Watchmen Character Posters November 12, 2008 3:54 pm
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Warner Bros has released a new batch of character posters for Watchmen. As always, click to enlarge.
Source: Warner Bros
The Cleveland Show Pushed to 2009 November 12, 2008 3:00 pm
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The Family Guy spin-off The Cleveland Show is being pushed back by Fox and is now unlikely to debut this season. The series is now expected to premiere the fall of next year. At the same time as the delay, however, Fox has ordered the back-nine episodes of Cleveland, giving the 20th Century Fox series a full 22 episode order for the 2009/10 season. Also, Arianna Huffington has joined the show’s voice cast in a recurring role.
Source: Variety
ABC Moves Private Practice to Thursday, Life on Mars to Wednesday November 12, 2008 2:41 pm
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When ABC announced a few days ago that Lost would be premiering on January 21st and in turn take the Wednesday at 9pm time slot beginning the following week, many wondered what that meant for former time slot occupant Private Practice. Well, we now have an answer and in addition to Private Practice, the network will also be moving Life on Mars. According to THR, ABC plans to move Private Practice to Thursday’s at 10pm and Life on Mars to Wednesday’s at 10pm. It’s unclear at the moment if this is a permanent move, or just a temporary change.
Source: THR
Broadcast TV Ratings for Monday, November 10, 2008 November 11, 2008 4:36 pm
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Joe Johnston to Direct The First Avenger: Captain America November 11, 2008 2:36 pm
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Marvel Studios has signed Joe Johnston to direct The First Avenger: Captain America. The film is set to hit theaters on May 6, 2011, just two months before the release of Marvel’s The Avengers (July 15, 2011). Casting for the film, including the lead role, is still underway, as well as screenwriters.
Valkyrie Featurette November 11, 2008 2:32 pm
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MGM, via MSN Video, has released a new Valkyrie featurette focusing on the film’s director Bryan Singer. Check it out below.
Valkyrie hits theaters on December 26, 2008.
Teaser #2 For Disney’s Up November 11, 2008 2:32 pm
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Disney has released teaser trailer #2 for Pixar’s Up.
Up hits theaters on May 29, 2009.
New Watchmen Poster November 11, 2008 2:31 pm
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Yahoo! Movies has premiered a new movie poster for Zack Snyder’s Watchmen. As always, click to enlarge.
Synopsis
300’s Zack Snyder brings Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ critically acclaimed comic book Watchmen to the big screen, courtesy of DC Comics and Warner Bros. Pictures. Set in an alternate universe circa 1985, the film’s world is a highly unstable one where a nuclear war is imminent between America and Russia. Superheroes have long been made to hang up their tights thanks to the government-sponsored Keene Act, but that all changes with the death of The Comedian (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), a robust ex-hero commando whose mysterious free fall out a window perks the interest of one of the country’s last remaining vigilantes, Rorschach (Jackie Earle Haley). His investigation leads him to caution many of his other former costumed colleagues, including Dr. Manhattan, Night Owl (Patrick Wilson), Ozymandias (Matthew Goode), Sally Jupiter (Carla Gugino), and her daughter, The Silk Spectre (Malin Akerman). Heralded for bringing the world of superheroes into the literary world, Watchmen gave the super-powered mythos a real-life grounding that had been missing in mainstream comics to that point. The film adaptation had languished in one form of development hell or another for years after the book’s release, with various directors on and off the project, including Terry Gilliam, David Hayter, and Darren Aronofsky, as well as Paul Greengrass, whose eventual dismissal stemmed from budget conflicts with the studio.
Watchmen hits theaters on March 6, 2009.
HBO Picks Up Rights to Barack Obama Documentary November 11, 2008 2:30 pm
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HBO has acquired the rights–paying in the low seven figures–to an untitled Barack Obama documentary from producer Edward Norton. According to THR, Norton’s Class 5 Films approached the Obama campaign in early 2006 about a documentary chronicling the President-elect’s history in politics. Directors Amy Rice and Alicia Sams were granted extensive access to film Obama before he launched his run in 2007 and will continue through inauguration on January 20, 2009.
The documentary, which includes interviews with Obama, his senior campaign staff, family, friends and volunteers, willl air sometime next year.
“Senator Obama’s history-making race for the White House has given our film a perfect framework to explore the pulse of the country at this vital moment in our history,” said Norton, who produced the project with Stuart Blumberg and Bill Migliore. “We believe this film will capture a tipping point in American history when a new generation of leadership emerged and old prejudices were finally vaulted over.”
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