Donnie Darko Spinoff S. Darko Going Straight-to-DVD February 4, 2009 6:03 pm
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S. Darko, the upcoming Donnie Darko spinoff — with no involvment from the original director — about Donnie’s sister, will not be hitting theaters. io9 reports that MGM home entertainment will instead be releasing the film straight-to-DVD on April 28th. io9 further reports that the trailer will be screened at the New York Comic Con this weekend (February 6-8). I’ve attached a photo from the movie above (courtesy Bloody-Disgusting, click to get a better look).
In the meantime, here’s the already released teaser:
Synopsis
S. Darko takes place in the summer of 1995, seven years after the original film. It follows Donnie Darko’s younger sister, Samantha (Daveigh Chase), who, in the wake of his death, has found herself at age 17 with a broken family, mired in feelings of insignificance. She and her best friend Corey (Evigan) set off on a road trip to Hollywood in a bid to ‘make it big’, but their journey is cut short when their car breaks down unexpectedly, leaving them stranded in a small desert town. When a meteorite happens to crash-land nearby, Samantha is plagued by bizarre visions telling of the universe’s end and it appears that their breakdown was part of some grander plan. When she finds out she was actually adopted by the Darkos, and that she is in no way related to Donnie, she must face her own demons and, in doing so, save the world and herself.
Broadcast TV Ratings for Tuesday, February 3, 2009 February 4, 2009 2:08 pm
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Fox easily won the night, outpacing #2 CBS by nearly six million among viewers and NBC by nearly 4 rating points among adults 18-49. The network saw week-to-week growth for both American Idol, and Fringe, more specifically Fringe, which grew by double-digits among households and viewers and more than 8% among adults 18-49.
CBS followed in second place, but perhaps more impressive, is that the network had just one original show air for the evening, 10pm time slot winner (among households and viewers), Without a Trace. Any network that manages to draw over 14 million viewers for two repeats, both of which outpaced the original program at 10pm, deserves major kudos.
Finishing in third place was NBC, which actually managed a second place finish among adults 18-49 thanks to strong showings from both Biggest Loser, which continues to hold up strongly against American Idol (with just slight week-to-week declines) and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, which won its time slot among adults 18-49 by a comfortable margin, despite losing out among viewers by more than 1.5 million.
ABC was in fourth place, with not much good news to report. All of the networks programs were below 6 million viewers.
In terms of overall audience, The CW, always in fifth place these days, performed quite poorly — the networks best show was 90210 which drew 2.40 million viewers. However, was actually an improvement over the last original episode and the show posted an improvement of 18% in the demo. My full analysis follows after the jump. (more…)
New Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Images February 3, 2009 6:54 pm
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IGN has a couple new images from the upcoming sequel, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves for the Playstation 3 from Naughty Dog. Head on over to IGN to read their preview for the game and check out several more images.
The video game will be released sometime this year.
Sega Announces Iron Man 2 Video Game February 3, 2009 6:12 pm
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SEGA has announced that they are continuing their existing partnership with Marvel Entertainment and will release a game based on the upcoming 2010 film Iron Man 2. The video game will come out in 2010 alongside the film. Considering the quality of most film-based video games, I won’t get my hopes up. The full press release follows after the jump. (more…)
Broadcast TV Ratings for Monday, February 2, 2009 February 3, 2009 4:45 pm
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Despite heavy promotion during their telecast of the Super Bowl on Sunday night, NBC saw only a minimal increase in viewership for its lineup, placing a disappointing fourth place for the evening. Both Chuck and Heroes improved by an average of 9% among viewers and 9.5% among adults 18-49. Medium drew the largest audience for the network, but actually failed to match its season four premiere numbers (down 11% among viewers and 12% among adults 18-49).
As for the rest of the evening, CBS and FOX split first place, with CBS taking households and viewers with its amazingly strong comedy lineup and original episode of CSI: Miami and Fox taking Adults 18-49 (although the network did experience a weekly dip in both measures).
CBS had the most-watched show for the evening among households (a 10.2 rating for CSI: Miami) and viewers (16.52 million for Two and a Half Men) while the network tied with Fox for the night’s most watched show among adults 18-49 (Two and a Half Men had a 5.5 rating in the demo, tied with Fox’s House).
ABC meanwhile placed third, with another solid performance for The Bachelor (which continues to tick upward) and okay numbers for True Beauty.
And finally, after a one-week break, The CW’s Gossip Girl and One Tree Hill both returned on track with their most recent performance, but failed to break 2.3 and 2.6 million, respectively, resulting in a poor performance overall. My full analysis follows after the jump. (more…)
Dragonball Evolution PSP Images February 2, 2009 6:56 pm
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Namco Bandai Games have announced that Dragonball Evolution, a video game based on the movie of the same name, will be released on the Sony PlayStation Portable April 2009. I’ve included a couple screen grabs here (click to enlarge), head on over to coplanet.it for more.
Sam Raimi Wants to Shoot Spider-Man 4 in Michigan February 2, 2009 6:41 pm
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The Oakland Press recently did an interview with Sam Raimi, where the Michigan native revealed that he may be coming back to the state to shoot scenes for Spider-Man 4. Here’s an excerpt from the article:
Raimi is slated to begin production on “Spider-Man 4” in 2010, in fact and, he said, envisions shooting some of that movie in Michigan.
“I’ll be looking at Michigan for our second-unit photography on the new ‘Spider-Man’ film,” he confirmed.
The extensive infrastructure needed to crank out megabudget productions like the three “Spider-Man” movies he already has made has, for the most part, kept him in Hollywood, Raimi pointed out.
“Producers are always looking at the bottom line, and if they can get the same looking stuff somewhere else cheaper, they’re going to shoot there,” Rumble said.
Such was the case with “Spider-Man 3.”
“It was cheaper to shoot in Ohio because the streets we were shooting on had storefronts that looked a little bit more like New York than Detroit did,” Raimi explained. “But if the incentives Michigan has now had been in place, we would have had the money to adapt a set in Detroit.”
Spider-Man 4 is scheduled to hit theaters in 2011.
TNT Renews Leverage for a Second Season February 2, 2009 6:28 pm
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TNT Has announced that they’ve given a renewal to the freshman drama Leverage, which has become ad-supported cable’s #1 program in the Tuesday 10pm (ET/PT) timeslot. The series has averaged 3.2 million viewers and scores well when time-shifted viewing is factored in.
The full press release follows after the jump. (more…)
ABC Family Renews Greek and Lincoln Heights; Orders Three New Series and Cancels Kyle XY February 2, 2009 6:25 pm
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ABC Family today announced the renewal of two of their shows, Greek (for 20 episodes) and Lincoln Heights (for 10 episodes). Both shows are scheduled to return with new episodes this summer.
The network also announced that three of their pilots have each received 10-episode orders. They are:
“Perfect 10,” a One-Hour Scripted Drama Starring Peri Gilpin (“Frasier”), Making Her Return to Series Television
“10 Things I Hate About You,” with Director Gil Junger, Executive Producer and Writer Carter Covington, and Starring Ethan Peck (Grandson of Gregory Peck), Lindsey Shaw (“Aliens in America”), Meaghan Jette Martin (“Camp Rock”) and Larry Miller (Reprising His Film Role)
“Ruby and The Rockits,” Starring Alexa Vega (“Spy Kids”), David Cassidy and Patrick Cassidy, and Executive-Produced by Shaun Cassidy
Kyle XY, meanwhile, has gotten the axe.
The full press release follows after the jump. (more…)
Daniel Day-Lewis and Benicio Del Toro In Talks to Star in Scorsese’s Silence February 2, 2009 6:12 pm
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Martin Scorsese hopes to make Silence his next film and according to Variety, the director is working with Graham King’s GK Films on negotiating with Oscar winners Daniel Day-Lewis and Benicio Del Toro to star. Production is expected to begin later this year in New Zealand.
The drama is set in 17th century and is about two Jesuit priests facing violence and persecution when they travel to Japan to locate their mentor and to spread the gospel of Christianity. The film is based on the Shusaku Endo novel, and was adapted by Jay Cooks. Scorsese has been interested in the project for more than a decade.
Dev Patel Joins Cast of The Last Airbender February 2, 2009 6:03 pm
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Slumdog Millionaire star Dev Patel has joined the cast of M. Night Shyamalan’s The Last Airbender. Patel joins Noah Ringer, Nicola Peltz, Jackson Rathbone and Jessica Jade Andres on the Paramount Pictures/Nickelodeon Films live-action film based on a Nick TV series. According to Variety, Patel will play Zuko, a member of the Fire Nation.
The film begins shooting mid-March in Greenland and will hit theaters on July 2, 2010.
Wii Storage Solution Coming Soon? February 2, 2009 5:44 pm
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Back in October of last year, Nintendo announced that they were working on a much-desired storage solution for the Nintendo Wii, promising that the solution would arrive by Spring. In a recent podcast, IGN revealed that a date has been determined. The podcast also revealed that the latest Nintendo Voice Chat update (towards the end of March), will allow for gamers to save their games directly to their SD cards.
Other news from the podcast:
- Confirmed that Retro Studios is working on remakes of of Metroid Prime 1 and 2 that will use the Wiimote.
- Crystal Defenders will be released in the United States
- More dark games will be announced in the near future
- Some major IPs are coming from some publishers
- Confirmed that the development team behind Excite Truck are working on another game
Super Bowl Spot: Year One February 2, 2009 5:36 pm
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Early yesterday morning, a two-minute sneak preview at the upcoming Judd Apatow-produced biblical comedy Year One was released online. Now you can watch the Super Bowl spot. Watch it embedded below, or watch a high quality version at YouTube.
Year One hits theaters on June 19, 2009.
Broadcast TV Ratings for Sunday, February 1, 2009 February 2, 2009 12:47 pm
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UPDATED ON 2/3/2009 AT 5:35 PM:
I’ve edited my analysis to reflect the final national numbers and have edited in the final numbers for NBC and ABC, the two networks that aired original programming for the evening.
According to final national numbers, Super Bowl XLIII on NBC drew 98.73 million viewers and a 36.7/72 rating/share among adults 18-49, making the telecast the most-watched Super Bowl of all-time, and second most-watched program of all time. Overall, the game was up 1% or 1.28M among viewers, while down slightly among adults 18-49 from last year’s game (-2%) over last year’s numbers (97.45M viewers and a 37.5/73 A18-49 rating/share).
Meanwhile, The Office drew a series high 22.91 million viewers and an 11.0/28 rating/share among adults 18-49. Those are impressive numbers, but it rates on the lower end of post Super Bowl shows, and is in fact the lowest rated such episode since ABC’s 2003 airing of Alias (17.36M).
Elsewhere on the evening, the only original programming came from ABC (which placed third on the evening) who aired Wipeout Bowl I: Cheerleaders vs. Couch Potatoes which managed to actually improve upon its season one finale by a healthy 20% among adults 18-49 (from a 2.0 to a 2.4 rating). It’s performance among viewers was flat (+1%).
The non-Super Bowl winner on the evening (with the exception of The Office) was a repeat of The Mentalist on CBS. While the show skewed older, it managed a very healthy overall audience.
Fox was fourth with repeats of Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? and animated comedy repeats, while The CW was a dead last with a repeat of Jericho and the movie Throw Momma from the Train, each of which failed to drew more than 700,000 viewers. My full analysis follows after the jump. (more…)
Broadcast TV Ratings for Saturday, January 31, 2009 February 1, 2009 11:46 pm
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Michael Bay On the Transformers 2 Super Bowl Spot January 31, 2009 10:57 pm
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Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen director Michael Bay has posted a message on his official site revealing that the spot that will air during tomorrow’s Super Bowl on NBC will be a teaser of the upcoming full-length teaser trailer (which will be attached to Friday the 13th on February 13th):
The Super Bowl spot is coming Sunday in the third Quarter (few minutes into the quarter slot). The spot will be online a few minutes after that – The full length teaser trailer will only be on Friday the Thirteenth. It will not hit the internet until a week later. The Teaser really only teases stuff – I’m holding so much stuff back from the final trailers because I personally hate going to movies where you have seen it all.
Esurance Star Trek Featurette January 31, 2009 10:53 pm
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Esurance, a new promotional partner for J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek, has launched a new website for the film and has a new featurette. The featurette doesn’t have any new footage, but does include some cast and crew commentary. While on the site, you can also sign up for Esurance’s “Biggest Trekkie Contest”, where you can create a short video explaining what makes you the Galaxy’s biggest Trekkie. Click the image above to check out the featurette and browse the site.
Sony Wins Rights to Angelology January 31, 2009 10:49 pm
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Sony Pictures Entertainment on Friday night won the rights for a book adaptation to Danielle Trussoni’s first novel, Angelology. According to Variety, the novel is about a 23-year old nun who teams with an angelologist named Verlaine as they race to thwart a group that tries to corral the destructive powers of a race of angel/human hybrids called Nephilim.
Mickey Rourke In Talks for Broken Horses January 31, 2009 10:37 pm
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THR reports that Golden Globe winner and Oscar nominee Mickey Rourke is in talks with Indian writer/director Vidhu Vinod Chopra to star in Chopra’s Hollywood debut, the gangster film Broken Horses. The film is based on an original story by Chopra, and was written by Indian writer Abhijat Joshi and script consultant Jason Richman (Bangkok Dangerous).
Broadcast TV Ratings for Friday, January 30, 2009 January 31, 2009 9:21 pm
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New Watchmen Image + Zack Snyder Launches New Website January 30, 2009 6:33 pm
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EW has a new image of what director Zack Snyder says is one of the first glimpses audiences will have of the film’s anti-hero, Rorschach, as he shoots a grappling gun into the Comedian’s apartment while investigating his fallen comrade’s mysterious death. Snyder also today announced a new website for his production company Cruel and Unusual Films. Check it out at cruelfilms.com. Here’s what Snyder told EW about the site:
“We just wanted to have a place where people could see what we’re up to,” Snyder tells EW.com exclusively about the site. “As a company, we’re into a lot of cool stuff, like aesthetic and design. The movies we make, and are making, feed a lot off of pop-culture.” The site includes a section called The Lounge, where the company — which includes producer Wesley Coller and Snyder’s wife and producing partner Deborah Snyder — list what they’re watching (the anime film Appleseed), reading (Ayn Rand’s The Fountainhead) and listening to (Allison Crow’s “Hallelujah”).
Snyder also invites artists to submit versions of the Cruel and Unusual Films logo: A rough-and-tumble anime Catholic schoolgirl called Baby Doll who’ll be the heroine of Snyder’s in-the-works project Sucker Punch. “I always thought it would be cool, like, ‘Hey, Frank Miller, you should draw a version of Baby Doll,'” Snyder says. “[Drawing her] is kind of a fun assignment, you know, for the world.”
New X-Men Origins: Wolverine Poster January 30, 2009 6:27 pm
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20th Century Fox has released a new poster for X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Click to enlarge.
X-Men Origins: Wolverine hits theaters on May 22, 2009.
Source: ComingSoon.net
Watchmen: Tales of the Black Freighter Hits DVD and Blu-ray on March 24th January 30, 2009 6:22 pm
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Warner Bros Premiere has officially announced that Watchmen: Tales of the Black Freighter will be released on both DVD and Blu-ray on March 24, 2009.
Synopsis
They’re in the book. And on this disc. From the director of Watchmen and 300 come two tales from the celebrated graphic novel that do not appear in the extraordinary Watchmen Theatrical Feature. Tales of the Black Freighter (featuring the voice of 300s Gerard Butler) brings to strikingly animated life the novels richly layered story-within-a-story, a daring pirate saga whose turbulent events may mirror those in the Watchmens world. Stars from the Watchmen movie team in the amazing live-action/CGI Under the Hood, based on Nite Owls powerful first-hand account of how the hooded adventurers came into existence. Two fan-essential stories. One place to watch the excitement. Watching the Watchmen begins here.
More DVD and Blu-ray art after the jump. Watchmen hits theaters on March 6th. (more…)
Tom Wheeler Writing Shrek Spinoff Puss in Boots January 30, 2009 6:11 pm
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TV writer Tom Wheeler has been tapped by DreamWorks Animation to write the Shrek spinoff Puss in Boots, the studios stand-alone feature focusing on the fan favorite feline assassin/swordsman voiced by Antonia Banderas in the two most recent Shrek films.
Scott Derrickson to Direct Hyperion Cantos January 30, 2009 6:06 pm
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Scott Derrickson (The Day the Earth Stood Still) has been set by Warner Bros. to direct Hyperion Cantos. The project is based on Dan Simmons’ two sci-fi novels — Hyperion and The Fall of Hyperion — with Trevor Sands (Inside) scripting the film.
According to Variety, the story is set in the distant future, as a space war threatens Hyperion, a planet known for the Time Tombs — large artifacts that can move through time and are guarded by a gruesome monster called the Shrike.
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