Broadcast TV Ratings for Friday, July 25, 2008 July 26, 2008 7:35 pm
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Ridley Scott’s “Nottingham” Has Been Delayed July 26, 2008 7:00 pm
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First reported by Defamer, THR has confirmed a report that Ridley Scott’s Nottingham has been delayed. The film will star Russell Crowe as Sheriff of Nottingham and Sienna Miller as Maid Marian. According to the reports, the project was suppose to start in London in mid-August, but now has been put on hold. THR notes that it’s currently unclear if this means a postponement or a cancellation.
Comic-Con 2008: Fox’s “Bones” Panel July 26, 2008 5:15 pm
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The panel for Fox’s Bones featured David Boreanaz, Tamara Taylor, John Francis Daley, Michaela Conlin and creators Hart Hanson and Barry Josephson. Here are some highlights courtesy TV Squad:
- The audience was treated to a preview for an upcoming fourth season episode, which TV Squad note was a takeoff on Cheaters and looked good.
- Josephson was happy that they were able to take the show out of its usual setting, placing Bones and Booth in London for the two-hour season premiere (airing September 3rd).
- Michaela said that she may have a relationship with an ex-girlfriend in the upcoming season.
- Daley also said that his character may find love and will have to work harder after some of the events of last season’s finale.
- Love will also be in the air for Taylor’s character, who according to the actress, will have a tryst with someone Angela has had a relationship with.
- Also, Hanson said that both Booth and Bones will end up in bed together. Naked.
- Some information about how the show came to be was discussed, including that originally Breanna was going to work for a number of different law enforcement people–one of which being Booth.
- Boreanaz said he was impressed and moved when Emily Deschanel, who plays Dr. Temperance ‘Bones’ Brennan, tried out for the role and was the only one who stood up to Booth during the read. Josephson said: “When we finished the pilot we knew how good the chemistry was (between Bones and Booth).”
Comic-Con 2008: NBC’s “Heroes” Panel (S2 DVD To Include Unaired Episodes) July 26, 2008 4:45 pm
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The biggest news to come out of the panel for NBC’s Heroes was that the season two DVD release of the show will contain several unaired episodes which were shot but apparently cut due to the writers strike. The DVD hits store shelves on August 26th. Click here to purchase it on DVD (and here for Blu-ray Hi-Def).
Comic-Con 2008: Fox’s “American Dad” and “Family Guy” Panels July 26, 2008 4:35 pm
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The panels for the animated Fox comedies American Dad and Family Guy took place back-to-back. Very little was revealed at the American Dad panel, with really the only noteworthy thing being that there was a table reading by the voice actors of the show, so we’ll just jump into the Family Guy panel. Here are the highlights courtesy TV Squad.
- The panel for Family Guy featured Seth MacFarlane, Seth Green and the producers and writers of both Family Guy and The Cleveland Show.
- Upcoming episodes will feature: A new dog in the Griffin house that is always happy, which will force Brian away; Stewie and Brian going back in time to 1939 Poland and bringing Mort Goldman along and a takeoff on the Sliders premise with Stewie and Brian traveling to different parallel universes.
- They confirmed that this season will see a sequel to the Star Wars parody Blue Harvest. It will be a parody of The Empire Strikes Back and be called “Something Something Something Dark Side”.
- Still no premiere date for The Cleveland Show.
- MacFarlane said that they are “putting a helluva lot of work on the show.” and that “You will not be disappointed”.
- James Woods will be returning to Family Guy sometime this season.
- Asked about why Stewie is no longer trying to kill his mother, MacFarlane said that they try to get back to it, but “It’s hard to do this one note thing.” He added that, despite being a cartoon, the character of Stewie needed to expand.
Comic-Con 2008: “My Bloody Valentine 3-D” Poster July 26, 2008 4:20 pm
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ShockTillYouDrop.com took a quick snapshot of the poster for Lionsgate’s Bloody Valentine. Check it out below (click to enlarge).
Comic-Con 2008: “The Simpsons” Panel July 26, 2008 3:47 pm
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After a preview for Treehouse of Horror XIX (which features a homage to Peanuts) the panel for The Simpsons went straight into audience questions. Here are the highlights courtesy TV Squad.
- Guest stars that will be appearing on the show’s 20th season include Dennis Leary in the second episode and Seth Rogan will also star and write an episode to air later in the season.
- Al Jean, responding to a question about whether there will be another movie, said that a script would have to be really right in order to create another one.
- Matt says he’s amazed that none of the other major networks have stepped up like Fox to produce smart animated fare, though is glad that the cable nets have picked up the slack.
- When asked where the writers get their jokes, Groening deadpanned “Family Guy“. After the applause died down, Al Jean responded that some of the jokes come from personal experiences.
Comic-Con 2008: “Futurama” Panel + ‘Bender’s Game’ Release Date July 26, 2008 3:45 pm
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Due to time constraints, the panel for Futurama was strictly focused on questions from the audience. Here are the highlights courtesy TV Squad.
- The primary voice cast: Billy West, Katey Sagal, and John DiMaggio as well as creators Matt Groening and David X. Cohen, were in attendance.
- Matt and David both said that they had the entire story of Futurama planned before the show began. They didn’t know where the show would go, but they still have plenty of secrets to reveal via the DVD’s.
- Responding to a question on how the time code was created for the first Futurama DVD, Cohen responded: “If it wasn’t obvious to you then you should be ashamed of yourself,” said David. More seriously, David said that the code was the same in the mirror as it was when read properly on Bender’s rear end.
- The Fry-Leela relationship will be revisited during the 4th DVD and there may be some kissing.
- Guest appearances for the upcoming DVDs: George Takei and Rich Little in the third DVD and Snoop Dogg and Penn Gillette in the fourth DVD.
Fox also showed some footage of the upcoming DVD “‘Bender’s Game’ and the movie has been dated for release on DVD and Blu-ray Hi-Def on November 4, 2008. Check out promotional art below courtesy /Film (click to enlarge).
Comic-Con 2008: MIB Producer Attached to “Spooks” July 26, 2008 3:07 pm
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ShockTillYouDrop.com is reporting that producer Barry Josephson is attached to a live-action adaptation of the Devil’s Due comic book Spooks. Click here for more details.
Comic-Con 2008: Is Lexi Alexander Off “The Punisher: War Zone”? July 26, 2008 2:45 pm
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A rumor is circulating out of Comic-Con that Lionsgate/Marvel have kicked director Lexi Alexander off of “The Punisher: War Zone”. The movie has concluded filming, but according to /Film, there are apparently huge creative differences between the director and studio over the final cut. AICN also reports that the film’s composer is off the project.
Comic-Con 2008: “Stargate Atlantis” Panel July 26, 2008 1:40 pm
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Here are some highlights, courtesy TV Squad, of the Comic-Con panel for the SCI FI series Stargate Atlantis:
- Flanigan was the only original cast member of Atlantis at the panel. Flanigan talked about how his character has evolved over the last five seasons. He use to do many things solo in the beginning, but now he’s a team player, he says.
- Plenty of jokes to go around.
- Jewel Staite answered a question about her most difficult show to film to date, saying it was the season four episode “Tracker”.
- Picardo named an upcoming episode, “Inquisition”, because his character has nearly 10 pages of straight dialougue to go through.
- Writer Brad Wright responded a question about whether there would be any romance between Sheppard and Teyla by saying that they have a unique relationship and it will be explored more this year.
Comic-Con 2008: More On “Watchmen” and Zack Snyder July 26, 2008 1:20 pm
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Here are a few more details on the Watchmen film relayed via the various panels going on at Comic-Con.
- At the panel for Watchmen, Snyder expressed his love of Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns graphic novel and said this: “There are a lot of other graphic novels out there, but I would love to see Frank Miller’s Dark Knight made into a movie, but that’s just me.”
- He continued that line of thought while at the Entertainment Weekly Visionaries panel, where Frank Miller told Snyder: “You can do it anytime you want to Zack”. Snyder said he was making a note of Miller’s response.
Here’s a bit on the length/editing issue:
- Speaking at the Entertainment Weekly Visionaries session, Zack Snyder revealed that they’ve filmed the transitions featured in the graphic novel that take the main storyline into the Freighter comic and that though they won’t be part of the theatrical cut, they’ll show up in a future director’s cut (presumably on DVD).
- When asked about the running time debate, Snyder said the following: “I want to make the best movie I can. I want to put pressure on myself as a filmmaker and say, ‘What’s the coolest movie?’ And if the coolest movie is 3-hours long then that’s the coolest movie. I understand and respect my partners at Warner Bros. I want them to have financial success with the film. You know, when you look at it that way, they invested a lot of money into it, they want it to be good. But on the other hand, I would tell them that I think the very things they think are too long, or too violent, or too sexy are the very reasons to go to the movie.”
- Snyder also noted that since the film’s release, the graphic novel has moved up on the Amazon charts: “[The graphic novel] is #1 or #2 on Amazon right now, and that’s awesome. I think that if in the end the movie is a 3-hour advertisement for the book, then so be it. I succeeded.”
Rounding out the Watchmen coverage, Snyder responded to a question about the recently announced Watchmen videogames, assuring the audience that care will go in to making them:
We had quite a back and fourth about that. They sent me a script for it. This is the dorkiest thing I’ve ever seen in my life, and it’s not cool at all. And it had nothing to do with Watchmen. We tried to rewrite it. We tried to come up with an idea where you like kill Woodward and Bernstein. We tried to go down those kind of routes and do something more subversive. A dialogue needs to be established between filmmakers and game producers. It’s not marketing; it can’t be an afterthought.
“Tropic Thunder” Viral Site Updates July 26, 2008 11:15 am
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DreamWorks/Paramount has launched a new batch of viral sites linked from the Rain of Madness website. Rain of Madness is a mockumentary telling what happened during the shooting of Tropic Thunder. The sites launched are an official site for Tugg Speedman (Ben Stiller) and an official site for Kirk Lazarus (Robert Downey Jr.). And lastly, there’s a new website for the Make Pretty Skin Clinic, the company resonsible for changing Lazarus into a black man.
Tropic Thunder hits theaters on August 13, 2008.
Comic-Con 2008: “Mystery Science Theater” DVD Announced July 26, 2008 11:10 am
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Shout! Factory has announced that they are releasing a special 20th Anniversary Edition DVD set of Mystery Science Theater on October 28th. The set will include four never-before-released movies: Laserblast, First Space on Venus, Werewolf, and Future War. The announcement was made at Comic-Con and Shout! says they intend to release several more boxsets of the series.
Order it today at this link.
Source: TV Squad
Comic-Con 2008: Release Date for “Whiteout” Confirmed July 26, 2008 11:00 am
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Warner Bros. Pictures has set a release date for its adaptation of Greg Rucka’s graphic novel Whiteout. ShockTillYouDrop.com is reporting that the film will be released in theaters on April 24, 2009.
Comic-Con 2008: Kevin Smith Talks Future Projects Plus MPAA Issues with ‘Zack and Miri’ July 26, 2008 8:15 am
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At Kevin Smith’s Comic-Con panel for Zack and Miri Make a Porno, the director talked publicly about the ratings troubles he’s been having with the MPAA. Smith says that the film was initially given an NC-17 rating. He made some edits and resubmitted it to the MPAA only to receive yet another NC-17 rating: “I’ve gone as far as I can go,” Smith said. He’s now appealed the rating. /Film writes that there are two specific scenes that the MPAA wants cut, one involves “thrusting” and the other involves acts that are “unspeakable”. The appeal will take place on August 4th, after which if the NC-17 rating is withheld, Smith will have no choice but to make the necessary cuts as he’s contractually obligated to deliver an R-rated film.
Another thing that came out of his panel was that Smith revealed that he plans to make a film that “will test [his] abilities as a visual filmmaker.” All he’s revealed about the film is that it will be set in space.
Comic-Con 2008: “Stargate Continuum” Panel July 26, 2008 3:22 am
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There were several Stargate-related panels at Comic-Con, one of which was for the new direct-to-DVD movie, Stargate Continuum. Brad Wright, Martin Wood, Richard Dean Anderson, Amanda Tapping, Ben Browder, Michael Shanks, Christopher Judge and Beau Bridges attended the panel. Here are some highlights courtesy TV Squad:
- The audience was shown a trailer for the new movie. This is the same trailer that was previously released.
- Tapping revealed that they are currently filming on the eighth of 13 episodes of her new series Sanctuary.
- Judge said he’s working on a new project and he’ll announce it in the near future.
- Wright said that there will be another Stargate DVD movie and that it “looks good” for the Stargate Universe series.
- They played a memorial to deceased actor Don S. Davis.
Stargate Continuum hits DVD and Blu-ray Hi-Def on Tuesday, July 29th. Buy it now (DVD or Blu-ray).
Comic-Con 2008: “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” Extended Trailer July 25, 2008 11:55 pm
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The 4-minute clip of Star Wars: The Clone Wars was that screened at Comic-Con today is now available to view online. Watch it in HD at this link.
Comic-Con 2008: “The Spirit” Panel July 25, 2008 11:34 pm
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At the panel today for The Spirit, director Frank Miller opened the proceedings, recalling the story of his long-running friendship with Will Eisner. Highlights from the panel follow below courtesy ComingSoon.net:
- Miller was joined by producer Deborah Del Prete, who talked about Miller’s vision of the project, saying The Spirit captured Eisner’s original intent if not matching the look exactly.
- A trailer, the one already released, was screened for the audience.
- Jackson joked with the audience about playing Nick Fury: “You know, when I was a kid,” he said, deadpan serious, “Nick Fury was a white man. I’m so glad he evolved into something that finally made sense to me.” “But don’t worry!” he promised, “You, too, can grow up to be a black man!”
Jaime King and Gabriel Macht joined the stage and the first bit of all-new footage was screened. Here’s the summary:
This bit showed Eva Mendes as Sand Saref in a skin-tight wetsuit. She battles with the Octopus on the edge of the water and then dives underneath where she and a diver are trying to retrieve a sunken chest. They dodge bullets from the Octopus’ gun, though the diver is clipped in the arm. With the Octopus jumping in the water after them, the two swim and come to the surface inside some kind of darkened building. The diver says to Mendes, “It’s the Octopus. You know what he can do.”
She replies, “Shut up and bleed.”
Back to the panel highlights:
- After the clip, Miller explained to the crowd that the scene was shot with a new kind of camera that allows for enough frames per-second to simulate the floating-effect of hair in water. Miller told Mendes to “act like the Flash” so that her movements could be slowed down later.
- Miller, speaking about the basic plot of the film as summarized by CS: Miller talked a bit about the basic plot of the film; Police officer Denny Colt is nearly killed by a bullet wound but awakens to find himself in “a new reality,” able to do things he couldn’t before. In addition to incredible endurance, Colt’s pheromones have been altered, causing mutual attraction between himself and any woman he meets. “A major part of the story is how tough he is and why’s he’s so tough,” offered Miller.
New clip:
Miller showed a clip of The Spirit with Sarah Paulson’s Ellen Dolan in an office. She comes on to him, telling him, “Keep the mask on. Something tells me it might be better that way.”
Ellen tells the Spirit, “But we don’t even know your real name.”
To that he responds, “I’ll tell you my real name,” just as a Detective shows up with an new assignment and a heavily Baltimore-accented sexy assistant. After they all leave together, Dolan furiously throws a scalpel into their exit door.
And one last clip:
The final clip features the Octopus battling the Spirit in sewage. Jackson hits him with a severed head, a cinderblock and then a giant wrench. The Spirit seems to get the upper for the moment, beating the Octopus into the brown water when the villain pops up again from out of nowhere and slams a toilet down on his foe. With the ring of the seat, stuck around the Spirit, the Octopus laughs uproariously.
Comic-Con 2008: CBS’s “The Big Bang Theory” Panel July 25, 2008 11:13 pm
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At the panel for the CBS comedy The Big Bang Theory, Chuck Lorre, co-creator Bill Prady and the entire cast (Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg and Kunal Nayyar) were in attendance. Here are the highlights courtesy TV Squad:
- Lorre says that he never intended to make a show about nerds and geeks, but that his main intention was to air a show about remarkable people.
- All the backgrounds of the major characters will be explored more fully in the upcoming season.
- There will be some form of resolution in the Leonard and Penny situation that took place at the end of the first season.
- Sara Gilbert will be returning for several episodes.
- The cast said that they all receive complaints if they get something scientifically wrong, however they have a consultant that fact checks for them.
- The characters on the show are all based on people Bill used to work with when he was a computer programmer.
- There was a previous pilot for the show created for CBS, but according to Lorne “it sucked.” Because of the strong chemistry between Johnny and Jim, CBS gave them blessings for a re-shoot.
More from the panel, including what if anything makes the cast and crew a geek, can be read at TV Squad.
Comic-Con 2008: Joss Whedon and “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog” July 25, 2008 11:02 pm
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Joss Whedon had a panel today at Comic-Con discussing his upcoming and current projects, including Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog. Here are the highlights courtesy TV Squad:
- Joss mentioned that more Serenity comics are on the way
- He was joined on stage by ‘Dr. Horrible‘ writers: Jed and Zach Whedon and Maurissa Tancharoen. Then the cast: Neil Patrick Harris, Nathan Fillion, Felicia Day and Simon Helberg.
- It was revealed that there will be another part to Dr. Horrible. No specific details were revealed though.
- Fillion revealed that the remote control shown on the iPhone that Dr. Horrible uses is just a website: www.thesoftwire.com/horrible_remote.
Much more, which I haven’t included due to spoilers, at this link.
And here’s a bit more from /Film‘s report:
About the upcomining DVD release, Whedon said:
There is some excitement about a DVD possibility…You’ve probably heard about “Commentary: The Musical”…there are songs written for it. We are also going to have a little contest. We are going to take video submissions for the Evil League of Evil. No longer than 3 minutes, like you’re applying to be on Survivor of something. We’ll put the 10 best ones on the DVD. That’s something we’re going to do after the soundtrack etc.
Comic-Con 2008: “The Wolfman” Panel July 25, 2008 10:59 pm
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Universal had their panel today for The Wolfman and the studio had Rick Baker and surprise guests Benicio Del Toro and Emily Booth on hand. Here are the highlights from the panel courtesy ShockTillYouDrop.com:
- They showed the trailer, STYD calls it “INCREDIBLE”, “Beautiful”: Very much in keeping with the old school Universal classic monster aesthetic. This puppy looks rated-R! There’s no shortage of torn throats, biting and exposed entrails! The teaser trailer is thick with atmosphere featuring a silhouette of the Wolfman running through a misty forest. We don’t get any close-ups of the hirsute beast, but we get shots of his legs (think The Howling) and clawed hands. He runs with a hunch, hands at his side.
- Baker says that they haven’t filmed a transformation so it will likely be CGI. He added that the film fully embraces practical FX and the trailer is indicative of that.
Here’s /Film’s summary of the trailer:
The footage began with the Universal Logo. Cut to a guy walking through the woods. He comes across something, scared, he drops his lantern and runs away. Voice over states “25 years ago my father found him”.
“He was tore to pieces and half eaten. Whatever did it was big, had claws” Village people see something and run away. We see a bottom shot of the Wolfman transforming in the dark woods, just a little back light. People are chasing after him with guns. “and we couldn’t kill it.” Shots of someone casting silver bullets. “He only came out during a full moon from then on.”
Lawrence Talbot, played by Benicio Del Toro returns home to his father Sir John, played by Anthony Hopkins. “Hello father…” A lot of quick cuts. Title credits showing Anthony Hopkins, Emily Blunt and Hugo Weaving’s characters. Blunt runs away from a house on fire. Someone gets pulled into a pit by the wolf man and is torn apart, blood spraying everywhere. Del Toro finds himself in ripped and bloodied clothes. Hopkins says to him, “You’ve done terrible things… Be strong.” Another bunch of quick cuts, the Wolfman throws someone through a window. A bunch of footage of The Wolfman running around. “I am what they say I am, I’m a monster.” And the trailer ended with Weaving declaring “God Help Us!
Comic-Con 2008: “Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time” July 25, 2008 10:51 pm
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Prince of Persia creator Jordan Mechner spoke to Con-goers today in San Diego about the movie based on the Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time game. Here are the highlights courtesy ComingSoon.net:
- Mechner told CS that at a time he was mulling over an animated feature film of the property, but when Disney/Bruckheimer expressed interest in a big budget summer film, the offer was “too hard to resist”.
- Mechner, who wrote the screenplay and is an executive producer for the film said that character development was a key for the movie: “You want to be taken on an emotional journey,” he said. “You want to care about the characters.”
- He said it wasn’t practical for the film for the Prince to remain nameless. His name, Dastan, was chosen because it is the Persian word for ‘trickster’.
- The script is based soley on the Sands of Time game.
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time hits theaters on June 19, 2009.
Comic-Con 2008: “Resident Evil: Degeneration” Trailer July 25, 2008 10:44 pm
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Sony Pictures has unveiled the full trailer for their upcoming CG-animated Resident Evil: Degeneration DVD. Watch it in HD at this link, or watch it embedded after the jump.
Comic-Con 2008: NBC’s Videos of the “Knight Rider” and “Kings” Panels July 25, 2008 10:39 pm
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NBC has put up videos of today’s panels for Kings and Knight Rider. Check them out at the links below.
They’ve also put up a new video preview for Knight Rider, which you can check out at this link.
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