Broadcast TV Ratings for Tuesday, May 27, 2008 May 28, 2008 4:50 pm
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ER and The Dead Zone Join ION Lineup in June May 28, 2008 12:57 am
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ION Television has announced plans to launch the highly-acclaimed series ER on its prime time schedule this June 9th. The series will launch with a four-day marathon of back-to-back episodes: three episodes from 8-11pm on June 9, 10 and 11; and two episodes from 8-10pm on June 12th. It will then move into its regular timeslot (Monday through Wednesday from 10-11pm) beginning June 16th. Also joining the network in June will be The Dead Zone. A special sneak will take place on June 12th from 10-11pm, and it will join the network’s lineup on June 16th, airing before ER Monday through Wednesday. The press release follows after the jump.
Watchmen Three-hours long, ‘Black Freighter’ to be released as a DVD movie May 27, 2008 6:30 pm
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Post production on the big screen adaptation of Watchmen has started and director Zach Snyder has revealed that the current cut of the movie is sitting at three hours long:
“The main picture is nearing three hours long and I know I have a fight on my hands just with that,” Snyder told the New York Times.
The article mainly focuses on Tales of the Black Freighter, the story-within-the-story. In addition to directing Watchmen, Snyder has also directed Tales of the Black Freighter and the studio will release the movie as a stand-alone DVD just five days after the release of the main picture in March 2009.
Read the entire NY Times article here.
Watchmen hits theaters on March 6, 2009.
Source: New York Times
Broadcast TV Ratings for Monday, May 26, 2008 May 27, 2008 4:50 pm
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G.I. Joe Photos: Sienna Miller as The Baroness May 26, 2008 9:42 pm
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A few new images from the set of Stephen Sommers’ G.I. Joe have surfaced online. The set photos show a bloody Baroness (played by Sienna Miller). Check them out after the jump. G.I. Joe is scheduled to hit theaters on August 7, 2009.
Broadcast TV Ratings for Sunday, May 25, 2008 May 26, 2008 4:50 pm
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Greg Rucka Discusses Writing 2nd Segment of Batman: Gotham Knight May 24, 2008 11:00 pm
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Greg Rucka, who wrote the second segment of the upcoming direct-to-video Batman: Gotham Knight, recently sat down with Warner Bros. to talk about what it was like writing animation for the first time, how he got involved with the film and more. I’ve also included a few new images from the movie. Check it all out after the jump.
USA Network Orders Eighth Season of Law & Order: Criminal Intent May 24, 2008 10:41 pm
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USA Network has ordered an eighth season of Law & Order: Criminal Intent picking up the show for an additional 16 episodes. This will be the second season the show is on USA Network after running for six seasons on NBC.
Casting Bites: TV and Film May 24, 2008 10:33 pm
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Actor/Rapper Shad Moss (aka Bow Wow) has joined the upcoming fifth season of HBO’s Entourage. He will play a recurring role as Charlie, a new stand-up comic client of Eric (Kevin Connolly). [THR]
The two-hour 24 prequel movie bridging the sixth and seventh seasons has added several cast members: Eric Lively, Tony Todd and Gil Bellows. Lively will play the president’s son, Bellows a State Department officer ordered to serve Bauer with a subpoena and Todd, who will also appear during the seventh season, will play cruel African dictator Gen. Juma. [THR]
Continue reading for more casting announcements.
Broadcast TV Ratings for Thursday, May 22, 2008 May 24, 2008 10:19 pm
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With CBS out of the picture, it was time for ABC to shine courtesy the networks season finales of Ugly Betty and Grey’s Anatomy, which were both off from their year-ago season finales, but still strong enough to easily carry the evening.
Elsewhere on the evening, the season premiere of So You Think You Can Dance? put Fox in second place ahead of CBS which aired repeats and NBC which aired an episode of Deal or No Deal and the season premiere of Last Comic Standing.
Continue reading for a look at the night’s ratings including ratings charts for the two shows that had their season finale’s.
Peter Jackson and Guillermo Del Toro Field Questions on The Hobbit May 24, 2008 10:01 pm
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Directors Peter Jackson and Guillermo Del Toro took some time out of their surely busy day to answer fan questions about The Hobbit and its sequel and now TheOneRing.net, who hosted the chat party, has uploaded the transcript. Continue reading for some highlights.
Spider-Man 4 in 2010? May 24, 2008 9:50 pm
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Just a few days ago we found out that apparently James Vanderbilt turned in a script for “Spider-Man 4” that allowed for Sony to shoot 4 and 5 back-to-back. Now comes news from Marvel’s Vice Chariman, Peter Cuneo via IESB talking about when we may see the Spider-Man on the big screen again:
“As far as Spider-man 4, it’s really up to Sony, it’s up to them, most likely scenario is 2010 or 2011 but we can’t speak for them and I think, that we don’t know. They have given us their re-up payment for that film so you know they’re going to make it within a reasonable time frame. Sony may be looking at some issues with the cast and so on, I think they have to make some decisions.”
I suppose we’ll know soon enough. I anticipate that we’ll likely soon be hearing whether or not their be going in a new direction (i.e. new cast) or continue on with the current cast.
Source: IESB
First Look: Dragonball Cast May 24, 2008 9:36 pm
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Several new scans of the cast of Dragonball have found their way online. The photos show the following characters: Chi-Chi (Jamie Chung), Jamcha (Joon Park), Bulma (Emmy Rossum), Goku (Justin Chatwin) and aster Roshi (Chow Yun-Fat). Check them out after the jump.
Terminator Salvation Production Start Announcement + Concept Art and Synopsis May 24, 2008 9:16 pm
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Warner Bros. has officially announced that production has begun for Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins. The film, which stars Sam Worthington and Christian Bale, began principal photography on May 5th in Alburquerque, New Mexico. Director McG also discussed the film in a new blog and released the first concept art from the film. Details after the jump.
Special Incredible Hulk-themed episode of American Gladiators May 24, 2008 9:08 pm
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A special Incredible Hulk-themed episode of American Gladiators will air on June 9th on NBC. The episode will feature guest star Lou Ferrigno sharing the arena with host Hulk Hogan. There will also be an exclusive 60-second preview from the June 13th release of The Incredible Hulk. [THR]
Broadcast TV Ratings for Wednesday, May 21, 2008 May 23, 2008 3:56 am
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The season finale of American Idol matched last year’s finale, leading Fox to a dominant first place finish on the evening.
Other finales that aired last night were Criminal Minds and CSI: NY on CBS, Law & Order on NBC and Boston Legal on ABC.
Continue reading for a look at the entire night’s ratings, including full season charts for the five shows that had their season finales.
Broadcast TV Ratings for Tuesday, May 20, 2008 May 23, 2008 1:31 am
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Ratings for the final night of performances on American Idol were strong, with the series drawing just as many viewers from the year prior. Elsewhere on the evening, the season finale of Dancing With the Stars kept ABC in a competitive second place, while CBS was a close second place with two episodes of NCIS, including the season finale, and the season/series finale of Shark.
And lastly, The CW aired the season one finale of Reaper, which posted slight gains from the week prior.
Continue reading for a look at the nights complete ratings, plus full season ratings charts for the four show’s that had their season finales.
James Cameron Talks Avatar May 21, 2008 4:25 pm
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Director James Cameron talked at the Microsoft Advance ’08 today about his upcoming sci-fi 3D film Avatar.
“‘Avatar’ will make people truly experience something,” said Cameron. “One more layer of the suspension of disbelief will be removed. All the syn-thespians are photo-realistic. Now that we’ve achieved it, we discovered CG characters in 3D look more real than in 2D. Your brain is cued it’s a real thing not a picture and discounting part of [the] image that makes it look fake.”
Casting Bites: Film and Television May 21, 2008 4:13 pm
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John Cusack and Chiwetal Ejioor have been cast in Roland Emmerich’s sci-fi film 2012. Shooting on the film begins in February 2009. [Variety]
Prince of Persia: Sands of Time, the adaptation of the popular video game from Ubisoft, has found its lead. Jake Gyllenhaal will play the young pince Dastan. Gemma Arterton has also joined the cast. The actress will play Tamina. Mike Newell will be directing the film which is set to start production in July in Morocco and England. It’s scheduled to be released on June 13, 2009. [THR]
Christian Bale is signed on to star in all three upcoming Terminator films, beginning with Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins which is set to release on May 22, 2009. [BBCNews]
Continue reading for more casting announcements.
Mortensen, McKellen and Serkis Headed to The Hobbit? May 21, 2008 3:34 pm
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Pre-production on The Hobbit and its sequel are about to get underway and Variety is reporting that preliminary contact has already been made with at least three Lord of the Rings actors who also appear in The Hobbit: Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn), Ian McKellen (Gandalf) and Andy Serkis (Gollum). Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens are expected to write the scripts under the diretion of Peter Jackson and Guillermo del Toro.
Source: Variety
Sports Night 10th Anniversary DVD May 21, 2008 3:25 pm
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Sports Night fans take note, a new 10th anniversary of the short-lived ABC comedy is being prepped for release this September 30th. The new set will come packed with all 45 episodes from the show’s two seasons on 6 DVDs, plus two extra DVD’s that contain the special features. Check out the press release here.
Moffat Named new showrunner of Doctor Who May 21, 2008 3:18 pm
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Writer Steven Moffat has been named the new lead writer and executive producer of the BBC drama series Doctor Who. Moffat, who has written several episodes of the show, will replace Russell T Davies early next year when he steps down. Davies has been the showrunner of the series since it was revived in 2005. Doctor Who will be taking a break for a year in terms of its episodic nature, airing a few movies before it returns in 2010 for its fifth season. For more information about this news, head here.
Source: guardian.co.uk
Jackson and Spielberg may jointly direct third Tintin movie May 20, 2008 1:54 am
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Out promoting his latest film Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, which had its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, director Steven Spielberg revealed that he and Peter Jackson may jointly direct the third installment in the planned Tintin movies:
“We are going to make three Tintin movies back-to-back. I’ll direct the first one, Peter will direct the second one. We’ll probably co-direct the third one.”
Production on the first film is expected to begin in September. A theatrical release could come as early as 2009.
Source: stuff.co.nz
MTV Movie Awards Presenters Announced May 20, 2008 1:34 am
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MTV has announced a first set of presenters for the upcoming 2008 MTV Movie Awards. The network says that Lindsay Lohan, Anne Hathaway, Jack Black, Steve Carell, Robert Downey Jr., Seth Rogen, Megan Fox, Jennifer Hudson, Mark Wahlberg, James Franco, Rumer Willis, Brendan Fraser and Danny McBride are the first wave of presenters for the awards show, which will be broadcast Live on Sunday, June 1st, beginning at 8pm ET.
Source: MTV
More Battlestar Galactica TV movies may be on the way May 20, 2008 1:13 am
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BSG fans take note, the SCI FI channel may be looking into a way to bridge what’s expected to be a long gap between the two halves of the show’s fourth, and final, season. Maureen Ryan of the Chicago Tribune is reporting that NBCU, who produces the show, is looking into producing up to three Battlestar Galactica TV movies (in the vein of the recent TV movie “Razor”):
“Executives are now doing number-crunching for these proposed films, and any deals for these movies are far from done. However, it would make sense to make more “Battlestar” TV movies while the show’s creative team and actors are still all in one place, as it were.”
Ryan also notes that series co-creator/executive creator Ron Moore is currently writing the series finale and that the three films would be made this summer. And lastly, a new set of webisodes, linking the first and second halves of season four, is being prepared.
Read all of Ryan’s story here.
Considering the last TV movie only drew a 1.2 rating, I’m frankly surprised NBC would be so interesting in doing more. Does the prospect of more of these prequel type TV movies excite you?
Source: Chicago Tribune
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