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“Quantum of Solace” Gets Early Release in U.K. and Other European Territories March 19, 2008 12:16 pm

Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in James Bond, News, Quantum of Solace, Scheduling.
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The upcoming James Bond film Quantum of Solace will open in the U.K. a full week ahead of its U.S. bow. Sony has announced this morning that the film will reach U.K. audiences on October 31st. Its U.S. release remains the same at November 7th.

France and Belgium will get the film on November 5th, while the Netherlands and Germany will see the movie open on November 6th. [Variety]

Raimi Reviving “Jack Ryan” March 19, 2008 12:13 pm

Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Casting, Jack Ryan, Movies, News.
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Director Sam Raimi is set to revive the “Jack Ryan” franchise, taking on the Tom Clancy character after he finishes his upcoming horror film Drag Me To Hell.  Raimi would develop and direct a series of films for Paramount, which hopes to see the first film released in 2010. [Variety]

Broadcast TV Ratings for Monday, March 17, 2008 March 18, 2008 8:42 pm

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ABC’s Dancing With the Stars returned to give ABC a big boost, drawing an audience nearly identical to the series’ last new season premieres, and giving the network a comfortable first place finish among total viewership and adults 18-49.

CBS, however, managed to get a good chunk of the viewing audience last night thanks to impressive numbers (especially among adults 18-49) from its returning comedy series’ The Big Bang Theory, How I Met Your Mother and Two and a Half Men (which helped to boost its lead-out The New Adventures of Old Christine by a an impressive 1.83 million or 19% among viewers and 26% among adults 18-49).

Elsewhere on the evening, NBC dropped to third place, though the performance of its lineup was mostly on par with the week prior, with the exception of My Dad Is Better Than Your Dad which sank by 2.13 million or 31% among viewers and 29% among adults 18-49.

On Fox, Canterbury Law lost a significant portion of its already low series premiere numbers from the week prior, but New Amsterdam was less affected.

And lastly, The CW’s new season of Pussycat Dolls Presents continues to prove that the series was just a one-hit wonder, as it failed to attract much more than 1.5 million viewers.

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“John Adams” Off To A Solid Start March 18, 2008 7:29 pm

Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Cable TV, Cable TV Ratings, HBO, John Adams, News, Television.
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The first two episodes of HBO’s seven-part John Adams miniseries got off to a a solid start on Sunday night, averaging 2.66 million viewers (peaking at 2.8 million for the second episode).

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Del Toro Not Signed for “Hobbit” Films March 18, 2008 7:26 pm

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Contrary to prior reports, Del Toro has not yet signed up for The Hobbit and its sequel.  TheOneRing.net caught up with the director and offered his assessment of the situation.

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A&E’s “The Andromeda Strain” Trailer March 18, 2008 7:23 pm

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A&E has launched the official site to The Andromeda Strain, the networks four-hour miniseries, and with the launch comes the new trailer for the film.

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Christian Bale On The “Dark Knight”, Potential Sequel and “Terminator IV” March 18, 2008 12:24 am

Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Interviews, Movies, News, Terminator IV, The Dark Knight.
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Christian Bale, star of the upcoming The Dark Knight recently sat down with Entertainment Weekly and discussed the film, a potential third installment and Terminator IV. Highlights after the jump.

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Clooney Shoots Down “E.R.” Rumor March 18, 2008 12:07 am

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There were rumors of George Clooney returning one more time for E.R. next season (planned to be the show’s last), but Clooney told Extra that he has no plans to return to the NBC drama: “The truth of the matter is they wouldn’t ask, and there really would be no reason for it.”

“House” And “Monk” Cleared for Syndication March 17, 2008 11:54 pm

Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in House, Monk, News, Syndication, Television.
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NBC Universal Domestic Television has cleared both House and Monk for off-network broadcast syndication.  Details follow after the jump.

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The CW Picks Up “13” March 17, 2008 11:50 pm

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The CW has decided to pick up its newly developed reality series 13 (working title) from creator Sam Raimi.  The show will debut on the network this summer.

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“24” TV Movie Details March 17, 2008 11:38 pm

Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in 24, 24: The Movie, Fox, News, Television.
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24 executive producer Howard Gordon told IF Magazine how the new TV movie (related article here) will fit into the show’s mythology.  Click through the jump for the details.

Gordon told the magazine that the TV movie “will be a standalone movie that takes place almost a year after the sixth season ended, and will set up the story that launches the seventh season,” Gordon tells iF. “It will be entirely new material.”

The TV movie was announced

Source: IF Magazine

George Lucas “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” Interview March 17, 2008 2:17 pm

Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Interviews, Movies, News, Star Wars, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Television.
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George Lucas recently sat down with ComingSoon.net and talked about the upcoming Star Wars animated and live-action television shows. Highlights after the jump.

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NPG “Harold and Kumar” Spin-off? March 17, 2008 2:00 pm

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AICN asked Neil Patrick Harris about his thoughts on a potential spin-off movie featuring his character from the Harold and Kumar movies.  Continue reading to find out his thoughts.

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Regal OKs Red-Band Trailers March 17, 2008 1:40 pm

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You know those red-band trailers that you have to sometimes input your information just to view?  Well, they’re coming to the nation’s largest theater chain, Regal Entertainment Group.

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“Wizard’s First Rule” Cleared for Syndication March 17, 2008 1:36 pm

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Sam Raimi’s original series Wizard’s First Rule from ABC/Disney has been cleared to air in syndication.  Based on the Sword of Truth books by Terry Goodkind, the series will air for 22 episodes with production scheduled to begin in May.

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Louis Letterier on “The Incredible Hulk” March 17, 2008 1:30 pm

Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Movies, News, The Incredible Hulk.
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Empire has an excellent feature up for The Incredible Hulk, in which director Louis Letterier discusses the teaser and teases about the upcoming film.  Among some of the revelations include the final fight between Hulk and The Abombination being a whopping 26 minutes long, and Letetterier explaining that some of the CGI is still incomplete.  Check it out here.

“Pathology” Red-Band Trailer March 17, 2008 1:00 pm

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A new red-band trailer has been released for Pathology.  Check it after the jump.

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Broadcast TV Ratings for Saturday, March 15, 2008 March 17, 2008 12:56 pm

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Fox easily took Saturday night thanks to another strong showing from its Cops and America’s Most Wanted lineup.

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Broadcast TV Ratings for Friday, March 14, 2008 March 15, 2008 8:41 pm

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CBS led a lowly viewed evening, which saw the series premiere of Fox’s The Return of Jezebel James draw minuscule numbers, debuting with just a little over 3 million viewers and just a 1.0 rating among adults 18-49.

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DVD Giveaway: Win “Justice League: The New Frontier” on DVD! March 14, 2008 1:37 pm

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Justice League: The New Frontier (official site) is now available to own on DVD (also 2-Disc DVD) and Blu-ray Hi-Def (Release Date: 2/26/2008, HD DVD: 3/18/2008) and Your Entertainment Now has some free copies of the DVD up for grabs!

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Broadcast TV Ratings for Thursday, March 13, 2008 March 14, 2008 12:56 pm

Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Broadcast TV Ratings, News, Nielsen TV Ratings, Television.
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ABC’s Lost won the night among the key A18-49 demographic, but it wasn’t enough to hold off CBS, which was the nights most-watched network among households, viewers and adults 18-49, overall.

With American Idol not airing, the majority of viewers migrated to CBS, which saw its 8:00-10:00 time period (which included the nights most-watched program Survivor) increase by 10% among viewers and 6% among adults 18-49.

NBC’s night was on par with prior performances, while Fox saw solid ratings out of its two returning competition series’ Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? and Don’t Forget the Lyrics!, enough to put the network in second place for the evening among total audience.

Over on The CW, Smallville returned after a three week hiatus stronger than where it left off, while Reaper premiered in its new time slot (after a three month break) and had no loss of viewership. In fact, despite the series’ viewership still under 3 million viewers, it increased over its last newly aired episode by 7% among viewers.

Retention for Reaper out of Smallville was 71% among households, 74% among viewers and 75% among adults 18-49. That’s only slightly lower than Supernatural’s most recent retention figures: 75%, 81% and 80% respectively.

Considering the long layoff and the new time slot, this is an okay performance for Reaper.

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The CW Developing Horror-themed Reality Series From Sam Raimi March 14, 2008 12:41 pm

Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Casting, News, Reality, Television, The CW.
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The CW has given an eight-episode order to 13, a nonscripted horror-themed series from director Sam Raimi and reality veteran Jay Bienstock. The series will premiere sometime this summer.

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Carla Gugino Joins “Race to Witch Mountain” Cast March 14, 2008 12:35 pm

Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Casting, Movies, News, Race to Witch Mountain.
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Carla Gugino is joining Disney’s reimagining of its 1975 thriller Escape to Witch Mountain.  The actress will play the lead opposite Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.  Details at The Hollywood Reporter.

Paramount Developing “Heavy Metal” Inspired Animated Film March 14, 2008 12:33 pm

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Paramount Pictures is moving forward with plans to make an animated film inspired by the ’70s sci-fi fantasy magazine Heavy Metal, reports Variety. David Fincher is heading the project.

Chrstian Slater Signed for NBC Drama March 14, 2008 12:30 pm

Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Casting, NBC, News, Television.
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Christian Slater is close to coming to primetime.  According to The Hollywood Reporter, NBC is close to handing out a series order to an untitled drama from writer-producer Jason Smilovic, which would star Christian Slater.  It would be the actor’s first TV series.

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