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…)
Preview: Rescue Me Season Five February 3, 2009 9:24 pm
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Check out this new preview clip from the upcoming fifth season of FX’s hit drama Rescue Me, starring Denis Leary.
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.
Dead Space Coming to the Wii February 3, 2009 6:41 pm
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During the company’s fiscal third quarter earnings call today, Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello announced that a Wii version of last year’s horror shooter Dead Space, which was released on the Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and PC last October, is on the way.
“We’re bringing core intellectual property to the Wii,” Riccitiello said. “Wii is the market leader — they’re getting half of our emphasis in terms of title count.”
IGN additionally revealed that it will be an original take on the game that will make full use of the Wii remote.
The CW Sets Earlier Premiere for Reaper February 3, 2009 6:35 pm
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Reaper is coming back a couple weeks earlier than expected. The network announced today that the supernatural drama will return March 3 at 8:00pm, two weeks sooner than originally announced. With the programming change, 90210 will air after Reaper, a move that will protect that show from the American Idol juggernaut.
What hasn’t changed is that the show will air all 13 ordered episodes straight through without any repeats. Another change will come to low-rated drama Privileged, which will now conclude on February 24, with less repeats scheduled.
Despite low numbers for both 90210 and Privileged, the two shows actually enjoy the highest percentage of DVR gains across all networks.
Source: THR Feed
New Sherlock Holmes Photo February 3, 2009 6:20 pm
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USA Today has published a new photo from the upcoming Warner Bros. film Sherlock Holmes from director Guy Ritchie. The photo features Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law and Rachel McAdams. Click to enlarge.
Sherlock Holmes hits theaters on November 13, 2009.
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…)
New Image of Terminator Salvation’s T-600 February 3, 2009 6:06 pm
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As part of GamePro’s March preview of the upcoming Terminator Salvation video game, the magazine has a new look at the T-600 from the film. Click the above image to check out the magazine’s cover.
Super Bowl XLIII Most-Watched Ever February 3, 2009 5:46 pm
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NBC’s telecast of Super Bowl XLIII Sunday night was actually the most-watched ever, and second most-watched television telecast of all-time drawing 98.73 million viewers (when taking into account people who watched some or all of the program, that number climbs to a TV record of 151.6 million). It was originally believed the program was only the second most-watched ever.
A portion of NBC’s press release follows after the jump.
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…)
Watchmen IMAX Poster February 2, 2009 9:42 pm
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See, this is why I don’t like calling a poster a “Final Poster”. Splash has gotten their hands on a brand new Watchmen poster, the second newly released one since last week’s “Final Poster”. This one is for the simultaneous IMAX release of the film. Click the tease above to head on over to MTV for a complete look at the new poster.
Watchmen hits IMAX and conventional theaters on March 6, 2009.
Super Bowl XLIII Second Most-Watched Ever February 2, 2009 7:37 pm
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UPDATED ON 2/3/2009 AT 5:46PM:
The Super Bowl actually drew an all-time record 98.73 million. Click here for an updated look at the ratings.
NBC’s telecast last night of Super Bowl XLIII drew 95.4 million viewers, making it the second most-watched Super Bowl in history, trailing only last year’s telecast, which drew 97.5 million viewers.
“The Super Bowl, once again, proved its ability to captivate America,” said Dick Ebersol, chairman of NBC Universal Sports. “The National Football League should feel a great sense of pride in providing a day of enjoyment to American families — especially those who are struggling in these difficult times. Many people doubted this matchup, but it’s the Super Bowl not the matchup that draws an enormous audience.”
“We are in a great place to be in relation to last year’s historic and unimaginable game when an undefeated powerhouse was upset by an underdog from the country’s largest media market,” he added. “Recording the two biggest Super Bowl audiences in history in two consecutive years proves that the NFL is stronger than ever.”
Lead-out The Office while impressive (it drew 22 million viewers and a 10.6 rating among adults 18-49), drew less viewers than more recent post-Super Bowl shows, including last year’s House on Fox which drew over 29 million viewers. The show did, however, improve by more than double over its previous series high. It’s the least watched post-Super Bowl episode since 2005 when Fox aired an hour of The Simpsons and American Dad.
New Watchmen Poster February 2, 2009 7:19 pm
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A new poster for Watchmen (I guess last week’s Final Poster wasn’t so final after all huh?) has surfaced online over at Trailer Addict. Click to enlarge.
Watchmen hits theaters on March 6, 2009.
TNT Orders New Pilot Called First and Last February 2, 2009 7:07 pm
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TNT has ordered a new non-fiction pilot titled First and Last. According to Broadcasting & Cable, the series would be an hour-long show split into two parts. The first half-hour would feature the stories of the first time something happens in a person’s life, while the second half-hour would focus on what happens in the second-half of their lives.
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.
New Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian Poster February 2, 2009 6:35 pm
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A new poster for 20th Century Fox’s Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian has found its way online. Click to enlarge.
New Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian hits theaters on May 22, 2009.
via ComingSoon.net
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…)
Resident Evil 5 Demo Live on PSN February 2, 2009 6:17 pm
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Shawn Baxter of Capcom, wrote the following note on Playstation Blog announcing that the demo for Resident Evil 5 will be going live today on the PSN. Here’s an excerpt:
Hey everyone, I’m Shawn Baxter (Snow) from Capcom-Unity. Our amazing Resident Evil 5 Demo goes live today on PSN, so I thought I’d tease you a bit with some of the cool things to expect, whether you’re an old fan or new to the series. One of the first things I noticed is how good the game looks. It’s hard to get by the beauty RE5 has to offer. Better still, you get to play through two beautiful stages in the demo. Aside from the sweet graphics, there’s plenty more that the demo has to offer.
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.
Super Bowl Spot: Monsters vs. Aliens February 2, 2009 5:50 pm
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DreamWorks Animation has released the Super Bowl TV spot for their upcoming animated feature Monsters vs. Aliens. Watch it embedded below.
Vodpod videos no longer available.
Monsters vs. Aliens hits theaters o nMarch 27, 2009.
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
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