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.
New Terminator Salvation Production Photos February 2, 2009 5:28 pm
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Sony Pictures (who distributes the film internationally) has provided ScreenWeek with four brand new production photos for McG’s Terminator Salvation. The photos feature Moon Bloodgood and Common. Click to enlarge.
Two more photos after the jump. (more…)
Super Bowl Spot: Angels & Demons February 2, 2009 5:16 pm
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Sony has released their Super Bowl spot for the upcoming Da Vinci Code prequel Angels & Demons, starring Tom Hanks. Watch the trailer embedded below.
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Angels & Demons hits theaters on May 15, 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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Super Bowl Spot: Star Trek February 1, 2009 1:33 am
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The 30-sec Super Bowl spot for J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek is now online. While short and containing several elements seen previously in other trailers/spots, there’s also a fair amount of new content including more of Kirk in a bar fight, more interaction between Kirk and McCoy and more space and Earth footage including San Francisco. Watch the TV spot after the jump. (more…)
Super Bowl Spot: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen February 1, 2009 1:33 am
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Here’s the Super Bowl spot for Michael Bay’s Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. This is one damn impressive teaser, one of the better ones I’ve seen in some time. Bay wasn’t kidding when he said there would be some big robots in the film. To give you a sense of the scope look how small Prime looks as he’s leaping through the air and fighting what I believe is Devastator (or perhaps just a part of Devastator?). I’m incredibly excited for this movie and summer 2009 in general. Watch the spot after the jump. (more…)
Super Bowl Spot: Fast & Furious January 31, 2009 11:42 pm
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Universal Pictures has released the new Super Bowl spot for Fast & Furious, the studio’s fourth film in the Fast and the Furious franchise, that reunites stars Vin Diesel and Paul Walker. I was pleasantly surprised when they released the trailer earlier in the month and my interest remains. This looks like it’s gonna be fun. Watch the trailer after the jump. (more…)
Sneek Preview: Year One January 31, 2009 11:33 pm
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Columbia Pictures has released a sneak preview of their upcoming Judd Apatow-produced comedy Year One. A couple pretty funny moments and looks promising overall. I’ll definitely keep my eye on it. Watch the preview after the jump. (more…)
Super Bowl Spot: Up January 31, 2009 11:27 pm
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Disney has released their Super Bowl spot for the upcoming Pixar animated feature Up. Like most Pixar films (seriously, when was the last time they had a miss?) this one looks like it’s going to be great. Click the image above to head on over to Disney’s website and watch the clip.
Synopsis
From Disney•Pixar comes “Up,” a comedy adventure about 78-year-old balloon salesman Carl Fredricksen, who finally fulfills his lifelong dream of a great adventure when he ties thousands of balloons to his house and flies away to the wilds of South America. But he discovers all too late that his biggest nightmare has stowed away on the trip: an overly optimistic 9-year-old Wilderness Explorer named Russell. From the Academy Award®-nominated director Pete Docter (“Monsters, Inc.”), Disney•Pixar’s “Up” invites you on a hilarious journey into a lost world, with the least likely duo on Earth. “Up” will be presented in Disney Digital 3-D™ in select theaters.
Up hits conventional and 3D theaters on May 29th.
Super Bowl Spot: Land of the Lost January 31, 2009 11:20 pm
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Universal Pictures has released the Super Bowl spot for Land of the Lost. Looks pretty good, especially visually. I’m a big fan of both Anna Friel and Will Ferrell so that alone is enough to interest me in the movie. Watch the trailer after the jump. (more…)
Super Bowl Spot: G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra January 31, 2009 11:13 pm
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Paramount Pictures has released the G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra Super Bowl TV spot to ComingSoon.net. Click the above image to watch the trailer, or click any of the following links to download and watch the trailer in high definition: 480p || 720p || 1080p
I have to admit that I was a little nervous about this movie, but you have got to hand it to Paramount. If there is anything wrong with the movie itself, they’ve done a great job disguising it with this short, yet fairly awesome, 30-second spot.
Synopsis
Paramount Pictures and Hasbro, whose previous collaboration was the worldwide blockbuster “Transformers,” join forces with Spyglass Entertainment for another extraordinary action-adventure “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra.” From the Egyptian desert to deep below the polar ice caps, the elite G.I. JOE team uses the latest in next-generation spy and military equipment to fight the corrupt arms dealer Destro and the growing threat of the mysterious Cobra organization to prevent them from plunging the world into chaos. “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra.” is directed by Stephen Sommers (“The Mummy,” “The Mummy Returns”).
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra hits theaters on August 7th.
Apple Planning More Powerful iPhone January 31, 2009 11:03 pm
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According to ZDNet, Apple is hard at work on a more powerful iPhone that could hit store shelves later this year. The new phone, said to be about as powerful as Sony’s PlayStation Portable, will be twice as poweful as the current generation iPhone allowing it to render graphics and games, better than anything before it in the portable gaming world.
The key for the new iPhone will be users ability to download their games via Apple’s App Store, which users can access wirelessly or on their computer.
Source: Charlotte Observer
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.
New Image: Land of the Lost January 31, 2009 10:41 pm
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Ain’t It Cool News has posted the first image of Saturday Night Live writer Jorma Taccone who plays Chaka in Universal Pictures’ upcoming film, Land of the Lost. Click to enlarge.
Land of the Lost hits theaters on June 5th.
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.
35 Minutes of Halo Wars Demo Footage January 30, 2009 5:59 pm
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A YouTube user has uploaded over 35 minutes of footage from the Halo Wars demo that won’t be available to the public until February 5th. Watch one video embedded below and click here to check out the rest.
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