NBC Announces January 2009 Schedule November 26, 2008 4:34 pm
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NBC has announced its lineup for January 2009. The lineup features the premieres of Superstars of Dance (January 4) and Howie Do It (January 9) and the returns of The Biggest Loser: Couples (January 6) and Friday Night Lights (January 16).
Chuck, Heroes and Life all return in February.
The full press release follows after the jump.
Terminator Salvation Running Time 2 hours+ November 26, 2008 3:19 pm
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In an interview with a German newspaper, Terminator Salvation director McG revealed that the final running time for the film will be around 2 hours and 10 minutes. Good new for those of you nervous about these kinds of things.
Terminator Salvation hits theaters on May 22, 2009.
Braff Confirms His Departure from Scrubs November 26, 2008 3:09 pm
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Scrubs star Zach Braff has confirmed that the upcoming eighth season of Scrubs will be his last. Braff told Israeli site Haaretz.com that he has already left the show (which wrapped its eighth, but not necessarily its last, season over the summer) because “there’s so much I want to do with my life.” Scrubs premieres on ABC in January, 2009. In the meantime, check out this new promo.
Source: Haaretz.com (via TV Squad)
Wolverine Trailer Will Be Attached to The Day the Earth Stood Still November 26, 2008 2:57 pm
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ComingSoon.net has confirmed that the first trailer for X-Men Origins: Wolverine will hit theaters with 20th Century Fox’s The Day the Earth Stood Still on December 12th. The trailer will only be made available to studios and is not expected to debut online or on TV until some time later.
Looks like those of you unwilling to check out the The Day the Earth Stood Still in theaters will just have to rely on a leaked version of the trailer hitting the net.
X-Men Origins: Wolverine hits theaters on May 1, 2009.
Twilight Stars Get Big Pay Raise November 26, 2008 2:42 pm
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Twilight stars Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart are in store for a huge pay raise of the recently greenlit sequel New Moon. The two stars, who were each paid $2 million for the first film, will be paid $12 million each for the sequel. Looks like the budget is going to be substantially increased for the sequel. Twilight was made for just $37 million.
Source: Chicago Sun-Times
New Star Trek Trailer Features First Look at Leonard Nimoy November 25, 2008 1:25 pm
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AICN has a slightly edited version of the recently released Star Trek trailer. The big edit? The inclusion of Leonard Nimoy as Spock. Click the teaser image below to download and watch the trailer in high definition.
Terminator Salvation Flash Poster November 25, 2008 1:23 pm
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Check out this very cool flash-based poster for Terminator Salvation. Click the image below to view the animation.
Terminator Salvation hits theaters on May 22, 2009.
The Sarah Jane Adventures Renewed for Third Season November 25, 2008 12:16 pm
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The BBC has announced that they’ve given a third season renewal to Doctor Who spin-off The Sarah Jane Adventures. The show is scheduled to return with new episodes in autumn 2009.
From the release:
On CBBC, Sarah Jane Smith (Elisabeth Sladen) returns for a third series of The Sarah Jane Adventures in Autumn 2009, produced by Doctor Who supremo Russell T Davies.
Together with her companions Rani and Clyde and her adopted son Luke, Sarah Jane once again comes face to face with a whole host of weird and wonderful alien beings.
Source: BBC
Tim Blake Nelson Talks Hulk 2 November 25, 2008 12:11 pm
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Tim Blake Nelson, who played Dr. Samuel Sterns in The Incredible Hulk, told Ain’t It Cool News that the plan is for his character to become the villain The Leader in a possible sequel:
Quint: Great well what about a potential HULK sequel? Gale Anne Hurd’s been going around talking about how you might be The Leader and the main villain of the next one.
Tim Blake Nelson: That’s the plan. That’s what they tell me, but I don’t know when that’s happening or what the details are but I am eager to do it and I hear that’s in the works. I would tell you if I knew more, but I honestly don’t.
Quint: Yeah, but you haven’t played a comic-book villain yet right?
Tim Blake Nelson: No, but I had a great time doing HULK, so if they want me for HULK 2 I’m there, it certainly was the plan going into HULK 1. When I met with them they said this is where it’s headed so I’m eager to do it.
Source: Ain’t It Cool News
Battlestar Galactica Season Four Promo November 25, 2008 12:02 pm
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A new promo for the fourth season of Battlestar Galactica has gone live. The teaser is called “The Epic Journey”. Watch it below.
Battelstar Galactica returns with the second half of its fourth and final season on January 16, 2009 at 10pm ET/PT.
Details and Promotional Image for Star Trek Prequel Comic, Countdown November 25, 2008 11:53 am
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IDW Publishing is teaming with Paramount Pictures, J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions, Kurtzman/Orci Productions and CBS Consumer Products to publish a four-issue comic book series tied to next summer’s Star Trek. The first comic in the series, Star Trek: Countdown #1, will be released in January 2009. The story is written by Mike Johnson (Superman/Batman) and Tim Jones, featuring art from David Messina (Star Trek: Mirror Images). Messina will also be providing the covers for the series. Check out a promotional image on the right hand side (click to enlarge).
“There was a lot of back and forth about doing this project, how to do it, what it would be about, but what all parties agreed on was that we needed the right story and that it needed to matter. It had to count both on its own merits and when read in conjunction with the new movie,” said series editor Andy Schmidt. “I couldn’t be happier with the project and what it means to the overall Star Trek franchise!”
“‘Star Trek: Countdown’ lays the groundwork for what happens in the movie,” said Roberto Orci. “It’s our way of passing the baton from the ‘Next Generation’ characters and their movies to the new film.”
Source: IDW Publishing (via ComingSoon.net)
New TV Spot for The Spirit November 25, 2008 11:37 am
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Yahoo! Movies has put up a new TV spot for Frank Miller’s upcoming film The Spirit. Click the image below to watch the video.
The Spirit hits theaters on December 25, 2008.
Source: Yahoo! Movies
Star Trek in IMAX? November 25, 2008 11:25 am
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FirstShowing.net is reporting that J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek will be released in IMAX theaters next year. The site reports that the film will be converted to 70mm for projection on IMAX screens, since Abrams didn’t use IMAX cameras to shoot the film. That means it’s just going to be a straight large-screen conversion, with no additional features. That contrasts with other high-profile IMAX releases including The Dark Knight, which had a few segments shot with IMAX cameras and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, which will have several minutes of bonus footage.
It’s going to be a crowded summer 2009 for IMAX. Here’s what’s currently in store for the large screen format:
- Star Trek (May 8, 2009)
- Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian (May 22, 2009)
- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (June 26, 2009)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (July 17, 2009)
Source: FirstShowing.net
Hulu Expands HD Content November 25, 2008 11:19 am
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Hulu’s HD section of its website will no longer be relegated to trailers. Beginning this week, the site will begin adding full length 720p high definition content in its HD Gallery. The move is part of Hulu’s “Hulu for The Holiday’s”, which is set to showcase new movies, TV shows and features every day until December 26th.
The first programs made available in HD are NBC shows, including the latest episodes of 30 Rock, The Office and Heroes. Joss Whedon’s web-feature Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog is also available to watch in high definition. So far, only 10 full-length shows are available, and Hulu is not setting a time table as to when they may roll out more.
“Ultimately, Hulu is committed to leveraging and developing innovative technologies that deliver the best possible online video viewing experience,” said a Hulu spokesperson. “To that end, the Hulu HD gallery is the first step in making HD quality videos available on Hulu.”
Source: Broadcasting & Cable
Twilight Grosses $69.6 million; Summit Announces New Moon Sequel November 25, 2008 10:36 am
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After an impressive opening weekend for Twilight–$69.4 million–that beat industry expectations, Summit Entertainment has officially announced that they are moving forward with its sequel, New Moon. The studio may also decide to film New Moon and its sequel Eclipse back-to-back to save on costs.
Author Stephenie Meyer: “I don’t think any other author has had a more positive experience with the makers of her movie adaptation than I have had with Summit Entertainment. I’m thrilled to have the chance to work with them again on ‘New Moon.'”
Twilight is also broke the record for biggest opening gross in history for a female director (Catherine Hardwicke).
Stars Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart left this thank you note for fans:
Source: Summit Entertainment (via Deadline Hollywood Daily)
NBC Moves Crusoe to Saturdays, Shifts Lipstick Jungle Up One Hour November 24, 2008 7:30 pm
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In order to move Lipstick Jungle up one hour from Friday’s at 10pm to Friday’s at 9pm, NBC is shipping off Crusoe to Saturday nights. Not at all a good sign.
Starting December 5th, Lipstick Jungle will move into the 9pm slot between Deal or No Deal and returning news magazine Dateline. The remaining three episodes will then air on December 12th, January 2nd and January 9th. Crusoe meanwhile will finish out its run starting Saturday, December 6th at 8pm.
Source: Variety
Avatar Concept Art [UPDATED] November 21, 2008 7:16 pm
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UPDATE: Turns out the photos weren’t legitimate concept art from Avatar and I’ve removed them from the site. The original artist left the following note in the comments below:
I’m Jonay Bacallado, the author of the images. They are part of my artwork, my personal artwork, and it has nothing to do with the actual concept art of the film. The interview has been removed from http://www.plansiete.com as well, I’ve spoken about his incident with responsibles of the program, because information it’s not accurate, and things can be misunderstood. Please, I have to ask you to remove this information, because the images shown are part of my own portfolio, no one has asked for authorisation, and of course,and most importantly, those designs have nothing to do with the real concepts and designs. I spoke during the interview about my experience, images were taken from my website, and they asume they are real concept art, but is not. The editing odf the video is quite confussing and may lead people to think it’s the real concept art done, but it’s not!!! Just to emphasise what I’m trying to explain mention that the design of characters have been done by another team, and we only get invlolved in costume, and as I said before, Avatar is far from this personal creation of mine included in my portfolio. This would get me into trouble, and without a reason, because this is NOT AVATAR CONCEPT ART. So please, people who follows Avatar news deserve to know that this concepts are FAKES, they are my creation, but have nothing to do with the work done in pre-production. Thank you, Jonay Bacallado.
Original Article
MarketSaw (here and here) got their hands on several concept art photos of the Na’vi from James Cameron’s upcoming 3-D Sci-FI film Avatar. The designs are all from concept artist Jonay Bacallado. As always, click to enlarge.
Avatar hits theaters on December 25, 2009.
New Star Trek Posters November 21, 2008 6:40 pm
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Paramount has released two new character posters for J.J. Abrams’ upcoming Star Trek film. The two posters feature Uhura and Nero. Click to enlarge. They’re done in the same style as the Kirk and Spock posters released several days ago. Since I missed out on posting those, I’ve included them below.
Star Trek hits theaters on May 8, 2009.
Hidden Message Found in New Lost Trailer November 21, 2008 5:17 pm
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ABC’s has released a new trailer for Lost, which features music from The Fray’s “You Found Me”, and the trailer features two flashes (1:35: 2:25, respectively) for a tie-in company called Ajira Airways, which can be visited at AjiraAirways.com (pictured above). The video features footage from last season and the upcoming season. Watch it below.
Lost season five premieres on Wednesday, January 21st from 9-11pm, preceded by a clip show from 8-9pm.
Source: ABC (via ComingSoon.net)
Twilight Rakes in $7 million from Thursday Midnight Shows November 21, 2008 5:05 pm
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It appears Summit Entertainment is in store for a very big opening weekend for Twilight, the vampire-themed film based on the best-selling book series by author Stephenie Miller. Current forecasts have pegged the film at making between $60 million to $65 million, a range that could be easily exceeded if the midnight gross is any indication.
Twilight is currently No. 3 on Fandango.com’s list of top advance ticket sales. Only Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith and The Dark Knight sold more.
Source: Variety
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Posters November 21, 2008 4:54 pm
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Paramount has released two official posters for David Fincher’s upcoming The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. The film’s release is just a little over a month away, so I’m not sure what took Paramount so long to get these posters officially out (they’ve been spotted at several multplexes). Oh well. As always, click to enlarge.
Synopsis
“I was born under unusual circumstances.” And so begins ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,’ adapted from the 1920s story by F. Scott Fitzgerald about a man who is born in his eighties and ages backwards: a man, like any of us, who is unable to stop time. We follow his story, set in New Orleans from the end of World War I in 1918, into the 21st century, following his journey that is as unusual as any man’s life can be. Directed by David Fincher and starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett with Taraji P. Henson, Tilda Swinton, Jason Flemyng, Elias Koteas and Julia Ormond, ‘Benjamin Button,’ is a grand tale of a not-so-ordinary man and the people and places he discovers along the way, the loves he finds, the joys of life and the sadness of death, and what lasts beyond time.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button hits theaters on December 25, 2008.
Source: First Showing
ABC Adds To Life on Mars, But Cancels Pushing Daisies and Two Others, While Setting Premiere Date for Scrubs November 21, 2008 4:42 pm
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ABC has decided to order more episodes of Life on Mars, but has decided not to pick up Pushing Daisies, Dirty Sexy Money and Eli Stone.
The network hasn’t officially canceled the three shows, however, leaving open the possibility of ordering new episodes in the future, although that seems very unlikely. All three shows remain on the schedule for the time being.
Life on Mars, meanwhile, which received an order for four more hours, bringing its first year to a full 17 episodes, will be put go on hiatus starting December 11th, when Private Practice moves into its time period. Mars returns with new episodes January 28th at 10pm, airing after Lost (which premieres its new season the preceding week).
And finally, ABC has set a premiere date for Scrubs. The former NBC series that the network picked up after it was canceled will premiere Tuesday, January 6th at 9pm. with back-to-back episodes for two weeks, before settling into its regular time slot at 9:30pm.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs Movie Poster and Trailer November 21, 2008 4:32 pm
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20th Century Fox has released a new trailer and movie poster (pictured on the right–click to enlarge) for Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs. Check it out below, or click here to watch it in high defintion.
Synopsis
‘Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs,’ to be fully produced in 3-D, is the latest installment to the hit ‘Ice Age’ franchise, which has grossed more than $1.2 billion around the world. ‘Ice Age 3’ will be directed by Oscar-nominated Carlos Saldanha, who directed ‘Ice Age: The Meltdown’ and co-directed ‘Ice Age.’ The film is being produced by Academy Award-winning Blue Sky Studios, the creative force behind all the ‘Ice Age’ films and ‘Dr. Seuss’s Horton Hears a Who.’
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs hits theaters on July 1, 2009.
Lost Season Five Poster November 21, 2008 4:10 pm
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Check out this season five poster for ABC’s Lost, which premieres on January 21, 2009. As always, click to enlarge.
Chef Irvine Returning to Dinner: Impossible November 21, 2008 4:06 pm
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Chef Robert Irvine, who was let go from the Food Network series Dinner: Impossible over news that he exaggerated details in his resume, has been re-hired by the network to return to the hit show, replacing his replacement Iron Chef Michael Symon. Production on six new episodes starring Irvine will begin this month and will air in March 2009.
“Our audience has continued to demonstrate its interest in and support for Robert,” Welch said. “He has taken responsibility and made a conscious effort to clear the air, rebuild the relationship with Food Network and apologize for the earlier inaccuracies.”
“I am very excited to continue taping more episodes of ‘Dinner: Impossible’,” Irvine said in a written statement. “I am thrilled to further my relationship with the network and embark on more challenging episodes of this popular series.”
Source: AP (via Yahoo!)
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