Writer Signed for The Lost Boys 3 March 18, 2009 6:20 pm
Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Casting, Movies, News, Warner Premiere.Tags: Corey Feldman, Jamison Newlander, Lost Boys 3
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Bloody-Disgusting is reporting that TV writer Evan Charnov has been tapped by Warner Premiere to pen a screenplay for The Lost Boys 3, the studio’s next direct-to-video sequel of the classic 1987 vampire film. The site also reports that Corey Feldman has come on to executive producer and will also return again as Edgar Frog, and perhaps more importantly, this film will actually focus on Feldman’s character.
In related news, Moviehole.net reporst that Jamison Newlander has also been cast.
Broadcast TV Ratings for Monday, March 16, 2009 March 17, 2009 8:44 pm
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Week two of the new season of Dancing With the Stars held mostly steady from last week’s premiere, leading ABC to a first place finish with an audience of nearly 21.1 million viewers and a 5.3 A18-49 rating. Perhaps the more important bit of news coming from ABC though, was the performance of the new Nathan Fillion drama Castle. Week two was nearly identical to week one, which is actually pretty good news. We’ll see where the show heads in the coming weeks, but ABC must definitely be pleased that there was no decline in viewership from the week prior (despite the still weak retention levels). Update: Final numbers show that the episode increased slightly over last week’s premiere among viewers (but was down slightly among adults 18-49–click through the jump for more analysis).
There was a tie for second place, with CBS coming out on top among households thanks to consistent performances from its comedy and CSI: Miami line-up and Fox taking second place among viewers and adults 18-49 with solid performances from House and 24.
Fourth place belonged to NBC, which saw abysmal numbers for its complete repeat lineup and fifth place went to The CW, which saw weak numbers for returning dramas Gossip Girl and One Tree Hill.
Full ratings and breakdown’s, including my full analysis, week-to-week comparisons, etc., follow after the jump. (more…)
Lost Season Finale “Nickname” Will Be Decided by Fans March 17, 2009 8:03 pm
Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in ABC, News, Television.Tags: Carlont Cuse, Damon Lindelof, Lost
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In this week’s official Lost podcast, to be posted on ABC.com on Thursday, executive producers Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof will formally invite viewers to suggest a nickname for the season’s final moment.
From TV Guide:
In seasons past, that head-scratcher has been dubbed “Bagel” (Walt is abducted by the Others!), “Challah” (Penny’s research team locates the island!), “The Rattlesnake in the Mailbox” (Jack is flashing forward!) and “Frozen Donkey Wheel” (which, quite literally, Ben rotated to move the island).
The script for the finale has recently been completed and filming on the episode is at least a week away. Submissions can be directed to ABC.com/asklost. The pick will be announced on ABC’s March 26th podcast.
Where the Wild Things Are Poster March 17, 2009 7:49 pm
Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Movie Posters, Movies.Tags: Spike Jonze, Where the Wild Things Are
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The latest issue of Nick Magazine has the very first poster for Spike Jonze’s Where the Wild Things Are, and The Spike Jonze Fan Blog has put it up on their site. Click through the jump for a complete look.
Where the Wild Things Are hits theaters on October 16, 2009. (more…)
Transformers 3 Set for July 1, 2011 But Michael Bay Unhappy About Date + Thor Changing Dates Again March 17, 2009 7:01 pm
Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in DreamWorks, Marvel, Movies, News, Paramount, Release Dates.Tags: Michael Bay, Thor, Transformers 3
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Last night Paramount/DreamWorks announced a July 1, 2011 release date for Transformers 3. But apparently they forgot to inform director Michael Bay who isn’t so pleased with the early release. Bay wrote the following post on his official message boards:
Wait a minute! I said I was taking off a year from Transformers. Paramount made a mistake in dating Transformers 3 – they asked me on the phone – I said yes to July 4 – but for 2012 – whoops! Not 2011!!! That would mean I would have to start prep in September. No way. My brain needs a break from fighting robots.
Paramount/DreamWorks say they wanted to get ahead of the competition in announcing an early release date, but honestly, what’s the deal with setting dates so early?
In other news, Paramount, on behalf of Marvel, is moving up the release of Thor from June 16, 2011 to May 20, 2011. (Paramount is the distributor of the film, while Marvel Entertainment is producing and financing.)
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen hits theaters on June 24, 2009.
Linda Hamilton is In Terminator Salvation March 17, 2009 6:38 pm
Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Movies, News, Warner Brothers.Tags: Linda Hamilton, Terminator Salvation
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CHUD is reporting that Linda Hamilton is officially in Terminator Salvation. The site reports that they’ve heard from a source that the actress, who played Sarah Connor in Terminator and Terminator 2: Judgement Day, has already recorded a voiceover for the film.
News of Hamilton doing a voice over first broke when director McG hinted at it back in January. The actress herself confirmed that she was in talks for the role last month.
Not much is known about the role, other than the voice over will be relatively short and come at the very beginning of the film. The source compared it in tone and style to her voice over in T2.
Terminator Salvation hits theaters on May 22, 2009.
Two New Harry Potter and the Half Blood-Prince Photos March 17, 2009 6:28 pm
Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in 'Til Death, Images/Photos, Movies, News, Warner Brothers.Tags: Daniel Radcliffe, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
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Warner Brothers has released two new photos of Daniel Radcliffe from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. You can check out the two photos — one is shown to the right — in high resolution after the jump.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince hits theaters on July 17, 2009. (more…)
Where the Wild Things Are Trailer In Front of Monsters vs. Aliens? March 17, 2009 5:49 pm
Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Movies, News.Tags: Monsters vs. Aliens, Where the Wild Things Are
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A scooper has written into CHUD to reveal that a full-length trailer (3-minutes in length) of Spike Jonze’s Where the Wild Things Are will play in front of the DreamWorks 3D animated-feature, Monsters vs. Aliens on March 27, 2009.
The scooper actually saw the trailer and provided a report on it, calling it “beatiful”, “gorgeous’ and “breathtaking”. Head on over to CHUD to read the full report.
Where the Wild Things Are hits theaters on October 16, 2009.
Natalie Portman Cast in Thor? Plus Casting Notes for the Lead Role March 17, 2009 5:38 pm
Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Casting, Movies, News.Tags: Alexandar Skarsgard, Charlie Hunnam, Josh Hartnett, Liam Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, oel Kinnaman, Thor, Tom Hiddleston
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Over at Deadline Hollywood Daily, Nikki Finke reports that Natalie Portman “is in the lead for the female lead” in Kenneth Branagh’s Thor. Finke also provides a run down of all the actors that have tested for the role, including Josh Hartnett, Charlie Hunnam, Tom Hiddleston, Alexandar Skarsgard, Liam Hemsworth and Joel Kinnaman.
Andy Samber to Host 18th Annual MTV Movie Awards March 17, 2009 5:28 pm
Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Movies, MTV, News, Television.Tags: 18th Annual MTV Movie Awards, Andy Samberg
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Saturday Night Live comic Andy Samberg has been tapped by MTV to host the 18th annual MTV Movie Awards, the network announced:
“I’m super excited to host the movie awards,” Samberg said in a statement released to Usmagazine.com. “I grew up watching the show and a lot of the past hosts are heroes of mine. Plus my friends and I were writers for the show prior to working at SNL, so it will be a sweet and satisfying homecoming.
MTV says they’re giving the comedian free range to do whatever he wants to parody this year’s movies.
“Andy’s connection with the MTV audience is so strong…it’s electric,” said Stephen Friedman, General Manager of MTV. “We can’t wait to see what subversive take he’ll have on our audience’s favorite movies of the year. We, like Andy’s many fans, are thrilled he’s decided to grace MTV with his unique talent.”
Broadcast TV Ratings for Sunday, March 15, 2009 March 16, 2009 6:48 pm
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Full ratings and breakdown’s, including week-to-week comparisons, and individual program analysis, etc., follows after the jump. (more…)
David Chase Working on HBO Miniseries March 16, 2009 3:11 pm
Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in News, Television.Tags: A Ribbon of Dreams, David Chase, HBO
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David Chase, creator of the hit HBO series The Sopranos, is returning to HBO to develop a miniseries about the history of the Hollywood film industry. A Ribbon of Dreams, also reunites Chase with ‘Sopranos’ executive producer Brad Grey, who is now chairman and CEO of Paramount Pictures.
“It gives me pleasure to think of working, together with Brad, with HBO again,” Chase said. “These are all people who, obviously, occupy a special place in my heart.”
Here’s a little bit on the background of the series, via THR:
[W]ill begin in 1913 and follow two men, one a college-educated mechanical engineer, the other a cowboy with a violent past, who form an unlikely producing partnership. The duo will start off as employees of D.W. Griffith, and then cross career paths with such Hollywood greats as John Ford, John Wayne, Raoul Walsh, Bette Davis and Billy Wilder. Through the eyes of the two main characters — as well as their offspring — the mini will chronicle the growth of the film industry from the age of rough-hewn silent Westerns, to the golden era of talkies and the studio system, to the auteur movement, to television, and finally to the present day.
President Barack Obama Appearing on Leno This Thursday March 16, 2009 3:02 pm
Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in News, Television.Tags: Barack Obama, Jay Leno, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
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The White House has announced that President Barack Obama, during a trip to Los Angeles on Thursday, will appear on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno. NBC will tape the program and air it that night, after the president has returned to Washington.
Sam Raimi Talks Spider-Man 4 March 16, 2009 2:56 pm
Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Movies, News.Tags: Sam Raimi, Spider-Man 4
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At SXSW to show off an early cut of his new horror film Drag Me to Hell, Raimi took some time out to give some updates on Spider-Man 4, the latest film in the incredibly popular film franchise. Details after the jump. (more…)
SCI FI Channel Changing its Name to SyfY March 16, 2009 2:39 pm
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NBC Universal has announced that beginning this summer, the SCI FI Channel is changing its name to Syfy. The switch will happen, on-air and online, beginning July 7th. The network will also get a new tagline: Imagine Greater. Now it may seem odd to change your network name to a name that is so similar to its original, but there is reason to it, explains Dave Howe, President of SCI FI:
“While continuing to embrace our legacy and our core audience, we needed to cultivate a distinct point of view with a name that we could own that invites more people in and reflects our broader range of programming,” said Dave Howe, who made announcement. “Syfy allows us to build on our 16 year heritage of success with a new brand built on the power that fuels our genre: the Imagination. Syfy ushers in a new era of unlimited imagination, exceptional experiences and greater entertainment that paves the way for us to truly become a global lifestyle brand.”
Also, the new name, while phonetically identical to the original, allows the network to have a brand name all to its own.
“We couldn’t own SciFi; it’s a genre,” said Bonnie Hammer, the president of NBC Universal Cable Entertainment and Universal Cable Productions. “But we can own Syfy.”
I’ve included the full press release, plus a high res version of the logo above, after the jump. (more…)
MacGyver Headed to the Big Screen March 16, 2009 2:22 pm
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New Line putting MacGyver, the hit ABC series, into development as a feature film. Raffaella De Laurentiis, daughter of Dino De Laurentiis (who is executive producer), is producing the project through her Raffaella Prods. along with Martha De Laurentiis and series creator Lee Zlotoff.
MacGyver starred Richard Dean Anderson and ran for seven seasons on ABC from 1985-92. Two telefilms, also starring Anderson, aired in 1994. There’s currently no writer attached, but according to THR, New Line “hopes to find a script that can acknowledge how the concept has staked a place into pop culture yet still makes for a serious and fun adventure movie: “We think we’re a stick of chewing gum, a paper clip and an A-list writer away from a global franchise,” said New Line’s Richard Brener, who will oversee with Sam Brown and Walter Hamada.
Broadcast TV Ratings for Saturday, March 14, 2009 March 15, 2009 9:40 pm
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Daily Show Gets Boost with Cramer Appearance March 14, 2009 11:51 pm
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Thursday’s episode of The Daily Show With Jon Stewart, featuring the highly anticipated interview with CNBC’s Jim Cramer, drew the show’s second largest audience of the year. An average audience of 2.3 million viewers tuned in, ranking second only to January’s inauguration day episode, which delivered 2.6 million viewers.
Overall, the episode ranks in the all-time top 10 for the show, which scored a record-high 3.6 million viewers for an October episode that had Stewart conduct a one-on-one interview via satellite with then-candidate Barack Obama.
Source: Variety
First Look at The Goon March 14, 2009 11:47 pm
Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Comics, Dark Horse Comics, Images/Photos, Movies, News.Tags: David Fincher, Eric Powell, The Goon
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AICN has an exclusive first look at the David Fincher-produced big screen adaptation of Eric Powell’s Dark Horse comic The Goon. Powell is directing the computer-animated film. Head on over to AICN by clicking the image above to see it, and two others, in high resolution.
New Up Clip: UPisode #2 March 14, 2009 11:43 pm
Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Movies, Pixar, Video Clips, Walt Disney Pictures.Tags: Up
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Disney has released a second UPisode clip for the upcoming computer-animated film from Pixar, Up. Watch it after the jump.
Broadcast TV Ratings for Friday, March 13, 2009 March 14, 2009 6:48 pm
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Broadcast TV Ratings for Thursday, March 12, 2009 March 13, 2009 6:14 pm
Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Nielsen TV Ratings, Television.Tags: Broadcast TV Ratings, Thursday
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The competition was surprisingly tight last night, especially among adults 18-49 where the top four networks were separated by just six-tenth of a point.
CBS was first for the evening, drawing the night’s most-watched show in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation at 9:00pm (#2 among adults 18-49) and placing first place for every hour of the evening among both households and viewers. It wasn’t all good news, however, as ‘CSI’ actually declined by nearly 4 million viewers from last week’s episode.
That decline was partially a result of the return of Grey’s Anatomy on ABC (#2 for the night). Grey’s Anatomy was number two for the night among adults 18-49, but it wasn’t all good for it either, as it was down by double-digits from its last original episode. Elsewhere on the network, Ugly Betty opened stronger than usual, but still below average, at 8:00pm, while Grey’s Anatomy lead-out Private Practice suffered the same fate as its lead-in, declining by double-digits from its last original airing and falling to a last place finish in the hour among households and viewers.
Over on NBC, who finished in third place last night, the season (potential series) finale of Kath & Kim drew just 4 million viewers. I don’t expect that show to return next season, while The Office was below average with under 8 million viewers. 3o Rock declined as well, but it’s retention was good.
The biggest news of the night, was the special episode of ER last night on NBC. The network tried to keep the news of guest starring roles by former stars, including George Clooney, secret (for what reason I don’t know) but many knew regardless, resulting in the show performing the best it has in some time, drawing nearly 11 million viewers and a very solid 3.9 rating in the demo (+23 and +15 percent, respectively, from the week prior).
Rounding out the night’s programs, The CW was in last place with the return of original episodes of Smallville and Supernatural. Smallville performed well, with no loss in A18-49 viewership from its last original episode, but Supernatural? Hmm…, not so much. The show was down by more than 500,000 viewers and a disappointing 21% among adults 18-49.
Don’t forget to click through the jump to check out the night’s full ratings and breakdown’s, including week-to-week comparisons, etc. and even more analysis on an individual show-by-show basis.
New Photo and Concept Art from Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland March 13, 2009 3:59 am
Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Movies, News.Tags: Alice in Wonderland, Tim Burton
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The latest issue of the new Disney magazine, Disney Twenty-Three, has an article about Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland which features images from the film (including of star Mia Wasikowska in her Alice outfit) and concept art from the film. Click the linked image above to head on over to Tim Burton Collective News to see the rest of the magazine scans.
Fallon Finishes His First Week #1 March 13, 2009 3:56 am
Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in CBS, NBC, News, Nielsen TV Ratings, Television.Tags: Broadcast TV Ratings, Craig Ferguson, Jimmy Fallon, Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson
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Jimmy Fallon’s first week as host of NBC’s Late Night was a successful one, with the late-night program beating all cable and broadcast competition as well as Conan’s season average. For the week of March 2-6 the program averaged nearly 2.4 million viewers and more than 1.2 million adults 18-49, out-rating its nearest competitor (CBS’s Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson) by 25% among viewers and 60% among adults 18-49.
Additionally, Fallon’s debut week ranked as the most-watched ever in the last decade, besting the bows of The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson (2M viewers in January 2005), ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live (1.7M in January 2003) and The Late Show With Craig Kilborn (1.5M in March/April 1999).
Source: Variety
New Line Developing Second 3D Journey to the Center of the Earth March 13, 2009 3:47 am
Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Movies, New Line, News, Walden Media, Warner Brothers.Tags: Brendan Fraser, Eric Brevig, Josh Hutcherson, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Richard Outten
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New Line has decided to take another 3D Journey to the Center of the Earth. The film grossed a respectable $240.6 million worldwide (its budget was just $60M), but New Line wanted to wait and see how the DVD numbers turned out before committing to a sequel. Turns out the performance on DVD was strong enough to warrant pushing along with a sequel.
Contrafilm’s Beau Flynn and Tripp Vinson are returning as producers along with Walden Media and Charlotte Huggins. Eric Brevig, who directed the first film, will also be back and will this time be involved in the development of the script
Because the source material is based on just one book from Jules Verne, THR reports that the sequel’s story came together when a spec script by Richard Outten landed at Walden. Titled Mysterious Travels, the adventure tale was based on the fantasy that the literary tales Gulliver’s Travels, Treasure Island and Verne’s own Mysterious Island all occurrred on the same island. The producers all fell for the idea and are now repurposing the script to fit the ‘Journey’ characters (played by Brendan Fraser and Josh Hutcherson–both of whom are expected to reprise their roles).
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