ABC Orders TV Pilot of “The Witches of Eastwick” August 18, 2008 12:43 am
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ABC has put in a script order for a new TV series based on the supernatural movie The Witches of Eastwick. The pilot will be written by Dawson’s Creek writer Maggie Friedman.
This marks the third attempt at a TV version of the 1987 film (and book of which it was based), which starred Jack Nicholson, Cher, Susan Sarandon and Michelle Pfeiffer. In 1992, Warner Bros. TV commissioned writers Carlton Cuse and Jeffrey Boam to develop The Witches of Eastwick for NBC and in 2002, Fox developed a version along with Warner Bros. TV titled Eastwick, from excecutive producer Jim Leonard and writers Jon Cowan and Robert Rovner.
Source: Variety
‘Night at the Museum 2’ and ‘Transformers 2’ To Hit IMAX August 18, 2008 12:35 am
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20th Century Fox and DreamWorks/Paramount will release Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, respectively, in both conventional and IMAX theaters next year. ‘Night at the Museum 2’ hits theaters on May 22, 2009, while Transformers 2 follows on June 26, 2009.
The original Transformers had a delayed release of more than 2 months back in 2007.
Source: ComingSoon.net
J.J. Abrams Signs Onto Earthquake Disaster Project August 18, 2008 12:30 am
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Universal Pictures has announced that J.J. Abrams (Lost, Star Trek) is developing an Earthquake disaster film with screenwriter David Selzter (Omen). While details on the project are being kept under tight wraps–surprise, surprise–we do know that it isn’t a remake of Universal’s 1974 film of the same name, Earthquake.
Source: THR
Broadcast TV Ratings for Saturday, August 16, 2008 August 17, 2008 6:15 pm
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Broadcast TV Ratings for Friday, August 15, 2008 August 16, 2008 6:15 pm
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Broadcast TV Ratings for Thursday, August 14, 2008 August 15, 2008 7:22 pm
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Broadcast TV Ratings for Wednesday, August 13, 2008 August 14, 2008 11:10 pm
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Broadcast TV Ratings for Tuesday, August 12, 2008 August 13, 2008 6:22 pm
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“Gossip Girl” Contest: Enter to Win A $1,000 Gift Card And A 2 Night Trip to NYC + More August 12, 2008 9:25 pm
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The first season DVD set of The CW’s Gossip Girl is just a week away (August 19, 2008), and in celebration of its release and the upcoming second season you could win a $1,000 Gift Card and more. Click the image below to head over to gossipgirltvondvd.com to enter the contest.
Broadcast TV Ratings for Monday, August 11, 2008 August 12, 2008 5:20 pm
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Broadcast TV Ratings for Sunday, August 10, 2008 August 11, 2008 8:24 pm
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A complete breakdown of the night’s ratings follows after the jump.
Spingsteen To Anchor Super Bowl Halftime Show August 11, 2008 3:15 pm
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The NYPost is reporting that the 2009 Super Bowl in Tampa Bay has landed Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band for the Super Bowl Halftime show. The Super Bowl this season airs on NBC on February 1, 2009.
“The Princess and the Frog” Artwork August 11, 2008 2:11 pm
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Disney has opened up a new website at DisneyAnimation.com and they’ve put up a new section for their upcoming animated film The Princess and the Frog. Check out some artwork from the film by clicking the image below.
Source: Disney Animation
Broadcast TV Ratings for Saturday, August 9, 2008 August 11, 2008 2:15 am
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Four Consecutive First Place Weekends for “The Dark Knight”; Now Third Highest Grossing Movie of All-Time August 10, 2008 11:14 pm
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The Dark Knight held off comedy Pineapple Express over the weekend, taking in an estimated $26.03M from 4,025 theaters to take first place for the fourth consecutive weekend. That’s a drop of just 39% from the weekend prior. The film’s total domestic gross now stands at $441.54M, good enough to put it into third place on the all-time list, just below #2 Star Wars ($461M). As I noted last week, I’m going to continue tracking the performance of The Dark Knight and my estimate has widened slightly to $496-547M total domestic box office (Although Titanic’s $600.79M record is unlikely, it’s not entirely out of the question just yet. It’s really going to depend on how the movie performs over the coming weeks).
In terms of overseas box office, the film has tacked on an additional $263.1M, growing its worldwide cume to over $700M at $704.64M.
Pineapple Express, meanwhile, grossed $22.4M over the weekend, but the film actually opened on Wednesday so it’s taken in $40.47M over its first five days of release. A good sum for an R-rated comedy.
Click through the jump for the rest of the top 10.
“Tiny Toon Adventures Season 1 Volume 1”: DVD Review August 10, 2008 10:45 pm
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Cartoon fun so huge it’s Tiny! Rejoice, potatoes du couch, ’cause look what’s finally on 4 deliciously delirious DVDs: the first half of Season One – 35 furry, funny, Montana Max-has-money episodes stretching from inner Burbank to outer space and featuring Buster Bunny, Babs Bunny (no relation!), Plucky Duck, Hamton Pig, Elmyra Duff, Dizzy Devil and more denizens of Acme Acres. Here you;’ll find cultrual send-ups, sly in-jokes and lfat0out silliness. And here you’ll find Acme Looniversity, where the Toonsters are schooleed under the wise(guy) guidance of Warner Bros. ‘toon legends from Bugs Bunny to Yosemite Sam. Enroll today. (And if you don’t pay attent and stop playing with that Acme Atom Re-Arranger, you’ll get a week’s detention!)
Read my review of the Four-Disc DVD set after the jump.
2008 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony in Beijing Draws Record 34.2 Million Viewers August 10, 2008 12:09 am
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NBC’s coverage of the 2008 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony in Beijing was the most-watched ever for a non-U.S. Summer Olympic Opening ceremony, averaging an 18.6/33 national rating/share and 34.2 million viewers. Also, a record 69.9M viewers tuned into at least some portion of the ceremony. Traffic to the official site NBCOlympics.com is also off to a record start, with the site logging 70 million page views on 8/8/2008, an increase of 900 percent or 10 times more than the opening day of the Athens Games in 2004 (7 million). And since August 1, 2008, the site has logged more than 127 million page views, nearly half the TOTAL for the entire Athens Games.
The full press release follows after the jump. (more…)
Broadcast TV Ratings for Friday, August 8, 2008 August 9, 2008 10:15 pm
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New “Star Trek” Posters August 9, 2008 9:04 pm
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TrekMovie got their hands on four new posters featuring the rest of the cast of J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek. The posters are being given away at Creation’s VegasCon 08 along with the prior four posters that were given away at Comic-Con two weeks ago. Just like those prior four posters, which featured the principal cast, when combined the cast photos form the classic Star Trek emblem. Click the image at the right for a closer look at the new posters featuring John Cho (Sulu), Simon Pegg (Scotty), Karl Urban (McCoy) and Anton Yelchin (Chekov).
Synopsis
Mission: Impossible III director and Alias creator J.J. Abrams resurrects the classic science fiction franchise created by Gene Roddenberry with this feature film that embraces the rich history of the influential television and film series while also exploring some uncharted territory. Heroes star Zachary Quinto assumes the role of the Federation Starfleet lieutenant and Vulcan made famous in the original series by Leonard Nimoy (who also appears in an older incarnation of his original role), Spock, with Anton Yelchin stepping into the role of USS Enterprise navigator Pavel Chekov, Zoe Saldana assuming the role of communications officer Uhura, Simon Pegg keeping the ship in top shape as chief engineer Montgomery Scott (aka “Scotty”), and Eric Bana tormenting the benevolent space explorers as the villainous Nero. Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle co-star John Cho also boards the Enterprise as staff psychiatrist Hikaru Sulu, with Chris Pine and Karl Urban assuming the legendary roles of Captain Kirk and Leonard “Bones” McCoy, respectively.
Star Trek hits theaters on December 25, 2008.
Source: TrekMovie
“The Day the Earth Stood Still” Photos August 9, 2008 8:54 pm
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20th Century Fox has released a batch of photos from their upcoming remake of the classic 1951 Sci-Fi film The Day the Earth Stood Still. Check them out after the jump.
Synopsis
Keanu Reeves tops this adaptation of the seminal 1951 sci-fi film The Day the Earth Stood Still with this 20th Century Fox production. Scott Derrickson (The Exorcism of Emily Rose) helms the story of an alien traveler, Klaatu (Reeves), who heads to Earth along with his bodyguard robot, Gort, to deliver a warning of planetary destruction if the people of the world fail to bring peace to their civilizations. Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, and Kathy Bates co-star in the Ryne Douglas Pearson-penned film.
The Day the Earth Stood Still hits theaters on December 12, 2008.
“Gatchaman” CG Rendered Concept Art August 9, 2008 8:47 pm
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Imagi has released a batch of CG-rendered concept art, plus a logo (picture above) for their upcoming computer animated big-screen adaptation of Gatchaman. Check out the photos after the jump.
Synopsis
Adapted from a best-selling manga of the same name — which, in turn, became a popular animated cartoon in the early 1970s — the 3D, CG-rendered anime feature Gatchaman constitutes an action-fantasy about a magical band of five heroes who take on enemies determined to seize control of the Earth’s basic natural resources. The film — produced by L.A. and Hong Kong-headquartered Imagi Studios — followed Imagi’s much-publicized recruitment of four A-list Hollywood animation producers, and that company’s production of the U.S. box-office blockbuster TMNT (2007).
Gatchaman hits theaters in 2009.
SCI FI Announces 2-Hour “Battlestar Galactica” TV Movie August 9, 2008 8:37 pm
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The SCI-FI Channel has announced that they’ll be airing a brand new Battlestar Galactica TV movie in 2009, following the conclusion of the series’ final 10 episodes. The movie will then be released on DVD. Series star Edward James Olmos will direct and Jane Espenson will write. Shooting begins at the end of this month and so far the cast includes Michael Trucco, Aaron Douglas and Dean Stockwell. More cast should be announced in the coming weeks. Here’s the synopsis (the press release follows after the jump):
Starting before the events of the miniseries, our story focuses on familiar characters including Cylon Number One, known as Cavil (Stockwell), Resistance Leader Sam T. Anders (Trucco) and Chief Galen Tyrol (Douglas). In the beginning, the Cylons had a plan, but it didn’t account for one thing: survivors. During the chaotic aftermath of the destruction, two powerful Cylon agents struggle with plots and priorities on the human ships that got away, and among the resistance fighters who were left behind.
Broadcast TV Ratings for Thursday, August 7, 2008 August 9, 2008 7:54 pm
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Broadcast TV Ratings for Wednesday, August 6, 2008 August 9, 2008 7:27 pm
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