Last month, the hit horror film Paranormal Activity made brilliant use of the Demand It platform as the first feature film to use the site, and now another feature film is stepping up and using the innovative campaign as well. The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day is being released in theaters on October 30 and they will be asking fans to Demand It at this new website that was created for the film....
There are many cards available to give to loved ones on Valentine’s Day, but thanks to a fan contest run by Freddy Krueger actor and horror icon Robert Englund, the Springwood slasher is getting all romantic in time for this year’s Valentine celebrations. Posting on his official Twitter account, Englund revealed the winning design in his 2022 contest, which was by Louise Spragg and will not be part of a limited edition release just in time for all the lovers out there....
Two years shy of a decade past his death, late comedy legend Robin Williams remains one of the most beloved entertainers of all time. On Aug. 11, 2014, the world lost Williams when the veteran actor and comedian died at the age of 63. Eight years to the day later, Williams’ name is trending on social media as fans everywhere remember Williams by sharing tribute posts and remembering some of their favorite roles from the Oscar winner....
Motion TV Online recently caught up with director José Padilha to talk about his upcoming take on rebooting RoboCop. Here’s what he said about the current state of the production. How are the Robocop negotiations? It is about doing a new movie, and we’re working on it at the moment, and the negotiations are closed already. It is already closed? It has been a while! Really? We received that news only on March 1st, but it seems like you’ve been talking about it for some time, is that correct?...
Rose Byrne is set to star opposite Glenn Close in the new drama for FX. The untitled legal thriller, from Todd A. Kessler, Glenn Kessler and Daniel Zelman, centers on Ellen Parsons (Byrne), a beautiful, self-possessed attorney fresh out of law school who lands her dream job working for Patty Hughes (Close), America’s foremost high-stakes litigator. The Hollywood Reporter adds Tate Donovan and Zeljko Ivanek also have been cast in the show....
SCI FI Channel and BBC Worldwide Americas today announced a major licensing agreement for the second season of Doctor Who. The series will return to SCI FI on September 29, 2006, kicking off with a two-hour premiere that will include the “Christmas Invasion” special in which David Tennant (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire) was introduced as the tenth Time Lord. Billie Piper returns as the Doctor’s feisty young companion, Rose Tyler, and together they will travel through time and space battling new and returning aliens and monsters....
Shadow and Bone’s first season was released last year, and the second season of the young adult adaptation finished filming in July 2022. Following the fantasy world created in 2012 by author Leigh Bardugo, an executive producer on the show, the Netflix series invites viewers to embark on a journey of adventures through the Grishaverse. Since it is an adaptation of such a vast world, some changes were required, especially in the plot....
Get prepared because on January 2 Snakes on a Plane will be taking off on DVD. Synopsis: Fasten your seat belt for some pulse-pounding turbulence! There is no escaping the venomous bite of Snakes on a Plane as the year’s pop culture phenomenon creeps onto DVD January 2, 2007, from New Line Home Entertainment. When deadly snakes are released onboard Pacific Air Flight 121, an FBI agent (Samuel L. Jackson; The Man, Star Wars Trilogy) must protect the passengers before they become the creatures’ prey....
Writer-producer Steven Zaillian has shifted his remake of the 2007 thriller Timecrimes from United Artists to DreamWorks and is now rewriting the script. We first reported on the remake almost exactly three years ago, when Zaillian was only attached as a producer of the United Artists project. Zaillian moved the project over to DreamWorks, where he has under a first-look deal. Timothy J. Sexton wrote the original drafts of the remake....
Be warned: Major SPOILERS for Stranger Things Season 4 to follow… The epic, feature-length finale of Stranger Things Season 4 Volume 2 was packed with dramatic, exciting, heart-breaking moments, perhaps none more so than the fate of beloved character Max Mayfield. After avoiding the grasp of Vecna throughout the fourth season (thanks to the wonderful work of Kate Bush), the final moments of Chapter Nine: The Piggyback saw Max ensnared by the villain....
R.I.P. HD DVD Toshiba today (Tuesday) formally announced the death of HD DVD, thereby ending its two-year-long battle with Sony over next-generation high-definition home video players. “We carefully assessed the long-term impact of continuing the so-called next generation format war and concluded that a swift decision will best help the market develop,” Toshiba chief Atsutoshi Nishida told a Tokyo news conference. “It was a tough decision,” he added. The company said that it plans to shut down its HD DVD research and manufacturing operations by the end of March....
HOLLYWOOD JOINS THE RECESSION For the second weekend in a row, it was another tight race for the lead at the box office between Warner Bros.’ The Hangover and Disney/Pixar’s Up, withThe Hangover again winning out. (The two films could be battling it out again for the lead next weekend, since the two newcomers, The Proposal, with Sandra Bullock, and Year One, with Jack Black, are each expected to earn only about $20 million....
RATHER WON’T TRY TO STAY ON AT CBSDan Rather has confirmed that he is being forced to leave the network after 44 years. In an interview with USA Today, he said, “They wanted this resolution, and I’m willing to accept that and move on.” He told the newspaper that he had expected to remain at CBS for the rest of his career. “But life takes its twists and turns, and I’m a pro....
TV BIZ REMAINS UNSETTLED AFTER SETTLEMENT Repercussions of the writers’ strike are likely to be felt among advertisers well into the fall season, Advertising Age observed Monday. The trade publication forecast that during the immediate future, less original programming will air on the networks and that new series may not debut until well into the fourth quarter. AdAgealso published details of a study by Sanford Bernstein analyst Michael Nathanson, which noted that the 18-49-year-old audience was down an average of 11 percent through Jan....
OSCAR’S ERRORS OF OMISSION? Some analysts were suggesting that in the haste to mount Sunday night’s Oscar telecast following the writers’ strike, the show’s writers failed to research their material sufficiently. That might have accounted for the omission of some names from the annual list of the “departed.” Several writers immediately noticed the fact that Roy Scheider, who died on Feb. 10, was overlooked, as was Brad Renfro who died on January 15....
TransMedia Group Productions announced plans to shoot the pilot this summer in New York City and Florida for Winning In America, a TV series hosted by TV icon Sy Sperling, former president of the Hair Club For Men, known for his famous admission, “And I’m also a client.” “I don’t usually make predictions, but I think this series will be a winner as it will appeal strongly to the American spirit in all of us that wants to succeed and then share that success with others,” said Sperling....
August 7 is going to be a day to remember as 8 Simple Rules: The Complete First Season makes its DVD debut! In the spirit of the great and giving John Ritter, we are giving away some copies of this release to our users. Winners Receive: 8 Simple Rules: The Complete First Season DVD Set CLICK HERE to enter our contest! Synopsis: The entire family will roll over with laughter when 8 Simple Rules: The Complete First Season comes to DVD on August 7th, from Buena Vista Home Entertainment....
The ABC Television Network’s contract to carry the annual Academy Awards presentations has been extended for six more years, though 2020, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ President Tom Sherak and Anne Sweeney, President of the Disney/ABC Television Group, announced today. “This contract ensures that the Oscar show will be an ABC tradition for 45 consecutive years,” said Sherak. “ABC is absolutely the very best place for the Academy Awards, a television event that is beloved and watched by millions of movie lovers all over the world....
Created by Lucy Gaymer and Siân Robins-Grace, the great horror-comedy limited series The Baby premiered just earlier this year and is a must-see for a good laugh, yet might also change your mind about having children. When Natasha is unexpectedly burdened with a baby in her late 30s (through a series of violent, strange mishaps), her lifestyle as she knows it, of doing what she wants, when she wants changes in the blink of an eye....
Bruce Wayne has done it again. The Batman has proven to be a smash hit at the box office with a total haul of $128.5 million, the second-highest opening of any film during the pandemic era behind only Spider-Man: No Way Home. This follows Friday’s $57 million haul, which included $21.6 million in previews and fan screenings in Imax theaters in the days before. There had been some concerns at Warner Bros....
