During the ‘Hasbro Fall 2007 Analyst Event’, the company’s COO spoke about their partnership with Lucasfilm involving the upcoming Clone Wars TV Series: “…the additional big news here is that Star Wars Cinemation is scheduled to launch on 8-08-08 as a theatrical release. Yes, Star Wars will be back in theatres August 8th, 2008, then the series will appear on TV throughout the fall.” CLICK HERE to hear the audio....
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Steven Spielberg’s series, Terra Nova is going to shoot in Queensland. The hope is that production will get underway in October, said state premier Anna Bligh. “Fox Broadcasting has today confirmed Queensland as the location of choice for ‘Terra Nova … and once again shows Queensland’s ability to attract first rate productions to the state,” Bligh said. “My government provided considerable incentives through Screen Queensland to secure this production which, in turn, will generate in excess of AUS$54 million ($50 million) in economic activity and create thousands of jobs,” she went on to say....
Last week, it was announced that Stranger Things breakout star Millie Bobby Brown will return as Eleven in Stranger Things Season 2, news that was confirmed a few days later when the first cast photo debuted. While all of the other young stars had been confirmed to return months ago, Netflix wouldn’t say whether or not Millie Bobby Brown was returning back. During a recent Q&A, executive producer Shawn Levy revealed that they wanted to reveal the news that she was coming back through the cast photo, but it leaked early because Millie Bobby Brown was seen trick r treating in Atlanta....
Stuart Beattie has signed on to write and direct the second and third installments of Tomorrow, When the War Began, the Australian action movie that has made a box office splash down under since it opened Sept. 3. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the sequels will also reunite the original cast and producers. The two sequels will be shot back-to-back, but have not been officially greenlit, although that is expected to change in the coming weeks....
TIME WARNER ADDS CLIPS TO YOUTUBE{@@@newline@@@}{@@@newline@@@} Time Warner has reached an agreement with YouTube that will allow clips of its movies and TV programming to appear on the video service. The content will range from Warner Bros. movies and cartoons to CNN news reports and other Turner Broadcasting content to syndicated television shows like The Ellen DeGeneres Show. The company already has a deal in place for HBO promotional content. In a statement, Time Warner said that the deal gives it the ability “to control and sell the ad time on YouTube....
SCHIEFFER CALLS FOR COURIC TO REPLACE HIM CBS Evening News"temporary" anchor Bob Schieffer says that he’s hoping he’ll be replaced by NBC’s Todayshow co-host, Katie Couric. In an interview with today’s (Tuesday) Philadelphia Inquirer,Schieffer called Couric “a big-time journalist,” adding, “I’m hoping we can get her.” Couric herself continues to maintain that she has made no decision about accepting the offer from CBS chief Les Moonves to anchor the network’s nightly newscast....
On May 1st, Alpha Dog, possibly the best movie of 2007 comes to DVD! To celebrate this release we are giving away some copies to a few lucky readers! Winners Receive: Alpha Dog DVD CLICK HERE to enter our contest! Synopsis: Young crime boss Johnny Truelove (Emile Hirsch) and his posse of bored, middle-class teenagers run drugs in the well-manicured streets of their suburban Los Angeles neighborhood. When errant client Jake (Ben Foster) runs up a bill he can’t pay, Johnny and his band of wannabe gangsters impulsively kidnap Jake’s 15-year-old brother, Zack (Anton Yelchin) and hold him for ransom....
MTV today announced to a packed room of over four thousand, die-hard fans at San Diego Comic-Con that its beloved drama horror series Teen Wolf will conclude with its sixth and final season premiering in November. The series - which spawned a legion of fans, pioneered social TV, and made international stars of Tyler Posey and Dylan O’Brien - will draw to a close with a 20-episode season, ending with its 100th episode in 2017....
You can bring the latest installment of a blockbuster franchise home on DVD and Blu-ray this December. Terminator Salvation will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on December 1. The standard DVD will be priced at $28.98 SRP, and will contain no special features, while the two-disc Blu-ray will be priced at $35.99 and will include a Digital Copy and the Director’s Cut of the film. You can see the special features and cover art below....
HBO Max has released another clip from the film The Batman after its streaming debut. While the channel released the opening ten minutes of the film earlier, this time, viewers can watch the enticing car chase scene featuring the new Batmobile that the caped crusader drives while chasing Penguin after raiding his drops unit. The sequence is one of the best moments from The Batman filled with both camera shots and digitally added elements in the post-production CGI....
Audiences will be getting to spend a lot of time in Gotham City when The Batman comes to theaters March 4th. It will be a darker version of Gotham that we have seen before, and with an extended runtime, will come more suspense, more violence, and more scares. Touted as the “scariest Batman film to date” by director Matt Reeves, the run time of The Batman reveals that viewers will get to spend a lot of time in Gotham City, 2 hours and 47 minutes to be exact....
The Batman has finally arrived, and many filmgoers and critics alike have been left very impressed with Robert Pattinson as the titular Dark Knight. When the news of Pattinson’s casting was first announced, it was met with some trepidation by fans who only thought of the actor as the teen idol from The Twilight Saga. Now, he’ll be better known as Batman after turning in such a well-received performance, with some going so far as to name Pattinson as their new favorite Batman....
Michael Crichton is a science fiction author with an extensive and well-recognized body of work. He is sometimes considered the inventor of the techno-thriller genre, and his stories often explore the relationship between humans, technology, and power. “Life is a profound mystery,” he wrote in a commentary on his book The Lost World. “And we are fools if we forget that and think, even for a moment, that we know it all....
Disney’s a Christmas Carol will be released on DVD, Blu-ray and 3D Blu-ray November 16. Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment has provided us an interview with director Robert Zemeckis, the man behind this family adventure, and here’s what he had to say: Why did you decide to create a performance capture movie based on the Charles Dickens classic, A Christmas Carol? Robert Zemeckis: I fell in love with digital cinema when I directed The Polar Express....
The Marvel movies Deadpool, Deadpool 2, and Logan are coming to Disney+ this weekend with all three films set to start streaming on the platform on July 22. Developed at 20th Century Fox prior to the Disney merger that will bring Deadpool into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the three films all have the distinction of being rated R. While the Deadpool movies had previously been made available for streaming at Disney-owned Hulu, this marks the first time the three R-rated films will join other Marvel movies on Disney+....
Back in January of 2009, we reported on a project called Samson, which puts a futuristic, superhero spin on the biblical character who is granted superhuman strength by God to combat his enemies. Now that the script is nearly completed, and production is moving ahead at Warner Bros. Here’s what screenwriter Scott Silver (The Fighter) recently had to say about Samson, which seems to be a wholly new take on the mythos....
If you’re a lover of the fantasy genre, you’re aware it’s easy for films to get carried away. In fantasy, the sky’s the limit with world-building, which can be as destructive as applicable. The trick with fiction is creating impossible worlds and making us believe they’re real. Films like Harry Potter, The Lord of the Rings, and Avatar sucked us into unrealistic realms and made us believe they were real, and Shadow and Bone has done the same....
Creators Shawn Ryan and Karl Gajdusek discuss their new drama series Last Resort, debuting Thursday, September 27 at 8 PM ET on ABC The fall TV season gets kicked into high gear this week, with the debuts of several returning favorites and some of the most anticipated new shows. One of the most buzzworthy series’ this year is the ABC drama Last Resort, created by Shawn Ryan (The Shield) and Karl Gajdusek (Dead Like Me)....
In She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, the Marvel Cinematic Universe series currently streaming on Thursdays on Disney+, it’s no secret that the exploits of Tatiana Maslany’s Jen Walters, A.K.A. She-Hulk, are inspired by the appearances she has made in the panels of Marvel Comics. However, while many Marvel Comics runs of She-Hulk have informed the show, there are quite a few elements of the TV adaptation that are directly inspired by the character’s debut run, The Savage She-Hulk by David Anthony Kraft and Mike Vosburg, and this week’s episode was all about cheeky references to the Jade Giantess’s 2D intro to the Marvel Universe....
Hulu has unveiled the official key art and trailer for the streamer’s upcoming Solar Opposites Holiday Special. Set to premiere on Nov. 22, the special episode, dubbed “A Very Solar Holiday Opposites Special,” features the most festive adventure for the Solar Opposites yet. You can check out the trailer below to see what’s in store for fans ahead of the premiere. Solar Opposites is co-created by Justin Roiland (Rick & Morty) and Mike McMahan (ex-writer’s assistant on Rick & Morty)....
