NEW TV SHOWS FAIL TO DRAW VIEWERS There was something for each of the broadcast networks to boast about in last week’s Nielsen ratings race. CBS once again attracted the most viewers, but ABC and NBC tied for a win among the advertiser-prized adults 18-49 demographic. Fox, meanwhile, saw another strong performance from House.Not a single new show landed in the top ten, however. For the week, CBS averaged a 7....
According to Variety, Platinum Studios, IDG Films and Relativity Media are financing and producing two back-to-back features based on comicbook series Witchblade. Lensing is set to begin late next year in China. No writer or director is yet attached. Platinum is producing through its partnership with indie comicbook publisher Top Cow Prods., which holds the rights to Witchblade. The comic books follow the story of a female detective who comes into possession of a mystical and powerful weapon that she uses to battle crime and evil....
On September 18 Death Proof cruises to DVD stores everywhere. To honor one of this years most intelligent and action-packed films, we are not only giving away copies of this DVD, but we’re also giving away a DVD and a signed poster to one lucky Grand Prize winner! Grand Prize Winner Receives: Death Proof DVD Death Proof Poster Signed by the Cast Runner Up Winners Receive: CLICK HERE to enter our contest!...
On December 19 Police Story comes to DVD! CLICK HERE to enter our contest! Synopsis: In Jackie Chan’s Police Story, Kevin (Chan), a heroic cop with the Hong Kong Police Department, is assigned to guard a key witness in the trial of a mobster he single-handedly captured. But the tables are turned when Kevin is duped by the comely witness. The drug boss is then released for lack of evidence, and Kevin is framed for murder....
Anchor Bay Films announced today it had acquired U.S. and Australia/New Zealand distribution rights to Tekken from Steven Paul’s Crystal Sky Pictures. Based on the bestselling videogame franchise from Namco, Tekken was written by Alan B. McElroy and directed by Dwight H. Little. Kevin Kasha, Executive Vice President Worldwide Acquisitions and Co-productions at Anchor Bay Films, made today’s announcement. Tekken will be released widely in the United States in 2011....
The Bad Batch is a new Star Wars animated TV series on DIsney+. The show revolves around a group of Clone Troopers, referred to as Clone Force 99, who each have a mutation in their genetics of some kind. The first season followed the group during and immediately after the execution of Order 66, which they do not take part in. When one of their own turns on them, Clone Force 99 is forced to go on the run, evading capture from the Empire while also managing to take care of themselves....
Ted Levine (Shutter Island, American Gangster, Monk), Katia Winter (Arena, Everywhere and Nowhere, The Killing Game), and Michael McMillian (The Hills Have Eyes 2) will star in the elevated horror feature The Banshee Chapter. Interactive and transmedia director Blair Erickson wrote the screenplay and will make his feature directorial debut on the project. Zachary Quinto’s (STAR TREK) production company, Before The Door Pictures (BTD) has partnered with Sunchaser Entertainment and German producer Christian Arnold-Beutel (The Ledge) to produce....
MOVIEWEB VIDEO OF THE DAY 8 Megamind Paramount Pictures Megamind is an animated superhero comedy from the villain’s perspective, where the supervillain is actually the main character. He’s a blue alien that was raised in a prison and therefore never fit in with anyone for both of those reasons. His nemesis, Metro Man, also comes from space, but he fits in more due to his better upbringing and the fact that he does look human....
HBO Max has quite a few movie contracts ending in July. This means the movies will no longer be shown on the platform to make room for new ones they will be bringing in throughout August, or even later months too. When these contracts end, the movie might get picked up by another platform willing to sign on and keep them around their services for a while, or they could float around without a platform to host them for a while....
Jeffrey Dean Morgan’s inclusion in Prime Video’s The Boys is a long time coming. Earlier this year showrunner Eric Kripke said he was working hard to get the actor in the upcoming fourth season of the superhero television series. Finally, Morgan is confirmed to be joining the cast, and the rest of The Boys team couldn’t be happier, welcoming their newest co-worker with middle fingers galore. Production began on Season 4 earlier this month, and Eric Kripke has just released the first behind-the-scenes pic via Twitter while the cast works on the latest season....
Adam Shankman, director of Rock of Ages, New Line’s adaptation of the hit musical about 80s rock, has fueled even more rumors about the casting of his upcoming musical with an offer out to Alec Baldwin, reports Risky Business. Adam Shankman tweeted Friday night: “RUMORS: T Cruise as Stacee, Alec Baldwin as Dennis, Mary J as Justice, Gwyneth Paltrow as Constance from Rolling Stone… Sounds crazy :)” Alec Baldwin and Gwyneth Paltrow have been offered a role, while New Line and the producers are trying to get Tom Cruise to play Stacee Jaxx, the arrogant and charming rock star at the zenith of this career for the project, set in a legendary rock club facing its demise at the hands of eager developers....
The last we heard about ABC’s highly-anticipated Roseanne revival is that Johnny Galecki is finally in talks to return as David Healy. Today we have word on who will play David and Darlene’s (Sara Gilbert) young son. Ames McNamara has just been cast as the first new character in this Roseanne revival, Mark, a precoious eight-year-old. The character will be a series regular, with the casting breakdown offering a brief yet interesting description of this character....
It’s been nearly a month since Roseanne Barr burned the Roseanne revival to the ground with a few short, controversial tweets. Now, a new report states that a deal is close to be finalized which will allow the rumored Roseanne spin-off show to happen without the titular actress. Reports of a spin-off series have been talked about ever since , which was going to head into a second season this fall....
It is six months since the tragic death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins in an accident on the set of Rust, the Western movie starring Alec Baldwin, and it has been revealed that the production company behind the movie has now been fine the highest amount possible for the incident. While legal battles and investigations are currently still ongoing, The Guardian reported that the state of New Mexico has slapped the maximum penalty on the producers of the movie for safety lapses that allowed the death of Hutchins and injury of director Joel Souza to occur....
Ryan Reynolds is ready to sing his way to the Academy Awards with Spirited. The popular actor has become an icon thanks to his interpretation of Wade Wilson in the live-action adaptation of Deadpool, that soon will be joining the MCU for the first time. But not everything is about the Marvel character for Reynolds, who in the last months of 2022 surprised the world by starring in the Apple TV+ original musical movie, Spirited....
Spider-Man fans everywhere are still spending money to see No Way Home on the big screen months after its premiere in December, thanks to the returns of the popular Spider-Men from alternate movie universes. Of course, that includes Tobey Maguire, who originally starred as Peter Parker in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man trilogy. The actor slipped back into the tights for No Way Home, teaming up with The Amazing Spider-Man’s Andrew Garfield and the MCU’s Tom Holland....
Sony Pictures Classics has released the second trailer for Restless, which arrives in theaters on September 16. Click on the video player below to explore Gus Van Sant’s new drama, which stars Mia Wasikowska and Henry Hopper. Annabel Cotton is a beautiful and charming terminal cancer patient with a deep felt love of life and the natural world. Enoch Brae is a young man who has dropped out of the business of living, after an accident claimed the life of his parents....
Netflix has released a special sneak peek for their highly-anticipated Sense8 finale, which will debut on the streaming service sometime in 2018. Netflix made the controversial decision to cancel Sense8 back in June, but the fans were none to thrilled about that decision. Netflix defended the move to cancel both Sense8 and another popular series, The Get Down at the same time, it only took a few weeks for Netflix to un-cancel the show, so to speak, and order this highly-anticipated finale....
I was directed to Stage 9 by the security guard and was shown the proper way to go. I noticed signs on the buildings indicating which stage was which, but, oddly enough, a Stage 9 sign was nary to be found. The reason there wasn’t a Stage 9 sign was that the whole façade of this building was actually used for the exterior of William Banks’ (Benjamin Bratt) surf shop and, to complete the charade, a mini-strip mall was built right across the street for extras to walk into, and such....
If the raunchy antics in 2016’s animated food-fest Sausage Party weren’t enough to satisfy you, get ready to go back for seconds: an eight-episode Sausage Party series is in the works for Prime Video, Variety reports. Co-writer and star Seth Rogen first shared the news on Twitter Wednesday, promising that the perverted party will continue in 2024 with an “eight-course television event.” The series, titled Sausage Party: Foodtopia will see the return of voice actors from the original film—including James Franco, Jonah Hill, Kristen Wiig, and Michael Cera....
