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Dec
30: Enterprise: Manny Coto is still holding out all hope that the
ratings challenged series will be around for a fifth season. He would
plan to explore the founding of the Federation should that happen. UPN
has had some great feedback from fans but the ratings for Enterprise
are worse on Friday nights than they were on Wednesdays. But! There
has some good news... The UPN ratings for Friday nights are better
with Enterprise than without it.
Dec
30:Elektra Preview: The Maloof Family, The Palms Casino Resort,
has scored a premiere of the new Elektra feature on Saturday, January
8th.at 7pm with the red carpet treatment. The 20th Century Fox &
Regent Films feature opens nation wide on January 14th.
Dec
30: Sci-Fi's Big Year: For the third year in a row the Sci-Fi
Channel set a new broadcasting record. with a 1.0 households, that's
4% over 2003.
Dec
30: Beetlejuice Sequel: Michael Keaton told the Dark
Horizons website that he wants to do a sequel to Beetlejuice with
Tim Burton. Burton however does not want to direct a sequel, so he is
attempting to talk Burton into producing and getting someone else to
write and direct.
Dec
30: Star Wars TV: Plans are to move full forward with the new
series following the release of the third Star Wars film.
Dec
30: Maverick: The legendary western starring James Garner is
coming to DVD in 2005 from Warner Bros. Studios. You would think
Rockford Files would appear first on DVD, but it's not to be.
Dec
30: Baldwin Back to TV: Adam Baldwin has finished up his Jayne
Cobb role for Fox in Serenity - The Firefly feature spin-off and
landed a role in their new series "The Inside". Baldwin will
play an FBI agent assigned to mentor a young recruit.
Dec
27: Sky Blue: is a love story set against the forces of
destruction, a dystopian vision of Earth’s destiny, yet ultimately a
reminder of our hope for the future.You can view the first 8-minutes
of the film by simply CLICKING
HERE. General Release for Sky Blue will be February 18th,
2005. You can visit the official Sky Blue website at http://www.skybluethemovie.com.
Dec
27: Millennium: CLICK
HERE to read the official press release for the Season 2
Millennium boxed set due in stores January 4th, 2005
Dec
27: SG-1 Gets Black: Not only is Ben Browder joining the cast in
the shows ninth season, but Claudia Black, who played Aeryn Sun on
Farscape, will join Browder on SG-1 in a five episode arc next seaqson.
Black will play a human character named Vala, from another planet, who
will be introduced in the 12th episode of season 8 titled
"Prometheus Unbound". The episode airs January 28th. Vala's
return will coincide with Amanda Tappings departure to have her baby
during the shows ninth season.
Dec
27: Dead Like Sci-Fi: MGM doesn't want their second year show
"Dead Like Me" to fall by the waste side like Odyssey 5.
Thing is, who do you offer it to? What network will take a show that's
been in production for two-years already? This isn't like a network
show moving from one regular network to another. The only network is
the Sci-Fi Channel, and that is who MGM is offering the show to. The
network recently turned its back on Odyssey 5, Witchblade and their
own hit series "Farscape". The only thing that might make
the show viable for the network is its cost per episode value. The
Sci-Fi Channel should make their decision pretty quick.
Dec
26: Star Wars TV: Things continue to move forward on the Star Wars
television series. IESB has confirmed that Mark Hamill (Luke
Skywalker) will be involved in the new series as... Luke Skywalker.
Kevin Smith is still slated to direct the pilot. It's unknown what
network will put up the necessary funds to carry the show, but more
could be done with the series on HBO or Showtime. (moviehole.net)
Dec
26: Splinter Cell: Moviehole.net has gotten the scoop that Thomas
Jane (Punisher, Deep Blue Sea) is negotiating with Paramount to
star in the PC game turned feature, "Splinter Cell".
Director Peter Berg is just waiting to ensure that Jane will have no
scheduling conflicts.
Dec
26: LAX Returns: There's no reprieve for the demise of the series,
NBC is just running off the remaining unaired episodes beginning
January 15th, 2005.
Dec
26: Millennium Season 2: The season two boxed set from Ten
Thirteen Productions will hit retailers on January 4th, 2005. Millennium's
second season is the series best thanks to the writing/directing
team of James Wong and Glenn Morgan. I just finished the DVD set for
review and Fox TV has created a great package. Millennium is presented
in 1.78:1 Anamorphic Widescreen with remastered Dolby Digital 5.1
sound.
Dec
26: Read the Reviews: We've added some new reviews over the
Holidays.Hercules: Season 5, Aliens vs Predator, and others.
Dec
25: Merry Christmas: I would like to wish all my readers a very Merry
Christmas!
Dec
25: Dead Like Me... DEAD: Showtime has turned its back on
"Dead Like Me" as they have with "Odyssey 5" and
"Jeremiah". MGM however is attempting to explore other
options with the second year series, which has done well in the
ratings. (Thanks to the SyFyPortal.com
website)
Dec
25: Browder's Already Known: Ben Browder's Stargate SG-1 character
is already well known in the Stargate universe, the fans just haven't
met the man yet. That is how his character will be introduced into the
SG-1 team for season nine. The series moves into a new direction in
season nine bringing in new villain and anything else they need to
keep the show fresh while still maintaining the core concept of the
series. Season 8 will tie up a bunch of storylines that have opened
the past several years that fans should be happy with. How does
Browder get woven into the show? They'll be using flashbacks of
course.
Dec
25: MI3 Delayed Again: Does anyone really give a shit if Tom
Cruise gets off his ass and makes this film or not? Who cares
anymore... The film has been delayed until September for yet another
rewrite by J.J. Abrams. Tom Cruise had better hit this film while he
still has some box office appeal. His last film Collateral was good,
but it wasn't a box office bananza.
Dec
25: Harry Potter 6: The new novel is already a best seller and the
damn thing isn't even out yet. The Half-Blood Prince has already
toping the sales charts and the books still six months away. The third
film at the box office has grossed $249 million at the U.S. Box
Office.
Dec
25: Fathom Meets the Abyss: In the vein of James Cameron's
"The Abyss" comes a pilot from NBC Universal for
"Fathom" about mysterious creatures that live in the deep of
the ocean.
Dec
20: X-Men In A Spin... Off: It's already been announced that solo
films for "Wolverine" and "Magneto" are in the
works. Fox is also considering the solo treatment for Mystique
(Rebecca Romjin) and Storm (Halle Berry) Storm is being written into
the third film. It could be just a cameo or expanded on if Barry wants
to return or they may simply recast the role, which I would enjoy. (Moviehole.net)
Dec
20: Blade Is The Bomb: The third and final installment for Wesley
Snipes as Blade is tanking at the box office. In its second week of
release the feature has fallen to number five at the box office taking
in just $6.6 million over the weekend.
Dec
20: Day of Destruction: The less than interesting mini-series
"Day of Destruction" is coming to dvd from CBS
Entertainment. The 174 minute mini will hit retailers February 15th
thanks to Lion's Gate. The list price is $19.99, but it should be easy
enough to find in the $15.oo price range if you want it. Speaking of
mini-series, where the hell is "Creature" and
"Beast" from Peter Benchley? Now these were good
mini-series.
Dec
19: DVD Hidden Easter Eggs: DV30302 has sent in a few DVD Easter
Eggs you might be interested in.
Smallville: Season 3: Insert the fifth disc of the DVD set in
your DVD player and from the Main Menu go to the 'Special Features.'
Here, go to the second page of the special features and then highlight
the menu entry called 'Producing Smallville.' Next, press the 'Right'
arrow key on your remote control and the Superman 'S' will appear. Now
press the 'Enter' key and you will get to see the additional interview
clip that is hidden on this release.
Tru Calling: Season 1: On
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment’s release of 'Tru Calling:
The Complete Season One' the studio has added a nice little hidden
feature for you to uncover.
Insert the
sixth disc of the DVD set in your player and on the Main Menu select
'Special Features.' On the following screen select 'Featurettes' and
use the directional key on your remote control to highlight the 'heart
rate' line on the screen. Now press 'Enter' and you will see Zach
Galifianakis’ original audition reel.
Alias: Season 3: Insert disc 5 of the set and from the disc’s
Main Menu go to the 'Bonus' page. There, select 'The Museum of
Television and Radio: Creating Characters.' Now press the 'Up' arrow
key on your remote control four times in a row and a hidden Rambaldi
symbol will be highlighted in the lower right corner of the screen.
Press the 'Enter' key now and you will see a one minute featurette of
Jennifer Garner talking about the loneliness her character, Sydney
Bristow, goes through during season three.
Dec
19: Believe It, Or Not: To show fans how desperate the network is
for cheap programming The Sci-Fi Channel has bought the rebroadcast
rights to the TBS series, "Ripley's Believe It Or Not",
which starred Superman's Dean Cain.
Dec
19: Coming in a Flash: David Goyer, Blade: Trinity, has finally
made expectations a reality. He will write, produce and direct a
feature film based on DC Comics "The Flash". Warner Bros has
had the Flash in development for a long time, and this will be Goyer's
first for the studio under his new production deal with the
studio. Goyer has already expressed his interest in Ryan Reynolds
to star as The Flash.
Dec
19: Thomas Covenant: The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant is leaping
from the novels to the big screen thanks to Revelstone Entertainment
and the Mark Gordon Co. They have purchased the feature rights to the
first six novels in the fantasy series from writer Stephen Donaldson.
Peter Winther will direct a script from Band of Brothers writer John
Orloff.
Dec
19: Way Station: Revelstone Entertainment will also be producing a
Sci-Fi Film titled "Way Station" from the novel by Clifford
D. Simak. Peter Winther will also helm this project as well as the
Thomas Covenant feature.
Dec
19: Bond Gets the Spike: Fans of the James Bond films should not
forget to tune in to Spike TV on Dec 24. "The 007 Days of
Christmas" will feature films which starred Sean Connery, Roger
Moore, Timothy Dalton, and Pierce Brosnan. There was also one 007
feature that starred George Lazenby. You could just purchase the James
Bond boxed sets and not have to put up with the hours and hours of
commercial breaks.
Dec
19: Wonder Woman: Joss Whedon looks to be the man to write and
direct the forever in development project "Wonder Woman". He
first choice for the lead... Charisma Carpenter. Yep a Ex-Buffy
player. The man just cannot walk away from the actors/actresses that
made him famous. Her Playboy appearance may have hurt her chances with
the producers. (ContactMusic.com)
Why? Who the hell knows.
Dec
19: Point Pleasant: The supernatural series is getting its
premiere date on Fox moved up to January 19th and 20th following
American Idol. The peaceful existence of a small seaside community
will change forever when Christina Nickson (Elisabeth Harnois) is
rescued from the ocean by local lifeguard Jesse Parker (Sam Page) and
brought to the home of local doctor Ben Kramer (Richard Burgi). The
Kramers, including Ben's wife Meg (Susan Walters) and daughter Judy
(Aubrey Dollar), take an instant liking to Christina and invite her to
stay with them as she searches for clues to her past and attempts to
find her mother – a Point Pleasant native whom Christina never knew.
(FutonCritic.com)
Dec
16: Updates: Sorry for the lack of updates. The new position at
work has kept me swamped. Hopefully the updates will be more
regular.
Dec
16: Stargate Nails Farscaper: Ben Browder is moving on from under
the Farscape envelope to join to the cast of Stargate SG-1, which will
enter its 9th season next year. MGM is still attempting to get Richard
Dean Anderson to remain on the show in some capacity. Fans of Stargate
can look for the remaining new episodes beginning in January when the
SFC features the new Battlestar Galactica starting Jan. 21st. (Thanks
to Tom Stong)
Dec
16: Earthsea Big: The SFC mini-series "Legend of Earthsea"
scored some excellent ratings for the network earning a 3.2 rating in
the two night premiere.
Dec
16: Fat Pirate: Pirates of the Caribbean has hired on a new pirate
in one Chow Yun-Fat. He'll take on the role of the 15th-century
Chinese pirate Cheung Po Tsai in the second and third films.
Dec
16: Wonder Woman: Producer Joel Silver might have found the man he
needs to make Wonder Woman come together. AICN is reporting the Joss
Whedon (Buffy) is negotiating with Warner Bros and Silver to write and
direct the project. Currently the project is slated for a 2006
release.
Dec
16: Hellraiser: The feature film franchise is looking to bring its
scary theme to television in a new series. Two direct to video
features should be in the can by now as Panacea Entertainment, Park
Avenue Entertainment and Blueprint Entertainment work the TV deal.
Larry Kuppin of New World Entertainment will produce the hour long
series. That is a crap-load of Entertainment behind the project.
Dec
13: X-Men Spin-off: There's another spin-off in the works from the
X-Men feature franchise. Fist, the anticipated Wolverine feature, then
an interested in a Storm spin-off and now... Magneto, the Ian McKellen
character. 20th Century Fox has already hired screenwriter Sheldon
Turner to pen a new script. David Benioff, who wrote Troy, is
scripting Wolverine.
Dec
13: LOST Rocks: The ABC series continues to dominate Wednesday
nights with an 11.4/18 share rating. The new drama brings to mind the
essence of hit HBO series. It's that good.
Dec
13: Enterprise DVDs: Paramount has designed a nice looking storage
case for the Enterprise DVD boxed sets which begin release on May
2005. A new season will be released about every two months until the
four seasons are completed. The
Digital Bits website has a wonderful photo of the new set.
Dec
13: Blade Can't Cut It: The weekend premiere of Blade was able to
pass the sequel to Ocean's 11. Despite a weak storyline fans flocked
to the familiar faces of Brad Pitt and George Clooney. Blade: Trinity
grossed $16.1 million over the weekend and a total of $24.5 million
since the films Wednesday opening. This third and final film in the
franchise has cost $65 million to produce.
Dec
13: Cinderella Restored: The original 1957 Cinderella starring
Julie Andrews has been digitally restored by PBS. Over 107 million
people tuned in to watch the original live CBS broadcast. The
presentation also stars Eddie Adams, Kaye Ballard, Alice Ghostley,
Ilka Chase, Howard Lindsay, Dorothy Stickney and a young Jon Cypher
(Chief Daniels of Hill Street Blues). Look for it on PBS, Monday
December 13th. Check local listings for times in your area. (zap2it.com)
Dec
13: Underworld 2: Scottish actor John Curran has joined the cast
of Underworld 2 according to variety. Underworld
Dec
12: White Noise: Special Ops Media is distributing information for
a new feature titled ""White Noise". MICHAEL KEATON
plays a successful architect Jonathan Rivers, whose peaceful existence
is shattered by the unexplained disappearance and death of his wife,
Anna (CHANDRA WEST). Jonathan is eventually contacted by a man
(IAN MCNIECE), who claims to be receiving messages from Anna through
EVP, the process through which the dead communicate with the living
through household recording devices. These extraordinary
recordings, captured by people all over the world, seem to confirm
what many of us have dared to believe: it is possible for the dead to
communicate with us. At first skeptical, Jonathan then becomes
convinced of the messages’ validity, and is soon obsessed with
trying to contact her on his own. His further explorations into
EVP and the accompanying supernatural messages unwittingly open a door
to another world, allowing something uninvited into his life. Visit
the Official Website for
White Noise. CLICK HERE to view the trailer.
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Dec
12: Shadows Changing: Warner Bros may be forcing Winchester Films
to make some... dreadful news. Dennis Kristo, the Media Info Liason,
of the mid-west B5 mailing list sent in an interesting scoop. Warner Bros. appears interested in recasting the original roles for
the new Memory of the Shadows feature. Most of the cast are older and
the WB is huge on the "20 Something" crowd. Just take a look
at the shows currently running on their network. Could you imagine the
morons the WB would select for these roles? Wow. Are you a Babylon 5
fan? Want the original actors back? Well let them know in a writing
campaign. Here's the address... Babylon 5: Memory of the Shadow,
Warner Bros. Films, 4000 Warner Blvd., Burbank Ca. 91522. Remember this though, these actors from the original show are not
youngsters anymore. If an action star like the Swartzenegger, who's
still built like a young man, can't bring in a decent box office
anymore - how do you expect a group of 45+ actors to do it. Warner
& Winchester want the film to do well and make money. Making money
means more features. Some roles need to be recast.
Dec
12: Young Blades: This news, also from Dennis Kristo, affects the
Babylon 5 universe. The new $20 million "Young Blades"
series (once reported to have been scrapped) has hired Bruce
Boxleitner as Captain Duvall, the head of the King's Muskateers.
Joining him in the series is Michael Ironside. He'll once again take
on the role of the villain as Cardinal Mazarin. Filming in the
backlots of Vancouver, Canada "Young Blades" follows the
exploits of The Three Muskateers as sword-in-training during the 17th
Century.
Dec
12: DVDs Are Out: Carnivale, Smallville Season 3, Ulimate Matrix and
Babylon 5's Cruade are now available on DVD. Get yours today.
Dec
11: Return of U.N.C.L.E.?: Mathew Vaughn is currently negotiating
to helm a feature film version of "The Man From U.N.C.L.E.".
Dec
11: Memory of the Shadows: Production Weekly reports that Babylon
5: Memory of the Shadows is set to begin lensing in April 2005. Steven
Beck will helm the project from a script written by Babylon 5 creator
J. Michael Stracynski. There is a techno-mage named Galen in the film
which appears to be the character from the series Babylon 5:
Crusade.
Dec
11: Blade Money: The third Blade film looks to be opening to a
Wednesday take of just $5.5 million. The film cost $65 million to
create.
Dec
11: Logan's Run: Now 30 is over the hill for the future. The
remake of Logan's Run will have young people terminating at 21. Bryan
Singer is planning to infuse more action meshed with more of the
actual novel.
Dec
11: Tracy Lords: The porn actress turned "B" star, Tracy
Lords, is looking to nab a cameo role in the hit comedy series
"Will & Grace". Lords has appeared in the third season
of "First Wave" and Stephen King's mini-series Tommyknockers.
Dec
8: New Galactica Update: NBC has decided it wants in on the new
Battlestar Galactica series from the Sci-Fi Channel. The reviews out
of the United Kingdom have been very good and NBC has taken notice.
The network will help its fledgling child by Airing the pilot
mini-series on Saturday, January 8th. The airing comes just six days
before the new series premiere on the Sci-Fi Channel January 14th.
BUT... yes there is a but. NBC will re-edit the mini-series into a
three hour block (counting commercials) so that it does not alter the
networks primetime schedule.
Dec
8: Wolverine: Here's a movie that might be in search of a
director. With Bryan Singer wasting his talents on a Superman feature
no one wants to really see Wolverine and the X-Men have been left
flopping around in the breeze. Cinescape is reporting that helmer Len
Wiseman has been approached to direct the new Woverine feature
scheduled to begin with the wrap of X-Men 3. Where do you know that
name from. Wiseman is the man who directed the incredible Underworld
feature and is currently directing the sequel.
Dec
8: Iron Man Doomed: If the rumors are try then the X-Men feature
could have taken a rusted look heading to the dumpster. Justin
Timberlake may be headed for the lead role as Tony Stark, aka Iron
Man. This is something no fan of the comic book ever wanted to hear.
Dec
6: Battlestar Galactica: The first season has completed production
and the episodes are currently airing in the United Kingdom. U.S. fans
won't get the first episode for several weeks. The sets are still
standing in anticipation of the show renewal for a second season.
Should the series get picked up with the first three or four weeks of
U.S. airings production on the second season will begin on
February18th. The Sci-Fi channel is worried about the internet and the
information getting air time about each episode. They believe that it
could effect the ratings for each episode. Bad word of mouth and fans
could skip an episode. Battlestar Galactica is filmed in Vancouver at
the Lion's Gate Studio. Renewal chances? Very good.
Dec
5: Chameleon: Looks like the Xanth novels from writer Piers
Anthony could be coming to big screen near us in the future. Tim
McCanlies, who wrote the awesome script for "Secondhand
Lions" has be tapped to create the screenplay for the first book
in the Xanth novels, "A Spell For Chameleon".
Dec
5: Sub Mariner: Harry Potter director Chris Columbus has agreed to
helm the new Marvel feature over at Universal Studios. Columbus will
direct "Sub Mariner" (may be titled NAMOR" from a
script by David Self, hopefully better than his Road to Perdition
effort.
Dec
5: Space Above & Beyond: The folks over at "The
Digital Bits" have confirmed from 20th Century Fox that
"Space: Above & Beyond" is indeed on their slate for a
2005 release to DVD in a seasonal boxed set. They do NOT however have
a set date for the boxed set release.
Dec
5: More Alien Desires: The 55 year old Sigourney Weaver is an
Alien promo machine all by herself. In a recent talk with zap2it.com
the actress was heard saying she thinks doing another film would be
fun. She doesn't think any studio is going to move forward with an
Alien film starring a 55 year old actor, but it would be ok with the
fans. Weaver also went on to say that if Ridley Scott stamped his foot
a few times Fox would greenlight another film. Blah, blah, blah blah,
blah and blah blah blah.
Dec
5: G-Force: Jerry Bruckheimer put his name on Kangaroo Jack, so
he's done some shit flicks. This time he'll put it on a new Disney
film titled "G-Force" about a bunch of super-intelligent
commando animals ordered to stop an evil billionaire from taking over
the world. Wow, how original is this for a Disney G-rated film.
Dec
5:
John Doe Returns: At least this time Dominic Purcell, John Doe,
will know who he is in a new series pilot titled "Prison
Break". Feature Film helmer Brett Ratner is in place to
produce and direct the pilot that's been on hold for more than a year.
Purcell will play a death row inmate who professes his innocence.
Since the court system is apparently ineffective, it's up to his
engineer brother (Wentworth Miller) to get placed in the prison to
orchestrate a plan to help him escape. The series charts the prison
break over the course of a season. The pilot is written by Paul
Scheuring, who wrote the script for "A Man Apart".
Dec
5: Two Blade DVDs: David Goyer is already planning to tap into the
DVD market with "Blade: Trinity" Fans will get the
theatrical release and real fans of the Blade franchise will get the
director's cut that will be 11 minutes longer and feature a darker,
alternate ending. Yahooooo! Gotta love the director's cuts.
Dec
5: Darkside: Fox is attempting to get into the Science Fiction
market again with a new series titled "Darkside". The
network has ordered a pilot script for the proposed series. Of course
the new series will be a darker side of ABC's hit series
"LOST" in space. Variety described the premise
of DARKSIDE as The story concerns a team of astronauts that
discover a mysterious SOS signal emanating from the dark side of the
moon. After traveling to the night side of Earth's satellite there
they discover a structure of unknown origin. This sounds pretty good.
Dec
5: Evil Dead 4: Raimi keeps talking about it, but he isn't doing
much about it. An Evil Dead 4? Despite the remake of the original Rami
plans to return of Evil Dead in a fourth film that will star Bruce
Campbell. But this won't happen until he's done creating new Spiderman
films.
Dec
5: Wonder Woman a Duke: The original Wonder Woman, Lynda Carter,
will be flying her invisible airplane down to Hazzard County for a
stint on the new feature film based on the old series "Dukes of
Hazzard". Carter will play the girlfriend of Jesse Duke.
Dec
5: Dr. Who: A new teaser is currently available on the world wide
web for the new BBS series "Dr. Who". CLICK
HERE for the link to the trailer.
Dec
5: No Daredevil: Jennifer Garner is reporting that Daredevil will
not be appearing in the feature film "Elektra" as previous
mentioned for the last four months or so. Rumor has it the scene with
DD and Bullseye was left on the cutting room floor. Maybe we'll see on
the DVD if a director's cut is done.
Dec
5: Warcraft: Blizzard Entertainment's "World of Warcraft"
was blown away by the total number of sales for the new multi-player
online RPG. They expected the game to do well, but not in the
neighborhood of 240,000 copies in the first 24 hours. In just nine
days 350,000 copies have been sold. Servers have been strained with
the online demand. At one point there were over 100,000 online players
spread out over Blizzard's servers.
Dec
5: It's the Fog: The remake project from Revolution Studios has
found its director in Rupert Wainwright who directed the crappy
Stigmata feature. Production is slated to begin in March of
2005.
Dec
1: Amazing Spiderman: Sam Raimi and his brother Ivan are in the
earliest stages of writing the third and possibly final Spiderman in
the franchise - at least with this cast and director. Raimi hasn't
decided on the villains just yet but his next favorites are "The
Vulture" and "Craven". Two very familiar villains in
the world of Spiderman.
Dec
1: Trio in Trouble: A small fan favorite network on satellite is
in trouble. The Trio network, own now and operated by NBC Universal
will be dropped from DirecTV at the end of the year. NBC Uni was
already looking into discontinuing the network, so the decision by
DirecTV works for them. The move will cut Trio's audience from 20
million to just 8 million possible viewers.
Dec
1: An Iron Dud?: Fans have to worry when a director not know for
his action/adventure film status is hired to helm such a project.
Remember the HULK? Whew! Director Nick Cassavettes has been hired by
Newline to helm the Iron Man project. Cassavettes has directed
"The Notebook" and "John Q" neither movie was that
good and both were overrated.
Dec
1: Enterprise DVD: The folks over at "The
Digital Bits" have some great images of the new case that
will house the first season of Enterprise. The photos are for the
Region 2 set, but the word has it the set is also what the US will
get.
Dec
1: Stupid Brothers 3: You can't touch the original "Blues
Brothers" and they did attempt and shit sucking sequel. Now comes
word that a third film may be in the works from Dan Aykroyd and James
Belushi. Sometimes you have to say enough is enough and leave
perfection alone. After all they were on a mission from God.
Dec
1: Ghost Hunters: Holy crap Batman! The Sci-Fi Channel has picked
up the stupid series Ghost Hunters for a second season of 13 episodes.
Dec
1: HD-DVD: Yeah, it coming. High Definition DVDs. Four studios
have jumped on board to support the new dvd format. Paramount,
Universal, Warner Bros and New Line will begin making the dvds by the
Holidays in 2005. On the other side of the coin MGM and Columbia
Tristar (the same company) will support Sony's Blu-ray HD format.
Dreamworks is likely to fall in line with the HD-DVD, while Buena
Vista is unsure which way it will go. They were fighting for the
studios to work on just one format, but that seems out of the question
now. HD-DVD looks to have the muscle right now so the Blu-ray could
find itself aligned with the old betamax format.
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