May 20, 2012

New TV Season Breakdown: CBS

The Fall TV Season presentations for all the new network shows take place this week with the fourth announced. Here's a full breakdown of which concepts have made the final list over on CBS. With CBS leading in viewers by the widest margin of any network in 23 years, the network has little need to refresh its line-up this year - especially with … [Read more...]

New TV Season Breakdown: The CW

The Fall TV Season presentations for all the new network shows take place this week with the fifth and final one announced. Here's a full breakdown of which concepts have made the final list over on The CW. With "Hart of Dixie" last season's sole surviving new show and "Gossip Girl" finishing up with a short final season this coming Fall, The CW … [Read more...]

Neeson Talks “Taken 2″ & First Photos

In a recent sit down with EW, Liam Neeson spoke about the upcoming sequel to the action hit "Taken" and how it ties back to the first film which became an unexpected runaway hit. Things are set in motion when he, his wife and daughter to come stay with him in Istanbul where he’s doing security work for a sheik. It's there that relatives of the … [Read more...]

“Cloud Atlas,” “Paranoia,” “Sin City 2″ Dates

Thompson on Hollywood reports that Warner Bros. Pictures has spent a cool $ 20 million picking up distribution rights to the Wachowski siblings and Tom Twyker‘s highly ambitious adaptation of "Cloud Atlas". The film, which currently has a fairly epic runtime of 164 minutes, is currently targeting a U.S. domestic release on December 6th this … [Read more...]

Casting: Cusack, Hopkins, Fonda, Freeman

Grand Piano John Cusack ("The Raven") has signed on to star in Eugenio Mira's upcoming high-concept thriller "Grand Piano". Damien Chazelle penned the script and shooting begins this summer in Chicago and Alicante. The story follows a celebrated concert pianist (Elijah Wood) making a comeback performance when he discovers a note that demands he … [Read more...]

“Prometheus” Factoids & New Viral Video

Fox's publicity push for the upcoming release of Ridley Scott's "Prometheus" continues apace with a recent feature piece in The Hollywood Reporter revealing a bunch of production tidbits and minor spoilers about the upcoming film. Amongst the facts garnered is that the action is set in the years 2089 to 2091; the final budget sits at $ 120-130 … [Read more...]

News Shorts: May 17th 2012

New posters for Anchorman: The Legend Continues, A Royal Affair, GI Joe Retaliation, The Good Doctor, The Babymakers, Prometheus, The Amazing Spider-Man and Mission: Blacklist. New photos from Stolen, Passion, The Longest Week, Maladies, The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman, and Scarlett Johansson on the set of Hitchcock. "Terrence Malick's … [Read more...]

Paul Schrader Pens Russian Ballerina Biopic

Filmmaker Paul Schrader is penning an untitled biopic about adored and reviled Russian prima ballerina Mathilde Kschessinska, a woman described by producers as "the ultimate femme fatale" says The Hollywood Reporter. Kschessinska was a woman who rose from out of poverty and became mistress to at least four aristocratic men who controlled the … [Read more...]