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Presto Disappearo!
10 November 2009 9:40 AM, PST | Movieline | See recent Movieline news »
Cast and crew of ABC's heavily diluted Witches of Eastwick retread, Eastwick, have just learned that the network will not order more episodes than the original 13 -- meaning we'll soon be bidding a fond adieu to the series most likely pitched as Supernatural Housewives. Sadly, with it goes Paul Gross -- aka Constable Benton Fraser from Due South -- who seems to be rapidly morphing into his generation's Alan Thicke. Also axed by the network: Let's Dance, the Kathy Griffin-hosted reality show in which celebrities re-enact famous dance sequences from the movies. Apparently casting was a major hurdle, as the big top-hat number from A Chorus Line requires more than the severely limited number of Kardashians currently available. On a cheerier note, Christian Slater procedural The Forgotten (no cracks, please) stays with us, for another five episodes at least. [The Feed] »
Channel Surfing: More "Forgotten," Less "Eastwick" at ABC, "Ugly Betty," Sean Faris Bites into "Vampire Diaries," and More
10 November 2009 7:26 AM, PST | Televisionary | See recent Televisionary news »
Welcome to your Tuesday morning television briefing. ABC hasn't forgotten The Forgotten after all. The network ordered five additional episodes of the Christian Slater-led procedural drama from Warner Bros. Television but also dropped the axe on the Wbtv-produced supernatural drama series Eastwick, which won't continue past its initial thirteen-episode order. There's still no word on the fate of Wbtv's Hank, which still hasn't received a full season order from ABC. (Hitfix, Variety) E! Online's Kristin Dos Santos is reporting that the soon-to-be-vacated Eastwick timeslot on Wednesdays won't necessarily go to Lost, as many believed, but could in fact be given to--shock horror--Ugly Betty. "According to sources, ABC higher-ups are considering moving Ugly Betty to Wednesdays at 10 in January as part of a flashy relaunch of the show in an effort to save it," writes Dos Santos. "The thinking is that Betty would complement new hits Modern Family and Cougar Town nicely, »
- Jace
“Eastwick” Goes “Poof”
10 November 2009 7:20 AM, PST | Atomic Popcorn | See recent Atomic Popcorn news »
“Eastwick” ran out of magic on Monday, and will be “poof-”ing out of existence. The crime-show drama, “The Forgotten” will, on the other hand, be extended five more episodes.
“Eastwick” is the least-watched show on ABC this season with an average of 6.5 million viewers weekly. ABC said the cast of the Wednesday night drama will finish filming its order, and all 13 episodes will run at some point. The next episode will air on Nov. 25.
“The Forgotten,” which stars Christian Slater, was extended to 18 episodes. The Jerry Bruckheimer-produced crime drama averages 8.6 million viewers on Tuesday nights. However, executive producer Luke Reiter is not expected to continue with the show.
Separately, ABC has nixed plans to air the five-episode reality-series “Let’s Dance,” beginning Nov. 23. “Dance,” hosted by Kathy Griffin, was to have featured celebs re-enacting famous dance routines. Supposedly, the network was having issues finding celebs to participate in »
- Leilani Laureano
ABC extends 'Forgotten', cancels 'Eastwick'
10 November 2009 7:05 AM, PST | Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
ABC has ordered additional episodes of The Forgotten, but has not picked up more for Eastwick. Crime drama The Forgotten, which airs on Tuesday nights at 10 pm and stars Christian Slater, has received five extra episodes from the network, according to the The Hollywood Reporter. Eastwick will complete production on its initial 13-episode order and the network plans to air the remaining shows starring Rebecca Romijn. (more) »
- By Tim Parks
the forgotten: Not Cancelled (yet), ABC Orders Five More Episodes
10 November 2009 12:46 AM, PST | TVSeriesFinale.com | See recent TVSeriesFinale news »
The new ABC series called the forgotten has received a bit of good news. The network has decided to order five more installments. Does this mean that it won't be cancelled?
Starring Christian Slater, the forgotten follows a group of civilians who work together to find missing persons once the police have reached a dead end. Aside from Slater, the series features the talents of Michelle Borth, Heather Stephens, Bob Stephenson, Rochelle Aytes, Anthony Carrigan, Judith Hoag, and Lily Rains.
Debuting on September 22nd, the forgotten got off to a slow start with just a 2.6 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 9.54 million total viewers. It lost a large percentage of the Dancing with the Stars lead-in audience and 12% of viewers tuned in before the hour was done.
The following week, viewership dropped to a 2.0 in »
- TVSeriesFinale.com
20 Ways to Get Your "Arrested Development" Movie Fix*
5 November 2009 7:09 PM, PST | ifc.com | See recent IFC news »
*Until they actually make the movie
Forget Scientology or Heaven's Gate. Today, the biggest cult in our country may very well be the teeming masses anxiously awaiting the return of "Arrested Development." After years of rumors and dashed hopes, it seems the beloved TV show will finally, for real, this time, be reincarnated on the big screen.
But don't break out your Cornballers yet: the film isn't set to hit theaters until 2011. How will you last that long? While you can treasure your DVD collection of all three seasons (or, for that matter, catch re-airs on IFC), you'll probably want to vary things up in the year-plus before we get sweet relief. Off the top of your head, you might know to watch Michael Cera in "Juno," but where can you find Judy Greer in a role as crazy as Kitty Sanchez? Will Arnett as a man as bumbling and self-involved as Gob? »
- Matt Singer
Reject Radio: Episode 24: That Mockingbird is Gonna Sail Away
1 November 2009 10:52 PM, PST | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
Brought to you by: Candy and Whiskey-flavored Vomit - If you did Halloween correctly, you know what I'm talking about. This week, on a very special episode of Reject Radio, with my interest in horror films waning, we call upon the epic triumvirate of Peter Sciretta from a tiny horror film blog called /film and film producer Aaron Morgan to discuss the finer things in life. Filet Mignon. Fancy hairdos. Anarchy. Despite Aaron's constant need to explore the visual limits of radio and Peter's constant need to derail discussions that don't deal with Pump Up the Volume, we manage to review This Is It and Gentlemen Broncos. Listen Here: Download This Episode On This Week’s Show: Segment 1: Ripped From the Headlines [0:00 - 36:00orthereabouts] We Hilariously take the Pump Up the Volume References to the Breaking Point The Witty Commentary Falls To the Floor, but is Christian Slater still a live? Men »
- Dr. Cole Abaius
Fox To Inundate Sunday Sports With ‘Avatar’
31 October 2009 1:22 PM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
What’s that? You’re one of the two people (Gary Busey is the other) on the face of the planet that doesn’t know what this little indie film called Avatar from this up and coming production company, Fox, is all about? Well, fear not weary moviegoer for on November 1st, 20th Century Fox proves just how important media dominance is by going for the “world’s largest live trailer viewing” on “one of the biggest sports days of the year.”
Fox Sports will take the entire country viewing Fox NFL Sunday, America’s No. 1 NFL pre-game show, to Arlington, Texas and the new Cowboys Stadium, where the three minute and thirty second trailer will play live from the enormous Mitsubishi Electric Diamond Vision screen. The crowd attending the Cowboys-Seattle Seahawks game will experience the Avatar trailer live just minutes prior to the noon (Central) kickoff between the Cowboys and Seahawks, »
- Anthony Ocasio
The Crow: 15 Years Of Devil's Night
30 October 2009 9:01 AM, PDT | MTV Splash Page | See recent MTV Splash Page news »
Today we post the final installment of our five-part Halloween Week retrospective on "The Crow," celebrating the film's 15th anniversary with cast and filmmaker interviews that explore its origin and legacy. If you're just discovering this feature, be sure to look back through our "15 Years Of Devil's Night" archive.
Part Five: Remembering Brandon Lee And "The Crow"
James O'Barr originally conceived The Crow to channel, process and release his anguish and heartbreak over the death of his girlfriend, who was killed by a drunk driver. Brandon Lee, whose famous father had passed away at the all too young age of 32, was cast to play the lead in the film version of the comic.
Many strange and awful circumstances surrounded what would nevertheless eventually emerge as a triumphant and transcendent film. As Time Magazine reported in 1993, sets were ravaged by a storm, a carpenter was almost electrocuted. »
- Splash Page Team
The Crow: 15 Years Of Devil's Night
29 October 2009 2:02 PM, PDT | MTV Splash Page | See recent MTV Splash Page news »
Our five-part Halloween Week retrospective on "The Crow" continues, celebrating the film's 15th anniversary with cast and filmmaker interviews that explore its origin and legacy. Check back each day this week for another installment of our "15 Years Of Devil's Night" series.
Part Four: Best. Soundtrack. Ever?
"The Crow" soundtrack is quite possibly the greatest alt-rock compilation assembled in the '90s. Coupled with Graeme Revell's hauntingly moving score, bands like The Cure, Nine Inch Nails, The Jesus and Mary Chain and Machines Of Loving Grace perfectly complimented the movie's dark and romantic themes.
Even the bands who contributed cover songs selected material that lined up well with the flick, intentionally or not. Nine Inch Nails covered "Lost Souls," by one of The Crow creator James O'Barr's favorite bands, Joy Division. Rollins Band did a version of Suicide's "Ghost Rider," about the Marvel hero. Pantera »
- Splash Page Team
The Crow: 15 Years Of Devil's Night
28 October 2009 5:46 PM, PDT | MTV Splash Page | See recent MTV Splash Page news »
Our five-part Halloween Week retrospective on "The Crow" continues, celebrating the film's 15th anniversary with cast and filmmaker interviews that explore its origin and legacy. Check back each day this week for another installment of our "15 Years Of Devil's Night" series.
Part Three: The Skull Cowboy Speaks! The Crow'S Lost Character.
The Skull Cowboy appears in James O'Barr's comics and nearly made it into "The Crow." An other-worldly guide for Brandon Lee's resurrected avenger Eric Draven, the mysterious figure would have provided a great deal of the film's exposition, setting up the "rules" of the afterlife and Draven's mission.
The character, portrayed under heavy prosthetics by actor Michael Berryman ("The Devil's Rejects," "Weird Science," "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest"), can be glimpsed in a deleted footage montage on the collector's edition DVD of "The Crow" and longer scenes, including one with dialogue, »
- Splash Page Team
The Crow: 15 Years Of Devil's Night
27 October 2009 3:16 PM, PDT | MTV Splash Page | See recent MTV Splash Page news »
Today we continue our five-part Halloween Week retrospective on "The Crow," celebrating the film's 15th anniversary with cast and filmmaker interviews that explore its origin and legacy. Check back each day this week for another installment of our "15 Years Of Devil's Night" series.
Part Two: Johnny Depp? Christian Slater? Bon Jovi?! Casting Eric Draven
Before "The Crow," Brandon Lee's biggest role was in "Rapid Fire," an above-average action flick carried mostly by his grace, charm and combination of various martial arts styles years before the phrase "Mma" was popularized. His other credits included "Showdown in Little Tokyo" opposite Dolph Lundgren, little seen low-budget foreign action flicks "Laser Mission" and "Legacy of Rage" and the televised "Kung Fu: The Movie," with David Carradine.
Brandon dropped nearly 40 lbs. to play Eric Draven and was deeply involved in his characterization and fight choreography. His performance was at once »
- Splash Page Team
Tallying The Cost Of The Leno Move
27 October 2009 1:42 PM, PDT | Studio Briefing - TV News | See recent Studio Briefing - TV News news »
NBC has lost 30 percent of its viewers in the 10:00 p.m. hour since it turned the hour over to Jay Leno last month, Advertising Age reported today (Tuesday), citing figures from a research note by Wells Fargo Securities. The loss of viewers has resulted in an even deeper slump in advertising revenue, the trade publication indicated. For example, it noted that whereas My Own Worst Enemy, which starred Christian Slater, commanded an average of $99,009 per 30-second spot on Monday nights last season, the Leno show only takes in $53,640. The trade publication did not compare what NBC had to pay for Enemy compared with what it now pays for Leno. However, it noted that Leno is expected to improve considerably in the summer when it airs all-new live shows against the other networks' repeats.
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Fall's best and worst: 'Modern Family,' 'Parks' and Recreation,' '90210,' 'SNL,' and more!
25 October 2009 5:11 PM, PDT | EW - Ausiello Files | See recent EW.com - The Ausiello Files news »
The TV season is only six weeks old, but hey, it's never too early to single out its biggest winners and losers, is it? That's what I thought. Here goes: Most Improved: Creatively Parks and Recreation: When it debuted last spring, Amy Poehler's workplace comedy was a snooze and a half. But apparently, while I was sleeping it got better. Lots better. What happened? "I don't think magical fairy dust was sprinkled over the show," co-creator Michael Schur says. "I just think we're getting better at it." Indeed, Poehler has dialed down her performance as deputy parks director Leslie Knope, »
- Michael Ausiello
UTA Hires CAA Talent Agent Boghosian
24 October 2009 9:34 PM, PDT | Deadline Hollywood | See recent Deadline Hollywood news »
Exclusive: I’ve learned that UTA has hired CAA agent Darren Boghosian for its talent department. (And, no, this is not related to UTA talent agent Darren Statt wanting to leave for CAA. Just a coincidence of names.) Boghosian has been at CAA since 2002 and reps Jenna Elfman, Christian Slater, Michael Landes, Jaime Pressly, Alyssa Milano, Connie Nielsen, Kevin Costner, Justin Kirk, Anthony Anderson, Katharine McPhee, Sally Pressman, Rhys Coiro, Stephanie Szostack and others. But no word yet on which clients will be following him out the door. "He's smart, aggressive and well-liked around town, the kind of young agent [...] »
- Nikki Finke
Video – Clip From The Forgetten – "The River"
16 October 2009 1:27 PM, PDT | TVovermind.com | See recent TVovermind.com news »
According to the television ratings pundits, The Forgotten may soon be, well, forgotten. That isn’t stopping ABC from putting an earnest effort into promoting the Christian Slater lead vehicle. Personal thought: I thought Slater’s My Own Worst Enemy should have stuck around for a while. Slater’s versatile shtick may be dead on the big screen, but there was something very watchable about it on the small screen – perhaps because that is where the largest portion of his films show up these days. That said, The Forgotten is better than average and I like it. Too bad the majority of people don’t seem to agree with me.
"River John" – The Forgotten Network investigates the murder of a John Doe found shot to death in a drainage tunnel. Clues point towards the Doe having been on a search for someone, but for whom? As the mystery unravels, the »
- Jon Lachonis
Woo Talks Next War Epic
15 October 2009 9:45 PM, PDT | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »
John Woo’s not finished with war yet.
The helmer of Hard Boiled, Face/Off, and Mission: Impossible 2 — and one of the most successful foreign-born directors ever to cross the pond — has a big month coming up: His new film Red Cliff will be having its long-awaited American release on November 20.
But Woo is already looking ahead to his next project, which will be decidedly more contemporary. In an interview with Collider, he said Flying Tigers, his Red Cliff follow-up, will be about an American volunteer group that worked with the Chinese Air Force to fight the Japanese during World War II. Audiences can expect Woo’s trademark extraordinary action sequences, but the movie will also focus on the friendship between the soldiers of these two nations.
Woo said the script about the unit, which was a private military contractor with 'mercenaries' consisting of former Us Army, Navy, and Marine Corps pilots/ground crew, »
Last Two Left 4 Dead 2 Campaigns Revealed
14 October 2009 11:44 AM, PDT | HugAZombie | See recent HugAZombie news »
Thanks, Taiwan!
Tawaianese site Gnn has revealed the posters for the final two campaigns in Left 4 Dead 2: "Hard Rain" and "Dead Center." (A list of Xbox achievements have confirmed the campaigns.) Don't think this is the way Valve intended for the campaigns to be announced, but what does Taiwan care?
Both campaigns are seemingly inspired by movies. "Dead Center" is clearly emulating Dawn of the Dead with its use of the grandaddy of all zombie locales, the mall (Take that, Dead Rising!), while "Hard Rain" is obviously inspired by the 1998 Christian Slater mvoie of the same name. Are the survivors trying to smuggle money out of that rainy factory? It's not on the acheivement list. Whatever, I get to play Morgan Freeman!
Via Hellforge »
- (Fulci)
Monday’s Dancing: What You Didn’t See
13 October 2009 9:00 AM, PDT | People.com - TV Watch | See recent People.com - TV Watch news »
Dancing Dolls: An audience member in the balcony grabbed the studio's attention by holding up Donny and Marie Osmond dolls she brought to the taping. The Barbie-sized dolls were, according to the woman, a gift from many years ago. During a commercial break, the warm-up guy took a doll and walked down to have Marie, who was cheering on brother Donny from the front row, sign it. Center of Attention: He wasn't even on the dance floor but all eyes were on Gilles Marini as he took a seat in the front row next to Brothers and Sisters star Rachel Griffiths and Mark Dacascos' wife and three kids. Female fans squealed once they spotted Marini, a finalist last season. They stood up from their seats and shouted his name as the Sex and the City actor waved. Just a few minutes before the show went live, host Samantha Harris »
- StyleWatch
Celebrate Halloween with 10 great Irish horror movies (IrishCentral)
12 October 2009 12:31 PM, PDT | IrishCentral | See recent IrishCentral news »
Gallery / 10 Great Irish Horror Movies / Click here Did you know that Halloween has Irish roots? The spooky holiday was created by the Celts as the day of All Souls that ghosts walked and the undead spoke. The 2,000-year-old ancient Celtic festival is called Samhain (pronounced sow-in). The Celts celebrated their new year on November 1, a day that marked the end of summer and the harvest and the beginning of winter – a time of year they associated with death. It was believed that on October 31, the night before the new year, the boundary between the worlds of the living and the dead became blurry, and ghosts returned to earth. To mark the coming of otherworldly spirits, Celtic Druids built large sacred bonfires, where everyone gathered to burn crops and animals as sacrifices to the Celtic gods. During Samhain, the Celts wore costumes, usually consisting of animal heads and skins, and told each other’s fortunes. »
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