by Matt Raub, Oct 4 2011 // 1:30 PM
With a full year of mediocre shows hitting this fall, it was a race to the finish line to see which would be the first to make it to the chopping block. While our money was on Tim Allen’s Last Man Standing, it turns out NBC was the first to buckle with their controversial new show The Playboy Club.
After making tons of waves with the PTC, it turns out the ratings just weren’t enough to sustain the potential legal and PR issues, as NBC has given it the axe after three lackluster episodes. From EW:
NBC’s biggest primetime gamble just became the first cancelled show of the season: The Playboy Club has been pulled from the network’s schedule.
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Posted in: Announcements · Drama · NBC · Networks · News · TV · TV Previews · TV Ratings
Tagged: amber heard, Cancelation, Free Agents, Hank Azaria, Last Man Standing, NBC, Playboy, Playboy Club, Up all Night, Whitney
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by Sebastian Suchecki, Jul 29 2011 // 7:00 AM
Tales from the Crypt, the campy-yet-excellent horror staple of the early 90s television, is back in news as producers are hoping to reignite that spark once again with a modern reboot. After 15 years of being off the small screen, the horror series will be returning to television.
The new series is being developed by Gil Adler, a producer on the original HBO series, and Andrew Cosby, best known for his work on Eureka. The hour-long series will be based on the comics. Unlike it’s predecessor, the new series will not follow the anthology format, but will follow a standard series format using the characters in an ongoing storyline format.
Those of you who read the original comic books will see this is a strange turn of events as the comics didn’t have much in the way of returning characters. Other than The Crypt-Keeper, The Vault-Keeper and The Old Witch, all other characters and the “victims” of the stories always changed. It is also being reported that The Crypt-Keeper, The Vault-Keeper and The Old Witch are not going to be part of the new series.
The original HBO series, which spawned collectibles and movies through out the 90s, ran for seven seasons. It attracted an impressive stable of directors and actors including Robert Zemeckis, Dan Aykroyd, Steve Buscemi, Tim Curry, Whoopi Goldberg, Teri Hatcher, Kirk Douglas, Joe Pesci, Brad Pitt, Ewan McGregor, Malcom McDowell, Bob Hoskins, Brooke Sheilds, Benicio Del Toro, Demi Moore, Martin Sheen, Richard Donner, Walter Hill, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tom Hanks, William Friedkin, Tobe Hoober and Michael J. Fox.
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Posted in: Announcements · Comedy · Horror · Movies · News · Reboots and Remakes · Sci-Fi · TV
Tagged: Andrew Cosby, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Benicio Del Toro, Bob Hoskins, Brad Pitt, Brooke Sheilds, Dan Aykroyd, Demi Moore, ewan mcgregor, Gil Adler, Hank Azaria, HBO, Joe Pesci, Kirk Douglas, Malcom McDowell, Martin Sheen, richard donner, Robert Zemeckis, Steve Buscemi, Tales from the Crypt, Teri Hatcher, The Crypt-Keeper, The Vault Keeper, Tim Curry, Tobe Hoober, Tom Hanks, Walter Hill, Whoopi Goldberg, William Friedkin
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by Nat Almirall, Nov 25 2010 // 2:00 PM
Jamie Randall (Jake Gyllenhaal) is your average all-American boy: born and raised in Chicago to a wealthy family of doctors, super intelligent, and ultra charming to all the ladies. “This is my Thai friend,” coos Lisa, one of his soon-to-be conquests, “I’m a little Thai-curious myself. She’s a little Jamie-curious” You can imagine where it goes from there.
Wait, that’s not what happens to everyone? Oh. Well, everyone makes mistakes. Everyone, that is, except Jamie.
Love and Other Drugs is based on the book Hard Sell: The Evolution of a Viagra Salesman by, not surprisingly, the real Jamie Randall (whose real last name is Reidy), and it sits back in awe of its protagonist, who’s portrayed as close a thing we mortals shall ever get to seeing an actual god.
And so it’s no surprise that when he meets the woman of dreams, Parkinson-sufferer Maggie Murdock (Anne Hathaway), the conflict in their relationship is driven almost entirely by her reluctance to fall in love with anyone due to her condition. “I hope you’re full of shit,” she says when they decide to become purely physical lovers, “Blow it out your a$$,” I think.
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Posted in: Movies · Reviews
Tagged: Anne Hathaway, Hank Azaria, Jake Gyllenhaal, Love and Other Drugs
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by Matt Raub, Nov 24 2010 // 12:30 PM
As much as people still refuse to admit it, Despicable Me was one of the highest grossing films (prior to Potter) of 2010. Since it’s July release date, the film has grossed over $500 million worldwide. That’s not much to scoff at, and now the studio is having at it again with a brand new film called Hop.
The movie is an interesting spin on growing up, told with the help of a cocky Easter bunny, played by Russell Brand. Here’s the official synopsis.
Blending state-of-the-art animation with live action, Hop tells the comic tale of Fred (James Marsden), an out-of-work slacker who accidentally injures the Easter Bunny (voiced by Russell Brand) and must take him in as he recovers. As Fred struggles with the world’s worst houseguest, both will learn what it takes to finally grow up.
Though the blending of CGI and live action has left a bad taste in our mouthes in the past, (looking at you, Garfield 2: Tale of Two Kitties), this could prove to be a change in pace, as Illumination Entertainment, the studio behind Despicible Me is taking the reins from here.
Check out the very first trailer after the jump and catch Hop in theaters on April 1st.
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Posted in: Animation · Box Office · Comedy · Movies · News · Trailers · Video
Tagged: CGI, Chelsea Handler and Hugh Laurie, David Hasselhoff, Despicable Me, Elizabeth Perkins, Gary Cole, Hank Azaria, Hop, Illumination Entertainment, James Marsden, Kaley Cuoco, Russell Brand
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by Bob Starr, Mar 19 2010 // 3:00 PM
This week On the Radar George Lucas seeks to capture the minds of even younger viewers, Image Comics takes a shot at Marvel, and one of the most famous music videos of all time may go 3D. All that and whole bunch of other fun stuff!
Crispin Glover talks Back to the Future controversy
Personally, I didn’t realize Back to the Future was mired in any kind of controversy, but it is. Speaking at a promotion for Hot Tub Time Machine, Crispin Glover, who played Marty McFly’s (Michael J. Fox) Dad spoke about the raw deal he was dealt after the first film came out:
“On the DVD to the Back to the Future trilogy, Bob Gale has said something that’s totally fabricated,” Glover told a group of reporters at this weekend’s press junket forHot Tub Time Machine. “He said I asked for twice the amount of money that Michael J. Fox asked for in the first film. In the negotiation for the second film, they offered me less than half of what any of the actors that were being asked to come back in the film—Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson and Tom Wilson. They had all done studio films, and they’d made a lot more money. I was being penalized.”
Interesting stuff. Mind you, considering the somewhat lackluster opinions of the second and third film maybe Glover got off easy by not being in them.
Jamie Foxx to star in Kane & Lynch video game adaption?
There hasn’t been a lot of talk about the film adaption of video game Kane & Lynch other than it could star Bruce Willis as Kane. Now, another big name is being tossed around to play opposite Willis, Jamie Foxx. Developed by IO Interactive Nu Image/Millennium is set to finance with Lionsgate distributing. While I’m confident in the actors involved, video games are not well known for the best of translations to the big screen.
George Lucas bringing Galactic Heroes to TV
Ask any “real” Star Wars fan and they will probably tell you that The Clone Wars cartoon is pretty childish. Well, prepared to consider that more mature entertainment. Looking to draw in even younger viewers to the Star Wars universe, George Lucas is working on a cartoon adaption of the Star Wars: Galactic Heroes toy line. You know, those chunky figures with a whopping two points of articulation (usually the arms). Worse yet, this problem means more screen time with the one Star Wars character that can relate best to 3 year olds-Jar Jar Binks.
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Posted in: 20th Century Fox · 3-D · Casting · Comedy · Comics · Film Festivals · Image Comics · Late Night · Lionsgate · Marvel · Movies · NBC · Networks · News · On The Radar · Reboots and Remakes · Star Wars · SXSW · TV · TV to Movies · Video Games
Tagged: Back to the Future, Bruce Willis, Conan O'Brien, Crispin Glover, George Lucas, Glee, Hank Azaria, Hot Tub Time Machine, Jamie Foxx, Jayme Mays, John Landis, Kane & Lynch, Michael Jackson, Neil Patrick Harris, Smurfs, The Avengers, Thriller
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