Archive for the ‘Entertainment’ Category
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The Green Hornet Cruises to MLK Weekend Box Office Victory
Though it wasn't a spectacular opening weekend take The Green Hornet turned in results in line with expectations. The film was able to make $34 million for the three days and is expected to cross $40 million over the four day holiday weekend. The Green Hornet becomes the third highest opener in January history, trailing just Cloverfield and the 1997 re-release of Star Wars. Sony did their best to make the film feel like a summer blockbuster with a heavy marketing push. Reviews were mixed...
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New Trailer for Scream 4
A brand new theatrical trailer for Scream 4 has arrived. The story finds Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) being visited by Ghostface 10 years after the events of the first film. The main characters are back including those played by Courtney Cox and David Arquette. The cast has been filled out with names such as Emma Roberts, Hayden Panettiere, Rory Culkin, Anthony Anderson, Adam Brody, and Alison Brie. Wes Craven is back to direct the film as he has with all of the previous installments. Screa...
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New Trailer for Priest
The first theatrical trailer for Priest has arrived, a movie that showed initial footage at Comic-Con that I found to be somewhat uninspired along with carrying the dreaded "conversion" 3D. Priest is based on the graphic novel series and follows the “Priests” who have disbanded after completing the task of killing off a vampire uprising. However one is going against the declaration in an attempt to track down the vampires that kidnapped his niece. The film stars Paul Bettany, Maggi...
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Californication Renewed for Fifth Season
Showtime has announced that Californication has been picked up for a fifth season. The series has been a consistent winner for the network and the current showrunner believes there is no end in sight and they'll keep it going as long as they can. Production on the 12 episodes for season five will begin in spring to debut early next year. The news comes only one episode into the new season. The season four premiere last week delivered a series high premiere rating and even more impressively ...
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Alien Prequel Evolves into Prometheus
Just a short time ago Fox announced via Twitter that director Ridley Scott's next project will be a sci-fi epic known as Prometheus. The movie is set to star Noomi Rapace, best known for her performance as Lisbeth Salander in the Swedish version of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. A release date of March 9th 2012 has also been nailed down. What does that mean for the long rumored Alien prequels that Scott had been working towards getting up and running?Ă‚Â Prometheus is what those have turn...
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First Look at Andrew Garfield as Spider-Man
Just last week we got the first glimpse of Andrew Garfield in the role of Peter Parker with a handful of pictures from the set. Now comes the first image of Garfield as Spider-Man with the release of an official promo photo by Sony. Better to get out in front and release this than have shots of questionable quality or context leak from the set. The Spider-Man reboot has been filming since early December and is heading towards release on July 3rd 2012. Garfield stars along with Emma Stone as G...
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Tron: Legacy Likely to Get a Sequel
Despite a mixed response from audiences and unspectacular box office results, Disney may be set to green light a sequel to Tron: Legacy. According to Aint It Cool News the announcement of a sequel could be coming in the near future. Budgeted at $170 million, but with a marketing push that may have resulted in the total spent having approached $300 million, Disney had hoped that Tron: Legacy would launch a new franchise. They saw it as a "boys" franchise to go along with all the more female ...
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Lights Out Premiere Ratings Create Concern
Despite a solid marketing push and great buzz the new FX series Lights Out debuted to disappointing ratings. The premiere brought in just 1.5 million viewers and a 0.6 18-49 rating. Combined with encore showings Lights Out totaled 2.4 million viewers for the evening. FX recently canceled the widely championed but low rated Terriers after its first season. That show started with 1.6 million viewers and 0.5 18-49 rating and eventually fell several points despite a dedicated fan base. Lights O...
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