tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14511151378450183622009-11-25T21:55:07.693-05:00The blog for the podcast. This is the place to go to see what we're talking about, things we wanted to talk about on the show, things that we had on, and just general stuff. Check back here on a regular basis.Aaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12411012081653953077noreply@blogger.comBlogger607125blogspot/lVJehttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1451115137845018362.post-381234338273735642009-11-25T21:51:00.003-05:002009-11-25T21:55:07.706-05:002009-11-25T21:55:07.706-05:00

ComingSoon.net talked exclusively to director John Hillcoat, Viggo Mortensen and Michael Kenneth Williams about The Road, the adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's beloved, best-selling and Pulitzer Prize winning novel.The Road is the epic post-apocalyptic tale of a journey taken by a father (Mortensen) and his young son (Kodi Smit-McPhee) across a barren landscape that was blasted by an unnamed

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FX has acquired the ad-supported TV rights to the four Twilight movies in a package deal with producer Summit Entertainment that also includes the indie studio's Oscar hopeful The Hurt Locker, and this year's action films Knowing and Push. FX will start running Twilight, the first movie in the franchise, beginning in late 2011. New Moon, which shattered projections to open at $142.8 million

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Even fairy tales must come to an end.The once-upon-a-time spoofing that began with Shrek in 2001, will conclude when Shrek Forever After, the fourth and final movie in the franchise arrives on May 21st. The first trailer will premiere at showings of Avatar. Below are the first photos and a couple of hints about what to expect from the film. Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy and Cameron Diaz are back as

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In what is shaping to be the biggest change in first-run syndication business in two decades, Oprah Winfrey will announce on her show Friday that she will end her daily syndicated talk show on September 9th, 2011, after 25 years on the air. Although the announcement has been anticipated for the past several weeks, it still is a blow to local TV stations around the country that have counted on The

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NBC announced in a press release today that Chuck will return for it's third season on Sunday, January 10th, before moving to Mondays at 8 p.m. starting the next night.Guest stars this season will include Angie Harmon, Brandon Routh, Kristin Kreuk, Armand Assante, Steve Austin, Robert Patrick and Vinnie Jones. NBC also released this trailer as well.Here's some of NBC's press release: UNIVERSAL

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ABC announced today that the sixth and final season of Lost will kick-off with a special all-night event on Tuesday, February 2nd. A recap special will kick off the night from 8:00-9:00 p.m., ET, followed by the much anticipated two-hour premiere from 9:00-11:00 p.m. The series will then air in its regular time period Tuesday nights from 9:00-10:00 p.m., ET beginning the following week, on

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Roland Emmerich kicked off the holiday season in earnest with the biggest single movie weekend box office take since July, as 2012 brought in an estimated $65 million over the weekend, making it the seventh biggest November opener ever. At the same time 2012 also brought in $160 million outside the United States for a 3-day worldwide gross of $225 million. In its second weekend, Disney's A

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Okay, Sunday marks the second of the final four David Tennant episodes of Doctor Who. Last fall Tennant announced he was leaving the show after four seasons, but first the fans would see him in four specials this year. The first special (Planet of the Dead) aired at Easter. Next month the other two specials (The End of Time and the as-yet-named last episode) will air on Christmas and New Year's

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Everything is coming out of the woodwork now for James Cameron's Avatar. And why not? with a little more than five weeks until it launches, as well as the shroud of secrecy surrounding the film, releasing trailers spots and clips all at once is to be expected. Fox aired a new extended TV spot for the film during Glee and you can now watch the video using the player below! The spot may look like

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Late Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, comedy duo Tom and Dick Smothers and actress Candice Bergen will be among those inducted into the Television Academy's Hall of Fame in January. The Television Academy said today they would be joined by Saturday Night Live and game show announcer Don Pardo, The Price is Right game show creator Bob Stewart and Emmy-award winning art director Charles Lisanby

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A little bit 300 mixed in with a little bit of Beowulf and you get the first teaser for next years Clash of the Titans.Out on March 26th, Clash of the Titans is the second Greek god themed film releasing in as many months. Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief comes out February 12th.You can watch the trailer below. In the film, the ultimate struggle for power pits men against kings

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We’ve had a couple of trailers now for James Cameron’s Avatar and so far it’s focused more on the battle with the Na’vi. This new TV spot that has a nice Disney-style voice over on it where we get to see a bit more footage.The movie releases on December 18th, 12 years to the day that Cameron's last release Titanic, graced the screens.

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A Christmas Carol bowed during the weekend to an estimated $31 million at the North American boxoffice. That number wasn't as big a holiday gift as the studio was hoping for, but with Christmas seven weekends away, the 3D movie has time to spread cheer. For moviegoers in the mood for darker material, Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire, opened at No. 13 after earning a hefty $1.8

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Now that I've gotten A Christmas Carol out of my system (saw it, really liked it, will see it again), I can now continue on with my major obsession of the year: Sherlock Holmes. It's out on Christmas Day and here is a new behind the scenes featurette featuring cast and crew interviews.

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News from the Johnny Depp front has the actor still busy at work with future projects. Amongst those projects is the fourth Pirates installment On Stranger Tides, which has been the subject of speculation that because of Dick Cook's ousting from Disney in September, Depp was backing out. Word from Jerry Bruckheimer this week begs to differ with that.Collider.com got to talk to the mega-producer

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Commercials are already playing, stores have their sales beginning, down here in Toronto the historical Bay store has their famous Christmas windows up, and in just two days Christmas comes to the big screen in glorious Digital 3D in the guise of Disney's A Christmas Carol. ComingSoon.net talked to director Robert Zemeckis, Jim Carrey, Colin Firth and Bob Hoskins about the motion capture

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USA Today reports that Shawn Levy, director of the Night at the Museum movies, has signed on to produce a feature film based on The Berenstain Bears books.The comedy will feature a mix of live-action and computer animation.Walden Media, the company behind the Chronicles of Narnia films, has acquired the film rights. The popular books were written by by Jan and the late Stan Berenstain."I'd like

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Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin are joining forces to co-host the 82nd Annual Academy Awards, the telecast's producers Bill Mechanic and Adam Shankman said today.Doubling down on comedy, the producers said: "Steve will bring the experience of having hosted the show in the past, and Alec will be a completely fresh personality for this event."Martin hosted the 73rd and 75th Oscars in 2001 and 2003,

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When following movie and TV news on a regular basis, every once in a while I'll fall upon a spoiler for one of my favourite shows and I just deal with it. While this doesn't reveal any plot details it's still a bit of a spoiler. So If you don't wish to know this than feel free to not read it as it relates to the upcoming eighth season of 24 which will have a two-night two hour season premiere

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The first trailer for Disney's Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time has debuted at IGN and can now be viewed using the player below! Directed by Mike Newell (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire), the fantasy-action-adventure stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Ben Kingsley, Gemma Arterton (Quantum of Solace), Alfred Molina (The Da Vinci Code) and Toby Kebbell (RockNRolla).In the Jerry Bruckheimer-produced

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This didn't take long at all and really came as no surprise but, for now, the turmoil surrounding Southland (recently canceled by NBC) has ended as TNT officially picked up the show today. The cop-drama from Emmy-winning producer John Wells (ER, The West Wing) will begin airing in January. TNT has obtained exclusive rights to air all six episodes that have been shot (but not yet aired) for the

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As we all wake up today with an hour's extra sleep and big bowls of candy to eat up, we realize it is now November and the next big day on our radars is Christmas. Friday marks the start of the holiday season for Hollywood with the release Disney's A Christmas Carol starring the voice talent of Jim Carrey and the vision of director Robert Zemeckis. The movie looks promising and a sure hit for

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Somehow I missed this one last week when it was released, I'm almost ashamed seeing as this is the movie I've been looking forward to the most all year, I'm even planning my Christmas around it. I intend to see Sherlock Holmes the day it comes out which is December 25th. Here's the more action packed trailer for the movie.

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Thanks to ABC's new Wednesday night comedy lineup this fall, I now have two nights of laughs. The original night was Sunday nights on Fox and their animation lineup which consists of Family Guy, American Dad and now The Cleveland Show. News broke that Fox has ordered a sixth season of American Dad that will now keep my two nights intact for a little while. Facing a deadline on the options for

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Sony Pictures is moving forward on MIB 3, the third movie in its sci-comedy franchise.Tropic Thunder writer Etan Cohen is penning the script, and Barry Sonnenfeld, who directed the first two films, is said to be attached to the new installment, though there is no formal deal or offer as yet.The studio is eyeing a 2010 start date for the production.Will Smith, who starred with Tommy Lee Jones in

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