Mike Richards did not last very long at all as the new host of Jeopardy!. Following the death of Alex Trebek in 2020, it was announced that a series of temporary guest hosts would fill in for the next season while producers debated who would serve as the permanent host. Among them was the show’s executive producer Mike Richards, who was recently announced to serve as the primary host of Jeopardy!...
Even though the upfronts for the major networks have concluded, there are still more TV deals being made with new shows at MTV and Fox being lined up. Deadline TV is reporting that MTV is circling an American version of the BBC series The Inbetweeners. The site reports that the cable network is close to giving a pilot commitment to the new show, with Iain Morris and Damon Beesley, producers of the original series, set to produce....
NBC has issued an early renewal for its acclaimed drama Medium (Wednesdays, 10-11 p.m. ET) for a fourth season in 2007-08, it was announced by Kevin Reilly, President, NBC Entertainment. “Medium is a quality show with an outstanding star that has always delivered a very loyal audience,” said Reilly. “We are pleased to know that we can look forward to more of its unique storytelling next year under executive producer Glenn Gordon Caron’s superb creative vision....
Coming soon to Netflix, The Midnight Club will be the fourth series for Mike Flanagan and Trevor Macy at the streaming service under their Intrepid Pictures overall deal and their first series for the young-adult audience. Here’s the plot, the cast, and everything else you need to know about the show. The Midnight Club is a story adapted from the young adult horror novel of the same name by Christopher Pike and tells the story of seven terminally ill teens who reside at Rotterdam Home....
Makeup effects specialist Steve Johnson has dug into his archives once more with another never-before-seen video of the underwater alien puppets in James Cameron’s The Abyss. Take a look at this video from io9 below, which also features commentary from Steve Johnson describing the huge task behind designing these creatures. We have showcased Steve Johnson’s work in the past, with the unused animatronic video from Ang Lee’s Hulk and photos of the Superman costume for the scrapped Tim Burton movie, Superman Lives....
On June 1st, The Stranger makes its long-awaited debut on DVD and Blu-ray. The film finds pro wrestling legend Steve Austin starring as a man with no name, no memory and absolutely nothing left to lose. When he finds himself hunted by both the FBI and the Russian mob, this amnesiac decides to fight back. Pursuit cannot stop him. Torture will not break him. And with every beating, bullet and betrayal, he’ll remember another piece of the horror that took away his career, his family and his identity....
We all know how important it is to be recognized for our work. Whether we are talking about a gift, a promotion, or even an actual award, this kind of recognition not only means that our efforts are appreciated, but it also boosts our career, paving the way for better future opportunities. The same goes for actors, filmmakers, and artists in the movie and TV industry, where recognition is even more significant, as it can directly influence their professional development....
Starz in association with Sony Pictures Television has announced today that Graham McTavish (The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, 24) will play Dougal MacKenzie and Gary Lewis (Billy Elliot, Gangs of New York) will play Colum MacKenzie in the highly anticipated original series Outlander. The series will be adapted from Diana Gabaldon’s international best-selling books, with the first two episodes written by executive producer Ronald D. Moore (Battlestar Galactica, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: The Next Generation) and directed by John Dahl (Dexter, Breaking Bad, Justified)....
Now that Spider-Man 3 is almost out of the way, let’s all turn our attention to something a little more devious. Yahoo! Movies has an exclusive first look at a couple of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End television ads over at their site. TV Spot: “Stand Together” TV Spot: “Are You Prepared” CLICK HERE to view them in all their glorious splendor! In the follow-up to the record-breaking smash 2006 hit Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, we find our heroes Will Turner (Orlando Bloom), Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley) allied with Captain Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) in a desperate quest to free Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) from his mind-bending trap in Davy Jones’ locker - while the terrifying ghost ship, The Flying Dutchman and Davy Jones, under the control of the East India Trading Company, wreaks havoc across the Seven Seas....
Playboy TV will premiere the series Foursome on July 8 (9:30 p.m. ET / 10:30 p.m. PT), the most outrageous and uninhibited reality dating show ever conceived. In each 30-minute episode, Playboy brings together four sexy singles to explore their wild sides. Two gorgeous girls and two hot guys are set up in an eye-popping Hollywood hilltop mansion and provided with lavish food, refreshments, toys and sexy scenarios as they live out the most unforgettable 24 hours of their lives and the sparks fly where they may....
The PS3 is going 2.0! According to Video Business, Sony has announced a new firmware upgrade for their Playstation 3 that will make the gaming console the first ever Profile 2.0 Blu-Ray player. This profile also includes BD-Live, which will allow users to download content from the Internet via the Ethernet port and will also allow for picture-in-picture playback, which the Profile. 1.1 does not offer. “With Blu-ray established as the high-definition optical disc standard, more consumers are ready to jump in and take advantage of everything the format offers,” said Scott A....
Walt Disney Pictures and Walden Media, in collaboration with Academy Award®-nominated director Andrew Adamson, have begun pre-production on The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, the next big screen installment of the “Narnia” Chronicles, and the follow-up to the international blockbuster, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, it was announced today (2/2). The latter film, based on the works of C. S. Lewis, has attracted legions of moviegoers all over the world and has grossed in excess of $637....
Spike TV has announced that production is set to begin March 28 in Pittsburgh, PA on the fast-paced, thrilling original scripted eight-hour dramatic event The Kill Pit, starring Emmy Award-winner and Golden Globe nominee John Leguizamo and Donnie Wahlberg. Steve Shill (The Sopranos, The Wire, Rome and the upcoming series The Tudors) has been signed to direct all eight hours and will serve as a co-executive producer of the series from Lionsgate in association with Mandeville....
20th Century Fox has released a new photo from Prometheus, which arrives in theaters nationwide June 8. Take a look at this new image below, which features Noomi Rapace, and read on for new details on this sci-fi drama from writer Damon Lindelof. Damon Lindelof revealed in an interview that Prometheus feels big by featuring characters in large places. The writer also talked about the secretive nature of Prometheus, relating it to his TV series Lost....
Randy Rhoads: Reflections of a Guitar Icon remembers a pioneering rock and roll virtuoso whose brilliant light was tragically extinguished. Ozzy Osbourne called him “a small guy with giant talent.” The pair are forever linked for two legendary albums that were released within three years. Blizzard of Ozz and Diary of a Madman catapulted Osbourne, who was unceremoniously fired from Black Sabbath, to even greater success. Osbourne’s snap decision to hire an acclaimed guitarist from the Los Angeles club scene resurrected his career and turned Randy Rhoads into a household name....
Paramount Pictures has released a new b-roll featurette for the upcoming animated movie Rango, which arrives in theaters nationwide on March 4. Click on the video player below to go behind-the-scenes of the production, with Johnny Depp and Isla Fisher both recording and acting out their lines for this animated adventure. From the director of Pirates of The Caribbean comes Rango, featuring Johnny Depp in an original animated comedy-adventure that takes moviegoers for a hilarious and heartfelt walk in the Wild West....
Rashida Jones and Andy Samberg are set to star in the long-gestating romantic dramedy Celeste and Jesse Forever, that was co-written by Rashida Jones and Will McCormack. Lee Toland Krieger is on board to direct the film, which centers on a couple who is getting divorced but wants to remain friends while pursuing new relationships. No production date has been set. “Our movie is about two people who love each other a ton but they don’t know what to do with that love, and how do you let that person go,” Rashida Jones said....
MadTV celebrates 300 episodes of unrivaled pop-culture parodies and politically incorrect humor Saturday, Nov. 17 (11:00-Midnight ET/PT) on FOX. Former cast members Mo Collins and Debra Wilson Skelton return to toast 13 seasons of late-night laughs from the historic Henry Fonda Theater in Hollywood. In the episode Wilson reprises her heralded “Whitney Houston” impression as she belts out a special tune commemorating MadTV’s most outrageously magic moments, and Collins appears as the beloved Midwest fuss-pot, “Lorraine....
Marisa Tomei has been tapped for the title role of CBS’ comedy pilot The Rich Inner Life of Penelope Cloud. The show centers on a brilliant, opinionated writer (Tomei), struggling to deliver the follow-up to her acclaimed first novel, who has an epiphany and tries to recapture her youthful optimism., says The Hollywood Reporter. Holly Robinson Peete has joined ABC’s drama pilot Football Wives. The show follows the wives of professional football players; Robinson Peete will play the mother of the star wide receiver (Brian White)....
While there has continued to be split opinions over Kevin Smith’s Masters of the Universe: Revelation, with die-hard fans either loving the return of the muscle man of Eternia or loathing what Kevin Smith has done during the first season of the series, but one thing that is not up for discussion is that despite being seen as “the guy who plays Luke Skywalker”, Luke Hamill continues to show that he is also one of the most prolific voice actors of his generation....
