TV Show House to End After Eighth Season in May

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Here’s some disappointing news for fans of the immensely popular TV show, House as Fox have decided to end the show after the eighth season when it ends in May. According to Deadline who broke the story (and have a full report), Fox will give it’s creator David Shore the chance to end the show [...]

John Carter / Avatar Trailer Mash-Up

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I’m been pretty unenthusiastic about Disney’s John Carter. Let’s just get that straight. From the first trailer to the almost 10 minutes of footage screened at D23 this past year, I remain unconvinced.  While the work of fiction by Edgar Rice Burroughs are universally adored, and borrowed from, I have never been compelled into his world.  In [...]

Swinging Sixties Come Vividly Back to Life With X-Men Magazine Covers and Fan-made Trailer

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The early exploits of Charles and Erik (aka Professor X and Magneto) will be hitting cinema screen in just under two months time in the guise of X-Men: First Class, and Total Film have created some fantastic-looking tie-in retro magazine covers, which you can see below. Underneath those is a truly fabulous fan-made Saul Bass-inspired [...]

Angry Birds and Rio: The Next Generation of Movie/Video Game Marketing

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Millions of Angry Birds fans are waking up this morning to an exciting new instalment of their favourite game, albeit one with a not so subtle difference. Angry Birds Rio takes the original games mechanics, tweaks them slightly and weaves around it a story in which the titular vexed creatures have to smash locked birdcages [...]

Jack Could Be Back in Touch – Kiefer Heading to TV Land Again?

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Here’s some good news for those out there who are missing their regular Jack Bauer testosterone fix. Deadline is reporting that Kiefer Sutherland may be in the process of being lured back to Fox. The actor is currently in negotiations to star in drama pilot Touch. Created by Tim Kring, the phrase “high concept” definitely [...]

Paramount Goes Super Bowl Mad With Five Trailers Scheduled To Début

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The Super Bowl is famed for its tendency to host many of Hollywood’s most anticipated trailers and TV-spots, the studios eager to take advantage of its status as the most-watched televisual event of the year. With February 6 fast approaching, Paramount has bought enough time to advertise five of its prime summer releases (THR). The [...]

Spinning Tops and Horcruxes Lead Warner Bros. To Box Office Victory

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Rounding off their hat-trick with 2010 tucked firmly under their belt, Warner Bros. have officially conquered the domestic box office for a third year running. According to The Wrap, the studio – which released Inception and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I last year – has reported a domestic revenue approaching 1.9 billion for [...]

Glee’s Heather Morris Being Considered for Won’t-Go-Away Buffy Reboot

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Having dedicated one of my precious Truffles (The “You’re hiring Adam Sandler AGAIN” award for the The Worst Possible News of 2010, to be exact) to the news that a Buffy reboot was still in the works – and having made my opinion of said reboot particularly clear - it is with great disappointment that I [...]

Fox Commissions Napoleon Dynamite Animated Series

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Fox has picked up an animated series of Napoleon Dynamite, an adaptation of the 2004 cult classic. The original cast are set to reprise their roles in the new series, which “follows the misadventures of an awkward high school teenager and his quirky friends as they struggle to navigate life in rural Idaho.” Jared Hess [...]

Dollhouse Season 2 Blu-ray Review

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Whedonites of the world united around the internet a year or so ago to hear the news they were praying for, but not expecting – his mind swapping series Dollhouse was going to get a second series, and what a second series it is. Out on Blu-ray and DVD today the thirteen episodes continue the [...]

Lucas Till Added to X-Men: First Class’ Register

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Further updates on the Fox/Matthew Vaughn helmed X-Men: First Class project again today. According to Entertainment Weekly’s Hollywood Insider team, teen heart-throb Lucas Till has been added to the already swelling cast list for Matthew Vaughn’s X-Men: First Class. The details have the Hannah Montana: The Movie negotiating to play the role of Havok, otherwise known as Scott  [...]

Review: Did you ever see… Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

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This week sees the release of Fantastic Mr. Fox in the US, an adaptation of the classic Roald Dahl children’s story. Wes Anderson directs. Best known for adult themed, quirky comedy dramas, there is a question over whether he has been able to craft a movie with his unique style of humour that also appeals [...]

Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse Closed for Business

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It’s a shame, though not a surprise to learn from The Hollywood Reporter (via /Film) that Joss Whedon’s mix and match personality drama Dollhouse has been canceled by Fox. The Interweb is currently massing its forces and there’ll be the Whedonites screaming blue murder at Fox for pulling a Firefly, but if truth be told [...]

News: Independence Day 2

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Some crazy news coming to us from Latinoreview.com that there just might be a sequel to the mega blockbuster Independence Day. The guys at Latino Review have an interview with Roland Emmerich highlighting the possibilities of a sequel and Emmerich is quoted as saying there is a story and a script that they have taken [...]