Entertainment Round-Up

Industry News and Rumors:

contributors: Rest_Easy and sevinw0rds.

Movies

01) Here are the box office numbers from last weekend:

01. Michael Jackson's This Is It $23,234,394 $34,442,926
02. Paranormal Activity $16,387,327 $84,627,372
03. Law Abiding Citizen $7,403,630 $51,485,280
04. Couples Retreat $6,460,525 $87,026,280
05. Where the Wild Things Are $5,931,417 $62,650,379
06. Saw VI $5,270,794 $22,534,749
07. Astro Boy $3,460,651 $11,316,418
08. The Stepfather (2009) $3,207,792 $24,555,801
09. Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant $3,098,185 $10,809,975
10. Amelia $3,034,667 $8,340,499

02) A sequel to the glorious creation Who Framed Roger Rabbit? is currently in the works.

03) Bradley Cooper will star in the suspense thriller Dark Fields as a writer who takes a pill that gives him full use of his brain. Unfortunately, "he soon realizes that his newfound intelligence and success come at a hefty price as mysterious forces begin to pursue him."

04) Yogi Bear is headed to the big screen in a live-action/CG animated adaptation starring Anna Faris, Dan Aykroyd, and Justin Timberlake. Will it be worse than A Tail of Two Kitties?

05) Eminem is returning to the film industry after an eight-year absence in Shady Tavez, which is being described as a cross between The Twilight Zone and Creepshow.

06) Danny Boyle's (Slumdog Millionaire) next project will be based on the true story of Aron Ralston, the mountaineer who used a knife to amputate his own arm after being trapped under a boulder for five days.

07) Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie are currently attached to The Tourist, a remake of the 2005 French thriller Anthony Zimmer.

08) Bearded phenomenon Zach Galifianakis is in talks to voice Humpty Dumpty in the Shrek spin-off Puss In Boots.

09) Screenwriter David Goyer (Batman Begins) says Ghost Rider 2 will be "the Casino Royale" of the franchise.

10) J.J. Abrams is in talks to produce a movie about the Japanese toy line Micronauts.

11) Sir Ian McKellen has read the scripts for The Hobbit, and he seems pretty impressed overall. Oh, and don't expect to see Gimli again.

12) Alexander Payne (Sideways, About Schmidt) is in talks with George Clooney to join his next film, The Descendants. Clooney would play "a wealthy landowner who takes his two daughters on a search for his wife's lover in the hopes of keeping his family together."

13) Even though District 9 has earned more than $200 million worldwide, Peter Jackson and Neil Blomkamp aren't very close to making a sequel.

14) The screen rights to the Terminator film franchise will be going up for auction this month, and Joss Whedon has a grand vision in mind: Terminator... of the Rings!

15) J.J. Abrams has discussed the possibility of Khan appearing in a Star Trek sequel.

16) Comic book writer Mark Millar (Kick-Ass, Wanted) is looking to direct a superhero movie.

17) If you didn't get enough Gremlins in the '80s and '90s, get reader for Jitters.

18) Zach Galifianakis has joined the cast of It's Kind of a Funny Story.

Television

01) Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin will co-host the 82nd Academy Awards.

02) CBS has renewed How I Met Your Mother for another season, but it looks like Numb3rs is getting the axe.

03) 13.9 million viewers tuned in for the premiere episode of V, and ABC will be using V for the first "Episode Commentary" online feature.

04) TNT has picked up the NBC-abandoned series Southland.

05) James Franco will be making a guest appearance on 30 Rock as himself. Oh, and Germans aren't too fond of Liz Lemon.

06) Jemaine Clement says Flight of the Conchords may not be back for a third season.

Coming Soon to Theaters:

November 20, 2009

The Twilight Saga: New Moon - Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner star in the next chapter of the popular supernatural romance saga.

The Blind Side - Sandra Bullock stars as a well-to-do suburban mom who forms an unlikely friendship with a struggling teen from a broken home.

Planet 51 - The sudden arrival of an alien -- an American astronaut -- wreaks havoc among the little green inhabitants of a distant alien planet.

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (Limited) - Nicolas Cage stars as a drug-addicted rogue cop who play and fast and loose with the law in post-Katrina New Orleans.

Broken Embraces (Limited) - Penelope Cruz stars in a four-way tale of dangerous love, shot in the style of a hard-boiled 1950s American film noir.

Mammoth
(Limited) A New York family man goes on a life-changing business trip to Thailand, setting off a chain of dramatic events.

The Missing Person (Limited) - A private detective investigates a man who turns out to be one of the thousands presumed dead after the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Red Cliff (Limited) - John Woo directs an epic historical drama based on a legendary 208 A.D. battle that heralded the end of the Han Dynasty.

Next Weekend

2012 - A group of survivors struggle to stay alive when a global cataclysm - predicted by the Mayan calendar - brings an end to the world.

Pirate Radio - In the 1960s, a group of rogue DJs rocked the high seas and shook up stuffy British society, all for the love of music.

Dare (Limited) - Three high school seniors decide they can no longer ignore their deepest needs and take the biggest risk of their lives.

The Messenger (Limited) - An officer assigned to the Army's Casualty Notification service bears the bad news to the loved ones of fallen soldiers.

Ten9Eight: Shoot for the Moon (Limited) - Documentary follows the stories of several inner city teens as they compete in an annual business plan competition.

Uncertainty (Limited) - The split tale of a couple at a crossroad in their relationship, and the consequences of a seemingly simple decision.

Women in Trouble (Limited) - One tumultuous day in the lives of ten seemingly disparate women, all with one thing in common: trouble.

In Theaters Now:

The Box - Cameron Diaz and James Marsden are an unhappy couple who receive a mysterious box that brings instant wealth at a deadly cost.

Disney's A Christmas Carol - Jim Carrey is the voice of Ebenezer Scrooge in a new animated adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic holiday tale.

The Fourth Kind - Milla Jovovich stars as a psychologist who discovers disturbing evidence of alien abductions in small town Alaska.

The Men Who Stare at Goats (Limited) - George Clooney is a shadowy figure who claims to be part of a secret U.S. military unit specializing in psychic warfare.

Precious (Limited) - A pregnant, illiterate teen is accepted into an alternative school where a teacher helps her find a new path in her life.

Splinterheads (Limited) - A twentysomething slacker falls for a gorgeous con artist who rolls into town with a small-time carnival.

Collapse (Limited) - A look at the life of Michael Ruppert, an independent reporter who predicted the current financial crisis.

Movie Trailers:

Bad Lieutenant
Despicable Me
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Invictus
Love
One Good Man
The Road
Serious Moonlight
Uncertainty
Up in the Air

DVDs Out Next Week:

New Releases
Ballast
Evergreen
Ink
Spread
The Accidental Husband
The Echo
The Merry Gentlemen
The Ugly Truth
Up

TV Box Sets
Batman The Brave and the Bold: Season Two
Dawson's Creek: Complete Series
Dragonball: Season Two
Heartland: Season One, Part Two
Hogan's Heroes: Complete Series
JAG: Season Nine
Justice League: Complete Series
Keeping up with the Kardashians: Season Two
Krod Mandoon: Season One
Nash Bridges: Season Three
Road to Avonlea: Season One
Road to Avonlea: Season Two
Sarah Jane Adventures: Season Two
Show Me Yours: Complete Series
SpongeBob SquarePants: Truth or Square
The Untouchables: Season Three, V2
Tsubasu: Season One

Special Editions / Other Releases
Blood Moon Rising
Blue Seduction
Desperate Hours
Devil Girl
Eating Out: All You Can Eat
Full Metal Village
Hurt
Ice World
Lake Tahoe
Livestock
Mamma Mia!: Gimme Gimme Gimme Gift Set
Ninja Assassins
Pray for Hell
Special Operating Room
Subtle Seduction
Summer's Moon
The Break-Up Artist
The Gambler, the Girl and the Gunslinger
The Heartbreak Yakuza
Woman in Berlin
Would Be Kings
Zebraman: Special Edition

AbsolutePunk Entertainment Links:

Community
Curb Your Enthusiasm
FlashForward
The Horror Thread 2
Modern Family
The Office
Movie Lists 2009
Paranormal Activity
Parks and Recreation
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien

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sources: aintitcool.com, apple.com/trailers, boxofficemojo.com, darkhorizons.com, imdb.com, movies.ign.com, movies.yahoo.com

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Sequel to Roger Rabbit? I'm in.
Glad to see V did so well. I really enjoyed the pilot.

V looks good but i've yet to check it out.

kind of sucks no gimli in the hobbit.

glad Southland finally got picked up

Fuck dem Germans.

Joss Whedon's bid for Terminator is hilarious, I think he should get it.

Quote:

More Glau. Hey. There's a reason they're called "Summer" movies.

And I'm not surprised that 30Rock didn't take off in Germany, a lot of the humor is tied to the fact that its an NBC show about an NBC show. Germans in general would have very little knowledge of what NBC or SNL really are or mean to viewers here. Although i've always found it curious how much Liz is connected to German culture, her speaking (bad) german, and singing 99 Luftballoons etc, but that doesn't really show up until later in the series.

Goyer writing ghost rider 2 gives me hope.

02) A sequel to the glorious creation Who Framed Roger Rabbit? is currently in the works.
Completely unneccessary, if they dare us CGI instead of animation I'll really be pissed

05) Eminem is returning to the film industry after an eight-year absence in Shady Tavez, which is being described as a cross between The Twilight Zone and Creepshow.
It can't be worse than snoop dogg's "Hood of Horrors"

16) Comic book writer Mark Millar (Kick-Ass, Wanted) is looking to direct a superhero movie.
I'd rather he take the time to get Kick-Ass out on time, that'd be really nice of him actually

02) CBS has renewed How I Met Your Mother for another season, but it looks like Numb3rs is getting the axe.
As much as I love this show, I really hope next season is the last one, there's really not much more they can do except get Robin & Barney married and let Ted meet his wife

06) Jemaine Clement says Flight of the Conchords may not be back for a third season.
This is probably for the best. Season 2 was awful in comparison to season 1... the new CD is amazing though

Glad to know Big Bang Theory and HIMYM have picked up full orders.

Khan in the new Star Trek would be interesting. I'm glad the DVD hits in a little over a week.

Roger Rabbit sequel? Nice, but the appeal to the original was that combining cartoons and real life actors was so cutting-edge at the time, that might be lost by modern standards.

It's been so long since Yogi Bear has been popular. I wonder if people will really care about the movie.

That Eminem movie sounds like grade-A crap.

Is Where the Wild Things Are doing as well as they expected it to? It's made less money than Couples Retreat...

Dark Fields sounds very interesting (and Cooper is a major bonus).

Hopefully James Franco on 30 Rock is as funny as I imagine it will be.

"I hate to say it's more realistic, because he's got a flaming skull for a head..."

lol.

if WFRR's sequel DOESNT have a mickey/bugs interaction again, i wont see it.