Monthly Archives: July 2009
“Harry Potter” cleared nearly $400 million in its worldwide debut
Warner Bros.’ “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” cleared nearly $400 million in its worldwide debut, conjuring up the biggest overseas opening of all time at $237 million and grossing $159.7 million domestically. Total tally of $396.7 million is the strongest start ever for a “Harry Potter” film — and one of the top bows [...]
Read more30 Rock’ picked up 22 Emmy nominations, a record for a comedy.
Nominations for the 61st annual Emmy Awards, with two youth-oriented series — the animated “Family Guy” and HBO’s musical “Flight of the Conchords” — among the seven candidates for outstanding comedy series, while defending champ “30 Rock” garnered 22 bids, a record-setting tally for a laffer. A rules change expanded the number of designated comedy [...]
Read moreBBC online comedy moves to BBC2
A BBC online laffer will transfer to one of the pubcaster’s main TV channels for the first time. Youth-focused “Fresh,” about the escapades of a group of college freshmen, began life as five-minute webisodes produced by the BBC’s teen website Switch. Beginning in the fall, seven 30-minute episodes will air on BBC2′s teen-branded block Switch [...]
Read moreHugh Jackman in ‘Avon Man’
In a high-six-figure deal, 20th Century Fox has acquired “Avon Man,” a comedy pitch from “Hitch” writer Kevin Bisch, as a star vehicle for Hugh Jackman, with Bisch to script. Jackman and Seed Prods. partner John Palermo will produce, along with Gary Foster at Krasnoff Foster Entertainment. Story follows men laid off from an auto [...]
Read moreEmily Blunt Emily Blunt To Star Opposite Matt Damon in ‘Bureau’
Emily Blunt has landed the female lead in “Adjustment Bureau,” joining Matt Damon in the George Nolfi-directed science-fiction thriller adapted from Philip K. Dick’s short story. Damon will play a smooth-talking congressman whose political future is thrown in doubt by uncontrollable events and the arrival in his life of a mysterious ballerina, played by Blunt. [...]
Read morePercy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, 2010
Percy Jackson and The Olympians: The Lightning Thief teaser trailer. Poseidon’s son, a 12 year old boy, sets out on a quest in present-day America to rescue his mother, return Zeus’ stolen lightning bolt and prevent a civil war from erupting among the gods. Directed Chris Columbus Writer: Craig Titley Studio: 20th Century Fox Cast: [...]
Read moreAn Education, 2009 -Trailer
Sony Pictures Classics has released a trailer for An Education. Jenny is a top A-level student who has hopes of attending university at Oxford in the early 1960’s, but she meets a charismatic older man (Peter Sarsgaard) who offers an exciting alternative of seeing and experiencing life. The story is adapted from Lynn Barber’s memoirs [...]
Read moreDespicable Me , 2010 -Movie Trailer
Trailer Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment’s Despicable Me, a computer animated film about a trio of orphan girls cause the normally deplorable Groo to rethink his plan to steal the moon. Despicable Me hits theaters on July 9th 2010.
Read moreNeil Patrick Harris will host the Emmys
Neil Patrick Harris, who has twice been nominated for an Emmy for his portrayal of Barney Stinson, the lovable ladies’ man on “How I Met Your Mother,” will host the Emmys on CBS on Sept. 20. Harris, who earned critical praise for his hosting of the Tony Awards in June, follows last year’s disastrous experiment [...]
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