Disney’s 17-year old “The Lion King” claimed the weekend box office crown, easily conquering three new releases. The 3D version of the animated film earned an estimated $29.3 million. The Top-12 grossing motion pictures for the weekend, per data collected as of Sunday, September 18, 2011 are as follows: Rank Film …
Read More »‘The Spectre’ In Development At Fox
Now that “The Human Target” is off the air, Fox is turning its sights on another character from the DC Comics stable. Fox is developing a potential drama series based on The Spectre. The Spectre, created by Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel and Bernard Bailey, first appeared in DC’sMore Fun Comics #51 in …
Read More »Super 8 Arrives On Blu-Ray and DVD This November
SUPER 8 debuts in a Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack with Digital Copy November 22, 2011 from Paramount Home Entertainment. Produced by Amblin, Bad Robot and Academy Award winner* Steven Spielberg, the exhilarating story follows a group of friends in a small Ohio town who witness a catastrophic train crash while making a super 8 movie. When …
Read More »Hunger Games Wraps Production
Lionsgate announced the close of principal photography on the highly anticipated film adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ runaway bestselling novel The Hunger Games. Lionsgate will release THE HUNGER GAMES on March 23, 2012. The film is the first in a series that Lionsgate is making based on the book trilogy that has become a …
Read More »Activision Uncovers Plans for GoldenEye 007 Reloaded Double ‘O’ Edition
The next level of espionage is at your fingertips in the most interactive James Bond experience ever with Activision Publishing forthcoming GoldenEye 007: Reloaded Double ‘O’ Edition. The robust bundle will include the game on Blu-ray disc, PlayStation Move motion controller, navigation controller, PlayStation Eye camera and Sharp Shooter peripheral, offering …
Read More »Animated All-Stars Take On With Baseball’s Best
Proving that baseball is now “the universe’s favorite pastime,” fans from the ivy-covered Wrigley Field to the barely-hospitable planet Zeenu can step up to the plate as 2K Play, Nickelodeon, the Major League Baseball Players Association and Major League Baseball Properties announce Nicktoons MLB is available in stores for the Xbox …
Read More »TNT to Present Castle Marathon
TNT will present a special eight-hour marathon of Castle episodes as a build-up to the show’s fourth-season premiere on ABC. TNT, which earlier this summer secured the exclusive off-network cable rights to the hit series from Disney-ABC Domestic Television, will present eight memorable episodes of Castle on Thursday, Sept. 15, beginning at 3 p.m. …
Read More »Transformers: Dark of the Moon Blasts Off on Blu-ray and DVD
A mysterious event from Earth’s past threatens to ignite a war so big that the TRANSFORMERS alone will not be able to save the planet. Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) and the AUTOBOTS must fight against the darkness to defend our world from the DECEPTICONS’ all-consuming evil in the smash hit from director Michael …
Read More »‘Contagion’ Wins Weekend
Warner Bros. and Participant Media’s viral pandemic thriller “Contagion” successfully infiltrated the domestic box office with a $23.1 million debut, easily winning the weekend race. The Top-12 grossing motion pictures for the weekend, per data collected as of Sunday, September 11, 2011, are as follows: Rank Film Name Distributor Name Weekend …
Read More »Star Trek Launches Anniversary Celebration With Trek Nation
When Gene Roddenberry’s epic series Star Trek first aired on September 8, 1966 no one knew what a phenomenon it would become. Forty-five years later, the legacy and millions of fans across the globe still continue to believe that space is the ‘final frontier’ and has yet to be fully …
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