Sony’s 3D The Green Hornet grossed an estimated $34 million, coming in on the lower end of expectations. The superhero film stood at the top of a weak box office, a disturbing trend for the industry as it marks a continuing downturn for studio popcorn titles. Overall revenues for the …
Read More »ABC Orders “Charlie’s Angels” Remake
ABC picked up a one-hour Charlie’s Angels drama pilot from a movie angel and the producers of Smallville. Based on the 1970s classic, the remake will be a modern take on the Angels and will be set in Miami. Alfred Gough and Miles Millar wrote the script and are executive …
Read More »Power Rangers Samurai Debuts Feb. 7
Nickelodeon introduces a new generation of kids to the legendary Power Rangers franchise with the prime-time premiere of Power Rangers Samurai, on Monday, Feb. 7, at 8:00 p.m. (ET/PT). Combining comedy with action-filled storylines, the all-new half-hour series features a new cast of Rangers and never-before-seen villains, as well as …
Read More »Bond 23 Gets a Release Date
After a long delay, the 23rd film in the James Bond franchise now has a worldwide release date of November 9, 2012, and will go before cameras in late 2011, according to Deadline. The delay on the film was due to MGM’s financial woes, starting with the unsuccessful auction sale …
Read More »‘Star Wars’ Blu-ray Sets to be Released in Sept.
Fox Home Entertainment will release George Lucas‘ Star Wars films in three distinct Blu-ray sets in September. Star Wars: The Complete Saga will feature all six live-action features, along with three additional discs and more than 30 hours of extensive special features including never-before-seen deleted and alternate scenes and an exploration of the …
Read More »“True Grit” Gallops to the Top of the Box Office
“True Grit” stayed strong to wrest the weekend box office crown from “Little Fockers,” grossing an estimated $15 million, bringing its total to $110.4 million. The Top-12 grossing motion pictures for the weekend, per data collected as of Sunday, January 9, 2011 are as follows: Rank Film Name Distributor Name …
Read More »Fox Releases First Images of “Terra Nova”
The first images have been released from Steven Spielberg’s highly anticipated “Terra Nova.”
Read More »Spartacus Goes Social
Starz Digital Media announced the upcoming launches of its first social media game,Spartacus: Gods of the Arena, and iPad multimedia script app for the “Spartacus” Starz original series. The Spartacus: Gods of the Arena social media game is free to play and brings players into a world of fame, fortune, glory …
Read More »Rocky & Bullwinkle & Friends Complete Series Available on DVD
And now, here’s something we hope you’ll really like! On January 4th, 2011, Classic Media, a global media company with a portfolio of some of the world’s leading family entertainment brands, and Bullwinkle Studios, announced the release of Rocky & Bullwinkle & Friends : The Complete Series on DVD in a collectible edition box …
Read More »Hub To Premiere ‘Transformers Prime’
The Hub, a television network for kids and their families, will premiere its original half-hour, full CGI animated series “Transformers Prime” in its regular weekly time period with a new episode Friday, February 11 (4:30 p.m. ET). Announcement of the premiere date was made following the network’s recent record-setting performance …
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