Archive for March, 2008
Dollhouse: new cast, casting sides, Buffy alum rumours
Joss Whedon is definitely back in business: he recently finished writing the first episode of his new show Dollhouse, he snagged Battlestar Galactica’s Helo for one of the leading parts, the first pages of a casting script have made their way to the Internet and the series’ leading lady Eliza Dushku may be getting some [...]
BAFTA Television Craft Nominations announced
The nominees for the British Academy Television Craft Awards in 2008 have been announced. Here they are:
BREAKTHROUGH TALENT
JEZZA NEUMANN (director) – China’s Stolen Children – A Dispatches Special
MARK O’ROWE (writer) – Boy A
PATRICK REAMS (producer/director/writer) – A Very British Sex Scandal
WRITING TEAM – Skins
COSTUME DESIGN
JENNY BEAVAN – Cranford
AMY ROBERTS – Oliver Twist
LUCINDA WRIGHT – Fanny [...]
U.S. weekend box office, March 21-23
Top ten movies at the box office this weekend and their ratings on Rotten Tomatoes:
1. Horton Hears a Who – $24,590,596 – 79%, fresh
2. Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns – $20,082,809 – 28%, rotten
3. Shutter – $10,447,559 – 8%, rotten
4. Drillbit Taylor – $10,309,986 – 24%, rotten
5. 10,000 B.C. – $8,934,064 – 9%, rotten
6. [...]
Jericho ‘mayor’ addresses fans, more campaigns underway
Michael Gaston, who plays mayor Gray Anderson on the CBS series Jericho, posted on the CBS’ official board yesterday, following the confirmation that the show would not see another season on CBS.
He thanked the fans for their ongoing support, saying:
”It has a been a very painful week for us as we all got the same [...]
Battlestar Galactica: Caprica prequel, season four news recap
Battlestar Galactica returns for its fourth and final season in less than two weeks and news and promo has been all over the web this last week. New videos emerged, the Caprica pilot was confirmed, the TV movie Razor was nominated for a Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation (Short Form) and the cast has [...]
2008 Hugo nominees announced – best of science fiction and fantasy
The nominees for the Hugo Awards for the best works in the science fiction and fantasy genre were announced yesterday. There are two Hugo categories relevant to the film and television industry: Best Dramatic Presentation (Long Form) and Best Dramatic Presentation (Short Form).
Here are the nominees:
Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form
Enchanted – written by Bill Kelly, [...]
Sarah Connor Chronicles booking directors for season two
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles has begun staffing up for season two, writes TV Guide’s Michael Ausiello. While official confirmation of the show’s renewal has yet to come from Fox and season two is by no means a sure thing, the fact that the producers are looking for directors for the first three episodes of [...]
Jericho, the Nielsen dinosaur and Gen Y campaigns
Television networks. Love them or hate them, the fate of your favourite show depends on them. And if you don’t tune in – using your TV sets, not your computers – it’s your fault if your show gets cancelled.
This was the stance delivered in a recent Hollywood Reporter article, defending CBS, the evil network du [...]
Secret Sunshine wins at Asian Film Awards
South Korean film Secret Sunshine, a drama that follows a single mother on her quest for love in an unfamiliar town, won the main awards at the Asian Film Awards event yesterday and was named best Asian film. The movie also won the awards for best director and best actress.
Chinese art movie The Sun [...]
U.S. weekend box office, March 14-16
These were the top ten movies at the box office this weekend, along with their ratings on Rotten Tomatoes:
1. Horton Hears a Who – $45,012,998 – 79%, fresh
2. 10,000 B.C. – $16,773,312 – 10%, rotten
3. Never Back Down – $8,603,195 – 25%, rotten
4. College Road Trip – $7,810,400 – 12%, rotten
5. Vantage Point – $5,462,747 – 36%, rotten
6. The Bank Job [...]
