2012 mark Universal Pictures 100th anniversary and the company has a wealth of plans to celebrate the landmark, including: a new logo, restoration of thirteen of its signature films, home entertainment offerings, theme park celebrations, signature events and a sweeping social media campaign. Details [the full press release] follow the jump.
Sneak Peek: The Firm
NBC’s The Firm premieres this evening at 9/8C. Here’s a five-minute sneak peek. Enjoy.
FOX Announces New Animation Unit To Produce Alternative Material Across Multiple Platforms!
For the first time, a major network, FOX, is setting up an animation unit to develop and produce alternative animated content for a late-night network block [from 11pm – 12:30 am, Saturdays], a digital channel and online. The announcement was made during FOX’s annual Television Critics Association Press Tour [TCA] presentation. Follow the jump for further […]
Showtime’s House of Lies: The Truth According To Management Consultants!
House of Lies [Showtime, Sundays, 10/9C] paints a picture of management consultants that’s so rude, shrewd and, more than occasionally lewd that one suspects that there’s more than a little truth to their depiction.
Award Season Confusion VIII:The National Society Of Film Critics Picks End Of The World Drama Melancholia As Year’s Best!
With all the differing selections in most of the main categories, the various critics groups have definitely made any speculation on the Oscars® a crap shoot. The last major critics group, The National Society of Film Critics, has checked in with its choices for the best in film for 2011 and, surprise, they’ve chosen the deeply odd […]
Tangled Ever After – Tangled Short to Premiere With Beauty and the Beast 3D!
I had the opportunity to attend an advance screening of the 3D release of Beauty and the Beast this morning, not the least because the brilliant Disney classic is well served by its 3D conversion, but also because the wedding that was promised in Disney’s Tangled is the setting for the fabulously frantic farce of […]
Jo Dee Messina to appear on The Real Housewives of Atlanta this Sunday
Country Music superstar Jo Dee Messina will be making an appearance on Bravo’s television show “The Real Housewives Of Atlanta” This Sunday. More details from the press release after the jump:
Eagle Vision to release Queen: Days Of Our Lives
January 31st, 2012 marks the release date of Queen’s documentary “Days Of Our Lives” which will be available on both Blu-Ray and Dvd. More details from the press release after the jump
The Devil Inside: The Blair Witch Project Has A Lot To Answer For!
Shot on what appears to be a micro-budget, The Devil Inside chronicles the story of a young woman who seeks to find out why her mother killed three priests twenty years before.
Writers Guild Nominations Announced!
The Writers Guild of America announced its nominations for original, adapted and documentary screenplays today. Once again, Bridesmaids is included and Terrence Malik’s The Tree of Life is not. In episodic television dramas, Breaking Bad, Boardwalk Empire, Homeland and Game of Thrones garnered multiple noms; The Office and Modern Family led the way for episodic […]
Producers Guild of America Announces 2012 Awards Nominations for Movies and Television!
The 2012 Producers Guild nominees for movies include such previous award winners The Artist, The Help, and Hugo, while Terrence Malik’s The Tree of Life is curiously absent. Among the usual suspects in television drama and comedy are: A Modern Family, 30 Rock, Mad Men and [surprisingly, given its critical freefall this season] Dexter. A […]