Hey All,
It’s over the hump day and one day closer to the weekend. Are you planning anything fun for the weekend? I might just take it easy, enjoying some quiet time and catch up on some much needed writing.
In the meantime, here are the news items for today:
FALL TV REVIEW
THE FUTON’S FIRST LOOK: “DEFENDERS, THE” (CBS)
DVD ANNOUNCEMENTS
Fringe
http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Fringe-Season-2/13922
Chuck
http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Chuck-Season-3/13923
MOVIES
Smallville creators Alfred Gough and Miles Millar are set to script a film adaptation of the Mattel property Monster High. Described as a monster musical (along the lines of Beetlejuice or the Addams Family) set at the “frighteningly fashionable Monster High”, the story follows the sons and daughters of famous monsters like Dracula, Frankenstein and the Wolfman as they undergo the usual trials of high school. (Dark Horizons and The Hollywood Reporter)
Martin Sheen (The West Wing) has joined the cast of the spy thriller The Double, which centers on a retired CIA operative (Richard Gere) forced to partner with a young FBI agent (Topher Grace) to hunt down the killer of a senator in Washington. Sheen will play the director of the CIA. Stephen Moyer (True Blood), Stana Katic (Castle), and Odette Yustman (Cloverfield) also star. (Dark Horizons and The Hollywood Reporter)
Nicole Kidman and Nicolas Cage have signed on to the action-adventure movie Trespass, which is about a husband and wife (Cage, Kidman) who are taken hostage by four brutal perpetrators seeking some quick cash. Unexpected discoveries of betrayal and deception lead to various complications. (Dark Horizons and Variety)
Michael Hogan (Battlestar Galactica) has joined the movie Red Riding Hood, which is being directed by Catherine Hardwicke (Twilight). Amanda Seyfried (Letters to Juliet), Shiloh Fernandez (Jericho), Max Irons (son of Jeremy Irons), Julie Christie and Gary Oldman also star in the movie set in a medieval village that is haunted by a werewolf. The story follows a young girl (Seyfried) who is engaged to be married (to Irons) but falls for an orphaned woodcutter (Fernandez), much to her family’s displeasure. (TheWrap.com)
Russell Crowe is attached to play Robert McCall, the mysterious agent made famous by Edward Woodward in the 1980s CBS crime series The Equalizer. (LA Times)
MOVIE TRAILERS
Zack Snyder’s Movie – Legend of the Guardians
http://www.firstshowing.net/2010/06/15/watch-full-trailer-for-zack-snyders-legend-of-the-guardians/
Mark Romanek’s Movie – Never Let Me Go
http://www.firstshowing.net/2010/06/15/must-watch-mark-romaneks-never-let-me-go-trailer-arrives/
TELEVISION
It is being reported that HBO has given an order to the made-for-TV movie Hemingway & Gellhorn, which is expected to star Clive Owen and Nicole Kidman as literary couple Ernest Hemingway and Martha Gellhorn. The story will follow the romance between Hemingway and Gellhorn as they meet in 1936 and later wed before traveling to report on the Spanish Civil War. (Deadline Hollywood Daily)
Kevin Spacey has begun “conversations” with Showtime (and possibly several other pay channels) about returning to the small screen in the proposed new drama series The Crux, in which the actor would play the leader of an extremely high-profile cult. (Vulture at NY Magazine)
April Lee Hernandez (ER) has landed what is believed to be the last new recurring role in the upcoming fifth season of Dexter. She will play a new cop (presumably) working in the Miami Metro’s homicide department. (Michael Ausiello at Entertainment Weekly)
ON-LINE VOTING
Tater Top Awards 2010: Get Your Nominations in Now!
http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/watch_with_kristin/b184669_tater_top_awards_2010_get_your.html
INTERVIEW
Sarah McLachlan on American Idol, Her Kids and Why She’s Happier Than You Think
http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/marc_malkin/b186035_sarah_mclachlan_on_american_idol_her.html
Q&A SECTION (with the TV gurus at TV Guide):
Question: I can’t wait to see how the new season of Fringe goes down. What have you heard? — Martha
MICKEY: As it did in Season 1, the Fringe division will have an in-house adversary, a powerful government official who thinks Agent Broyles gives his team far too much latitude. Her actions will complicate things for Walter & Co., who will already be burdened by the secret sabotage of Nolivia (the “over-there” Olivia).
Question: So if this season of Royal Pains is the “summer of love,” when will Evan have some fun? — Marisol and Dave
MICKEY: Pretty soon. “We are going to be introducing a character toward the middle of the season who’s not quite the type you’d imagine for [Evan],” executive producer Andrew Lenchewski tells us. “Something is going to develop between them in a fairly unusual way, and then to start evolve into a more romantic relationship.” In possibly related news, we’ll also meet Divya’s sister, who tolerates her arranged marriage the old-fashioned way: She cheats!
That’s it. Enjoy!
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