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Top DVD Sales and Rentals for Week Ending October 11, 2009
For the second straight week the animated movie Monsters vs. Aliens topped all DVD sales. Year One was the most rented movie last week. The Jack Black comedy knocked Matthew McConaughey's Ghosts Of Girlfriends Past from the top slot, which was held for two weeks. Below is the list of DVD sales and rentals for the week ending October 11, 2009: Rentrak Top 10 Selling DVDs: 1 Monsters Vs. Aliens (DreamWorks) 2 Year One (Sony) 3 Bones: Season 4 (FOX) 4 Ginormous Double Pack: M...
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George Lopez Gets Own Late Night Show
Stand-up comedian George Lopez is getting his own show again. Lopez will be teaming up with TBS to bring viewers Lopez Tonight starting November 9th at 11 p.m. est. Lopez Tonight will include guests from the worlds of entertainment, sports, pop culture and politics. The show will feature a street-party feel, with pumped-up music, audience interaction and a format that is open to change each day. Lopez cites The Arsenio Hall Show as one of his biggest influences. "It's time to get back to...
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The Expendables Trailer
A trailer for the highly anticipated movie The Expendables has found it's way onto the internet. The film is not only loaded with action but with big name actors as well. The Sly Stallone movie features Jason Statham, Jet Li, Terry Crews, Steve Austin, Randy Couture, Dolph Lundgren, Eric Roberts, Mickey Rourke, Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Charisma Carpenter, Giselle Itie, Brittany Murphy, David Zayas and Amin Joseph. There should be more than enough action for you in this t...
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New on DVD: Week of October 13
After a couple of weeks of bad releases, this week seems to be a little better. There aren't any blockbusters hitting stores, but one film I enjoyed was Drag Me To Hell. Directed by Sam Raimi, the surprising horror movie is the perfect film for October with Halloween right around the corner. This one may actually be worth a purchase and definitely worth a rental. Here is the full release schedule broken up by standard DVD and Blu-ray: (more...)...
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ABC Orders Full Season Of FlashForward
ABC has ordered 12 more episodes for their rookie series FlashForward. Variety reports the science-fiction suspense series will now be a full season. ABC has given a back-nine episode pickup to "FlashForward." Drama from ABC Studios has been a solid ratings earner at 8 p.m. Thursday, edging CBS' reality stalwart "Survivor" in the timeslot and is the top 18-34 new drama of the season. New DVR numbers show the Joseph Fiennes starrer has picked up 2 million viewers including later playb...
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New Vacation Sequel In The Works
According to The Hollywood Reporter, New Line Cinema is planning a sequel to the 1983 comedy National Lampoon’s Vacation. The film will focus on Clark Griswold’s son, Rusty, who is now a father and takes his family on a road trip. The characters would acknowledge that first trip, making the movie more of a sequel than a reboot. Chase and Beverly D’Angelo, who played the mom in the original movies, will have room to make appearances as grandparents, providing a sense of continuity, tho...
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Spider-Man 4 to Start Filming March 2010
MTV sat down with director Sam Raimi for an exclusive interview. The Spiderman franchise director said he's hoping to start shooting Spider-Man 4 the first week of March 2010. Gary Ross continues to write the script using notes Raimi gave him. Other than Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst no other cast members have been selected. On other fronts, "Spider-Man 4" continues to chug along. "The production is starting to come together," Raimi told us. "I've got a production designer who is starting...
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New 2012 Trailer
Last week a five minute clip from the film 2012 was posted. Today, Columbia Pictures has released a new trailer for the apocalyptic movie, which will hit theaters nationwide on November 13. [youtube]4WU_EVPPJNg[/youtube]...
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Gary Ross To Write and Direct Venom Movie?
Recently it was reported that Zombieland writers, Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick would be writing the screenplay for the Venom movie. Now Variety is reporting Sony is in talks with Spider-Man 4 writer Gary Ross to rewrite the script and possibly even direct the Venom spin-off. The relationship between Columbia Pictures and Gary Ross that began with his rewrite on “Spider-Man 4” is taking a “Venom”-ous turn. I am hearing that the studio is in talks with Ross to helm the Spidey-spi...
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Top DVD Sales and Rentals for Week Ending October 4, 2009
Rentrak Retail and Home Video Essentials announced Monsters vs. Aliens topped all DVD sales last week and knocked X-Men Origins: Wolverine from the top spot in the process. Topping the list of DVD rentals was Matthew McConaughey's Ghosts Of Girlfriends Past for the second straight week. Below is the list of DVD sales and rentals for the week ending October 4, 2009 Rentrak Top 10 Selling DVDs: 1 Monsters Vs. Aliens (DreamWorks) 2 Ginormous Double Pack: Monsters vs. Alie...
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