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MOVIE & TV NEWS
Tin
Man
SCI
FI Channel has ordered the six-hour original miniseries "Tin
Man," a reimagining of The
Wizard of Oz. Written by Steven
Long Mitchell and Craig
Van Sickle the project will start shooting in Vancouver, B.C.,
in early 2007, then premiere in December 2007. Discribed by SCI FI Wire
as "A sometimes psychedelic, often twisted
and always bizarre take on The Wizard of Oz. It centers on DG, a young
woman plucked from her humdrum life and thrust into The Outer Zone (the
O.Z.), a fantastical realm filled with wonder, but oppressed by dark magic.
DG discovers her true identity, battles evil winged monkey-bats and attempts
to fulfill her destiny. Her perilous journey begins on the fabled Old Road
that leads to a wizard known as the Mystic Man. Along the way, she is joined
by 'Glitch,' an odd man missing half his brain; 'Raw,' a quietly powerful
wolverine-like creature longing for inner courage; and 'Cain,' a heroic
former policeman (known in the O.Z. as a 'Tin Man'), who is seeking vengeance
for his scarred heart. Ultimately, DG's destiny leads her to a showdown
with the wicked sorceress Azkadellia, whose ties to DG are closer than
anyone could have imagined." Casting is
currently underway.
Local
Film Critics Fading Away
Orlando
Sentinel's blog of the newspaper's film critic Roger Moore, he
wrote that in an effort to cut costs newspapers are firing their film critics
and replacing them with wire-service reviews. He discussed the recent firing
of Jamie Bernard at the New York Daily
News and Mark Burger at the Winston-Salem
Journal and the reassignment of George Thomas at the Akron
Beacon Journal. Moore said: "When
a paper loses its critic, a town loses another local voice. The 'we can
run wire service reviews' line may be true. But heaven help the movies
the day we're down to a couple of critics in the largest markets syndicated
everywhere. There aren't many who would play all over America. We used
to have two people on the movie beat here, which allowed us to cover the
heck out of what was (and WASN'T) happening in a city that wanted to be
'Hollywood East.'"
Saturday
Morning Forever
Warner
Brothers says that "Saturday
Morning Forever," a new aspect of the
Hanna-Barbera.com
website, will post a mix of classic cartoons and new animated content.
The site is also running the "Saturday
Morning Forever Ultimate Prize Pack" sweepstakes,
giving fans a chance to win more than $4000 worth of prizes. The press
release is here.
Sgt.
Frog
ADV
has acquired exclusive broadcast, home-video, and major merchandising rights
to Sgt. Frog, which is described as "the
biggest franchise to come from Japan since Hello
Kitty!"
Disney/Comcast
Deal
Comcast
Corp. is planning to announce that subscribers will soon have access
to Walt Disney Company's
programming on its free video-on-demand service. ABC
shows such as Lost,
Desperate Housewives
and Nightline
will be available for free on the service under the terms of the deal,
which will also include two new 2007 fall programs from the television
network. Channels such as ESPN,
Toon Disney and SoapNet
will also be available. The video-on-demand service will also sell films
from Disney's major studios, including Walt
Disney Pictures, Miramax
Films and Touchstone
Pictures for $3.99 for the new Disney movies and $2.99 for older
titles. Some films can be had as soon as 15 days after the DVDs are released
for sale at retail stores.
HBO
Online
The
Financial Times reports that HBO
is considering a new broadband Internet channel, available to subscribers,
on its Web site. Chris Albrecht, HBO CEO, said the company was talking
to cable operators about an "HBO-like service"
to download the network's programming. Albrecht stressed that Internet
offerings would be done in partnership with cable operators.
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