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Check out this behind the scenes featurette for NBC’s “Chuck”. Zachary Levi, Yvonne Strahovski, and the cast of “Chuck” talk more about the upcoming third season including “super” special guests.

Visit the “Chuck” category section on this blog for more news, clips, and recaps related to the show, or just click here.

Thanks to you guys and your passion for this project, people are starting to use phrases like “sleeper hit of 2010“.  (And believe me, the sleeper part is not a bad thing AT ALL.)  Really appreciate everyone jumping on board like you did and thanks to Rick over at MTV Splashpage for being such a good sport about some of your more…uh…passionate posts there.  He’s been great about this movie and I don’t blame him at all for not including it on the list initially, as it HAS fallen out of a lot of people’s view at this point.  I’m working to fix that, I promise!

-Dan Forcey

Development Exec/Former Stunt Guy/PCT (Passionate Crusader, Too)

MTV Splashpage today announced a poll about which comic book movie you are most excited about in 2010 and we weren’t even included?  Clearly a case of cultural bias against one of the most beloved comic book characters in the world just because he’s Italian.  I think all of our Italian fans should let them know how they feel by visiting and writing in “Dead of Night”.  Here’s the link: http://splashpage.mtv.com/2009/12/01/poll-which-2010-comic-book-movie-has-you-most-excited/#more-25687.  Heck, even you Brandon fans can if you like.  Clearly there is no appreciation for Mr. Routh there, either!

-Dan Forcey

Development Exec/Former Stunt Guy/FMT (Feeling Mischievous Today)

A NBC anunciou semana passada o data de retorno da terceira temporada de ‘Chuck’. A season premiere irá ao ar no domingo, 10 de janeiro, a exibição normal da série se dará às segundas-feiras, a partir da semana seguinte, sempre às 20h.

Entre as participações especiais já confirmadas, temos os nomes de Angie Harmon, Brandon Routh, Kristin Kreuk, Armand Assante, Steve Austin, Robert Patrick e Vinnie Jones.

Confira um trailer da nova temporada da série:

LAUGH OUT LOUD FUNNY!

Luego de varios meses en el limbo, y una gran campaña de renovación, esta mañana la cadena NBC sorprendió a todos los fanáticos al anunciar que la tercera temporada de Chuck comenzará el próximo domingo 10 de Enero.

Como detalle interesante tenemos que destacar que la nueva temporada comenzará con un episodio especial de dos horas, y al dia siguiente se establecerá en su horario tradicional acompañando a Heroes en la noche de los lunes.

Como todos saben, esta temporada estará llena de invitados sorprendentes, incluyendo a Superman, Lana Lang, el Terminator T-1000 y muchos más, que irán apareciendo en distintos personajes con el paso de los episodios.

Hasta el momento han sido confirmadas las apariciones de Angie Harmon (Law & Order), Brandon Routh (Superman Returns), Robert Patrick (Terminator 2: Judgment Day), Kristin Kreuk (Smallville), Armand Assante (Judge Dredd) y Vinnie Jones (Snatch).

Luego de los eventos de la temporada pasada, Chuck (Zachary Levi) se ha convertido en el Intersect 2.0, por lo que e el futuro no solo contará con secretos de gobierno, sino que también esta equipado con todo tipo de habilidades afectadas por sus emociones.

La temporada 3 de Chuck comienza el 10 de Enero por NBC.

Chuck Bartowski (Zachary Levi) and the Buy More will be returning to NBC for a 2-hour episode on Sunday January 10, 2010 at 9pm. The show will then move to its regular time slot starting January 11.

NBC’s “Chuck” will have a slew of guest stars for this upcoming season. Angie Harmon (NBC’s “Law & Order”), who will play Sydney, an enemy operative; Brandon Routh (Superman Returns), who is set to play CIA Agent Daniel Shaw; Robert Patrick (Terminator 2: Judgment Day) will play Colonel Keller, a soldier and spy from Casey’s past; Kristin Kreuk (“Smallville”), who will portray Hannah — a potential love interest for Chuck; Armand Assante (Judge Dredd) as dictator Premier Goya, who is the target of an assassin; Steve Austin (“WWE Smackdown!”) will portray Hugo Panzer, who becomes entangled in Chuck’s first solo mission; and Vinnie Jones (Snatch) will play Carl Stromberg, an arms dealer.

In other “Chuck” casting news, Julia Ling who plays Anna has not been listed in the press release from NBC in a list of characters returning for season 3. All regular and secondary cast members will be back for season 3.

NBC also announced that there will be a 2-hour episode of “Heroes” that will air on January 4 at 8pm, then the show will move its it new time slot of 9pm starting January 11.

Fonte: Omelete.

Brandon Routh (O Superman) e Martha Macisaac anunciando o produto que fornece uma melhor relação com seu namorado-vampiro.

O “vampax” com água benta e alho foi ótimo!

Hot Fuzz… Shaun of the Dead… Spaced… Ring a bell? Edgar Wright is one of the best and freshest directors in Hollywood. Hot Fuzz is personally one of my favorite movies. His newest project is promising to top them all.

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World stars Michael Cera, is about a boy who falls in love with a girl (he’s never done that before in a movie), and must defeat her seven boyfriends. Including Jason Schwartzman, Kieran Culkin, Brandon Routh, and many other enticing actors, the buzz on this movie could not be better.

PLUS!!!! Edgar Wright is good friends with Jason Reitman (aka: director of Juno). Edgar shared the first 30 minutes of Scott Pilgrim with Jason, and Jason flew through the roof.

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“In London, @edgarwright showed me 30min of Scott Pilgrim. While sworn to secrecy (so much, surprised blood wasn’t demanded) I will say this: It is a game changer for Edgar and the genre. It moves the speed of light and carries more unadulterated joy than Ive seen in recent cinema. I’m in awe of the sheer control in the filmmaking. It feels like a “Matrix” for love and how willing we are to fight for it. If I had a movie coming out next year, I wouldn’t want to be anywhere near it. Hats off my friend. Can’t get it out of my head.

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If Jason Reitman is ecstatic, I am at least excited! So, for my 2010 check list, this film is on the top.

Jason Schwartzman gave an amazing interview about this film with Collider.com

Since last we spake of all things Smallville, the season premiere of Season 9 has come and gone: “Baby” Zod introduced, Tess the not-quite-hot Lex replacement reintroduced, Chloe weepy, Lois flummoxed, Green Oliver shirtless. And, of course, Kal-Neo with the black trenchcoat. To my surprise, early on in the plot there was a brief argument with Jor-El (The Useless) about flight, which the writers are setting up to be something of a reverse-impotence problem: whenever Clark thinks of Lois he can’t get it up, or rather, he’s never gotten it up. There’s even a throwaway scene where Clark leaps from the Statue of Liberty and plummets (the outcome is never shown so we can assume he went straight into the ground).

Most of the show was TIVO chow, that is, filler and needless exposition, but that’s true of most shows. The Kryptnonian Ninja-Girl who looked like a rip-off of a Mortal Kombat character made little sense. In the “sky train” she and Lois trade blows but later on KNG is seen using heat-vision. Well, does she have The Powers or not?

KNG introduces an extra minute or so of hot barn combat that comes free-of-charge with every Season Premiere. It was pleasing to see Clark FINALLY kicking some ass/holding his own after ninja-girl uses blue K to temporarily strip his powers. Before exiting stage left KNG warns Clark that he betrays everyone ‘one year from now’. Even Marty McFly had the good sense to write a goddamned letter explaining WTF is going on; just seems like common sense for any time traveler would be to have a ready explanation DVD or other media for when she meets herself, knowing she might be killed or knocked out on arrival.

Ah yes, I almost forgot, the most magical MacGuffin of all, the Power Ring which can alter entire plotlines in a single bound, and which in future eps will no doubt be used to bring Jimmy Olsen back and possibly even Lex.

The scenes with “Baby Zod” were all right, Callum is trying his best. The best thing about Zod and Friends are those Kryptonian army dog tags they wear, which I hope the WB has the good sense to make and sell to many nerds such as me.

“Special Guest” Brian Austin Green I’ve saved for last because his character runs right into the second episode, where he, as John Corbin, mysteriously becomes Metallo. It’s a mostly useless, predictable transformation, using the absurd and totally fake-looking CG hit-by-a-speeding bus effect. Corbin awakens not knowing how or who or why he suddenly has a kryptonite heart (in case he seems too sympathetic, writer laziness also has the kryptonite affecting his brain to make him ‘eviler’).

Actually, 9-0-2-1-Metall-0 makes a surprisingly strong case against Clark and his meddling. Turns out Clark saved a busload of prisoners from crashing…one escaped and raped and killing Corbin’s sister. To Corbin (and me) Clark is ultimately responsible for this negative outcome. It may not be right, it may not be fair, but godlike powers = godlike blame. Now we all know Superman doesn’t kill, but given the choice between saving a runaway bus loaded with rapists and killers blessedly heading for a tall rocky cliff of taxpayer savings or rescuing a kitten from a tree 100 miles away in the other direction…

Smallville Season 9 is off to a better-than-average start, but before anyone gets a big head over at the CW, let it be known when I mention the very name Smallville, almost universally the response is, “Wow, is that still on?“

The witty primer to this Season 9 ep review can be found here.

PREFACE: I mentioned back in Random Factoid #42 that I had gone through a stint of reviewing movies when I was 13. After rummaging through my old home computer, I managed to find some of these reviews. In a special five day mini-series, I will reveal these reviews in their unadulterated form. I leave it up to you to comment, see how my style has changed (or maybe hasn’t). The second movie reviewed in the series is “Superman Returns.”

Silence. It is something you don’t get much in the summer, whether or not you are at the movies. This summer, Hollywood has produced mostly big, loud films that just ruin our eardrums. Silence gives the audience some time to think or to marvel about what is on the screen, while sometimes talking will just get overwhelming. Bryan Singer uses silence perfectly in the triumphant return of a disgraced series. It took plenty of changes in the cast and the director, but the wait was worth it. Brandon Routh dazzles as he tries to fill the enormous shoes left by the late Christopher Reeve, and the same goes for Kevin Spacey as he does a wonderful job as Lex Luthor. Everything is done to perfection. Before a big event, there is always some sort of silence for you to get the feel and to really get pulled in. The best example of this Superman returns to Earth after trying to find the distant remains of his home planet. His alter ego, Clark Kent goes back to work for The Daily Planet to find out that his perennial fave Lois Lane (stunningly beautiful Kate Bosworth) not only has a child with her boyfriend but has won the Pulitzer Prize for her article “Why the World Doesn’t Need Superman.” Lex Luthor is once again looking for a way to kill Superman. He collects some crystals from the Fortress of Solitude and combines it with Superman’s fatal weakness to try to destroy him once and for all. Along the way, the film is packed with emotion and intriguing plot twists. The best thing about Superman Returns is how it pays homage to its past by inserting clips of Marlon Brando from the original series. This is what a summer blockbuster should be, with action, emotion, and a perfect balance of silence. This movie is breathtaking and a work of magic in a summer littered with movies that Superman couldn’t save.

Been getting lots of questions like that so I thought I would pass along what update I can.  Right now we’re in the long, somewhat tedious portion of movie-making known (with an almost universal groan) as POST.  (And I put it that way for dramatic effect, not because I think people don’t know what “post” is.)  What that means from my perspective is that, while Kevin and Paul Hirsch (our editor) lock themselves in a dark room in Burbank and go over every inch of footage of the film again and again and again, every few days myself and Gioy Demarco (our resident Dylan Dog expert) get a new cut of the movie with some scene tightened or some new shot inserted or, sometimes, with an entirely new scene that, two weeks ago, had been eliminated completely now put back in.  I have to say that not since I went to see Star Wars 27 times when I was a wee lad have I seen a movie this many times in such close proximity.  Effects shots are slowly being layered in with wires suddenly disappearing and sometimes also complete body parts disappearing.  (Part of the fun of having zombies in your film!)  In addition, every day Gioy pours through the shots coming in from our partners at Prana Studios who are doing the effects, approving them, providing notes or just generally enjoying watching the magic come together.  It’s exciting, but it’s also slightly tedious, I have to admit.  Makes me long for the days of getting thrown off balconies where you do it and it’s over and you move on to the next gag.  This part is really about fine-tuning and tweaking all the great stuff you have to make it the best it can be.  And Kevin, probably due to his background in animation, is really shining in this part of the process.  Not that he’s becoming a “Lucas” and using technology to shape what is in his head, he’s just incredibly detail oriented and is willing to tweak and tweak and tweak until he has things exactly like he wants them.  It’s actually been amazing to watch.  I know I don’t have the patience for that sort of work.

Anyway, things are progressing nicely and the film just keeps getting better and better.  Looking forward to our next test screening to see how the audience reacts.  (And before you ask, we haven’t scheduled one!  )

-Dan Forcey

Development Exec/Former Stunt Guy/CIP (Chronically Impatient Person)

Okay calm down. Before I go any further let me just say that this is a rumour from Harry Knowles over at AICN. However, he states it is from a pretty reliable source from someone working on the film. We know Ryan Reynolds is playing Hal Jordan in the Martin Campbell directed Green Lantern film, but until now there hasn’t really been much movement on who will be playing the other roles.

Here is what Harry had to say:

This story came from someone working on the film. That part is solid, what isn’t – and won’t be till it all gets finalized is the fact that JACKIE EARLE HALEY is leading the list to play SINESTRO!!! That’s just about perfect in my book! Something that makes me absolutely giddy as all hell!

Oh… and according to my source, it’s looking like SUPERMAN will be making a cameo, but that all depends upon how… other DC things go, but it is an indicator that DC is paying attention and taking note of what MARVEL is doing, which has excited all of us so much! But remember, you heard it all here first!

Jackie Earle Haley as Sinestro. For those not in the know Sinestro is the big bad of Hal Jordan’s tales – he used to be a Green Lantern who trained and was a friend of Hal’s but it turned out he was a bit of a nasty chap. Haley was great as Rorschach and is Freddy Krueger in the remake of Elm Street.

In my opinion he has the right face for Sinestro, but he is a little short for the purple faced fella.

As for Superman cameoing (no word if that would be Brandon Routh) well I really hope they have some kind of cameo from him or a few other DC characters just to tie it all in as that is what we comic fans love and geek out on.

Do you think Jackie Earle Haley is the right fit for Sinestro? If not him who? How should they get Superman or other DC characters to cameo in it?

BRYAN SINGER

But Singer’s movies since X-MEN have not been the gems he was hoping for. With SUPERMAN in development fubar (due to the Siegel heirs regaining copyright copntrol of the character in a few years) and Singer’s involvement with Battlestar Galactica somewhat of a risk considering how popular the SyFy series was and how the BSG movie will be yet another reiagining from scratch – X-Men seems like Singer’s logical best bet to regain solid footing.

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WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama is enlisting Hollywood celebrities including actress Rosario Dawson and musician Will.I.Am to draw attention to his health care overhaul agenda.

The performers will act as celebrity judges for a TV commercial contest set up by Organizing for America, the Obama political organization that’s part of the Democratic National Committee.

Organizing for America last month invited supporters to create and submit 30-second ads in support of remaking health care. The winning one will be aired nationally.

In addition to Dawson and Will.I.Am, the panel of judges being announced by Organizing for America Wednesday consists of actors John Cho, Dule Hill, Brandon Routh, Kate Walsh and Olivia Wilde, and “Family Guy” creator Seth MacFarlane.

Also acting as judges will be Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine, DNC Executive Director Jen O’Malley Dillon, Rep. Patrick Murphy, D-Pa., Obama campaign manager David Plouffe and some volunteers.

The video submissions are due Oct. 18 and they will be judged and the winner announced after that.

via brietbart.com

Aunque todavía faltan entre cuatro y seis meses para sus regresos, las producciones de 24 y Chuck ya se encuentran trabajando a toda maquina en las producciones de sus nuevas temporadas, por lo que no nos sorprende encontrarnos con la llegada de nuevos actores.

Comenzando por orden de estreno, la cadena Fox confirmó esta mañana que el conocido actor cómico Stephen Root ha llegado a un acuerdo para participar en la esperada octava temporada de 24, que regresa en enero del 2010.

Como sucede con esta serie, todavía no se conocen muchos detalles sobre el personaje, salvo que será llamado Ben Prady, y será un oficial del Departamento de Correcciones encargado de encontrar a un criminal desaparecido.

Al mismo tiempo, representantes de la cadena NBC, confirmaron que el reconocido actor Armand Assante aceptó participar en la tercera temporada de Chuck, en la que interpretará a un dictador que ha podido evitar repetidos intentos de asesinato por parte de Casey.

A pesar del recorte de presupuesto, la cantidad de invitados en las temporadas de Chuck parece no cambiar, recordando que en las ultimas semanas ha sido confirmada la llegada de Brandon Routh, Kristin Kreuk, Angie Harmon y Vinnie Jones.

Del otro lado, Root completa un reparto totalmente renovado en 24, ya que los únicos regresos son los de Kiefer Sutherland, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Cherry Jones, Annie Wersching y Bob Gunton; mientras que todos los demas son nuevos.

La octava temporada de 24 comienza el 17 de enero, mientras que la tercera temporada de Chuck se espera para marzo del 2010.

Un film del 2009, regia di Buddy Giovinazzo, con Kerry Washington / Shannyn Sossamon / Lara Flynn Boyle / Brandon Routh. Prodotto da ()

Drammatico

Marybeth è un transessuale in attesa di operarsi che rimedia soldi prostituendosi e abita con l’amante Benny, un ladruncolo che vive di espedienti. A dispetto delle loro attività, i due dividono la quotidianità come una comune coppia sposata. Manny si divide tra due lavori per mantenere la famiglia: di notte fa il guardiano in una zona circondata da giovani tossici, spacciatori e prostitute, e di giorno la guardia giurata al Welfare Hotel. Il piccolo Willy vive nell’hotel con la sorella, la madre e il suo violento compagno, che lo constringe a chiedere l’elemosina per la strada per rimediare il cibo. Romeo, piccolo delinquente, batte il quartiere con la sua gang terrorizzando tutti quelli che si imbattono sul suo cammino.

SMALLVILLE is back!

I, like so many other nerds will be there Friday night (or TIVO will) for the premiere of Season 9 . The first ep of a new season is usually the most exciting because of the deceptively well-edited recap of the last season (ugh), spending a tad more on the effects and well, there’s just a lot of promise and potential…at least for the first half of episode one.

I don’t know what to make of the Season 9 promo. Clark in an all-black Matrix Reloaded Neo getup…minus flight. So many people would sacrifice 20 or even 30 years off their lifespan to be able to fly, yet for some reason Clark has no interest in it. Even if he hated to fly, shouldn’t he realize flight would enable him to save more people faster?

I know their hands are chained by all kinds of legal and story continuity/canon reasons, but Smallville’s producers/writers have shown time and again, they’re not overly interested in the logic or story shards they CAN work with, not even comic book logic. Season 8 sucked, there’s no way around it…the only interesting moment I can remember is Lois possessed by Faora, Wife of Zod. Season 7 was even more atrocious than 8, and would’ve been redeemable only by having Lana thrown into the sun, any sun, red or yellow. Lex Luthor’s character arc was ultimately a bust. Doomsday should’ve been a one or two episode character, not a dragged out, go-nowhere, season-long fugazi.

Brian Austin Green as Metallo? Well, Green’s been working with robots the past few years, but Metallo is Metallo…ultimately just another one of 50 or so characters that have thrown Clark across schools, labs, forests, caves, icicles or fields. Every time Clark meets new villains, he seems completely clueless how to fight them; like he has no prior experience. Which after 8 years has gotten very, very old.

And then there’s Zod.

I Was A Teenaged Zod. Oh look, finally, a roomful of kneelers to actually listen to Zod command them!

I’m going to take a guess about the origin of this new younger Zod, who is supposed to be not yet as evil and powerful. Instead of being born evil, this Zod will be a cynical military officer who was somehow betrayed by Krypton’s government in a none-too-subtle liberal allegory of the Iraq War (or Afghanistan). Hey, my guess is as good as any.

Actor Callum Blue* seems interesting enough and even has a “Zod-like” voice, but who knows? Sam Witwer was a superior actor last season and his character went nowhere.

Word is that a Season 10 of Smallville is official. Instead of committing to it, now would be a damned good time to end Smallville and begin “Metropolis”, a fan-inspired idea for a show about “grown-up” Superman. Put Welling in the suit already! No blame to Routh, but Superman Returns was a bad, illogical movie. Let Metropolis rock for a few years on the tube, then do a Superman reboot for the big screen.

For all your Smallville needs (minus my bullshit) be sure to visit KryptonSite.

* The name “Callum” means “dove”. Irony!

Read the follow-up review to this post here!