A FRIDAY (woohoo) Hodgepodemishmash
CBS said Thursday that it will raise the curtain on its Friday drama "Threshold," revolving around a team of scientists and military personnel who make contact with a mysterious alien life form, from 9-11 p.m. Sept. 16, the Friday before the cap gun officially goes off Sept. 19.
"Threshold" will settle into its regular 9 p.m. slot the following week. NBC has a similarly themed new drama, "Surface," centering on a mysterious deep-sea creature, set to bow in its regular 8 p.m. Monday slot on Sept. 19
TNT unmasks 'Avenger' pic with Petersen
TNT has greenlighted an original movie titled "Avenger" from Oscar nominee Wolfgang Petersen, with Sam Elliott set to star in the international thriller. EDITOR'S NOTE: LOOKS LIKE TNT IS NOT LETTING UP ITS FULL-COURT-PRESS TO BE A FULL-FLEDGED ORIGINALS NET, HUH?
The cable network is partnering with Warner Bros. Television on the project, which is based on the novel by Frederick Forsyth.
In the two-hour movie, Elliott will portray Cal Dexter, a small-town lawyer and former Special Forces operative who hires himself out to those seeking to avenge the violent murders of loved ones. As one quest of vengeance takes him around the world, a CIA agent sets out to stop him before his mission throws the world into chaos. EDITOR'S NOTE: THIS SMELLS A LITTLE LIKE A PILOT, DOESN'T IT?
Globes shift to Monday night
ABC's "Desperate Housewives" has driven the Golden Globe Awards from their traditional spot in the Sunday night neighborhood.
The Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. said Thursday that the 63rd annual Golden Globe Awards will take place Monday, Jan. 16, rather than Sunday, Jan. 15, at the Beverly Hilton.
According to HFPA president Philip Berk, impetus for the move came from NBC, which broadcasts the show, produced by Dick Clark Prods. in association with the HFPA.
Although he would not address the network's motivation, NBC did not want to go head-to-head again with ABC's strong Sunday night lineup, which includes "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" and "Desperate Housewives."
Dylan, Stewart, Hornby among Quills finalists
NEW YORK -- Authors ranging from Bob Dylan to Stephen King and J.K. Rowling on Thursday made the Quills short-list -- a new literary award pitched as a populist event with a touch of Hollywood glitz.
Readers will vote for the winners in 19 categories that include graphic novels and romance, as well as the more traditional fiction and biography categories from established prizes such as the Pulitzer and the National Book Award.
In the fiction category, the nominees included British writer Nick Hornby's "A Long Way Down," about four strangers who meet while trying to commit suicide, and Chilean author Isabel Allende's "Zorro."
The list of nominees includes plenty of celebrities -- from Bob Dylan for his autobiography "Chronicles: Volume One," to comedian Jon Stewart for his satirical textbook "America" EDITOR'S NOTE: SO HOW CAN WE VOTE?!
Jackson working on DVD for original 'King Kong'
Director Peter Jackson, at work on his own remake of "King Kong," is helping produce bonus materials for the DVD debut of the 1933 original.
Jackson is working on a new documentary, "RKO Production 601: The Making of Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World," a two-hour, seven-part feature included in the two-disc "King Kong" set, which Warner Home Video will release on Nov. 22.
"Fans of this film are going to go crazy; we've got everything but the kitchen sink on here,"EDITOR'S NOTE: IF THEY CAN'T EVEN BOTHER GIVING US A MAJOR APPLIANCE, THEN WHAT'S THE POINT?! said George Feltenstein, the studio's senior vp of classic catalog.
One part of the documentary focuses on the mysterious "spider pit" sequence deleted from the film before its theatrical premiere in New York and Los Angeles.
"For years, there has always been speculation, does this footage exist, so we have a piece that actually explains what it was and we do a recreation of it," Feltenstein said. "For fans of the film, that's a big, important thing." EDITOR'S NOTE: THE SAME FANS FOR WHOM ALL SORTS OF ARCANA I DON'T UNDERSTAND ARE BIG AND IMPORTANT? (I KNOW....POT, CALLING KETTLE....)
In true Warner fashion, "King Kong" -- which has never before been available on DVD -- will arrive in stores in two configurations: a two-disc special edition and a two-disc collector's edition packaged in a collectable tin and including a 20-page reproduction of the original souvenir program, postcard reproductions of the original one sheets, and a mail-in offer for a reproduction of a vintage 27-by-41-inch movie poster.
"The real one is worth about $25,000," Feltenstein said. "These are all reproductions, but they're still nice to have."
Warner also will release a four-disc collector's set featuring the two-disc "King Kong" special edition along with "The Son of Kong" and "Mighty Joe Young."
Feltenstein said the DVD of "King Kong" was two years in the making and the fact that the DVD is arriving right before Jackson's remake opens in theaters on Dec. 14 via Universal Pictures is "actually a coincidence." EDITOR'S NOTE: SNICKER. SUUUUUURRRRRRE IT IS.
In addition to the seven-part documentary, the "King Kong" DVD set includes such extras as a documentary on "Kong" director (and creator) Merian C. Cooper, a trailer gallery of Cooper's other films, and a commentary from stop-motion animator Ray Harryhausen, actress Terry Moore ("Mighty Joe Young") and special effects master Ken Ralston ("Star Wars").
Set Phaser to... Sell
New Force Comics & Collectibles will soon be offering a replica of the White handled phaser from the original STAR TREK series.
They will begin preselling the item this Sunday.
Connery 'turning back on movies' 
EDITOR'S NOTE: HI DADDY!
Sir Sean Connery has said he does not want to act in any more movies because he was "fed up with the idiots" now working in Hollywood. EDITOR'S NOTE: WELL, SO ARE WE, BUT WE STILL GO SEE THE DURN THINGS! (AND BY THE WAY, IT AIN'T JUST THAT HE AND MY DAD LOOK ALIKE; IF UNCLE SEAN WEREN'T WAY RICHER THAN MY DAD AND MARRIED TO A MUCH YOUNGER WOMAN THAN MY MOM, I'D SWEAR THE CRANKINESS WAS TRULY ONE-AND-THE-SAME. CURMUDGEONS, SWITCHED AT BIRTH?)
The James Bond actor, 74, said he would need "a Mafia-like offer I couldn't refuse" to appear in another film.
"He has no plans to do any more films," Sir Sean's spokeswoman confirmed. "However, he did make a very famous film called Never Say Never Again."
He also told the New Zealand Herald why he abandoned his planned autobiography.
'Didn't understand role'
Sir Sean, who most recently appeared in 2003's The League of Extraordinary Gentleman,EDITOR'S NOTE: FOR WHICH HE STILL OWES US MONEY. explained why he was disillusioned with Hollywood.
He said: "I'm fed up with the idiots... the ever-widening gap between people who know how to make movies and the people who green-light the movies."
Sir Sean added: "I don't say they're all idiots. I'm just saying there's a lot of them that are very good at it."
He said he turned down the role of Gandalf in Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy - a part taken by Sir Ian McKellen - because "I never understood it". EDITOR'S NOTE: SO THE IDIOCY IS CONTAGIOUS? (WHAT'S TO UNDERSTAND? YOU STAND AROUND A BUNCH OF SHORT PEOPLE IN A GRAY ROBE. THEN YOU DIE. THEN YOU STAND AROUND A BUNCH OF SHORT PEOPLE IN A WHITE ROBE. AND THEN THEY PAY YOU A HEAP OF CASH AND FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE SCARY PEOPLE EMERGE FROM THEIR MOM'S BASEMENTS TO LICK YOUR SHOES. SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT GIG!)
Sir Sean added that he pulled out of a lucrative autobiography deal earlier this year because he felt that the publisher wanted to delve too deeply into his private life. EDITOR'S NOTE: YA THINK?!
"I realised I was going to be spending the best part of my life, and probably the rest of my life, trying to correct these inaccuracies, and I can't be bothered." EDITOR'S NOTE: SOUNDS LIKE SOMEONE NEEDS A HUG!
posted by QOTD (the Queen of the Dweebs) at 10:38 AM
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