Television

Paper-thin rechargeable video player to be inserted into upcoming issue of Entertainment Weekly Magazine

According to a report on CNET, CBS will include a super-thin video player in the September 18th print edition of Entertainment Weekly mailed to subscribers in the Los Angeles and New York areas. It will play video clips advertising the new shows NCIS: Los Angeles, Accidentally on Purpose, The Good Wife and Three Rivers, and ….

Midnight, Mass. comic being adapted into weekly NBC series

NBC has picked up a live-action series adaptation for John Rozum’s comic book series Midnight, Mass., which is published by DC Comics’ Vertigo imprint. That’s according to a report by THR. Gretchen Berg and Aaron Harberts will write and produce the project for Warner Bros. television, which revolves around Adam and Julia Kadmons, a sophisticated, ….

X-Men director Bryan Singer to direct Battlestar Galactica feature film

Universal Pictures has contracted Bryan Singer (X-Men, Superman Returns) to produce and direct a feature version of Battlestar Galactica, according to Variety. According to the report, Singer will be putting his own creative stamp on the project, as Universal indicates that the film will be “a complete reimagination.” Series creator Glen A. Larson will return ….

Frank Darabont eyeing zombie comic adaptation The Walking Dead

Cable network AMC is teaming up with writer/director Frank Darabont on a series adaptation of the Image Comics graphic novel series The Walking Dead, originally written by Robert Kirkman, according to Variety. Gale Anne Hurd, who produced The Incredible Hulk, and David Alpert, who produced the film Senseless and the upcoming sci-fi TV series Them, ….

Faith-based film and gaming review show coming to network television

The Dove Foundation will produce a national television pilot focused on movie and video game reviews. Storytelling Pictures, a Michigan-based production company, will shoot the pilot in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Zondervan, the leading Christian communications company, will sponsor the program. The as-yet-unnamed show will be co-hosted by Grand Rapids natives Rachael Ruiz, a news ….

Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse – Season One Blu-ray review

Joss Whedon, who introduced the world to kick-ass female vampire slayers, had quite a difficult time getting Dollhouse off the ground. Fox gave the show a time-slot that seemed to show little faith in its prospects for success. Add to that the writer’s strike, and the minimalist marketing campaign that first appeared on the tubes, ….

Win one of two copies of the record-breaking Life After People on Blu-ray disc

What would happen to the earth if we were to simply disappear? Join History for the special Life After People, coming to Blu-ray on September 1st. To celebrate the release, FilmFetish is giving away two copies of the Blu-ray release to readers. PLEASE NOTE: To be considered to win this and all other contests, your ….

Win one of two 20 disc box sets of the Haunted Histories Collection on DVD

On September 29th, learn the true stories behind vampires, zombies and more with a spine-chilling Megaset from History featuring over 18 hours of the bestselling Haunted Histories series. To celebrate the ‘Mega’ release, FilmFetish is giving away two complete sets of the monster box set for readers to enjoy. PLEASE NOTE: To be considered to ….

Defying Gravity premieres tonight – here’s the extended trailer

Four women and four men hurtle through space with nothing to do for six years and eight billion miles, except maybe solve a powerful and awesome mystery. Maybe, just maybe, some of them will even hook up. Defying Gravity is a sexy, provocative thriller set in the very near future against the backdrop of our ….

Here’s the extended trailer for Season 4 of Dexter that premiered at Comic-Con ’09 last week

Below is the trailer for season four of Showtime’s Dexter that screened at Comic-Con last week. It was posted on THRFeed. The new season of Dexter begins on September 27, 2009, and, as most fans already know, John Lithgow will play a serial killer named Walter Simmons. Lithgow’s character is described as an unassuming, mild-mannered ….

Leonardo DiCaprio’s new Twilight Zone film gets new writer

Warner Bros. and Leonardo DiCaprio’s production company Appian Way have taken a step closer to creating a film based on the cult classic TV show The Twilight Zone, by contracting TV series Life show creator Rand Ravich to write a screenplay for the project. Aside from creating Life, Ravich directed The Astronaut’s Wife and produced ….

Star Wars: The Clone Wars – The Complete Season One coming to DVD and Blu-ray in November

Star Wars: The Clone Wars – The Complete Season One is coming to DVD and high-definition Blu-ray Disc on November 3, 2009 from Lucasfilm and Warner Home Video. Live the adventures again and again, and dig deeper into the first season of The Clone Wars with a comprehensive look behind-the-scenes of the popular animated series. ….