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Lost: Fourth Season coming to stores in December
Walt Disney Home Entertainment has unveiled its DVD and Blu-ray plans for Lost: The Complete Fourth Season - The Expanded Experience, as reported by DVDActive. The sets will contain the following bonus features: bloopers, audio commentaries, deleted scenes, “Lost on Location,” “Freighter Folk,” “Transforming Hawaii,” “Gun Tracking” and “The Music of Lost.” Season four of Lost may be found in stores on December 9.
Lost, Grey’s Anatomy get extra hour this season
TV Guide has the scoop that a 14th hour for this season’s Lost has been ordered, bringing the show’s season finale to three hours. The first hour will air on May 15. However, since ABC is convinced that the final two hours should air together, the network has scheduled them for May 29. On May 22, Grey’s Anatomy will fill the Lost void with an extra hour.
Feud continues in primetime
NBC and American Idol producer FremantleMedia North America are preparing a celebrity edition of Family Feud, to air in primetime as early as this summer. Although the series is more than thirty years old, this will mark the first time that Feud has been converted into a regular primetime network show. Word has yet to arrive on which celebrities will appear on the show or how they will be grouped. For instance, could viewers see the Baldwin’s take on the Lohan’s? Or is a battle between the casts of Lost and Heroes soon to take place? Variety has more on this story.
Big Screen Roundup: 1/30/08 Edition - Part II
Ain’t It Cool News has the exclusive of premiering the new poster for The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian online. The one-sheet features a sneak peek at the popular Narnia critter Reepicheep.
Coming Soon spreads the word of a new promotion for Columbia Pictures’ action-thriller Vantage Point. TV spots promoting the picture will air during the season premiere of Lost and the Super Bowl XLII telecast. The ads will direct viewers to the Vantage Point website, challenging them to solve a mystery inspired by the film.
Showcasing a new image from the highly anticipated film, Empire speaks with producer Frank Marshall about Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. According to Marshall, the movie is already locked and ready for John Williams’ score.
Variety notes that Oliver Stone has found funding for his next directorial project, Bush, to focus on the life of current U.S. President George W. Bush. Helping make the film a reality is QED, the production/financing company started three years ago by Bill Block, Paul Hanson and Elliot Ferwerda. QED will sell offshore territories next week at the European Film Market in Berlin, with domestic distribution expected to arrive shortly afterward.
LEGO Group has reached an agreement with Warner Bros. Consumer Products to secure construction toy rights for the upcoming live-action/CGI Speed Racer. Coming Soon has the press release.
IESB.net claims that relatively unknown actor David Murray has been cast as Destro in Stephen Sommers’ big screen adaptation of G.I. Joe.
Warner Home Video has revealed the contents of its DVD, Blu-ray and HD DVD releases for August Rush, writes DVDActive. The film will be available to own on the earlier two of those three formats March 11, while its HD DVD release will not be until April 1.
Mira Sorvino is planning to direct an untitled baseball picture starring Christopher Backus, her sportsman-turned-actor husband. AceShowbiz has the story.
30Jan2008 | Josh E Armstrong | Continued60th Annual DGA Award recipients
The 60th Annual Directors Guild of America Awards gala was held January 26, 2008 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles. A summary of the DGA ceremony’s may be read at The Hollywood Reporter, while a list of the recipients for the prestigious award may be viewed here.
Small Screen Roundup: 1/25/08 Edition
Coming Soon has the ABC press announcement that a special presentation of the Lost - Season Three two-hour finale, “Through the Looking Glass,” will air Wednesday, January 30 at 9:00 p.m., ET/PT. The episode’s re-airing will be enhanced with on-screen facts and back story to catch new viewers up on the series in preparation for its fourth season.
Meanwhile, ABC and Marvel Comics are teaming to insert Lost images and references in various comic book series, such as Uncanny X-Men, Incredible Hercules, Thunderbolts and Wolverine Origins.
The Hollywood Reporter indicates that John Noble has been cast as one of the three leads in the Fox sci-fi drama Fringe, from J.J. Abrams, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci. Lance Reddick has likewise taken a role in the project.
The producers of NBC’s hit series American Gladiators (Mondays, 8-9 p.m. ET) are searching for potential contenders and Gladiators for season two of the high-octane hit series. IGN has the details on the open casting call.
TNT has picked up Steven Bochco’s pilot Raising the Bar, a legal drama, for series development. The show takes a look into the lives of “young lawyers who have been friends since law school but now work on opposing sides.” Variety has the story.
Due to an American Idol lead-in and viewer curiosity, the Fox game show Moment of Truth broke the record for this season’s highest-rated new series premiere. According to TVWeek, truth grabbed 23 million viewers and scored a 10.2 preliminary rating among adults 18 to 49, retaining 94% of its Idol audience (10.8)
The Price is Right, hosted by Drew Carey, is returing to prime time with six new specials to be broadcast on Fridays, informs Coming Soon. The evening episodes start February 22 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET/PT), on CBS.
25Jan2008 | Josh E Armstrong | Continued
