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July 24, 2008

Wow! Ain't It Cool News has posted an item about rumors that someone is talking Top Gun 2, telling a possible story of Tom Cruises character as an instructor dealing with a cocky new female pilot.

Where to start?!

Wanna talk about how this will look like an actor continuing to struggle with finding a way to revitalize his star power, Hollywood once again going back to the well to get the last drop, or writers so devoid of actual ideas that the only plot they can come up with is to recreate Karate Kid 3, "This time it'll be a girl! Completely different!"

July 23, 2008

Yahoo News (I'm sure it's posted elsewhere, but that's where I found it) is reporting that when At The Movies begins it's season opener it will have a new set of co-hosts for the first time since it's original incarnation with Siskel and Ebert.

Both Ebert and Roeper are now out, in are two Bens: Ben Lyons and Ben Mankiewicz. Mankiewicz is famously identified as the day time and weekend host on Turner Classic Movies, while Lyons has been an entertainment reporter on "E! News" and appeared on "Good Morning America."

It's reported that Ebert officially owns the classic "thumbs up, or down" trademarked moniker, and as such, will stay with him and not carry over when the new show begins. Rather, the show will probably move to a "see-it-or-skip-it" shorthand instead.

July 22, 2008

As reported by Animated-News.com, "TV Week" has posted a video interview with Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane explaining why we can expect a new show about "Cleveland" and not "Quagmire" (jokingly indicating that, not only would "Quagmire" not learn anything from his mistakes each episode, but nobody really wants to see that much date rape!), upcoming Family Guy spoilers, and the possibility of a Family Guy movie.

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Need more animated families in your life and didn't get enough of a whippin' with the last Simpson's Movie? Good news for you! Animated-News.com also reports that Matt Groening has revealed that there will be a second film for the animated family. The only problem is that he's not stating when to expect it. If the last film is of any indicator (the suggestion of a Simpson's Movie was reported all the way back during the fourth season), it could be another nine years for it to come out as well!

July 21, 2008

Well, he did it! The Dark Knight has broken the record set by Spiderman 3's $151.1 million set last summer by an additional $4.2 million.

It was reported that Hollywood also set an overall three-day weekend record of $253 million.

According to Warner Bros., The Dark Knight should shoot past $200 million by the end of the week, which should more than take care of it's budget of $185 million.

But reports do indicate that, due to rising ticket prices over the past year, Spiderman 3 may have sold slightly more tickets than The Dark Knight.

Other opening showings:

Mama Mia! brought in a respectable $27.6 million bringing it in at number two, but Space Chimps was only able to bring in $7.3 million placing it in seventh place for it's opening weekend. That just about matched Meet Dave's dismal appearace last week.

Speaking of which, Eddie's film was only able to bring in another pitiful $1.6 million, dropping it to eleventh place it's second week out. Double ouch!!