Persistent Entertainment is planning on turning comic The Piper into a film, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The movie will concern a bullied high school band student who channels the spirit of the Pied Piper.
Archive: December 2009 (281-290 of 319)
Dec 3
2009
05:38 AM ET
Dec 3
2009
05:35 AM ET
Philip Seymour Hoffman to star in new Paul Thomas Anderson film
According to Variety, writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will Be Blood) has attached Philip Seymour Hoffman to star in his next film, a period piece about organized religion. Anderson is still working on the script of the drama, which centers around “The Master” (to be played by Hoffman), the founder of a faith-based organization in the early 1950s. Anderson and Hoffman have previously collaborated on Boogie Nights, Hard Eight, Punch-Drunk Love, and Magnolia.
Dec 2
2009
09:18 PM ET
Beyonce, Taylor Swift lead the Grammy nominations
Nominations for the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards were announced Wednesday night on a live CBS television special. Beyoncé won the most nominations with ten. Taylor Swift landed 8 nods, and the Black Eyed Peas, Maxwell, and Kanye West each had six. The actual awards will be broadcast live on CBS on Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010 at 8 p.m. ET/PT. Nominees for the top categories are listed after the jump. READ FULL STORY »
Dec 2
2009
08:35 PM ET
Dec 2
2009
08:27 PM ET
Nancy Grace to launch syndicated court show in fall 2010
Famed HLN talk show host Nancy Grace will launch a syndicated courtroom-style show in fall 2010, reports TVNewsCheck and Variety. Swift Justice with Nancy Grace has already been sold in 80 percent of the country, the first big development in syndicated TV since Oprah Winfrey announced she would leave her talk show in 2011. Grace will also still host her HLN show Nancy Grace.
Dec 2
2009
07:34 PM ET
Obama's Afghanistan speech pulls in 40.8 million viewers
President Barack Obama’s prime-time speech about his impending strategy for the war in Afghanistan drew more total viewers Tuesday night than recent high profile speeches about health care, according to Nielsen Media Research. All told, 40.8 million people on ten TV networks watched the president’s speech, up 27 percent from his health care address in September, and 65 percent from his health care press conference last July. The president’s biggest ratings, however, remain his February speech to a joint session of Congress about health care reform, which pulled in 52.4 million viewers.
Dec 2
2009
06:12 PM ET
Gwyneth Paltrow to play country singer in 'Love Don't Let Me Down'
Gwyneth Paltrow will star as a singer in the country-music drama Love Don’t Let Me Down, according to Variety. Paltrow will play a fallen country singer who becomes involved with an up-and-coming young musician played by Garrett Hedlund (Four Brothers). Also starring are singer Tim McGraw as Paltrow’s manager and husband, and Leighton Meester (Gossip Girl) as a former beauty queen. The film, which is being directed and written by Shana Feste and produced by Tobey Maguire, will start shooting January in Nashville.
Dec 2
2009
05:49 PM ET
'Friends' finale the most-watched show of the decade
The series finale of Friends, which aired in May 2004 and attracted 52.5 million viewers, was the most-watched TV series episode of the decade, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Following Friends were the first season finale of Survivor, the season one finale of Joe Millionaire, an ER episode from 2000, and the premiere episode for American Idol‘s sixth season. Seven of the top 10 episodes are from the first half of the decade, as an increase in channels has fractured audiences and made “must-watch shows” harder to connect with huge audiences. The full Top 10 list is below:
1. Friends, “The Last One,” May 6, 2004 — 52.5 million
2. Survivor: Borneo, “Season Finale,” Aug. 23, 2000 — 51.7 million
3. Joe Millionaire, “Season Finale,” Feb. 17, 2003 — 40 million
4. ER, “All in the Family,” Feb. 17, 2000 — 39.4 million
5. American Idol, “Minneapolis Auditions,” Jan. 16, 2007 — 38.1 million
6. Grey’s Anatomy, “It’s the End of the World,” Feb. 5, 2006 — 38 million
7. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, May 3, 2000 — 36 million
8. Frasier, “Something Borrowed, Someone Blue,” May 18, 2000 — 33.7 million
9. Everybody Loves Raymond, “The Finale,” May 16, 2005 — 32.9 million
10. Spin City, “Goodbye,” May 24, 2000 — 32.8 million
Dec 2
2009
04:34 PM ET
Sundance 2010 competition includes films by Josh Radnor, Mark Ruffalo
The Sundance Institute has today unveiled the lineup of films in competition for the 2010 Sundance Film Festival (Jan. 21-31). The U.S. Dramatic Competition’s 16 films include: Derek Cianfrance’s romantic drama Blue Valentine starring Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams; HIMYM star Josh Radnor directing and starring in happythankyoumoreplease; Kevin Tyler Asch’s Holy Rollers starring Jesse Eisenberg and Justin Bartha; James Franco starring in Allen Ginsberg story Howl; Mark Ruffalo’s directorial debut feature Sympathy for Delicious; and Jake Scott (Ridley’s son) directing James Gandolfini and Kristen Stewart in Welcome to the Rileys.
The U.S. documentary competition includes a Joan Rivers documentary; Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth) examining public education in Waiting for Superman; Afghanistan soldier project Restrepo, which is co-directed by author Sebastian Junger; Spellbound director Jeffrey Blitz’s Lucky about lottery winners; and Tamra Davis’ film about Jean-Michel Basquiat.
The World Cinema Narrative Competition features 14 selections including Animal Kingdom starring Guy Pearce; British jihadi comedy Four Lions; Iraq-set family drama Son of Babylon; and Indian satire Peepli Live. World Cinema Documentaries include Jose Padilha’s Secrets of the Tribe, about indigenous people in the Amazon Basin; Sins of My Father, about Pablo Escobar’s family; and Lucy Walker’s Waste Land, which follows an artist who collaborates with garbage pickers in Rio.
Overall, the festival will present 112 feature films including 79 world premieres. For the full list of films announced so far, visit the Sundance website.
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