The box office success of recent film franchises including Harry Potter, Twilight, and The Hunger Games have demonstrated that the popularity of young adult book series can be duplicated on the big screen. Not surprisingly, a movie adaptation of another modern fantasy best-seller, The Alchemyst, is currently in the works. The first in author Michael Scott’s six-part fantasy saga The … [Read more...]
Bol Bachchan
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Antoine Fuqua to Direct Don Cheadle in Miles Davis Biopic
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A biopic about jazz musician Miles Davis has been on Hollywood’s to-do list for a while now. Last fall, director George Tillman Jr. (Notorious) was tapped to bring Davis’ story to the big screen. However, not too long thereafter, word got out that Don Cheadle was developing his own project, based on the highly-influential trumpeter/composer’s life. In a recent interview, the … [Read more...]
Dancing on the Stars: (Not) Coming to CBS!
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Very well played, CBS. Days after a judge permitted ABC to air Glass House, despite objections from CBS that it was a blatant rip-off of Big Brother, the latter network has gone ahead and issued a press release for its own upcoming, totally original series: Dancing on the Stars! It's worth nothing for emphasis: THIS IS NOT A REAL SHOW. But it is a rare example of humor and levity from a major … [Read more...]
SR Geek Picks: ‘Big Bang Theory’ Meets ‘Firefly’, Iron Man Mashups, NBA ‘Amazing’ & More!
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Welcome to Screen Rant’s “Geek Picks,” where we collect the finest movie-related geekery from around the Web for you. Today you’ll find a Zelda nursery; a Pixar artist’s movie storybook; a sculpture made of Buckyballs; and Han Solo as James Bond. All that and more on this edition of SR’s Geek Picks! To kick things off today, The Dark Knight Rises Mountain … [Read more...]
Engadget HD Podcast 304 – 06.19.2012
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Rumors that Microsoft's plans for its next console could turn it into a Blu-ray and whole-home DVR super set-top box lead off a console-heavy into to this week's podcast, as we also check out the new Paramount Movies app and Netflix for the Wii U. If speed is what you're about, Verizon just raised its limits (and its prices), while the DOJ is looking into cable vs. online video -- we'll let you … [Read more...]
Jim Carrey Leaves Dumb and Dumber Sequel
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Well, that didn't take long. Rotten Tomatoes: News … [Read more...]
Open Discussion – June 20, 2012
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As usual – talk about whatever you like as long as it’s related to movies, TV or Screen Rant itself – just remember to play nice. Click to continue reading Open Discussion – June 20, 2012 Screen Rant … [Read more...]
Plex for iOS 2.4 lets you get social with video, tie into Facebook
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It's been awhile since we last saw a big Plex update for mobile apps, so it's with some relief that version 2.4 has just crossed the path of iOS users. The upgrade is all about socializing and introduces a friend system both to get viewing ideas as well as to recommend favorite videos to others. Those especially eager to make the link can go on to bind a myPlex account with Facebook. Even if … [Read more...]
LG and Philips / TP Vision announce Smart TV Alliance for cross platform TV apps
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Following up on last year's promise to build a standardized SDK for creating Smart TV apps, LG and TP Vision (the new owner of Philips' TV business) have announced the creation of the Smart TV Alliance. Its goal is to create a "non-proprietary ecosystem" to encourage developers to make platform-independent apps based on standards like HTML5. One of the main problems currently for the Smart TV … [Read more...]
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