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DVD News: Stargate Universe Hits DVD/Blu-ray Shelves With Sgu 1.0 (Includes Extended Pilot)
22 December 2009 8:50 PM, PST
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Featuring An Extended Pilot With Never-Before-Seen Footage
Sgu 1.0 Debuts Exclusively On Blu-ray Disc And DVD February 9
One of FusedFilm’s to shows of 2009, the first half of Sgu hits shelves this February. From the creators of television’s longest running Sci-Fi series, Stargate Sg-1, comes a new story as Sgu 1.0 lands on two-disc Blu-ray and three-disc DVD February 9 from MGM Home Entertainment. Featuring the first 10 episodes, fans will have the opportunity to relive their favorite moments before all-new episodes air in the spring. With a winning combination of Stargate’s pedigree, award-winning cult favorite stars and a bold new look, “Sgu 1.0” features appearances by original cast members Richard Dean Anderson (“MacGyver”) and Amanda Tapping (“Stargate Sg-1”). Plus meet a brand new all-star cast including Robert Carlyle (The Full Monty), Brian J. Smith (Hate Crime), David Blue (“Ugly Betty”), Jamil Walker Smith (“Hey Arnold!”) and guest starring Ming-Na (“ER”), Lou Diamond Phillips
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Filmmakers launch The Colony and The Slayers
11 November 2009 11:08 AM, PST
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A pair of new projects are currently being prepped by writer/director Rich Robinson (who co-scripted and -helmed 2007’s Marcus) and producer/cinematographer Neil Moore for Backwoods Entertainment. One is a creature feature called The Colony, and the other is a youth-oriented horror/comedy in the Monster Squad vein titled The Slayers.
The Colony is set in the town of Eden Mills, where local sheriff Nick Whittaker must protect the residents from a pack of wolflike predators that dwell in an abandoned mineshaft. One of those beasts will make an appearance in The Slayers, which focuses on a group of misfit kids who team up to fight monsters threatening them and their neighbors. Robinson and Moore have shot teasers for both projects, which can be viewed at The Colony’s official website here and The Slayers’ site here.
“One thing we felt was important for us to hang onto,” Robinson says of The Slayers,
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Filmmakers launch The Colony and The Slayers
11 November 2009 11:08 AM, PST
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A pair of new projects are currently being prepped by writer/director Rich Robinson (who co-scripted and -helmed 2007’s Marcus) and producer/cinematographer Neil Moore for Backwoods Entertainment. One is a creature feature called The Colony, and the other is a youth-oriented horror/comedy in the Monster Squad vein titled The Slayers.
The Colony is set in the town of Eden Mills, where local sheriff Nick Whittaker must protect the residents from a pack of wolflike predators that dwell in an abandoned mineshaft. One of those beasts will make an appearance in The Slayers, which focuses on a group of misfit kids who team up to fight monsters threatening them and their neighbors. Robinson and Moore have shot teasers for both projects, which can be viewed at The Colony’s official website here and The Slayers’ site here.
“One thing we felt was important for us to hang onto,” Robinson says of The Slayers,
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Filmmakers launch The Colony and The Slayers
11 November 2009 11:08 AM, PST
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A pair of new projects are currently being prepped by writer/director Rich Robinson (who co-scripted and -helmed 2007’s Marcus) and producer/cinematographer Neil Moore for Backwoods Entertainment. One is a creature feature called The Colony, and the other is a youth-oriented horror/comedy in the Monster Squad vein titled The Slayers.
The Colony is set in the town of Eden Mills, where local sheriff Nick Whittaker must protect the residents from a pack of wolflike predators that dwell in an abandoned mineshaft. One of those beasts will make an appearance in The Slayers, which focuses on a group of misfit kids who team up to fight monsters threatening them and their neighbors. Robinson and Moore have shot teasers for both projects, which can be viewed at The Colony’s official website here and The Slayers’ site here.
“One thing we felt was important for us to hang onto,” Robinson says of The Slayers,
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- no-reply@fangoria.com (Michael Gingold)
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Remaking A Nightmare on Elm Street
28 September 2009 9:45 AM, PDT
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The new trailer for director Samuel Bayer and producer Michael Bay's remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street left me thinking these guys think I'm an idiot. And while I have yet to see the movie, I hold out hope that they won't turn another classic into a joke, steering the youth of today away from creepy, original storytelling towards the mire of generic, empty, in-it-for-the-money, crap.
Bayer's credits include directing a bunch of videos, and although some of them are those of Iron Maiden and Metallica, that's about the closest he's come to directing horror. The trailer for the new Nightmare has the same feeling as Bay's other remake projects, namely The Amityville Horror and Texas Chainsaw Massacre, both of which turned out to be desecrations of their originals... in my humble opinion.
Looks like one saving grace will be the role of Freddy Kruger played by Jackie Earle Haley
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Film Fan Changes His Name to MacGyver Chewbacca Highlander
18 September 2009 11:00 AM, PDT
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According to Norwegian site Vg Nett, bus driver/film fan Andreas Jankov has officially changed his name to Julius Andreas Gimli Arn MacGyver Chewbacka Highlander Elessar-Jankov. "I wanted to show that it is possible to be serious and at the same time take the name you like," said Jankov. "I wanted to see how far I could take it with respect to the number of names. I started thinking about this three years ago and it was approved in January this year." He was even able to have his passport and bank card re-issued, but since the name was too long, he was forced to drop "Highlander." Breakdown of his names: * Julius: An homage to the famous chimp at the Kristiansand Zoo * Arn: A Swedish knight movie * Elessar and Gimli: From "Lord of the Rings" * MacGyver: Richard Dean Anderson's TV show * Highlander: Famous movie or TV show * Chewbacka
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Fan 'changes name to include film characters'
18 September 2009 10:56 AM, PDT
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A Norwegian man has reportedly changed his name to include characters from movies and television. Andreas Jankov legally altered his moniker to Julius Andreas Gimli Arn MacGyver Chewbacka [Chewbacca] Highlander Elessar-Jankov, according to The Huffington Post. Julius is a reference to a popular chimp at Kristiansand Zoo, while Arn is a renowned Swedish knight film. Elessar and Gimli come from the Lord Of The Rings trilogy. MacGyver is in relation to the popular 1980s Richard Dean Anderson TV show, with Chewbacca being the (more)
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Laugh-In's Henry Gibson dead at 73
17 September 2009 12:00 AM, PDT
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For some reason I thought that Henry Gibson was a lot older than 73, but the character actor with the huge resume passed away from cancer at that age yesterday in Malibu.
One of the more famous TV credits on that resume was Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, the influential 60s comedy show that no one under 30 has ever seen. He also appeared in shows like Bewitched, The Beverly Hillbillies, Deep Space Nine, Coach, MacGyver, Evening Shade, Sisters, Newhart, Magnum, P.I., and Simon and Simon.
More recently, TV fans know him from his many appearances as a judge on Boston Legal and his voice work on King of the Hill (he played Bob Jenkins). He was also in several movies, including Magnolia (he played Thurston Howell???), The Nutty Professor, Nashville, The Blues Brothers, Wedding Crashers, and a ton of others.Continue reading Laugh-In's Henry Gibson dead at 73
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- Bob Sassone
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MacGruber set pics
1 September 2009 10:07 AM, PDT
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I haven't watched Saturday Night Live since 1999, so I'm a little behind on what skits are cool now. For those of you who do watch, we have some pictures from the set of the MacGruber movie.
I watched a few of the skits to see what it was all about, and it wasn't anything I fell in love with. It made me laugh a couple of times. Richard Dean Anderson was in some of the episodes playing Dad to Will Forte's not as clever as MacGyver clone.
Will a MacGruber movie be funny? It's possible. I
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- Niki Stephens
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MacGruber... The Movie?
21 July 2009 4:36 PM, PDT
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I rarely watch SNL these days, but even I haven’t been oblivious to the recurring sketch called “MacGruber.” It’s a mildly amusing spoof of MacGyver, everyone’s favorite brainy, mullet-sporting action hero. If you are unfamiliar with the premise, it’s absurdly simple—MacGruber (played by Will Forte) has about twenty seconds to defuse a bomb. He starts by assembling various household objects (paperclips, pipe cleaners, etc.) the same way MacGyver did, gets sidetracked in some sort of argument, personal issue or conversational tangent, and the bomb blows up, the end. Each one lasts about half-a-minute, and many of the broadcasts feature several “episodes” scattered across the entire 90-minute show.
Usually good for a smile, there’s very little variety (though Richard Dean Anderson appeared in one I didn’t see), but absurdity seems to be the venerable sketch series’ best friend now since all other attempts at recurring characters are often embarrassing.
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- Matt Medlock
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Contest: Win Stargate Sg-1: Children of the Gods on DVD
20 July 2009 7:14 AM, PDT
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Stargate Sg-1: Children of the Gods will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on July 21 and we just have to celebrate this new sci-fi DVD. We have a new contest lined up and we're giving away copies of this new DVD adventure to our readers. You know these discs will fly out of here at warp speed, so enter this new contest today.
Winners Receive:
- Stargate Sg-1: Children of the Gods DVD
to enter this big giveaway today.
Taking after the author's vision of the pilot, visual effects have been enhanced, the soundtrack has been updated to include an entirely original score, and the new final cut features a more self-contained storyline. Picking up the story nearly a year after the original 1994 Stargate film, Stargate Sg-1: Children of the Godsfollows Air Force Colonel Jack O'Neill (Richard Dean Anderson, "MacGyver") and Major Sam Carter (Amanda Tapping, "Sanctuary
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new DVD releases in Region 2, July 13
16 July 2009 12:01 PM, PDT
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green light (definitely check it out):
Religulous: Bill Maher might be kind of an asshole, but he’s right: religion is poison. [Amazon U.K.] [now available at Amazon U.S.]
Torchwood: Children of Earth: What this Doctor Who spinoff was always meant to be: dark, harsh, and intense. [Amazon U.K.] [preorder at Amazon U.S.]
Mad Men: Series 2: Who knew the ad industry could be so dramatic? [Amazon U.K.] [now available at Amazon U.S.]
Mad Men: Series 1-2: Get the whole show to date in one package. [Amazon U.K.]
MacGyver: Series 5: This includes what might be my favorite episode of the whole series, “Black Rhino.” There’s also the dream episode “Serenity,” which would sorta anticipate Richard Dean Anderson’s next series, Legend. [Amazon U.K.] [now available at Amazon U.S.]
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- MaryAnn Johanson
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MacGruber: Because 'SNL' Movies Have Such a Great Track Record
8 July 2009 8:02 AM, PDT
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Why not make a movie based around one of the unfunniest recurring characters of late, the normally likeable Will Forte's MacGruber? Yes, it's true. Monika wrote in May that Lorne Michaels said he's considering a feature-length film version of the Saturday Night Live MacGruber sketch, and now Variety and The Hollywood Reporter are confirming that the wheels are in Mac-motion. They are also reporting that Val Kilmer and Ryan Phillipe could join Wiig and Forte in this comedy of errors, which is being written by Forte and fellow SNL writers John Solomon and Jorma Taccone, who will also direct.
The MacGruber skits on Saturday Night Live poke fun at the popular MacGyver TV series, which aired from 1985 to 1992 and starred Richard Dean Anderson as a secret agent who concocted useful devices from the objects around him -- hence the term MacGyvering. MacGruber, who is MacGyver's long-lost son, is
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'SNL's 'MacGyver' spoof to become movie
8 July 2009 5:08 AM, PDT
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MacGruber, the Saturday Night Live spoof of MacGyver, will be made into a movie, says The Hollywood Reporter. The sketch stars Will Forte as the son of secret agent Angus MacGyver. He and his assistant (played by Kristen Wiig) regularly find themselves trapped in a room with a bomb about to go off, only to see MacGruber get sidetracked by his personal problems. MacGyver star Richard Dean Anderson has appeared in several of the skits. Forte and Wiig will reprise their roles for the comedy movie, which centres on the eponymous character's (more)
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"SNL" Sketch "MacGruber" Heading To The Big Screen
8 July 2009 2:08 AM, PDT
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MacGruber is heading to the big screen. The "Saturday Night Live" infamous character, played by regular cast member Will Forte, will be making its transition to the theaters.
MacGruber is a play on Richard Dean Anderson's iconic TV character, MacGyver, that appears on a sketch on the show. Forte, who writes the shorts with John Solomon and Jorma Taccone, stars as the titular character.
"SNL" cast Kristen Wiig will reprise her role as Vicki, who was first played by Maya Rudolph. Val Kilmer and Ryan Phillippe are both in talks to join the film cast, Variety reports.
"MacGruber" will be distributed by Relativity's Rogue banner and will be produced by "SNL" creator Lorne Michaels along with Ryan Kavanaugh and John Goldwyn.
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MacGruber Movie is a Go. For Real. No, Really.
7 July 2009 10:57 AM, PDT
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MacGruber started out as a skit on Saturday Night Live that made fun of MacGyver and his ability to turn anything into a nuke. It was actually kind of funny, one of the few skits that SNL did in recent years that actually made you laugh, but like everything about SNL, they eventually ran it into the ground. Until then, it was pretty funny stuff. Richard Dean Anderson himself has shown up in a couple of skits, which shows you the guy’s got a great sense of humor. So now the plan is to make an actual full-length movie based on the MacGruber skit.
Tweets Production Weekly:
Jorma Taccone will direct “Magruber,” based on the SNL sketch parody of the TV show “MacGyver” filming begins next month in New Mexico.
I’m guessing they misspelled MacGruber.
Anyways, it makes you wonder why they didn’t just go and do the MacGyver movie,
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Hey Hollywood, What About the Rest of My Childhood?
1 July 2009 12:08 PM, PDT
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Right now, as I type this Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is nearing one kagillion dollars at the worldwide box office, a total so large it has gone into made up numbers. At this point it’s fairly well documented that I wasn’t a fan of the sequel, so I won’t reiterate how there was no story and most of the critics got it right.
But Transformers got me thinking about how I used to take Soundwave in the tub with me and, while surrounded by bubbles, dive bomb the rubber ducky. Then, after I finished reminiscing about last weekend, I reflected further back to my childhood. Those were the good times before I had responsibilities and other things I procrastinate. However, now that 80’s adaptations are successful in theaters, Hollywood will milk that cash cow dry until we’re all sick of hearing about the toys we
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[DVD Review] TV Sets: Action Packed
26 May 2009 8:44 AM, PDT
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As a means of generating consumer interest in a few older television series whose DVD sales are probably past their prime, CBS has released a sampler DVD of its more notable action-based entrees. The resulting DVD certainly entertains, but whether it actually succeeds in stirring up the appropriate “must have the entire season” sentiment that CBS hoped for is doubtful. Sure, blending episodes of Mission: Impossible, MacGyver, Walker, Texas Ranger and NCIS will make for an interesting mix – but as a mass consumer of television myself, the episodes chosen may not have been the best choices.
Each of the episodes chosen is the pilot of its respective series but, while interesting to see from a television history perspective, the pilots of a series aren’t always the best choice when you’re trying to snag an audience for DVD purchases.
Walker, Texas Ranger – “One Riot, One Ranger”
Directed by Virgil W. Vogel,
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DVD Playhouse--May 2009
11 May 2009 11:22 PM, PDT
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DVD Playhouse—May 2009
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Allen Gardner
Paramount Centennial Collection Paramount Studios releases two more classic titles from its library on special edition DVD: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance is John Ford’s last masterpiece (although he would go on to direct two more very good films) from 1962: about an Eastern lawyer (James Stewart) who travels west only to find primal brutality in the form of sadistic bandit Liberty Valance (Lee Marvin, great as always) and pragmatic brutality in local rancher Tom Doniphon (John Wayne), each two sides of a coin that represent a way of life slowly dying out as Stewart’s modern brand of civilization tames the West. A perfect film, period. Howard Hawks’ El Dorado is essentially a remake of his earlier classic Rio Bravo, with John Wayne, Robert Mitchum and a young James Caan as lawmen joining forces against corrupt cattle barons. Great fun. Two disc sets.
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MacGyver Movie Comes Together with Shoelaces and Tinfoil
19 March 2009 9:59 PM, PDT
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The rumors are true. MacGyver is set to become a feature film from New Line Cinema. Lee David Zlotoff, the creator/writer of the series from 1985-1992, managed to retain rights to the show and has sold it for a revival on the big screen.
According to the trades, no writer has been attached, but with Zlotoff involved I’m sure they plan on keeping it relatively faithful to the series. This means no spoof comedy or R-rated vigilantism, but I doubt it the 80s hair and corny jokes will be back.
I suspect they probably won’t ask 59-year-old Richard Dean Anderson to return as MacGyver either. They may insult him by asking for a cameo appearance, while searching for the latest teen idol to take his place.
Twilight star Robert Pattinson is MacGyver? High School Musical wonder kid Zac Efron? Jonas Brother #2? Because you have to cover those four marketing quadrants,
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- Jeff Leins
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