• How could there be so much confusion over who owns the film rights to Watchmen? At the heart of the dust-up between Fox and Warner Bros. is turnaround, a contractual mechanism that comes with all kinds of strings. Michael Cieply tries to untangle them and, in the process, discovers evidence that Warner Bros. may have settled an earlier rights dispute with Paramount — yet another studio that had planned to adapt Watchmen – by handing over the foreign distribution rights. [The New York Times]
• Fox will stream the premiere of J.J. Abrams’ Fringe and the second-season opener of Terminator: The Sarah Conner Chronicles online at the same time they debut on television — but only on college campuses. Students, who are more likely to have computers than TVs in their dorm rooms, will be able to log in to the Fox website to watch. [Variety]
• The fourth volume of NBC’s Heroes – aka the second half of Season 3 — will be titled “Fugitives.” [io9]
• Kristen Bell has joined the voice cast of Warner Bros.’ Astro Boy. [Variety]
• Nicolas Cage will be the death of Matthew Vaughn’s Kick-Ass, apparently. [Collider]
August 25th, 2008 at 12:17 pm
Charlie predicts Kick-ass will be bad solely based on Cage’s involvement and says that Cage hasn’t put out a good movie since Matchstick Men, citing examples such as National Treasure and Ghost Rider, yet leaves out quality movies such as Lord of War and The Weather Man. How convenient
August 26th, 2008 at 7:29 pm
The Weather Man was not good. It was meandering and it desperately wanted to be meaningful, but bleakness does not equal significance.
He’s absolutely right that there is no reason whatsoever for Nicholas Cage to still be in movies. He’s a terrible actor, he’s an ugly man, and he clearly has no clue how he actually comes across.
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