Thursday, March 8, 2012
Roastmaster General Jeff Ross Lands New Show on Comedy Central
After giving her husband the boot, Jackie is going to need a little help from her friends in the fourth season of Showtime's hit drama Nurse Jackie - and that is exactly what she'll get based on the new key art for the series returning Sunday, April 8 at 9/8c. This season, Jackie (Edie Falco) will finally confront her addiction, but she'll be further tested by... Read More > Other Links From TVGuide.com Bobby CannavaleEdie FalcoJoel GreyRosie PerezGreen DayCarmelo AnthonyBillie Joe ArmstrongNurse Jackie
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Watch the opening scene from Contagion online now
The germ-averse among you should really look away now, as we've got the opening scene of Steven Soderbergh's Contagion for you to view below.The scene, which opens in Hong Kong on Day 2 (you'll have to watch to the end of the movie to find out about Day 1), sees Gwyneth Paltrow's travelling businesswoman nibbling from a bowl of suspicious looking peanuts and exhibiting the first symptoms of a rather nasty cough.From there, we see the virus spreading to London, Minnesota and a host of other destinations across the globe.If you're the type of commuter to arch a scathing eyebrow at any fellow passengers who so much as sniffle, this clip is likely to incite a something of a panic in you.But, if you've got your anti-bacterial hand-gel at the ready, get watching the clip now:[brightcove]1485297038001[/brightcove]If that clip has got you feverish to watch the full film, Contagion is available to buy on Blu-ray and DVD today.Read our Contagion review.
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Bradley Cooper Inks First-Look Deal with Warner Bros
Warner Bros Pictures and actor-producer Bradley Cooper have entered a two-year first-look deal. Cooper starred in the studio’s 2009 comedy The Hangover and last year’s The Hangover Part II. Coopers 22& Indiana production company has hired Sheroum Kim as a development exec. The company will be housed at the Warner Bros lot. Cooper is currently in pre-production on Serena, directed by Susanne Bier with Jennifer Lawrence joining the cast.
Yahoo ink deal to distribute 'Burning Love'
StillerYahoo has inked an offer to distribute the net series "Burning Love," from Paramount's Insurge Pictures and Ben Stiller's Red-colored Hour Digital. Project, that follows fireman Mark Orlando (Ken Marino) because he looks for an ideal lady, spoofs popular reality dating shows. Malin Akerman, Kristen Bell, Michael Ian Black, Ken Jeong, Adam Scott, Abigail Spencer, Natasha Leggero, Ryan Hansen, June Diane Raphael, Noureen DeWulf, Kerri Kenney and Janet Dover co-star. Erica Oyama composed the scripts that Marino helmed. Series bows this spring. "Burning Love" will launch included in the Comedy Funnel on Yahoo! Screen, the us dot com's video destination. Yahoo! draws in over 35 million unique site visitors per month. Stiller referred to the project as "Wiki Leaks, only more sexy and more amusing." "We like Red-colored Hour's make of comedy and we are excited to grow on Paramount's relationship with them within the digital space," stated Amy Powell, leader, Insurge Pictures. "'Burning Love' is simply plain amusing and that we can't wait to talk about it with audiences." "Burning Love" is executive created by Red-colored Hour's Stiller, Stuart Cornfeld and Mike Rosenstein, Abominable Pictures' Jonathan Stern, Ken Marino and Erica Oyama with Paramount's Insurge Pictures disbursing the project. Red-colored Hour formerly produced "Stiller and Meara" for Yahoo, in addition to Stillerstrong.com, and "Evening of 140 Tweets" for digital platforms. Shingle inked a 2-year start looking cope with Vital Digital Entertainment this year, to build up original digital entertainment qualities that may be released as live-action and animated webisodes or social-media games across a number of platforms, including mobile. Contact Marc Graser at marc.graser@variety.com
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