The latest trailer for The Wolverine goes a bit deeper into the emotional arc of the film while also, finally, showing us a quick shot of the Silver Samurai.
While X-Men Origins: Wolverine was, well, really bad, this second solo film is showing some promise. While it’s clear some changes have been made to the source material of the Japan saga, it’s still looking pretty darn good. Lets just hope it really is.
The Wolverine open July 26.
Just because you take the top spot at the box office doesn’t mean everyone will be celebrating.
Star Trek Into Darkness took the top spot at the box office this weekend with $70.5 million, and a four day cume of $84 million, well under the projected $100 million. The film is doing well overseas, up an amazing 80 percent overseas from the 2009 original, but domestically something was definitely off, Most of the speculation surrounds the revelation of a major spoiler that tainted the excitement of die-hard fans of the franchise. We’ll have to see how this pans out.
Second place went to Iron Man 3 with $35.1 million, which brings its domestic total to $337 million. It passed $1 billion globally this week, making it the sixth Disney film to do so out of the 14 total that have reached those loft heights.
The Great Gatsby landed in third with $23.4 million, a 53.2 percent slide from last weekend, and its domestic total now stands at $90.1 million.
Pain and Gain found itself in fourth place with $3.1 million, which brings its domestic total to $46.5 million off of a $26 million dollar budget.
Round out the top five was The Croods with another $2.75 million.
Next week sees three major releases with The Hangover Part III, Epic and Fast & Furious 6. Expect an all out fight for the top spot.
Curious how I think these new films will do? Check out my second quarter films of 2013 predictions.
This year was one of the heaviest cancellation cycle viewers have ever seen, it definitely could be qualified as a blood bath at the networks.
With the cancellations over, and the upfronts completed showing off the new series, it’s time to look over what happened at the networks this season.
Networks
Considering that NBC came in behind Univision in the ratings, it desperately needed to swing the axe hard this year, and so it did. A total of 12 shows met their end, but ABC, which isn’t doing so hot in the ratings either, also went heavy with 10 cancellations. With that said, however, lets take a look at how these cancellations broke down.
First Season Shows
What can we learn from this? New shows really did not speak to viewers this year. Of course, NBC was canceling shows left and right, but even CBS, which is in first place, wasn’t that happy with the way some shows launched. But out of the 33 shows canceled this year, 23 of them were newly added shows. That does not speak well for the future and the shows replacing them this fall. The public is becoming more discerning about what it sets aside time for.
Comedies
For clarification, these are shows of all ages, and not just first seasons, This also goes for the dramas and reality shows. Lets face it, comedies were a mess this year. NBC canceled all but two of them – 30 Rock and The Office do not factor here as they came to agreeable ends – and the Peacock network is ready to try some new things. At this point things can’t get worse for them, so why not? ABC also killed off several, but yet some Last Man Standing lives on… not sure why. And over at CBS, Chuck Lorre – the man behind The Big Bang Theory, Mike & Molly and Two and a Half Men – is adding a fourth show to his roster. This is not a good idea on CBS’ part just from the perspective it is putting far too many eggs in one basket.
Drama
Drama is where ABC fell flat on its face. It had a lot of failures right out of the gate with shows such as 666 Park Avenue and Last Resort. CBS also learned that not everything it touches turns to gold, as evidenced by Vegas.
Reality
And this is the pay off: Reality shows are cheap to make. Don’t get fooled by million dollar prizes, they’re still insanely cheap to make when compared to a comedy, and even more so when compared to a drama. Despite declining ratings on series such as Dancing With the Stars, it is still makes more economic sense to cut it down to one night and keep it around as opposing to canceling it all together and then having to fill two time slots.
Things are not going to be any easier this season. The crops of shows that are upcoming is a whole new slew of shows that just left me cold. With the exception of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., nothing really excited me. And even that show I’m not 100 percent sold on it working on a network channel. There will be a lot more cancellations next year at this time, and some of them will not be first season series. Some shows held on by their fingernails this year, and it’s doubtful things will improve this year.
The networks have got to look a bit deeper at how things are going and begin to realize it’s time for things to change.
It seems that the hints from a few weeks ago about sibling heroes Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch appearing in The Avengers 2 are indeed true.
IGN spoke with Joss Whedon at the ABC upfront event this week, and the writer/director confirmed the inclusion of the children of Magneto in the upcoming The Avengers 2.
You know, they had a rough beginning. They’re interesting to me because they sort of represent the part of the world that wouldn’t necessarily agree with The Avengers. So they’re not there to make things easier. I’m not putting any characters in the movie that will make things easier.
This of course doesn’t answer if Magneto will be mentioned as their father, potentially sticky situation as the rights for the film version of the character currently reside over at Fox for the X-Men movies.
Whedon also adressed the potential issues with including Iron Man in the sequel to the most successful comic book movie ever. Caution, spoiler warnings for Iron Man 3.
Well, I feel like in Iron Man 3, even though he said, ‘I’ve changed’ — he blew up his remote suits, but I don’t think anybody thinks he doesn’t have one anymore. The question is, if The Avengers are called, does he show up? And the answer is, ‘Yes!’
As if there was really ever any doubt.
The Avengers 2 will release May 1, 2015.
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The dust has settled from all of the 2013 upfronts, so now it’s time to see how your week of television watching will shape up come this fall.
Be sure to check out all of the upfront breakdowns for descriptions of the new shows.
See all the grids after the jump
The CW has announced its 2013/2014 schedule, and it’s making a lot of scheduling changes. New shows are in all caps and bold, and all times are Eastern.
MONDAY
8-9 PM – Hart Of Dixie
9-10 PM – Beauty And The Beast
TUESDAY
8-9 PM – THE ORIGINALS
9-10 PM – Supernatural
WEDNESDAY
8-9 PM – Arrow
9-10 PM – THE TOMORROW PEOPLE
THURSDAY
8-9 PM – The Vampire Diaries
9-10 PM – REIGN
FRIDAY
8-9 PM – The Carrie Diaries
9-10 PM – America’s Next Top Model
Show descriptions at the “Continue Reading” link
Pacific Rim has received yet another trailer, and the action is looking more and more like an all out spectacle.
I try my best not to buy into the hype of films any more after being disappointed so many times, but this film has all the earmarks of something I will watch over and over for years to come. I love giant robots. I love Kaiju/giant monsters. I love Guillermo del Toro movies. Mix those three loves and it’s going to be difficult for me to not love every second of this film.
Check out the latest trailer before Pacific Rim hits theaters on July 12.
CBS has announced its 2013/2014 schedule, and it’s making a lot of scheduling changes. New shows are in all caps and bold, and all times are Eastern.
MONDAY
8:00-8:30 PM How I Met Your Mother
8:30-9:00 PM WE ARE MEN
9:00-9:30 PM 2 Broke Girls
9:30-10:00 PM MOM
10:00-11:00 PM HOSTAGES / INTELLIGENCE (Mid-Season)
TUESDAY
8:00-9:00 PM NCIS
9:00-10:00 PM NCIS: LOS ANGELES
10:00-11:00 PM Person of Interest
WEDNESDAY
8:00-9:00 PM Survivor
9:00-10:00 PM Criminal Minds
10:00-11:00 PM CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
THURSDAY 8:00-8:30 PM The Big Bang Theory
8:30-9:00 PM THE MILLERS
9:00-9:30 PM THE CRAZY ONES
9:30-10:00 PM Two and a Half Men
10:00-11:00 PM Elementary
FRIDAY
8:00-9:00 PM Undercover Boss
9:00-10:00 PM Hawaii Five-o (NT)
10:00-11:00 PM Blue Bloods
SATURDAY
8:00-8:30 PM COMEDYTIME SATURDAY
8:30-9:00 PM COMEDYTIME SATURDAY
9:00-10:00 PM Crimetime Saturday
10:00-11:00 PM 48 Hours
SUNDAY
7:00-8:00 PM 60 Minutes
8:00-9:00 PM The Amazing Race
9:00-10:00 PM The Good Wife
10:00-11:00 PM The Mentalist
Show descriptions at the “Continue Reading” link
ABC has announced its 2013/2014 schedule, and it’s making a lot of scheduling changes. New shows are in all caps, and all times are Eastern.
MONDAY:
8:00 p.m. Dancing with the Stars
10:00 p.m. Castle
TUESDAY:
8:00 p.m. MARVEL’S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D.
9:00 p.m. THE GOLDBERGS
9:30 p.m. TROPHY WIFE
10:00 p.m. LUCKY 7
WEDNESDAY:
8:00 p.m. The Middle
8:30 p.m. BACK IN THE GAME
9:00 p.m. Modern Family
9:30 p.m. SUPER FUN NIGHT
10:00 p.m. Nashville
THURSDAY:
8:00 p.m. ONCE UPON A TIME IN WONDERLAND
9:00 p.m. Grey’s Anatomy
10:00 p.m. Scandal
FRIDAY:
8:00 p.m. Last Man Standing
8:30 p.m. The Neighbors
9:00 p.m. Shark Tank
10:00 p.m. 20/20
SATURDAY:
8:00 p.m. Saturday Night College Football
SUNDAY:
7:00 p.m. America’s Funniest Home Videos
8:00 p.m. Once Upon a Time
9:00 p.m. Revenge”
10:00 p.m. BETRAYAL
Show descriptions at the “Continue Reading” link
ABC is showing off its fall shows today, and that includes an extended look at Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
The alphabet network is showing off all of its new shows today, and while I’ll have full coverage later, I couldn’t delay showing off the nearly three minute trailer for the series I am most excited about this fall. You get a bit of a hint about Coulson’s fate after The Avengers, as well as a further look at the team we’ll be seeing each week.
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. airs Tuesdays this fall at 8 Eastern/7 Central.
Fox has announced its 2013/2014 schedule, and it’s making a lot of scheduling changes. New shows are in all caps, and all times are Eastern.
MONDAY
8:00-9:00 PM Bones (fall) / ALMOST HUMAN (late fall)
9:00-10:00 PM SLEEPY HOLLOW (fall) / The Following (midseason)
TUESDAY
8:00-8:30 PM DADS
8:30-9:00 PM BROOKLYN NINE-NINE
9:00-9:30 PM New Girl
9:30-10:00 PM The Mindy Project
WEDNESDAY
8:00-10:00 PM The X Factor (fall) / American Idol (midseason)
THURSDAY
8:00-9:00 PM The X Factor Results (fall) / American Idol Results (midseason)
9:00-10:00 PM Glee (fall) / RAKE (midseason)
FRIDAY
8:00-9:00 PM JUNIOR MASTERCHEF (wt) (fall)
9:00-10:00 PM SLEEPY HOLLOW encores (fall)
Late Fall:
8:00-9:00 PM Bones (late fall)
9:00-9:30 PM Raising Hope (late fall)
9:30-10:00 PM Enlisted (late fall)
SATURDAY
7:00-10:30 PM Fox Sports Saturday
11:00 PM-12:30 AM Animation Domination High-Def
SUNDAY
7:00-7:30 PM NFL Game (fall)
7:30-8:00 PM The OT (fall)
8:00-8:30 PM The Simpsons
8:30-9:00 PM Bob’s Burgers
9:00-9:30 PM Family Guy
9:30-10:00 PM American Dad
Scheduling to be announced for the following new series slated for midseason: GANG RELATED, SURVIVING JACK, US & THEM and MURDER POLICE.
Show descriptions at the “Continue Reading” link
24 is officially returning to Fox as a 12 episode limited series entitled 24: Live Another Day. Fox confirmed this morning that Keifer Sutherland will reprise his role as Jack Bauer, and Howard Gordon will return as the show runner.
When the series ended in 2010 after 192 episodes and one TV movie, Jack was again on the run from authorities and was going to be going off the grid into hiding. No word as of yet as to what he will be doing to get back in the action. The series will return in May 2014 as a summer event.
Open up those sockets, grab the Bag of Death… Jack’s back.
