During a Television Critics Association (TCA) press tour today, HBO officially announced today that have in fact renewed “Game of Thrones” and gave fans what they actually wanted to hear: a premiere date. Season five of the series will debut on Sunday, April 12th at 9:00pm ET/PT. Season 5 will have ten episodes as has been the case with previous seasons.
It was recently announced that an exclusive season 5 trailer will debut in IMAX theaters as they screen Season 4’s final two episodes.
For some reason that I am sure HBO thought was warranted, the network has announced that the popular series will be heading to IMAX theaters later this month. Sort of. Theaters will show the final two episodes of season four and an exclusive trailer for season five.
This is the first time in history that a television show will be shown like this in IMAX. If you choose to experience it, you can relive the Battle of Castle Black as well as the Emmy-nominated season four finale, “The Children.”
Greg Foster, senior executive vice president of IMAX Corp says,
“The scope and production quality of the show is quite remarkable, which will be highlighted even further in select IMAX locations—allowing fans, as never before, to become a part of author George R. R. Martin’s world that [showrunners] David Benioff and D. B. Weiss created for HBO. It has the action, storyline and epic nature that our fans seek in IMAX and we’re thrilled to team with HBO and our longtime partners at Warner Brothers to offer audiences a chance to experience it in the ultimate theater setting joined by other fans of the series.”
The IMAX showings will run in 150 theaters for one week beginning Jan. 23. We currently have no premiere date for season five of “Game of Thrones” but typically it has premiered either the last week of March or the first week of April.
According to report from Deadline, the novel “The Circle,” written by Dave Eggers, is getting a major film adaptation. Further it appears that actor Tom Hanks is attached to produce the project and possibly star in it as well.
The Circle is a sinister look at the tech world, following a woman who forgoes her private life to work at an Internet monopoly called the Circle, which creates one online identity for all users and results in the world’s most powerful online force. It touches on the dangers of living in an increasingly digital age—reminiscent of some recent headlines, isn’t it?
The script for The Circle has been penned by James Ponsoldt (The Spectacular Now) and has signed on to direct as well. According to the report, if the deal between the studio and the financier is approved than Hanks and Gary Goetzman, his producing partner, will be official producers on the project.
Hanks previously starred in another Eggers novel turned film in A Hologram For the King.
There is no word on when production may begin for the project or any other actors the studio may be eyeing for lead roles.
While we wait patiently for season three of “Bates Motel” to return, A&E has released the first promo for the upcoming season. In the promo we actually get an homage to the original film, Psycho, that the series is based on.
“Bates Motel” is a modern-day prequel to the film where viewers get to see an intimate portrayal of how Norman Bates psyche unravels through his teenage years. It stars Vera Farmiga in her Emmy-nominated role as Norma Bates with Freddie Highmore as the young Norman.
Carlton Cuse and Kerry Ehrin serve as executive producers for Carlton Cuse Productions and Kerry Ehrin Productions respectively. Season 3 of the series will debut in March 2015 on A&E.
You can watch the first promo below:
Legendary Pictures has officially optioned the upcoming novel from Andrew Pyper that is scheduled to release by Simon & Schuster in February 2015. The novel, “The Damned,” is described as similer to those supernatural thrillers “The Sixth Sense” and “Jacob’s Ladder.”
The book is described as follows:
From the #1 internationally bestselling author of The Demonologist, called “smart, thrilling, utterly unnerving” by Gone Girl author Gillian Flynn, comes a spine-tingling supernatural thriller about a survivor of a near-death experience haunted by his beautiful, vindictive twin sister.
Most people who have a near-death experience come back alone…
After he survived a fire that claimed the life of his twin sister, Ashleigh, Danny Orchard wrote a bestselling memoir about going to Heaven and back. But despite the resulting fame and fortune, he’s never been able to enjoy his second chance at life.
Ash won’t let him.
In life, Danny’s charming and magnetic twin had been a budding psychopath who privately terrorized her family—and death hasn’t changed her wicked ways. Ash has haunted Danny for twenty years and now, just when he’s met the love of his life and has a chance at real happiness, she wants more than ever to punish him for being alive—so she sets her sights on Danny’s new wife and stepson. Danny knows what Ash really wants is him, and he’s prepared to sacrifice himself in order to save the ones he loves. But to do this, he’ll have to meet his sister where she now resides—and hope that this time, he can keep her there forever.
Pyper is no stranger to the film adaptation area. His previous novel, “The Demonologist,” is currently in the development stage at Universal Pictures and Imagemovers as it is being made into a film.
There is to word when the project will begin development or the anticipated release date. Alex Hedlund and Tracy Stevens from Legendary will be overseeing the project.
“The Cuckoo’s Calling” written by Robert Galbraith also known as J.K. Rowling is about to be adapted into a television series. The famous author wrote the novel and its recently published sequel, “The Silkworm,” under the pseudonym but was quickly found out. Now the novels are about to be the basis for a new series on BBC One.
The television series does not have very many details yet. But it is known that Rowling will participate as a collaborator on the new project. She also confirmed that she would write more novel is the series giving the BBC series plenty of source material.
Rowling announced the news on Twitter, with the following classy notice to her fans.
My friend @RGalbraith‘s first novel is going to be a TV drama on @BBCOne. He’s very excited, but expressing it with characteristic silence.
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) December 10, 2014
Despite being found out as the author, Rowling continues to write the Comoran Strike novels under the Galbraith moniker.
Rowling’s other non-Harry Potter novel, “The Casual Vacancy” is also being adapted for a television series by BBC and is expected to air as a three-hour miniseries in February. There is no word on when “The Cuckoo’s Calling” may begin production or an anticipated premiere date.
Jurassic World has gotten its first full trailer! In the new trailer we see the deliciously adorable Chris Pratt and gorgeous Bryce Dallas Howard alongside some expected dinosaurs screeching with a slowed down version of John Williams’s score. It is pretty amazing and has definitely amped up the excitement for the film’s release.
Jurassic World stars Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Vincent D’Onofrio, Jake Johnson, Ty Simpkins, BD Wong, Irrfan Khan, Brian Tee, Omar Sy, Judy Greer, Katie McGrath, Lauren Lapkus, Andy Buckley, and James DuMont.
The fourth installment in the “Jurassic Park” franchise opens June 12, 2015. Check out the trailer in the player below.
The Joe Wright directed “Peter Pan” film adaptation has finally released its first trailer. Pan is an origin story to the classic tale and it stars Hugh Jackman, Garrett Hedlund, Rooney Mara, Amanda Seyfried, and Levi Miller.
The trailer shows Jackman as Blackbeard and Mara as Tiger Lily (despite not being Native American in the least). Hedlund plays a younger version of Captain Hook. Newcomer Levi Miller will play the titular character of Peter Pan.
Pan will hit theaters on July 17, 2015. You can watch the new trailer below:
The character of Peter Pan was created by Scottish novelist and playwright J. M. Barrie. Peter Pan is a mischievous boy who can fly and never grows up. He spends his never-ending childhood adventuring on the small island of Neverland as the leader of his gang, the Lost Boys, interacting with mermaids, Native Americans, fairies, pirates, and occasionally ordinary children from the world outside of Neverland.
We finally have the first teaser trailer for the upcoming film, Jurassic World! The film is the fourth installment in the “Jurassic Park” franchise and is highly anticipated with an all-star cast.
The teaser is only 15 seconds long but it is enough to bring the excitement for the movie release.
The film was directed by Colin Trevorrow and it stars Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Judy Greer, Ty Simpkins and Omar Sy. It hits theaters on June 12, 2015.
The full trailer debuts Thursday at 9 p.m. EST. You can watch the teaser below:
The television adaptation, “Witches of East End” has been officially cancelled by Lifetime. The series lasted two seasons and starred Julia Ormond, Rachel Boston, Jenna Dewan Tatum, Madchen Amick, Eric Winter, Daniel DiTomasso and Christian Cooke.
“Witches of East End” is based on the novel series of the same name written by Melissa de la Cruz. It was developed by for television by Maggie Friedman while Fox 21 and 3 Arts produced the series.
Despite starting off on a high note with an average of 3 million viewers, 1.7 million of them in the advertiser-coveted adults 18-49 demo, the show’s second season dropped sharply in viewership. The finale ended with barely more than 1 million in same-day ratings.