June 2008 Archive
June 30: DHD publishes part 1 of SAG/AMPTP series -- Taking a look at the first part in a three-part series on the SAG/AMPTP negotiations as written by Nikki Finke for Deadline Hollywood.
June 30: Wall*E beats Jolie's Wanted, or does it? -- Pixar's big ticket Wall*E faces off against Angelina Jolie's first financially successful pic.
June 27: Preliminary Emmy list out -- The 2008 Emmy Award preliminary list is out.
June 26: Pilot and screener leaks just don't matter -- NewTeeVee lists all the new fall pilots on the file sharing networks and I wonder why we're even giving attention to such a small, irrelevant thing.
June 26: NBC rebuked in accounting fraud lawsuit -- Actor Jack Klugman won a court order to have his old Qunicy M.E. contract copied and released to him by NBC Universal in a brewing battle over accounting disagreements.
June 26: WGA likens product integration to paid programming -- The WGA is going all out to fight against 'product integration', the practice of inserting products as props and changing story lines to advertise events and services.
June 25: If it's Kevin Smith or the MPAA, the MPAA has to go -- The MPAA doesn't have it out for Kevin Smith, they are simply the remnants of a bygone era that needs to be replaced or shut down altogether.
June 25: SAG seeks contract extension, gets owned by Judge -- SAG is ordered by a judge to stop suing advertisers in disputes over health and pension fund contribs; seeks extension to contract expiring in 5 days.
June 25: It's business as usual for besieged New Line -- New Line's new chief dumps a hotly anticipated horror flick in order to clear the schedule for something he previously produced. And New Line is better how?
June 24: SAG and AMPTP deadlocked with strike in sight -- Negotiations between SAG and AMPTP haven't amounted to much, and with the new fall season in full production and Comic-Con coming up in a few weeks, are we in for another strike?
June 24: Ron Moore's new show finds its star -- Ron Moore's new sci-fi show on Fox has dug up the former star of New Amsterdam to lead a spaceship crew living in a virtual reality environment.
June 24: Pictures and spoilers from the set of Heroes -- As the third season production of Heroes kicks into high gear, set pictures and plot spoilers abound.
June 24: Movies, TV shows recently released on DVD -- 10,000 B.C., The Spiderwick Chronicles, Ice Road Truckers, Criss Angel, Futurama, The New Adventures of Old Christine, recently released on DVD and more..
June 23: SAG contact expires in a few days -- Two Heroes stars talk the upcoming third season, Entertainment Weekly thinks Saved by the Bell is a new TV classic, and more quick links..
June 23: In which I dump a bunch of Stargate links on you -- A collection of interviews and news stories on Stargate Atlantis, Continuum, and even some BSG from the past month.
June 23: Michael Bay to Megan Fox: Just look hot ok? -- The follow-up to Michael Bay's huge Transformers blockbuster is showing cracks at the script level, and all Bay do for directing Megan Fox is to tell her to "look hot."
June 23: Fringe pilot really was leaked -- The Fringe pilot was leaked two months early, and nobody really cares.
June 23: George Carlin passed away -- Iconic comedian George Carlin passed away Sunday
June 22: Hulk vs. Hulk vs. The Happening -- Did the new Incredible Hulk do better than Ang Lee's version, and did The Happening do better because it will earn a profit?
June 20: Happy 100,000th visitor...you're fired. -- What Google giveth, it can taketh away -- 24 hours after celebrating 110,000 visits, a pagerank update cuts our traffic by nearly 70%.
June 19: Media Pundit hits the big 100k -- The Media Pundit reaches 100,000 views just before the first year anniversary.
June 18: On lost icons and naughty thespians -- Ruminating on the loss of Tim Russet, Stan Winston, and how much I wish we could "lose" Katherine Heigl somewhere, preferably in a desert or a crowded mall.
June 17: Movies, TV shows recently released on DVD -- Recently released movies, recently released TV shows; Burn Notice, E.R., Jericho, Meerkat Manor, Sabrina, Dynasty, Transformers, Fool's Gold, more..
June 17: AP stories embargoed until further notice -- After the Associated Press' attack on bloggers, they are no longer welcome here at The Media Pundit.
June 16: Martin Wood talks Sanctuary, Canadian productions -- Stargate producer Martin Wood talks about his new web-to-TV series 'Sanctuary', and the struggle to compete with instead of serve the American TV market.
June 16: 'Hulk', 'The Happening' bring interesting weekend -- Two hit-or-miss films opened well in a surprising weekend, proving critics and nay-sayers wrong -- Norton's 'Hulk' and Shyamalan's 'The Happening' get it done in theaters.
June 15: Scribes walk off Sony show over labor jurisdiction -- Writers who were working without a contract in good faith have walked off production of a Sony/Fox show after being promised WGA coverage, only to have it denied.
June 15: Battlestar finale anything but "jaw-dropping" -- Friday's Battlestar Galactica mid-season finale was anything but "jaw-dropping".
June 15: Vanity Fair doesn't get it -- Vanity Fair quantifies blogs as news/opinion and earnest/scurrilous, proving they have no idea what they are talking about.
June 14: MediaPundit.net gets two new features -- Mediapundit.net gets two new features: new comment notification via email and threaded comments.
June 13: Heigl's comments a 'slap in the face' -- A Grey's Anatomy insider speaks out on controversial comments by star Katherine Heigl, saying they were a "slap in the face."
June 13: After today, no more BSG 'till 2009 -- After tonight, there won't be any new Battlestar Galactica until next year at the earliest. Why does the Scifi Channel hate BSG so much?
June 12: Katherine Heigl says her writing staff sucks -- Katherine Heigl bowed out of the Emmys this year because she thinks her writing staff failed her.
June 12: Darabont's original Indy IV script leaked -- Frank Darabont's script for Indy IV has leaked, and one review says that Spielberg and Lucas should have stuck with what they had.
June 11: Straczynski's Jeremiah coming to Scifi -- Jeremiah, a short-lived drama by J. Michael Straczynski and Sam Egan is making its way to the Scifi Channel in July,
June 11: E! interviews Heroes cast on third season -- With the third season of Heroes in production, interviews with the cast and news about the fall premier are making their way out.
June 10: Movies, TV shows recently released on DVD -- Recently released movies, recently released TV shows 7th Heaven, Army Wives, Fantastic Four, Home Improvement, The Bucket List, Jumper, more..
June 10: What ever happened to Postal? -- Infamous German director Uwe Boll's latest, a film based on the video game Postal, was nowhere to be seen last month when it was due for theatrical release.
June 07: MPAA censorship has got to stop -- Kevin Smith's online-only teaser for his new comedy -- Zack & Miri Make a Porno -- has been censored by the MPAA.
June 07: McG blogs from set of Terminator flick -- Director McG blogs from the set of Terminator: Salvation in New Mexico.
June 06: Academic conference studies Whedon Universe -- Academics gather to discuss the Joss Whedon universe.
June 04: Zak Penn wins sole credit on new Hulk film -- A WGA credit arbitration committee hands sole credit to the scripts original author, Zak Penn, over a rewrite by star Edward Norton.
June 04: Are vanity cable channels the future? -- The NFL passes up a grand opportunity to launch award winning original programming on its own cable channel in favor of Showtime. Will DirecTV lead the way instead?
June 03: Clinton's loss is a win for creative freedom -- Hillary Clinton's failed presidential campaign is a small victory for those who oppose media censorship, at least for now.
June 03: New TV shows and movies released on DVD -- The Dead Zone, Weeds, Rescue Me, The Andromeda Strain, Doctor Who, Meet the Spartans and more new on DVD.
June 02: Five changes for a better TV experience -- Fox has pledged fewer commercials for Dollhouse and Fringe, but here are four more things they can do to make the TV viewing experience better.
June 02: At least my studio isn't on fire -- "Raging Inferno" isn't the title of a film, just a really bad pun when Universal City Studios caught fire over the weekend, sending billions of tons of ego and hot air into the atmosphere.
June 01: Massive fire at Universal Studios (Pictures) -- A large fire has consumed a film vault and a number of iconic sets at Universal Studios, their seventh fire in their nearly 100 year history.
June 01: Top 5 posts for May 2008 -- Top 5 New posts and overall posts for the month of May, 2008.
June 01: Dina Lohan is a great parent -- Dina Lohan has caused a minor uproar by exposing her 14-year-old daughter to smut while filming an episode of her reality show. Cool..