Chronicle sequel on the way

Chronicle performed well at the box office and was met with critical acclaim across the board, so it should come as no surprise to learn that Fox are anxious to press ahead with a sequel as soon as possible.That process is already up and running, with Deadline reporting that original screenwriter Max Landis has already signed on to draft a follow-up script to the super-powered saga.Released back in February, Chronicle told the story of a trio of teens who suddenly find themselves sporting a host of super-powers. Naturally, it isn't long before their abilities lead them seriously astray, with one member of the group developing one hell of a God complex...The film's worldwide gross has already topped $100 million, which is why the creative team are such hot property at the moment. Indeed, it was only yesterday that director Josh Trank was reported to be in talks to take on Sony's Spider-Man spin-off, Venom.Just how the sequel will follow on from the events of Chronicle remains to be seen, but the retention of Landis is a good sign that the film will maintain the same sharp dialogue and tight plotting of the original. Another super-franchise in the making? You'd better believe it.

Netflix increases as Boss mulls cable link

Netflix's stock is booming after news that Boss Reed Hastings lately recommended that Netflix may synergy with cable operators on its video subscription service, potentially growing the internet video company's subscriber base.Talking in the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference in Bay Area a week ago, Hastings stated that could seem sensible for Netflix to partner with cable operators and also have them offer its services included in a cable subscription package.Potential close ties with cable operators could be one other way for that Los Gatos, Calif., company to broaden its business and make use of more clients. Netflix's video library has a lot more than 20,000 game titles, including something that can not be seen elsewhere."To have the ability to add Netflix towards the bill, that could be very effective, especially once we do increasingly more original content. We're increasingly more a vintage cable network ... therefore i believe that most likely is really a logical path," Hastings stated.Hastings continued to state that such close ties aren't likely for the short term, but stated that "it is the natural direction in the long run." He stated that cable partners can use Netflix like a competitor for Time Warner's Cinemax.Cinemax provides an Internet-streaming version of their service, but it is only accessible to customers who purchase the cable-TV funnel. Netflix presently sells an $8 monthly service that beams video to Televisions along with other products rich in-speed Online connections.Blockbuster online has about 22 million Internet streaming customers within the U.S. The organization also provides a DVD-by-mail rental service that's been losing clients as Netflix concentrates on the streaming service.Shares of Netflix rose $5.21, or 4.9 %, to $112.34 in premarket buying and selling Wednesday. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

Here Comes the brand new Males in Black 3 Trailer (To Underwhelm You)

Sony's got quite the task in front of them selling the mega-allocated follow up Males in Black III, due in May, when the new trailer is any suggestion: See Will Cruz drop lines like "I do not don't have any problem pimp-slapping the shiznit out of Andy Warhol" and become moved to some advanced time-traveling retro '60s that appears and sounds nearly the same as the main one Austin Forces originated from. I suppose the 1990's would be the new 1980s, but case lazy. The brand new follow up follows alien-hunting Agent J (Cruz) in to the past in order to save Agent K (Tommy Lee Johnson) by joining track of a more youthful version of K (Josh Brolin doing his best Tommy Lee Johnson impression). Anticipate the typical broad aliens-among-us gags which mind eraser schtick that audiences loved in 1997! Cruz bemoans that he's "getting too old with this,Inch and I am inclined to agree. Aren't all of us? Verdict: Looks tired. Place mind eraser joke here.

VIDEO: Dr. Oz Faces Served by His Haters

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Revenge Boss on Daniel's "Dark Turns," Victoria's Dangerous Blast Previously, a period of time Jump

five years after Law & Order: SVU fans met Det. Olivia Benson's estranged half-brother, Simon Marsden (Michael Weston) has came back too as with desperate demand for her help . "He is not perfectly-fitted for your world since it is,In . Weston states in this particular exclusive behind-the-moments video. "He's a small self-esteem plus an failure to proceed difficult conditions along with his mind up, and therefore he finds themselves acquiring rapid finish in the stick a good deal and feeling somewhat sorry for themselves." Exclusive: Law & Order: SVU books Large Love's Chloe Sevigny In Wednesday's episode (10/9c, NBC) Benson (Mariska Hargitay) calls on... Discover More > Other Links From TVGuide.com Law & Order: Special Sufferers UnitAndre BraugherMariska HargitayMichael Weston

Will There Be Big Oscar Surprises Tonight? Dont Hold Your Breath

At various events and pre-Oscar parties this weekend I have heard over and over again the same line: “God,I just hope there are some surprises!” No matter what people seem to be personally rooting for, the one thing they really want are some good old-fashioned Oscar shockers in a year that doesn’t seem likely to have many, if any at all. That would mean anything but The Artist as Best Picture, maybe Gary Oldman or Demian Bichir as Best Actor or Glenn Close as Best Actress. How about Max von Sydow upsetting fellow 82 year old Christopher Plummer in the Supporting Actor race or The Help’s Jessica Chastain upending her co-star, favored Octavia Spencer, for Supporting Actress. The one category that in recent years has been ripe for surprise is Best Foreign Language Film. In fact the last few winners in the category were not the betting favorites so this year any movie other than Iran’s A Separation would indeed qualify as a surprise. If you want to bet the longshot there, go with Canada’s poignant, crowd-pleasing Monsieur Lazhar, the kind of film the more conservative older voters who participate in the Foreign Language process (you have to prove you have seen all five nominees in a theatre tovote) have tended to go for in recent years. But I don’t expect we will be surprised in this category, or for that matter almost any other this year. It seems likeit all may go in predictable patterns even if we all long for something to spice things up like1982 whenChariots Of Fire came from the back of the pack to triumph as Best Picture overbigger favorites likeReds and On Golden Pond. That year the envelope was opened by Loretta Young, herself one of the biggest upset winners in Oscar history when she won Best Actress for 1947′sThe Farmer’s Daughter against heavy favorite Rosalind Russell (legend has it Russell was practically on her way to the stage when Young’s name was suddenly called).Then there was1951 when the MGM musical An American In Paris stunned front-runners A Streetcar Named Desire and A Place In The Sun to take Best Picture. A trade ad the next day showed MGM’s famous logo Leo The Lion modestly apologizing for the upset saying, “Honestly I was just standing IN THE SUN waiting for A STREETCAR”. In the past couple of decades there have been some classic upsets. Marisa Tomei wasn’t expected to win Best Supporting Actress for 1992′sMy Cousin Vinny (although I did win some money in pools predicting THAT stunner).And there are still conversations about whether presenter Jack Palance read the right name in the envelope (of course he did or the Price Waterhouse accountants would have corrected him immediately). Then there was the triumph of Crash over Brokeback Mountain for Best Picture of 2005 with presenter Jack Nicholson looking shocked when he opened the envelope. Could we have a Crash moment this year? Don’t think so. The lack of potential surprises in the actual envelopesis probably a good reason the Academy Award show producers Brian Grazer and Don Mischer are putting so much comedy in the show this year in order to keep it entertaining beyond all the predictability of most races. But even Billy Crystal’s opening monologue with his traditional bit where he inserts himself into the nominated movies is likely to be predictable (but actually welcome) comfort food for Oscar show lovers still smarting from last year’s comedy attempts by co-host James Franco. If you are looking forreal surprises to spice up the show onewould definitelybe if reclusive The Tree Of LifeBest Director nominee Terrence Malick were to show up (he won’t, no way).I would be surprised even to see producer Scott Rudin fly in from NY even thoughhe is the sole nominated producer of long-shotBest Picture contender, Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close. Last year he stayed away despite two personal Best Picture nominations for True Grit and The Social Network. He may not want to be around to watch Harvey Weinstein triumph two years in a row. But by far the biggest shocker of the night would be if Woody Allen were in the audience. He got his 22nd and 23rd Oscar nominations this year for directing and writing Midnight In Paris and is likely to win for Original Screenplay but don’t expect to see anyone running up to the stage if his name is called. Woody has never shown up to any Oscar ceremony in which he was a nominee or winner (he has three Oscars for Annie Hall and Hannah And Her Sisters). The only time he appeared was in 2002 tointroduce a segment onNY filmmaking in the wake of 9/11. In that regard he’s like Katharine Hepburn who was nominated 12 times (and won 4) for Best Actress but never appeared for any of them andonly showed at the Oscars one timeto present the Irving Thalberg Memorial Award in 1974 to her friend and producer Lawrence Weingarten. In fact Woody isn’t even a member of the Academy despite those Oscars and 23 nominations he has so he can’t even vote for himself (and does not allow his distributors to even mention his name in their Oscar campaign ads). I asked him about it when I interviewed him about Midnight In Paris earlier in the season. “I am not a member of the Academy because I am justnot a joiner,” he said. “I am not a member of anything (laughs). The Academy, not to take it personally, I think the Academy has done some good work. I have contributed to some of their causes and all that but I am just not a person who joins anything.” So if Woody Allen suddenly shows up on the red carpet tonight that would be the biggest surprise of all. But don’t hold your breath, pray forsomething unexpected, and enjoy the show.

Bay Commits To Transformers 4

Robogeddon continues summer time 2014Given the performance from the franchise to date, it had been inevitable that people would have more Transformers films. That which was more up in mid-air was the chance that Michael Bay will be the guy to direct them. Well, you now need question forget about (and begin despairing should you hated another movies): he'll return.Talking with MTV, loose-lipped producer Lorenzo Di Bonaventura let slip word that Vital has kept in Bay to direct a minumum of one more film, that will get to the summer time of 2014. We are saying loose-lipped, while he apparently wasn't designed to reveal the particulars at this time, with Vital planning for a pr release for today or later within the week. However the feline has well and truly left the bag, so here i am.And you will find more intriguing particulars in regards to what we may expect from the new movie. "I believe we actually are likely to perform a reboot there," Di Bonaventura states. "But what that will be, we do not know yet... We have got to obtain a story first."Apparently the primary cast aren't signed yet (and Shia LaBeouf has established that he's completed with the franchise anyway). So we'll likely see some familiar robo faces inside a new plotline. "It is a hybrid due to there being still continuity happening, and you will see lots of new cast," he stated. "Whether there's anybody in the first cast, we do not know yet. But it will likely be another story." And by at this time, it'll just be one film to start a brand new run, not the rear-to-back experience as suggested at by Hasbro several weeks ago.Bay will first reach make Discomfort And Gain (that has Dwayne Manley and Mark Wahlberg attached) beginning this April after which he'll prepare another outing for Optimus and also the relaxation.