"Burlesque" - Enter Christina Aguilera

Sneak Peek the upcoming feature "Burlesque", written/directed by Steve Antin starring Cher and Christina Aguilera.


"...'Ali' (Aguilera) is a small-town girl with a big voice who escapes hardship and an uncertain future to follow her dreams to Los Angeles.


"After stumbling upon 'The Burlesque Lounge', a majestic but ailing theater that is home to an inspired musical revue, Ali lands a job as a cocktail waitress from 'Tess' (Cher), the club’s proprietor and headliner.


"The outrageous costumes and bold choreography enrapture the young ingenue, who vows to perform there one day.

"Soon enough, Ali builds a friendship with a featured dancer named 'Georgia' (Julianne Hough), finds an enemy in a troubled, jealous performer named 'Nikki' (Kristen Bell) and garners the affection of a bartender and fellow musician 'Jack' (Cam Gigandet).


"With the help of a sharp-witted stage manager (Stanley Tucci) and gender-bending host named 'Alexis' (Alan Cumming), Ali makes her way from the bar to the stage.


"Her spectacular voice restores The Burlesque Lounge to its former glory, though not before a charismatic entrepreneur 'Marcus Gerber' (Eric Dane) arrives with an enticing proposal..."

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"Angelus" Volume #1 - January 5, 2011

Top Cow Productions "Angelus Volume #1, the Trade Paperback, will be available January 5, 2011, written by Ron Marz and illustrated by Stjepan Sejic:

"...'Danielle Baptiste' is trying to find her place in the world, like so many other twenty-somethings. But unlike most girls her age, 'Dani' is also the bearer of one of the primal forces in the Universe, the 'Angelus'.

"Returning to her hometown of New Orleans with her friend and romantic interest 'Finch', Dani must not only shoulder the burden she has inherited, she has to survive it! But her ancient enemy, 'The Darkness' and even her own Angelus warriors have other plans..."

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"Twilight Guardian" #1- January 12

Top Cow Productions "Twilight Guardian" #1, goes on sale January 12, 2011, written by Troy Hickman and illustrated by Siddarth Korian, with a cover by Eric Jones :

"...The tale of a lone, dedicated hero patrolling her nine block suburban neighborhood captured the imaginations of fans during 2008's 'Pilot Season' and after heated voting emerged as one of the winning titles. Now creator/writer Hickman returns with a four issue limited series, which will delve into the past of 'Twilight Guardian', her motivations for crime fighting and even give her an arch-nemesis in the terrifying 'Dusk Devil'..."

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Fox Opens Up Hill's "Locke & Key"

According to reports, Fox has now officially greenlit a DreamWorks TV pilot for creator Joe Hill's "Locke & Key", from producers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, based on the IDW Publishing graphic novel series.

Premise revolves around 'Keyhouse', a New England-based mansion, with "...doors that transform all who dare to walk through them" featuring a creature behind the most 'terrible' door of all.

Josh Friedman will write and produce.

Joe Hill is the son of author Stephen King.

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AMC Runs With "The Walking Dead"

Sneak Peek the first episode of "The Walking Dead", based on the Image Comics series, by Robert Kirkman and developed for television by Frank Darabont, premiering October 31, 2010 on AMC:

Disney Gets Caught Up In "Tangled"- November 24

Walt Disney Pictures presents the Disney Digital 3D, CG animated feature Tangled", November 24, based on the German fairy tale "Rapunzel" by the Brothers Grimm :

"...When the kingdom’s most wanted–and most charming–bandit 'Flynn Rider' (Zachary Levi) hides out in a mysterious tower, he’s taken hostage by 'Rapunzel' (Mandy Moore), a beautiful and feisty tower-bound teen with 70 feet of magical, golden hair.

"Flynn’s curious captor, who’s looking for her ticket out of the tower where she’s been locked away for years, strikes a deal with the handsome thief and the unlikely duo sets off on an action-packed escapade, complete with a super-cop horse, an over-protective chameleon and a gruff gang of pub thugs..."

"Tangled" cast also includes Donna Murphy as 'Mother Gothel', Brad Garrett as 'Hook-Hand Thug', Ron Perlman as 'Stabbington Brother', Jeffrey Tambor as 'Big Nose Thug', M.C. Gainey as 'Captain of the Guard' and Paul F. Tompkins as 'Short Thug'.

The movie's CG visual style is based on the painting "The Swing", by French Rococo artist Jean-Honoré Fragonard.

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New Zealand Warns Warners

As if Warners doesn't have enough aggravation with the stalled production of "The Hobbit" in New Zealand, losing millions in pre-production costs, as well as goodwill in the industry following the studio's blacklisting by a gang of international actors unions, comes word that New Zealand Prime Minister John Key has warned Hollywood executives he would not enter a bidding war for "The Hobbit" movies, should producers decide to shoot elsewhere.

"From the conversations I've had with Warner Bros. so far, I've made it quite clear if it comes to a bidding war, then New Zealand is out," said Key. In addition, Key said he was also concerned that if he offered 'special' tax concessions to "The Hobbit" producers, it would set a precedent for other films made in the country.

"There is a limit here", he said.

Director Peter Jackson, whose WETA Digital SFX house is located in Wellington, New Zealand, said he always wanted "The Hobbit" to be filmed in New Zealand, although the ongoing industrial unrest and the rising New Zealand dollar meant the final decision was now out of his hands.

As Warners contemplates moving the production to Leaveden Film Studios in London, UK, home of the studio's successful "Harry Potter" film franchise, it should be noted that "The Hobbit" author J. R. R. Tolkien, placed the geogaphy of his 'Middle-Earth' in Europe, not New Zealand.

"The action of the story takes place in the North-west of 'Middle-earth', equivalent in latitude to the coastlands of Europe and the north shores of the Mediterranean," Tolkien wrote. "If Hobbiton and Rivendell are taken (as intended) to be at about the latitude of Oxford, then Minas Tirith, 600 miles south, is at about the latitude of Florence.

"'The Shire' (land of the Hobbit) is based on rural England and not any other country in the world..."

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