"Your Highness": Natalie Portman Is Mighty Fine

Sneak Peek the new poster supporting the upcoming comedy feature "Your Highness", opening April 8, 2011, directed by David Gordon Green :

"The Weird World Of Eerie Publications"

"The Weird World of Eerie Publications", published by Feral House (2010) introduces new readers to Eerie Publications' horror comic magazines, published between 1965 and 1975, featuring 'ultra-gory' covers:

The Return Of "Our Man Flint"

The Moonstone comic book "That Man Flint" #0, available July 2011, is written by Gary Phillips, with illustrations by Kevin Jones and a cover by Mark Maddox:

'The Joker' And 'Harley Quinn' Set Up Their Love Nest

DC Comics' "Batman: Arkham City" #3, available June 29, 2011, is written by Paul Dini, with illustrations and cover art by Carlos D'Anda :

"...Get ready for the upcoming video game,"Batman: Arkham City", with this lead-in miniseries written by the game's writer, Paul Dini. The focus this issue shifts to 'The Clown Prince of Crime' and his crazed paramour, as 'The Joker' and 'Harley Quinn' set up their new love nest in the old 'Gotham Metal Works'..."

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"The Hot Zone" (aka "Combat Hospital") Starts Toronto Shoot

Shaw Media reports that production on Global Television’s new, medical drama "The Hot Zone" (aka "Combat Hospital") has started shooting in Toronto. Commissioned by Global’s original content team and picked up by ABC in the US, the 13 x 1 hour-episode series will lense in Toronto to July 2011.

"...'The Hot Zone' is a fictional medical procedural set in 2006 at the only military hospital providing advanced surgical care in all of Southern Afghanistan. The series charts the frantic lives of the hospital’s resident doctors and nurses from Canada, America, the U.K. and other allied countries. This highly-charged series follows the characters as they navigate their way through the relentless life-and-death battles on the operating table, and the never-ending conflicts that arise from working in a war zone military hospital..."

Cast includes Elias Koteas as 'Colonel Marks', Michelle Borth as Canadian surgeon 'Dr. Rebecca Gordon', Luke Mably as neurosurgeon 'Dr. Simon Hill', Deborah Kara Unger as Australian army psychiatrist 'Major Ada Pedersen', Terry Chen as trauma team leader 'Captain Bobby Trang' and Arnold Pinnock as 'Commander Will Royal', Chief of Nursing.

The series is being shot on a 185,000 sq. ft indoor/outdoor set recently constructed in Toronto, noted as one of the largest standing sets ever built for a Canadian original production, modelled after the real Canadian-lead 'NATO Role 3 Hospital' at Kandahar Airfield.

The set is a re-creation of a portion of the hospital compound and the vast Kandahar Airfield, including the helicopter landing zone, boardwalk area and barracks, which housed over 15,000 military and civilian personnel.

"The Hot Zone" is from Canada’s Sienna Films and the UK’s Artists Studio. Academy Award-nominated Daniel Petrie Jr. ("Beverly Hills Cop") is executive producer/showrunner. Also executive producing are Jennifer Kawaja, Julia Sereny for Sienna Films, Gub Neal, Justin Thomson-Glover and Patrick Irwin for UK-based Artists Studio and Simon Vaughan of Lookout Point.

"The Hot Zone" was created by Jinder Oujla-Chalmers and Douglas Steinberg, with Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (SPWA) acquiring all media rights in the series outside of North America. Sony Pictures Television (SPT) will distribute the series internationally.

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"Batman: Arkham City"

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC Entertainment report that the upcoming video game "Batman: Arkham City" will now be released in North America October 18, 2011:

Sneak Peek Nickelodeon's "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles"

Nickelodeon's first season TV reboot of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" has received a 26-episode order to air in late 2012.

According to Nickelodeon, the latest incarnation of TMNT will be "funnier and ninja-ier."

"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" debuted in 1984, in a self-published, Mirage Studios comic book, written by Peter Laird and illustrated by Kevin Eastman.

Main characters are turtle 'Leonardo', the leader of the group who wears a blue mask and wields two Japanese 'katana' backswords, turtle 'Michelangelo' who wears an orange mask and wields a pair of traditional Okinawan 'nunchaku' sticks, turtle 'Donatello' who wears a purple mask and wields the 'ishibō' (bō) staff and turtle Raphael, who wears a red mask and wields two traditional Okinawan 'sai' dagger-shaped metal truncheons.

'Splinter', the Turtles' 'sensei' and adoptive father, is a Japanese mutant rat who learned the ways of 'ninjutsu' from his owner 'Hamato Yoshi'.

'Shredder', is the leader of the evil 'Foot Clan', also known as the villainous 'ninjutsu' martial master 'Oroku Saki'.

'April O'Neil', a former lab assistant, turned TV reporter is a human companion of the Turtles.

'Casey Jones', a hockey-masked vigilante, also human, is one of the Turtle's closest allies.

"'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' shares a comedic sensibility with the Nickelodeon DNA," said Nickelodeon President Cyma Zarghami. "We are extremely happy to have the opportunity to be able to focus on this property and creatively re-introduce it to a new generation of kids."

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Mélanie Thierry Banned For YSL's "Belle d'Opium"

Sneak Peek actress Mélanie Thierry ("The Princess Of Montpensier") fronting a campaign for the Yves Saint Laurent fragrance, "Belle d'Opium", inspired by Stefano Pilati, Artistic Director of YSL and created by Perfumer Alberto Morillas :

"...What you feel when I dance, what you feel in the trance, are the spirals of spicy white flowers, addictive Casablanca lily, stimulating gardenia, bitter and elegant mandarin. It reminds you of the intoxicating mists of a nargileh accord, a soaring alliance of smoky, tobacco, amber and fruity notes around scorched woods, velvety peach, and vibrant incense. What remains when I go, the sensual lash of white pepper escorted by a warm, enigmatic and deep wake of dark patchouli, creamy sandalwood, noble and precious woods..."

The accompanying commercial, directed by Romain Gavras (son of director Costa Gavras) is choreographed by Akram Khan, set to music by composer Nitin Sawhney. The spot was recently banned for TV broadcast in the UK by Britain's Advertising Standards Agency after complaints that Thierry's fevered performance "simulated drug use".

In the clip Thierry suggestively runs her finger along her arm and ends the clip saying : "I am your addiction. I am 'Belle D'Opium'. The new fragrance by Yves St. Laurent..."

The ASA ultimately ruled that the commercial "could be seen to simulate the effect of drugs on the body" and "could be seen to simulate the injection of opiates into the body". (?!)

"YSL Beauté is disappointed that the ASA has upheld the small number of complaints about this advertisement for Belle d’Opium," said a rep for YSL. "The advertisement was not intended to make any reference to drug culture, but to promote the sensuality and seductive qualities of the fragrance in keeping with the 'Opium' brand, which was launched by Yves Saint Laurent over 30 years ago..."

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"The Princess of Montpensier"

Sneak Peek the newest poster supporting the upcoming French period romance feature "The Princess of Montpensier" ("La princesse de Montpensier"), directed by Bertrand Tavernier, based on the short story by 'Madame de La Fayette':

Brad Pitt Enforces "Cogan's Trade"

Sneak Peek actor Brad Pitt ("Fight Club") in character as an underworld enforcer, on the New Orleans set of director Andrew Dominick's newest film, "Cogan's Trade".

"Cogan's Trade" also stars former "Sopranos" actors James Gandolfini ('Tony Soprano') and Vincent Curatola ('Johnny "Sack" Sacramoni') in the big screen adaptation of the "Cogan's Trade" crime novel by author George V. Higgins ("The Friends Of Eddie Coyle").

In "Cogan's Trade", 'Jackie Cogan' (Pitt) attempts to track down thieves who ripped off a high-stakes card game. Gandolfini will play a burnt-out alcoholic killer, who is brought in to track the suspects down. Curatola will play a man recently released from jail who seeks revenge on those who sent him to prison.

Additional cast members include Ray Liotta ("Goodfellas") as hustler 'Mark "Markie" Trattman', Javier Bardem, Mark Ruffalo, Casey Affleck, Sam Rockwell and Richard Jenkins.

"...'Cogan' is called in when a high-stake card game under the protection of the Mob is heisted. Expertly, with a ruthless businessman’s efficiency, a shrewd sense of other people’s weaknesses, and a style as cold as his stare, Cogan moves with reliable precision to restore the status quo, as ill-conceived capers and double-dealing shenanigans erupt into high-voltage violence..."

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"Thor & Loki: Blood Brothers" - March 28, 2011

Marvel Knights Animation reports that "Thor & Loki: Blood Brothers", a new four-episode cartoon series. based on the graphic novel "Thor & Loki: Blood Brothers" by Robert Rodi and Esad Ribic, will debut on iTunes, Xbox LIVE and PlayStation Network, March 28th, 2011 :

T"...'Thor & Loki: Blood Brothers' takes a powerful look inside the minds of 'Thor' and 'Loki', brothers in the mythical land of 'Asgard' and seemingly forever enemies.

But just why does Loki hate his brother Thor? And could it be that this master of mischief isn’t really the villain he’s been branded?..."

T"What we've put together as a team will further define and push the boundaries of what Marvel Knights Animation can be," said "Thor & Loki" producer Ruwan Jayatilleke, "as well as entertain comic book enthusiasts and mainstream fans with a very compelling piece of content."

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"The Simpsons: A Midsummer's Nice Dream"- March 13

The Sunday, March 13, 2011 episode of "The Simpsons" is "A Midsummer's Nice Dream", featuring guest star voices Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong:

"...The town is abuzz when Cheech and Chong announce a Springfield stop on their much-anticipated reunion tour. But when the comedy duo take the stage in front of their loyal fans, their jokes don't go over well with the crowd, and 'Homer' steps in to deliver all the punchlines by heart.

"Impressed, Cheech invites Homer to go on tour with him in his new act 'Cheech and Chunk' while Chong forms a more progressive comedic team, 'Teach and Chong,' with 'Principal Skinner'.

"While Homer is on tour, 'Marge' attempts to help the neighborhood 'cat lady' change her hoarder ways, but turns into a hoarder herself.

"Then Homer realizes that life on the road is not all high times and slapstick humor..."

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"Breaking Dawn" Bugs Out Of Tofino, BC

Because of the imminent threat of tsunamis, due to Japan's recent 8.9 magnitude earthquake, the cast and crew of "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn" have evacuated their set location of Tofino, BC, in the Vancouver Island beach area.

"Due to the tsunami advisory," said "Breaking Dawn" producers Summit Entertainment, "filming of 'The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn' has been delayed. All cast and crew were evacuated to the movie production’s base camp. Everyone is safe and sound."

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"The Adventures Of Tintin: Secret Of The Unicorn" : December 23, 2011

Sneak Peek images supporting director Steven Spielberg's "The Adventures Of Tintin: Secret Of The Unicorn", the upcoming $135 million motion capture 3D feature, based on "The Adventures of Tintin" comic books created by Belgian artist Georges 'Hergé' Remi.

The "Unicorn" cast includes Jamie Bell, Andy Serkis, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and Daniel Craig.

The new film, produced by Spielberg, Peter Jackson, and Kathleen Kennedy, is written by Steven Moffat, Edgar Wright and Joe Cornish, based on Hergé's "The Crab with the Golden Claws", "The Secret of the Unicorn" and "Red Rackham's Treasure".

Producer Jackson, whose company Weta Digital is providing the computer animation, intends to direct the "Unicorn" sequel "Prisoners Of The Sun".

"Unicorn" is the first Spielberg-directed feature to be shot digitally.

From The Kennedy/Marshall Company, WingNut Films, Amblin Entertainment and DreamWorks Pictures, "The Adventures Of Tintin: Secret Of The Unicorn" will be distributed by Paramount in North America, December 23, 2011.

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