Ah, fall -- not only are new shows debuting and old shows returning, shows that don't even exist yet are getting picked up left and right. After the jump: HBO renews Treme for a fourth and final season Ron Moore is adapting A Knight's Tale for ABC Fox updates Hamlet for modern-day Washington, DC Homeland casts…
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Today's TV Bits is jam-packed with geeky goodness. After the jump: Arrested Development starts filming new episodes New character and plot details emerge for NBC's Hannibal Syfy and Bryan Fuller are adapting The Lotus Caves Guillermo del Toro talks about Marvel's Hulk TV series The Wire's McNulty was almost on Game of Thrones Showtime has…
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This past Sunday marked the start of Breaking Bad's fifth season, so it probably won't come as a surprise that two of today's Bits have to do with trivia surrounding the AMC drug drama. But there's plenty of other goodies in here for non-BB watchers as well. After the jump: BSG's Ronald D. Moore will…
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Today's TV Bits runs the gamut from serial killers and motorcycle gang leaders to Canadian pop songstresses. After the jump: A new Dexter teaser reveals the serial killer's worst nightmare FX dishes up a promisingly tragic new trailer for Sons of Anarchy Bob's Burgers' new Comic-Con poster offers choking first aid tips HBO sets return…
Read MoreThis Week in DVD & Blu-ray is a column that compiles all the latest info regarding new DVD and Blu-ray releases, sales, and exclusive deals from stores including Target, Best Buy and Fry’s. BLACK SWAN Darren Aronofsky doesn't want you to experience joy or happiness. He wants to devastate you. He wants to punish you…
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In this week's /Filmcast, David Chen, Devindra Hardawar, and Adam Quigley praise the virtues of Tommy Wiseau's The Room, and lament the state of a Hollywood that doesn't allow a James Bond movie to be made. Special guest Jeff Goldsmith joins us from Creative Screenwriting Magazine and its podcast. You can always e-mail us at…
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Two big new HBO shows are coming soon with significant talent involved. There is The Wire creator David Simon's new Treme, and Boardwalk Empire, with a pilot directed by Martin Scorsese. Each show gets a new trailer this week, and both are fantastic. I'm a bit partial to the one for Boardwalk Empire, if only…
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A simple --- yet very effective --- teaser for David Simon's (The Wire, Generation Kill) new HBO series Treme has just popped online. Even at a mere fourty-seven seconds, it's already giving me goosebumps. Hunter has covered some statements from Simon about the series last month. Here's a primer: Treme is about a group of…
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There is little doubt in the minds of many critics and cultured viewers that any single season of The Wire would be perched near or atop the best films of the decade if it qualified. In a new eight-page interview with Vice, the writer and creator behind all five seasons of the HBO series, David…
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