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‘Twilight Saga: Eclipse’: Bryce Dallas Howard replacing Rachelle Lefevre as Victoria

‘Twilight Saga: Eclipse’: Bryce Dallas Howard replacing Rachelle Lefevre as Victoria

This just in from Access Hollywood:

Bryce Dallas Howard is joining the “Twilight” franchise.

The
“Terminator Salvation” star will replace Rachelle Lefevre in the role
of Victoria, according to Summit Entertainment, which produces the
vampire film series based on the books by Stephenie Meyer.

“We
are incredibly happy that Bryce has agreed to come into the franchise,”
Erik Feig, Summit’s President of Worldwide Production and Acquisitions,
said in a statement to Access Hollywood. “Rachelle brought
‘Victoria’ to great screen life and Bryce will bring a new dimension to
the character. The franchise is lucky to have such a talented actress
as Bryce coming in to fill the role.”

Summit said Rachelle
would not be continuing on as Victoria, an evil vampire out for revenge
over the death of her lover, due to scheduling conflicts.

Bryce,
the daughter of director Ron Howard, will take over the role beginning
in “Eclipse,” the third installment in the “Twilight” series.

“Eclipse”
begins filming in Vancouver this coming August, Summit confirmed. The
film will be released in theaters on June 30, 2010.

The Point Radio: Talks With TWILIGHT, DR WHO And…

The Point Radio: Talks With TWILIGHT, DR WHO And…


It’s our COMIC CON SPECIAL!  Join us as we share just a few of the great people and even greater stories we grabbed over the weekend, including:

  • ERICA DURANCE (SMALLVILLE’s Lois Lane) explains how Season 9 sees her ending one relationship and beginning two more
  • AMC’s THE PRISONER promises a wealth of new inhabitants of The Village including JAMIE CAMPBELL BOWER (yes, is is in TWILIGHT:NEW MOON, too)
  • CAPRICA’s head writer JANE ESPENSON explains how the series will have light moments
  • Series star DAVID TENNENT and Executive Producer JULIE GARDNER tell us just when we get to see the “Final Three” chapters in the life of the current DOCTOR WHO
  • TOBY WHITHOUSE, creator of the new BBC series BEING HUMAN, explains how he will keep his characters grounded in humanity
  • TAYLOR LAUTNER almost lost the riole of Jacob in TWILIGHT:NEW MOON and shares the story of the tranformation that helped him keep the role of Jacob the werewolf
  • V is coming back to TV in a big way, and actress ELIZABETH MITCHELL reveals just why she jumped on board, plus her theory of how LOST will wrap up

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Kubert Batman and Hawkman art for Comix4Sight auction at Chicago Comicon

Kubert Batman and Hawkman art for Comix4Sight auction at Chicago Comicon

Now that San Diego is over, we can look ahead ten days or so to the next convention.

At the 2009 Chicago Comicon, Comix4Sight has joined forced with Wizard Entertainment to hold a charity auction the evening of Saturday, August 8th.  The goal is to raise sufficient funds to help cover the costs of John Ostrander’s
treatments in his battle against glaucoma, and it is John’s expressed wish that should we raise funds
above his needs, that excess money is to be donated to The Hero Initiative to help them continue their great works aiding comic creators in their times of need.

Artwork has begun to come in for the auction, and we’ll be showing you stuff prior to the auction. We start off with this piece by Andy and Joe Kubert.

Romantic Comedy-Con

Romantic Comedy-Con

Drew Dernavich, cartoonist for the New Yorker, really wanted to be sent to the San Diego Comic-Con this year. He didn’t get that lucky:

Unfortunately, I was sent to cover the 2009 Romantic Comedy-Con,
held—where else?—at the top of the Empire State Building, the place
where Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks finally met in “Sleepless in Seattle.”
It’s a little crowded for a convention, but it’s being catered by—who
else?—Katz’s Deli, the scene of Meg Ryan’s famous “orgasm” in “When
Harry Met Sally.” Every joker up here thinks it’s so funny to eat a
grilled cheese and then do their best fake moaning scene, and it’s getting tiresome.

When people go to the Comic-Con, they make these elaborate costumes
and attend as Spider Man or Ninja Turtles or Darth Vader, so I thought
I’d try and attend the Romantic Comedy-Con in the same spirit. I’m
dressed up as Jeremy Piven in “Serendipity” (John Cusack’s sidekick
friend). I’m wearing jeans and a dark T-shirt. It’s spot-on, but I
don’t think anybody has noticed.

Poor bastard.

‘Diary Of A Wimpy Kid’ Book 4 in October… and a movie!

‘Diary Of A Wimpy Kid’ Book 4 in October… and a movie!

First the good news: Amulet Books, an imprint of Abrams Books, is set to release the fourth book in Jeff Kinney’s Harvey Award-winning series, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days, on October 12, 2009 (October 13 in Canada).  To support the release of the book, a Diary of a Wimpy Kid ice cream truck will be visiting over forty libraries across the US throughout the month of August. For details check out www.wimpykid.com.

Now the better news: There’s going to be a movie version. Fox 2000’s big screen version of Diary of a Wimpy Kid will star Zachary
Gordon (National Treasure: Book of Secrets, The Brothers Bloom) as
middle schooler Greg Heffley, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Chloe Moretz (Kick Ass, (500) Days of Summer) is
expected to also be in the film as a girl in his class who is all clad
in black and has a wry sense of humor.  Rachael Harris (The Hangover, more VH1 “I Love the…” specials than you can count)
has been cast as Gordon’s mom.

#SDCC followup: ‘Heroes’ Q&A with Tim Kring, Hayden Panettiere, Zachary Quinto, and more

#SDCC followup: ‘Heroes’ Q&A with Tim Kring, Hayden Panettiere, Zachary Quinto, and more

Heroes has been losing viewers like Claire Bennet loses toes in the last season or two. A new volume might mean a new hope, but can they pull it out?

Tim Kring, the troubled show’s executive producer, along with panelists Jack Coleman (Noah Bennet), Masi Oka (Hiro Nakamura), Hayden Panettiere (Claire Bennet),
Adrian Pasdar (Nathan Petrelli), Zachary Quinto (Sylar), Milo Ventimiglia (Peter Petrelli), Robert Knepper (new villain Samuel), Dawn
Olivieri (new character Lydia), Ray Park (new character Edgar) and Madeline Zima (new character Gretchen Berg) were on hand at San Diego Comic Con to answer questions and show a trailer for Heroes Volume 4: Redemption. We weren’t there, but Newsarama was… (SPOILER WARNINGS, don’t say we didn’t tell you):

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Rreview: ‘Torchwood: Children of Earth’ DVD

Rreview: ‘Torchwood: Children of Earth’ DVD

There was a great deal of hew and cry that the BBC renewed Torchwood for just a five episode third season. Then, word began leaking out that [[[Children of Earth]]] would be a five-part event, airing on consecutive nights. Turns out, it was following an increasingly popular television event format for the budget-conscious British networks so we were being asked to trust them.

Now, a mere four days after the event aired on BBC America in the States, BBC Video is releasing the story on DVD. This is one that will be worth seeing more than once.

The first two seasons of the [[[Doctor Who]]] spin-off were uneven affairs, as it dealt with darker and more adult themes but also couldn’t find a consistent tone. With the latter episodes of the second season, it seemed to be hitting its stride as they dealt with the death of one member of the team and then losing a second.

WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD! REALLY!

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Happy 69th birthday, Bugs Bunny!

Happy 69th birthday, Bugs Bunny!

On this day in 1940, A Wild Hare was released in theaters, which was written by Rich Hogan, animated by Virgil Ross, and directed by Tex Avery. It was in this cartoon that Bugs Bunny first emerged from his rabbit hole to ask Elmer Fudd, now a hunter, “What’s up, Doc?” It was also the first meeting of the two characters, and the first cartoon where Mel Blanc uses the version of Bugs voice that would become famous worldwide.

The film would go on to get an Academy Award nomination for best short film, alongside Puss Gets The Boot, which introduced Tom and Jerry. Both lost to Citizen Kane.

#SDCC: Overheard at San Diego Comic-Con, Day 4

Share photos on twitter with TwitpicFirst we have this photo from Wossy himself, Jonathan Ross, which we’re posting:

  1. because Jimmy Palmiotti and Amanda Connor need to see it,
  2. because I didn’t even know that Simon Pegg was at this convention, let alone in the running for the Green Arrow movie.

And with that, onward!

Before the Iron Man 2 panel, a clean shaven Robert Downey Jr. was wandering the convention floor with no problem. Apparently a couple of people told him he should dress up as Tony Stark because he looked so much like…well….Robert Downey Jr.

Whoops, database upgrade… more to come….

#SDCC: Guinness World Record-breaking

#SDCC: Guinness World Record-breaking

One of the vast hordes wandering around the San Diego Comic-Con was Craig Glenday, the Editor-in-Chief of Guinness World Records, who was busy handing out numerous certificates to various and sundry folks. To wit:

  • Farscape for Most digital FX in a TV series (40-50 per ep, 7 days per ep, 22 ep a year! Season 3 alone: 1109 shots)
  • DC Comics for Longest running monthly comic book (presented to Paul Levitz)
  • Largest gathering of zombies, for the Zombie Parade that wandered the streets of San Diego looking for sweet, sweet braaaains.
  • The most people ever to recite the Green Lantern oath in unison (still checking on that one).
  • The 501st Legion for being the Largest Star Wars costuming group.
  • Largest gathering of Steampunks.
  • Doctor Who for “Most successful sci-fi show on TV”. According to Glenday, the record is based on longevity, DVD sales, spinoff books, iPlayer stats, downloads… (Yes, go ahead and argue that, you know you want to.)
  • Longest line ever: getting into Hall H for the Twilight pa– okay, that last one probably isn’t a record. But I’ll bet it was in the running.