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The mega merger sets Charter up as a formidable rival to Comcast Corp. in the cable and broadband service arena. The agreement hammered out in the four weeks since Comcast withdrew its $45 billion acquisition offer for TW Cable works out to a pricetag of $195.71 per share for TW Cable shareholders, based on Charter’s market closing price on May 20th.
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Showtime’s revival series has been through a number of ups and downs over the last few months after it was announced last October to wildly enthusiastic fan response. Now, after Lynch left the project because of budget issues and since returned, the network has extended the episode count from nine to 18.
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The Emmy-winning director of the first season of
True Detective has bowed out of the Warner Bros. picture. Unwilling to adjust his vision for the movie because of budget cuts, Fukunaga decided to leave the project. And it remains to be seen if the movie will be revived. The studio was reportedly not encouraged by the weak reception to
Poltergeist, and there is chatter the project might be refashioned into one long movie instead of the previously thought two films.
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Former California governor and Terminator Emeritus will reprise his role as Conan in a new film from Universal,
The Legend of Conan. Written by
Fast and Furious scribe Chris Morgan, the film is said to be “a logical extension” of the 1982 John Milieus film that helped make Schwarzenegger a star in the first place. A fall shoot is being discussed, but word is that the studio is waiting to see how this summer’s
Terminator: Genisys performs at the box office.
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The Netflix series will move forward without Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. The new incarnation will star original cast members Candace Cameron Bure, her on-screen younger sister, Jodie Sweetin and Andrea Barber, who played her best friend, Kimmy Gibbler. John Stamos will produce and reprise his role as Uncle Jesse in a guest role. Dave Coulier will also return as Uncle Joey. Talks are underway to bring back fellow original stars Bob Saget and Lori Loughlin.
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Max Greenfield has joined the show’s sprawling cast. According to Murphy, Greenfield — ”like you’ve never seen him” — will join the show in October, but as Murphy teased, Greenfield won’t be “checking out.” So he either has a very permanent stay within the walls of the hotel, or he isn’t long for that world.
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Show star Hayley Attwell announced via Twitter that the series’ second season will have 10 episodes, two more than the first season’s eight. The second season will also relocate from New York to Los Angeles, and flash forward several years. It will return to your televisions in the first quarter of 2016.
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You loved seeing what Alejandro Jodorowsky’s
Dune would have looked like. You’re anxious to get the full details on the failure of Tim Burton’s
Superman Lives. Now is a documentary in the works about George Miller‘s canceled DC superhero-team movie,
Justice League: Mortal.
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Plum release date Memorial Day Weekend launches the crucial summer season, but this year, for a combination of reasons, the weekend fell way short. No one at Disney wants to be reminded of
The Lone Ranger and its $260 million worldwide total versus a $215 million budget plus marketing costs. But likely write-off
Tomorrowland, with some cost estimates close to $200 million, bears significant comparisons.
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One would imagine there is little to learn from this movie, but this is the film that established Dwayne Johnson as a movie star when he was still calling himself The Rock. Also, it’s a big film for director Peter Berg, who has done some excellent work since. Seriously, there’s some good stuff here.
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