Back Seat Producers

Cinema Blend reports that due to scheduling conflicts Martin Scorcese has been forced to bow out of the as yet unnamed Bob Marley biopic. Taking his place will be Silence Of The Lambs director Jonathan Demme. 
Demme has helmed several music related documentaries including the Talking Heads piece Stop Making Sense and Neil Young: Heart Of [...]

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Paramount called in an estimated $25 million return for Thursday’s opening of Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull putting it in the #3 position behind The Matrix Reloaded for top all-time Thursday returns as reported by FantasyMoguls.com. The current #1 Thursday return is held by Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge Of [...]

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A&E ORIGINAL TWO-NIGHT TELEVISION EVENT “THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN” PREMIERES MONDAY, MAY 26 AND TUESDAY, MAY 27 FROM 9-11 PM ET/PT
FROM EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS RIDLEY AND TONY SCOTT
STARRING BENJAMIN BRATT, ERIC MCCORMACK, RICKY SCHRODER,
ANDRE BRAUGHER, CHRISTA MILLER, DANIEL DAE KIM & VIOLA DAVIS

NEW YORK, NY – April 1, 2008 –It’s a bad day to be human [...]

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Win an IN PLAIN SIGHT gift bag.
This contest runs from May 19th, 2008 to June 16th, 2008.
To enter this contest, send an email to contest at fanboysmackdown dot com
Put the phrase “In Plain Sight” in the subject line.
Please include your name and mailing address in the body of the email. One winner will be chosen [...]

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Walden Media’s The Chronicles Of Narnia: Prince Caspian did more poorly at the box office than expected this weekend, missing its projected $56.6 million total by $1.6 million.
THR reports that Columbia Pictures is currently negotiating the rights for the SciFi classic Flash Gordon. Breck Eisner, son of Michael Eisner and director of the upcoming Creature [...]

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Mike Terry is a mixed martial arts instructor specializing in Jui Jitsu. Terry is a very honorable man, using his martial arts and the instruction of to prevail in life, even though he finds that that’s not quite enough when the bills come due. And as Terry and his wife, struggle to make their ends [...]

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Lazy show notes.
This is the last FBSD, next week the real party starts.
Backseat Producers - coming soon

 

 FBSD Episode 061: Feedback and the Finale: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (238)

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Walden Media’s The Chronicles Of Narnia: Prince Caspian debuted in the #1 spot this weekend taking in $56.5 million in its opening weekend. 
Marvel Studios’ Iron Man takes the #2 position taking in $31.2 million brining it’s total earnings to $222.5 million.
What Happens In Vegas took the #3 position with $13.8 million bringing it’s total to [...]

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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull has just hours ago been screened at Cannes and the reviews are less than kind.
Yahoo! News reports that the movie suffers from a “loss of wit and romance” saying further that “After about an hour, the film abandons any pretense of story for a rush through [...]

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Yahoo! News reports that The Weinstein Company has acquired the rights to The Alchemist, an international bestselling novel writen by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho. The big screen adaptation will be directed by and feature Lawrence Fishburne.
The Alchemist, originally published in 1988, is the story of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy who, after a dream, sells [...]

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Young Speed Racer has always had a big dream of being the greatest racer in the world and living up to the high standards set by his father in the production of racing cars and his older brother, Rex. As Speed has gotten older, he’s able to face that dream, though he believes his [...]

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In 1988, a cool and different little genre film premiered called Alien Nation this movie which sprang from the mind of Rockne S. O’Bannon told the story of how an immense group of alien slaves (over 250,000) found themselves stranded on Earth and had now been incorporated into our society. The movie starred [...]

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Happy Mother’s Day!
Tony, Adam and Sergio discuss the teen pregnancy comedy, Juno.
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 FBSD Episode 060: Juno: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (293)

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In this episode, Tony and Adam drink your milkshake; they drink it up.
Just a reminder, the name of the show is changing. We don’t have a date set, but we’ll soon be changing the name of the show to Backseat Producers. If you are an artist who might be able to help out [...]

 

 FBSD Episode 059: There Will Be Blood: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (321)

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Win one of two copies of Stephen King’s The Mist 2 DVD set. This is a 2 disc set.
This contest runs from May 6th, 2008 to May 31st, 2008.
To enter this contest, send an email to contest at fanboysmackdown dot com
Put the phrase “The Mist” in the subject line.
Please include your name and mailing [...]

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