Sources on the interweb stated that sci-fi scorcher “V” could be in jeopardy. Considering the show is probably one of the best tv shows to hit mainstream viewer tellies since BSG, it wasn’t surprising to find that the show has now been officially renewed for a second season.

Wikipedia states:

As production of the fourth episode of V wrapped, it was announced on November 3, 2009 that Scott Rosenbaum had been named executive producer and showrunner of the series, with Peters and Hall remaining as executive producers. Production of the remaining eight episodes resumed in January 2010 with new episodes returning March 30, 2010. On May 13, 2010, ABC renewed V for a second season.

We at PCR omit a welcome sigh of relief at this news and continue to relish in the words that seem to drip from Ms. Anna’s lips like bubbles of liquid ecstasy: “We are of Peace – Always”…

Image via ABC

We’ve received some exclusive links to streaming behind the scenes featurettes of Spike Jonze’s ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ and they look absolutely adorable.

The links are for Windows Media Player (.asx) and Quicktime (.mov) media players.

The first featurette is entitled ‘Max and Spike’ and features some very candid shots taken off camera between nine year old first-time actor MaxRecords and the director, Spike Jonze.

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And the second featurette is entitled ‘Filming a Dog running and barking’ which proves to be just a little more difficult than the crew anticipated, with Spike Jonze actually taking charge on a skateboard! Check it out:

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Where the Wild Things Are releases in New Zealand on the 3rd of December, 2009.

Leonardo DiCaprio is back in his latest flick where he plays a cop (Teddy Daniels) following the trail of a muderer who has mysteriously disappeared from a hospital for the criminally insane. Along the way, Daniels begins to question his own sanity in the process.

Sounds positively thrilling. Here’s the clip courtesy of TA.

Recently reported by Empire Magazine, Jessica Biel will be taking on the role of ex-girlfriend to Bradley Cooper’s “Faceman” Pecks, which semi-completes the A-Team line up. The other confirmed members of the cast are Liam Neeson as ‘Hannibal’ and Quinton “Rampage” Jackson as ‘BA Baracus’ . It is still rumoured but not yet confirmed that Sharlto Copley of District 9 will be playing ‘Howling Mad’ Murdock.

Thanks to Empire for the news.

If you’re in the mood for romance then you’ll enjoy the upcoming movie 500 Days of Summer from Fox Movies. Talented actors Jason Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel star in this upbeat comedy/romance hitting New Zealand theatres in October. The soundtrack is killer (one of my favourite songs ‘Us’ by Regina Spektor is beautiful) and we’re really looking forward to this!

Here’s the trailer:

You’ve certainly heard of smaller businesses being acquired and consumed by larger, more profitable businesses but Marvel is no small business. It has been confirmed that the comic book giant has just been acquired by Disney for $4 billion USD. That’s a whole heap of comic books, son!

What will this mean for the current stable of comic book characters (more than 5000 of them). Well-loved characters such as Thor, Iron Man, Spiderman and more will now be at Disney’s whim. However, not all is lost.

The Marvel stable of characters will be “overseen by Marvel CEO Ike Perlmutter, who is charged with cherry-picking when and where they’ll show up within Disney’s vast empire, including online and in video games.”

It’s an interesting time we live in…

Thanks to Hollywoodreporter for the news.

Remember Spawn? Well according to various sources, Spawn is being brought back from Hell and Todd McFarlane is rumoured to be involved.

I wasn’t a big fan of the comic book (although Spawn is pretty cool as far as comic book characters go), and the movie was OK. So I’m not too sure what a revival could do for the franchise but I guess we’ll have to wait and see.

McFarlane has been quoted as saying:

“The story has been in my head for 7 or 8 years. The movie idea is neither a recap or continuation. It is a standalone story that will be R-rated. Creepy and scary.”

Thanks to GetthebigPic for the update.

Christopher Nolan’s latest movie ‘Inception’ now has a trailer. Classified as a movie that’s similar to ‘The Matrix’ -  “a contemporary sci-fi actioner set within the architecture of the mind”. It’s a thriller which of course, is a little different to the main theme of The Matrix but stars a mean-looking Leonardo DiCaprio. Michael Caine and Cillian Murphy also star.

The teaser trailer was viewed by movie-goers who saw Brad Pitt’s latest ‘Inglourious Basterds’ on the weekend and is now available online.

Thanks to /film for the news and Screencrave for the tailer. You can view the trailer here.

Just when you thought there couldn’t be another expansion for World of Warcraft, think again! Blizzard have just released details of the latest expansion titled ‘Cataclysm’.

As reported by Edge magazine:

“In addition to revitalising some of the most familiar and iconic areas of the game world, this third World Of Warcraft expansion will add new features and a large amount of new content for players to explore,” said Mike Morhaime, CEO and co-founder of Blizzard Entertainment.

WoW fans rejoice!

Kiwi hottie (and all-round cool guy) Karl Urban has been confirmed for the role of ‘Black Hat’ in the upcoming movie Priest based on the graphic novel.

As reported by Empire magazine:

Urban’s character, a former priest turned vampire and general nutjob, is called Black Hat, after the grand old Western tradition that the good guys wear white hats, the bad guys black.

We’re looking forward to seeing another kiwi in the movies so this is great news. Considering Karl’s last movie (Star Trek) was a success, we’re betting his career is well on it’s way to higher ground!

Thanks to Empire for the news.