The launch of Flash Gordon gave Sci Fi Channel its most-watched series premiere for the year to date, delivering 2.1 million total viewers. So, should I book that Q&A with Gina Holden (aka Dale Arden)?.... 300 last week topped the DVD sales chart for a second straight time, while Disturbia was the No. 1 rental.... DVD release dates have been set for Knocked Up (Sept. 25) and Hollow Man: Director's Cut (Oct. 16).... Food Network premieres Zane Lamprey's Have Fork, Will Travel Sept. 4 at 9:30 pm/ET.... Sell This House host Tanya Memme has launched an album, Gemini. See her site for deets.
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Disturbia's director and writer, D.J. Caruso and Carl Ellsworth, are reteaming for an adaptation of Y: The Last Man, the Vertigo comic book about an escape artist who is the sole male survivor of a plague.... Also per the Reporter, Warner Bros. Pictures is bringing DC Comics' Jonah Hex to the big screen.... Disney has set Brian Robbins (Norbit) to helm Jailhouse Rock, based on the true story of an American Idol-like singing contest held in Arizona's Tent City jail.... Jim Carrey has said yep to Yes Man, a comedy based on the memoir by Brit author Danny Wallace.... Joel Schumacher is in talks to direct a remake of Breaking News, a Hong Kong action flick that premiered at Cannes in 2004.
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No sooner had Peter Parker become filmdom's $151 million man than Disney quietly inched up the premiere of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End by a few hours, to Thursday, May 24, at 8 pm. The move is intended to capitalize on the holiday weekend and, really now, give the film an edge in besting Spider-Man 3's record opening.Also per Variety: Kevin Costner will star in Swing Vote, an indie comedy about a single father whose ballot will determine a presidential election.... Disturbia scribe Christopher B. Landon is set to pen The Flock, a thriller about teen girls practicing witchcraft.
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While The O.C. grad's new release, In the Land of Women, opened with a whimper this weekend, taking in a paltry $4.9 million for an eighth-place finish, the artist formerly known as Even Stevens held onto the top spot at the box office, with Disturbia raking in another $13.5 mil. Meanwhile, Anthony Hopkins' latest Hannibal Lecter — I'm sorry, very different psycho killer — feature, Fracture, bowed at No. 2 with a haul of $11.2 mil. Rounding out the top five were Blades of Glory (in third place with $7.8 mil), the motel thriller Vacancy (in fourth with $7.6 mil) and Meet the Robinsons (in fifth with $7.1 mil).
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Shia LaBeouf's Disturbia topped the weekend box office with a $23 million haul, knocking Blades of Glory ($14.1 million) out of the No. 1 spot for the first time in three weeks. Rounding out the top five were Meet the Robinsons ($12.1 mil), Perfect Stranger (debuting with $11.5 mil) and Are We Done Yet? ($9.2 mil). In its second weekend of release, Grindhouse dropped to No. 10, with $4.2 million, fueling talk that each half of its double bill will be released separately in the U.S. later this year.
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