When Fox’s Fringe debuts next week, it will introduce a new Australian actress to American audiences: Anna Torv, who has appeared in some TV down under and elsewhere, but is otherwise unknown. She joins a list of J.J. Abrams’ discoveries who emerged from obscurity into the limelight.
DreamWorks and Paramount’s holdover comedy “Tropic Thunder” continued to dominate at the Labor Day box office with three-day take of $11.5 million from 3,473 theaters, while 20th Century Fox’s Van Diesel sci-fi actioner “Babylon A.D.” grabbed the No. 2 spot with $9.7 million from 3,390.
In the wake of celebrated children’s author Mem Fox’s claim that childcare for very young babies is “child abuse”, parliamentary secretary for early education and childcare Maxine McKew said today that a better ratio might be closer to one carer to every three children under the age of two.
Producers of Fox’s SF series ‘Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles’ surprised audiences at last month’s Comic-Con International with the announcement that a major character will die in the upcoming second season.
“Australia” was slated to release Stateside Nov. 14, about 48-hours after its November 13 world preem Down Under, but now the Oz date will also shift to tally with the U.S. Recently, Warner Bros. moved its next “Harry Potter” movie from Nov. 21 to next summer.
After getting some unenthusiastic reviews (including one in Daily Variety on Aug. 21), director Mathieu Kassovitz is seeking to distance himself from the film, which opens Friday — even though the version reviewed was international version, and Fox is not releasing the film overseas.
Creator J.J. Abrams and executive producers Robert Orci, Alex Kurtzman, Bryan Burk and Jeff Pinkner spoke in a news conference in New York’s meatpacking district on Aug. 26 about the series before attending a premiere party in Manhattan later that evening.
‘Virtuality’ is centered around what is described as the first interstellar space ship from Earth. Its 12-member crew is on a voyage twice as long as Captain Kirk’s first venture with the Enterprise, and everyone has a chance to experience a holodeck-like virtual reality program to keep them entertained.
We think we’re in the perfect position–i.e., out on a limb–to proclaim that Fox’s upcoming SF drama Fringe will be this fall’s breakout success: The show that will knock Heroes out of the sky and bury Lost like Nikki and Paulo on that irritatingly populated desert island.
The group now has 65 Facebook members, including defeated Prime Minister John Howard’s former press secretary Ben Mitchell and several former Costello staffers. More than 200 invitations to join are pending - including to Mr Howard, The Australian’s columnist Janet Albrechtsen, Ms Bishop and Alexander Downer.