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Dr. House will be on call for another season. Fox on Tuesday announced an eighth season pickup for the Hugh Laurie medical drama, confirming widespread speculation. “Over the past seven seasons, House has redefined the medical drama and has given us one of television’s most compelling and iconic characters,” said Fox entertainment chief Kevin Reilly. “From the producers to the incredible writers to the unbelievably talented cast and crew, the House team is fearless in its creativity and I can’t wait to see what they have in store next year.” The announcement follows protracted negotiations between the show’s studio Universal Media Studios and network Fox over the show’s license fee, which spilled out into the press. At issue: who will pay what percentage for an eighth season. Fox was looking to shave the license fee for the aging show as much as 20 percent, even as production costs rise, sources tells the Hollywood Reporter. Meantime, UMS had hoped to squeeze more seasons out

John Stamos To Join The Cast Of "Glee" Let me start of with this, Here is you Spoiler Alert John Stamos is in negotiations to join red-hot Fox musical dramedy Glee in a heavily recurring role next season. He will play a new love interest for lovable OCD guidance counselor Emma Pillsbury ( Jayma Mays ). In tonight's freshman season finale of Glee, Emma will tell on-and-off flame Will Schuester ( Matthew Morrison ) that she is dating a dentist. That is the character that Stamos will play next season. Please Leave A Comment- Source- Deadline

Glee Picked Up For A Third Season Fans of the hit musical comedy TV series Glee will be happy to hear that it has been picked up for a third season! I was hooked on the show when they showed the pilot episode at Comic Con last year and I haven't looked back. The third season was announced by Peter Rice, Chairman, Entertainment, Fox Networks Group; and Kevin Reilly, President, Entertainment, Fox Broadcasting Company, and here is the official press release. "In just one year, 'Glee' has transcended the television landscape and emerged as a global pop culture phenomenon," said Rice. "We are incredibly proud to have talent like Ryan Murphy and the 'Glee' cast in our Fox family, and we can't wait to see where Ryan takes the show in Seasons Two and Three." "Everything about 'Glee' - from the concept to the characters to the marketing - has been innovative and risky, but with Ryan Murphy tapping into the zeitgeist, the risk has

24 Movie Getting Closer To Reality Looks like Jack Bauer might be making his way to the big screen soon. Fox hasn't decide to pick the show up for the 9th season yet, but there is talks that Billy Ray ( Man behind State of Play) Maybe writing a script. Looks like it is all going to depend on how the ratings for the show are this year to whether they make the movie. In January, star Kiefer Sutherland told EW that he’d love to do a movie (“It would be a two-hour representation of a day”) and thinks the TV show can actually be done at the same time. ”I actually tried to convince a few people of this. In a media world that is changing unbelievably fast, a television series can either act as a great trailer for a film, or a film can act as a great trailer for a television series. And I think the first person who actually does that is going to change the way television interacts with feature films. “I think the resistance to it is because, in my father’s generation, if you did film

Fox's Glee Picked Up For Season 2 Was this really a surprise, since I got a glimpse of the show at comic con, I knew I was going to love this show and it turns out so do a lot of other people. But the early pickup will allow the show's producers to start planning season two now , and will also allow Fox to conduct a nationwide casting search to fill three new roles on the show. The "Glee" casting competition gets underway in February, and will be produced as a multi-part special to air in late summer , leading to the fall launch of "Glee's" sophomore season. "Glee" creator Ryan Murphy said the second season competish is in the vein of his initial talent search to find "Glee's" breakout cast. "Anybody and everybody now has a chance to be on a show about talented underdogs," Murphy said. "We want to be the first interactive musical comedy on television." In picking up "Glee" early, Fox Entertainment pre

American Idol To Go On Without Simon Cowell Fox is near a deal to order more seasons of "American Idol" -- with or without its most popular judge, Simon Cowell. The network's current contract with "Idol" producer 19 Entertainment and FremantleMedia extends through the end of the 2011 season. But the network is working on a new deal that includes three seasons of "Idol," though that number could still change. The announcement is expected to demonstrate Fox's commitment to its top-rated series, even as "Idol" faces its biggest challenge yet. The "Idol" franchise has been rocked by rumors that Cowell will depart the show after the upcoming season as he prepares to bring his hit UK music competition series "X-Factor" to the states. Cowell's brother Tony announced Tuesday on his weekly podcast that Simon will leave "Idol" at the end of 2010. The move could have a double impact on "Idol" -- the loss o

Bryan Singer To Direct "X-Men: First Class" Singer first mentioned that he'll be working on the project while talking to MySpace last night at "Avatar" premiere. At this time neither Fox nor Marvel has had official comment, but sources close to the matter say that yes, Singer is on board in a big way. The "develop" news insinuates that the last script by Josh Schwartz may not be in Singer's future plans. It was expected that the new film would tell the story of Cyclops, Jean Grey, Beast and other familiar characters as teenagers when they first meet Professor Charles Xavier and join his School for Gifted Youngsters. The premise has been rumored for sometime, but was hinted at with a subplot of "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" which featured early incarnations of Cyclops and Emma Frost (aka The White Queen) among others. It's unclear if Singer's intention to bring a new vision to the film will change that scenario. The irony of Singer

Idina Menzel To Join "Glee" As A Coach Meet Will Schuester's new rival. Broadway star Idina Menzel is in negotiations to recur on Fox's "Glee." Menzel, who is expected to appear in all of the remaining nine episodes of the season, will play the coach to glee club Vocal Adrenaline, the McKinley High glee club's main competition. Menzel had said she is a big fan of "Glee" and its young star Lea Michele, also a Broadway pro. Because of Menzel and Michele's similar musical theater background and strong resemblance, fans had been lobbying for Menzel to appear on the show as Rachel Berry's (Michele) biological mother. They've got their wish ... sort of. Menzel won a Tony for her role on "Wicked." Her co-star on the show, Kristin Chenoweth, guest starred on "Glee" earlier this season. Menzel is the second Broadway name to recur on "Glee" this spring. Jonathan Groff, who co-starred opposite Michele in the Broad

Ice Cube's "Ride Along" Gets A Rewrite Jason Mantzoukas has been hired to rewrite the action-comedy feature "Ride Along," starring Ice Cube. The Fox project, from 20th TV and Chernin Entertainment, takes place in a hospital and centers on a female doctor who is unraveling at the seams. "Ride Along," from New Line and Cube Vision, will star Cube as a rogue cop who tries to break off his sister's engagement to an upper-crust white psychiatrist by inviting his future brother-in-law on a ride-along. The project, penned by Greg Coolidge, has gone through a couple of rewrites. Cube and his producing partner Matt Alvarez are producing, with Chris Bender and JC Spink executive producing. Please Leave A Comment- Source- THR

Family Guy-Something Something Dark Side Trailer The trailer is great remake that follows the theme of the original trailer from The Empire Strikes Back. The saga continues as Luke (Chris), Leia (Lois), Han Solo (Peter) and Chewbacca (Brian) have evaded the dreaded Imperial Starfleet led by the cunning, conniving and curiously short evil lord Darth Vader (Stewie), setting up a new secret base on the remote ice world of Hoth. With the rebellion in trouble, young Skywalker must take the advice of his late, and rather lascivious, mentor Obi-Wan Kenobi (Herbert) and learn the ways of the “farce” under Jedi Master Yoda (Carl) to save the galaxy once and for all. The movie will be released on iTunes, DVD and Blu-ray on December 22nd 2009. Related News- Family Guy' 'Empire Strikes Back' Trailer 2 Please Leave A Comment-

"Space Invader"Justin Theroux To Write The Film Justin Theroux is heading to space. The actor-cum-writer is on board to pen a draft of "Space Invader," an astronaut romantic comedy set up at Fox. Mike Lisbe and Nate Reger sold the project and penned the original draft of the comedy, which centers on a man who decides to go to space after he suspects that his longtime girlfriend, an astronaut, is cheating on him with another spacewalker. Will Arnett is attached to star. Davis Entertainment, the production company behind comedies like "The Heartbreak Kid," is on board to produce with Principato/Young. The project originally was set up at Fox Atomic before migrating to big Fox after the shuttering of that division. The UTA- and 3 Arts-repped Theroux, who could potentially direct the title as well, has been honing his writing chops. He penned the comedy hit "Tropic Thunder" at Paramount and wrote the upcoming Marvel/Par pic "Iron Man 2." H

Family Guy' 'Empire Strikes Back' Trailer After its "Star Wars" parody generated huge ratings and sold well as a stand-alone DVD, 20th TV decided to release the "Family Guy" "Empire Strikes Back" spoof (titled "Something Something Something Dark Side") on home video before it airs on Fox I am so looking forward to watching this Episode. I enjoyed the first parody that they did of Star Wars Called " Harvest" This episode looks even better. I am not a fan of The Family Guy show but do love the Star Wars episodes. The "Empire" parody is released on DVD on Dec. 22 Please Leave A Comment- Source- THR

"Glee" Is Picked Up For The First Season Fox has given frosh skein "Glee" the first full-season pickup of the new fall season. This should have been a no brainier. The show is a breath of fresh air to TV, something original and new. Once I saw the preview at Comic Con this year I was hooked and looking forward to the rest of the season The "back nine" pickup, which was expected , comes as " Glee " has shown signs of becoming a consistently strong performer for Fox. The show averaged a solid 3.5 rating and 9 share among adults 18-49 in week one, and dipped just 9%. Fox Entertainment prexy Kevin Reilly, who announced the pickup on Monday - the first day of the new TV season - called "Glee" a "gem of a show." "It's already got the makings of a cultural phenomenon," Reilly said. "I've seen all 13 episodes, and Ryan Murphy, his team and the talented 'Glee' cast have knocked our socks off with their i