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Green Day's American Idiot To Become Feature Film T he Green Day-fueled American Idiot doesn't bow on Broadway bow until April 20.  Already, talks are underway with Playtone partners Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman to turn the musical into a feature film. The album American Idiot was a huge success for the San Francisco punk band and made them a house hold name around the world.  American Idiot uses the songs of punk band Green Day to tell the coming of age story of three small-town guys. One joins the armed forces, another moves to the city and gets mired in a drug habit, the third stays home and gets his girlfriend pregnant. There is little dialogue beyond the Green Day tunes. The musical which first opened at the Berkeley Repertory Theater, with Tom Hulce and Ira Pittelman producing, and it begins previews this week at the St. James Theater . Playtone's last stage-to-screen transfer was the Abba musical Mamma Mia! Critics might not have loved it, but...

HBO's "The Pacific" Scores Decent With The Ratings HBO's "The Pacific" got off to a fair start on Sunday evening, delivering 3.1 million viewers. That's 22% higher than the debut of HBO's last miniseries, "John Adams," and "The Pacific" tally grew to 4 million with its encore airing. Still, HBO has to be somewhat disappointed with this number. "The Pacific" is the biggest production in the network's history and this is only 69% higher than the time period norm. The miniseries' predecessor, 2001's "Band of Brothers," debuted to 10 million viewers (Nielsen has since changed the way pay cable networks are calculated, however, and these are no longer apples-to-apples comparisons). Even with its larger premiere number, "Brothers" was considered a slow-starter whose success was secured in heavy repeat viewing and DVD sales. "The Pacific" could easily gather steam too, especially with c...

HBO's "The Pacific" First Look The Pacific is a World War II television drama miniseries, produced by HBO, Seven Network Australia and Dreamworks, which is currently in production. It is similar, although unrelated, to Band of Brothers. Whereas Band of Brothers focused on Army's involvement in the European Theater of Operations, the new series will be about the Marine Corps's actions in the Pacific Theater of Operations. The Pacific is being spearheaded by Bruce McKenna (co-executive producer), who was one of the main writers on Band of Brothers. Hugh Ambrose, the son of Band of Brothers author Stephen Ambrose, will serve as a project consultant. The Pacific is being produced by Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks, and Gary Goetzman in association with HBO Films, Playtone, Dreamworks, and Seven Network. Due out in 2010 Please Leave A Comment- Source- THR / HBO