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     <title>'The Man from U.N.C.L.E.' Is Heading to the Big Screen</title>
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     <![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/tv-on-the-bigscreen/" rel="tag">TV on the Bigscreen</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/oped/" rel="tag">OpEd</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/features/" rel="tag">Features</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/tv-news/" rel="tag">TV News</a></p><br/><img width="250" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="276" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.aoltv.com/media/2010/04/unclerifles.jpg" alt="the_man_from_uncle_robert_vaughn_david_mccallum" />They're at it again. Another popular television series from yesteryear, in this case 1964-68, is being remade, reworked and revamped into a big screen movie. <a href="http://insidetv.aol.com/tag/the+man+from+uncle/">'The Man from U.N.C.L.E,'</a> one of the iconic spy shows spawned by the James Bond craze, has been tapped by Warner Brothers as a theatrical. The Hollywood Reporter reports that <a href="http://www.heatvisionblog.com/2010/04/writer-boards-bigscreen-version-of-man-from-uncle-exclusive.html">David Dobkins, best known for 'Wedding Crashers,' will direct 'The Man from UNCLE'</a> and Max Borenstein is writing the script.<br />
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The big question now is not when or why, but who. Who will Warners choose to play Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin, the two super secret agents of United Network Command for Law Enforcement (U.N.C.L.E.), and even if the casting is perfect, as a follow up, how will they inevitably screw it up? The track record for well-loved TV shows being rejiggered for the silver screen is awful. <br/><br/><a href="http://www.aoltv.com/2010/04/14/the-man-from-u-n-c-l-e-is-heading-to-the-big-screen/">Continue Reading</a>]]>
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     <category>David McCallum</category><category>DavidMccallum</category><category>Eddie Murphy</category><category>EddieMurphy</category><category>Get Smart</category><category>GetSmart</category><category>I Spy</category><category>ISpy</category><category>Maverick</category><category>Mission: Impossible</category><category>Mission:Impossible</category><category>NBC</category><category>Owen Wilson</category><category>OwenWilson</category><category>reality-free</category><category>Robert Vaughn</category><category>RobertVaughn</category><category>The Man from UNCLE</category><category>TheManFromUncle</category><category>Tom Cruise</category><category>TomCruise</category><category>U.N.C.L.E.</category><category>Wedding Crashers</category><category>WeddingCrashers</category><category>Wild Wild West</category><category>WildWildWest</category><category>Will Smith</category><category>WillSmith</category> 
     <dc:creator>Allison Waldman</dc:creator>
     <dc:date>2010-04-14T18:08:00+00:00</dc:date>
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     <title>Watch the 'MacGruber' Restricted Trailer</title>
     <link>http://www.aoltv.com/2010/04/02/watch-the-macgruber-restricted-trailer/</link>
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     <![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/tv-on-the-bigscreen/" rel="tag">TV on the Bigscreen</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/saturday-night-live/" rel="tag">Saturday Night Live</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/features/" rel="tag">Features</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/tv-news/" rel="tag">TV News</a></p><br/><img hspace="4" height="192" width="200" vspace="4" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.aoltv.com/media/2010/04/macgruberstill.jpg" alt="Will Forte is MacGruber" />The 'MacGruber' movie may be nearly two months away from hitting the big screen -- it arrives in theaters May 21 -- but that hasn't prevented a full-out marketing blitz. There's a new NSFW trailer of the <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/show/saturday-night-live/62573/main" target="_blank">'SNL' </a>adaption, which you can watch after the jump. <br />
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We get to see MacGruber (Will Forte) putting together his team to fight the so-called world's most dangerous man (Val Kilmer), along with Kristen Wiig as a master of disguise. <br />
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If the trailer is any indication, 'MacGruber' is going to be a slapstick festival of double-entendres (if you're looking for subtle, move on). Probably a good excuse to turn your head off for an hour and a half and sit in an air-conditioned room on a hot spring day. <br/><br/><a href="http://www.aoltv.com/2010/04/02/watch-the-macgruber-restricted-trailer/">Continue Reading</a>]]>
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     <dc:creator>Nick Zaino</dc:creator>
     <dc:date>2010-04-02T15:00:00+00:00</dc:date>
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     <title>Lynda Carter Wants Sandra Bullock to Don Wonder Woman's Tights</title>
     <link>http://www.aoltv.com/2010/03/26/lynda-carter-wants-sandra-bullock-to-don-wonder-womans-tights/</link>
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     <![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/tv-on-the-bigscreen/" rel="tag">TV on the Bigscreen</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/celebrities/" rel="tag">Celebrities</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/casting/" rel="tag">Casting</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/features/" rel="tag">Features</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/tv-news/" rel="tag">TV News</a></p><br/><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.aoltv.com/media/2010/03/wonderwoman.jpg" alt="Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman" />...and so do I, except I'm pretty sure Mrs. Carter is referring to a new incarnation of her famous TV show. <br />
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TV's original red, white and blue-clad beauty told a morning talk show in Los Angeles that she wants <a href="http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/sandra-bullock-great-for-wonder-woman_1136886">Mrs. Bullock to play the title role in a big screen remake of 'Wonder Woman,'</a> the TV show that made her famous. <br />
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Carter said she believes Bullock is perfect for the role because she has "<span id="intelliTxt" class="black2pt" name="intelliTxt">exactly the kind of personality" and that she's also "</span><span id="intelliTxt" class="black2pt" name="intelliTxt">strong and feminine. And Wonder Woman has to be accessible"</span><span id="intelliTxt" class="black2pt" name="intelliTxt">. She also dismissed rumors that claimed she said Bullock was too old for the role. <br />
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Me? If she gets the role, I just want to see her kick the ever-living snot out of some Jesse James bad-guy look-a-like. Jesse James is such a dead man now. <br />
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     <dc:creator>Danny Gallagher</dc:creator>
     <dc:date>2010-03-26T18:04:00+00:00</dc:date>
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     <title>Tim Burton To Give 'The Addams Family' The Big Screen 3D Treatment</title>
     <link>http://www.aoltv.com/2010/03/18/tim-burton-to-give-the-addams-family-the-big-screen-3d-treatme/</link>
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     <![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/comedy/" rel="tag">Other Comedy Shows</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/science-fiction/" rel="tag">Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/industry/" rel="tag">Industry</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/tv-on-the-bigscreen/" rel="tag">TV on the Bigscreen</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/features/" rel="tag">Features</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/tv-news/" rel="tag">TV News</a></p><br/><img width="250" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="223" border="0" align="right" alt="addams family" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.aoltv.com/media/2010/03/addamsfamily310.jpg" />Here's more proof that Tim Burton has transitioned from creating original films to grafting his signature freaky style onto well-established franchises: Burton is directing a <a href="http://www.deadline.com/2010/03/tim-burton-next-3d-animated-film-da-da-da-snap-snap-the-addams-family/">3D stop-motion movie based on 'The Addams Family.'</a> <br />
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We've seen countless iterations of Charles Addams' all together ooky clan since the <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/show/the-addams-family/62243/main">classic 1960s TV series</a> left the air. My favorites are Barry Sonnefeld's clever '90s Addams flicks starring Raul Julia and Anjelcia Huston as Gomez and Morticia (let's not talk about the straight-to-DVD sequels). There were also two animated shows, a second live-action TV series in the late '90s, and a Broadway musical starring Nathan Lane and 'Frasier's Bebe Neuwirth (<a href="http://www.aoltv.com/2010/03/14/the-addams-family-a-review-of-the-tv-show-on-broadway/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+weblogsinc%2Ftvsquad+%28TV+Squad%29&amp;utm_content=Twitter">previewed</a> by our very own Brad Trechak). <br/><br/><a href="http://www.aoltv.com/2010/03/18/tim-burton-to-give-the-addams-family-the-big-screen-3d-treatme/">Continue Reading</a>]]>
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     <dc:creator>Mike Moody</dc:creator>
     <dc:date>2010-03-18T15:25:00+00:00</dc:date>
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     <title>'77 Sunset Strip' Coming to the Big Screen</title>
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     <![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/drama/" rel="tag">Other Drama Shows</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/tv-on-the-bigscreen/" rel="tag">TV on the Bigscreen</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/features/" rel="tag">Features</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/tv-news/" rel="tag">TV News</a></p><br/><img width="200" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="255" border="0" align="right" alt="77 Sunset Strip" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.aoltv.com/media/2010/03/77sunsetstripcast.jpg" />Part of me wants to smile when reading this news but the other part of me wants to scratch my head. Nikki Finke says that <a href="http://www.deadline.com/2010/03/77-sunset-strip-on-feature-road/">Warner Brothers is doing a big-screen remake of the late '50s/early '60s hit show '77 Sunset Strip.'</a><br />
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*crickets*<br />
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How many people actually remember this show? I certainly do, but even at my age I only remember it from reruns. This seems to me to be yet another example of Hollywood taking something for the nostalgia value and bringing it to today. I mean, here's the problem. Those who do remember the show are going to be irritated that there are different people in it and it's not done the same, and the people who don't remember the show don't care! What audience are they going for with this? <br/><br/><a href="http://www.aoltv.com/2010/03/18/77-sunset-strip-coming-to-the-big-screen/">Continue Reading</a>]]>
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     <dc:creator>Bob Sassone</dc:creator>
     <dc:date>2010-03-18T15:04:00+00:00</dc:date>
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     <title>HBO's 'Rome' May Be On the Big Screen</title>
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     <![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/drama/" rel="tag">Other Drama Shows</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/tv-on-the-bigscreen/" rel="tag">TV on the Bigscreen</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/features/" rel="tag">Features</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/tv-news/" rel="tag">TV News</a></p><br/><img width="200" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="261" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.aoltv.com/media/2010/03/rome.jpg" alt="Rome " />Entertainment Weekly's Hollywood Insider is reporting that the <a href="http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2010/03/04/hbo-rome-movie/" target="_blank">film version of the HBO series 'Rome'</a> is pushing forward. The series creator Bruno Heller has written the script, and Morning Light Productions is on board to produce. EW says HBO won't be involved, but thinks two of the series stars, Kevin McKidd and Ray Stevenson, will be back. <br />
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There have been rumors kicking around for a while that there would be a movie version, (Stevenson talked about the <a href="http://www.movieweb.com/news/NE7R0f7eRCvNac" target="_blank">script development </a>in an interview with MovieWeb.com last year), but these are the first concrete details to emerge.<br />
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The move to the big screen makes sense. The series was still popular  with fans and critics when it was canceled. But it was expensive to  produce, which made it a hard series for HBO to commit to. The budget  for a couple of episodes was probably similar to the budget for a  feature film. <br />
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Heller can probably tell the story he wants to tell in one  long movie, with less of a financial commitment, and, who know,  possibly put himself in position to make more 'Rome' sequels. Which  would be great for the series' fans.<br /> <br/><br/>]]>
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     <dc:creator>Nick Zaino</dc:creator>
     <dc:date>2010-03-08T18:29:00+00:00</dc:date>
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     <title>MacGruber! His Movie's Pushed Back to May Because of Scheduling Conflicts! MacGruber!</title>
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     <![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/tv-on-the-bigscreen/" rel="tag">TV on the Bigscreen</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/saturday-night-live/" rel="tag">Saturday Night Live</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/features/" rel="tag">Features</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/tv-news/" rel="tag">TV News</a></p><br/><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" align="right" alt="Will Forte as MacGruber" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.aoltv.com/media/2010/03/macgrubersnl.jpg" />That ticking countdown clock that has been a device of countless action explosion movies has just gotten a few more minutes on the clock. Don't you just love it when life imitates art? <br />
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<a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/movies/2010/03/macgruber-release-date-pushed.html">The big screen 'MacGruber' movie</a>, based on the popular <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/show/saturday-night-live/62573/main">'SNL'</a> sketch, has earned a later release date due to scheduling conflicts with other Warner Bros. properties. <br />
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The movie, directed by <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/2010/01/28/macgruber-set-loaded-to-the-boobies-with-hotties/">'Lonely Island' member and 'SNL' writer Jorma Taccone</a>, will hit a theater near you on May 21 instead of April 9. <br />
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     <dc:creator>Danny Gallagher</dc:creator>
     <dc:date>2010-03-04T22:15:00+00:00</dc:date>
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     <title>Neil Patrick Harris And the 'Smurfs' Movie - UPDATE</title>
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     <![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/tv-on-the-bigscreen/" rel="tag">TV on the Bigscreen</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/oped/" rel="tag">OpEd</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/animation/" rel="tag">Animation</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/how-i-met-your-mother/" rel="tag">How I Met Your Mother</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/celebrities/" rel="tag">Celebrities</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/children/" rel="tag">Children</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/features/" rel="tag">Features</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/tv-news/" rel="tag">TV News</a></p><br/><img width="200" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="281" border="0" align="right" alt="neil_patrick_harris_smiling_forehead" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.aoltv.com/media/2010/03/neil-patrick-harrisl.jpg" />As the folks at Moviefone.com point out, blue is the hot color for movies these days, especially if your name is James Cameron. Well, it's not going to be a sequel to 'Avatar' or another Cameron pic or even an updating of 'The Blue Lagoon,' but <a href="http://insidemovies.moviefone.com/2010/03/03/neil-patrick-harris-smurfs-movie/">Neil Patrick Harris has agreed to be in 'Smurfs: The Movie.</a>' (Not to be confused with 'Smurfs: The Opera.')<br />
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Actually, Neil will be all voice for the role. Sony's concept for the big screen version of <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/show/smurfs/62579/main">'Smurfs,'</a> the popular '80s Saturday morning cartoon series, is live action mixed with animation, under the direction of 'Beverly Hills Chihuahua' auteur Raja Gosnell. <br />
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Exactly which of the smurfs Neil will play remains shrouded in mystery. I suspect he's getting his pick, as long as it's not Papa Smurf. That role's already been claimed by Jonathan Winters. <br/><br/><a href="http://www.aoltv.com/2010/03/04/neil-patrick-harris-and-the-smurfs-movie/">Continue Reading</a>]]>
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     <dc:creator>Allison Waldman</dc:creator>
     <dc:date>2010-03-04T13:02:00+00:00</dc:date>
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     <title>Do You Want To See a Big-Screen 'Gilligan's Island?'</title>
     <link>http://www.aoltv.com/2010/03/03/do-you-want-to-see-a-big-screen-gilligans-island/</link>
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     <![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/comedy/" rel="tag">Other Comedy Shows</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/tv-on-the-bigscreen/" rel="tag">TV on the Bigscreen</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/features/" rel="tag">Features</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/tv-news/" rel="tag">TV News</a></p><br/><img width="250" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="202" border="0" align="right" alt="Gilligan's Island" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.aoltv.com/media/2010/03/gilligansislandlogobw.jpg" />The mining of old TV shows for new movie ideas continues with this latest news: <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/2010/03/03/2010-03-03_gilligans_island_castaways_set_sail_for_big_screen.html">they're turning 'Gilligan's Island' into a big-screen movie</a>.<br />
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How is this seen as a good idea in the executive offices at Warner Brothers? How exactly will they make a one-time 90 minute movie out of a dumb (but in a lovable way) show from the 60s? As we've been saying here for the past several years, big-screen adaptations of old TV shows usually don't work (<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0374536/">'Bewitched,'</a> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106400/">'The Beverly Hillbillies,'</a> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0160127/">'Charlie's Angels,'</a> the list goes on and on) because it's not that those shows necessarily had brilliant plots, it's because they existed in a certain time and had a specific cast that we love and remember. Bob Denver is Gilligan. I'm not going to go see a big-screen version just because they cast, say, <a href="http://search.aol.com/aol/search?s_it=comsearch40&amp;q=christopher+mintz-plasse">Christopher Mintz-Plasse</a> in the role (no casting yet, but I can picture him being considered). <br/><br/><a href="http://www.aoltv.com/2010/03/03/do-you-want-to-see-a-big-screen-gilligans-island/">Continue Reading</a>]]>
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     <dc:creator>Bob Sassone</dc:creator>
     <dc:date>2010-03-03T14:30:00+00:00</dc:date>
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     <title>'A-Team' Complete Series DVD Will Be Shaped as the 'A-Team' Van</title>
     <link>http://www.aoltv.com/2010/03/02/a-team-complete-series-dvd-will-be-shaped-as-the-a-team-van/</link>
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     <![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/drama/" rel="tag">Other Drama Shows</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/comedy/" rel="tag">Other Comedy Shows</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/tv-on-dvd/" rel="tag">TV on DVD</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/tv-on-the-bigscreen/" rel="tag">TV on the Bigscreen</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/features/" rel="tag">Features</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/tv-shows-on-dvd/" rel="tag">TV Shows on DVD</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/tv-news/" rel="tag">TV News</a></p><br/><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" align="right" alt="The 'A*Team' Complete Series DVD box set" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.aoltv.com/media/2010/03/theateamcompletele.jpg" />Did you ever want to own the 'A-Team' van but the missus wouldn't let you blow Junior's college fund on a GMC van, the fancy paint job or the ton of golden neck jewelry? This may be the closest you'll ever get. <br />
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Universal Home Entertainment will release <a href="http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/ATeam-The-Complete-Series/13392">the entire series run on DVD on June 8th</a>, just a few days before <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/2010/01/09/joe-carnahans-a-team-trailer-hits-the-web/">the big screen remake from director Joe Carnahan </a>hits the screens. <br />
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Just look at it! It's the shape of the freakin' 'A-Team' van, quite possibly the coolest van in the history of vans. If Universal would be willing to sell just the box, I would gladly buy it just so I can store my bootleg 'Spaced' DVDs in it. <br/><br/>]]>
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     <dc:creator>Danny Gallagher</dc:creator>
     <dc:date>2010-03-02T21:30:00+00:00</dc:date>
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     <title>George Lopez Tapped for Speedy Gonzales Movie</title>
     <link>http://www.aoltv.com/2010/02/25/george-lopez-tapped-for-speedy-gonzales-movie/</link>
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     <![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/tv-on-the-bigscreen/" rel="tag">TV on the Bigscreen</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/animation/" rel="tag">Animation</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/children/" rel="tag">Children</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/features/" rel="tag">Features</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/tv-news/" rel="tag">TV News</a></p><br/><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" align="right" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.aoltv.com/media/2010/02/speedygonzales.jpg" />Since Hollywood is content with destroying the majority of my greatest TV memories, they are now reaching to the far corners of my brain for beloved childhood icons to forever scar me. <br />
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TV actor and comedian <a href="http://pro.imdb.com/news/ni1635210/">George Lopez has been tapped to provide the voice for the beloved Speedy Gonzales</a> in a new big screen movie adaptation of the beloved Warner Brothers <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/show/looney-tunes/63217/main">'Looney Tunes'</a> franchise. <br />
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Now I understand that big names bring big bucks to the box office, but this really the first time in my mind that a famous Looney Tunes character is being re-voiced by a star instead of a trained voice actor who can mimic the immortal voice of the late Mel Blanc. <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/2006/10/02/listen-to-an-interview-with-billy-west/">Voice actor Billy West</a>, an outspoken critic of celebrity voice over characters, once described it in an earlier interview I did with him for <a href="http://www.arrivistepress.com/March06/Danny_Gallagher_Billy_West_p2_0306.shtml">Arriviste Press magazine</a> as "most artless, bloodless, Godless idea I've ever heard." <br/><br/>]]>
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     <dc:creator>Danny Gallagher</dc:creator>
     <dc:date>2010-02-25T19:42:00+00:00</dc:date>
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     <title>Edward James Olmos On the 'Battlestar Galactica' Movie and 'Caprica'</title>
     <link>http://www.aoltv.com/2010/02/18/edward-james-olmos-on-the-battlestar-galactica-movie-and-capr/</link>
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     <![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/science-fiction/" rel="tag">Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/tv-on-the-bigscreen/" rel="tag">TV on the Bigscreen</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/battlestar-galactica/" rel="tag">Battlestar Galactica</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/interviews/" rel="tag">Interviews</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/features/" rel="tag">Features</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/tv-news/" rel="tag">TV News</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/celebrity-interviews/" rel="tag">Celebrity Interviews</a></p><br/><img width="200" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="266" border="0" align="right" alt="battlestar galactica" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.aoltv.com/media/2010/02/edwardjamesolmos200210.jpg" />Admiral Adama himself, Edward James Olmos, visited my hometown of Brownsville, TX on Tuesday to promote <a href="http://web.me.com/eqstory/KIngs_Of_Bville/Welcome.html">'Kings of Brownsville'</a>, a documentary about the border town's champion student chess players. <br />
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Olmos' passion for the film was obvious during a press conference with city officials. Of course, I couldn't resist the urge to ask him a few questions about one of his other passion projects, and one of my favorite shows of all time, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/show/battlestar-galactica-2005/120616/main">'Battlestar Galactica'</a>.<br />
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We talked a little about the show's legacy, his initial thoughts on 'Caprica' and what he thinks about that planned 'Battlestar' movie project from director Bryan Singer and producer Glen Larson. <br/><br/><a href="http://www.aoltv.com/2010/02/18/edward-james-olmos-on-the-battlestar-galactica-movie-and-capr/">Continue Reading</a>]]>
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     <dc:creator>Mike Moody</dc:creator>
     <dc:date>2010-02-18T11:05:00+00:00</dc:date>
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     <title>Susan Sarandon May Star in Big Screen 'Big Valley'</title>
     <link>http://www.aoltv.com/2010/02/11/susan-sarandon-may-star-in-big-screen-big-valley/</link>
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     <![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/tv-on-the-bigscreen/" rel="tag">TV on the Bigscreen</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/celebrities/" rel="tag">Celebrities</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/casting/" rel="tag">Casting</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/features/" rel="tag">Features</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/tv-news/" rel="tag">TV News</a></p><br/><img width="200" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="265" border="0" align="right" alt="The Big Valley" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.aoltv.com/media/2010/02/bigvalley200.jpg" />I'm never quite sure what to make of big screen versions of TV shows. Sometimes they work ('The Brady Bunch,' 'Mission: Impossible'), but more often they don't (too many to list here), because it's as if a show's plot or theme is necessarily great, it's the actors that were in the show and the time when the show aired. You can't recreate that with a big name star and some "nostalgia" factor. <br />
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The latest show to get that big screen treatment is <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/2009/07/14/the-big-valley-is-big-screen-bound-no-really-it-is/">'The Big Valley,'</a> the western that aired on ABC in the mid-60s. It starred Barbara Stanwyck, Richard Long, Linda Evans, and Lee Majors. Kate Edelman Johnson, daughter of show co-creator Louis, is planning to do a movie based on the show and <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3iafcbd501634f9b08efa71b08b5addc98">The Hollywood Reporter reports that Sarandon is in talks to play Victoria Barkley</a>, the role Stanwyck played in the show.<br />
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If there<em> is</em> a 'Big Valley' movie and she does star in it, then she <em>has</em> to be credited on screen as MISS Susan Sarandon. <br/><br/>]]>
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     <dc:creator>Bob Sassone</dc:creator>
     <dc:date>2010-02-11T16:03:00+00:00</dc:date>
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     <title>A 'Laverne and Shirley' Remake for the Big Screen?</title>
     <link>http://www.aoltv.com/2010/02/10/a-laverne-and-shirley-remake-for-the-big-screen/</link>
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     <![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/tv-on-the-bigscreen/" rel="tag">TV on the Bigscreen</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/oped/" rel="tag">OpEd</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/celebrities/" rel="tag">Celebrities</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/casting/" rel="tag">Casting</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/features/" rel="tag">Features</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/tv-news/" rel="tag">TV News</a></p><br/><img width="250" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="215" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.aoltv.com/media/2010/02/laverne-and-shirley-300x240.jpg" alt="laverne_and_shirley_bowling" />Schlemiel! Schlimazel! Are you ready to see America's most beloved Milwaukee girls on the make on the big screen? According to director Garry Marshall, creator of <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/show/happy-days/62508/main">'Happy Days,'</a> he has hopes to put the spinoff from that show, the successful <a href="http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_tv_tvblog/2010/02/laverne-shirley-would-you-buy-jennifer-garner-jessica-beal.html">'Laverne &amp; Shirley' to the movies</a>. As with all the other hopes for silver screen adaptations, this one comes with some fanciful casting attached, too.<br />
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Garry was on 'Extra' promoting his new romantic comedy <a href="http://www.moviefone.com/movie/valentines-day/37962/main">'Valentine's Day'</a> and revealed the <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/show/laverne-and-shirley/62892/main">'Laverne &amp; Shirley'</a> dream casting: Jennifer Garner and Jessica Biel. That's right. This pair of Shotz Brewery factory employees -- who live in a basement apartment in 1960 Milwaukee and struggle to find the men of their dreams -- would be played by two of the most beautiful women in Hollywood. Is that a cynical way of looking at it? Yes, it is. <br/><br/><a href="http://www.aoltv.com/2010/02/10/a-laverne-and-shirley-remake-for-the-big-screen/">Continue Reading</a>]]>
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     <dc:creator>Allison Waldman</dc:creator>
     <dc:date>2010-02-10T10:37:00+00:00</dc:date>
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     <title>Update: Yup, That '24' Movie is Still a Go</title>
     <link>http://www.aoltv.com/2010/02/09/update-yup-that-24-movie-is-still-a-go/</link>
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     <![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/tv-on-the-bigscreen/" rel="tag">TV on the Bigscreen</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/24/" rel="tag">24</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/features/" rel="tag">Features</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/tv-news/" rel="tag">TV News</a></p><br/><img width="200" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="325" border="0" align="right" alt="Kiefer Sutherland" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.aoltv.com/media/2009/12/24season8kieferuntvs200-1.jpg" />I'm not talking about a TV movie a la <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/2008/11/21/24-redemption-an-early-look-videos/">'24: Redemption,'</a> I'm talking about an adventure that Jack Bauer will have on the big screen. TV Guide is reporting that <a href="http://www.tvguide.com/News/24-Movie-Script-1014815.aspx?rss=breakingnews&amp;partnerid=imdb&amp;profileid=01">a screenwriter has been hired to write the '24' movie</a>. Billy Ray, who wrote the movies 'Shattered Glass,' 'State of Play,' the remake of 'Westworld' as well as many episodes of the mid-90s sci-fi series <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/search/resultsGoogle?cx=010308384256244096034%3Abq0fq4xokma&amp;cof=FORID%3A11&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=earth+2&amp;sa=Search#1024">'Earth 2,</a>' is going to do the screenplay for the movie.<br />
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Of course, since this is a big screen movie of a small screen show, they have to do something a little "larger," so Jack won't be saving Los Angeles or New York or even Ottumwa, Iowa. This movie will be set in London, which means Jack will have to get used to saving the world in 24 hours several hours ahead of when he did it here in the United States. Also, any car chases or car explosions will now take place on the other side of the road.<br />
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[Watch <a href="http://www.slashcontrol.com/free-tv-shows/24">'24'</a> and other shows at <a href="http://www.slashcontrol.com">SlashControl</a>.] <br/><br/>]]>
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     <dc:creator>Bob Sassone</dc:creator>
     <dc:date>2010-02-09T13:07:00+00:00</dc:date>
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     <title>'MacGruber!' The Creator of 'MacGyver' Wants to Stop the Movie. 'MacGruber!'</title>
     <link>http://www.aoltv.com/2010/02/03/macgruber-the-creator-of-macgyver-wants-to-stop-the-movie/</link>
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     <![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/tv-on-the-bigscreen/" rel="tag">TV on the Bigscreen</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/features/" rel="tag">Features</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/tv-news/" rel="tag">TV News</a></p><br/><em><img width="425" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="171" border="0" align="top" alt="MacGyver" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.aoltv.com/media/2008/05/macgyvermovie.gif" /><br />
Twenty seconds MacGruber!</em><br />
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So fans of the Will Forte/Kristin Wiig 'Saturday Night Live' sketch <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/2010/01/19/heres-the-trailer-for-macgruber-macgruber/">'MacGruber'</a> are counting down the minutes to the April release of the big screen version of the small screen parody. Or maybe we're not counting the minutes. This movie could suck like a Dyson vacuum cleaner. Or it could be really funny! Who knows? Movies based on 'SNL' sketches could easily go either way.<br />
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One person who doesn't want us to find out is Lee David Zlotoff. <a href="http://www.thresq.com/2010/02/macgyver-vs-macgruber-.html">He created 'MacGyver' back in the 1980s and he wants to stop the movie from being released</a>. Zlotoff has a deal to bring 'MacGyver' himself to the big-screen and doesn't want to see this parody there as well. Zlotoff's lawyer says that the film is "infringing on our rights." I wonder if the filmmakers neglected to get a thumbs up from Zlotoff and Paramount before making the movie? Zlotoff has also been a producer/writer on various shows, including 'NCIS,' 'Hill Street Blues,' 'Bret Maverick,' and 'Remington Steele.'<br />
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     <dc:creator>Bob Sassone</dc:creator>
     <dc:date>2010-02-03T13:08:00+00:00</dc:date>
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     <title>Flight of the Conchords co-creator to direct the Muppets</title>
     <link>http://www.aoltv.com/2010/01/29/flight-of-the-conchords-co-creator-to-direct-the-muppets/</link>
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     <![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/tv-on-the-bigscreen/" rel="tag">TV on the Bigscreen</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/oped/" rel="tag">OpEd</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/celebrities/" rel="tag">Celebrities</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/features/" rel="tag">Features</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/tv-news/" rel="tag">TV News</a></p><br/><p><img width="200" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="215" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.aoltv.com/media/2008/09/johndenvermuppetsalbum.jpg" alt="The Muppets" />James Bobin has <a href="http://www.heatvisionblog.com/2010/01/muppet-movie-james-bobin-flight-of-the-conchords-.html">signed on to direct</a> the new Muppet movie. Bobin co-created the television version of <em>Flight of the Conchords</em> (as opposed to the band itself, which was co-created by Jermaine Clement and Bret McKenzie).<br />
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So it's a writer who has predominantly worked in television who is directing a movie about a group of characters who became famous from a television show. The movie itself is co-written by Jason Segel, star of <em>How I Met Your Mother</em>, who is rumored to be a Muppet-maniac. I'm still waiting for his Broadway production of <em><a href="http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Forgetting_Sarah_Marshall">Dracula, the Puppet Musical</a></em>.<br />
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As a Muppet fan myself, I'm happy about this piece of news. I have enjoyed Bobin's work on <em>Da Ali G Show </em>and <em>Flight of the Conchords</em> without being aware of his involvement. I just hope Bobin shows love and respect for the franchise and we don't end up with another <em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Muppets'_Wizard_of_Oz">Muppets' Wizard of Oz</a></em>.</p> <br/><br/>]]>
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     <dc:creator>Brad Trechak</dc:creator>
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     <title>MacGruber set loaded to the boobies with hotties</title>
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     <![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/tv-on-the-bigscreen/" rel="tag">TV on the Bigscreen</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/saturday-night-live/" rel="tag">Saturday Night Live</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/features/" rel="tag">Features</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/tv-news/" rel="tag">TV News</a></p><br/>If you're excited about the new <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/2010/01/19/heres-the-trailer-for-macgruber-macgruber/"><em>MacGruber</em></a> movie and you're a guy, you might be excited to learn that the set is flooded with more hotties than the aftermath of a stripper avalanche.<br />
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Don't believe me? Check out this behind the scenes visit to the set with the film's director Jorma Taccone. <br />
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     <dc:creator>Danny Gallagher</dc:creator>
     <dc:date>2010-01-28T10:00:00+00:00</dc:date>
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     <title>Here's the trailer for MacGruber (MacGruber!)</title>
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     <![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/tv-on-the-bigscreen/" rel="tag">TV on the Bigscreen</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/video/" rel="tag">Video</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/features/" rel="tag">Features</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/tv-news/" rel="tag">TV News</a></p><br/>Oh, this could be really funny or it could be really awful. It's <em>MacGruber</em>, the big-screen movie based on the <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/saturday-night-live/"><em>Saturday Night Live</em></a> sketch, and we know how often those things turn out well. By the way, this is a red-band trailer so it's NSFW (funny name for Val Kilmer's character though).
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     <dc:creator>Bob Sassone</dc:creator>
     <dc:date>2010-01-19T14:30:00+00:00</dc:date>
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     <title>Viewers can attend Sundance Festival via their TVs</title>
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     <![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/news/" rel="tag">News</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/tv-on-the-bigscreen/" rel="tag">TV on the Bigscreen</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/music-and-variety/" rel="tag">Music and Variety</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/features/" rel="tag">Features</a>, <a href="http://www.aoltv.com/category/tv-news/" rel="tag">TV News</a></p><br/><img width="200" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="315" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.aoltv.com/media/2010/01/getproductimage.aspx.jpg" alt="The Sundance Film Festival is available on your TV on demand." />If you're not cool enough (or smug enough) to head to Utah for the <a href="http://festival.sundance.org/2010/">Sundance Film Festival </a>this month, you can now watch key moments of the event via your TV on demand through the new video on demand service, <a href="http://www.sundancechannel.com/sunfiltered/2010/01/sundance-selects-2010-festival-films-available-on-video-on-demand/">Sundance Selects</a>.<br />
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You can put on your overpriced, ugly ski boots and over-sized sunglasses while you pet your matchbox-sized dog -- pretending you're the up and coming star of a pretentious art house flick without leaving your living room. Sundance Selects is all set to send films from the 2010 Sundance Film Festival to a national audience for the first time.<br />
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You'll also get a first hand look at some of the live events that take place during the fest, as the on demand service "gives film lovers coast-to-coast the opportunity to experience a major film festival as it happens." <br/><br/><a href="http://www.aoltv.com/2010/01/18/viewers-can-attend-sundance-festival-via-their-tvs/">Continue Reading</a>]]>
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     <dc:creator>John Scott Lewinski</dc:creator>
     <dc:date>2010-01-18T18:30:00+00:00</dc:date>
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