Die hard ‘Hellboy’ fans will get Guillermo del Toro’s journal excerpts and limited edition golden army statue among others through ‘Hellboy II: The Golden Army’ collector’s set.

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Next Tuesday, November 11, Universal Studios Home Entertainment will make available a special collector’s set of “Hellboy II: The Golden Army”. Offering more, the special set bids 3-disc DVD, excerpts from the journal of director Guillermo del Toro, a poster and limited edition golden army statue with its certificate of authenticity.

Coming out at the same time the DVD and Blu-ray version of the action fantasy movie hit the shelves, the particular set also offers lots of bonus features from a two-and-a-half hour long documentary on the making of the action adventure movie to set visit featurettes. To get a taste of what the collector’s set looks like, a video about the special product has been compiled and can be seen below.

Meanwhile, some of the bonus features the DVD has to offer have been making their way out. In addition to the six previously released videos, two more have been found. The new glimpses into the special features, which are posted below, display an inside look at the creation for a few key characters and scenes in the film. One shows the animation of the tooth fairies, while the other discusses the use of computer graphics.

The second “Hellboy” movie, “The Golden Army” follows the red-skinned superhero and his BPRD team as they travel between the human world and the realm of magical creatures to stop an evil elf prince from destroying human using the unstoppable and merciless army. Debuted on July 11 in the North America, the movie starring Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Doug Jones and many others has pulled in $75.8 million nationwide and $152.2 million worldwide.

From Ace Showbiz

AUSTRALIAN audiences have failed to connect with America’s answer to Kath and Kim with Channel 7 dumping the foxymoron outcasts from their schedule after just two outings.

The American sitcom, based on the antics of Australia’s most-loved Fountain Lakes mother and daughter duo, plummeted to a mere 729,000 viewers nationally last night, a dismal result considering the debut episode on October 12 attracted an audience of 1.23 million.
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“Monkey, monkey, rat, rat… no, you’re kind of monkey-rat.”

This was the quote of the day, and possibly the quote of the tour, courtesy of “Kath & Kim” star Selma Blair. Part of me almost doesn’t want to explain it, because the magic of “no, you’re kind of monkey-rat” is almost greater when it’s context-independent. But after the jump, I’ll give it a shot…

Blair seemed in a particularly snarky mood today. There are lots of dumb questions that get asked in TCA sessions — “Your sons, are they both boys?” was a classic — but usually the panelists have been coached not to show their displeasure with them. (Jonny Lee Miller was exceedingly polite when somebody asked him if he could get Angelina Jolie to guest star on “Eli Stone” last week.) Selma either didn’t get the memo or didn’t care, and our world is the funnier for it.

First, somebody noted that she and Molly Shannon, who plays her mom on the show, aren’t that far apart in age (IMDb has Shannon only 8 years older than Blair), and asked how hard it was for one of them to play the other’s parent or child.

“Actresses play different people all the time,” Blaire replied. “It’s weird. It’s this thing called acting, and so you just, like, play different characters that aren’t your
age or anything. I mean, I think. I don’t know.”

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Kath and Kim

NBC’s newest comedy, centers on a fun-loving mom (Molly Shannon) with a newfound love life and her spoiled, Britney Spears-esque daughter (Selma Blair) who moves back in with her mom after the failure of her six-week-long marriage. The TCA panel for Kath and Kim had plenty of laughs and succeeded on one important front: proving Selma Blair is actually funny.

The actress best known for her lesbian kiss in Cruel Intentions answered a question about whether she’ll be wearing a wig for the series with a long-winded and hilarious monologue about the finer points of wig vs. extensions. She continued on a tangent about what types of wigs she would wear because she has a monkey face, explaining that all people are either monkey-faced or rat-faced.

However, the panel also dismissed a rather legitimate question about the age difference between the two leads. Despite playing mother and daughter, Shannon and Blair are only separated in age by 7 years. At first Blair laughed it off as acting, joking that Dakota Fanning was the producers’ first choice, adding “If you squint really hard and put Vaseline on your eyeballs when you watch, I look really young.” The cast went on to explain that the relationship is more akin to best friends than mother/daughter, so the age gap isn’t such a big deal.

From Buddy TV

I have found the first promo shot from Selma’s upcoming show, Kath and Kim and I have added it into our media archive! Check it out, Selma and Molly look awesome! The show will premiere on October 9th, in the Thursday night slot following “The Office”.

American television network NBC has ordered seven more episodes of Logie Award winning Australian series Kath & Kim.

It brings the total order for the hit series to 13 half-hour episodes.

The pick-up comes shortly after the comedy – starring Molly Shannon and Selma Blair in the US version – shot the first episode of its six-episode order.

The show is scheduled to go back into production next month on the remaining segments.

Kath & Kim focuses on the dysfunctional relationship between Kath – played by Shannon – and her daughter Kim, who is played by Blair.

It will premiere in the US on October 9, in the Thursday night slot following another show adapted from a foreign version, The Office.

The hit Australian version was created by and stars Jane Turner and Gina Riley.

From ABC News

NBC.com now has a site for “Kath and Kim”. There’s also some information about the show as well… It will premiere Thursday, October 9th at 9:30pm on the NBC network!

THEY’RE THE MOST DYSFUNCTIONAL DUO IN SUBURBIA. — SERIES PREMIERE, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 9:30/8:30c

Kath Day is the mom. She’s a foxy, 40-something divorcée who finally has time for herself and her valiant search for love. Kim Day is the daughter. She’s a self-absorbed princess, recently separated from her husband, who finds consolation in stuffing her face. When Kim decides to move back home, Kath reluctantly agrees. But to Kim’s chagrin, Kath is not about to cater to her daughter’s every whim like she has in the past. Based on the most successful comedy in Australia of the same name, Kath and Kim are two brassy women who prefer the finer things in life like acrylic nails, big hair and faux diamond chips.
Half-hour comedy
ONLINE FEATURES

* Show will have full episodes streaming online
* Weekly “Wine Time” segments where Kath & Kim dish about fashion, celebs and more
* “Are you Kath or Kim?” online quiz