Vigilante Entertainment is launching operations by developing Warren Ellis’ comic book series “Black Summer” with Ryne Pearson ( Knowing ) attached to write the screenplay, reports Variety .

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Katie Holmes has replaced Liv Tyler in the independent comedy The Romantics , reports Variety .

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Elton John has cancelled three U.S. concerts in November with Billy Joel, saying he’s suffering a “serious case of E. coli bacterial infection and influenza.”

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With only one new movie opening in wide release over the Halloween weekend, it was thought by many that Kenny Ortega’s concert doc Michael Jackson’s This Is It (Sony) would bring in a lot of the King of Pop’s diehard fans as well as the morbidly curious, but despite reports of huge advance ticket sales and sell-out shows, it opened rather moderately on Wednesday with $7.4 million in just under 3,500 theaters. It managed to pick up some steam over the normally slow holiday weekend, bringing in an estimated $21.3 million, roughly $6200 per site, to end up with a weak $32.5 million in its first five days. Even so, the Los Angeles Times reports the concert doc grossed $101 million worldwide in its first five days, which was enough for Sony to extend what was originally intended as a limited two-week run.

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The Fox TV special, Family Guy Presents: Seth & Alex’s Almost Live Comedy Show will air Sunday, Nov. 8, with live action from series creator/voice over artist Seth MacFarlane and co-star Alex Borstein, featuring the show’s most popular musical numbers/comedy sketches, new animation sequences and celebrity guest appearances.

The ‘variety show’ will debut commercial-free, with sponsor Warner Bros promoting Sherlock Holmes, directed by Guy “Snatch” Ritchie, opening December 25.

MacFarlane will also host spin-off series American Dad and The Cleveland Show…

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek Seth MacFarlane live in Vancouver…

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Summit Entertainment, producers of the Vancouver-lensed feature sequel The Twilight Saga: New Moon will send the New Moon cast on a 15-city US tour November 6-19.

The ‘vampire’ teen romance opens November 20.

The tour launches in Los Angeles November 6 at the Hollywood & Highland Center with a concert by several bands featured on the New Moon soundtrack including ‘Death Cab for Cutie’, ‘Anya Marina’, ‘Sea Wolf’ and ‘Band of Skulls’, ending with an event in New York City’s Times Square November 19.

Fans will also be able to attend a Q&A with the cast.

“…Bella Swan is devastated by the abrupt departure of her vampire love, Edward Cullen, but her spirit is rekindled by her growing friendship with the irresistible Jacob Black. Suddenly she finds herself drawn into the world of the werewolves, ancestral enemies of the vampires, and finds her loyalties tested…”

Click the poster images to enlarge and Sneak Peek the official HD trailer for The Twilight Saga: New Moon…

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Herve Temime has told French radio that he will be making a large cash bail offer on behalf of his client, director Roman Polanski, who is being held in a Swiss jail pending a decision on his extradition to the U.S.

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Angora Napkin, a 2008 graphic novel by Canadian Troy Little has been adapted into a TV series pilot, produced by Charlottetown, P.E.I. production company Mugisha Enterprises.

“We were given an unprecedented amount of creative freedom bringing this show to life,” said Little.

“I think fans of the graphic novel will find nothing has been watered down. All the sex, violence and innuendo are firmly in place.

The pilot focuses on the ‘bubble-gum pop’ music trio, ‘Angora Napkin’, whose members, ‘Beatrice’, ‘Molly’ and ‘Mallory’ get themselves into deep trouble, running into ‘zombies’ and other creatures of the ‘macabre’.

Angora Napkin will be available for streaming Oct. 30 to Nov. 5 on the Teletoon web site, targeting adults 18-34.

“Angora Napkin is a quirky show like nothing else out there,” said Little. “I hope it resonates with both comic and animation fans.”

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek the original opening for Angora Napkin…

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