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News briefs: Trueheart optioned; Conjuring sold; Heroes, 24 casting news

News briefs: \<i\>Trueheart\<\/i\> optioned; \<i\>Conjuring\<\/i\> sold; \<i\>Heroes, 24\<\/i\> casting news
Tom Trueheart

Framelight Productions and David Uslan are set to adapt the Tom Trueheart children's book trilogy into a series of feature films, about a young boy and his older brothers in the Land of Stories, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
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Summit Entertainment has bought Conjuring, a thriller pitch from sibling writers Chad and Carey Hayes (Whiteout), based on the real-life Perron family and Ed and Lorraine Warren, experts in paranormal activities, who investigated and battled the activities—which reportedly involved ghosts and demonic possession—in the Perron's Rhode Island home, Variety reported.
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Rick Worthy—who played the Cylon Simon on Battlestar Galactica—is joining the cast of NBC's Heroes next season, playing Matt Parkman's (Greg Grunberg) new partner: an experienced and capable Los Angeles cop and someone Matt can lean on for advice, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
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HBO's second-season premiere of True Blood last Sunday earned a series-record-setting 3.7 million viewers, making it the most-watched program on the network since the Sopranos finale two years ago, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
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Clayne Crawford (Jericho) has been added to Fox's 24 as a recurring cast member in its upcoming eighth season, playing a bad boy from Dana Walsh's (Katee Sackhoff) past, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
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Friday the 13th arrives on Blu-ray and DVD on June 16 from Warner Home Video in an extended "killer cut."
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The '50s sci-fi homage movie Alien Trespass drops on Blu-ray and DVD on Aug. 11.
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By Baff at 3:53 AM ON 06/17/09

HBO had a big free preview weekend is the reason why the True Blood viewers were so high.

By orionv at 8:14 AM ON 06/17/09

OR it could have been because True Blood is a great series.
After all the preview weekend was a week before the 2nd season started.

By manysisters at 10:13 AM ON 06/17/09

How about Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell? Something by Jack McDevitt? I was hoping 7th Son was the series by Orson Scott Card....and hey, didn't someone say something about Red Mars?

By Milady Dragon at 12:24 PM ON 06/17/09

And why are you plugging 24? It's not even scifi...

By Baff at 3:15 PM ON 06/17/09

@orionv Maybe you had a free HBO preview 2 weeks ago, but Charter, Comcast, Cox, Time Warner, & Verizon FIOS had their preview this last weekend when True Blood season 2 premiered. I am not debating that True Blood is a great show, but with at least 10 million extra people having access to HBO a few days ago, it really isn't surprising that it got record viewers.

By M's at 1:39 PM ON 07/21/09

No, the Perron family has NOT agreed to the false name for this movie, and they have NOT been paid. Watch out, the discarnates will not be happy with theft from the Perron family.


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