The producers of the critically-acclaimed but short-lived sitcom ‘Arrested Development’ are in talks with Netflix and Showtime to air several new original episodes of the series, EW is reporting. The show’s creator, Mitchell Hurwitz, has said that he wants to shoot nine to 10 episodes that would air next fall. The new episodes will update fans on what’s happening with the Bluth family since the series ended in 2006 on FOX. Hurwitz also hopes the new ‘Arrested Development’ episodes, which will be produced by 20th Century Fox TV, will lead up to the anticipated movie based on the show. “I have been working on the screenplay for a long time…

You heard right! Remember that place you’d drive to every weekend, full of DVDs and candy. You’d give someone money and they’d allow to rent the hottest video releases for a few days. When you didn’t return them on time, they’d charge you a fee for being late. Yeah, that place, the video store. And yes, surprisingly, Blockbuster is still around trying to be “competitive” for your business. Blockbuster, now owned by Dish Network, unveiled a new pricing scheme for summer movies and kids and family movies. For the low price of $1.49, you can rent a movie and get a 20 ounce Coke. Sounds good? Well, you have to…

On Friday the 13th of November, the last episode of Netflix’s web series “Splatter” will premiere for free at Netflix.com. Joe Dante, director of “Splatter,” will be guest tweeting on www.twitter.com/netflix from 11 am – 12 pm PT on Thursday, November 12 to answer questions and talk about “Splatter.” “Splatter,” directed by Joe Dante, features Corey Feldman as Johnny Splatter, a musical genius who accumulated as many hit records as he did enemies while climbing up the fame ladder. His sudden death, ruled a suicide, brings a small circle of professional parasites and hangers-on to his Hollywood Hills mansion for the reading of his last will and testament. But as…

Tonight at midnight, the second episode of Netflix’s web series “Splatter” will premiere for free at Netflix.com. Plus as a really cool bonus, Roger Corman, producer of Splatter and recipient of a 2009 Honorary Oscar, will be answering your questions tonight (November 5th) on facebook, Click Here to visit the page. “Splatter,” directed by Joe Dante, features Corey Feldman as Johnny Splatter, a musical genius who accumulated as many hit records as he did enemies while climbing up the fame ladder. His sudden death, ruled a suicide, brings a small circle of professional parasites and hangers-on to his Hollywood Hills mansion for the reading of his last will and testament….

IMDb founder Col Needham said the movie database has set a major goal for the future to add one-button streaming for all of its 1.3 million titles. Needham says that the vision is long-term, mostly because of the hurdles the site will face from the content owners who control said titles. He continued, saying that streaming may be difficult “because many of the films may not exist anymore and many may not be available for streaming.” Fellow streaming websites such as Netflix, Hulu, Amazon and iTunes have their own arrangement with the content owners, so for IMDb to get access to the entire library would be a huge achievement. So…

Starting on October 2nd, 2008 in New York City’s famous Times Square, Netflix and the Guinness World Records are holding an eight-person contest to see who can break the current record for the most consecutive hours spent watching movies. The current record is held by Ashish Sharma of Mathura, India who spent 120 hours and 23 minutes watching movies last June. He will be flying across the globe to participate in this year’s event. Other participants include: – Former three-time movie marathon record holder Claudia Wavra of Germany. – Canadian Suresh Joachim who holds 32 Guinness World Records, including the one for consecutive television viewing (69 hours, 48 minutes). -…