If you listened to last week’s episode of The MovieByte Podcast, you will hopefully have noted that the live broadcast of this week’s episode will be tomorrow at 7:30 PM Central Time (rather than the normal time on Wednesday) because I’ll be in the theater on Wednesday night seeing Star Trek, and Joe is out of town on vacation and would therefore not be able to do the podcast with a guest at the regular time. It is I who have to bring in a guest and I have to do it a day early. If you did not get a chance to listen to last week’s episode, or simply did not catch that fact toward the end of…

Well, my feature image and my post thumbnail for the box office feature always reflect the current number 1. I was hoping that I could do some Great Gatsby art, but alas, while The Great Gatsby did mighty well, Iron Man 3 has simply stolen the hearts of the people when it comes down to it. Therefore, as the art and the feature image on the home page reflect our first entry as this weekend’s box office winner is:

#1 - Iron Man 3

Budget: $200 Million
Totals: $72.5 Million Domestic / $664.1 Million Current Foreign Total / $949 Million Worldwide Total
Week Number: 2

I was kind of…

Ready for what is now your near daily dose of Star Trek goodies?

Star Trek Into Darkness premieres domestically this week (is it Wednesday yet?), Wednesday night in IMAX, and Thursday night in theaters everywhere. I’ll be firmly planted in the seat of my nearest IMAX theater Wednesday at 8:00 PM, and if you follow me on Twitter, I’ll probably tweet my first impressions right after the show.

Interview with John Cho (New Sulu)

As far as goodies today, first up is an interview with “new Sulu”, John Cho on StarTrek.com.

John Cho had big shoes to fill on Star Trek (2009), assuming the…

Hey, this actually looks pretty interesting. Whether it actually will be or not is yet to be determined. Aside from Tom Hanks, I have not heard of anyone on this cast or crew list as far as I know, but the trailer looks promising. It’s based on a true story and is set to debut on the 11th of October. Check out the synopsis and the trailer:

The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.

When all was said and done tonight, ABC picked up a total of 12 new series — seven dramas and five comedies. All comedies are single-camera as ABC passed on both of its multi-camera pilots. Here is how it all came down today as the network opened the pickup process with one Disney-friendly shoo-in pilot, Marvel’s S.H.I.E.L.D., and closed it with another, the Once Upon A Time spinoff.

Never really any doubt with the momentum behind the Marvel universe right now that this show would get picked up to series. Still, it’s good news so I thought I would share it. I will be watching this NO…

TJ wraps up the week with a look at ‘Iron Man 3’ winning last weekend’s box office by a wide margin, Damon Lindelof talking about ‘Star Trek “3”’ and the fact that we might see more Klingons, ‘Men in Black 4’ is in development, ‘Man of Steel’ TV spot and music, ‘Mission Impossible 5’ is in development and how this might signal franchise fatigue, the brilliant Spock vs. Spock ad, the news that ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ will be opening one day earlier than expected, the ‘Star Trek 2009’ Honest Trailer, a teaser trailer for ‘Ender’s Game’, his review of ‘Iron Man 3’ as well as he and Joe’s discussion of ‘Iron Man 3’ on The MovieByte Podcast, Robert Redford revealing a spoiler for the upcoming ‘Captain America 2’, Mark Hamill loving on the prequels, Michael Giacchino debuting 20 some minutes of ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ score on a radio show, and what you might want to see this weekend in theaters.

It’s that time of week again, our work is almost done and it’s time to head and play for the weekend. And of course, you’ll probably want to see a film but you don’t know exactly which one. Well, I can’t decide which one to go see for you, but I can help you determine which films are the best candidates.

New This Weekend

The Great Gatsby - PG13
I really didn’t enjoy the 1974 version with Robert Redford very much at all, from a lack of good story telling, inept editing, poor morals, upholding bad people as heroes and more, that film was simply bad. On the one hand I’m happy to report…

Giacchino has created a colorful, dramatic score for “...Into Darkness,” and he presents 22 minutes of it on this show. With Host/Producer David Garland, Giacchino discusses specifics about his score for the film, shares his thoughts about Star Trek’s enduring appeal, reveals how a fan’s Tweet inspired him to make a last minute revision to his score, and talks about his future projects and much more.

So I haven’t had time to listen to much of this, but it seems pretty good 5 minutes in. Unfortunately I couldn’t find any podcast feeds on this site or for this show (seriously guys, you…

I don’t have a lot of information about this film yet, but the official teaser trailer has been released. All I know for sure right now is that the film is set in space, it’s directed by Alfonso Cuarón (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban), Sandra Bullock and George Clooney star as astronauts trying to get back to earth after their shuttle is destroyed by debris, and that it looks like it could be good.

Here is the only official synopsis I can find at the moment:

Astronauts attempt to return to earth after debris crashes into their space shuttle, leaving them drifting alone in…