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Spartacus Season 3 & Najara To Make A Comeback? – April Fool

Xena_S04E18_081*** SPOILER ALERT ***

This article and the linked interview contain spoilers. You have been warned.

Friday night (30th March 2012) saw the dramatic conclusion to season 2 (season 3 if you count the prequel mini-series) of the Starz TV hit show Spartacus.

The reluctance to shy away from killing off characters many would assume sacred was taken to shocking extreme as the finale drew to a close.  You’d think that being the star that brought in the crowds, had worked with many of the crew before, and is married to one of the show’s Executive Producers would give you some job security.  Apparently not, as the death of Lucy Lawless‘s character proves. This is not one of those “but they’ll bring them back somehow” deals either as Michael Ausiello’s interview with Spartacus Executive Producer Steven S. DeKnight makes clear.

So where does this leave Spartacus for season 3? A largely new cast including several new female characters. And what does this have to do with us here at KM UK?  A well informed someone who has chosen to go by the name of Maj-kat has let me know that they would really like Kathryn to take a significant role in season 3.  They know her well from her time on Xena, she is clear of her Cold Case commitments and has shown a willingness to take on more… errr… adventurous roles (*cough*Cougars, Inc.*cough*).  Call make-up, we may need a blonde merkin! 😉

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1st April 2012 | Category: Gossip, Kathryn, News, TV, Xena: Warrior Princess | 3 comments

Moneyball Out On DVD Today In UK

blu-ray_001Moneyball finally makes the conversion from Dollars to Sterling  :-)

Short of a “directors cut” release, or Kathryn’s other scenes that hit the cutting room floor finding their way out into the open via some other means, this is likely to be our last post about Moneyball.

Today sees the UK home release of the movie, based on the book by Michael Lewis, that tells the story of the Oakland Athletics (the “Oakland As”) baseball team and their attempts to break the mould.  In a sport dominated by money and those with lots of it, how can a small team with very little (in comparison at least, they had still had millions after all) compete.  By thinking outside of the box.

Hitting American cinemas in September 2011, the UK got it’s first showings in November.  The DVD and Blu-ray versions were shelved (as in put on the shelves :-) ) in American stores in January this year.  As the US Blu-ray was region free it is very likely that the official UK version will be identical to it.  The descriptions of the extras certainly looks the same so UK shoppers should get to see one of Kathryn’s scenes with Brad amongst the deleted set.  The DVD may vary though, despite the film to PAL video conversion being done more simply than from film to NTSC.  In the past extras such as interviews have often been done on video, which complicates the conversion (NTSC to PAL) so they drop them.  In these days of every thing being digital that may no longer be the case.

Moneyball received many award nominations, mainly for Brad’s acting and Aaron Sorkin/Steve Zaillian screenplay, and won several but missed out on a coveted Oscar.  However, congratulations to all involved.  I doubt anyone expected a movie, especially a sports movie about a small team, that went through a lot before it even got made, would go on to become such a success.  They should make a movie about it…  Oh, hang on!  :-)

Thank you to Moneyball for giving us so much to talk about this past couple of years, it is just a shame that we ultimately had so little to show for it.

19th March 2012 | Category: Film, Moneyball, News | Leave a comment

Revival House Trademark One Step Closer

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Today’s the day that the Revival House (Kathryn’s new production company) trademark reaches the end of its “opposition” period.

People have had the last 30 days to register any queries over trademark serial number 85414167 covering the use of the name Revival House in the area of “Entertainment, namely, production of television shows and motion pictures”.

Hopefully things have passed off without a problem and can now move forward to the next stage.  As noted previously, the mark has to be used within the next 6 months and the USPTO notified of that.

We will, of course, let you know as soon as we have more news on the subject.

15th March 2012 | Category: News, Revival House | Leave a comment

Resurrecting Resurrecting The Champ

rtc_stills_04There’s been a theme to recent photo updates of Kathryn’s public appearances in 2007. One of those themes has been promotion for the film Resurrecting The Champ.  But what of the film itself?

Well, we have updates about that too :-)

rtc_stills_05Remember the really fantastic and really huuuuuge image of Kathryn in jeans, sitting on the steps looking at some bits paper with Josh Hartnet hovering  near by?  Aha!  Caught you out!  No, the image above is not the one you remember.  It’s a new, previously unseen variation on that image with Josh also sitting down.  Kathryn is in a near identical pose but the angle of the shot is further around to the front.  Unfortunately, the photo is not quite as huge as the previous one :-(

The photographer must have thought that the new angle was better and concluded that even more would be even better still.  He was right!  It’s the same pose again but we get to see a whole other side of the loveliness.  The only other ways to describe the image are… on the right and tragically small :-(

We’re not done yet.

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6th March 2012 | Category: News | Leave a comment

Revival House Trademark Published

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There it is (edited slightly for the sake of saving space).  Buried on page 1078 of a 1658 page long PDF document.  Boy that was a dull 1077 pages!  What?  ‘Search’ you say?  Curious… :-)

That is the entry for Revival House, Kathryn’s new production company, as it appears in the USPTO Official Gazette, the fortnightly publication detailing new trademarks up for opposition.

Now there is a 30 day wait (from the 14th of Feb 2012 date of the document’s release) for people to register their opposition.

If my understanding is correct (and I’ve proven before it could easily not be) a further 8 weeks beyond that date a registration certificate will be issued.  Then the mark has to be used within 6 months and a statement to that effect filed with the USPTO.

To liven up this not-so-exciting process here is a countdown timer to the end of that 30 day period.  I’ve chosen 9am LA time (PST) on the day in question (15th March 2012) as the zero hour.

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Now I know how to do a countdown timer expect it to appear again in future :-)

20th February 2012 | Category: News, Revival House | Leave a comment
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