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Box Office Roundup: Finger finger, trigger trigger, click click. Click click click.

Based on Sunday’s estimates, courtesy of boxofficemojo.com:

1) Click: $40 million (first week)
That’ll be the sound you hear when this movie is played on broadcast TV.
2) Cars: $22.5 million ($155.9 million, third week)
As Fillmore says, respect the classics. Like “Finding Nemo” and “The Incredibles.”
3) Nacho Libre: $12.1 million ($52.7 million, third week)
Go listen to Jill Sobule’s song “Mexican Wrestler” instead. It’s better and takes only four minutes.
4) Waist Deep: $9.5 million (first week)
You can put his name on the marquee, but that doesn’t mean that Tyrese Gibson is an actor.
5) The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift: $9.2 million ($42.6 million, second week)
It figures that Vin Diesel would express interest in his old franchise right as it’s grinding to a halt.

Aaron Spelling has died.

I’m not even going to attempt to write a proper obituary for this television legend. (Read this one if you must.) I’ll just list some of the shows he’s been involved in as producer or executive producer; that alone should explain why you offer him the respect he’s due and offer him an appropriate farewell.

Daniel Boone
The Mod Squad
The Rookies
S.W.A.T.
Starsky & Hutch
Family
Charlie’s Angels
The Love Boat
Fantasy Island
Vega$
Hart to Hart
Dynasty
T.J. Hooker
Hotel
Beverly Hills 90210
Melrose Place
The Heights
Charmed
7th Heaven

How’s that for a resume?
Adios, Aaron; thanks for the lifetime of reruns you leave behind.
Oh, yeah, and for Tori, too, I suppose…

Tommy Chong and the Evil Bong

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We just had to link to this piece from Cinematical about hacktastic auteur Charles Band’s next movie, “Evil Bong.”

Cinematical got the headline right, but Band has clearly missed an opportunity if he is honestly making a movie about an evil bong, starring Tommy Chong, but does not intend to call it “Tommy Chong and the Evil Bong.”

You’ve got Tommy Chong. You’ve got an evil bong. Why on earth would you call your movie anything other than “Tommy Chong and the Evil Bong.” Rolls right off the tongue, with a lovely rhyming cadence.

And based on that title alone, everyone who becomes aware of this movie is either in or out…just like that other perfectly-named blockbuster-in-the-making, “Snakes on a Plane.”

Now, granted, Band may be avoiding the inclusion of Chong’s name in the title because he wants to protect the egos of his other stars…or because Chong’s character in the movie has a name that doesn’t rhyme with bong…or because Band simply doesn’t enjoy a good Chong-bong rhyme like the rest of us.

But calling this thing “Evil Bong” waters down what could otherwise be a craptastic title for the ages.

Uhhhh….huh-huh. I said “bongwater.”

Better men than him have tried…

…but good luck to Zach Snyder (director of the surprisingly effective 2004 remake of “Dawn of the Dead”), who’s set to be the latest sacrificial lamb to be slaughtered on the altar of “Watchmen.”

Snyder has been attached to direct the film adaptation of Alan Moore’s graphic novel about the dark side of superheroes. But, then again, so were Terry Gilliam, Darren Aronofsky, and Paul Greengrass at various times over the last decade or more, and they all bailed out. So let’s not anyone hold their breath until something…ANYTHING…actually gets filmed.

The latest on the return of “Futurama”

After various rumors about new episodes versus straight-to-DVD releases, it’s now been confirmed that “Futurama” is indeed returning to television…but it’s neither to its original network (Fox) nor to where its gained its post-cancellation popularity (Cartoon Network).

No, sir, it’s going to Comedy Central. 13 new episodes of the show will be premiering in 2008…which is a hell of a long time to maintain one’s excitement, admittedly, but, dammit, I think the fans are up to the task.

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