Movies Daily by Zach Cannon

A busy news days yesterday gave way to a slow news day today. First up, Netflix is coming to a TV near you. Well, duh, it already does that, but the online rental house now offers a set-top thing-a-majig through which you can download movies directly to your TV for $99. It’s sort of like Apple TV (which lets you to play movies you’d downloaded from iTunes on your TV), just $130 cheaper but offers lower quality. The Netflix box comes HDMI compatible, however, as Netflix says they’ll offer HD movies for download in the future.

Not to be outdone by fellow New York-director Spike Lee, Jonathan Demme (Silence of the Lambs) announced today that he will direct a documentary about Bob Marley. Martin Scorsese was originally supposed to direct, but had to bow out due to scheduling conflicts, aka the other five films he may be directing in the next two years (that count includes the rumored Frank Sinatra flick, for those checking his IMDb page).

The mastermind behind some of reality TVs biggest successes (Survivor) and even a few failures (On the Lot), Mark Burnett, has signed a deal with the animation Web site Liquid Generation. Burnett will produce original content for television by Liquid Generation, and will help bring already-existing web-series to the tube.

Get ready for America’s Funniest YouTube Clips. MyNetwork, the FOX-owned replacement for UPN in some markets, will launch two “new” series in the fall. The first is a new version of the ’90s FOX series Magic’s Biggest Secrets Revealed. The other is a Internet clip-show called Funniest Moments. The shows join reality programs Jail and Street Patrol, as well as WWE SmackDown.

And, finally, the big news for today: Indiana Jones comes out in just 2.5 hours on the east coast. My brother and I already purchased our tickets; we’re catching it tonight. Will it be good? Bad? I’m the guy with the blog. I’ll have a full review up tomorrow.

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