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*ABC’s “Commander in Chief,” starring Geena Davis as the President of the United States and Harry J. Lennix as her Chief of Staff, has been picked up for a full season. Nine more episodes of the drama have been ordered for the most-watched new series of the fall season, averaging 16.5 million total viewers to lead its 9 p.m. Tuesday slot.
*Director Tony Scott is back aboard the Denzel Washington film “Déjà Vu.” As previously reported, the filmmaker left the project earlier this month when it seemed the planned New Orleans shoot would have to be scrapped following Hurricane Katrina. Sources close to the project tell the Hollywood Reporter that Scott was unwilling to shoot the movie without using a specific New Orleans dock and ferry in key scenes. The filmmaker's return comes after learning the dock would be repaired by the time shooting is scheduled to begin in January or early February.
*Plans for The Rock’s on-and-off again sci-fi film “Species Human” are off again. The actor, in theaters this weekend with “Doom,” says the script will be turned into a video game instead. “The concept is great. We’re in a zoo and it’s all like if we got transported into a zoo in space,” he tells movie Web site JoBlo.com. “I represent the human race and there’s all these other species of whatever’s out there – anything your mind can imagine. My mind is not that imaginative, but for those who are, it’s really really cool.”
*On the Heels of his $50 Million blockbuster "You Got Served," writer-director Chris Stokes is now filming the teen horror flick "Somebody Help Me," starring Marques Houston and Omarion. Filming began on the outskirts of Los Angeles this past weekend. The film follows Brendan Young (Houston) and Darryl Jennings (Omarion) who take a trip to the Lake Arrowhead with a group of college friends to celebrate Young's girlfriend's birthday. One-by-one, the coeds begin disappearing until a mysterious young visitor arrives and helps them begin to unravel their tangled web of terror.
*“Walking on Sunshine,” winner of the BET Rap-It-Up/Black Aids Short Film Competition, will be screened at the 14th annual Illinois Department of Public Health Conference, set to take place Oct. 19-21. The film, from Tracy Taylor, explores what can happen if you put yourself as risk of contracting the disease. Taylor will be on hand at the conference to discuss the film and the impact that the AIDS epidemic is having on African American women.
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