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· We are very, very afraid: Ron Howard and Brian Grazer's Imagine Entertainment is joining up with evil Fox reality TV presence Mike Darnell to produce X Quest, in which "ordinary folks" (i.e., struggling actors) are locked into incredibly expensive space simulators. The simulators will be so realistic (i.e. did we mention incredibly expensive?) that "every button, display and videoscreen actually serv[es] a purpose. Press the wrong button and bad things may happen." Example: 30-year old model/bartender Bryce mistakenly presses the "airlock release," and viewers in the 18-49 demo all over America immediately tune out. If the show doesn't debut to huge numbers, look for the network to cut costs by relocating the show to the Star Tours ride at Disneyland. [Variety]
·For Ridley Scott's next project, A Good Year, "Russell Crowe is going from the boxing ring to the vineyards of France," where he will proceed to hurl empty bottles at uppity wine-tasting stewards for their insolence. (Hey, when are we going to let that go? Answer: Not yet.) [THR]
· ABC commemorates the American lives lost in the World Trade Center attacks by shooting their 9/11 commission report miniseries in Toronto. [Variety]
· With audiences finally realizing that the bad dancers of So You Think You Can Dance weren't going to sing off-key. the show's ratings drop in its second week. [THR]
· Intensive focus-group testing discovers that 15-year-old boys love both comic books and vampires, prompting MTV Films to buy the film rights to the Dark Horse vampire comic Damn Nation. [Variety]