In Cartoon Network’s animated sequel “Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II,” Carrie Fisher and Billy Dee Williams will voice the characters they played in the “Star Wars” movies, E! Online reports. Seth Green will return to direct the sequel, with…
MTV will air a special episode of “The Hills” compiling the series’ best on-camera moments, E! Online reports. The show will air “just days” before the Aug. 18 premiere of the new season, the Web site says. —Danny King
U.K.-based ITV will start developing projects with BreakThruFilms, which produced the Oscar-winning animated short film “Peter and the Wolf,” Daily Variety reports. ITV is trying to increase content sales by either investing in or partnering with production companies, the newspaper…
Electronic Arts hired United Talent Agency to represent the video game publisher as its titles are spun off into television shows, movies and other entertainment formats, Daily Variety reports. EA, whose titles include the “Madden” and “Medal of Honor” franchises,…
Verizon Wireless has received complaints from animal groups for an advertisement for its LG Dare phone depicting chained, angry pit bulls lunging at an intruder, Advertising Age reports. Verizon Wireless says it won’t pull the ads, which have been condemned…
Samsung and Sony are among companies in a consortium that will develop a standard format for sending wireless signals from a set-top box, expected by next year, the Associated Press reports. Motorola, Sharp and Hitachi also will be part of…
Shelly Lazarus, chief executive officer of WPP Group’s advertising unit Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide, will step down at the end of the year, the Wall Street Journal reports. Lazarus, 60, will be succeeded by Miles Young, who runs Ogilvy’s Asia…
The Beijing building housing the broadcasting center for the Summer Olympics was evacuated on fears of a gas leak, the Associated Press reports. The odors triggering the false alarm likely came from building materials, the wire service says, citing local…
Viacom Chief Executive Philippe Dauman said MTV series “The Hills” was a prime example of a show that’s benefited from being marketed on multiple media sources, Web site PaidContent reports. Dauman, at a conference Tuesday in Half Moon Bay, Calif.,…
The pilot of Fox’s ballyhooed new series created by Joss Whedon, “Dollhouse,” is being reshot, Television Week reports. Mr. Whedon said on a fan site that the pilot wasn’t the perfect template to introduce viewers to his concept. The show…