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WarGames: The Dead Code is a 2008 American direct-to-video thriller film written by Randall Badat and Rob Kerchner and directed by Stuart Gillard. It is the sequel to the 1983 film WarGames . Production began on November 20, 2006, in Montreal , and the film was released on DVD on July 29, 2008, by MGM 's home video distributor 20th Century Fox ...
A 2008 episode of The Simpsons, "Homer and Lisa Exchange Cross Words", is based on the film. James L. Brooks got the inspiration for the episode after watching Wordplay . "We felt both Will and Merl were very compelling, off-the-beaten-track personalities [in Wordplay ], who would fit into our universe very well," Brooks said.
James L. Brooks got the inspiration for the episode from the 2006 documentary Wordplay which chronicles the national crossword puzzle championships, and he thought that Lisa should go to a championship in the episode. [2] [3] Will Shortz and Merl Reagle, who both starred in the documentary, appear in the episode. [4] "
The clues and puzzles used throughout the run were written by veteran crossword puzzle maker Timothy Parker, who also writes the USA Today crossword and was hand-picked by Griffin. Crosswords was sold to approximately 100+ markets and aired during the 2007-2008 season, usually placed in mid-morning or early afternoon slots.
The Curse of Lizzie Borden 2: Prom Night: Eric Swelstad: Roxy Darr, Monte Hunter, Jeanine Orci: United States [35] Dance of the Dead: Gregg Bishop: Jared Kusnitz, Carissa Capobianco, Dave R. Watkins: United States [36] Dark Floors: Pete Riski: Skye Bennett, Philip Bretherton, William Hope, Ronald Pickup, Leon Herbert: Finland [37] The Dark ...
A spin-off in television is a new series containing characters or settings that originated in a previous series, but with a different focus, tone, or theme. For example, the series Frasier was a spin-off of the earlier series Cheers: the character Frasier Crane was introduced as a secondary character on Cheers, and became the protagonist of his own series, set in a different city, in the spin-off.
Block-shaped puzzle pieces advance onto the board from one or more edges (i.e. top, bottom, or sides). The player tries to prevent the blocks from reaching the opposite edge of the playing area.
Adulthood had its world premiere at Leicester Square on 17 June 2008 and was released three days later. The film received generally positive reviews and was a box office success, grossing £1,203,319 during its UK opening weekend, [ 3 ] [ 4 ] with an overall gross of £6 million, becoming the second-highest grossing British film of 2008.