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Newsbites: The quasi-biblical (or not) edition!

1. The ratings for Kings, the TV series that modernizes the story of Saul and David, have not been very good – so NBC has decided to move the show from its current Sunday-night slot to Saturday night, "where expectations are extremely small." Four episodes have been aired so far; the fifth will hit the airwaves April 18. – Variety, Hollywood Reporter

2. The MPAA has upheld the R rating it gave to Year One, despite an appeal from producer Judd Apatow and writer-director Harold Ramis for something more lenient. The film, a comedy about a couple of prehistoric hunter-gatherer types who wander through the Book of Genesis, received the rating for "some sexual content and language." – Hollywood Reporter

3. Warner Brothers has acquired Methuselah, an "action adventure" named after the biblical figure who lived to be 969 years old. The film itself will concern a man who "ages at a similarly slow rate and has used all the extra time to develop an incredible set of survival skills." – Variety

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