7500 Teaser Trailer Lands

Terror in the sky for Ryan KwantenIf you've ever watched William Shatner panic through the Twilight Zone episode Nightmare At 20,000 Feet, or even just been stuck on a long flight beside someone with chronic flatulence, you know air travel can be pretty terrifying. But what if your plane was actually haunted by a scary supernatural force? That's the problem encountered by the passengers on one flight in 7500. Check out the teaser below. With The Grudge's Takashi Shimizu behind the camera, there was always going to be trouble, as he's a man who never found a situation he didn't want to cram a ghostly presence into. And the idea of dealing with something so dangerous in such a confined space clearly has some scope to ratchet up the tension. Also, if the Transport Security Agency across the pond is so good, why didn't it stop the spine-chilling evil at LAX and demand to see its passport? "Ah, a Mr D'Eath. Enjoy your flight!"The likes of Ryan Kwanten, Jamie Chung, Leslie Bibb and Jerry Ferrara are the nervy travellers and flight crew dealing with the serious security oversight.7500 will touch down in the States on August 31, but there's no word yet on when it'll clear customs over here.

Sunday series open well for Showtime

Showtime comedy "House of Lies" is away and off to a good ratings start, because the net's "Shameless" looked excellent beginning off its second season. The Don Cheadle starrer "House of Lies" came a combined 1.6 000 0000 audiences over its three telecasts Sunday evening, according to Nielsen -- 13% greater in comparison to at least one.38 million for your airings of "Homeland" on its premiere evening in October. Nielsen preliminaries also demonstrate that the second-season debut of "Shameless" taken roughly 2 million combined audiences over its two telecasts despite coping with original cases of dramas on ABC, CBS and NBC. For premiere telecasts, "House of Lies" came 1.03 million (on componen with October's launch of "Homeland") and "Shameless" attracted 1.58 million -Up within the 982,000 who seen its series preem this past year as well as the 1.16 million who up-to-date looking for its first-season finale last spring. Showtime offered audiences a free of charge Preview Weekend, nevertheless the viewership levels released by Nielsen reflect only clients in the cabler. "House of Lies" was supplied by Showtime just like a preview via on the web and if needed in December. People viewings totaled 1.2 million. "House of Lies," that's produced by Showtime, toplines Cheadle just like a mind from the speaking to firm. Series was created by Matthew Carnahan, who professional produces with Jessika Borsiczky, Stephen Hopkins and Cheadle. U.K. import "Shameless," professional produced by John Wells, Paul Abbott and Andrew Stearn, originates from Warner Bros. Television. Also premiering Sunday was the fifth-season premiere of "Californication." The David Duchovny skein came millions of audiences over two showings. Contact Stuart Levine at stuart.levine@variety.com