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New JAMES BOND Film Delayed By MGM Money Woes

Posted by Paul Hooson · Published: January 7, 2010 · Comments (0)

Serious financial problems for MGM that have forced the sale of the studio and their catalog of thousands of films. Reportedly, Lionsgate and several other companies might be interested in the purchase. But, the net impact is that many projects including filming the new JAMES BOND epic have been put... [Full Story]

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Weekend Box Office: 2012, No Box Office Disaster

Posted by Paul Hooson · Published: November 16, 2009 · Comments (0)

2012, the high budget apocalypse thriller was hardly any box office disaster. In fact, the movie broke some records by cashing in with a mega-huge $65.0 million take, easily becoming the #1 hit movie this weekend. Critics didn't view the film as high art by any means, however the movie... [Full Story]

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Weekend Box Office

Posted by Paul Hooson · Published: November 8, 2009 · Comments (1)

With the sales returns from the box offices this week, DISNEY'S A CHRISTMAS CAROL came way out on top with a $31.0 million take. While the story is familiar, the spectacular motion capture animation and the talents of Jim Carrey really seemed to attract movie-goers this weekend. Michael Jackson's THIS... [Full Story]

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Weekend Box Office

Posted by Paul Hooson · Published: November 1, 2009 · Comments (0)

Not all of the figures are in yet, but based on the early reports, in death Michael Jackson's THIS IS IT has managed to top the charts with at least $21.3 million in sales. #2 was the super scary thriller, PARANORMAL ACTIVITY. That film had the audience jumping out of... [Full Story]

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AMELIA Really Crashes

Posted by Paul Hooson · Published: October 24, 2009 · Comments (1)

AMELIA, the freshly opened new biography film about legendary female aviator Amelia Earhart has really crashed with the critics. With little depth into the real soul of this great figure, the film manages only to catalog her numerous achievements. This is disappointingly shallow. Actress Hilary Swank always brings great potential... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (1 votes cast)

Movie and Television News

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: June 9, 2009 · Comments (0)

Bradley Cooper is in talks to play Lt. Templeton "Faceman" Peck in the reboot of the '80s television show The A-Team. The rest of the cast is rumored to be Bruce Willis as Col. Hannibal Smith, Common as Sgt. Bosco 'B.A.' Baracus and Woody Harrelson as Capt. H.M. 'Howling... [Full Story]

Rating: 4/5 (1 votes cast)

Soderbergh overseeing true-life mob thriller

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: November 5, 2008 · Comments (0)

Steven Soderbergh is executive-producing a movie based on the true story of an FBI undercover agent who nearly became a made man in the mob. "Making Jack Falcone" is based on a memoir of the same name published last month. After a barrage of publicity that included a "60... [Full Story]

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Film & Television News

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: October 22, 2008 · Comments (0)

TELEVISION Showtime has renewed its top-rated drama series "Dexter" for two more seasons. The premium cable network has ordered 12 episodes each for Seasons 4 and 5, with the S4 going into production in the spring. Bridget Moynahan will co-star opposite Donnie Wahlberg in Jerry Bruckheimer's pilot for TNT called... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (2 votes cast)

Movie & TV News

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: October 17, 2008 · Comments (0)

Universal is moving ahead with its fourth installment of "The Bourne Identity" franchise. Director Paul Greengrass and star Matt Damon are attached to the new film. Warner Bros. and Brad Pitt are teaming with George Miller to adapt the Greek poet's other masterwork, "The Odyssey." Additionally, Michael Lewis' nonfiction... [Full Story]

Rating: 3/5 (1 votes cast)

The Great Muppet Killer

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: October 15, 2008 · Comments (2)

The Jim Henson Co. has picked up a spec script that may signal a daring turn into adult territory for the company behind Kermit the Frog and Fozzie Bear. "The Happytime Murders" is a film noir murder mystery that will fall under the company's Henson Alternative banner, a division... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (2 votes cast)

'Wall Street' Sequel Likely

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: October 14, 2008 · Comments (0)

As Wall Street continues to capture headlines due to market volatility, 20th Century Fox is moving forward with a "Wall Street" sequel, reports Variety. Allan Loeb ("21") has been tapped to pen the screenplay, which is being fast-tracked by the studio as a Michael Douglas starrer, though the actor... [Full Story]

Rating: 4/5 (1 votes cast)

More Movie News

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: October 9, 2008 · Comments (0)

Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn have been offered a chance to star in a sequel to the 2005 romantic comedy 'The Break Up', which is where the ironically found love with one another. Even crazier is the rumor that Aniston was offered $20 Mill to do the flick. I... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (2 votes cast)

Movie and TV News

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: October 6, 2008 · Comments (0)

"Bull Durham" sequel is getting made. Kevin Costner will reprise the role of catcher Crash Davis from the 1988 baseball flick. Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon are also expected to return as pitcher Nuke LaLoosh and Annie Savoy, who are now married and owners of a Major League team that... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.5/5 (2 votes cast)

Movie and Industry News

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: October 2, 2008 · Comments (0)

DreamWorks Animation has officially confirmed that a sequel to its animated hit "Kung Fu Panda" is in the works and has set a release date of June 3, 2011. The film will be in 3-D and Jack Black and Angelina Jolie will reprise their roles. Warner Bros. Pictures is... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (1 votes cast)

Movie News

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: September 29, 2008 · Comments (0)

The video game The Sims is being turned into a movie. The movie follows a 16 year olf kid and his friends who get a hold of a Sims Infinity Pack that they buy from a mysterious video game store and suddenly control all the people around them. Disney is... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (2 votes cast)

Movie News

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: September 24, 2008 · Comments (0)

Universal Pictures has made a splashy preemptive buy of "Moby Dick," a reimagining of the Herman Melville whale tale that Timur Bekmambetov ("Wanted") will direct. Adam Cooper and Bill Collage will pen. "This is an opportunity to take a timeless classic and capitalize on the advances in visual effects to... [Full Story]

Rating: 4/5 (2 votes cast)

Movie and Industry News

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: September 19, 2008 · Comments (0)

Luke Wilson and Giovanni Ribisi will star in indie drama "Middle Men," a chronicle of the birth of the Internet porn industry. Script centers on a businessman who builds the first online billing company exclusively for adult entertainment and finds himself mixed up with starlets, conmen, Russian mobsters, federal... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (3 votes cast)

Actors Do Battle In Darwin Biopics

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: September 18, 2008 · Comments (0)

Joseph Fiennes and Rosamund Pike are to go head-to-head with real-life couple Paul Bettany and Jennifer Connelly - in movies about naturalist Charles Darwin. All four Hollywood stars are lining up to appear in films about Darwin, who developed the controversial theory of evolution, which argued that humans descended... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (2 votes cast)

Movie and Industry News

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: September 10, 2008 · Comments (0)

Wes Anderson will write/direct My Best Friend, a remake of the 2006 Patrice Leconte-directed French comedy Mon meilleur ami. The film is about a cranky antiques dealer who learns none of his closest acquaintances really like him. When his business partner bets him he can't produce a best friend,... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (1 votes cast)

Spielberg, studios sued over Disturbia's similarities to Rear Window

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: September 9, 2008 · Comments (1)

A lawsuit filed in Manhattan claims Steven Spielberg, DreamWorks and Paramount Pictures Corp. ripped off the plot from Alfred Hitchcock's classic Rear Window when they made the movie Disturbia. Which I had honestly believed was a remake. That it would have been trying to pass as anything other than... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (1 votes cast)

Movie News

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: September 5, 2008 · Comments (1)

I am shocked to report that Bill Murray has agreed to the 3rd installment of Ghostbusters. Aykroyd, Ramis and Hudson I would have expected but... carry on. Denzel Washington will star in Warner Bros.' Book of Eli, a post-apocalyptic drama that will be directed by Allen and Albert Hughes. Washington... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (1 votes cast)

Facebook: The Movie?

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: August 28, 2008 · Comments (1)

Writer-producer Aaron Sorkin, creator of "The West Wing," is about to get a whole lot of friends on Facebook. Sorkin, one of Hollywood's highest-profile writers and TV show creators, is in negotiations to write an untitled film project about the founders of the popular social networking site that Scott... [Full Story]

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Movie and Industry News

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: August 21, 2008 · Comments (0)

HOLD THE PHONE! MGM has scared up the scripting team of Stiles White and Juliet Snowden ("Boogeyman") to pen its remake of "Poltergeist." Studio's seeking a director for the project. Writing has begun for The Hobbit, targeted for a December 2011 release, and its sequel, coming December 2012. Screenwriting... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (1 votes cast)

Carell & Fey ready for 'Date Night'

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: August 15, 2008 · Comments (0)

Variety reports that Steve Carell and Tina Fey are set to play a married couple in "Date Night," a 20th Century Fox comedy to be directed by Shawn Levy. Josh Klausner wrote the script, based on an idea by Levy, whose 21 Laps will produce. Story follows a couple... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (1 votes cast)

Movie/TV and Industry News

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: August 12, 2008 · Comments (0)

NBC tried it in 92', Fox a few years later and now ABC is creating a pilot for a potential "Witches of Eastwick" series. Maggie Friedman ("Dawson's Creek") is set to pen. Tom Cruise is loosely attached to "Food Fight," a warmhearted comedy about a snooty New York chef... [Full Story]

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