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Zoe Saldana appears as Lt. Uhura in the upcoming Star Trek from J.J. Abrams
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“Universal Pictures has made an overall deal with the estate of ‘The Bourne Identity’ author Robert Ludlum that gives the studio exclusive rights to the Jason Bourne character and first look at other Ludlum novels. The deal with Ludlum Entertainment paves the way for more installments in the Bourne saga, which was originally envisioned as a three-picture series but has become Universal’s answer to James Bond.” [Link]
“Warner Bros. has staked ‘Get Smart’ director Peter Segal and his Callahan Filmworks partner Michael Ewing to a three-year first-look deal. As part of the deal, WB has also acquired the John August-scripted ‘Captain Marvel’; Segal will direct the DC Comics adaptation. He and Ewing began working on the film two years ago at New Line, but the property has moved over to WB. Pic tells the story of teenaged Billy Batson, who transforms into the superhero when he says the word ‘Shazam!’” [Link]
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“Ticket sales for the movie’s opening weekend could approach $60 million, box office analysts say, fueled by Ms. Meyer’s rabid fans and Summit’s marketing pyrotechnics. That kind of money — especially for a film that cost just $37 million to produce — propels to the center of Hollywood a studio known for bombs like ‘P2,’ a horror movie set in a parking garage, and ‘Sex Drive,’ about a loser who works in a doughnut shop. ‘It’s the first time a little engine that could has come along in awhile, and that’s getting the attention of people who never thought twice about Summit,’ said Tara S. Kole, a partner at the entertainment law firm Gang, Tyre, Ramer & Brown, which represents clients like Steven Spielberg and Mary-Kate Olsen.” [Link]
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“20th Century Fox is gearing up to continue its ‘X-Men’ franchise with a younger set of mutants. Studio has tapped ‘Gossip Girl’ creator Josh Schwartz to write ‘X-Men: First Class.’ He’d also been offered a chance to direct the film, but declined. Schwartz, the creator and exec producer of CW’s teen sudser hit as well as Fox’s youth-centric ‘The O.C.’ and NBC’s ‘Chuck,’ is expected to inject a next-gen sensibility into the superhero series, which has collectively earned $1.2 billion worldwide.” [Link]
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“‘Tinker Bell,’ the first of four direct-to-DVD movies set for release over the next four years, managed higher-than-expected sales in its debut in stores on Monday. Consumers in North America bought 668,000 copies of the computer-animated film on its first day of release, about 22 percent above projections, according to the company. Sales at many Target stores were double the forecast and the movie easily moved one million copies by Wednesday.” [Link]
Tinker Bell on DVD
Tinker Bell on Blu-Ray
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“FRIDAY THE 13TH is produced by Michael Bay’s Platinum Dunes with THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE’s Marcus Nispel directing. The script comes from Damian Shannon and Mark Swift, who happen to be the duo that penned FREDDY VS. JASON. It stars Jared Padalecki, Danielle Panabaker, Amanda Righetti, Tavis Van Winkle, Derek Mears, Aaron Yoo, and Willa Ford ” [Link]
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“Disney’s ‘High School Musical 3: Senior Year’ hoofed its way to the top of the weekend box office class with $42 million, while Lionsgate’s horror sequel ‘Saw V’ had to settle for second place with $30.5 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.” [Link]
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“A major milestone quietly passed last weekend: the first major Hollywood film in decades filmed in the heart of the Middle East. ‘Transformers II’ turned its cameras at the Pyramids in Egypt, and again in the upper Egyptian town of Luxor, near the famed Valley of the Kings. This is significant for many reasons but mainly because it represents a rare move by two Hollywood studios, Paramount and DreamWorks, to connect to a country and culture that is perceived to be hostile the United States.” [Link]
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“Bolt the dog and Buzz Lightyear the toy Balloons will be floating around as part of this year’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. The two entries and a float will help the Walt Disney Company promote two upcoming animated films. Bolt will premier on November 21st and Toy Story 3 (in 3D) will open next June with parts one and two opening before hand in remastered 3-D versions.” [Link]
“Samsung Electronics Co. is equipping Blu-ray DVD players so they can retrieve movies and TV shows from Netflix Inc.’s Internet streaming service, accelerating Netflix’s push to develop more delivery methods beyond the mail. The deal, to be announced Thursday, could set the stage for Netflix to embed software connecting to its streaming service directly into television sets made by Samsung.” [Link]
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“Sasha Grey has been cast as the lead in director Steven Sodergbergh’s new film The Girlfriend Experience. The Magnolia Pictures production is now shooting on location in New York. Written by Brian Koppelman and David Levien, The Girlfriend Experience explores the world of prostitution from the viewpoint of a $10,000 a night call girl.”
A still has been released of Emily Browning and Arielle Kebbel in bed in a scene from the upcoming horror movie, “The Uninvited”
Glamour model Sandee Westgate reviews the Iron Man movie.
Rachel McAdams, Robert Downey Jr.
Robert Downey Jr. and Rachel McAdams pose before a “Sherlock Holmes” press conference
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“Jack will play an American who finds himself washed up on the shores of Cuba with complete and utter amnesia. He comes to the conclusion that he must be a superspy, which is exactly what he is not.” [Link]
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Jesse Jane at the premiere of her adult movie Pirates 2
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“Now that the news has broken that both Raimi and Maguire have signed back on for a fourth and fifth installment – with a hefty paycheck attached as well — MTV News posed the big question to Dunst while she was promoting her upcoming film, ‘How to Lose Friends and Alienate People’ with Simon Pegg. Is she in or is she out? ‘I’m in,’ said the actress matter of factly.” [Link]
Thor
“Kenneth Branagh is negotiating to direct ‘Thor,’ the next Marvel Comics property that will be turned into a live-action film by Marvel Studios. Pic will be released in 2010. Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige’s choice of Branagh is surprising, as Branagh hasn’t really directed an action-heavy film since his debut on ‘Henry V,’ a bloody telling of the British king’s conquest of France. ” [Link]
Megan Fox In How To Lose Friends And Alienate People
New stills of Megan Fox in How To Lose Friends and Alienate People have been revealed.
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Megan Fox comes out of a pool in her movie How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
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“Chow will also direct the movie, which will be the ‘Kung Fu Hustle’ director and star’s American debut, Columbia Pictures said in a statement. Canadian actor Seth Rogen will star as The Green Hornet, a debonair newspaper publisher who moonlights as a masked crime-fighter along with his martial arts-expert sidekick, Kato.” [Link]
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“Bushnell has just signed a deal to pen two teen novels about her character Bradshaw’s high school years and she’d love for Cyrus to take the lead in a TV or film spin-off. When asked to name her new Carrie - a part Sarah Jessica Parker has played on the big and small screen - Bushnell said, ‘I don’t know… What about Miley Cyrus?’” [Link]
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“Written by White Stripes frontman Jack White and singer Alicia Keys, the song, Another Way To Die, was blasted by one fan as sounding like a ’shopping list’ of violence. Another said White and Keys’ different singing styles ‘don’t gel’ on the track, while music critic Todd Martens added: ‘The first mistake was mimicking an iconic score with some electric guitars and modern effects, which is always, always, always a bad idea.’” [Link]
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“Apparently there’s two scripts floating around, both taking place during World War 2. When asked if Natassia Malthe would be reprising her role as Rayne from part 2, Boll denied. He said he wants the gorgeous Kristanna Loken back, or if Loken asks for too much money they’ll go with an entirely new actress. Loken of course played Rayne in the first film.” [Link]
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“McGowan caused a widely reported controversy last week when she said that she would have joined the Irish Republican Army had she lived in Belfast during the Troubles. She said she could understand why people turned to violence during that time in Northern Ireland. In a statement sent to The Hollywood Reporter, producers said they oppose the comments made by McGowan during a Toronto news conference for the film.” [Link]
“Disney is circling an entire segment of its theme park — Tomorrowland — as inspiration for a space movie that will star Dwayne Johnson. The studio has set scribes Jon Lucas and Scott Moore to draft an epic-sized action adventure set in space. The film is being designed as a vehicle for Johnson, who starred for the studio in family hit ‘The Game Plan’ and most recently completed ‘Race to Witch Mountain.’ ” [Link]
“The actor stars in the new Coen brothers comedy alongside pal Brad Pitt, and play a sex addict who carries around the saucy items. And sex toy retailers have noted a huge leap in sales since the film was released earlier this month. ” [Link]
“Miley is said to be ready to star in a film by Nicholas Sparks. The ‘Notebook’ and ‘A Walk to Remember’ author agreed to write a novel and a screenplay adaptation for the film that will star Miley Cyrus. The plot of the novel is said to be highly confidential but is rumored to be a romantic family drama and would likely make Miley a serious actress. ” [Link]
“The 42-cent commemorative stamp, being released Thursday in Boston, features a portrait of Davis as she appeared in the 1950 film ‘All About Eve,’ in which she played Margo Channing, an aging stage actress battling to save her career as a younger woman schemes to replace her.” [Link]
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“Kidman has an Oscar and earns $15 million paydays, but she’s proved to offer a poor return on investment. Despite bringing in $370 million in worldwide box office, The Golden Compass only grossed $3.36 for every dollar Kidman was paid. The Invasion lost $2.68 for every dollar that went to Kidman.” [Link]
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“A New York judge has tossed out lawsuits brought by a driving instructor and two etiquette school teachers who said the makers of the movie ‘Borat’ deceived them. Judge Loretta Preska says all three accepted money and signed agreements releasing the filmmakers from liability. She noted in a Sept. 3 ruling the agreements said the plaintiffs consented to appear in a ‘documentary-style’ movie.” [Link]
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“In an interview with IESB, Eagle Eye director D.J. Caruso reveals he’s talked with the studio about tackling the comic-book god of thunder. However, he hasn’t seen a screenplay. “It could be something that I am interested in,” he tells the website. Caruso, who has directed episodes of Smallville and Dark Angel, says that although he was a fan of Thor comics when he was a kid, he has concerns about how to approach the character.” [Link]
“Steven Spielberg and major Hollywood studios stole the plot from Alfred Hitchcock’s classic 1954 film ‘Rear Window’ in making last year’s ‘Disturbia,’ a lawsuit filed in Manhattan federal court on Monday said. Dreamworks, its parent company Viacom Inc, and Universal Pictures, a unit of General Electric Co’s NBC Universal, are accused of copyright infringement and breach of contract for making ‘Disturbia’ without first obtaining permission from the copyright holders, the suit said.” [Link]
“‘Braveheart’ scribe Randall Wallace will write ‘The Last Pharaoh,’ a Columbia drama crafted as a vehicle for Smith to play Taharqa, the pharaoh who battled Assyrian invaders in ancient Egypt. Smith, James Lassiter and Ken Stovitz will produce for Overbrook Entertainment.” [Link]
“Tommy Lee Jones is suing the makers of ‘No Country for Old Men’ for more than $10 million that the Oscar-winning actor claims he is owed for starring in the 2007 hit crime thriller. The lawsuit against Paramount Pictures claims that Jones was promised ’significant box-office bonuses’ and other compensation depending on the success of the film, which went on to make more than $160 million.” [Link]
