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The literary sensation is apparently also a big hit on the big screen. ‘Twilight,’ which set a new record for advance sale tickets, followed that up with an amazing opening weekend, taking in $70.5 million. Audiences seem to be mostly made up of women under 25. The next film in the series, ‘New Moon,’ …
The Screen Actor’s Guild has decided to ask its members to vote on whether to strike. They’ve been working without a contract since July 1st. The big sticking point, much like the writer’s strike last year, concerns web-based content and who and why people get paid. SAG says it will take roughly three weeks to …
The 1991 classic Disney film is seeing a 3D makeover. The update is Disney’s 11th 3D film, will go back to the films original source files to create a new digital 3-D version. The project is being headed by original producer Don Hahn, and directors Kirk Wise and Gary Trousdale. The project will take around …
I’ll admit it, I love Star Trek, I always have, and JJ Abrams’ restart of the franchise has me very excited/interested. The new trailer drops this friday at the head of the new Bond film, ‘Quantum of Solace,’ but to hold us over, Paramount has released a new image of the all knew enterprise, which …
Director Ridley Scott has signed to adapt the popular board game Monolopy for the big screen. Pamela Pettler, the author of such scripts as ‘The Corpse Bride,’ and ‘Monster House.’ Here’s what Scott said about the movie to the LA Times last year: ‘So it’s really finding the universe for that game. Because clearly it …
It’s official, Joe Johnston, the talented director of ‘October Sky,’ ‘Hidalgo,’ and the so-so ‘Jurassic Park III’ has signed on to helm ‘First Avenger: Captain America’ for Marvel Studios.
Novelist, screenwriter and director Michael Crichton, best known for his sci-fi stories based in fact, has died of cancer at 66. Crichton wrote big books, ones that the film rights were sold long before publication. Books like, ‘The Andromeda Strain,’ ‘Discolsure,’ and, of course, ‘Jurassic Park.’ Crichton co-wrote the script for ‘Twister,’ and co-created TV’s …
After years of talking about it, Peter and Bobby Farrelly will finally be making their long awaited Three Stooges movie. MGM announced that the film is going ahead with a November 20, 2009 release date, so, they’d better get cracking. There is no word on casting, though Benecio del Toro’s name was thrown about a …
The much discussed adaptation of the popular comic book seris ‘Avengers,’ is looking like it’s a go project. Robert Downey Jr. will be playing the part of Tony Stark/Iron Man, and Don Cheadle will be taking over the role of Jim Rhodes from Terence Howard. Favreau will be exec. producing, but one can assume that …
In some of the most exciting remake news I’ve heard in a while, Miramax has announced that Mike Nichols, (‘Closer,’ ‘Charlie Wilson’s War,’ and, oh yeah, ‘The Graduate,’) will helm a remake of Akira Kurosawa’s crime thriller ‘High and Low.’ The script is written by David Mamet, (‘Spartan,’ ‘House of Games,’ and, oh yeah, ‘Glengarry …