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As Summer winds down, people are already looking forward to fall and fall releases. Magnolia Pictures just announced a new addition, Toby Wilkins’ Splinter, will open o Halloween. They acquired the independent horror film last year and have just been waiting for a chance to release it. The movie features a virulent virus that takes… [Continue Reading]
M. Night Shyamalan’s The Happening arrives on DVD and Blu-Ray October 7. The package includes deleted scenes, a gag reel, a making-of documentary, and more. The film will be available in two DVD configurations – a single widescreen version and high-definition format on Blu-ray Disc with Digital Copy. Fox’s new Digital Copy allows viewers to… [Continue Reading]
Monster Attack Network, a graphic novel by Entertainment Weekly’s Marc Bernardin and co-writer Adam Freeman with art by Nima Sorat, has been optioned by Disney. They have assigned the project to Wanted producer Jason Netter. According to Variety, negotiations for the rights began prior to the book’s publication in July. The 96-page graphic novel was… [Continue Reading]
Disney announced that Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time has been shifted from 2009 to May 28, 2010. The video game adaptation is being directed by Mike Newell, the movie stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Alfred Molina, Ben Kingsley and Gemma Arterton. As the summer 2010 calendar currently lays out, that puts it a week after… [Continue Reading]
Director Tim Burton seems prepared to send Australian actress Mia (In Treatment) through the looking glass in his interpretation of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland. The script is from Linda Woolverton (The Lion King) with production slated to begin in November. The Disney production will be a blend of live-action and performance-capture footage to be… [Continue Reading]
BOOM! Studios has been doing some great horror material but this announcement just brought a smile to our faces, largely because how well cast it is. July 23rd, 2008 – Los Angeles, CA – BOOM! Studios and Disney Publishing Worldwide announced today that they will bring brand new stories from beloved Pixar properties to the… [Continue Reading]
A long weekend has meant big bucks for Hancock. Including Tuesday night’s preview, the film earned an estimated $107,321,000, Will Smith’s second biggest opening. Despite mediocre reviews, he appears to have developed Teflon along with super-strength. Slipping into second place, dropping a mere 47%, was Wall*E, compacting $33,417,000 this weekend for a total of $128,132,000… [Continue Reading]
Lionsgate has set a November 7 release for Repo! The Genetic Opera. Expect this to be a short-lived run before it lives forever on DVD. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader will be shot in Mexico, not New Zealand according to Variety. The production’s need for several large soundstages plus a… [Continue Reading]
Amusing trailers and superlative reviews catapulted Pixar’s Wall*E to the top of the box office charts, beating estimates with $62.5 million, easily besting Angelina Jolie’s Wanted. The Universal adaptation of the Mark Millar/J.G. Jones miniseries did well, beating analysts’ expectations with $51,118.000. Other films in the top ten include The Incredible Hulk in the fifth… [Continue Reading]
Would you believe a spy spoof won at the box office this weekend? Get Smart, starring Steve Carrell and Anne Hathaway, was number one this weekend, bringing in $39,155,000. The Incredible Hulk, in its second weekend, did a respectable $21,557,000 for a two week accumulation of $96,476,000. The 61% drop is sharp but not as… [Continue Reading]
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