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Weekend Box Office: 'Rango' Wrangles The Year's Highest Debut So Far with $38 Million
CG-toons. You can’t go wrong. Even if you’re alienating viewers. While “Rango” is the first non-3D animated film of the last year or so, most were predicting a much bigger opening around $50 million or so. Still, a not-bad $38 million showing for the film this weekend, though Cinemascore audiences only rated the film a C+. Most of those negative notices are probably due to the unconventional visual style, though critics have been making comparisons to Jim Jarmusch and allusions to Hunter S. Thompson. Yeah, those references were missing from “Gnomeo and Juliet.” Still, this seems like a one-and-done affair for people not exactly associated wit...
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Vince Vaughn Vehicle 'Insane Laws' May Find A Home At Universal
"The Break-Up," "Couples Retreat," "Four Christmases," "The Dilemma" -- these are all part of a very successful, if mediocre cloth that Vince Vaughn has been cutting some big checks from lately, and while we wish he would latch on to something more interesting, it's no surprise that another project ...
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Review: 'The Adjustment Bureau' Is A Heady Sci-fi Romance
An air of mystery has permeated writer-director George Nolfi's "The Adjustment Bureau," the new science fiction political thriller love story starring Matt Damon and Emily Blunt (and based on a typically paranoid 1954 short story by visionary crackpot Philip K. Dick). This is partially due to the el...
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Universal Picks Up Tomas Alfredson's 'Tinker, Tailor, Solder, Spy' With Tom Hardy, Colin Firth, More
One of our most anticipated films of the year now has a home on our shores as Deadline reveals that Universal has picked up the domestic distribution rights for "Let The Right One In" director Tomas Alfredson's English language debut, "Tinker, Tailor, Solider, Spy."
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Universal Circling 'Terminator' Franchise As Potential Gig For 'Fast Five' Director Justin Lin
So, in case you missed it, Arnold Schwarzenegger is done governating and is ready to act again. "Kindergarten Cop 2: The Graduating Class"? While that dream project may never happen, movement is now starting once again on an inevitable new "Terminator" franchise which may or may not get the aging cy...
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Box Office '10: Win, Lose Or Draw
Despite rising 3D surcharges, studios posted major box office and attendance drops in 2010, suggesting moviegoers were not entirely intrigued by the year’s product. Some distributors executed a winning game plan with success, while others floundered, making a series of unwise decisions that probably...
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'The Beaver,' Greg Mottola's 'Paul' & Ti West's 'The Innkeepers' Added To 2011 SXSW Film Fest Sched
Conan O'Brien Documentary, 'Conan O'Brien Can't Stop' Added As WellAlright, it's 2011, people. Time to get in with the new. The Sundance Film Festival is just right around the corner, but not far off in March is the SXSW Film Festival, which continues to get better and better each year. While the opening night film has already been announced -- Duncan Jones' "Source Code" -- new editions to the line-up have been made including Jodie Foster's "The Beaver," starring persona non grata Mel Gibson, Greg Mottola's alien roadtrip comedy "Paul," starring Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, and "Conan O'Brien Can't Stop," a documentary that follows the behind-the...
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Universal And Sony Find New Fall 2011 Dates For 'The Thing' And 'Moneyball'
Running a studio is a lot like playing chess. You really have to know how to utilize your pieces and position them for success, but also be aware of what the opposition is up to. Sometimes you have to sacrifice a pawn in order to make a bigger score, and sometimes gambles don't pay off. As such, peo...
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Judd Apatow's Next Comedy Directorial Effort Slotted For June 1, 2012
Comedy Is Untitled, Details Remain Under Wraps For NowYou could say Judd Apatow is slipping in his mainstream appeal. 2009's "Funny People" grossed $71 million worldwide, while 2008's "Knocked Up" cumed $219 million globally and 2005's "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" totaled $177 million the world round. ...
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