Box Office Breakdown: No Dilemma for The Green Hornet
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Disney, Fox Searchlight, Paramount, Sony, Universal, Warner Bros, Weinstein Company, Action, Adaptation, Adventure, Animation, Biopics, Drama, Family, Period, Remakes, Science Fiction, Sequels, Comedy, Sports, Thrillers, Box Office, Lists,
The Green Hornet, starring Seth Rogen and Jay Chou, brought in a lot green for Sony this weekend. Although the film came nowhere near its $110 million budget, Hornet did earn enough ($33.5 million) to make it the second-best grosser ever during the MLK Jr. holiday frame. (Cloverfield earned $40.1 million over its first three days in 2008.)
Despite the combined comedic forces of Vince Vaughn and Kevin James, The Dilemma turned out to be more of a non-issue. The Universal entry -- which cost $70 million to produce -- failed to even crack the $20 million mark. That's the worst debut for Vaughn since 2007's Fred Claus and the worst open for James ever (if you don't count the films he only voiced).
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First Look: Breaking Dawn’s Bella and Edward in Bed
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Adaptation, Drama, Horror, Romance, Sequels,
There are no feathers ... or stockings ... or beach blankets in this new still from Breaking Dawn. All we have is flesh.
In this romantic photo from the next Twilight installment, we see Bella (Kristen Stewart) and Edward (Robert Pattinson) -- now husband and wife -- together on their wedding night. (Something tells me another Best Kiss award is in their future.)
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This Week on DVD and Blu-ray: January 18, 2011
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Magnolia, Lionsgate, Sony, Universal, Action, Adaptation, Drama, Foreign, Foreign Language, Sequels, Comedy, Thrillers, Home Entertainment, Lists, New Releases,
Here are some of the DVD and Blu-ray options available this week:
- Animal Kingdom: DVD, Blu-ray
- Buried: DVD/Blu-ray combo
- Death Race 2: DVD, Blu-ray
- Freakonomics: DVD, Blu-ray
- Jack Goes Boating: DVD, Blu-ray
- Lebanon: DVD, Blu-ray
- The Naked Kiss: DVD, Blu-ray
- Paper Man: DVD, Blu-ray
- Shock Corridor: DVD, Blu-ray
- Stone: DVD, Blu-ray
- Takers: DVD, Blu-ray
Make sure to also check out the TV-on-DVD options for this week.
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Ben Stiller Confirms Zoolander Sequel Details
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Satire, Sequels, Comedy, Casting, Celeb News, Scripts, Upcoming Releases,
Ben Stiller has confirmed Zoolander 2 will be set 10 years after the original film and in Europe.
The 45-year-old actor, who starred as male model Derek Zoolander in the 2001 comedy movie about a group of fashionistas taking on an evil businessman, reveals the script has been completed for the sequel and "a lot has happened" since the first film, with Derek and Owen Wilson's character Hansel no longer relevant on the fashion scene.
Where it's at is we've completed the script, Justin Theroux and I, and handed it into the studio. Now the studio has the script and we're at that point where we're waiting to see what they want to do. It's ten years later and most of it is set in Europe. I don't want to give away too much, but it's basically Derek and Hansel ten years later - though the last movie ended on a happy note a lot of things have happened in the meantime. Their lives have changed and they're not really relevant anymore. It's a new world for them."
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Photo: Chris Evans as Captain America
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Paramount, Action, Adaptation, Adventure, Upcoming Releases,
This is the first look we’ve had of Chris Evans in Captain America: The First Avenger, and it’s not half-bad … though, a little different from what many comic book fans were expecting.
The new costume looks more like a flight suit than the superhero’s iconic spandex get-up, but that’s been done on purpose.
“You can’t really take him serious in his flag pajamas,” director Joe Johnston explained to Entertainment Weekly in a past interview.
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Eminem: Hollywood’s Next Leading Man?
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Action, Horror, Sports, Casting, Celeb News, Rumors, Upcoming Releases,
Eminem fell off the radar for a few years after his attention-getting role in 2002's 8 Mile, but now the rapper is back in the spotlight with his best-selling album “Recovery,” and he’s getting back in the movie game.
Random Acts of Violence will mark his return to the big screen, but he’s not stopping there. Eminem is currently working on Shady Talez, a 3-D horror film and Southpaw, a drama about boxing -- not baseball.
Scoff if you will, but some writers are already comparing Eminem to the likes of Will Smith and Mark Wahlberg. It wasn’t so long ago that both A-listers were household names because of their rap skills. Will Smith returned to rapping in 1997, but now he’s passed the torch on to his daughter. Wahlberg, perhaps anxious to put his Marky Mark days behind him, has not rapped since he became a bankable box office star.
Random Acts of Violence originally began with a Grand Theft Auto feel, but director David Von Ancken says his vision for the film is more like The Town or The Departed. In the film, Eminem plays an ex-con stuck between his old pals and the FBI.
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VIDEO: Ice Age 4 Trailer
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: 20th Century Fox, Animation, Family, Sequels, Comedy, Trailers, Upcoming Releases, Videos,
The trailer for Ice Age: Continental Drift is here … but don’t start looking for the movie to be in theaters for another 18 months.
At least you can get a little taste now. Just watch the video above.
The sequel will be released on July 13, 2012.
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Quote of the Day: James Cameron on ‘Ridiculous’ Battleship Movie
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Universal, Action, Adaptation, Drama, Science Fiction, Celebrity Gossip, Upcoming Releases,
“We have a story crisis. Now they want to make the Battleship game into a film. This is pure desperation. ... Everyone in Hollywood knows how important it is that a film is a brand before it hit theaters. If a brand has been around, Harry Potter for example, or Spider-Man, you are light years ahead. And there lies the problem. Because unfortunately these franchises are become more ridiculous. Battleship. This degrades the cinema.”
--Director James Cameron on the upcoming Hasbro game-turned-movie starring Alexander Skarsgard, model Brooklyn Decker and singer Rihanna.
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In Theaters This Weekend: January 14, 2011
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Sony, Universal, Action, Adaptation, Adventure, Documentary, Independent, Comedy, Lists, New Releases, Trailers,
- The Dilemma (PG-13): starring Vince Vaughn, Kevin James, Jennifer Connelly (directed by Ron Howard)
- The Green Hornet (PG-13): starring Seth Rogen, Jay Chou, Christoph Waltz (directed by Michel Gondry)
- Barney's Version* (R): starring Dustin Hoffman, Paul Giamatti, Rosamund Pike (directed by Richard J. Lewis)
- Burning Palms* (R): starring Dylan McDermott, Zoe Saldana, Lake Bell (directed by Christopher B. Landon)
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