Archive for the ‘Entertainment’ Category
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Weekly Take 1: May 9, 2010
This week's news included new trailers for Inception and Machete, Iron Man 2 hits theaters, and JJ Abrams has a new project. Anchorman 2 and Zoolander 2 May Be Dead. Both films facing trouble due to budgetary concerns. Justified Renewed for Second Season. FX made the announcement this past week. Matthew Vaughn to Direct X-Men: First Class‎? Kick-Ass is in talks with 20 Century Fox to direct. A Nightmare on Elm Street 3D Sequel Coming. Studio gave the green light...
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$52 Million Opening Day for Iron Man 2
Iron Man 2 has made off with an estimated $52 million in its first day. That number includes the $7.5 million made from late Thursday midnight shows. The $52 million places it seventh on the list of highest opening day grosses. Based on these numbers the weekend take will likely finish right around $130 million. That would make it the fifth biggest opening weekend in history. Industry expectations pegged IM2 in the $140-160 million range, giving it an outside shot of topping The Dark Knight...
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New Trailer for Inception
While Super 8 has gotten most of the attention the last few days, another new trailer debuted on Iron Man 2 that is creating a buzz. Another trailer for Inception, the Christopher Nolan film starring Leonardo DiCaprio, is also attached to prints of IM2. The difference here is that the release of Inception is nearing and it still remains somewhat mysterious. The movie is a contemporary science fiction thriller about a corporation that has developed a technology that can enter dreams and extrac...
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Weekend Box Office Predictions 5/7
Expected to be the biggest movie of the summer Iron Man 2 rolls into theaters today. Not surprisingly no other studio wanted to take on Tony Stark, and the only other release is the documentary Babies. The big question is can Iron Man 2 break the opening record currently held by The Dark Knight? (more…)...
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The Trailer for Super 8
The secretive trailer for Super 8 has spurned some huge intrigue over the last few days and it has now debuted in front of Iron Man 2. Yesterday I posted some details on the movie as well as a link over to read a detailed description of the events of the trailer. Generally when a trailer debuts on an event movie it doesn't officially go online until the following Monday. So, in lieu of the official release, we turn to bootleg recordings which are springing up everywhere. Obviously this isn'...
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First Trailer for Robert Rodriguez’s ‘Machete’
A first trailer for Robert Rodriguez's new action film Machete has been released. The film is produced by Robert Rodriguez and co-directed with Ethan Dummies. Machete centers around a Mexican ex-Federale (Danny Trejo) who is betrayed by his corrupt former boss. A fake trailer for the film ran in between Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez's Grindhouse films, Planet Terror and Death Proof. The film's cast is loaded with big names that include Robert Dinero, Jessica Alba, Michelle Rodrigu...
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Details on the Super 8 Trailer
Earlier this week news hit that a secret JJ Abrams project would have a trailer debut on Iron Man 2. That trailer has been electronically locked up preventing any leaks of what it could be until now. Speculation was a Cloverfield prequel or sequel. Now Slashfilm has some additional details on Super 8 (which may or may not be the real title for the eventual movie). I can confirm that it is not a Cloverfield sequel or prequel. It is written and directed by JJ Abrams. Yes, produced by S...
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New ‘Prince of Persia’ Clip
Yahoo! has posted a new clip from Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. The scene is titled 'Sand Trap' and features Dastan (Jake Gyllenhaal) escaping from, you guessed it, a sand trap. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is slated to release on May 28th. ...
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