Archive for the ‘Entertainment’ Category
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Roger Rabbit Sequel In The Works
It has been over 20 years since Who Framed Roger Rabbit was released. In an interview with MTV, A Christmas Carol writer/director Robert Zemeckis revealed a sequel was in the works. The original Who Framed Roger Rabbit screenwriters, Jeffrey Price and Peter Seaman, are currently working on a script. Not much else was revealed and Zemeckis seemed pretty tight lipped about letting anything slip. The Oscar award winning film was ahead of it’s time. It was really the first full lengt...
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This Is It Five Day Results
The five day estimates are in for This Is It and the disappointing performance at the box office continues. After opening with only the 7.4 million from the opening day which included Tuesday night showings, the estimate for the five day period is 32.4 million. The movie collected a decent but unspectacular 21.3 million over the weekend. Worldwide the film has proven more successful pulling in 101 million since release. That is not anywhere near the 250 million predicted by AEG but still ...
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Anthony Hopkins Joins Thor
All of the Marvel films that lead up to The Avengers in 2012 are being followed closely while in development. Not only do they have to fit into the same world and mesh for The Avengers to work but every casting decision is crucial as they'll be involved with that picture as well. Up next is Iron Man 2 but others on the way include Thor which is scheduled to release on May 20th, 2011 and Captain America which will arrive on July 22nd, 2011. In their early stages some details are starting to m...
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Men In Black 3 Details
The Hollywood Reporter has released some details on the third Men In Black film. Tropic Thunder writer Etan Cohen will handle the script for the sci-fi comedy. The studio is eyeing a 2010 start date and could go as soon as the spring. The X-factor remains Will Smith. The A-lister, who starred with Tommy Lee Jones in the first two, has not committed to the pic, though in recent days the buzz in development circles has been that he is now interested in returning. Smith does not currentl...
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Studios May Force DVD Sales Only Period
Responding to continued drops in DVD sales, movie studios are apparently considering a multi-week window where DVD and Blu-ray copies would only be available for purchase. After that time was up the movies would then be available for rental. Are people passing on buying DVDs because they can just rent them? Or is it because the movies aren't worth buying or the prices are too high? The studios seem to think that the drop in sales can be attributed to outlets like Netflix and Redbox. Pe...
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Trailer for The Road
With the holiday season approaching there are several films positioning themselves for Best Picture consideration. One of them is The Road which stars Viggo Mortensen and Charlize Theron. An adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize winning novel tells the story a father and son traveling through a post-apocalyptic world. The Road opens in theaters on Thanksgiving. ...
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Top DVD Sales and Rentals for Week Ending October 25, 2009
It should come as no surprise that Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen was the top selling and rented DVD last week. The summer blockbuster was the the most hyped DVD release since X-Men Origins: Wolverine. You'll notice the original Transformers sold the third most. Not bad for a movie that made it's DVD debut 106 weeks ago. Below is the list of DVD sales and rentals for the week ending October 25, 2009: Rentrak Top 10 Selling DVDs: 1 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Paramount)...
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This Is It Disappoints In First Day
The results are in and the Michael Jackson documentary This Is It has opened on Wednesday with 7.4 million. That number includes 2.2 million that it made on Tuesday night screenings. That puts This Is It on track to make in the range of 32-36 million over the opening five days. Industry expectations were all over the board. On the low side was around a 10 million opening day but that extended all the way up to some predictions of a five day take larger than that of The Dark Knight. While ...
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