Author: Wes Huizar
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The Hollywood Reporter: Fox Cancels 24
From The Hollywood Reporter: Final episode of action drama will air in May By James Hibberd March 26, 2010, 08:00 PM ET Tick, tick, tick … and done. After eight seasons, Fox’s “24” is coming to an end. The groundbreaking action drama will air its final real-time episode in May, the victim of a confluence…
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The Hollywood Reporter: “Robin Hood” To Open Cannes
From The Hollywood Reporter: Ridley Scott’s film to screen out of competition May 12 By David Morgan March 26, 2010, 01:21 AM ET Universal’s “Robin Hood,” directed by Ridley Scott and starring Russell Crowe and Cate Blanchett, has been selected as the opening-night film for the upcoming Festival de Cannes.
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Variety: Chris Evans to Portray Captain America
From Variety: Thesp to star in three Marvel films, in addition to ‘Avengers’ By MARC GRASER Chris Evans will don the star-spangled superhero suit to play Captain America for Marvel Entertainment. Evans accepted an offer made by the comicbook publisher late last week, beating out a number of thesps who test-screened for the high-profile role.…
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“The Hobbit” to Go Into Production in July
From BBC News: Shooting of the long-awaited film version of JRR Tolkien’s The Hobbit is set to begin in New Zealand in July. Actor Sir Ian McKellen, who reprises his Lord of the Rings role as Gandalf the Grey, revealed casting is taking place in LA, London and New York. Mexican-born film-maker Guillermo del Toro…
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Box-Office Preview #3: Weekend of January 22-24, 2010
Heading into the weekend, Avatar will attempt to become the first film since Titanic to remain at the top of the box-office for six consecutive weekends. Facing soft competition from three new releases, it should not be too difficult a task for it to manage. The toughest competition that Avatar will face this weekend will…
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Box-Office Report #1: Weekend of January 15-18, 2010
As expected, Avatar was king over Martin Luther King weekend, bringing in $54.4 million and pulling ahead of the $500 million mark, a milestone reached by only two other motion pictures in history, James Cameron’s own Titanic and 2008’s The Dark Knight. Not only did Avatar break $500 million this weekend, it reached it in…
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Box-Office Preview #2: Weekend of January 15-18, 2010
As we move into the first four-day holiday weekend of the New Year, two new movies and one Oscar hopeful going into wide release will try to suck away audiences from James Cameron’s mega-hit, Avatar. Sadly for them, they will all probably come up short. The film that has the best shot at dethroning Avatar…
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Box-Office Preview #1: Weekend of January 8-10, 2010
And so begins a new decade of film with the first three new releases of the 2010s: Daybreakers, Leap Year, and Youth in Revolt. Unfortunately, not one of them will be the first release of the new decade to reach the top spot at the box-office. In its first non-holiday weekend, James Cameron’s science fiction…
