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And The Award For The Most Pirated Film Of 2012 Goes To…
31 December 2012 5:00 AM, PST | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »
As one year ends and another begins, it’s always good to have a look back over the past 12 months…and review which films were the most pirated of 2012! Although you may think that some of the big hitters (e.g. The Dark Knight Rises/Avengers Assemble) would top the poll, you would be wrong. Research shows that little known, under-the-radar comedy Project X was the most illegally downloaded film of the year, coming in with 8.72 million torrents.
The out-of-control-party-based film, directed by Nima Nourizadeh, may not have made an impact over here in the UK, but made a worldwide box office total of $100 million. Yes, there were films that made a hell of a lot more, but if a film isn’t widely released, it can become a victim of Internet pirates.
Settling into second place is Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, while following behind in third is The Dark Knight Rises »
- Jazmine Sky Bradley
Playback Finishes Dead Last at the Box Office in 2012
28 December 2012 11:59 AM, PST | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
The end of calendar year is always the start of the awards season for movie fans, with critics' top 10 lists rolling out and award nominations being handed out. However, there are a few distinct honors that no film wants to receive. Today, Project X was named as the most downloaded movie of 2012, while the Christian Slater flop Playback was named the lowest grossing movie of the year, earning just $264 at the box office. Yes, just two hundred sixty-four dollars.
Playback was released in just one theater back in March, earning a paltry $252, adding another $12 the following week for a total domestic tally of $264. Oddly enough, though, The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure fared even worse, in terms of per-screen average. Opening in 2,160 theaters this August, The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure earned an abysmal $443,901, for a per-screen average of $206. In case both Playback and The Oogieloves in the »
- MovieWeb
'Project X' Most Pirated Film of 2012
28 December 2012 10:45 AM, PST | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
The year saw several blockbusters hit the multiplexes, but the most downloaded film of 2012 was one that slipped under the radar: Project X. A found-footage comedy directed by Nima Nourizadeh and produced by Todd Phillips, Project X topped the likes of The Dark Knight Rises, The Avengers and Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol for the title of most pirated, TorrentFreak reports. According to the website, Project X was downloaded 8.72 million times and made the least money among the top 10 movies on the list with its $101 million global take. How did Project X top the box-
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- Philiana Ng
The Top 10 Most Pirated Movies Of 2012...
28 December 2012 9:08 AM, PST | ShadowAndAct | See recent ShadowAndAct news »
As they did with TV, Torrent Freak has released its annual roundup of the most pirated movies of 2012 (full list below), and guess what made the top of the list? No, not Tyler Perry's Madea's Alex Cross; something I've actually never even heard of called Project X, which was released in March, by Warner Bros. I looked it up to learn that it was a comedy film directed by Nima Nourizadeh in his feature film debut, produced by director Todd Phillips (the guy who directed the Hangover movies, and other comedies). The plot follows 3 friends who plan to gain popularity by throwing a party - a plan which quickly escalates out of their »
- Tambay A. Obenson
Project X Blu-ray Review
24 September 2012 11:18 AM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Project X was a surprise of the year, a raunchy teen comedy that took advantage of a budget-trimming found-footage gimmick and was successful enough at the box office to warrant a sequel. Fans of Superbad, American Pie and The Hangover will find common ground with Project X, but the film goes even farther than any of them dared. So how can you enjoy the world’s most insane party without risking jail time and millions of dollars in property damage? Pick up Project X on Blu-ray so you can watch the madness from the comfort of your couch. Hit the jump for my review of director Nima Nourizadeh’s Project X on Blu-ray. For this review, I checked out the extended cut of Project X on Blu-ray. We’ll talk about the special features and technical specs in a minute, but let’s start off with a review of the movie itself. »
- Dave Trumbore
DVD Review - Project X (2012)
3 August 2012 1:12 AM, PDT | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »
Project X, 2012.
Directed by Nima Nourizadeh.
Starring Thomas Mann, Oliver Cooper, Jonathan Daniel Brown, Nichole Bloom and Alexis Knapp.
Synopsis:
Three high school friends throw a party to build their popularity, but things soon escalate beyond their control.
Project X is one of the latest movies to try out the found footage gimmick. It worked once already this year with Chronicle and it also failed miserably this year with The Devil Inside. Does Project X join Chronicle or The Devil Inside in terms of entertainment?
In Project X we follow Thomas (Thomas Mann); it's his birthday and his best friend Costa (Oliver Cooper) plans on throwing him the biggest bash of all time. Thomas' parents are going out of town so this is a perfect time to throw a party. With the help of their friend Jb (Jonathan Daniel Brown) and A/V club member Dax (Dax Flame) filming the entire thing, »
- flickeringmyth
Blu-ray Review: ‘Project X’ is Complete Waste of Time
5 July 2012 9:32 AM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – Do you think a dog in a bounce house is inherently funny or that a gun that shoots tequila is shocking? “Project X” is a movie for you. What’s so remarkably stupid about this truly awful flick is that its creators think there’s humor or storytelling or shock value in any of it.
Rating: 1.0/5.0
Teenagers drink. Teenagers swear. Teenagers get laid. There’s your movie. That’s literally it since there are no characters worth caring about in the slightest and the plot is as deep as “teens party” (until the final act, which just gets stupid as the creators realize they’re going to need to get totally ridiculous to write an ending). There, I saved you ninety awful minutes. Go do something actually fun like having a party of your own. Try not to piss off any drug dealers on the way there.
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- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
DVD Review: 'Project X'
2 July 2012 6:00 AM, PDT | CineVue | See recent CineVue news »
★☆☆☆☆ Let's be blunt: Nima Nourizadeh's Project X (2012) may well be the worst film of the year so far. It opens on a sweater-vested idiot clutching his crotch, singing the lyrics to Hey, We Want Some Pussy before boasting to camera about how wet his dick is about to get. At this point, any doubts you might have had about the juvenile tone of the movie are quickly quashed. Like an unfunny Superbad (2007), the film takes the geeky-virgins-attempt-to-get-laid-at-a-party template of time immemorial, before slapping on the zeitgeist-ridden, frequently derided 'found footage' format.
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- CineVue
Blu-ray: Project X – A Ruleless Party Worthy of ‘Spartacus’
1 July 2012 2:41 PM, PDT | BuzzFocus.com | See recent BuzzFocus.com news »
Project X may be the definition of a “one trick pony,” but it embraces that trick with such enthusiasm and balls-to-the-wall wackiness that it succeeds in making a riot worthy movie for its generation. This movie focuses on scaling up the levels of craziness one drunken teen at a time, while reminding everyone what a great – if misbegotten – party is all about – no rules. Once you’ve thrown rules out the window, you’ve opened yourself up to orgy worthy antics that would make Spartacus jealous.
You’ve seen movies in the past, where a group of high school boys try to live it up before they head to college. Usually, it involves losing their virginity, such as in American Pie, Superbad or The Virginity Hit. These movies always culminate in a big party and one last chance to “be a man.” Project X skips all those wasted moments surrounding »
- Bags Hooper
Blu-ray Review: Project X
25 June 2012 1:42 PM, PDT | Blogomatic3000 | See recent Blogomatic3000 news »
Stars: Thomas Mann, Jonathan Daniel Brown, Oliver Cooper, Dax Flame, Nichole Bloom, Alex Rose Wiesel, Alexis Knapp | Written by Matt Drake, Michael Bacall | Directed by Nima Nourizadeh
Project X is the latest opus from Todd Phillips, the man behind Old School and The Hangover, who here returns to his Frathouse roots as producer of this high-school based, shot documentary-style comedy that follows one epic night in the life of three teenagers – Thomas, J.B. and Costa – who, in order to up their rep at school, throw an out of control, balls-to-the-wall party to celebrate Thomas’ birthday. With disastrous results. And these aren’t your normal disastrous results either, not unless you class destroying a car, a house and an entire neighbourhood as normal party behaviour!
Like all good movies, Project X is not just a movie about a party that breaks out into a full-scale riot, oh no. »
- Phil
Review: Project X
18 June 2012 10:31 AM, PDT | Comicmix.com | See recent Comicmix news »
Growing up, I went to plenty of parties, but never one when the parents were out of town. I always felt I missed out on something until I heard the time my younger cousin held such an affair, resulting in $1500 in property damage (in 1980 dollars). Call me uptight or a loser, much as Thomas (Thomas Mann), is in Project X.
Designed to be the ultimate party film, it was based on the recollections of various people who attended outrageous parties while parents were out of town. Cobbling the stories together, Michael Bacall and Matt Drake wrote a script and director Nima Nourizadeh sought out relative unknowns and total unknowns to populate the cast, giving it a fresh feel. Eight different camera systems were used including the main images purportedly shot by an Av studio Dax (Dax Flame) and cell phones given to various extras, who shot moments without others realizing it. »
- Robert Greenberger
Blu-ray, DVD Release: Project X
8 May 2012 8:14 AM, PDT | Disc Dish | See recent Disc Dish news »
Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: June 19, 2012
Price: DVD $28.98, Blu-ray $29.95
Studio: Warner Home Video
The party is on in Project X, the R-rated comedy movie that grossed a tidy $55 million.
Written by Michael Bacall (Scott Pilgrim vs. the World) and Matt Drake (TV’s Spin City) and the first feature film directed by Nima Nourizadeh, Project X could be called Teens Behaving Badly.
Featuring a relatively unknown cast, the movie tells the story of three high school seniors who throw a birthday party to make a name for themselves. But, as often happens with these kinds of things, word of the party spreads and the night spirals out of the control.
The cast includes Oliver Cooper and Jonathan Daniel Brown in their first movie, Thomas Mann (It’s Kind of a Funny Story) and Miles Teller (Footloose).
Critics gave the raspberry to the film, calling it unoriginal, unpleasant and vomit inducing. Ouch! »
- Sam
Videodrome: The Best Of Recent Music Videos, Including Chairlift, Lana Del Ray, Grimes, Spiritualized & More
23 March 2012 10:03 AM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
Once upon a time, when The Playlist was a fledgling blog, we had a semi-regular column called Videodrome, which looked at the world of music videos. While we focus mostly on movies, we've always maintained an interest in the places where they cross over with music, and the promo world has provided us with directors from Spike Jonze and David Fincher to Michael Bay and Francis Lawrence, as well as occasionally featured big name stars.
Between one thing and another, we let the column lapse a little, but music videos have by no means become less important: the month began with one promo veteran, Nima Nourizadeh, making his directorial debut with "Project X," while the last few weeks have seen Jake Gyllenhaal get murderous in a clip for The Shoes; Lance Bangs roll with Odd Future in the fun "Oldie" and Brett Ratner become attached to a project about the history of MTV. »
- Oliver Lyttelton
'Project X'-Inspired Party Leads to Teen Killing
15 March 2012 2:09 PM, PDT | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
A Houston rave that was meant to mimic a massive party thrown in the film Project X spiraled out of control and left a teen dead Wednesday morning. The victim died at Ben Taub General Hospital after suffering multiple gunshot wounds, Houston police told ABCNews.com Story: 'Project X': Inside the Wild World Premiere The party is one of a string of copycat parties that have been held to emulate the ultimate party in the film, which was directed by Nima Nourizadeh and written by Michael Bacall and Matt Drake. Word of the spring break bubbles-and-foam party spread quickly
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- Shannon Ma
'Project X' sequel already in the works
7 March 2012 9:21 PM, PST | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »
Director Nima Nourizadeh's $12 million found-footage comedy "Project X" grossed a surprisingly robust $21 million last weekend, making a sequel seem all but certain - and, indeed, news of a follow-up is already making the rounds. Co-writer Michael Bacall (who also penned the forthcoming "21 Jump Street" movie) is currently working on a treatment for a possible second film, which he reportedly started working on weeks prior to "Project X"'s release. Producers Todd Phillips ("The Hangover") and Joel Silver (under the umbrella of their Green Hat and Silver Pictures banners, respectively) will ultimately have final say on whether the project moves »
- HitFix Staff
Project X review (3 and a Half stars). A chaotic climax featuring police, a flamethrower and total destruction makes 'Project X' memorable
7 March 2012 4:34 AM, PST | Upcoming-Movies.com | See recent Upcoming-Movies.com news »
Colorful chaos and total destruction are the highlights of the party- out-of-bounds comedy 'Project X.' The thank-you to everyone who contributed footage at the start of the teen, party-out-of-bounds comedy Project X is real. First-time feature filmmaker Nima Nourizadeh and cameraman Ken Seng put their cast and 200-plus extras to work shooting footage via Flip cameras, iPhones, Blackberries and small digital cameras in addition to the main HD cameras used to film Project X. The result is Pov storytelling and a documentary spirit that keeps the teens-bahaving-badly story moving briskly from the start of the birthday party thrown by just-turned-17 Thomas (Thomas Mann) and his best buds Costa (Oliver Cooper) and Jb (Jonathan Daniel Brown) and Kirby (Kirby Bliss Blanton). The perfect storm of Thomas' birthday coinciding with his parents (Peter Mackenzie and Caitlin Dulany) going out of town allows the Pasadena high school student and his pals the »
Project X review (3 and a Half stars). A chaotic climax featuring police, a flamethrower and total destruction makes 'Project X' memorable
7 March 2012 4:34 AM, PST | Upcoming-Movies.com | See recent Upcoming-Movies.com news »
Colorful chaos and total destruction are the highlights of the party- out-of-bounds comedy 'Project X.' The thank-you to everyone who contributed footage at the start of the teen, party-out-of-bounds comedy Project X is real. First-time feature filmmaker Nima Nourizadeh and cameraman Ken Seng put their cast and 200-plus extras to work shooting footage via Flip cameras, iPhones, Blackberries and small digital cameras in addition to the main HD cameras used to film Project X. The result is Pov storytelling and a documentary spirit that keeps the teens-bahaving-badly story moving briskly from the start of the birthday party thrown by just-turned-17 Thomas (Thomas Mann) and his best buds Costa (Oliver Cooper) and Jb (Jonathan Daniel Brown) and Kirby (Kirby Bliss Blanton). The perfect storm of Thomas' birthday coinciding with his parents (Peter Mackenzie and Caitlin Dulany) going out of town allows the Pasadena high school student and his pals the »
Project X review (3 and a Half stars). A chaotic climax featuring police, a flamethrower and total destruction makes 'Project X' memorable
7 March 2012 4:34 AM, PST | Upcoming-Movies.com | See recent Upcoming-Movies.com news »
Colorful chaos and total destruction are the highlights of the party- out-of-bounds comedy 'Project X.' The thank-you to everyone who contributed footage at the start of the teen, party-out-of-bounds comedy Project X is real. First-time feature filmmaker Nima Nourizadeh and cameraman Ken Seng put their cast and 200-plus extras to work shooting footage via Flip cameras, iPhones, Blackberries and small digital cameras in addition to the main HD cameras used to film Project X. The result is Pov storytelling and a documentary spirit that keeps the teens-bahaving-badly story moving briskly from the start of the birthday party thrown by just-turned-17 Thomas (Thomas Mann) and his best buds Costa (Oliver Cooper) and Jb (Jonathan Daniel Brown) and Kirby (Kirby Bliss Blanton). The perfect storm of Thomas' birthday coinciding with his parents (Peter Mackenzie and Caitlin Dulany) going out of town allows the Pasadena high school student and his pals the »
Project X Sequel Happening at Warner Bros.
6 March 2012 4:17 PM, PST | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
The low-budget high school comedy Project X performed above expectations at the box office last weekend, taking second place with an impressive $21 million. Warner Bros. is wasting no time by moving forward with a sequel, hiring scribe Michael Bacall to write a treatment for the follow-up.
Project X centers on three social outcasts (Thomas Mann, Oliver Cooper, Jonathan Daniel Brown), who decide to throw a party to get in the good graces with the popular crowd at their high school, when things go wildly out of control. It isn't known if Warner Bros. has deals in place with the actors to return for a sequel. Oliver Cooper and Jonathan Daniel Brown made their feature debuts in Project X, and Thomas Mann had only appeared in It's Kind of a Funny Story before Project X.
It is said that the sequel hinges on how much producers Todd Phillips and Joel Silver »
- MovieWeb
Competition: Win 'Project X' merchandise
6 March 2012 1:14 PM, PST | Shadowlocked | See recent Shadowlocked news »
In 2011 Warner Bros. invited audiences to exclusive screenings of the new creation from director Nima Nourizadeh. “An epic, dirty, hilarious movie. I wish I was there!” “Funny as hell!” and “Superbad on crack!” were just some of the reactions. The exclusive screening was for the new Warner Bros. film Project X – the party movie to end all party movies - and today we want to offer you the chance to watch the film at the special screening and party hard at the exclusive after-party in London.
Project X follows three seemingly anonymous high school seniors as they attempt to finally make a name for themselves. Their idea is innocent enough: let’s throw a party that no one will forget… but nothing could prepare them for this party. Word spreads quickly as dreams are ruined, records are blemished and legends are born. Project X is a warning to parents and police everywhere. »
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