7 items from 2011
10 November 2011 8:00 AM, PST | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
Briefly: In 2009 Universal and Atari partnered [1] to begin the process of developing a movie based on Asteroids, one of the very earliest classic arcade video games. (Or, more properly, Universal won an auction to the rights and Atari took the studio's money.) There is no story in the game at all -- players control a small ship that has to blast its way to safety (which never comes) through a field of giant asteroids. Appropriately for a big sci-fi film with little story, Roland Emmerich was loosely attached [2] to Asteroids for a while, but ultimately passed [3] and decided to make Singularity for Sony instead. But Universal is going forward with the movie, and has just hired Evan Spiliotopoulos (Pooh's Heffalump Movie, Battle for Terra, and perhaps most crucial, some work on Snow White and the Huntsman and Wanted 2) to write a new draft. All we've got with respect to »
- Russ Fischer
14 July 2011 11:00 AM, PDT | Box Office Mojo | See recent BoxOfficeMojo.com news »
Friday Update: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 decimated the midnight opening record last night, raking in $43.5 million at 3,800 locations. That alone would equal the 13th highest-grossing opening day ever. The previous midnight record holder was The Twilight Saga: Eclipse with $30 million at around 4,000 locations, followed by The Twilight Saga: New Moon with $26.3 million at 3,514 locations. The last Potter, Deathly Hallows Part 1, conjured a $24 million midnight start at 3,700 locations, while Half-Blood Prince logged $22.2 million at 3,003 locations and The Dark Knight nabbed $18.5 million at 3,040 locations. Deathly Hallows Part 2 more than quadrupled 2011's previous midnight best The Hangover Part II, which drew $10.4 million at 2,600 locations. Thursday Forecast: Finally, the drawn-out battle between Harry Potter and Lord Voldemort comes to an end with the launch of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2. The wizard wunderkind's last stand will play out on over 11,000 screens at 4,375 locations, marking not only the series' broadest »
- Brandon Gray
14 July 2011 7:52 AM, PDT | Upcoming-Movies.com | See recent Upcoming-Movies.com news »
Review of Winnie the Pooh. Beautiful hand-drawn animation and sweet storytelling bring back Pooh in wonderful fashion. New Pooh pays homage to A.A. Milne. Directors Stephen Anderson (Meet the Robinsons) and Don Hall (The Princess and the Frog) replace high-tech bells and whistles with hand- drawn, 2-D animation, sweet storytelling inspired by A.A. Milne's books and lovely songs by She & Him duo Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward for Winnie the Pooh, Disney's first hand-drawn animated film since 2009's The Princess and the Frog and the first Pooh feature to come out of the Walt Disney Animation Studios in 30 years (The Tigger Movie (2000), Piglet's Big Movie (2003) and Pooh's Heffalump Movie (2005) were made by Disney's home video division). The difference in artistic care shows from the first frame. Based on three A.A. Milne stories from the '20s, Winnie the Pooh, featuring the bear with the red shirt that barely covers his belly, »
14 July 2011 7:52 AM, PDT | Upcoming-Movies.com | See recent Upcoming-Movies.com news »
Review of Winnie the Pooh. Beautiful hand-drawn animation and sweet storytelling bring back Pooh in wonderful fashion. New Pooh pays homage to A.A. Milne. Directors Stephen Anderson (Meet the Robinsons) and Don Hall (The Princess and the Frog) replace high-tech bells and whistles with hand- drawn, 2-D animation, sweet storytelling inspired by A.A. Milne's books and lovely songs by She & Him duo Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward for Winnie the Pooh, Disney's first hand-drawn animated film since 2009's The Princess and the Frog and the first Pooh feature to come out of the Walt Disney Animation Studios in 30 years (The Tigger Movie (2000), Piglet's Big Movie (2003) and Pooh's Heffalump Movie (2005) were made by Disney's home video division). The difference in artistic care shows from the first frame. Based on three A.A. Milne stories from the '20s, Winnie the Pooh, featuring the bear with the red shirt that barely covers his belly, »
23 June 2011 6:23 PM, PDT | Box Office Mojo | See recent BoxOfficeMojo.com news »
Summer's true heavy hitters, Transformers: Dark of the Moon and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, arrive in July. They were the frontrunners from the outset, and, since no May or June release has yet to hit $250 million, they have retained that status. The five top-grossing months ever are the last five Julys, and July 2010 holds the record with $1.32 billion. With Harry Potter, Transformers, the big screen debut of Captain America and a handful of other broadly appealing movies, July 2011 has an excellent shot at breaking that record.July 1Though Transformers: Dark of the Moon hits theaters on June 29, it's classified as a July release based on its first weekend. The last Transformers movie earned $402.1 million two years ago, though it established a reputation as a lousy movie (even director Michael Bay has frequently acknowledged that it's lacking). In this way, at least, Dark of the Moon is facing an uphill battle. »
- Ray Subers <mail@boxofficemojo.com>
19 April 2011 5:49 PM, PDT | bloody-disgusting.com | See recent Bloody-Disgusting.com news »
After McG was announced as the director of Platinum Dunes' Ouija, I'd wager just about everyone on the face of the planet let out a collective groan - Universal replaced Brett Ratner on The Wolfman after a huge online outcry, maybe we can pull it off again? Word now comes that Evan Spiliotopoulos has been brought in to work on the script, which was written by Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz (Tron: Legacy, Lost). The curious thing about this is that aside from some trashy looking Dtv and Made-For-tv films, Spiliotopoulos is known for working on high-profile Dtv animated flicks, such as The Lion King 1 1/2, The Jungle Book 2, and Pooh's Heffalump Movie. In his defense, he worked on scripts for Wanted 2 and Agnes Quill, though it remains to be seen how good those ended up being. Regardless, we'll all see how it turns out next November. »
19 April 2011 | Comingsoon.net | See recent Comingsoon.net news »
Universal's Ouija , seems to have found a new writer in Evan Spiliotopolous, Variety reports. The original draft of the film was written by Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz ("Lost," Tron: Legacy ) and aims to turn the famous Hasbro board game into a feature film with the supernatural board opening the gateway to a family-friendly adventure. Spiliotopolous is best known for his work with direct-to-video projects from Walt Disney Pictures, including Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure and Pooh's Heffalump Movie . McG is still rumored to be directing the project and the release is still targeting a November 9th release. »
7 items from 2011
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