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Foreign Box Office Booming

9 July 2009 1:17 PM, PDT | From Studio Briefing - Film News | See recent Studio Briefing - Film News news

While the summer box office is up just 5 percent domestically over last year -- with much of that increase attributable to higher ticket prices at 3D and IMAX screens -- the international box office remains on a tear, Daily Variety indicated today (Thursday). The trade publication noted that Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs dawned with an opening weekend gross of $151.7 million and is closing in on $200 million in its first week. By the end of last weekend, Paramount/DreamWorks's Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen had earned $302 million overseas. But even some films that were considered disappointments during their domestic runs often performed well at the foreign box office, Variety observed, including the Tom Cruise starrer Valkyrie, which grossed $90 million overseas, and the epic Australia, which earned $158.3 million abroad.

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First 8 titles announced for Toronto After Dark

8 July 2009 12:35 PM, PDT | From QuietEarth.us | See recent QuietEarth news

And the fine folks at the Toronto After Dark film festival have announced the first 8 films..

Trick 'R Treat? Check.

Paul Solet's "we make people faint" Grace? Check.

The visually stunning treat Franklyn (review)? Check.

Joko Anwar's incredible The Forbidden Door (review), one of my favorite films of the year? Check.

Check out all the films and the deets after the break!

Trick ‘R’ Treat

Michael Dougherty, USA, Toronto Premiere

“An Instant Cult Classic” – Bloody-Disgusting

Four creepy crowd-pleasing stories intersect in this hugely anticipated feature, set on the night of Halloween. From Producer Bryan Singer (X-men, The Usual Suspects, Valkyrie) and starring True Blood’s Anna Paquin and Brian Cox (Manhunter, Bourne Supremacy).

Winner, Audience Award – Los Angeles ScreamFest

Grace

Paul Solet, Canada, Toronto Premiere

“The movie you need to see to restore your faith in the horror genre” – Dread Central

From Producer Adam Green (Hatchet) comes this

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First Films Announced for Toronto After Dark Festival

8 July 2009 12:31 PM, PDT | From DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news

I really hate the fact that I need a passport to get into Canada these days (stupid security precautions – I don’t want to be safe, I want to watch horror movies!) because the Toronto After Dark Festival has an incredibly badass lineup of flicks announced thus far!

Trick 'R Treat (review here)

Michael Dougherty, USA, Toronto Premiere

*“An instant cult classic” – Bloody-Disgusting*

Four creepy crowd-pleasing stories intersect in this hugely anticipated feature set on the night of Halloween from producer Bryan Singer (X-men, The Usual Suspects, Valkyrie) and starring True Blood’s Anna Paquin and Brian Cox (Manhunter, Bourne Supremacy).

/Winner, Audience Award – Los Angeles ScreamFest/

Grace (review here)

Paul Solet, Canada, Toronto Premiere

*“The movie you need to see to restore your faith in the horror genre” – Dread Central*

From producer Adam Green (Hatchet) comes this creepy and shocking tale of one very desperate woman as she tries

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Masked Slasher

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Dead of Night Wraps Principal Photography

8 July 2009 5:40 AM, PDT | From MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news

Ashok Amritraj's Hyde Park Entertainment Group and Platinum Studios Inc. have announced that principal photography has wrapped in New Orleans, Louisiana, on their gothic thriller, Dead of Night. The film, which is also a presentation of the Omnilab Media Group, is based on the world's best-selling horror comic series, "Dylan Dog," created by Tiziano Sclavi and published by Italy's Sergio Bonelli Editore. The comic book series has sold over 56 million units in 17 languages since its debut in 1986.

Brandon Routh (Superman Returns) stars as reluctant paranormal investigator Dylan Dog, who finds himself in a "turf war" between and among the undead, and Sam Huntington who co-stars as Marcus, Dylan's wise-cracking trusted assistant. Also co-starring are Taye Diggs (TV's Private Practice) as Vargas, head of the Vampire family, Anita Briem (Journey to the Center of the Earth) as Elizabeth, another potential in the long line of Dylan conquests and Peter Stormare (Constantine), as Wolfgang,

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Cruise halts photoshoot for football score

7 July 2009 3:48 AM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news

Tom Cruise has continued to cause a stir in Australia, this time by interrupting an exclusive photoshoot with wife Katie Holmes. According to the Herald Sun, the Valkyrie star briefly halted the shoot to ask attendees the score of a recent Aussie rules football game. Cruise allegedly said that he was "blown away" by the athleticism of the Afl game. The actor attended a (more)

By Rebecca Davies

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Rachael Weisz Not Famous Enough For Papaazzi

6 July 2009 10:25 PM, PDT | From icelebz.com | See recent iCelebz news

Hollywood, CA (NewsBahn) - Oscar winning Rachel Weisz claims she isn't famous enough to be followed by paparazzi in Hollywood, and only gets snapped by people looking for the 'Valkyrie' star, Tom Cruise, who lives close to her

She explained to Britain's Harper's Bazaar magazine: "Sometimes the paparazzi, on the lookout for Tom Cruise who lives nearby, trickle onto my street, take a few pictures of me, and disappear. But I never feel hounded. I am really not on that level of fame. I go on the subway and I can walk my son Henry to school.

"I have never had a problem, except maybe briefly when I won the Oscar and gave birth to Henry in quick succession. Then suddenly everyone was interested. Having those lenses coming up towards you when you're holding this little bundle in your arms is frightening."

The British actress - who has a three-year-old son,

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Rachel 'Cruise' Weisz

6 July 2009 10:00 PM, PDT | From Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news

Rachel Weisz gets mistaken for Tom Cruise. The Oscar-winning actress claims she isn't famous enough to be followed by paparazzi in Hollywood, and only gets snapped by people looking for the 'Valkyrie' star, who lives close to her. She explained to Britain's Harper's Bazaar magazine: "Sometimes the paparazzi, on the lookout for Tom Cruise who lives nearby, trickle onto my street, take a few pictures of me, and disappear. But I never feel hounded. I am really not on that level of fame. I go on the subway and I can walk my son Henry to school. "I have never had a problem, except maybe briefly when I won the Oscar and gave birth to Henry in quick succession. Then

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Public Enemies Of Hollywood: Celebs In Need Of An Image Makeover

1 July 2009 2:30 PM, PDT | From MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news

Even us film geeks at MTV Movies Blog must admit that there are times when we experience cognitive dissonance between our favorite actors and the characters they portray. Sometimes, an actor capable of delivering a beautiful performance can come off as something very different when thrust in the public eye. In other words, even the most talented performers can suffer from some severe image problems.

Need some examples? Here are five Hollywood personalities whose work we adore, but who could use a bit of a makeover when it comes to their public persona. Remember guys, we’re saying this because we love you. Here’s some unsolicited advice for a few of our favorite bad boys (and girls). Just a note that those awesome pictures after the jump are the work of MTV’s talented associate producer/photoshop ninja/silent assassin Sohyung Kang. If you’d like to see them in their full-size glory,

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Josh Wigler

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Harry Potter News: Half-Blood Prince Clip, Deathly Hallows Casting

1 July 2009 12:44 PM, PDT | From ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news

[Update: We have a second extended clip from Half-Blood Prince!]

For you Harry Potter fans out there: today we have a new extended clip from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, some (sorta) good news about the film’s premiere in IMAX theaters, plus a rumor that a certain famous British actor may have finally gotten the casting call he’s been pining for.

 

First let’s start with the good stuff. Check out this new extended clip from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, released (for free!) exclusively on iTunes (so you’ll need iTunes to view it!):

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince iTunes Clip

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Update: Here is the second clip from Half-Blood Prince:

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If you couldn’t tell from the scene of Dumbledore cutting himself, Half-Blood Prince is going to be the darkest, most adult-oriented chapter of the Harry Potter franchise yet. It’s good news for me, as my appreciation for this series has grown

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Kofi Outlaw

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Alex Kurtzman And Roberto Orci Nab A ‘License To Steal’

29 June 2009 1:00 PM, PDT | From MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news

The rascally writing/producing duo Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci are at it again. Those dudes must be vampires or something; they certainly don’t sleep, not with the rate at which they drop joy bombs in TV and film. Before diving in with their new hotness, let’s rattle off a list: “ransformers: Revenge of the Fallen“; “The Proposal“; “Star Trek“; “Mission: Impossible III”; “The Island”; TV’s “Fringe” and “Alias.”

Yeah, they’re busy. That’s not even counting the dozen or so projects they have currently in various stages of development/production. And they’ve just added one more to the mix: “License to Steal,” an action-comedy loosely based on a Salon.com article. Kurtzman and Orci will produce for Paramount.

Variety reports that “Armageddon” and “Aliens Vs. Predator: Requiem” writer Shane Salerno will deliver the script. The story will be loosely adapted from a pair of Marc Weingarten articles on Salon.

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Adam Rosenberg

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Cameron Diaz "Very Excited" To Work With "Vanilla Sky" Co-Star Tom Cruise Again

25 June 2009 11:08 PM, PDT | From icelebz.com | See recent iCelebz news

Cameron Diaz is "very excited" about teaming up with Tom Cruise again. The "Vanilla Sky" co-stars have approved the script for "Wichita" - which follows an undercover agent who meets a woman with a terrible dating history - and the actress is delighted to be working with the "Valkyrie" star.

She told Us Weekly magazine: "Well, if I didn't like it, I wouldn't be doing it. I'm very, very excited about doing it. It's an action film, so I'm really excited to work him."

The 36-year-old star is so close to Tom he was even in the crowd with wife Katie Holmes to see her given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame earlier this week.

She added: "I was really happy to see them. They were wonderful. It was fantastic. It was so lovely of them to come out and show support. My whole family was there and my friends were there.

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Fox to decide between two options for next X-Men movie

21 June 2009 2:10 PM, PDT | From The Geek Files | See recent The Geek Files news

The X-men franchise continues to move ahead, with several spin-offs planned following X-Men Origins: Wolverine which, despite poor reviews, has managed to pull in $357million worldwide so far.

A second Wolverine movie and a Deadpool spin-off have been confirmed as being in development while talks are also under way on a Gambit spin-off.

Also in the pipeline are X-Men: First Class, about the early years of Xavier's school and set to feature young versions of Cyclops, Storm, Beast, Jean Grey and others; and X-Men Origins: Magneto, showing the events that shaped the mutant archvillain played in the X-Men movies by Ian McKellen.

But which will be next?

David Goyer, who wrote the Magneto screenplay and was at one point attached to direct it, explained what was going on behind closed doors at 20th Century Fox.

He told Superhero Hype there had been "some preliminary discussions" about Magneto, although he did

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David Bentley

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Astro Boy Movie Poster

19 June 2009 12:00 AM, PDT | From toxicshock.tv | See recent toxicshock news

Summit Entertainment recently released this new foreign movie poster from the upcoming animated film “Astro Boy” by director David Bowers (Flushed Away) and starring Kristen Bell (Serious Moonlight), Nicolas Cage (Season of the Witch, Kick-Ass), Bill Nighy (Valkyrie) and Freddie Highmore (The Spiderwick Chronicles). Synopsis: Set in futuristic Metro City, Astro Boy is about a young robot with incredible powers created by a brilliant scientist in the image of the son he has lost. Unable to fulfill the grieving man’s expectations, our hero embarks on a journey in search of acceptance, experiencing betrayal and a netherworld of robot gladiators, before he returns to save Metro City and reconcile with the father [...]

Brian Corder

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Marvel got “three-hour one-man show” from Thor director Kenneth Branagh

17 June 2009 5:31 PM, PDT | From Filmonic.com | See recent Filmonic news

Being both an actor and a director has it’s advantages, especially when you are presenting an idea to someone in order for them to give you lots and lots of money to make your dream movie. A recent case study for this is when Kenneth Branagh (Valkyrie, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets) pitched [...]

Liam

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Fired Friedman Blames Rupert Murdoch, Scientology

15 June 2009 6:03 PM, PDT | From newsinfilm.com | See recent newsinfilm news

Hollywood henpecker Roger Friedman has filed an “unlawful termination” lawsuit against his former employer, News Corp, for an April firing amidst the company’s pending piracy investigation.  The gossiper wrote a review of X-Men Origins: Wolverine after seeing the unfinished workprint copy leaked on the Internet.  After bragging about the early look and access to additional illegal versions, Friedman was “terminated” just days later.

He has since been hired by the Hollywood Reporter, who picked up the column when he took his celebrity smear blog freelance, but that didn’t stop Friedman from holding a grudge towards News Corp.  The lawsuit filed by his lawyer, Martin Garbus, this week claims the Wolverine angle was a “cover story,” and Roger Friedman wasn’t fired for blatantly stealing and then condoning piracy.

Instead Friedman is full of conspiracy theories about Scientologists plotting to have him removed.  According to the gossip, John Travolta

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Jeff Leins

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Valkyrie – DVD

14 June 2009 7:54 PM, PDT | From The Scorecard Review | See recent Scorecard Review news

DVD Review

Valkyrie

Directed by: Bryan Singer

Cast: Tom Cruise, Bill Nighy, Tom Wilkinson, Kenneth Branagh, Terence Stamp

Running Time: 2 hrs

Rating: PG-13

Due Out: May 27, 2009

Plot: Based on the true story, a proud German military man, Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg (Cruise), is loyal to his country before his allegiance to Adolf Hitler (David Bamper). He along with other German politicians and soldiers look to use Hilter’s own emergency plan–known as Operation Valkyrie–to assassinate Hitler and seize control of Berlin.

Who’s It For? First and foremost, it’s a war movie, with enough well-crafted suspense. There isn’t much violence, only one important woman’s role and it also should be in contention for end of the year awards.

Movie: I have said this too many times … World War II will never run out of stories. There are infinite WWII film possibilities and Valkyrie is one of best.

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Jeff Bayer

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'Mission Impossible 4' In the Works with Abrams Producing

10 June 2009 5:39 PM, PDT | From Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news

J.J. Abrams and Tom Cruise on the set of

Photo: Paramount Pictures Spoiler TV has happened upon a litte blurb in the latest issue of "TV Guide" with a quote from J.J. Abrams saying he is onboard to produce Mission Impossible 4 with Tom Cruise set to star as Ethan Hunt yet again. The site scanned the mention in the TV listings mag, which reads: The man behind "Lost," "Fringe" and the latest Star Trek smash is reteaming with Tom Cruise to resurrect superspy Ethan Hunt for a fourth installment of the popular franchise. "I am incredibly honored that Tom has invited me back as a producer on Mission Impossible 4," says J.J. Abrams, who directed 2006's Mi: 3, but hasn't yet committed to directing the fourth. "Tom and I have come up with a really cool idea we are pursuing." Send Ethan to the "Lost" island to find out what the hell's going on.

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Brad Brevet

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new DVD releases in Region 2, June 8

10 June 2009 3:17 PM, PDT | From www.flickfilosopher.com | See recent FlickFilosopher news

green light (definitely check it out): Valkyrie: Tom Cruise versus Nazis! They hated Scientologists, too. [Amazon U.K.] [now available at Amazon U.S.] Milk: Sean Penn versus homophobes! Take that, unfabulous bigots. [Amazon U.K.] [now available at Amazon U.S.] The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Brad Pitt versus Father Time! What do you get for the guy whose every birthday is prior to the before? [Amazon U.K.] [now available at Amazon U.S.] red light (not worth your time): My Bloody Valentine 3-D: Red is not a romantic color here. [Amazon U.K.] [now available at Amazon U.S.] Get the complete list of this week's new releases at Amazon U.K.

MaryAnn Johanson

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"Twilight" to be Honored as Film of Vision...Really?

10 June 2009 2:23 PM, PDT | From Manny the Movie Guy | See recent Manny the Movie Guy news

The vampire romance film "Twilight" is being considered as one of the best and brightest. The flick, starring Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, is one of the movies being honored at the 36th Annual Vision Awards to be held on June 27 at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel.

Here's the complete press release, and for the Vision Awards website, click here.

Los Angeles, CA, June 5, 2009 - Many of Hollywood.s best and brightest in film, television and music will descend upon the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, on Saturday, June 27 for the star-studded, 36th Annual Vision Awards .. The gala fundraising event, which has become an annual Hollywood tradition, honors entertainment and business luminaries as well as medical professionals who have exhibited exceptional gifts of sight, foresight and insight in the creative arts, related technologies and medical research.

Presented by Rp International, the nation.s leading non-profit fighting Retinitis Pigmentosa and other blinding eye diseases,

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DVD inspirations including The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

8 June 2009 1:56 AM, PDT | From Boxwish.com | See recent BoxWish news

Hello and good morning to you Boxwishers. Last week we welcomed Slumdog Millionaire into our DVD collection and this week we make some space for some more Oscar winners. So polish off your acceptance speech as we’ve got three-time winner The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (it took home Best Art Direction, Best Visual Effects and Best Make-up) and political drama Milk for which star Sean Penn took home his second Best Actor prize (it also won Best Original Screenplay). Not to mention Tom Cruise getting all historical in Valkyrie and gruesome horror with My Bloody Valentine 3D. Something for everyone.

If you see… Brad Pitt star as the titular Benjamin, a man who ages in reverse in the sweeping love story The Curious Case of Benjamin Button co-starring Cate Blanchett.

Why Not Read the short story of the same name by American great, F. Scott Fitzgerald upon which the movie is based.

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