Twilight’s sequel New Moon has set box office history by breaking all records for midnight runs, earning a monstrous $26.3 million as the movie played in 3,514 theaters at 12:01 a.m. Friday.
Thus, New Moon undoubtedly beat the $22.2 million collected by Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince this summer.
Check out Steve Anderson’s review!
Man, it’s just a big old day of mystery for you folks, isn’t it? Got to be just KILLING you! But don’t worry, you know your old buddy always takes care of you with the answers to his own questions in rapid fashion.
It’s Tim Allen, folks. Tim Allen is actually making a reappearance on the big screen this January. And even better, he’s directing. So for once, if something goes wrong with a movie, we know EXACTLY who to blame.
And surely it’s not the writer of the upcoming train wreck in the making, Crazy on the Outside, featuring the grunt machine himself as a former prison inmate released into the care of his family, who as it turns out, is insane.
Even worse, joining this fray are none other than otherwise decent character actors Sigourney Weaver and Ray Liotta. Now, Ray I understand. Poor guy needs a paycheck. But Sigourney, come on. Surely you can hold off the tax man until the Ghostbusters remake hits!
Well, they don’t call it the January Curse for nothing, kids–brace yourselves, because this is going to be a doozy.
Brad Pitt’s Plan B shingle is working on the development a film version of the upcoming video game Dark Void with Pitt possibly starring as the lead combatant. No writers have been hired as yet.
Void follows a cargo pilot named Will (Pitt’s presumed character) who, after crashing in the Bermuda Triangle, ends up in a parallel universe where a band of humans must fight an alien threat they had long been thought extinct. Will and the other humans are outmanned but have a number of weapons and powers to help them beat back the alien invasion.
In January, the game will be released for Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
Now, it is obvious that video games are not always successful at the box office like Max Payne. Dark Void, as a game, was purposely developed to appeal to wide-screen mindsets in which they see a world full of adventure in cinematic scope and magnitude.
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You know, I don’t have much particular affection for Kevin Smith or his work–I think his best years were behind him after Mallrats, and I have to wonder if I didn’t like Mallrats because I was roughly the protagonists’ age when it emerged, thus giving me a note of resonance with it. That and my best friend at the time was totally a Brodie whilst I was the T.S. of the outfit, except I NEVER managed to score a Brandi. I’m sorry to all my exes, but truly, NONE of you were a match for mid-nineties Claire Forlani. It just doesn’t happen.
But even I’m annoyed that Kevin Smith’s once again getting slammed by title censorship. First, no network would air advertising for Zack and Miri Make A Porno because it had the word “porno” in it, and as we all know, hearing the word “porno” on network television causes nuns and small children’s heads alike to burst into flame.
And now, what do I find, but his upcoming A Couple of Dicks has been changed…to A Couple of Cops.
…sigh…
Seriously, does no one understand basic irony? That “dick” is Depression-era slang for “detective”? Or are we all so concerned about “naughty language” that we’re going ban-happy? I don’t know, but whatever it is, I don’t much like it.
Sorry, Kevin.
Well, folks…bad news. Terrible news in point of fact.
Apparently, Herr Doktor Uwe Boll hasn’t had enough of destroying video game to movie translations yet, because he’s somehow gotten access to the Far Cry series.
A trailer has emerged, and man, is it a doozy. It has all the hallmarks of a Herr Doktor film–halfassed plot, weak dialogue, and lots of explosions. The trailer doesn’t look too bad, but I’ve seen enough decent trailers built out of horrendous movies. Naturally I’ll reserve judgment until the actual product emerges, but you’ll excuse my skepticism.
This IS, after all, Herr Doktor we’re talking about here. Seriously, does the guy have any GOOD movies to his credit? Sure, Postal was a riot but even that was still pretty weak. It’s hard to imagine a Boll movie going over well at all.
And of course, we have the trailer right here for you, so settle in and enjoy this newest wreckage in the making.
Some of you can’t stay up late and watch the late, late shows of television. That said, tonight Jimmy welcomes Twilight’s leading lady – Kristen Stewart. After last night’s appearance on Jay Leno – Taylor Lautner mentioned that Kristen has quite a throwing arm.
Tonight- Jimmy tests her skills in part three of the interview! Also, in two parts, we have the full interview with Kristen – including her discussing Martha Stewart’s Robert Pattinson dream, her big plans for Thanksgiving and plenty of exciting New Moon details.
Last night, mischief and mayhem ensued when midnight screenings of Fight Club were held in Los Angeles and New York! The theaters were boarded up and free coffee and donuts were served in the back like a support group, and everyone received a “hello my name is” sticker!
Remember, Screenhead is holding a giveaway for the Fight Club 10th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray disc now!
Yeah, I know, I’m pretty bummed out about it myself. At the rate this thing is going it’s going to DWARF the original Stoker. Dracula is going to get pushed out by…Team Edward.
A little part of me just died typing that.
But it’s no less true for my squeamishness. The number one pre-selling title of all time, at least as far as Fandango goes, is New Moon. In fact, at the rate it’s going, there’s a good chance that theater owners will be resorting to little-known techniques like interlocking the reels to reduce the length of show times, or even running continuous loop showtimes, in which there’s no, or at least a minimum of, time between shows to get the most possible in a day.
One way or another, this thing is going to be one of the biggest movies of the year. The Twifans have already bought their tickets and there will be virtually no competition on that weekend. The only alternative is Planet 51 and a handful of limited release titles. Thus, there’s pretty much no way that New Moon won’t take top spot this weekend.
Rachel McAdams is saying that she absolutely has NOT been cast in Spider Man 4 in the role of Black Cat.
This would be a pretty definitive response, all right…if it weren’t for one critical problem. The rumor is that she AUDITIONED. This is what she had to say:
“That’s a total rumor, I have to say,” going on to back up the story with a super-Canadian anecdote: “I was hanging out in Toronto the other day and someone came up to me and said, ‘I just heard you’re doing Spider-Man 4.‘ And I said, ‘Really? No one told me!’ It’s not true.”
There have been a lot of rumors swirling around the ether and the blogosphere alike about what’s going down with Spider Man 4. Everybody from Bruce Campbell to random toddlers has been mentioned. And now with Rachel McAdams possibly stepping in to play Black Cat (unless what she says is actually true), well, that’s just a little more fuel on the fire. You know we’ll be keeping an eye on this one!
Lions Gate and Massify are linking up to create a partnership aimed at finding the next great filmmakers.
We all know who Lions Gate is, but you may not be familiar with Massify, the world’s largest online film production network. The Lions Gate Incubator Project, LINC, gives Lions Gate access to Massify’s huge talent pool. They’re already getting a project ready for launch within the next few weeks, a “high-concept, male-driven comedy short” that will be developed into a feature length production later. Here’s the word from Lions Gate:
“There is a revolution of new ideas in filmed entertainment online,” said Curt Marvis, President of Digital for Lionsgate. “We intend to be at the forefront of accessing this enormous and largely untapped source of fresh talent and original new voices. Just as we are always looking for ways to monetize our content in a broadband environment, we are equally committed to using new media platforms as a source of new content. Massify’s large and talented community of filmmakers make them an ideal partner to bolster our online initiatives.”
Smart move for Lions Gate–they need to find the next Saw before someone else does, and the More of the Same plan you’re seeing at places like Universal just doesn’t seem to be holding up. After all, GI Joe STILL hasn’t made its shooting budget back yet despite having sold a hundred and fifty million dollars’ worth of tickets at last view, whilst the dirt-cheap Paranormal Activity took in a whopping hundred-plus on a shoestring.
