Inglourious weekend – TFC Morning Report
Top Story: Inglourious Basterds ruled the domestic box office this weekend, bringing in an estimated $37.6 million dollars. That’s the biggest opening ever for a Quentin Tarantino film and the Weinsteins first No. 1 movie since 2006. (erc BoxOffice)
In Other News: Paramount has moved Martin Scorsese’s Shutter Island to Feb. 2010. The picture didn’t look like Oscar material, so it makes sense to move it to next years books where it can get the proper P&A budget. (Variety)
Dominic West, Samantha Morton and Polly Walker will join Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins and Willem Dafoe in Andrew Stanton’s adaptation of John Carter of Mars. (THR)
28 Weeks Later helmer Juan Carlos Fresnadillo is in talks to direct the motion picture adaptation of the video game Bioshock. (Variety)
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