The box office goes WILD
While the third weekend in October isn’t historically a big box office weekend, this year three films opened at over $20 million, lead by Spike Jonze’s Where the Wild Things Are at $32.5 million. Warner Bros. $100 million gamble on Jonze’s adaptation of Maurice Sendak’s children’s classic appears to have paid off. (Merchandising alone should be a big boost for Warner and Sendak.) F. Gary Gray’s Law Abiding Citizens came in at a strong No. 2 with $21.3 million. Citizen was closely followed by the phenomenon that is Paranormal Activity, which opened wide to $20 million bringing its total take to $33.7 million. More results are available at...
Read MoreQuotables: Mad Men – Episode 310
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Read MoreRyan Reynolds to wear women’s clothing – TFC Morning Report
Top Story: Working Title films picked up a rom-com pitch from writer Allan Loeb that will star Ryan Reynolds… in drag. Well, it worked for Cary Grant. The “dude-in-drag romantic comedy” will follow a man who disguises himself as a woman to get close to his ex. (Variety) In Other News: Will Ferrell will star in director Dan Rush’s feature debut, a low-budget indie titled Everything Must Go. (Variety) Tom Wilkinson, Evan Rachel Wood, Kevin Kline, Justin Long and Alexis Bledel have joined Robert Redford’s Lincoln assassination drama, The Conspirator. James McAvoy and Robin Wright Penn had previously be cast in the leads. (Variety) Opening Today: Where the Wild Things Are Law Abiding Citizen The Stepfather Paranormal Activity (wide)...
Read MoreMe and Orson Welles poster featuring Zac Efron
Every once in a while, that Zac Efron Google Alert I have comes in handy. Case in point: One such alert pointed me to ScreenCrave.com, which posted the poster for one of the movies I’m most excited about this fall, Me and Orson Welles. I cannot wait for this one. First, it’s a Richard Linklater film, a director whose bad movies are still oh so good. Second, anything Orson Welles can get my attention. (He has his own Google Alert too.) And third, there’s Zac Efron, an actor in transition. This is one of those movies that could help Efron go from teen heartthrob to legit movie star. Anyone whose seen 17 Again knows he has the chops to make it. Could this be the project that finally silences the haters? Of course, the film gets bonus points for...
Read MoreRidley Scott up for Red Riding – TFC Morning Report
Top Story: Columbia has acquired the rights to the UK miniseries Red Riding (which will be released in the US by IFC this fall), and is negotiating with Ridley Scott to direct. Steven Zaillian is negotiating to write the script. (Variety) In Other News: Disney bought a comedy pitch from Hitch writer Kevin Bisch with Josh Duhamel attached to star. (Variety) Catherine Keener and Clive Owen are on board the dark drama Trust, which will be directed by David Schwimmer. (Variety)...
Read MoreDaybreakers poster
This poster makes it pretty clear: Daybreakers is more of a sci-fi picture than it is a vampire one. Lionsgate will drop this in the January graveyard, so take that for what you will. The premise certainly makes Daybreakers sound more promising than the release date. From Lionsgate: Ethan Hawke plays Edward Dalton, a researcher in the year 2019, in which an unknown plague has transformed the world’s population into vampires. As the human population nears extinction, vampires must capture and farm every remaining human, or find a blood substitute before time runs out. However, a covert group of vampires makes a remarkable discovery, one which has the power to save the human...
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