12 Hours of Oscar: It’s an honor to be nominated…
12 Hours of Oscar: 2010 Academy Awards trivia every hour until the show starts. Want a reason to root for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen during tonight’s Oscar telecast? No, seriously. Do you? Sound re-recording mixer Greg P. Russell has the dubious honor of being the night’s most nominated individual without a win. Russell has been nominated for Oscar 13 times, including his current Best Sound nomination for the Transformers sequel, but has yet to take home a trophy. Sound re-recording mixer Anna Behlmer, nominated for Star Trek, comes in second with 10 nominations and no wins. If you hear either Star Trek or Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen called out tonight when they open the envelope for Best Sound, know that someone had the award coming. For the record, Kevin O’Connell, who is not nominated tonight, holds the record...
Read MoreRecord Setting Summer Box Office Already – TFC Morning Report
Top Story: The Summer of 2009 may not have had a Dark Knight, but it still turned out to be the biggest summer ever at the domestic box office. Even before Labor Day weekend, $4.17 billion dollars were brought in, beating the previous record from 2007 of $4.16 billion. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen took in the most money of any film this summer with a domestic gross of $399 million. Now the question is: Will this be the first $10 billion year at the box office? All signs point to yes. (Variety) In Other News: Oscar’s 10 Best Picture nominees will be voted on in a different way this year. Scrapping the previous just pick your fave voting style, the Academy has opted for a preferential voting system. Voters will rank their choices 1 through 10, just as...
Read MorePatrick Dempsey joins ‘Valentine’s Day’ – TFC Morning Report
Top Story: The doctor is in. Grey’s Anatomy star Patrick Dempsey has joined the cast of Garry Marshall’s star-studded Valentine’s Day. The growing cast of this blockbuster rom-com in the making now includes Julia Roberts, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Alba, Jessica Biel, Jennifer Garner, Shirley MacLaine, Bradley Cooper, Ashton Kutcher, Topher Grace, Emma Roberts and Hector Elizondo. Dempsey will play an obstetrician who is dating Garner’s character. (THR) In Other News: Eric Dane, another Grey’s doc, is also circling Valentine’s Day. (Variety) MacGruber is the latest Saturday Night Live character to get a feature film. Will Forte reprise his role as the spy in the big screen adaptation with Ryan Phillippe and Val Kilmer in talks to join the cast. (Variety) Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen became the first 2009 release to hit $300 million at the domestic box office...
Read MoreView-Master: The Movie – TFC Morning Report
Top Story: The search for the next Transformers has ended! DreamWorks Pictures is in negotiations to acquire the movie rights to Mattel’s classic toy, View-Master. Transformers writers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci are on board to produce. I’m guessing the film will be presented in 3D. (THR) In Other News: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen edged out Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs $42.3 million to $41.6 million. The films were tied for the top spot when the weekend estimates rolled in on Sunday. (Variety) Virginia Madsen will star opposite Kevin Spacey in the indie comedy Father of Invention. Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector‘s Trent Cooper directs. (Variety) And in TV-that’s-better-than-most-movies news, Rita Wilson is developing a TV series based on Jeffrey Eugenides’ Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Middlesex for HBO. Cannot wait. (Variety)...
Read More‘Ice Age’ and ‘Transformers’ tie… for now – TFC Morning Report
Top Story: Usually undecided contests are reserved for our presidential elections, but Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs tied for first place at the weekend box office. Both films brought in an estimated $42.5 million over the 4th of July holiday, meaning we won’t know who really took first place until later today. (erc Box Office) In Other News: T.J. Hooker is headed for the big screen with Chuck Russell in talks to direct. (Variety) IFC Films will premiere the British political comedy The Loop on IFC on Demand this month when the film opens in theaters. (Variety) Robert Rodriguez has his Predators director. Nimrod Antal will take the helm of the Rodriguez produced reboot of the Predator franchise. (Variety)...
Read More‘Ice Age 3’ tops ‘Transformers 2’ – TFC Morning Report
Top Story: Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs is heating up the box office. The third film in the animated franchise beat the seemingly unbeatable Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen on Wednesday, taking in $14 million compared to the robot film’s $10 million. (Variety) In Other News: Sony has moved the release dates for two of its upcoming comedies. The Adam Sandler picture Grown Ups has moved from March of 2010 to June 25, 2010, while Seth Rogen-starrer The Green Hornet was shifted to July 9, 2010. (Variety) The video game Asteroids is getting a movie. (THR) And the movie Grease is getting a video game. (Variety)...
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