weekend haul
May 29, 2012
Your Box Office Explained: MIB3 Proves Smith Is Still Kind of a Star Still, MIB3 ’s $70 million domestic opening is actually $2 million less than the first Men in Black film.
improvisations
May 23, 2012
Exclusive: Christopher Guest Looks to Do a TV Show The improv-happy director is looking to do a half-hour comedy with Chris O’Dowd.
three’s a crowd
May 23, 2012
Disney Kisses Its Snow White Movie Good-bye The Order of the Seven , the third “Snow White” film behind Mirror Mirror and Snow White and the Huntsman ,
casting couch
May 22, 2012
Exclusive: Dunces Finds Its Ignatius in Galifianakis Zach Galifianakis signs on for A Confederacy of Dunces.
Five Consequences of the Sinking of Battleship When a movie this expensive fails, there are bound to be ramifications well beyond the home port.
Your Box Office Explained: The Avengers Cruises by Battleship The Avengers bests three newcomers to make $55 million in its third weekend.
Who Might Be Future Guest Stars on Glee ? We take a guess by looking at creator Ryan Murphy and his agent’s client list.
Roach Campaign -ing for Cruise in El Presidente TheMeet the Parents director might follow up this summer’s The Campaign with another presidential comedy.
your box office explained
May 14, 2012
The Avengers Scores Biggest Second Weekend EverThe Avengers saw its opening weekend grosses sliced in half. Granted, the movie had a huge opening weekend.
Does Disney Have an Identity Crisis? The job has been vacant since Rich Ross lost his job last month. The next chief will have to figure out what “Disney” means in 2012.
the star market
May 4, 2012
vulture lists
May 1, 2012
Five Ideas to Lure Moviegoers Back to Theaters Movie-theater owners want you back in their seats. Here are several ways they’re hoping to make that happen.
your box office explained
Apr. 30, 2012
Think Like a Man Tops Five-Year , Pirates! Meanwhile, The Avengers opens early everywhere but here, to the tune of $180 million.
the star market
Apr. 27, 2012
The Star Market: Is Mark Ruffalo Ready to Hulk Out for Hollywood? “He may be ‘just casting,’ but he’s really good casting: He’s beloved by filmmakers,” says one top agent.
Radio Silence Eyes Frankenstein Found-Footage Film The directing quartet behind Sundance’s V/H/S is in talks to direct The Reawakening .
vulture’s summer movie preview
Apr. 23, 2012
Spider-Man and the Half-Life of the Movie Reboot Toys and tone play a big part in deciding when it’s the right time to press reset.
your box office explained
Apr. 23, 2012
Think Like a Man Brains The Hunger Games Screen Gems’ romantic comedy opened big — but you knew that was going to happen.
foreign affairs
Apr. 17, 2012
Will Iron Man 3 Shed Light on Hollywood’s China Problem? The third entry in the comic-book series will be a Chinese co-production. Will Downey Jr. say anything about Tibet?
your box office explained
Apr. 16, 2012
Hunger Games Routs Stooges , Cabin Neither a slapstick comedy nor a horror parody could unseat Katniss & Co., on top for a fourth straight week.
calendar fun
Apr. 12, 2012
Why Did Battleship Open a Month Early in Europe? Blame Soccer And rugby. And cricket. And the Olympics. Those Europeans, with their sports!
vulture recommends
Apr. 12, 2012
Today on Vulture Recommends: Horror-Comedy Scenes Vulture’s Claude Brodesser-Akner picks his five favorites.
Lore Comic Adaptation Picks Up Steam With The Rock OnboardA hot property from an Australian husband-and-wife graphic novel team.
Can Think Like a Man Win Over Black Men and White Audiences? How to make a film based on an advice book for black women appeal to men and white audiences.
Ridley Scott’s The Counselor Piques Interest of Fox, Angelina Jolie Cormac McCarthy, Michael Fassbender, and maybe Angelina Jolie? What a squad!
your box office explained
Apr. 2, 2012
Your Box Office Explained: Hunger Games Starves Mirror Mirror And Wrath of the Titans showed people are still feeling burned by Clash .
we need a hero
Mar. 30, 2012
Paramount Wants Kenneth Branagh to Direct Jack Ryan With an aging franchise and Chris Pine coming off This Means War , the studio is thrilled to get someone with a recent hit to his name.
dirty old men
Mar. 27, 2012
Who Would You Cast for Dirty Grandpa : Jeff Bridges or Michael Douglas? Both are being considered, but who has the better dirty-old-man skills?
your box office explained
Mar. 26, 2012
Your Box Office Explained: The Hunger Games Wins It All “The brilliant marketing made the movie feel like its appeal was beyond the YA audience that bought the books,” says a rival production exec.
the star market
Mar. 23, 2012
The Star Market: Are the Hollywood Odds in Jennifer Lawrence’s Favor? We ask agents whether she can be a star outside of the sure-to-be-blockbuster Hunger Games franchise.
the industry
Mar. 20, 2012
Scott Rudin Hires a Literary Mind to Lead His Literary Company [UPDATE] Though while Rudin gobbles up the rights to highbrow hits, his new deputy’s experience tilts more toward pulp.
How Leonardo DiCaprio Flirted With a Bear But Committed to a Wolf He’s signed on to make The Wolf of Wall Street with Martin Scorsese, but another project caught his eye before that.
Errol Morris Is Making a Documentary About Donald Rumsfeld The former Secretary of Defense has already sat down for a series of lengthy interviews.
The Rock-Star Inspirations for Johnny Depp’s Characters Revealed! It goes far beyond Keith Richards. Did you know that Willy Wonka is a young George Harrison?
teaser tragedy
Mar. 12, 2012
your box office explained
Mar. 12, 2012
Your Box Office Explained: The Lorax Goes Green Again Seuss film snags another $40 million while John Carter flounders.
the star market
Mar. 9, 2012
your box office explained
Mar. 5, 2012
your box office explained
Feb. 27, 2012
the industry
Feb. 23, 2012
Why Did Hollywood’s Youngest Mogul Cool on Two of the Town’s Hottest Screenwriters? Billionaire David Ellison rethought making Transformers/ Star Trek scribes Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci his own personal Bruckheimer.
casting couch
Feb. 21, 2012
Dennis Quaid, Michael Chiklis to Face Off in CBS Pilot It’s local lawman versus mobster in sixties Las Vegas.
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