your box office explained
Feb. 21, 2012
reality check
Feb. 17, 2012
How Accurate Is Luck About Life at the Track? We spoke with Broadway producer, and regular bettor, Jerry Zaks.
the star market
Feb. 17, 2012
The Star Market : Does Tom Hardy Want to Be a Movie Star? “He’s an industry darling with major heat and goodwill, even though no one in 99 percent of this country knows who he is. Shia LaBeouf is Brad Pitt compared to him.”
your box office explained
Feb. 13, 2012
The Star Market: Is This the Year of Channing Tatum? “If I could, I would make him the Cameron Diaz of men,” says one agent.
the industry
Feb. 10, 2012
Russell Crowe in Talks to Join the Dracula Tale Harker It’s told from the point of view of the Count’s lawyer, who is now a Scotland Yard detective tracking Dracula.
the industry
Feb. 9, 2012
Four Reasons Why Opening This Means War on Valentine’s Day Was a Bad Idea Fox moved it back this week; let’s divvy up the blame for why February 14 was a bad time to release the Reese Witherspoon action-comedy.
komen controversy
Feb. 8, 2012
Exercise-Video Giant Anchor Bay May Now Split With Komen The women who love Billy Blanks and Bob Harper might no longer like a pink ribbon on their DVD cases.
early and often
Feb. 6, 2012
Clint Eastwood’s Manager: Chrysler Ad ‘Not a Political Thing’ “I think that Rove and everybody, if they’re sensible, would wonder why a longtime Republican and libertarian would do that.”
the industry
Feb. 6, 2012
What Hollywood Can Learn From the End of Universal’s Ill-Fated Hasbro Deal The pact was meant to signal the end of the movie star. Nothing got made, and now Candy Land is at Sony with Adam Sandler.
your box office explained
Feb. 6, 2012
the industry
Feb. 2, 2012
Brad Bird Considering Taking Over Robert Zemeckis’s Abandoned Sea Monster Movie Here There Be Monsters sounds kinda like Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter , but with chum.
Russell Crowe and Will Smith Save Akiva Goldsman’s Directing Debut, Winter’s Tale To get Winter’s Tale made, he called in favors from the stars of his previous work as a screenwriter.
your box office explained
Jan. 30, 2012
the celebrity economy
Jan. 29, 2012
How Much Does an A-list Actor Make … and Spend? We have the complete breakdown of all the cash spent in one year by one major star.
the celebrity economy
Jan. 29, 2012
How Much Does a Mega-Producer Make…and Spend? We’ve got one mover and shaker’s annual budget, and there are many many zeros.
Jan. 27, 2012
How Much Do Actors Make at Their Actual Jobs? The increasingly byzantine world of Hollywood contracts.
the star market
Jan. 27, 2012
movie posters
Jan. 27, 2012
Why Movie Posters Are Trying to Throw Off Your Balance Tilted images are everywhere, and a marketer explains why.
Explaining the Long-Term Success of the Underworld Franchise Four films in, this relatively small action series about a vampire still makes $100 million every time out.
your box office explained
Jan. 23, 2012
Updates on New Projects From Matt Damon and Ben Affleck Universal may pick up Damon’s new drama, while Ben Affleck hires a writer for The Stand .
your box office explained
Jan. 16, 2012
Golden Globes Suffer a Seating Shortage Thanks to All the Ensembles Meanwhile, the Oscars are playing hardball when it comes to booking presenters.
your box office explained
Jan. 9, 2012
clarifications
Jan. 6, 2012
Is Kanye West Actually Involved With The Jetsons Movie? “The last two years I had various forms of communication from the studio that he had this real love and interest in The Jetsons as an artist.”
Avatar ’s Second Unit Director Signing On for Huge Hurricane FilmSteve Quale, who also directed Final Destination 5 , is in negotiations for Category 6 .
MGM Wants Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson Director for Kids’ Book Adaptation They’re hoping Alex Timbers signs on to make Heck: Where the Bad Kids Go.
your box office explained
Jan. 3, 2012
Was We Bought a Zoo Brought Down by Its Overearnest Trailer? The title of the movie said “wacky,” but the trailer made it seem sappy.
your box office explained
Dec. 19, 2011
Your Box Office Explained: Mission : Not Impossible Sherlock Holmes wins the weekend, but an IMAX-only Mission outperforms it.
the star market
Dec. 16, 2011
The Star Market: Is Jeremy Renner a Leading Man? “He’s a rugged leading guy. Ask yourself: ‘How many rugged, leading guys are there?’”
the girl with the dragon tattoo
Dec. 13, 2011
Why Aren’t More Women Who Loved the Dragon Tattoo Book Planning to See the Movie? The novel was a best seller with women, but the marketing seems to be scaring them from David Fincher’s film.
The Star Market: Is Charlize Theron Mounting a Cruel Comeback? “There’s nothing she can’t do as an actress,” says one rep, “because she clearly has the dramatic chops, and she has the physicality to do these action movies; that’s about as wide a range as one can get.”
Michael Bay Will Direct Fourth Transformers Film He’s in final negotiations to return to the franchise.
your box office explained
Dec. 5, 2011
Greg Berlanti May Take Over for Robert Zemeckis on Replay Zemeckis was also eyeing a Denzel Washington movie and Warner Bros. didn’t want to wait for him.
oscar race 2012
Dec. 2, 2011
With No Clear Oscar Front-runners, Studios Think Blockbusters Have a Shot Against the Indies Harry Potter and Rise of the Planet of the Apes are getting bigger Best Picture pushes than they might have.
A Starship Troopers Remake Is in the Works The writers of X-Men: First Class and Thor are on the case.
The Long-Delayed Red Dawn Remake Could Have Been Scarily Topical It originally had China repossessing the U.S. because of its debt. Then economics got in the way.
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