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The Star Market: Can Michelle Williams Follow Marilyn to the Mainstream?“She hasn’t really carried a movie, other than Blue Valentine; I mean, it was great, but four people saw it.”
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Hugo vs. Muppets vs. Arthur Christmas: Who Will Survive the Face-off?Kids aren’t showing that much enthusiasm for the Muppets, but their parents sure are, so tough luck, kids, you’re going.
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Long Before Tower Heist, Brett Ratner Had His Own Wall Street PastIn 1989, the man who later offered to screen his film for the Occupy Wall Streeters worked at a firm that was put out of business for a “pump and dump” scam.
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The Star Market: Is Mickey Rourke His Own Worst Enemy?“He is like the Phil Spector of actors,” says one top rep.
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How the Brett Ratner Oscar Resignation Went DownAnd what are the odds that Eddie Murphy will stick around?
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Why a Killer Deal to Turn the Hit Video Game Assassin’s Creed Into a Movie Has Shocked HollywoodSays one agent, “The level of control Sony gave up means, effectively, that ‘Assassin’s Creed’ will never — and I mean never — get made.”
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Fox Planning Back-to-Back Independence Day Sequels, With or Without a Pricey Will SmithHe was demanding $50 million, but the stagnant box office may need this last sure-thing movie star.
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GM Is in Talks to Help Bankroll a Guy Ritchie Cannonball Run RemakeGuy Ritchie is interested, and it could double as a two-hour showcase for GM’s new line.
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John Singleton May Direct the Tupac Shakur BiopicIt looked like the N.W.A. movie was going to go on without him.
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Paramount Demands a Budget Cut and a Big Star for Alexander Payne’s Black-and-White MovieTo win the right to block color from ‘Nebraska,’ he slices his $20 million budget nearly in half.
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Your Box Office Explained: Real Steel Is for Real$27.3 million, and ‘Ides of March’ comes in second.
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Innocent Bystanders“Genovese Syndrome,” amended.
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Netflix Wants to Make New Episodes of Reno 911!First ‘Arrested Development,’ and now this? Wow, they do feel bad for the whole price hike thing!
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Hulu Is Also Making a Play for the Arrested Development Mini-series’AD’ clips, episodes, and outtakes have been streamed 100 million times on the site.
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The Star Market: Anna Faris Is Poised for the A-List, But Will Hollywood Call Her Number?“She has an accessibility that Katie Heigl lacks,” says one talent agent. “She’s more sweet than sexy.”
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Lion King 3D, Moneyball, and Dolphin Tale Stage a Photo FinishAll made between 20 and 22 million. ‘Abduction’ was not even close.
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Hollywood Banked on Taylor Lautner Being a Star, But What If Abduction Fails?He was commanding $10 million for a movie, based solely on studios hoping he would be a star.
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One in Three Films Next Year Will Be Based on Unoriginal MaterialRemakes, reboots, rereleases, sequels, and prequels will be a third of what’s on offer.
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Tired of Paying for Superhero and Toy Rights, Hollywood Raids the Public DomainDon’t cost nothin’ to make a movie about Pinocchio, the Count of Monte Cristo, or Santa Claus!
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Throwback Weekend As The Lion King 3D Stomps the New Stuff’Drive,’ ‘Straw Dogs,’ and ‘I Don’t Know How She Does It’ don’t fare well.
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The Insanity AttackGOP go-to line has unlikely author.
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J.J. Abrams’s New Megacompany Could Allow Him to Overturn Hollywood’s RulesHis existing studio deals say he owns any content he makes under ten minutes: Hello, mobisodes!
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Does Dolphin Tale Imply That Hollywood Has Taken the Hint About Pricey 3-D?The sales pitch “also available in 2-D!” seems like a subliminal apology for past rip-offs.
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Hurricane Irene Swamps Everything But The HelpAnd the new releases keep eating into each other’s box office.
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Eleven Lessons Hollywood Should Learn From Summer Movie SeasonWhy ‘Bad Teacher’ was a hit but ‘The Change-Up’ wasn’t, why Marvel’s superhero scored but DC’s didn’t, and more.
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Qaddafi’s Endgame: Was His Hyped Chess Game Faked?“He doesn’t look like he’s using his chess skills effectively.”
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Universal Drops Its Ouija MovieThree weeks after canceling its Clue movie, the studio fells another Hasbro project.
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