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summer movies 2011
How to Make a Sequel, From Hollywood Insiders Who’ve Been ThereWe spoke to Chris McQuarrie, Richard Donner, Brett Ratner, and more.
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Pirates of the Caribbean Underperforms in the U.S., But Conquers the WorldAnd, when you add in international gross, it did better than all rrrright.
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summer movies 2011
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Your Box Office Explained: Always a BridesmaidsAnd that’s a good thing. A $24 million good thing.
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Twilight Producers Mount New Trilogy’The Wackness’ director Jonathan Levine will adapt Marie Lu’s as-yet-unreleased fantasy series ‘Legend.’
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Scott Rudin Options Terrorism Story With Jesse Eisenberg in MindAnd not to be self-serving, but it’s based on a ‘New York’ Magazine feature.
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your box office explained
Who Thor’s Hammer Connected WithWell, it wasn’t as mighty as ‘Fast Five’ was last week, but $66 million isn’t bad.
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the star market
The Star Market: Could Movie Hopeful John Krasinski Be the Next George Clooney?“He’s the ideal combo: the guy you want to hang out with and sleep with,” says one insider.
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Keanu Reeves Is Latest to Consider Warner Bros.’ Pricey AkiraMeanwhile, Warner Bros. searches for someone to share the cost of this pricey blockbuster.
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The Hollywood Question: What Kind of Bin Laden Projects Will and Won’t Work?Side effect of the mission: Navy SEALs are hot, and an already-in-the-works project starring real SEALs could reap the benefits.
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Your Box Office Explained: Expect a Fast Six$84 million and the biggest opening in the history of Universal.
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Robert Zemeckis Heading Back to the Future With ReplayThe director takes on another time traveling tale, this one with a Spielberg cameo.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger Picks His Next Film: Cry MachoHe was attached to the project a decade ago, but then politics interfered.
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Brett Ratner In Talks to Direct Hercules for MGMBased on Radical Comics’ ‘Hercules: The Thracian Wars.’
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the star market
The Star Market: Has Reese Witherspoon Stopped Taking Chances?“‘Election’ was really tip of the iceberg of what she can do,” said one top agent. “I’ve yet to see her do anything that taxes her since then.”
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Could Aussie Joel Edgerton Be the New Star of the Bourne Franchise? [Update]Writer-director Tony Gilroy wants him, but the studio might need him for ‘Snow White and the Huntsman.’
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City of God’s Fernando Meirelles Is Developing an Aristotle Onassis BiopicWe hear it will be a ‘Godfather’-like take focusing on his rivalry with RFK.
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the star market
The Star Market: Can The Conspirator Energize James McAvoy’s Career?He’s definitely lost some momentum since the ‘The Last King of Scotland’ and ‘Wanted,’ but “people think he’s fantastic.”
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the industry
A Timeline of the Endless Development of the Three Stooges Movie, 1976–?Not just all the false-promise casting announcements, but also the project’s alleged ties to Heidi Fleiss.
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Your Box Office Explained: Hop Skips Over Source CodeThe animated movie is the biggest of the year so far.
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the star market
The Star Market: Can Russell Brand Conquer America?“Then, he was a comedian just out of rehab in the U.K.; now he’s at the head of a studio film.”
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Rock of Ages Casts Its Leading ManDiego Gonzalez Boneta, whom you may know from ‘Pretty Little Liars’ or his boy band.
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Bill Murray Will Play FDRAnd in a love story, no less.
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the star market
The Star Market: Can Lea Michele Hit All the High Notes With Her Hollywood Career?“This business is full of divas with far worse reputations who aren’t anywhere near as talented as Lea,” says one top network exec.
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John Travolta and Nicolas Cage May Face-Off AgainIn John McTiernan’s ‘Shrapnel,’ and another indie thriller.
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Brad Pitt’s World War Z Could Be (Un)Dead If Paramount Can’t Find a Partner$125 million-plus is a lot of money for one studio these days, no matter how many zombies it buys you.
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the star market
Star Market: Can Amanda Seyfried Live Out a Hollywood Fairy Tale?“The expectations are a bit lower for her: Female-driven movies just do not do as well as male-driven movies.”
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J.J. Abrams’s Agent Leaving William Morris; Could Lead to Big Bad Robot ThingsWME’s John Fogelman is the guy who made the huge Hasbro deals, and he could do the same for Abrams’s company
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Charlie Sheen’s Signature Drink Is Actually a Sno-ConeTiger’s Blood has always been a popular shave-ice flavor.
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your box office explained
Your Box Office Explained: Rango Conquers AllAnd the ‘Adjustment Bureau’ didn’t do too shabby, either.
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the star market
The Star Market: What Kind of Adjustments Would Make Emily Blunt a Bigger Name?“You hire Emily Blunt because she’s very talented, not because she’s just some pretty face,” says one publicist.
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Elle and Dakota Fanning in Talks to Co-star in a Biopic on the ShaggsOne of rock’s quirkiest no-hit wonders gets the big-screen treatment.
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your box office explained
Your Box Office Explained: Nic Cage and the Farrellys Fall to Old GnomesThe who and the why behind the weak openings of ‘Hall Pass’ and ‘Drive Angry.’
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The Oscars’s (Foiled) Plan to Have Will Arnett Streak on SundayPixellating a penis during a live broadcast is a risky endeavor.
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The Star Market: Can Nicolas Cage Win Back Hollywood’s Respect, or Has He Sold Out Once Too Often?Once an Oscar winner, he now seems more dedicated to paying off debts with quickies like ‘Drive Angry 3D.’
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