Monday, December 12, 2011 10:29AM - By Laura Aguirre
The Twilight Saga finally got knocked down from its three-week perch at the top of the box office by none other than, New Year’s Eve. Although the star-studded movie took the top spot during its debut weekend, it is off to a dreadful start — $13.7 million. Jonah Hill‘s The Sitter followed New Year’s Eve with another low score of $10 million. Breaking Dawn Part 1 fell to No. 3, and brought in $7.9 million, bringing its worldwide total to an outstanding $633.5 million. The Muppets was No. 4 with $6.6 million; and Arthur Christmas fell to No. 5 with $6.6 million.
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Friday, April 1, 2011 2:38PM - By Damon Houx
One of the most interesting bits of news to come out of CinemaCon is the new retail strategy by Warner Brothers, Universal, 20th Century Fox and Sony to offer theatrical movies two months after release on DirectTV for $30 dollars a pop. Theater owners are protesting, but they’ve been protesting video windows since studios have been shortening the release window to save advertising dollar.
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Tuesday, November 17, 2009 5:25PM - By Ben McCarthy
The speculation over the long developing sequel to The Dark Knight, has calmed down over the past couple of months. Mostly due to the fact that Christopher Nolan has been working on his latest film Inception, which is currently in post production. But, a “reliable source” over at batman-on-film.net, says that Warner Bros. will soon make a big announcement regarding the future of the Caped Crusader.
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Wednesday, September 23, 2009 2:31PM - By Krystal Clark
The He-Man and the Masters of the Universe film adaptation has been actively looking for a studio home since it was dropped by Warner Bros a while back. According to Variety, Sony has saved the day and is in negotiations to produce the feature. Once the deal is finalized the studio will begin developing the film along with the Escape Artists production company.
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Tuesday, August 25, 2009 11:50AM - By Krystal Clark
I’m happy someone else has decided to state the obvious. Superman for lack of a better word needs to “man up.” James McTeigue, the director of the upcoming Ninja Assassin spoke to MTV about the need for a darker Man of Steel to hit theaters. McTeigue is one of the many rumored successors to the DC film franchise, and he discussed where he thinks the character should go next.
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Tuesday, August 11, 2009 6:00PM - By Anet Hovhanesian
The newest kids toy to be targeted as a feature film are the fun building blocks we call Legos. According to /Film, Warner Brothers is developing a film based on the childhood staple. Screenwriters Dan and Kevin Hageman are currently working on the script, but what will they write about?
More on Legos: The Movie after the jump…
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Friday, August 7, 2009 9:02AM - By Krystal Clark
How many Robin Hood films can viewing audiences take? We will soon find out, because Ridley Scott‘s not the only person who’s making a feature about the guy. According to the RiskyBizBlog, Warner Bros is developing a Robin Hood movie with the aid of Dark Knight producer Charles Roven, and 300 producer Gianni Nunnari.
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Monday, July 20, 2009 11:21AM - By Krystal Clark
The adaptation of Voltron into a live action feature film has come back to haunt us. After the huge commercial (not critical) success of Transformers Revenge of the Fallen I’m not surprised. According to THR, producers Charles Roven (The Dark Knight), Richard Suckle (The International) and Steve Alexander have bought the rights to the Japanese robot-lion property. A live action film version of Voltron has been development for years, but it looks like it has once again become a hot commodity.
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Monday, July 20, 2009 7:30AM - By Krystal Clark
DC and Marvel Comics have been having their books adapted to film for decades, but recently it seems as if they’ve really hit their stride. Even though Marvel has several formidable and popular properties, DC is currently holding the comic film crown due to the massive success of last year’s The Dark Knight. Ever since DC teamed up with Warner Bros back in 1969, they’ve put out one epic film after another. According to THR, these next few years will be no different with several hot DC properties set to hit the big screen between 2010 and 2012.
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