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Teen girls give zombie romance 'Warm Bodies' a healthy box office
While most Americans will camp out in front of their televisions with seven-layer dip watching the Super Bowl this afternoon, a relative handful of teen girls is likely to head to the multiplex instead. Young female moviegoers pushed "Warm Bodies"...
Tags: The Expendables (movie) , Ghouls and Zombies (supernatural entities), Movies, Al Pacino, Ethan Hawke
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Ticket sales to slow as Americans stay home for Super Bowl
Cold-blooded linebackers will knock down “Warm Bodies” at the box office this weekend, as the Super Bowl is expected to be a much bigger draw than the new zombie movie. Super Bowl weekend is traditionally one of the slowest of the year at the...
Tags: Ghouls and Zombies (supernatural entities), Movies, French Literature, Al Pacino, Nicholas Hoult
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'Project X' a popular pic among pirates: R-rated comedy didn't score at B.O. but was most pirated film of 2012
VarietyAudiences may not have flocked to theaters to see "Project X," but they're quick to download the movie online -- for free. The Joel Silver-produced R-rated comedy was the most pirated film in 2012, according to TorrentFreak, which tracks files downloaded...Tags: Project X (movie), Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Movies, File Sharing, Ice Age: Continental Drift (movie)
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Silver Pictures acquires spec from 'XXX' writer: Joel Silver to produce Rich Wilkes' 'Straight Edge'
VarietySilver Pictures has pre-emptively picked up the spec "Straight Edge" from "XXX" scribe Rich Wilkes. Joel Silver will produce along with Silver Pictures prexy Andrew Rona and exec VP of production Alex Heineman. Pic revolves around a heist gone wrong and...Tags: Liam Neeson, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Sean Penn
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'Matrix' producer to turn Venice post office into film center
L.A. NOWMovie producer Joel Silver's purchase of the former U.S. post office in Venice has created a bit of a cliffhanger for local residents: How often, if ever, will they be able to view the beloved "Story of Venice" mural that has graced the building's... -
In search of 'Jewish Jocks'
Mention the phrase "Jewish sports legends" and you'll probably conjure up familiar suspects: Sandy Koufax, Mark Spitz, maybe that joke from "Airplane." You're more likely to omit Sidney Franklin, a matador from Brooklyn (real last name: Frumpkin), or...
Tags: Marvin Miller, Buzz Bissinger, Yom Kippur, George Halas, Judaism
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'Project X' producers to make found-footage thriller: Silver Pictures stages micro-budget 'Home Invasion'
VarietyAfter succeeding with micro-budget comedy "Project X," Silver Pictures is looking to duplicate the formula with found footage-type thriller "Home Invasion." Joseph Dembner is writing the script about a dysfunctional family that falls victim to...Tags: Project X (movie), Liam Neeson, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., The Strangers (movie), Thriller (genre)
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Celebrity 2012: Don't trust anyone. Gag your friends. And take away everybody's cellphone!
Liz Smith"I NEVER said, 'I want to be alone.' I said, "I want to be let alone.' There is a difference." So remarked Greta Garbo. But Garbo did actually utter, "I want to be alone" in the movie "Grand Hotel." Twice. PEOPLE ARE trying to make a big thing out of...Tags: Placido Domingo, Rex Reed, John Travolta, Liz Smith, Barbra Streisand
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Nate Parker books 'Non-Stop': 'Arbitrage' thesp joins Liam Neeson airplane thriller
VarietyWith his feature career taking off as one of Variety's 10 Actors to Watch in 2012, "Arbitrage" star Nate Parker is boarding a flight to "Non-Stop," Jaume Collet-Serra's airplane thriller starring Liam Neeson that will mark Silver Pictures' first film...Tags: Richard Gere, Liam Neeson, Spike Lee, Ben Foster, Casey Affleck
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Cutting Edge reups with Exclusive Media: CEG's films at TIFF include 'End of Watch'
VarietyThe Cutting Edge Group -- which has investments in half a dozen films at this year's Toronto Intl. Film Festival -- is renewing its slate deal with Exclusive Media. Under the deal, announced Thursday, London-based Cutting Edge will invest in future...Tags: Music, Movies, Jake Gyllenhaal, Toronto International Film Festival
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Anti-Obama documentary does surprisingly well on slow weekend
With the Republican National Convention set to kick off this week, an anti-Obama documentary did surprisingly well at the box office on one of the slowest moviegoing weekends of the year. The No. 1 film was still "The Expendables 2," which claimed the...
Tags: Film Festivals, New York City, The Odd Life of Timothy Green (movie), Premium Rush (movie), Dax Shepard
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'Expendables 2' could be No. 1 again on slow box office weekend
With the end of summer rapidly approaching, it seems there aren't many people who want to spend their final no school or work days at the movie theater. The four new pictures hitting multiplexes this weekend aren't generating much interest among...
Tags: Film Festivals, New York City, Inception (movie), Liam Neeson, Premium Rush (movie)
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