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Bob Iger Drops “Star Wars: Episode VII” News
Walt Disney big-boss Bob Iger shared some tidbits about their biggest franchise with eager outlets today. In his update about the slate of upcoming films for the next couple of years he dropped that the J.J. Abram's sequel will take place 30 years after the ev...
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Weekend Box Office: “Empire” Rises
With the start of March and the advent of warm weather, theaters have moved out of the Oscar pushes and the January/February dump months and on to bigger and better things - the spring movie season is officially underway. It started off this week with a long-a...
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Screen Gems To Distribute Film Adaptation of ‘The Last Of Us’
Screen Gems has been signed on to distribute the film adaptation of The Last Of Us. The hit Playstation 3 title wowed gamers when it was released last June and then racked up countless end of the year awards. The game has been praised for its suburb gameplay a...
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Why Cate Blanchett’s Female Power Crusade Is Important
During her acceptance speech for Best Actress at Sunday night's 86th Academy Awards, Cate Blanchett took the opportunity not to talk about recent controversies, but instead about the power that women have in the film industry. She lambasted "those of us in the...
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Don’t Cross the Streams: R.I.P. Harold Ramis
Well, here's something to bum you out. Harold Ramis, the great comic director of Caddyshack, Groundhog Day and National Lampoon's Vacation has passed away at the age of 69. His death comes following complications from autoimmune inflammatory vasculitis, a rare...
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Weekend Box Office: “Lego” Three-Peats, Bests Volcanoes And Costners
It was a typical February weekend, with just about everything performing not great and a couple films taking huge hits. The winner for the third weekend in a row was The Lego Movie, which took $31.4 million to bring it to $183 million total. It was the largest...
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Matthew McConaughey Puts ‘Interstellar’ Expectations Sky-high
When Variety sat down with Matthew McConaughey to chat briefly about the state of his career renaissance ranging from Mud to a brief-but-spectacular turn in The Wolf of Wall Street and his heart-felt performance as Ron Woodroof in Dallas Buyers Club. Not to be...
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Weekend Box Office: “Lego” Tops Remakes, There Was Much Rejoicing
It was a double holiday weekend, with President's Day on Monday and Valentine's Day on Friday, and a weekend where three remakes of 80's movies were vying for the top spot in the market. The box office certainly reflected the former, with family films and roma...
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Will Ferrell & Adam McKay Have Launched a Female-Focused Production Company
Will Ferrell, Adam McKay and Chris Henchy, three comedy powerhouses of Hollywood and the founders of Gary Sanchez Productions, have now launched a female-focused production company - Gloria Sanchez Productions.
Gary Sanchez Productions was created by the th...
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Weekend Box Office: “Lego Movie” Knocks Out “Ride Along”
It was a surprisingly strong weekend at the box office, with people venturing out after two weekends of lackluster titles and Super Bowl parties. The big winner of the weekend was The Lego Movie, which rode both universally great reviews and a lack of family f...
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