Hollywood | Film | Snippets

still getting updates via the Hollywood reporter. don't worry its not gossip lol. its just industry and breaking news. It's more business than anything else.

I dunno if links work so i shall copy n paste snippets of stuff of interest_


"When the 154-minute Transformers: Dark of the Moon finally ends, your feeling is one of exhaustion, not exhilaration.... The bottom line..Michael Bay delivers a techno spectacle that is spectacularly empty" - Kirk Honeycutt

Drew Barrymore is attached to produce with an eye to direct Heist Society, a young adult thriller being made by Warner Bros.

Joining an elite group of movies, Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides will jump the $1 billion mark at the worldwide box office sometime this weekend. The film will become only the eight in history to reach the %1 billion mark. (don't ask me what the other seven are =P i don't know)

Box Office Shocker: 'Bridesmaids' Passing 'Knocked Up' as Judd Apatow's Higest Grossing Movie (he's the producer btw)...Apatow directed and produced Knocked Up and produced Talladega Nights. Both were bigger hits overseas, with Knocked Up still serving as Apatow's top worldwide grosser at $219 million. Bridesmaids has made $21 million internationally but is still rolling out in many territories, where it is off to a phenomenal start.
p.s. Grace and James say its worth the watch, anyone want to come with?

MySpace sold to Specific Media for $35 million, Justin Timberlake to take stakes in it.

Lol. there is a documentary, Sarah Palin movie. which doesn't do her credit.

James Cameron is doing a frame by frame conversion of the 1997 blockbuster TITANIC to be relaunched world wide April 2012.


A law firm in Michigan has sued Lady Gaga, alleging the music star kept some of the proceeds from the "We Pray For Japan" bracelets that she has been selling to her fans to raise money for the earthquake recovery effort in Japan, according to Business Insider. http://www.businessinsider.com/lady-gaga-sued-over-japan-relief-bracelet...


and shall leave you with the report on 2011 10 biggest flops to have gone on screen thus far...
(based on how much they cost to produce and how much profit they ended up getting)

1. Mars Needs Moms
.... to be honest i think the images state it all. + the fact it sunk way deep into the Uncanny Valley AND seriously Disney what were you thinking.. targeting mums and their kids for movies ..fair.. BUT!
you are targeting young boys.. why in the world would they go to a movie with a title with "mom" it in. ...*sigh* they needed to rethink their marketing strategy.

2. Your Highness

hmm i haven't heard of this one. raunchy comedy, set in medieval times apparently.
Costing $50 million to produce, the film cumed $21.6 million domestically and a paltry $3 million overseas

3.
no comment.


4. Prom
lucky for them it only cost 8million to produce. cutting even.

5. Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer
popular kids book, but didn't to so well in box office. couldn't follow the lead of Diary of a Whimpy kid i guess.

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lol bwhahaha
at least $200 million to produce, topped roughly $250 million world wide, but it was heavily bashed by critics

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i personally haven't seen this one. but i really liked the first one. maybe they changed writers..
10. and lastly. this one.
There was heat around Jodie Foster’s high-profile movie for months, but it quickly disappeared at the domestic box office, grossing less than $1 million. Many saw it as a referendum on Mel Gibson, who stars in the film opposite Foster, who also directed. The specialty pic cost $20 million to produce.