Transformers take UK box office by storm (Reuters)
Reuters - Action adventure movie "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" shot to top of the UK box office on its debut weekend with one of the highest opening takes of the year, pushing "Bridesmaids" down to second place. Source: Yahoo! Movie News | Full article | July 5, 2011, 8:39 am
Hot Docs Festival Gets Into Movie Exhibition Biz
Etan Vlessing Hot Docs and film financier Blue Ice Film form joint venture to purchase and program the Bloor Cinema, a downtown Toronto indie theater. Source: Hollywood Reporter | Full article | July 5, 2011, 8:05 am
Bridesmaids is highest-grossing R-rated female comedy ever
Bridesmaids has proven that filthy, funny female movies can have their cake and eat it - it’s just become the highest-grossing R-rated female comedy ever.The Kristen Wiig hoot-fest has now made $152.9m at the US box office, meaning it’s snatched the crown from Sex And The City as queen of...
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July 5, 2011, 7:33 am
'Potter' class graduates with no child-actor woes (AP)
AP - If the young cast of the "Harry Potter" films received report cards for their school days at Hogwarts, they'd all probably earn the notation, "plays well with others."
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July 5, 2011, 6:37 am
Justin Bieber's Vanity Fair Lowest Selling Issue in 12 Years
THR Staff Despite the singer's popularity, he joins Will Smith and Harrison Ford as poorest performers.
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July 5, 2011, 6:36 am
Netflix to Launch Streaming Service in Latin America and Caribbean This Year
Georg Szalai The company will become available in Mexico and 42 other countries in Spanish, Portuguese and English. Source: Hollywood Reporter | Full article | July 5, 2011, 6:20 am
Review: A medieval '300,' 'Ironclad' a bloody mess (AP)
AP - In the recent British comedy "The Trip," Steve Coogan laments that he, as a comic actor, has never been given the chance to star in a costume drama. He improvises a pre-battle speech at the hearth: "Gentlemen to bed. We rise tomorrow at 10ish."
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July 5, 2011, 6:16 am
'Sunny' star Charlie Day steps into limelight (AP)
AP - Charlie Day can't say no to a good scheme.
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July 5, 2011, 6:12 am
'Transformers: Dark of the Moon's' Shia LaBeouf Hints at What Extras May Be on DVD
THR Staff "You've got hours and hours….where you're just riffing and ad libbing," he says.
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July 5, 2011, 6:09 am
John Malkovich signs up for a Serbian Education
John Malkovich has signed on to star in the movie adaptation of Nicolai Lilin’s autobiography Serbian Education.Lilin was raised in an area between Moldova and Ukraine called Transnistria that still enforces a strict moral code.In this community, outside of government control, tattoos tell the story of a man’s life and...
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July 5, 2011, 5:51 am
Daniel Radcliffe and Other Young Stars Who Have Admitted Drinking Problems
THR Staff The Harry Potter star isn’t the only child actor to have struggled with alcoholism.
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July 5, 2011, 5:50 am
Beyonce confirms A Star is Born role
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July 5, 2011, 5:12 am
European Producers Club Signs Co-Pro Deal With Russian Cinema Fund
Scott Roxborough Cooperation will bring together European projects with Russian production and funding partners. Source: Hollywood Reporter | Full article | July 5, 2011, 5:07 am
'Transformers 3’s John Malkovich Joins Gabriele Salvatores' 'Siberian Education'
Scott Roxborough Malkovich will play the grandfather of a Siberian gangster family in the English-language feature.
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July 5, 2011, 4:49 am
Dubai Film Festival Brings Arab Film to London Event
Stuart Kemp Shubbak Festival aims to celebrate contemporary Arab culture. Source: Hollywood Reporter | Full article | July 5, 2011, 3:50 am
Angry Birds movie confirmed
Ex-Chairman of Marvel Studios David Maisel has confirmed the Angry Birds movie is actually happening. He said, “There has been so much chatter about an Angry Birds movie, but it’s now real, the process is starting now.”The Iron Man producer has teamed up with games company Rovio in order to...
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July 5, 2011, 3:38 am
Adam Sandler Checks Into Hotel Transylvania
Adam Sandler will voice the lead role of Dracula in Sony Pictures Animation's 3D family comedy Hotel Transylvania , it was announced today by Bob Osher, president, Sony Pictures Digital Productions, and Michelle Raimo-Kouyate, president of production, Sony Pictures Animation. The film will be released on September 21, 2012, by... Source: ComingSoon.net | Full article | July 5, 2011, 12:00 am
Watch the UK Conan the Barbarian Trailer
A new, UK trailer for director Marcus Nispel's reboot of Conan the Barbarian has arrived, courtesy of the film's Facebook page. Check it out in the player below! Hitting 3D and 2D theaters on August 19, the fantasy action adventure stars Jason Momoa, Rachel Nichols, Stephen Lang, Rose McGowan, Saïd... Source: ComingSoon.net | Full article | July 5, 2011, 12:00 am