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Celebrific Screen Scene — May 31, 2010

Posted by joehart as Celebrities at 6:02 PM UTC on May, 31 2010

Shrek Forever After (aka Shrek 4) is still at the top of the box office charts with a wekeend darw of $55.6M. Prince of Persia: Sands of Time opened in second place, just barely inching out Sex and the City 2 by less than a million in receipts. That leaves Iron Man 2 and Robin Hood to take 4th and 5th spots in the box office, respectively.

The movie Killers, with Katherine Heigl and Ashton Kutcher (poster above), opens this Friday but critics will not see it ahead of the theatrical release. This is because it’s a genre film and it’s expected that fans will watch base on their interest, not because of reviews.

Hayden Panettiere is the latest actress to sign on to Scream 4. The original cast will be present, as well as Rory Culkin, Emma Roberts and others.

You know you want to see it again: The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will have a live-action remake. Involvement includes Michael Bay, who is overseeing Transformers 3 at the moment. That is, when he’s not busy firing Mega Fox.

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Celebrific Screen Scene — May 24, 2010

Posted by jonsonroth as Celebrities at 8:45 PM UTC on May, 24 2010

It took Shrek Forever After (aka Shrek 4) to bump Iron Man 2 out of the top box office spot, and it was a big bump. Shrek took in $71.2M for it's opening weekend. Iron Man 2, which has been out for weeks, only took in $26.6M. Robin Hood dropped to second spot with $18.7M. Letters to Juliet took 4th, and Just Wright was 4th. MacGruber, which just opened, bombed, with only $4.1M in receipts, to take 6th place. Well, when you base a whole movie on a lame SNL skit that has an annoying soundtrack, it's not surprising. Will Forte appearing naked was enough to bring people in, I guess. [Data from IMDB]

Prince of Persia with Jake Gyllenhaal opened in foreign markets, ahead of its N. American debut, and while hitting #1 in 18 of 19 markets (just not in the U.K.), it still only took in $18M in receipts. The downturn in box office is apparently partially affected by the warm weather there over the weekend.

Hollywood is trying to find a way to reach consumers home screens (aka TV) with new movies sooner than usual. Apparently the big studios are in talks with the big cable operators, and if things work out, you could see a new theatrical release on your TV set within four weeks instead of the typical four months. However, there's a fairly hefty price for that privilege, and it might run $20-30 per movie. Something like this could be implemented as soon as late 2010 or early 2011. Oh great. I'm sure theater owners will be happy with this plan. Of course, they could just jack up the popcorn and soda for all those of us that are old-school and like to watch some new movies on a giant screen.

Bob and Harvey Weinstein, who have produced some of Hollywood's biggest films, have been trying to work out a deal to reclaim Miramax Films from Walt Disney Co., but the deal fell apart after weeks of negotations -- mainly due to issues about how Miramax would fit in with The Weinstein Co. According to the LA Times, new negotiations might bring back two other brothers, investors Alec and Tom Gores. Miramax, which the Weinstein brothers were forced out of, was named for their parents, Miriam and Max.

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Celebrific Screen Scene, May 21, 2010

Posted by joehart as Celebrities at 5:50 PM UTC on May, 21 2010

There aren't lot of new films opening this week, possibly because it's hard to compete with blockbusters like Iron Man 2, Robin Hood, and others. IMDB lists four new relases, and get more details from their profile pages, which I've linked to from each movie's title.

New Releases

Shrek Forever After. Voices: Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz, Eddie Murphy. Directed by Mike Mitchell. This might be one for the family. This fourth Shrek animated film is said to be the final one in the series, but there'll be a Puss in Boots spin-off. For me, the first one was fun, but I had no interest after the second. At this point, I think they're beating a dead horse. Or in this case, donkey? Oh and if you're planning to take the family to see this, be warned that adults will be charged as much as $20 per ticket for the IMAX 3D version.
MacGruber. Will Forte, Kristen Wiig, Val Kilmer and many others. Directed by Jorma Taccone. This comedy is a spin-off of a series of skits on Saturday Night Live that spoofs the MacGyver adventure TV series that ran from 1985-92. The MacGruber tries to be innovative and ingenious in getting out of difficult and dangerous situations, but is usually either too dumb or too distracted to succeed. The SNL skits always end with the building MacGruber is in blowing up. Not sure how this show will translate to film, and personally it's my least favorite SNL skit, but I'd go see it for Val Kilmer as the villian Dieter Von Cunth, or the very versatile Kristen Wiig, who is one several SNL cast members or alumni that are in the movie.
Holy Rollers [LA/NY]. Jesse Eisenberg, Justin Bartha, Danny A. Abeckkaser. Directed by Kevin Asch.
Solitary Man [limited]. Michael Douglas, Susan Sarandon, Jesse Eisenberg. Directed by Brian Koppleman and David Levien.

Also Playing

Still in theaters are recent releases Iron Man 2, Robin Hood, Letters to Juliet, Just Wright, How to Train Your Dragon (animated), A Nightmare on Elm Street, Date Night, The Backup Plan, Furry Vengeance, Clash of the Titans, and others.

Upcoming Movies/ Roles

Frank Marshall will direct The Hades Factor, based on a Robert-Ludlum inspired novel similar to the 'Bourne' books and movies. [Pajiba]
James Franco will star in a prequel to the Planet of the Apes series, Rise of the Apes, which is opens Jun 24, 2011. [Deadline, E! Online]
Matthew Vaughn will direct X-Men: First Class [Jun 3, 2011].
Phll Alden Robinson will script an untitled J.J. Abrams project, based on a Wired magazine article about the world's biggest diamond heist. Robinson wrote and directed Field of Dreams. [Heat Vision]
Ellen Page will star in Freeheld, based on the Oscar-winning documentary of the same name. [Hollywood Reporter]
Drew Barrymore will follow up her directorial debut of Whip It by directing Surrender Dorothy, a Wizard of Oz sequel. [Pajiba]
There might be two versions of 20,000 Leagues under the sea. One from Disney and the other from Fox.

Screen Scene Tidbits

Paul Greengrass is focusing on Treasure Island and will not direct the 3D remake of Fantastic Voyage. [Deadline]
The cast of the upcoming Twilight: Breaking Dawn vampire flick, based on the book series, asked for between $1.5-4M each but will get up to $1.25M. [Deadline, THR Esq]
If you saw the first Sex and the City film, you know how full of product placement it was, as well as that Carrie Bradshaw uses a Mac computer. Not this time. In the second SatC movie, out May 27th, she'll be using an HP laptop because of a partnership deal with Hewlett-Packard. [PopEater, CeleBitchy]

Enjoy your movie-watching weekend.

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Celebrific Screen Scene, May 17, 2010

Posted by jonsonroth as Celebrities at 10:23 PM UTC on May, 17 2010

Iron Man 2 is still at the top of the box office charts as of this past weekend, grossing $53M, though Robin Hood (Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett, Max Von Sydow, Willam Hurt) opened in 2nd place with just over $37M. Also opening, Letters to Juliet (Amanda Seyfried, Vanessa Redgrave), pulling in $13.75M. [Data from Variety]

Upcoming movies/ roles: Zoe Saldana (pictured above), who played a very sexy Uhura in J.J. Abrams' version of Star Trek, as Neytiri in Avatar, and Aisha in this year's The Losers, is possibly playing an assassin in Colombiana, a Luc Besson drama. She's also listed as being in an untitled Star Trek sequel. Yay! Evan Rachel Wood and professional freak and rockstar Marilyn Manson are attached to the first in a series of slasher flicks, Splatter Sisters. Bruce Willis will be alongside Joseph Gordon-Levitt in Looper, a time-travel science fiction flick. Both actors will be playing the same character. Salma Hayek, who took time off to have a baby, Valentina, has a film, Grown Ups, coming out this year and another, Puss in Boots (voice), coming out next year, plus another 5 films in development. Finally, Jessica Biel will be starring in the Broadway musical version of Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. Seriously? I just don't see it.

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Celebrific Screen Scene – May 10, 2010

Posted by jonsonroth as Movies & Films at 1:35 PM UTC on May, 10 2010

Not surprisingly, Iron Man 2 is at the top of the box office charts, with an estimated opening week haul of over $133M. That does not include the money earned overseas, which puts Iron Man 2 at around $327M worldwide at opening. (It was released overseas first in over 50 markets, before North America.) I think Iron Man 2 would be tops even if so much of what’s currently playing wasn’t so weak. Besides the graphics, Mickey Rourke’s villain looks pretty badass, and hot ScarJo (Scarlett Johansson) is dressed in leather as the Black Widow. What more could you want?

The reset of the top 5 this weekend, according to Variety, are A Nightmare on Elm Street, How to Train Your Dragon, Date Night, and Back-up Plan, from #2-5, respectively. If you’re looking for a slasher film to jump to every few seconds, Nightmare would be it. There’s really not much story that I can reveal without giving it away; it’s basically a slasher that’ll either entertain or bore you.

In upcoming flicks, Sir Anthony Hopkins is said to be negotiating a villian role in Arabian Nights (no word on a release date yet). Sir Anthony is very busy these days. He’s also in the 2010 flicks The Wolfman, You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger, The Rite, and Hemingway & Fuentes. In 2010, he’ll be playing Odin, daddy of Thor in 2011′s Thor.

Another person that’s pretty busy is producer Jerry Bruckheimer, who seems to be king of Hollywood these past few years, what with owning TV and making a dent in film. His IMBD profile has 18 films listed as in development, but there are five more tht are in various stages of production, including Sorcerer’s Apprentice, which is in post-production and comes out in mid-July. Already completed is Prince of Persia: the Sands of Time, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, which comes out May 28th. One of the in-development Bruckheimer films is a number three for the Bad Boys franchise. Will Smith and Martin Lawrence are signed on to reprise their roles.