Taylor Kitsch Made Ugly for John Carter
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Taylor Kitsch was made to look "awful" in John Carter.
The 31-year-old actor plays the titular military captain who is sent to Mars in the film and he has revealed his handsome appearance would be marked up on set most days.
"I don't pick my roles in any way, shape or form in the sense of that kind of stuff. If anything, we uglify a lot of that. Even in John Carter we tried, if you ask Bill Corso who did make-up. Every morning he made me look so awful. It's just honest to the character. There's little things you can do to show how messed up he is - if there's more cuts and bruises, to the bags under his eyes, to making him more pale in the flashback scene. Half the crew thought I was really sick because we did the make-up that way," he said when asked how it feels to be a sex symbol.
Despite mind-blowing special effects and a huge promotional campaign, John Carter - which is based on Edgar Rice Burroughs' Barsoom series of novels - has been one of the biggest box office flops of all time with studio Walt Disney expecting to lose $200 million of the movie.
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Box Office Breakdown: American Reunion, Titanic No Match For Hunger Games
Posted by Robin Paulson Categories: Buena Vista, Disney, Lionsgate, Paramount, Sony, Universal, Warner Bros, Action, Adaptation, Adventure, Animation, Classics, Drama, Family, Period, Romance, Science Fiction, Sequels, Comedy, Thrillers, Box Office, New Releases,
Although lightning may have struck twice at the box office for James Cameron, the same cannot be said of his film Titanic.
The hype surrounding The Hunger Games has been justified, considering the film has now maintained its number 1 position at the box office for three weeks in a row -- this week earning $33.5 million. The latest installment of the American Pie series, American Reunion, took in $21.5 million in its first week while Titanic 3D pulled in $17.4 million in its debut. Action film Wrath of the Titans was bumped down to fourth from its number 2 spot last week with $15 million while the Snow White adaptation Mirror, Mirror is down 2 spots from last week, landing fifth with $11 million.
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Box Office Breakdown: Another Victory for The Hunger Games
Posted by Robin Paulson Categories: Buena Vista, DreamWorks, Disney, Lionsgate, Paramount, Sony, Universal, Warner Bros, Action, Adaptation, Adventure, Animation, Drama, Family, Political, Romance, Science Fiction, Sequels, Comedy, Thrillers, Box Office, New Releases,
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As with what seems like any and every young adult novel-turned-film these days, The Hunger Games continues to rake in the cash at the box office, coming out on top again in its second week with $61.1 million.
Apparently more folks are willing to fork over the dough to see teens battling to the death over titan carnage, considering Wrath of the Titans debuted in second with $34.2 million -- nearly half of The Hunger Games' winnings. The Snow White film Mirror, Mirror debuted at third with $19 million while 21 Jump Street was bumped down two spots to fourth with $15 million. Finishing in fifth place with $8 million was Dr. Seuss' The Lorax.
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The Hunger Games Blows Away Competition
Posted by Robin Paulson Categories: Buena Vista, DreamWorks, Disney, Lionsgate, Paramount, Sony, Universal, Warner Bros, Action, Adaptation, Adventure, Animation, Drama, Family, Remakes, Science Fiction, Sequels, Comedy, Thrillers, Box Office,
In an unsprising turn of events, the much-anticipated film The Hunger Games has battled its way to the top of the box office this weekend, placing third among all time opening weekends (just behind The Dark Knight) with $152.5 million.
The action film -- based on the young adult novel of the same name -- pushed last week's number one movie, 21 Jump Street, to second place, having earned $21.3 million. The animated film Dr. Seuss' The Lorax came in third with $13.1 million while Disney's John Carter flop managed to take in $5 million, securing the number 4 spot. The NAVY Seal film The Act of Valor hung on to its number 5 spot with $2.1 million.
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John Carter Suffers Record Losses
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Buena Vista, Disney, Action, Adaptation, Science Fiction, Thrillers, Box Office, Filmmaking, New Releases,
John Carter is one of the biggest box office flops of all time.
Studio Walt Disney have admitted they expect to lose $200 million on the film - which stars Taylor Kitsch as a military captain sent to Mars - having shelled out $100 million on marketing and $250 million producing the movie. The figures mean Disney could lose around $80-$120 million in its movie business during the current quarter, though will still make a substantial overall profit thanks to the company's TV endeavors.
The movie - based on books by Edgar Rice Burroughs - has taken no more than $184m at box offices worldwide, but cinema owners receive about half of that total.
John Carter director Andrew Stanton - who also helmed smash hits WALL-E and Finding Nemo - has previously admitted he pays no attention to the budgets on his films: "I've always worked with huge budgets, I mean the truth is, this is all I have ever known. Having said that, I've always ignored what the budget is. I've never felt any gain to be worrying about numbers."
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Box Office Breakdown: Hill-Tatum Bromance Gets the Jump on The Lorax
Posted by Robin Paulson Categories: 20th Century Fox, Buena Vista, DreamWorks, Disney, Lionsgate, Paramount, Sony, Universal, Warner Bros, Action, Adaptation, Adventure, Animation, Drama, Family, Foreign Language, Political, Remakes, Romance, Science Fiction, Comedy, Thrillers, Box Office, New Releases,
It took a few weeks, but a new film has finally pushed The Lorax off its perch at number one: 21 Jump Street.
The reimagined film adaptation of the popular 80's television series of the same name, 21 Jump Street took in $35 million at the box office this weekend, well ahead of the $22.8 million last week's top film -- The Lorax -- earned. Disney's latest live-action film John Carter was bumped back one spot from last week, landing at number 3 with $13.5 million. The party hard film from the folks behind The Hangover, Project X, fell one spot to number 4 with $4 million while Eddie Murphy's A Thousand Words took the fifth spot with $3.8 million in its second week.
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Toy Story 4 In The Works?
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Buena Vista, Disney, Action, Adaptation, Adventure, Animation, Family, Science Fiction, Sequels, New Releases, Rumors, Scripts, Upcoming Releases,
Andrew Stanton admits Toy Story 4 is a "possibility."
The John Carter director has previously written all of the Toy Story animated movies - about the secret lives of a group of play things owned by a young boy - and although he admits he has to "come up" with something good, he is not scared by the prospect.
"There's always the possibility for a new movie, it just comes down to only if there's a story good enough. We've set the bar so high with the previous three movies that as much as people want a fourth nobody wants an inferior movie so we've got to come up with something good," Andrew told BANG Showbiz when speaking at the UK premiere of John Carter.
With his new movie, Andrew admits he was delighted to get Taylor Kitsch on board because people find him hard to "stop watching."
"Taylor just has that X Factor. Do you really need to ask me? Can you not see the Taylor effect? You can't describe it, there's something about him that you just can't stop watching and you mix that with his charisma and that he's a really great actor."
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