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Charlie Sheen’s Spider-Man Dreams
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Columbia Pictures, Action, Adaptation, Drama, Science Fiction, Celebrity Gossip,
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The Anger Management star revealed he once tried to buy the rights to the comic book and star in a big screen adaptation featuring the superhero and his alter-ego Peter Parker, but he was talked out of it.
Speaking on podcast Mohr Stories, he told Jay Mohr, "I had an office at Orion and I brought them Spider-Man. I said 'Look, in a couple of years, I'll be too old to play Peter Parker. And they said, 'Yeah we're just thinking that cartoons are not the future, comic books are not the future.' And I said, 'But it's 'Spider-Man. I'm perfect.' I had a guy who was going to get the rights for me."
However, the company talked him out of the idea, which Charlie says is something they should regret after later going into bankruptcy. "They were like, 'Nah, we're gonna wait.' They didn't know s**t," he said.
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Box Office Breakdown: Megamind Opens Large with $46 Million
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: DreamWorks, Disney, Fox Searchlight, Lionsgate, Paramount, Sony, Warner Bros, Action, Adaptation, Animation, Biopics, Drama, Family, Horror, Period, Sequels, Comedy, Sports, Thrillers, Box Office, Lists,
Will Ferrell, Zach Galifianakis and Tyler Perry contributed to one of the largest November weekends in box office history.
Megamind – starring Ferrell, Tina Fey and Brad Pitt – topped the competition this weekend with a $46 million take. The animated comedy opened bigger than How to Train Your Dragon – another Paramount/Dreamworks collaboration – did in March ($43.7 million), but smaller than Despicable Me ($56.4 million) did in July.
Todd Phillips’ Due Date, featuring Galifianakis and Robert Downey Jr., also had an impressive open despite landing into second place. The movie, which grossed $32.7 million, had the largest premiere for any R-rated flick in November. (The movie bested the record set by Borat’s $26.4 million in 2006.) The film, though, fell behind The Hangover’s $45 million open in 2009.
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Box Office Breakdown: Saw Franchise Ends with a Win
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Disney, Fox Searchlight, Lionsgate, Paramount, Sony, Warner Bros, Action, Documentary, Drama, Family, Horror, Romance, Sequels, Comedy, Sports, Box Office, Lists,
The Saw franchise, which has been churning out annual entries since kicking off in 2004, introduced a new twist to the latest October entry. That visual element, plus a calendar shift, helped Saw 3D take first place over the holiday weekend.
Despite the $22.5 million debut, Saw 3D – the seventh and final film in the series – didn’t exactly end the series with a bloody bang. The horror flick had the fifth-best open in the entire franchise -- and that's including the higher ticket prices. (Only the 2004 original and 2009’s Saw VI – which was pitted directly against Paranormal Activity – did worse.)
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Box Office Breakdown: Paranormal Activity Takes Over Theaters
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Disney, Paramount, Sony, Warner Bros, Action, Adaptation, Adventure, Biopics, Documentary, Drama, Horror, Period, Romance, Sequels, Comedy, Box Office, Lists,
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Combine a mysterious baby and a barking dog with a $3 million budget – and what do you get? Horror’s biggest opener to date.
Paranormal Activity 2, Paramount’s follow to last year’s surprise hit, scared up a record-breaking $40.7 million over the pre-Halloween weekend. The film not only took first place away from Jackass 3D, it edged past Friday the 13th for the scream title. (That 2009 remake debuted to $40.6 million in February 2009.)
Meanwhile, Clint Eastwood’s Hereafter, which expanded from a limited release, also made entry into the Top 10. The Matt Damon-starrer settled into fourth place with a $12 million take.
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In Theaters This Weekend: October 22, 2010
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: IFC Films, Paramount, Warner Bros, Weinstein Company, Documentary, Drama, Horror, Music, Musicals, Romance, Comedy, Sports, Thrillers, Lists, New Releases, Trailers,
Here are a few selections in theaters this weekend:
- Hereafter** (PG-13): starring Matt Damon, Cécile De France, Jay Mohr (directed by Clint Eastwood)
- Paranormal Activity 2 (R): starring TBA (directed by Tod Williams)
- Boxing Gym* (NR): (directed by Frederick Wiseman)
- The Company Men* (R): starring Kevin Costner, Ben Affleck, Tommy Lee Jones (directed by John Wells)
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