November 2008

‘Christmases’ Wins Thanksgiving

Published on: 30th November, 2008

Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon’s Four Christmases won the Thanksgiving holiday weekend with an estimated $31.7 million for the 3-Day.  The romantic comedy out-performed expectations, already making $46.7 for its first five days.
The holiday debut easily beat Vince Vaughn’s other Christmas movie, Fred Claus, which opened to $18 million about 11 months ago.  As for [...]

The Leader is the Villain in Incredible Hulk 2

Published on: 26th November, 2008

In an interview last month, Hulk producer Gale Anne Hurd expressed interest to MTV in doing whatever it takes to make a sequel to 2008’s The Incredible Hulk. But she also confirmed the main villain would be The Leader and be played by Tim Blake Nelson.
The Leader is a villain in the Hulk universe [...]

Twilight Stars Get $10 Million Salary Hike

Published on: 26th November, 2008

According to the Chicago Sun-Times, Twilight stars Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson (Bella and Edward) are going to see a significant pay increase to return for a sequel.
Sources say stars Robert Pattinson, 22, and Kristin Stewart, 18, will get huge salary boosts from the $2 million each earned for Twilight — reportedly $10 million more, [...]

First Look: Woody Allen’s Whatever Works

Published on: 25th November, 2008

VOIR has the first production stills from Woody Allen’s new comedy, Whatever Works, starring Larry David and Evan Rachel Wood. The movie was shot back in May in (where else) New York City. It’s scheduled for sometime in 2009.

The movie is about a highly eccentric character (David) who runs into a girl from [...]

McG Clears Up Rumors About Terminator Salvation

Published on: 25th November, 2008

McG, director of Terminator Salvation, has recently cleared up a few rumors about his movie.
After Arnold Schwarzenegger was spotted on the set of the new Terminator movie, the rumors of his involvement kicked back into gear. So far Ahnold’s only comment has been that he’s seen some footage and he was confused. But [...]

Twilight Review

Published on: 24th November, 2008

The fan frenzy finally culminated this weekend with the release of Twilight, the highly anticipated adaptation of Stephenie Meyer’s best-selling novel. Like a good little journalist, I read the book series and prepared myself for the phenomenon that has been rattling my website for months.
I neglected to see the movie on opening day and [...]

Arrested Development Film Moves Forward

Published on: 23rd November, 2008

The “Arrested Development” movie we heard about back in February took some official steps forward recently.
Producers Ron Howard and Mitch Hurwitz are close to a deal with Fox Searchlight to make a film adaptation of the critically-acclaimed TV show. According to the trades, Hurwitz, who created the show in 2003, will write and direct.
All [...]

Summit Officially Announces New Moon Movie

Published on: 23rd November, 2008

After huge midnight and opening day numbers, Summit Entertainment officially greenlit a sequel to Twilight, based on the Stephenie Meyer novel New Moon.
New Moon will pick up where the original left off and the relationship between main characters Bella and Edward. In the novel, Edward leaves Bella to protect her from the threat of [...]

Twilight Bites Into the Weekend Box Office

Published on: 23rd November, 2008

Twilight easily won the weekend box office with record sales and a $70.6 million debut for the low-budget vampire movie.
The frenzy for tickets started several weeks ago, but it hit a high point in the waning days as sold out shows started popping up all over the country. On Friday morning, an average of [...]

Na’vi Concept Art from James Cameron’s Avatar

Published on: 22nd November, 2008

The film tells the story of a paraplegic war veteran named Jake (Sam Worthington), who is summoned to a planet in order to help exploit the planet’s resources. The planet is inhabited by a primitive alien race called the Na’vi. Humans are able to create “Avatars” (genetically engineered copies of the aliens) that they are [...]

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