No Blues for ‘The Grey’ at Box Office
Liam Neeson and his R-rated survival thriller The Grey debuted to a strong $20 million this weekend, topping two other newcomers that did not fair quite as well.
Liam Neeson and his R-rated survival thriller The Grey debuted to a strong $20 million this weekend, topping two other newcomers that did not fair quite as well.
Relativity Media would like the world to know that its remake of The Crow is still alive and kicking. The studio recently settled some legal issues with The Weinstein Company regarding the franchise and has quickly turned around and announced that Jesse Wigutow will write the film with F. Javier Gutierrez directing.
Relativity set “Mirror, Mirror” three months ahead of “Snow White and the Huntsman” in hopes of earning a box-office advantage, but now the studio looks to have some concerns with its more immediate competition as it has pushed “Mirror” back by two weeks.
In an announcement that highlights the dangers of finality in a movie title, Studiocanal has revealed it will be making a sequel to The Last Exorcism. Production is set to begin next month, with Eli Roth producing the film through Arcade Pictures.
Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson are in the final stages of becoming the film’s stars, married demonologists Lorraine and Ed Warren. These two characters are perhaps best known for being involved in the case of the Amityville Horror, upon which several books and films have been made.
Marvel Studio confirmed Captain America 2 way back in April, and Chris Evans said not until 2014. Now, Neil McDonough, who played Dum Dum Dugan in the first film says a sequel will start shooting before the year is out.
There is one clear winner for Recommendation of the Week, the comedy-drama 50/50. This critics darling was a hit with audiences, was nominated for two Golden Globes and is likely to do well on DVD and Blu-ray.
Not straying from the norm, Academy voters threw both expected and unexpected results our way. As for the expected, Martin Scorsese’s Hugo dominated the nominations with 11, including mentions in Picture, Director, and Adapted Screenplay.
After being absent for the third film in the popular werewolf/vampire franchise, sultry lead Kate Beckinsale returned and flexed her box office muscles (among doing other things with her body) propelling “Underworld: Awakening” to the number one spot.
What?! You thought they were going to stop making “Resident Evil” films? You thought wrong; Milla Jovovich is back for a fifth time as the badass Alice in Resident Evil: Retribution. And her world has a narrator: Patrick Stewart.
