The Green Hornet managed to make some real green over the three day weekend. Topping the charts with $34 million, Seth Rogen’s incarnation of the original radio show was a hit with audiences despite critics. The Dilemma made a slight but respectable $17 million. Vince Vaughn is normally capable of more but a critical beating didn’t help him much. Art house movie remained in top positions beating out mainstream faire.
If anyone else had directed The Dilemma, I would’ve been pleasantly surprised with it. Since Ron Howard directed it, it met my expectations. His latest film might be presented as a straight comedy in the promotions, but the best parts of it are the more serious dramatic moments.
The new issue of Entertainment Weekly has a new, first look of Chris Evans in full Captain America garb. Opening July 22 this year (in 2D and 3D), the Joe Johnston-directed comic book adaptation will also star Hayley Atwell (Peggy Carter), Hugo Weaving (Red Skull), Sebastian Stan (Bucky Barnes), Toby Jones (Arnim Zola), Samuel L. Jackson (Nick Fury), Dominic Cooper (Howard Stark), Tommy Lee Jones (Col. Chester Phillips), Stanley Tucci (Dr. Abraham Erskine) and Neal McDonough (Dum Dum Dugan).
Timur Bekmambetov’s upcoming adaptation of Seth Grahame-Smith’s novel Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter is one of the hottest projects in development right now. With a script penned by Smith himself (who also adapted his novel Pride & Prejudice & Zombies), Tim Burton on board to produce and Bekmambetov gaining recognition stateside for his debut American film Wanted, casting has been abuzz over who would play the 16th U.S. President.
Entering is and always has been simple. You read through this post and leave a comment with, in order, what you think the top five box office finishers will be that weekend. Finish out 2011 on top and you will win something COOL.
Paramount Pictures could nab the distribution rights for James Bond 23, which was recently confirmed to be in the making. The studio is in a good position for these rights because of Gary Barber and Roger Birnbaum of MGM and their friendship with Paramount’s “top brass”, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Writer/director Shane Black will be sitting in the director’s chair for an upcoming English-language adaptation of the popular manga Death Note for Warner Bros. His Doc Savage partners Charles Mondry and Anthony Bagarozzi are writing the script. Black is perhaps most famous for his scripting ventures, particularly his $250K payday for the script for the original Lethal Weapon and The Long Kiss Goodnight, which nabbed him a then-record $4 million.
