Posts Tagged ‘money’
Hairspray 2: Who Gets The Fat Suit?
When I say that there’s going to be a Hairspary sequel, there’s no doubt you’re thrown into a whirling cauldron of confusion trying to figure out exactly what I’m talking about. A sequel to the 1988 movie? A movie version of the Broadway sequel to the show based on the 1988 movie? No, it’s a sequel to the 2007 movie because that one made enough money to suggest there are plenty of people willing to get suckered into buying a ticket- not because there’s a compelling reason to continue the story. The movie will focus on the “superpolitical” late 1960s and the changing landscape of popular music. In other words- same story, different costumes, new soundtrack CD.
In one of the few things I’ll respect John Travolta for, he’s already said he’s out of the sequel and generally despises the whole sequel thing. That’s a
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Tags: audience, Broadway, money, music, sequel, soundtrack
Gattaca: Beware The Man With Dirty Genes
As long as there have been people, there’s been a desire to change the way we are. We’ve found ways to manipulate some of these things- dye our hair, wear colored contacts, exercise to get stronger, train to run faster. But wouldn’t it be nice if we were just born that way? We could have the inate ability to run a four minute mile or grow to exactly six feet five inches or have strawberry blond hair. And not only tweak our physical traits, but be born disease-free and without the chance of developing disease later in life. It’s every parent’s dream- to have a physically perfect child molded to their own specifications.
Tags: ability, death, disease, DNA, identity, money, Society
Ridley Scott To Roll The Dice On Monopoly
It is with total WTF stunned puzzlement that I pass along that Scott is attached to direct a movie based on the Monopoly board game.
Tags: adaptation, artist, board, director, game, money, Monopoly, precedent, studio
The Three Stooges Ride Again?
Next up for the Farrelly Brothers will be perhaps the most ambitiously repugnant thing they’ve attempted yet, a Three Stooges movie.
Tags: BAD, character, Comedy, egos, history, money, Psycho, remake, three stooges
This Date In Movie History: October 8th
October 8th has historically been a pretty good day, at least as far as movies are concerned.
Tags: award, career, character, debut, director, Directors, ending, history, money, Ninja, opening, release, scene, story, weekend
And Introducing… Superman
According to Box Office Mojo, it had a worldwide theatrical take of $391 million. That sounds good enough, but you can tell the studio expected much bigger things since they invested $270 million in the production. $120 million net (not including advertising costs) at the box office is just not getting it done.
Tags: character, comic, money, Movie, production, sequel, superhero, Superman
Accounting For Harry Potter
There have been a few theories on the real reason for the change. One is that the studio didn’t want competition from Twilight. However, Twilight’s release date is December 12th, three weeks after Harry’s original date. Pretty questionable seeing as how Harry would have made the vast bulk of it’s money by then.
Tags: competition, Daniel Radcliffe, Harry Potter, money, post-production, release, revenue, studio
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