Movie News: Industry News
Rich From 'Hunger Games,' Lionsgate Pays Off Summit Loan 4 Years Early
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Lionsgate has paid off a $500 million loan it took out as part of its acquisition of Summit four years before it matures, the studio said Thursday. The news sent Lionsgate's stock soaring to $16.18 in late-afternoon trading; a jump of 3.52 percent.
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Hollywood's Dating Hell: Too Many Movies Crowd Calendar
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"Hotel Transylvania" shut the door on "Frankenweenie" and "Dredd" got lost as competition for release slots intensifies.
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Hollywood Expert Criticizes Shrinking Sound Budgets for Indie Films
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Veteran Michael Broomberg also says he only had eight days to work on Arnold Schwarzenegger action movie "The Last Stand," which he called "ridiculous."
30 weeks 4 days ago via donnieyen
Gotham Awards Announce 2012 Nominations
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"Beasts of the Southern Wild," "Bernie," "Middle of Nowhere," and "Moonrise Kingdom" led the 22nd Gotham Independent Film Award nominations with two apiece, it was announced this morning.
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National Board of Review To Vote December 5th, After NYFCC
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The National Board of Review announced today that this year's awards voting and announcement will take place on Wednesday, December 5, 2012. That's two days after the recently announced New York Film Critics Circle Awards, and three days after the calendar date the group announced last year. Historically, the NBR had been the first critics group to announce during awards season, but this will remain no longer the case.
30 weeks 4 days ago via jackiechan
Paramount Punts Kevin Costner’s 'Draft Day;' Is Tom Cruise's 'Our Name Is Adam' Next?
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There has been some heavy decision making going on lately at Paramount Pictures. After the studio added the Oscar-bait Martin Scorsese-Leonardo DiCaprio pic The Wolf Of Wall Street to its late 2013 slate, Paramount has just made a free agent out of its NFL-themed film Draft Day, putting in turnaround a film that has Kevin Costner attached to star and Ivan Reitman attached to direct.
30 weeks 4 days ago via theothersenhman
JACK THE GIANT KILLER Renamed JACK THE GIANT SLAYER and Will Open March 1st, 2013; MALAVITA and 21 AND OVER Get New Release Dates
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Along with a new batch of release dates comes a title change to a significant picture. Check out the details below: Jack the Giant Killer will be formally retitled to Jack the Giant Slayer (because it's more family-friendly...) and will now open March 1st, 2013. Pic stars Nicholas Hoult, Stanley Tucci and Ewan McGregor.
30 weeks 4 days ago via jackiechan
Warner Bros. Wins Big Court Ruling in Fight Over Superman
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A judge rules on summary judgement against an attempt by the estate of Superman co-creator Joe Shuster to terminate his rights grant to the studio.
30 weeks 4 days ago via theothersenhman
Is 3D Dying? Why Hollywood Is Putting Down the Glasses
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The 3D boom is leveling off, and that means that the credits may be rolling on rapidly climbing movie ticket prices. But the good news for the movie business is that after a summer that fielded more than its fair share of box-office bombs ("Battleship," anyone?), Hollywood is poised to rebound with "The Hobbit" and a new James Bond film.
30 weeks 5 days ago via donnieyen
Bumble Ward Exiting Fox Publicity Post
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EXCLUSIVE: Bumble Ward has just left 20th Century Fox, some 18 months into her two year contract as executive vice president of publicity for Fox’s Film Marketing unit. Nobody was being specific about the reasons for her exit, but it clearly didn’t work out.
30 weeks 6 days ago via donnieyen
Tina Fey & Amy Poehler Team To Host The Golden Globes
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If the Oscars are the grown ups table, then the Golden Globes have usually been the looser, more gravy-stained kids table of the awards season and in 2013, two very funny women and friends will combine forces to hand out a bunch of awards. Tina Fey of NBC's "30 Rock" and Amy Poehler of NBC's "Parks & Recreation" -- who both previously featured together and broke through on NBC's "Saturday Night Live" -- will be hosting the 70th annual Golden Globes on....you guessed it, NBC.
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'Elysium' Moving to Summer 2013, 'Robocop' Pushed to February 2014
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Sony also dates "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs" sequel and takes "Pixels" of 2014 calendar.
30 weeks 6 days ago via jackiechan
The Black List Launches Paid Script Service
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For $25 a month, writers can have their scripts hosted on The Black List's website, which will be accessible by a cadre of industry professionals.
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Warner Bros. Asks Court to End Superman Litigation Over Alleged Lawyer Misconduct
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The long-running case over rights to the Man of Steel takes another twist.
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Inside Amanda Bynes' Career-Ending Meltdown: 'I Don't Love Acting Anymore'
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How an unraveling personal life has derailed the once-promising child star.
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