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J.J. Abrams Has Clout, Paramount Pays $2M for Untitled Pitch
Apparently J.J. Abrams knows something the rest of us don’t: Studios love lens flare. After this year’s critically acclaimed and monstrous box-office hit, “Star Trek,” which featured an unhealthy...
Oct 13, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongTMA FilmCast #21 – District 9
Rookie director, Neill Blomkamp, has received untold accolades for his alien apartheid allegory, “District 9.” Can this $30 million socially conscious film please both the sci-fi fanboys and hardcore...
Oct 11, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongJennifer’s Body (2009)
The objectified star of a million adolescent fantasies, Megan Fox has ascended the misogyny-fostering ranks of Hollywood’s considerable plastic actress sector faster than you can say “botox.” Funny...
Oct 10, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong‘Alice in Wonderland’ Star Poised for Stardom
Mia Wasikowska, the untested star of Tim Burton’s much anticipated romp of whimsy, “Alice in Wonderland,” may be headed for Hollywood stardom. Burton’s picture hasn’t yet been released which means...
Oct 9, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongWesley Snipes to Play Ferrara’s ‘Game of Death’
The indomitable team that brought us the 1990 cult classic, “King of New York,” is teaming up again for the action thriller, “Game of Death,” reports Variety . Wesley Snipes and director Abel Ferrara...
Oct 8, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongRich Ross Named Chairman of Walt Disney Studios
BURBANK, Calif., October 5, 2009 — Rich Ross, President of Disney Channels Worldwide, has been named Chairman of The Walt Disney Studios, it was announced today by Disney President and CEO Robert A....
Oct 5, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongDavid Mamet’s ‘Anne Frank’ Put in Turnaround, Deemed ‘Too Dark’
Lots of eye brows were raised when it was first announced that controversial playwright and filmmaker, David Mamet, would be teaming up with the family friendly Walt Disney Co. to adapt “The Diary of...
Sep 26, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongSony Moving Forward With Venom Spin-off
After 2007’s less than fan pleasing “Spider-Man 3,” loyalists have been pining for a worthy representation of Spidey’s arch nemesis, the symbiotic alien suit that clings to Eddie Brock know as Venom....
Sep 26, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongMickey Rourke to Play ‘Ice Man’
Phil Carlo, author of “The Ice Man,” is pleased to have Mickey Rourke starring in the title role of the film adaptation of his book about a notorious mafia hit man who killed more than 200 people,...
Sep 24, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong‘Secretariat’ Fills Out Cast
Secretariat, arguably the most famous thoroughbred racehorse of all time, is finally getting his movie. THR reports that Dylan Walsh, John Malkovich and Scott Glenn have all recently signed on to...
Sep 22, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongFood, Inc. (2009)
Food and film have long been allies in the quest to appease the insatiable human appetite for sensory gratification. That conspiratorial bond has contributed much to America’s culture of euthanasia...
Sep 19, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongLeBron James to Star in Basketball Comedy
Hoops superstar, LeBron James, will make his feature starring debut in the sports comedy, “Fantasy Basketball Camp,” for Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment. Variety reports that the NBA...
Sep 17, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongZach Galifianakis in Another ‘Funny Story’
Rising comedic star, Zach Galifianakis, is in talks to star in a coming of age dramedy called, “It’s Kind of a Funny Story,” to be written and directed by Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden, the team...
Sep 16, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongHollywood Icon, Patrick Swayze, Dies at 57
Patrick Swayze, the dashing leading man, and star of such Hollywood favorites as “Dirty Dancing,” “Road House,” “The Outsiders,” “Ghost,” and “Red Dawn,” died Monday after a long battle with...
Sep 15, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongDisney Exec VP to Speak at Goldman Sachs Communacopia
BURBANK, Calif., September 11, 2009 – Tom Staggs, senior executive vice president and chief financial officer, The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) will participate in a question-and-answer session at...
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