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Ginger Liu is a Consultant and Social Media Marketing/PR director and owner of Ginger Media & Entertainment, as well as an Online Journalist and Photographer -covering lifestyle, entertainment and arts, including the Academy Awards and Golden Globes, film festivals, screenings, art openings and events. Experienced as a Web Content Editor, Project Manager, Branding, Copywriter, Web Journalist, Content Management Systems, Photoshop Editing, Reporting, Interviewing, Blogger, Features, Box Office, Reviews, Twitter Updates, PR, SEO and Author. Boasts one of the largest global networks in the business, Ginger Liu has been interviewed on national syndicated radio about her role in social media marketing.
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Current TV has debuted this service, a new online destination where the global online community can participate in the creation of Bar Karma, a new series set to premiere on Current TV in Feb. 2011. The vision of Will Wright, creator of EA's The Sims and Spore franchise and Worldwide Biggies CEO Albie Hecht, the show is about a mystical watering hole at the edge of the universe and site establishes a touchpoint for viewers to participate far beyond typical commenting. Viewers can actually pitch their own storyline concepts and storyboards, with the community voting to determine which path the story and visuals takes. The producers will adapt, shoot, produce and edit the winning storyline into a 30-minute television episode, and development can be followed through Facebook and Twitter, or via mobile device
Current TV has debuted this service, a new online destination where the global online community can participate in the creation of Bar Karma, a new series set to premiere on Current TV in Feb. 2011. The vision of Will Wright, creator of EA's The Sims and Spore franchise and Worldwide Biggies CEO Albie Hecht, the show is about a mystical watering hole at the edge of the universe and site establishes a touchpoint for viewers to participate far beyond typical commenting. Viewers can actually pitch their own storyline concepts and storyboards, with the community voting to determine which path the story and visuals takes. The producers will adapt, shoot, produce and edit the winning storyline into a 30-minute television episode, and development can be followed through Facebook and Twitter, or via mobile device
Lucasfilm Lawsuit Put To Rest
Lucasfilm settled a lawsuit over hiring practices with the Dept. of Justice on Tuesday. The DoJ filed a complaint calling on the film, toon and FX powerhouse to stop entering into “anticompetitive” agreements with Pixar that the DoJ said unfairly affected digital animators. The filing included the proposed settlement to end the ongoing suit, pending court approval. The complaint was part of a larger probe by the DoJ’s antitrust division into tech company employment practices. The department asserts that Lucasfilm and Pixar agreed not to cold-call each other’s employees with job offers, to notify each other when offering an employee a job, and not to counter-offer when such an offer was made. The DoJ settlement (to be in effect five years) prohibits both companies “entering, maintaining or enforcing any agreement that prevents any person from soliciting, cold-calling, recruiting or competing for employees.”
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Lucasfilm settled a lawsuit over hiring practices with the Dept. of Justice on Tuesday. The DoJ filed a complaint calling on the film, toon and FX powerhouse to stop entering into “anticompetitive” agreements with Pixar that the DoJ said unfairly affected digital animators. The filing included the proposed settlement to end the ongoing suit, pending court approval. The complaint was part of a larger probe by the DoJ’s antitrust division into tech company employment practices. The department asserts that Lucasfilm and Pixar agreed not to cold-call each other’s employees with job offers, to notify each other when offering an employee a job, and not to counter-offer when such an offer was made. The DoJ settlement (to be in effect five years) prohibits both companies “entering, maintaining or enforcing any agreement that prevents any person from soliciting, cold-calling, recruiting or competing for employees.”
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Music Box Acquires “Hermano”
Music Box Films has acquired U.S. rights to the Venezuelan sports and urban crime drama “Hermano” and plans a late spring release. Pic, Venezuela’s foreign-language Oscar submission, tells the story of two young men raised as brothers in a Caracas slum who must overcome the violent law of the streets to become professional soccer players. “Hermano,” directed by Marcel Rasquin, premiered at the Moscow Film Festival in June and won the top jury prize and the audience award.
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Music Box Films has acquired U.S. rights to the Venezuelan sports and urban crime drama “Hermano” and plans a late spring release. Pic, Venezuela’s foreign-language Oscar submission, tells the story of two young men raised as brothers in a Caracas slum who must overcome the violent law of the streets to become professional soccer players. “Hermano,” directed by Marcel Rasquin, premiered at the Moscow Film Festival in June and won the top jury prize and the audience award.
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As If Hearing Our Prayers, MGM Eager To Move “Bond” Along
Now that MGM’s has completed its restructuring with $500 million in fresh funding, one of the top priorities is to renew James Bond’s license to kill. MGM may turn to Sony for co-financing, as it did on “Casino Royale” and “Quantum of Solace,” or sell off some of major foreign territories. MGM has been working up plans for a 2012 yearlong commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the first Bond pic, 1962’s “Doctor No,” so the studio will probably move as quickly as possible to lock down Daniel Craig and to secure a director. Sam Mendes has long been rumored to be the leading candidate to helm.
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Now that MGM’s has completed its restructuring with $500 million in fresh funding, one of the top priorities is to renew James Bond’s license to kill. MGM may turn to Sony for co-financing, as it did on “Casino Royale” and “Quantum of Solace,” or sell off some of major foreign territories. MGM has been working up plans for a 2012 yearlong commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the first Bond pic, 1962’s “Doctor No,” so the studio will probably move as quickly as possible to lock down Daniel Craig and to secure a director. Sam Mendes has long been rumored to be the leading candidate to helm.
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Sony Picks Up Remake Rights To German “Robber”
Sony has bought the English-language remake rights to Austrian helmer Benjamin Heisenberg’s “The Robber.” Deal was a low-figure development buy for Sony. Based on author Martin Prinz’s source tome, “Der Rauber” tells the real-life story of marathon runner Johann Rettenberger, known as “Pump-gun Ronnie,” who made a hobby of robbing banks. The Austrian-German thriller, which unspooled in competition at this year’s Berlin Film Festival, had its German bow in March. Laura Ziskin will serve as producer on “The Robber” retread. Sony has yet to announce a director.
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Sony has bought the English-language remake rights to Austrian helmer Benjamin Heisenberg’s “The Robber.” Deal was a low-figure development buy for Sony. Based on author Martin Prinz’s source tome, “Der Rauber” tells the real-life story of marathon runner Johann Rettenberger, known as “Pump-gun Ronnie,” who made a hobby of robbing banks. The Austrian-German thriller, which unspooled in competition at this year’s Berlin Film Festival, had its German bow in March. Laura Ziskin will serve as producer on “The Robber” retread. Sony has yet to announce a director.
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Tuesday, December 21, 2010
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Monday, December 20, 2010
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This is a brand new movie streaming site Disney is trialing meant to appease younger viewers used to watching content online and compliment Blu-ray and home video purchases. Disney plans to strike exclusive partnerships with retailers such as Wal-Mart to offer free digital copies with the purchase of the video of "Toy Story 3," reports the LA Times. Enter in your "magic codes" to view your free copy, in perpetuity. Or build your cloud-based "My Movie Library" of rentals ($3.99/for 48 hours of Aladdin) and purchases ($14.99 gets you unlimited access to "Air Bud Golden Receiver.") A total of 180 movies and 172 rentals are currently available on the site to "Watch Instantly," to borrow a phrase popularized by Netflix. Of course, that competitor has a huge head start in getting its content to connected TV devices — a component Disney will have to catch up with if it wants to see any real usage here.
This is a brand new movie streaming site Disney is trialing meant to appease younger viewers used to watching content online and compliment Blu-ray and home video purchases. Disney plans to strike exclusive partnerships with retailers such as Wal-Mart to offer free digital copies with the purchase of the video of "Toy Story 3," reports the LA Times. Enter in your "magic codes" to view your free copy, in perpetuity. Or build your cloud-based "My Movie Library" of rentals ($3.99/for 48 hours of Aladdin) and purchases ($14.99 gets you unlimited access to "Air Bud Golden Receiver.") A total of 180 movies and 172 rentals are currently available on the site to "Watch Instantly," to borrow a phrase popularized by Netflix. Of course, that competitor has a huge head start in getting its content to connected TV devices — a component Disney will have to catch up with if it wants to see any real usage here.
Look Out, Hulu! Netflix Wants to Add Current TV Episodes to Its Streaming Service
According to reports, Netflix is bound and determined to add current episodes of hit TV shows to its Web streaming service, a move that is already causing network executives to quiver in their boots. It’s bad enough that Netflix put a dent in the home video rental business, all but putting the final nails in Blockbuster’s coffin; now it’s scaring Hollywood with the prospect of becoming a streaming giant. Netflix is in talks with the studios about gaining access to current episodes of primetime shows and is willing to pay between $70,000 and $100,000 per episode. The company currently streams older episodes of such shows as “Nip/Tuck,” “Veronica Mars” and “The Family Guy,” and recenly cut a deal with NBC Universal to stream “Saturday Night Live” the day after it airs on the network. One of the issues that concerns the studios and the networks is ownership of streaming rights. The studios say that they control the rights, since they create the shows. On the other hand, the networks, which broadcast the shows, claim that they own the rights — and are worried about lost revenue from advertising and syndication if their shows are easily streamed. It looks like another unforeseen battle in the brave new world of online technology, another battle that no one saw coming — and one that will cause a lot of pulled hair (and lost revenue) before it’s resolved.
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According to reports, Netflix is bound and determined to add current episodes of hit TV shows to its Web streaming service, a move that is already causing network executives to quiver in their boots. It’s bad enough that Netflix put a dent in the home video rental business, all but putting the final nails in Blockbuster’s coffin; now it’s scaring Hollywood with the prospect of becoming a streaming giant. Netflix is in talks with the studios about gaining access to current episodes of primetime shows and is willing to pay between $70,000 and $100,000 per episode. The company currently streams older episodes of such shows as “Nip/Tuck,” “Veronica Mars” and “The Family Guy,” and recenly cut a deal with NBC Universal to stream “Saturday Night Live” the day after it airs on the network. One of the issues that concerns the studios and the networks is ownership of streaming rights. The studios say that they control the rights, since they create the shows. On the other hand, the networks, which broadcast the shows, claim that they own the rights — and are worried about lost revenue from advertising and syndication if their shows are easily streamed. It looks like another unforeseen battle in the brave new world of online technology, another battle that no one saw coming — and one that will cause a lot of pulled hair (and lost revenue) before it’s resolved.
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Funnyman Steve Carell may be checking out of “The Office” soon, but he’s not leaving the workplace (or NBC). It’s been reported that he’s just sold a half-hour single-camera comedy to the network. According to reports, the comedy is provisionally entitled “The Post-Graduate Project.” It’s described as “a sweet and nostalgic take” on Carell’s own early post-college life, during which he worked as a mail carrier in Littleton, Mass. Carell has always said he quit after only a few months when his boss told him that he wasn’t a very good mail carrier. The new comedy will center on a small-town post office frequented by a quirky but tight-knit group of local twentysomethings. Carell will serve as both writer and executive producer, alongside fellow “Daily Show” alum Thom Hinkle. Carell’s own Carousel Television will produce the comedy with Universal Media Studios where it’s in the middle of a three-year overall deal.
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ankruptcy, Leo the Lion’s aiming to become a major player again — with Carl Icahn very much a part of its future. MGM, which has released only one film this year, is on track to begin full-fledged operations in as little as two weeks. U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Stuart Bernstein approved MGM’s “pre-packaged” plan of reorganization on Thursday in Manhattan; MGM can now emerge from Chapter 11 by mid-December with $500 million in cash available, once it secures a JP-Morgan Chase loan. With Spyglass Entertainment toppers Roger Birnbaum and Gary Barber in charge, MGM’s expected to seek a separate loan of $265 million-$275 million for its share of the back-to-back “Hobbit” movies. Icahn, who owns 18% of MGM’s debt and 33% of Lionsgate, agreed to support the reorganization plan after it was revised to exclude titles from the Spyglass library — a move that reduced Barber and Birnbaum’s stake in the new MGM from 5% to less than 1%. Icahn’s also been given a board seat on the nine-member board. How MGM spends its funds will be a concern for showbiz for months to come. The most likely candidate will be the 23rd James Bond movie, with Daniel Craig in his third outing as 007 — the studio will be under some pressure to release a pic in 2012 to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the first Bond pic, 1962’s “Doctor No.”
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Magnolia Films Got Some “Good Neighbors”
Magnolia Films has acquired all U.S. rights to Myriad Pictures’ thriller “Good Neighbors,” directed by Jacob Tierney and toplining Jay Baruchel, Scott Speedman and Emily Hampshire. “Good Neighbors” made its world preem at the Toronto Film Fest in September, and screens this weekend at the Whistler Film Fest in British Columbia. Set in the dead of winter, “Good Neighbors” tells the story of a serial killer on the loose. Three residents of a small apartment building retreat indoors, but they might not be any safer there. Project re-teams Tierney and Baruchel, who worked together on “The Trotsky.”
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Magnolia Films has acquired all U.S. rights to Myriad Pictures’ thriller “Good Neighbors,” directed by Jacob Tierney and toplining Jay Baruchel, Scott Speedman and Emily Hampshire. “Good Neighbors” made its world preem at the Toronto Film Fest in September, and screens this weekend at the Whistler Film Fest in British Columbia. Set in the dead of winter, “Good Neighbors” tells the story of a serial killer on the loose. Three residents of a small apartment building retreat indoors, but they might not be any safer there. Project re-teams Tierney and Baruchel, who worked together on “The Trotsky.”
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Magnolia Films Got Some “Good Neighbors”
Magnolia Films has acquired all U.S. rights to Myriad Pictures’ thriller “Good Neighbors,” directed by Jacob Tierney and toplining Jay Baruchel, Scott Speedman and Emily Hampshire. “Good Neighbors” made its world preem at the Toronto Film Fest in September, and screens this weekend at the Whistler Film Fest in British Columbia. Set in the dead of winter, “Good Neighbors” tells the story of a serial killer on the loose. Three residents of a small apartment building retreat indoors, but they might not be any safer there. Project re-teams Tierney and Baruchel, who worked together on “The Trotsky.”
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Magnolia Films has acquired all U.S. rights to Myriad Pictures’ thriller “Good Neighbors,” directed by Jacob Tierney and toplining Jay Baruchel, Scott Speedman and Emily Hampshire. “Good Neighbors” made its world preem at the Toronto Film Fest in September, and screens this weekend at the Whistler Film Fest in British Columbia. Set in the dead of winter, “Good Neighbors” tells the story of a serial killer on the loose. Three residents of a small apartment building retreat indoors, but they might not be any safer there. Project re-teams Tierney and Baruchel, who worked together on “The Trotsky.”
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Universal’s Lowriders Projects Finds Its Director
Ricardo de Montreuil will helm the untitled Lowriders pic for Universal. Brian Grazer is producing through his Imagine Entertainment shingle with Cheo Hodari Coker penning the script. Pic follows a young man from Pacoima neighborhood who builds a street cruiser in his best friend’s memory and fame and fortune follow. No cast or production start date have been set yet.
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Ricardo de Montreuil will helm the untitled Lowriders pic for Universal. Brian Grazer is producing through his Imagine Entertainment shingle with Cheo Hodari Coker penning the script. Pic follows a young man from Pacoima neighborhood who builds a street cruiser in his best friend’s memory and fame and fortune follow. No cast or production start date have been set yet.
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Fox Takes Over “The Three Stooges”
With MGM in the final stretch of its Chapter 11 reorganization, “The Three Stooges,” one of the longest-gestating high-profile projects in Hollywood, is in the process of finding a new home at Fox. The extraction from debt-riddled MGM is in the midst of final dealmaking, but upon completion Stooges will land at Fox with the long-involved Farrelly Brothers behind the camera. The cast that had been slapped together for the movie while it was at MGM — Sean Penn as Larry, Jim Carrey as Curly and Benicio del Toro as Moe — is likely to morph into a new configuration, although that too is being figured out. For Peter and Bobby Farrelly, taking the project to Fox would be a homecoming, since the brothers have made most of their movies for the studio. “Stooges” is not a biopic but a fictional treatment that maintains the Stooges’ gleeful slap schtick updated for a modern milieu. It has been a passion project for the Farrellys, who have been involved with it since C3 Entertainment Inc., the keeper of the Stooges brand, sold the feature rights to Warner Bros. in March 2001 for them to write and produce.
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With MGM in the final stretch of its Chapter 11 reorganization, “The Three Stooges,” one of the longest-gestating high-profile projects in Hollywood, is in the process of finding a new home at Fox. The extraction from debt-riddled MGM is in the midst of final dealmaking, but upon completion Stooges will land at Fox with the long-involved Farrelly Brothers behind the camera. The cast that had been slapped together for the movie while it was at MGM — Sean Penn as Larry, Jim Carrey as Curly and Benicio del Toro as Moe — is likely to morph into a new configuration, although that too is being figured out. For Peter and Bobby Farrelly, taking the project to Fox would be a homecoming, since the brothers have made most of their movies for the studio. “Stooges” is not a biopic but a fictional treatment that maintains the Stooges’ gleeful slap schtick updated for a modern milieu. It has been a passion project for the Farrellys, who have been involved with it since C3 Entertainment Inc., the keeper of the Stooges brand, sold the feature rights to Warner Bros. in March 2001 for them to write and produce.
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Samuel Brett Williams’ “The Revival” Is Headed to the Big Screen
Keith Perkins and Dominic Inzana have optioned the film rights to Samuel Brett Williams’ Off Broadway play “The Revival,” and they’ll produce an adaptation through their newly launched banner Naked Faith Entertainment. “Revival,” about unconventional redemption, centers around a chance meeting between a young drifter and a disaffected preacher that threatens to disrupt a small Southern town. Williams is set to pen the adapted script. His play, produced by Project Y Theater, recently concluded its run in Gotham.
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Keith Perkins and Dominic Inzana have optioned the film rights to Samuel Brett Williams’ Off Broadway play “The Revival,” and they’ll produce an adaptation through their newly launched banner Naked Faith Entertainment. “Revival,” about unconventional redemption, centers around a chance meeting between a young drifter and a disaffected preacher that threatens to disrupt a small Southern town. Williams is set to pen the adapted script. His play, produced by Project Y Theater, recently concluded its run in Gotham.
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Thursday, December 2, 2010
It’s been reported that Frank Darabont, executive producer of AMC’s hot new show, “The Walking Dead,” has fired — or “let go” to put it more politely — the entire writing staff. What’s more, he’s apparently considering not replacing them for Season 2, instead assigning scripts to freelancers. So what’s up? While writer turnover between seasons is not unusual, even for a hit show, mass culling on this scale is distinctly unusual. However, according to the episode breakdown, the Season 1 staff writers may not have been earning their keep. Out of the total six episodes, Darabont wrote two — the pilot and follow-up — and either co-wrote or re-wrote the other four. And of those four, one was written by exec producer Robert Kirkman and the other by “HawthoRNe” alum, writer/producer Glen Mazzara. The system of using freelance TV scriptwriters is commonplace in the UK, where the Writer’s Guild of Great Britain is not as ubiquitous or powerful as its US counterpart, The Writer’s Guild of America. “The Walking Dead” execs may have a fight on their hands with the Writer’s Guild if they try to forgo a writing staff. With Season 2 not premiering until October 2011 there’s plenty of time for prospective writers to get to know their zombies and polish those resumes!
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Netflix To Stream FilmDistrict’s New Releases
Netflix said yesterday that it will have the rights to stream movies from recently created FilmDistrict shortly after they are released on DVD and before they go to pay TV. The deal, while small, provides more evidence that Netflix is focused on eventually making its streaming business a competitor to the entrenched providers of movies through satellite and cable TV connections. FilmDistrict is the company founded by Graham King, the Oscar-winning producer of “The Departed” and “Blood Diamond,” which are two of most popular movies among Netflix subscribers. FilmDistrict is run by CEO Peter Schlessel along with president of film distribution Bob Berney and president of acquisitions and operations Adrian Alperovich.
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Netflix said yesterday that it will have the rights to stream movies from recently created FilmDistrict shortly after they are released on DVD and before they go to pay TV. The deal, while small, provides more evidence that Netflix is focused on eventually making its streaming business a competitor to the entrenched providers of movies through satellite and cable TV connections. FilmDistrict is the company founded by Graham King, the Oscar-winning producer of “The Departed” and “Blood Diamond,” which are two of most popular movies among Netflix subscribers. FilmDistrict is run by CEO Peter Schlessel along with president of film distribution Bob Berney and president of acquisitions and operations Adrian Alperovich.
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Hammer Replaces Tobey As COO of CBS Films
CBS Films has tapped Lionsgate exec Wolfgang Hammer to replace Bruce Tobey as chief operating officer. The division, which just released “Faster” as its third title with $13.3 million in its first week, made the announcement Wednesday evening in a statement from president and CEO Amy Baer. Hammer’s responsibilities will include acquisitions, finance, legal and business affairs, including co-productions and international distribution. He’ll report to Baer. Hammer was exec VP of Lionsgate’s motion picture group. Tobey will depart at the end of the year and is expected to move into producing.
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CBS Films has tapped Lionsgate exec Wolfgang Hammer to replace Bruce Tobey as chief operating officer. The division, which just released “Faster” as its third title with $13.3 million in its first week, made the announcement Wednesday evening in a statement from president and CEO Amy Baer. Hammer’s responsibilities will include acquisitions, finance, legal and business affairs, including co-productions and international distribution. He’ll report to Baer. Hammer was exec VP of Lionsgate’s motion picture group. Tobey will depart at the end of the year and is expected to move into producing.
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Blixa Sues Thrillhouse Over “East Of Sunset” Title
Blixa Films is the latest Hollywood company trying to use trademark law to stop someone else from releasing a film with the same name. Blixa, which produced the 2004 documentary “East of Sunset,” filed a lawsuit on Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court to prevent Thrillhouse Prods. from using the “East of Sunset” title in its own upcoming documentary. According to the complaint, Blixa’s “Sunset” is a music-based story set in the Silverlake neighborhood of Los Angeles, featuring a number of indie rock musicians performing works composed by Tom Waits. Thrillhouse also has an alt-rock music-themed documentary in the works, as described on a website. Blixa is asking a judge for a restraining order to prevent Thrillhouse from using the title, “East of Sunset.”
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Blixa Films is the latest Hollywood company trying to use trademark law to stop someone else from releasing a film with the same name. Blixa, which produced the 2004 documentary “East of Sunset,” filed a lawsuit on Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court to prevent Thrillhouse Prods. from using the “East of Sunset” title in its own upcoming documentary. According to the complaint, Blixa’s “Sunset” is a music-based story set in the Silverlake neighborhood of Los Angeles, featuring a number of indie rock musicians performing works composed by Tom Waits. Thrillhouse also has an alt-rock music-themed documentary in the works, as described on a website. Blixa is asking a judge for a restraining order to prevent Thrillhouse from using the title, “East of Sunset.”
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Ben Foster And Giovanni Ribisi Join “Contraband” Cast
Ben Foster and Giovanni Ribisi are in talks to join Mark Wahlberg and Kate Beckinsale in the thriller “Contraband” for U. The Working Title production is a remake of the Icelandic pic “Reykjavik-Rotterdam” and is being directed by Baltasar Kormakur who also co-wrote, produced and starred in the original. The pic follows a security guard played by Wahlberg, who after running into some financial troubles decides to go on one more smuggling run. Foster will play Wahlberg’s brother-in-law while details on the character Ribisi would play were not disclosed. Tim Bevan is adapting the script with Wahlberg, Eric Fellner and Stephen Levinson producing. Production start date is set for January 2011.
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Ben Foster and Giovanni Ribisi are in talks to join Mark Wahlberg and Kate Beckinsale in the thriller “Contraband” for U. The Working Title production is a remake of the Icelandic pic “Reykjavik-Rotterdam” and is being directed by Baltasar Kormakur who also co-wrote, produced and starred in the original. The pic follows a security guard played by Wahlberg, who after running into some financial troubles decides to go on one more smuggling run. Foster will play Wahlberg’s brother-in-law while details on the character Ribisi would play were not disclosed. Tim Bevan is adapting the script with Wahlberg, Eric Fellner and Stephen Levinson producing. Production start date is set for January 2011.
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Channing Tatum Bound For “21 Jump Street”
It’s official: Channing Tatum is joining Jonah Hill to star in Columbia Pictures’ “21 Jump Street.” The studio made the announcement Tuesday morning. Tatum will also join Hill as an executive producer on the project, which will be directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. Hill wrote the treatment with Michael Bacall, who wrote the screenplay. Neal H. Moritz will produce the film with Stephen J. Cannell, who will receive posthumous credit. “Jump Street” was a hit show in the early days of Fox Broadcasting and featured a group of young-looking cops who infiltrated high schools as students in order to stop crime.
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It’s official: Channing Tatum is joining Jonah Hill to star in Columbia Pictures’ “21 Jump Street.” The studio made the announcement Tuesday morning. Tatum will also join Hill as an executive producer on the project, which will be directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. Hill wrote the treatment with Michael Bacall, who wrote the screenplay. Neal H. Moritz will produce the film with Stephen J. Cannell, who will receive posthumous credit. “Jump Street” was a hit show in the early days of Fox Broadcasting and featured a group of young-looking cops who infiltrated high schools as students in order to stop crime.
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Brandon Camp On The Lookout For The New “Benji”
Walden Media wants to put scruffy but lovable canine Benji back on the bigscreen. The Fox-based shingle, behind such family fare as the “Chronicles of Narnia” franchise, has paired with Brandon Camp, son of “Benji” creator Joe Camp Jr., to write, direct and produce a pic that will reboot the character for a new crop of young moviegoers. Camp will begin a nationwide search to find a dog and hopes to partner with a rescue organization to “screen test dogs in pounds,” he said, because the original Benji, a dog named Higgins, was a pound puppy. Camp had been thinking about reviving the “Benji” brand for years. With the majors increasingly focused on well-known pop culture icons from a generation ago for remakes, Camp said he felt the time was ripe “from a business point of view.” Brandon Camp retains all rights to the Benji character on behalf of his family.
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Walden Media wants to put scruffy but lovable canine Benji back on the bigscreen. The Fox-based shingle, behind such family fare as the “Chronicles of Narnia” franchise, has paired with Brandon Camp, son of “Benji” creator Joe Camp Jr., to write, direct and produce a pic that will reboot the character for a new crop of young moviegoers. Camp will begin a nationwide search to find a dog and hopes to partner with a rescue organization to “screen test dogs in pounds,” he said, because the original Benji, a dog named Higgins, was a pound puppy. Camp had been thinking about reviving the “Benji” brand for years. With the majors increasingly focused on well-known pop culture icons from a generation ago for remakes, Camp said he felt the time was ripe “from a business point of view.” Brandon Camp retains all rights to the Benji character on behalf of his family.
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Ruben Flesicher Becomes Director of “Gangster Squad”
Ruben Fleischer is going gangster. The “Zombieland” director will helm Warner Bros’ period cop movie “Gangster Squad,” pending working out where to fit a sequel to Columbia’s hit zombie movie. “Gangster” is based on a seven-part Los Angeles Times article written by Paul Lieberman centered on how in the 1940s, amid corruption and chaos, the LAPD created a unit called the Gangster Squad to keep the East Coast mafia out of the city. Dan Lin and Kevin McCormick are producing while Lin Pictures’ Jon Silk is co-producing. Will Beall wrote the latest draft. Going period, and more dramatic, will be a new road for Fleischer, who hopped from the $24 million-budgeted contemporary undead action-comedy “Zombieland” to “30 Minutes or Less,” his upcoming action comedy starring Jesse Eisenberg and Aziz Ansari. The move will also open up Fleischer to a bigger budget range and bigger stars.
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Ruben Fleischer is going gangster. The “Zombieland” director will helm Warner Bros’ period cop movie “Gangster Squad,” pending working out where to fit a sequel to Columbia’s hit zombie movie. “Gangster” is based on a seven-part Los Angeles Times article written by Paul Lieberman centered on how in the 1940s, amid corruption and chaos, the LAPD created a unit called the Gangster Squad to keep the East Coast mafia out of the city. Dan Lin and Kevin McCormick are producing while Lin Pictures’ Jon Silk is co-producing. Will Beall wrote the latest draft. Going period, and more dramatic, will be a new road for Fleischer, who hopped from the $24 million-budgeted contemporary undead action-comedy “Zombieland” to “30 Minutes or Less,” his upcoming action comedy starring Jesse Eisenberg and Aziz Ansari. The move will also open up Fleischer to a bigger budget range and bigger stars.
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Ricky Gervais and Emily Blunt Join “Muppets” Ensemble
Ricky Gervais and Emily Blunt are the latest high-profile celebrities to join the growing list of cameos in Disney’s new “Muppets” movie. The duo are joining a lineup that includes such names as Alan Arkin, Jack Black, Billy Crystal, Zach Galifianakis and Jean-Claude Van Damme, all of whom have bit parts in the story which sees the Muppets reunite to put on a show in order to save their movie studio from a developer. James Bobin is directing the pic, which is currently shooting in various locales around Los Angeles. Jason Segel, who wrote the script with Nicholas Stoller, is the human lead while Amy Adams, Chris Cooper and Rashida Jones are among the human actors in key roles. The roles the duo are playing are being kept under wraps.
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Ricky Gervais and Emily Blunt are the latest high-profile celebrities to join the growing list of cameos in Disney’s new “Muppets” movie. The duo are joining a lineup that includes such names as Alan Arkin, Jack Black, Billy Crystal, Zach Galifianakis and Jean-Claude Van Damme, all of whom have bit parts in the story which sees the Muppets reunite to put on a show in order to save their movie studio from a developer. James Bobin is directing the pic, which is currently shooting in various locales around Los Angeles. Jason Segel, who wrote the script with Nicholas Stoller, is the human lead while Amy Adams, Chris Cooper and Rashida Jones are among the human actors in key roles. The roles the duo are playing are being kept under wraps.
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The Clash Gears Up For A Big-Screen Gig
Scribe Jez Butterworth, whose recent credits include “Fair Game” and “The Last Legion,” is joining forces with Mick Jones and Paul Simonon of The Clash to make a feature pic about the band entitled “London Calling.” Pic, which is skedded to lense in 2011, is produced by Alison Owen and Paul Trijbits through their shingle Ruby Film and Television. Butterworth is also producing alongside Ruby while Jones and Simonon are acting as advisors and exec producers, and have granted exclusive rights to the music. The story, which Butterworth is writing with the support of the recently shuttered U.K. Film Council, will follow how music bizzer Guy Stevens (who advised The Who early in their career) steered the punk band into the rock-n-roll hall of fame with their hit album “London Calling.”
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Scribe Jez Butterworth, whose recent credits include “Fair Game” and “The Last Legion,” is joining forces with Mick Jones and Paul Simonon of The Clash to make a feature pic about the band entitled “London Calling.” Pic, which is skedded to lense in 2011, is produced by Alison Owen and Paul Trijbits through their shingle Ruby Film and Television. Butterworth is also producing alongside Ruby while Jones and Simonon are acting as advisors and exec producers, and have granted exclusive rights to the music. The story, which Butterworth is writing with the support of the recently shuttered U.K. Film Council, will follow how music bizzer Guy Stevens (who advised The Who early in their career) steered the punk band into the rock-n-roll hall of fame with their hit album “London Calling.”
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Ruben Flesicher Becomes Director of “Gangster Squad”
Ruben Fleischer is going gangster. The “Zombieland” director will helm Warner Bros’ period cop movie “Gangster Squad,” pending working out where to fit a sequel to Columbia’s hit zombie movie. “Gangster” is based on a seven-part Los Angeles Times article written by Paul Lieberman centered on how in the 1940s, amid corruption and chaos, the LAPD created a unit called the Gangster Squad to keep the East Coast mafia out of the city. Dan Lin and Kevin McCormick are producing while Lin Pictures’ Jon Silk is co-producing. Will Beall wrote the latest draft. Going period, and more dramatic, will be a new road for Fleischer, who hopped from the $24 million-budgeted contemporary undead action-comedy “Zombieland” to “30 Minutes or Less,” his upcoming action comedy starring Jesse Eisenberg and Aziz Ansari. The move will also open up Fleischer to a bigger budget range and bigger stars.
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Ruben Fleischer is going gangster. The “Zombieland” director will helm Warner Bros’ period cop movie “Gangster Squad,” pending working out where to fit a sequel to Columbia’s hit zombie movie. “Gangster” is based on a seven-part Los Angeles Times article written by Paul Lieberman centered on how in the 1940s, amid corruption and chaos, the LAPD created a unit called the Gangster Squad to keep the East Coast mafia out of the city. Dan Lin and Kevin McCormick are producing while Lin Pictures’ Jon Silk is co-producing. Will Beall wrote the latest draft. Going period, and more dramatic, will be a new road for Fleischer, who hopped from the $24 million-budgeted contemporary undead action-comedy “Zombieland” to “30 Minutes or Less,” his upcoming action comedy starring Jesse Eisenberg and Aziz Ansari. The move will also open up Fleischer to a bigger budget range and bigger stars.
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Wednesday, December 1, 2010
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