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30 August 2008 6:09 AM, PDT | From Rope Of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news

Nicole Parker didn't realize starring in Disaster Movie would ruin her career... She knows now.

Photo: Lionsgate I am starting to think the RopeofSilicon Oracle is throwing darts at a board. I will give him last week because it was a close one and Death Race disappointed slightly and House Bunny did better than many thought, but if current estimates hold out Laremy's pick for #1 will end up at ... (drum roll) ... #7. Gasp and shock and pick me up off the floor. Okay, it's not that big of a deal, but I think it has been four weeks since he got the #1 slot right including this week. Wanna know what film that was? Let's take a peek... First off, Babylon A.D. has performed well despite all the trouble surrounding the picture including problems on set, in the editing room, lack of publicity and a director that seemed to want to sabotage his own film.

Brad Brevet

30 August 2008 1:05 AM, PDT | From fantasymoguls.com | See recent Fantasy Moguls news

The Dark Knight (Warner Bros) will soar past $500M sometime on Sunday, and will have banked about $505M by Tuesday morning. With Sex & The City at $152.44M and Get Smart reaching $128.29M, Warner Bros is the #1 studio for the summer of 2008 with a monstrous $995.42M by the end of the long Labor Day weekend. The studio also got help from Journey to the Center of the Earth, which has generated an impressive $93M or so. My measure here is to take the grosses for all movies released from May 2 thru this Friday (8/29) and add projected Labor Day weekend numbers. Based on that standard, Paramount/Dreamworks is a very strong #2 with an estimated $964.59M, about $30M behind WB. The Melrose gang rode back-to-back $300M grossing movies - Iron Man ($317.57M) and Indiana Jones & The Kingdom of The Crystal Skull ($315.33M) - followed by the Dreamworks...

Steve Mason

29 August 2008 11:42 PM, PDT | From fantasymoguls.com | See recent Fantasy Moguls news

Steve Mason is now on Facebook. Friday 10:00 p.m. (Pacific): Labor Day is a dumping ground for bad movies, but this year seems more toxic than usual. Three of the four new wide releases - Babylon A.D. (Fox), Disaster Movie (Lionsgate) and College (MGM) - were not screened for critics, while Traitor, the Don Cheadle thriller from Overture, has managed just a 54% Fresh score on Rotten Tomatoes. Horror and action have always been good plays on this weekend with Halloween 2007 ($30.59M opening), 2005's Transporter 2 ($20.1M opening) and Jeepers Creepers 2 ($18.36M) as the all-time best Labor Day openings, but there is no horror on the menu at America's multiplexes this weekend, and Traitor is more of a grown-up thriller than a pure action genre pic. That has left the door open for another weekend win for the Ben Stiller-directed Tropic Thunder (Dreamworks/Paramount). The R-rated movie satire has.

Steve Mason

29 August 2008 4:29 PM, PDT | From Rope Of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news

MTV has a curious quote from Mark Wahlberg recounting a bit of advice give to him from The Happening director M. Night Shyamalan. "[Night] gave me the worst advice he could have ever given me. He said, 'After [The Happening], you can never hold a gun again. You know that, right?' I said, 'Are you crazy?' He said, 'I'm serious, don't ever hold a gun again.' And I said, 'I don't know about that, man.'" Ironically enough that advice is quickly out the window as Wahlberg's gun laden follow-up to The Happening, Max Payne, hits theaters on October 17. However, the reason I use the headline above is due to the fact it looks like Payne could go either way with very little middle ground. I currently sit on the fence with the film after the trailers and footage I have seen, but I am intrigued for sure.

Brad Brevet

29 August 2008 3:00 AM, PDT | From FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news

Yahoo has debuted a brand new trailer for the upcoming video game adaptation Max Payne this afternoon, but first, some news you can use. In an interview with MTV, Payne star Mark Wahlberg jokingly issued a challenge to the man at the center of the second highest grossing film of ...

Neil Miller

29 August 2008 2:44 AM, PDT | From GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news

Hmm...I'm not falling in love with Body of Lies. Let's begin at the beginning: The first trailer for the Ridley Scott spy movie was as exciting as week old melba toast. Remember? It was one of the three trailers released with The Dark Knight, and of the three - Terminator and Watchmen being the others - it was the one you would've been perfectly Ok without?

The second trailer was a little better. I'm convinced that the re-recorded Russell Crowe's voice because something about his accent became much more believable in round two. It still wasn't great, and I didn't have the sort of reaction you'd expect when you see Crowe and Leo DiCaprio on screen together.

And now, thanks to Cinematical, there's a poster for Body of Lies and it's terribly perfunctory, just like everything else I've seen. The color scheme is something out of 1992 and the

Colin Boyd

29 August 2008 1:28 AM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news

The apartment in which Heath Ledger died is available for rent for $$26,000 per month, it has been confirmed. The actor had been living in the Soho loft for four months when he passed away from an accidental overdose of prescription drugs in January. He moved into the property shortly after finishing his role as The Joker in Batman sequel The Dark Knight. The three-bedroom apartment was unofficially (more)

By Beth Hilton

28 August 2008 9:56 PM, PDT | From Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news

"Babylon A.D." is making its way to the big screen this coming Friday, August 29, but before moviegoers head up to the theaters to check it out, a so-called official trailer to the Mathieu Kassovitz-directed/co-scripted action sci-fi has come out. Uniquely made, the video lampooned most of highlighted movies this summer from "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" to "Sex and the City" and "The Dark Knight".

Starring Vin Diesel, Michelle Yeoh, Melanie Thierry and Gerard Depardieu, "Babylon" tells the story of Toorop, a mercenary with a simple code "kill or be killed". Living in the time when world has turned into a war zone, he is hired to escort a young woman holding a big secret and her guardian from Eastern Europe to New York. When he gradually finds out that the woman is carrying the only hope for the future of mankind and everyone

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28 August 2008 8:00 PM, PDT | From MoviesOnline.ca | See recent MoviesOnline news

An inside look at the impact that Heath Ledger's death made on The Dark Knight! Today it was revealed by Variety that The Dark Knight will rank up $900 million over the weekend worldwide. A lot of people have really praised this movie for it's clever writing and Heath Ledger's performance.. But it seems to me it may be more than just his performance that got people into theaters. I also think that it may not have much to do with the script either. The Dark Knights success I think was driven mostly by people who were curious to see Heath Ledgers "final performance". This was also fueled by peo...

28 August 2008 2:09 PM, PDT | From Rope Of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news

#1 movie predicted correctly: 0 Weeks in a Row 1. Disaster Movie This weekend is all about who sucks the least. Or rather who the general public perceives to suck least. Because We all know this is probably the lead contender for terribleness. The only other possibility for the top slot is Babylon Ad which they aren't advertising for. So what can I do? Estimate: $13.7 million 2. Babylon A.D. I should get it put in to my contract that I don't have to project anything under $10m. That would give me most of April and August off. Estimate: $11.5 million 3. Tropic Thunder I was really pleased to see this win another weekend. But the "victory" only means so much, don't kid yourself, this one is being considered a failure by the studio financially. Which means we've doomed ourselves to more juvenile comedies meant for the lowest common denominator. Yay us! Estimate: $10.6 million 4. The House Bunny

Laremy Legel

28 August 2008 12:22 PM, PDT | From GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news

Ok, here's the deal: It's Labor Day. Hollywood, for whatever reason, has this misconception that people won't go see movies over the last pre-Thanksgiving holiday weekend. And I can't believe that, in 2008, all those multi-billion dollar multinationals still hold on to this business model. Here's a little secret, you to me: Some of the movies that do best on Labor Day weekend are movies from earlier in the summer. Why? The movies that come out on Labor Day aren't Usda grade A beef.

Last year, there were actually a couple new releases that did pretty well (Halloween, Balls of Fury), but in 2006, the carryover Invincible beat all newcomers, and Little Miss Sunshine and Pirates 2 saw significant increases in their audiences. The year before, The 40-Year-Old Virgin also sold more tickets over Labor Day than it had in the previous weekend, ditto March of the Penguins. In 2004, Hero became the

Colin Boyd

28 August 2008 8:58 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

The New York residence where late Hollywood actor Heath Ledger was found dead has been put back on the market for rent.

Ledger was found in the downtown Manhattan apartment in January, after an accidental overdose of prescription drugs.

The SoHo loft flat has been listed for $26,000 (GBP14,054) a month - $4,000 (GBP2,162) more than the actor paid before his tragic death.

Ledger moved into the loft last September after finishing work on his role as The Joker in his last completed film, Batman sequel The Dark Knight.

According to the New York Post, the apartment was quietly being shopped around in February.

A New York real-estate broker told the newspaper at the time: "You don't wait around in a hot rental market like this. As ghoulish as it sounds, people will rent that place in a heartbeat."

The apartment includes three bedrooms, two-and-a-half bathrooms, an office, laundry room, gourmet kitchen, sprawling balcony and wood-burning fireplace.

The apartment's agent at New York's Corcoran Group did not return calls on the listing.

As WENN went to press, the building's owner, Donald Burns, could not be reached.

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28 August 2008 7:29 AM, PDT | From firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news

Last week we announced that Dark City director Alex Proyas would be helming an adaptation of Robert Heinlein's "Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag", but one film we forgotten to mention was Dracula: Year Zero. Proyas is still set to direct Dracula: Year Zero and recently chatted with MTV about some of the finer details of another new vampire film. As we all know, there are some elements of vampire mythology that must be included - the teeth at least - and Proyas answers some questions regarding what we can expect with this origin story, which thankfully isn't just another dark interpretation inspired by The Dark Knight. Proyas seems to be a bit more excited to take this one to different heights. Like Frank Miller's "Batman: Year One", Dracula: Year Zero retells the origin of the dark vampire lord known as Dracula. As Proyas describes, it's "sort of the

Alex Billington

28 August 2008 12:09 AM, PDT | From The Entertainment Zone | See recent The Entertainment Zone news

Ok, I'm seeing all kinds of rumors floating around cyberspace these days regarding the future of the Batman franchise with Christopher Nolan at the helm. So, let's set a few things straight and I'd love to hear some of your opinions as well! With The Dark Knight closing in on $500 mill. Us gross, Christopher Nolan has most definitely proven himself! Even if there were some who just didn't like or didn't get "Memento", "The Prestige" or "Insomnia"... some of my favorite movies of all time, by the way! I Love a Mind F*&K Flick!!!!! But, I don't think many people can argue his talent with the success of The Dark Knight! Dark, gritty, bold, beautiful... you don't even want me to go into full 'review mode', because I could ramble on forever about how great this movie was! The question of the day...is... what will he do next?

Laura Alber

28 August 2008 12:01 AM, PDT | From toxicshock.tv | See recent toxicshock news

The studio released a brand new foreign movie poster for the upcoming comedy “Disaster Movie” by directors Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer (Scary Movie) and starring Carmen Electra (Meet The Spartans), Kimberly Kardashian (The Simple Life), Nick Steele (Epic Movie), Nicole Parker (Mad TV) and Matt Lanter (Star Wars: The Clone Wars).This poster features many of the characters from the movie, such as Hellboy, The Dark Knight, The Incredible Hulk, Enchanted, Indiana Jones, Kung Fu Panda, Juno, Iron Man and Hancock. Plot: A group of young friends embark on a wacky, life-changing adventure. Stay tuned to Toxic Shock TV for the latest Disaster Movie news and stills.

Brian Corder

27 August 2008 8:08 PM, PDT | From GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news

For the second time in ten days, we're hearing that the door is wide open for Christopher Nolan to return to the Batman franchise - in fact, Warner Bros. and DC may well take the damn thing off its hinges for the man - and whether or not he chooses to direct the threequel is entirely up to him.

When last we updated this saga, Warner chief Alan Horn said, more or less, that the ball is in Nolan's court. Certainly the studio wants to keep the franchise going after the staggering success of The Dark Knight, and as a demonstration of their gratitude to Nolan and their faith in his vision, they're probably prepared to sign him to the most lucrative contract ever for a director. That's my belief, anyway.

Today, in a great Hollywood Reporter article that traces the growth of The Dark Knight back three years, producer

Colin Boyd

27 August 2008 1:40 PM, PDT | From firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news

Although this isn't a big update, the Hollywood Reporter has a great article titled Anatomy of a Hit: 'The Dark Knight' that's worth reading if you're interested in some in-depth interpretation on The Dark Knight and its success. However, at the end of the article, they mention briefly some details on whether or not a sequel is in the works. The short of it: they're waiting to hear from Christopher Nolan, because it's entirely up to him. Everyone knows that WB will probably make a sequel no matter whether he returns or not. Or rather, they'll pay him enough and give him what he needs to get it made. And if he does come back, it will be one hell of a sequel that I know we all hope will top The Dark Knight. Producer Chuck Roven explains that "there are a lot of us who emotionally would

Alex Billington

27 August 2008 12:27 PM, PDT | From QuietEarth.us | See recent QuietEarth news

This is not to be confused with the post apocalyptic zombedy of the same name, this is a straight horror film which was announced long before. We had posted info that the crew was scouting locations, and now James has given us permission to announce shooting will begin in November. It will be shot on location in France, but will be done in English. It will star Brad Dourif (we all know him), Arly Jover, Beatrice Rosen (The Dark Knight). Music will be done by award winning composer Klaus Schulze, with special FX being done by Christophe Spadaccini (Immortal, Irreversible, Dante 01, Eden Log). And probably the biggest news of all is that the director of photgraphy will be Laurent Chalet who lensed March of the Penguins. "The movie's about a retired funeral director who turns his vast funeral home into a museum of death where you get to stroll

27 August 2008 9:55 AM, PDT | From ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news

That is the question on everyone’s lips.

The man behind the second highest grossing film of all time (unadjusted) hasn’t signed on to direct a third installment yet, and The Dark Knight’s producer Charles Roven has said that nobody has even talked to Nolan yet because he is on vacation.

Roven said:

“There are a lot of us who emotionally would love to do it, but it’s really Chris’ call. Chris is the kind of filmmaker who just doesn’t think about the next movie before he has completely finished the movie he is working on. When he comes back, we will see how he feels.”

You bet a lot of people want to make a third film - especially after the amount of coin that That Dark Knight has taken in ($871 million and counting!).

So how will Chris Nolan feel, and will he want to

Niall Browne

27 August 2008 9:17 AM, PDT | From GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news

I wish I could take credit for this, but as I had nothing at all to do with it, I can only take credit for laughing at it.

Over the past couple of months, a lot of movie-related websites not named The Big Picture have frantically reprinted quotes from Kevin Smith about several films. First it was The Dark Knight, then I think Watchmen, and possibly Star Trek most recently. He could have been talking about anything, frankly, because he loved everything he saw and spoke about each film in exactly the same way. The reviews were interchangeable.

I'm not inclined to listen to these reviews for a few reasons, primarily because the guy made Jersey Girl. On purpose. And he was a correspondent/shill for The Tonight Show. So I don't necessarily feel like taking his advice and running to the highest mountaintop with it.

Spill picked up the

Colin Boyd

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