Juan Jose Campanella is Making an Animated Movie About Soccer…Er, Football

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Juan Jose Campanella, the Argentine who won the  foreign-language Oscar in 2009 for his film The Secret in Their Eyes, has decided to make his first animated feature.  His film has been titled Metegol, or Foosball, and only has a budget of $9.75 million if you can believe that. The film “follows an underdog who, with the help of foosball figures [...]

Vampires Suck Makes $4m on Day One

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Now then, I am all for parodies when they poke fun at something that has taken over the world to such a destructive degree that Twilight-mania has swept over all of us, so the newest addition to the spoof-genre that brought us such atrocities as Epic Movie and Superhero Movie wasn’t quite as unwelcome as the majority [...]

Disney Post Huge Profits In Third Quarter: Mouseketeers Unanimously Rejoice

Given the incredible effect Toy Story 3 has had on the market since release (both in terms of box office and merchandise), it isn’t exactly surprising that Variety are reporting that Disney have announced soaring profits for the third quarter of the year. Incredibly, the studio posted profit figures of $123 million compared with a [...]

Dan Dare Headed to Warner Bros. with Sam Worthington as the Lead?

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Dan Dare, a British Sci Fi Pilot, looks to be heading to Warner Bros. so that the chief can get his turn on the big screen. Variety reports that the rights for the feature film are close to being theirs and that Sam Worthington is set to be the chief pilot hero of the Interplanet Space Fleet. [...]

The Next Stop for the Barefoot Bandit Isn’t Jail, It’s the Silver Screen!

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Well it’s official, the Barefoot Bandit is already getting his own movie.  The film is about the 19 year old outlaw Colton Harris-Moore who, up until recently, was on the run from the FBI, local police, and US Homeland Security for two years. The film is going to be scripted by Dustin Lance Black (Milk) while [...]

Twilight: Eclipse- Officially the Biggest Midnight Opening Ever

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Not exactly surprising news coming out thanks to Variety that the Twilight hordes have added the latest film franchise addition, Twilight: Eclipse to the record books thanks to a phenomenally busy midnight release night across 12 territories on Tuesday night. Even taking into account the sheer fan madness that usually meets everything related to Stephenie [...]

Exclusive Interview with Neil Stiles, President of Variety

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There are few people in the entertainment industry with the sway and remit of Neil Stiles and, at a time when the evolution of the publishing industry is at a crucial point, fewer still who stand a closer watch over this time of change. Neil began his career working for the NME, and is currently [...]

47 Ronin get a director

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Variety is reporting today that Universal Pictures are close to naming Carl Erik Rinsch as director for the forthcoming 47 Ronin movie. It will be Rinsch’s first feature, he is best known for being a director of commercials. The movie is set to be a big budget action movie along the lines of 300, so [...]