- 5/16/13 /
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Why the Upfronts Are Still Important (But Probably Won’t Be Forever)
There's a reason the networks spend so much on shrimp and Stoli every spring, and it's not that they like to party.
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- 5/9/13 /
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John McCain Wants to Lower Your Cable Bill
He's making another push for à la carte billing.
- 3/4/13 /
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Your Box Office Explained: Why Did Jack the Giant Slayer Bomb?
At least it opened before this weekend's Oz movie. That's the only positive we can find here.
- 2/28/13 /
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Kon-Tiki: The Oscar-Nominated Movie That Was Filmed Twice in Two Different Languages
The English version will be out in the States on April 19.
- 2/26/13 /
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Music Sales Actually Went Up Last Year
Thanks to Adele.
- 2/14/13 /
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Starving for Mummy Reboot, Universal Hires Hunger Games Screenwriter to Pen Competing Script
Vulture has learned that the studio has taken the unusual step of hiring two different screenwriters to work on dueling Mummy scripts.
- 1/31/13 /
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Disney Negotiating With Kenneth Branagh to Direct Cinderella
Cate Blanchett is still attached as the wicked stepmother.
- 1/24/13 /
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Warner Bros. Harpoons Hemsworth Movie In the Heart of the Sea, Romancing Ron Howard to Direct
Ron Howard is in early talks for a movie based on a Nathaniel Philbrick book.
- 1/17/13 /
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Exclusive: Ron Howard Getting All I’ve Got From J.J. Abrams’s Bad Robot at Paramount
Abrams's Bad Robot is developing the film at Paramount.
- 1/17/13 /
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Exclusive: Warner Looking to Breed Gremlins Again
With Spielberg possibly as executive producer.
- 1/9/13 /
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Oh, Snap: Costner NFL Dramedy Draft Day Back in Play — This Time at Lionsgate
The Ivan Reitman project was dead until it topped last year's Black List.
- 12/18/12 /
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Will Twitter Now Help Save Your Favorite TV Show?
Twitter and Nielsen have announced a new kind of social-media rating to measure active viewership. Yes, but how does that affect Community?
- 12/6/12 /
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Exclusive: Warner Bros. Cuts Ties With Secret Kevin Clash Puppet Movie
Clash had secretly been at work on a new character for the studio over this past summer and fall.
- 11/28/12 /
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Exclusive: Fox Looks to Reel In Director J. Blakeson for Adaptation of Self-Published Sci-Fi Hit Wool
The series of sci-fi novelettes is a self-publishing smash.
- 11/15/12 /
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Why Won’t the Networks Cancel Partners and The Mob Doctor?
In past years low-rated new shows like these would have been gone in two weeks. Here are the three reasons they're still hanging on.
- 11/7/12 /
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Exclusive: David Yates Committing to Tarzan at Warner Bros.
He directed the last four Harry Potter films.
- 11/6/12 /
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Is the NBC Comeback Real?
Three reasons to be hopeful, and two that say "Not so fast ... "
- 11/1/12 /
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Roger Avary’s Making a Castle Wolfenstein Movie
The computer game. Remember? With the Nazis?
- 10/31/12 /
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Will the Star Wars Films Still Be Owned by Two Movie Studios?DONT PUB
And a few other questions.
- 10/30/12 /
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They’re Making Another Star Wars Movie! Episode 7! [UPDATE]
This is not a drill.
- 10/29/12 /
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Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Sequel Script on Way: Hollywood Now Drawn to Senior Set
Studio executives seem to have realized that teens aren't the only ones who have box-office money.
- 10/25/12 /
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Bradley Cooper Joining Cameron Crowe’s Film to Get Elephant Man on Broadway
He really wants to be on the Great White Way.
- 10/19/12 /
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Does Joaquin Phoenix’s Anti-Oscar Oration Actually Help His Chances?
Maybe. Fellow actors pretty much agree with him.
- 10/15/12 /
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Your Box Office Explained: Hollywood Chases All the Young Dudes
Argo, Taken 2, and Sinister end the weekend in a tight finish.
- 10/9/12 /
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The Three Obstacles to Reviving Variety
Nikki Finke's parent company is doubling down on entertainment news. But is there a place for the hobbled institution anymore?