Why Studios Must End Their Mega-Budget Obsession
Dire predictions swirled around this year's slate of pricey pics. Now, after a number of colossal flops, Hollywood is left to wonder if its swing-for-the-fences paradigm has struck out.
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Paramount, Montecito Developing ‘Dunderheads’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Paramount Pictures and The Montecito Picture Co. have come on board middle-school comedy "The Dunderheads" with Tyler Spindle attached to direct.
‘Grown Ups’ sequel in the works
Sony Pictures and Happy Madison Prods. are in talks with "Grown Ups" scribe Fred Wolf to write a sequel to last year's Adam Sandler comedy, the funnyman's highest-grossing film worldwide at $271…
Adam Sandler: Multihyphenate just goes with it
Adam Sandler isn't looking to reinvent the comedic wheel. The actor-producer is content covering such familiar terrain as talking animals ("The Zookeeper"), mistaken identity ("Just Go With It") and…
‘Immortals’ tops at Friday B.O.
The B.O. gods have allied with Relativity's "The Immortals," earning it $15 million domestically last night.
‘Immortals’ to test the B.O. gods
Relativity Media has something to prove this weekend as Ryan Kavanaugh's newbie distrib launches its first big-budget homegrown worldwide release, 3D effort "Immortals," into a depressed domestic…
Adam Sandler gets ribbed
Of all the familiar faces at Sunday's preem of "Jack and Jill," it was Al Pacino who seemed most eager to make time to talk.
Review: ‘Puss in Boots’
The consistently amusing "Puss in Boots" should appease audiences and shareholders alike as the swashbuckling cat leaves his prints all over the fall box office.
Rocket, Big Air acquire chiller ’11-11-11′
Rocket Releasing and Big Air Studios have acquired North American distribution rights to Darren Bousman's horror-thriller "11-11-11" -- and plan to release the pic on Nov. 11 in 15 major U.S. markets.
Dugan, Sandler defy critics en route to success
Dennis Dugan doesn't read reviews. He stopped looking at them a long time ago, believing that when it comes to type of comedies he makes with Adam Sandler, critics simply don't get it and tend to be…
Al Pacino heads for ‘Arbitrage’
Al Pacino has financial thriller "Arbitrage" as set his next film. He'll star opposite Eva Green and Susan Sarandon.
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