Tag Archives: Paramount
Mrs. Frisby Comes Back to Hollywood
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Paramount has decided to take on the classic children’s book “Rats of NIMH” by Robert C. O’Brien, and turn it into their offering for the CG/live action market. With audiences loving Remy (RATATOUILLE), Reepicheep (THE … Continue reading
WATCHMEN Sweeps BoxOffice
The superhero, eye candy extravaganza, WATCHMEN, dominated the box office this weekend, raking in a tidy $55.7 million. Execs were hoping that the film would beat out the opening numbers of “300″, but were still happy with the results. One of … Continue reading
More Problems for AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER
Protests are popping up all over the internet due to M. Night Shyamalan’s casting of the live action version of AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER. AWN reports that fans are concerned that Paramount and Nickelodeon are “whitewashing” the film, casting all … Continue reading
X-Boys?
Animation Magazine‘s Ryan Ball writes, Daily Variety reports that Twentieth Century Fox is developing a new X-Men movie featuring younger superheroes. The decision is no doubt inspired in part by the storm of fanfare surrounding the teen vampire movie Twilight, … Continue reading
‘Tintin’ Closer to Deal
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Spielberg and Jackson may be close to inking a financing/distribution deal for their trilogy of Tintin films. They are currently setup at Paramount Pictures, with Spielberg working on the first film. The director-producers are trying … Continue reading
Verbinski and Depp are Together Again
Variety reports that Gore Verbinski will be working next on an animated film which Paramount will finance and distribute. The CG film, currently titled “Rango”, will star Johnny Depp. Verbinski and Depp previously worked on the Pirates of the Caribbean … Continue reading
More Films in IMAX in 2009
Betting on the success of “The Dark Knight” which has versions of its film in both regular theaters and IMAX, ComingSoon.net reports that two more giant films will be approaching their release in the same way. 20th Century Fox and … Continue reading
Will “Hulk” Smash Box Office?
Reuters reports that Marvel’s Hulk and M. Night’s The Happening will be going head-to-head this weekend at the box office. Critics to dominate megaplexes heading into the seventh week of the lucrative summer movie season is “The Incredible Hulk,” a … Continue reading
Indy Makes a Huge Comeback with Skull
Variety says the fourth film in the Indiana Jones franchise opened this past weekend to become the second biggest domestic Memorial Day opening on record (behind last year’s “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End”). Indy raked in a cool … Continue reading
Narnia Prince Reigns Over Weekend
Variety is reporting that “The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian” topped the domestic box office this weekend with sales reaching $56 million from just under 4,000 theaters. It didn’t do quite as well as the first in the Narnia series … Continue reading
