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MARVEL’S THE AVENGERS DOMESTIC DEBUT SETS ALL-TIME INDUSTRY RECORD AT $200.3 MILLION; FILM GROSSES $641.8 MILLION GLOBALLY

The Walt Disney Studios announced today that Marvel’s The Avengers posted an estimated $200.3 million in its domestic debut May 4-6, shattering previous records and positioning the film as the highest-grossing domestic debut of all time. The film’s cumulative global box office gross is an estimated $641.8 million over 12 days in release.

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movie: The Avengers

ORIGINAL ‘BLADE RUNNER’ SCREENWRITER HAMPTON FANCHER IN TALKS TO PEN SEQUEL IDEA FOR DIRECTOR RIDLEY SCOTT AND ALCON ENTERTAINMENT.

LOS ANGELES, CA, MAY 16, 2012—Hampton Fancher is in talks to reunite with his “Blade Runner” director Ridley Scott to develop the idea for the original screenplay for the Alcon Entertainment, Scott Free, and Bud Yorkin produced follow up to the ground-breaking 1982 science fiction classic, it was announced by Alcon co-founders and co-Chief Executive Officers Broderick Johnson and Andrew Kosove.

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Alex Proyas in talks for Summit's 'Gods of Egypt'

Alex Proyas is in negotiations to direct Summit Entertainment's "Gods of Egypt," with an eye to write the screenplay with Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless.

Basil Iwanyk will produce via his Thunder Road Productions banner along with Proyas via his Mystery Clock Cinema banner.

Set against the legendary world of great pyramids and sphinxes, pic the story of a common thief and a god on a magical quest.

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Author: Jeff Snider

Beautiful Creatures Fan Set Visit Contest

Warner Brothers just launched a video submission contest for fans to win a trip to the set of BEAUTIFUL CREATURES, which is currently filming in and around New Orleans, Louisiana.

Based on a bestselling novel by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl, BEAUTIFUL CREATURES stars Alden Ehrenreich (“Tetro”), newcomer Alice Englert, and Academy Award® winners Jeremy Irons (“Reversal of Fortune”) and Emma Thompson (“Howard’s End,” “Sense and Sensibility”); Oscar® nominee Viola Davis (“The Help,” “Doubt”); and Emmy Rossum (TV’s “Shameless”).

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Author: Warner Brothers
movie: Beautiful Creatures
actors: Emmy Rossum, Jeremy Irons, Viola Davis + 2 more »

Sony taps Sorkin for Steve Jobs biopic

Sony Pictures has tapped its Oscar-winning "Social Network" scribe Aaron Sorkin to adapt Walter Isaacson's bestselling biography of late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.

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Author: Jeff Snider

“GANGSTER SQUAD” TO HIT THEATERS ON SEPTEMBER 7

BURBANK, CA, May 14, 2012 – Warner Bros. Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures announced today that the release date for “Gangster Squad” is September 7, 2012. The announcement was made by Dan Fellman, Warner Bros. Pictures President, Domestic Distribution.

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movie: The Gangster Squad
actors: Nick Nolte, Sean Penn, Michael Pena + 5 more »

Warner Bros. summons Kloves for 'Defending Jacob'

Warner Bros. is in talks with "Harry Potter" scribe Steve Kloves to write and direct "Defending Jacob," Mary Parent's film adaptation of William Landay's legal thriller novel.

Parent will produce the project through her Disruption Entertainment banner.

Pic, set in a wealthy suburb of Boston, follows a district attorney who must leave his day job to defend his son from a murder charge, all the while uncertain of the son's guilt.

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Author: Rachel Abrams

“MARVEL’S THE AVENGERS” TO CROSS $1 BILLION GLOBALLY IN 19 DAYS

Marvel’s The Avengers is expected to cross the $1 billion threshold at the global box office on May 13, its 19th day in release, The Walt Disney Studios has announced. This is the first Marvel Studios film and the fifth Walt Disney Studios release to reach this important milestone.

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movie: The Avengers

FILMING IS UNDERWAY ON “GETAWAY”

BURBANK, CA, May 10, 2012 – Principal photography has begun on Dark Castle Entertainment and After Dark Films’ high-octane action thriller “Getaway.”

The film stars Academy Award® nominee Ethan Hawke (“Training Day”), actress and international music sensation Selena Gomez (“Wizards of Waverly Place”), and Academy Award® winner Jon Voight (“Coming Home,” the “National Treasure” films).

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Author: Warner Brothers

THE TUMBLER AND THE BAT-POD ARE ROLLING FROM COAST-TO-COAST

BURBANK, CA, May 10, 2012 – Fans who have been eagerly awaiting the July 20 release of Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Legendary Pictures’ “The Dark Knight Rises” will have an opportunity to get a firsthand look at the Tumbler and the Bat-Pod, which are rolling out on a coast-to-coast tour, sponsored by Mountain Dew®. and IMAX®.

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movie: The Dark Knight Rises

Sony already smurfing 'Smurfs 3'

Sony Pictures Animation and Columbia Pictures are feeling confident in their upcoming "Smurfs" sequel, as the studios are already developing a script for "Smurfs 3" with scribes Karey Kirkpatrick and Chris Poche, sources tell Variety.

Duo previously worked together on DreamWorks Animation's "Over the Hedge."

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Author: Jeff Snider