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Showbizdata.com
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 Elizabeth
Banks, Zooey Deschanel, Emily Mortimer, and Rashida Jones
have joined the cast of My Idiot Brother. The new
additions joined previously cast Paul Rudd who is set to
star in the Jesse Peretz movie. The film centers around
Rudd's character who intrudes into the lives of his three
sisters (played by Banks, Deschanel, and Mortimer) bringing
truth while wreaking havoc in their lives. Anthony Bregman,
Peter Saraf, and Marc Turtletaub will produce from an
Evgenia Peretz and David Schisgall screenplay. Filming is
set to begin next month in New York. |
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Showbizdata.com
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 CBS
Films has announced that they will be moving their
romantic-fantasy Beastly's release date from
July 30 of this year to March 18 of next year. CBS
Films has had rather dismal returns this year,
releasing two movies, The Back Up Plan and Extraordinary
Measure, which have had far from stellar results
at the box office. This leaves CBS Films with only one
movie, a thriller entitled Faster starring
Billy Bob Thorton and Dwayne Johnson, with a planned
release date in 2010. |
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by Showbizdata.com
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 On
Tuesday, a second arrest warrant has been put out on actress
Lindsay Lohan after her alcohol-monitoring bracelet was set
off. An earlier warrant was issued when Lohan failed to
appear in court after claiming she was stuck in France after
her passport was allegedly stolen. The warrant was ended
when Lohan appeared in court and posted an upped bail. The
actress, who was fitted for the SCRAM device last month in a
probation case following two DUI convictions, has denied any
wrongdoings in a series of Tweets. A hearing is set for next
month. |
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No
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Title
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Distributor
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Sites
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Gross
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Avg
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Total
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| 1 |
SHREK
FOREVER AFTER |
PARAMOUNT |
4,386 |
2,947,305 |
672 |
188,602,643 |
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| 2 |
GET
HIM TO THE GREEK |
UNIVERSAL |
2,697 |
2,199,005 |
815 |
22,263,955 |
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| 3 |
KILLERS |
LIONSGATE |
2,859 |
1,709,221 |
598 |
19,131,000 |
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| 4 |
SEX
IN THE CITY 2 |
WARNER
BROS. |
3,445 |
1,644,088 |
477 |
76,199,709 |
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| 5 |
PRINCE
OF PERSIA: THE SANDS OF TIME |
DISNEY |
3,646 |
1,614,483 |
443 |
62,766,979 |
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| 6 |
MARMADUKE |
FOX |
3,213 |
1,270,097 |
395 |
13,861,549 |
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| 7 |
IRON
MAN 2 |
PARAMOUNT |
3,007 |
827,461 |
275 |
293,059,560 |
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| 8 |
SPLICE |
WARNER
BROS. |
2,450 |
761,277 |
311 |
8,934,735 |
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| 9 |
ROBIN
HOOD |
UNIVERSAL |
2,599 |
597,770 |
230 |
95,665,560 |
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| 10 |
LETTERS
TO JULIET |
SUMMIT |
1,962 |
450,615 |
230 |
44,151,696 |
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| 11 |
DATE
NIGHT |
FOX |
658 |
80,698 |
123 |
95,490,781 |
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| 12 |
JUST
WRIGHT |
FOX
SEARCHLIGHT |
518 |
69,885 |
135 |
20,340,700 |
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| SCRIPTS
OF THE WEEK
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 We
recommend reading as many scripts as you can in order to develop
your own writing. Reading scripts can be a useful practice in
learning what works in a story, or what a good script looks like.
You can find out how other screenwriters establish their voice and
tell their story.
Today we are not featuring just one script, but an enormous
collection of scripts thanks to SimplyScripts.com.
From Citizen Kane to Seven, you can probably find
the script you're looking for at SimplyScripts.com.
You can find film scripts, TV scripts, un-produced scripts,
foreign language scripts, radio scripts, and even treatments. Ever
wondered what E.T. 2 would have been like? Find the treatment
here.
Check out SimplyScripts.com for
a useful screenwriter's resource.
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To say that Final Draft 8 is new and improved just
scratches the surface of the enhancements made by the team behind this
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released copies on floppy disk or you're a proud owner of version 7,
upgrading to Final Draft 8 will empower you to write more efficiently.
Working from the wish-lists of the pros and other
power users, Final Draft has added scores of new features.
The Writers Store's top three favorite additions
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Outline your ideas and re-order scenes in this high level
overview
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Track important details with a sortable floating palette
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Add scene titles and colors to organize the elements of your
script.
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| Film
Projects |
Production
Company |
| Scream 4 |
New Line Cinema |
| Bad Boys 3 |
Jerry Bruckheimer |
| Final Destination 5 3D |
New Line Cinema |
| Last Beat |
Zero Gravity Management |
| New Don |
Roman Productions |
| Area Boys |
Focus Features |
| Skins |
Film4 |
| Lonely Man |
Green Moon Spain |
| Killer Pizza |
Rafaella Productions |
| Men In Black 3D |
Columbia Pictures/Amblin |
| Batman 3 |
Warner Bros. |
| Flipped |
Reiner/Greisman |
| TV
Projects |
Network |
| Ex-Mas Carol |
ABC Family Channel |
| Firsts |
Fox Broadcasting Company |
| The Transporter |
EuropaCorp |
| Lies In Plain Sight |
Lifetime Entertainment Television |
| Metadocs |
Syfy |
| Big Mike |
A&E Television Networks |
| Kilborn File |
Twentieth Television |
| Army Wives Spinoff |
Lifetime Entertainment Television |
| Geek Meets Girl |
Fox21 |
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| TOP
STORIES & HEADLINES | |  | DISNEY
ENDS TALKS WITH WEINESTEINS
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 Tuesday
Disney ended its discussions with Bob and Harvey Weinstein
concerning buying back Miramax Films. This ends a great deal of
speculation that the exclusive talks between the two companies
were deteriorating. Miramax is now open to the highest bidder.
Many in the industry are looking for earlier bidders like the
Gore Brothers, who are currently in talks to purchase Overture
Films as well, will walk away with the company. |
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'Men
In Black 3D' Invades Memorial Day 2012
Will Smith and Barry Sonnenfeld are back, with Tommy Lee Jones in
talks.
- Shia
LaBeouf starring in ‘Necessary Death’ for Mandate
Shia LaBeouf will star in “The Necessary Death of Charlie
Countryman,” a Black List script written by Matt Drake. Commericals
director Dante Ariola will direct the project for Mandate Pictures.
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Warner
Bros. sets 'Sherlock' sequel date
Warner Bros. has
scheduled "Sherlock Holmes 2" for a mid-December 2011
release and is getting close to giving the go-ahead for a movie
about beloved DC Comics superhero "Flash."
- 'Batman
3' sequel has an official release date
Warner Bros. has set July 20, 2012, as the release date for the third
Christopher Nolan-directed Batman movie.
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Trio
taking on Stephen King's 'Dark Tower'
Ron Howard, Brian Grazer and Akiva Goldsman are teaming up to tackle
Stephen King's fantasy Western series "The Dark Tower."
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Gary
Coleman dies at 42
Gary Coleman, the child star of the smash 1970s TV sitcom
“Diff’rent Strokes” whose later career was marred by medical
and legal problems, has died after suffering an intercranial
hemorrhage. He was 42.  
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Disney,
Zemeckis shingle splitting up
Disney is breaking up with ImageMovers, the Disney-based shingle run
by Robert Zemeckis, Jack Rapke and Steve Starkey.
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| Script
of the Week
Get
Him To The Greek
Playing in Theaters Now. Spin-off success of Forgetting
Sarah Marshall focusing on that comedy's breaktout character,
musician Aldous Snow.
Please note, BlueCat offers this script for educational purposes
only.
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| EXECS
& AGENCIES ON THE MOVE UPDATES |
Chris Osbrink now Creative Executive at
Callahan Filmworks
Mandy Schaffer joins Fox21 as Director of Business Affairs
Jessie Henderson promoted to Creative Executive for Chernin
Entertainment
A.J. Rinella now VP of Fedora Films
Mark Bauch promoted to Creative Executive at Lin Pictures
Frances O'Connor signs with Allison
Band, David DeCamillo, Ken Kaplan and Daisy Wu/Gersh
Shade Grant promoted to International Television and Media agent at
ICM
Kaley Cuoco now repped by publicist Melissa Kates/Viewpoint
Gregg Klein joins AKA Talent Agency
Writer-director Steven Brill now managed by Noah Rosen/Circle of
Confusion
Sean Fay now manager at Kritzer Levine Wilkins Griffin Entertainment
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| LITERARY
SALES - DEAL DECK |
Adam
Horowitz & Edward Kitsis renew their overall deal with ABC through
June 2012.
Brian Koppelman & David Levien sign one-year, first-look deal with
20th Century Fox Television.
Writer Peter Barsocchini now repped by David Lubliner and Greg Hodes/WME
Entertainment
Attorney David Colden opens firm, David Colden: A Professional
Corporation
Dark Toy Entertainment signs two-year,
overall deal with Universal Media Studios.
KZK Productions signs two-year, exclusive deal with Sony Pictures
Entertainment Television.
Zach Reiter signs two-year, overall
deal with CBS Television Studios.
Gregory S. Malins signs two-year, overall deal with Warner Bros.
Television.
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 Akiva
Goldsman will make his feature directorial debut with “Man and
Wife,” 20th Century Fox’s drama about a professional killer who
becomes emotionally attached to the family he is supposed to kill…Diane
Keaton and Ellen Page have joined the HBO
comedy pilot “Tilda,” playing a formidable Hollywood blogger and a
morally conflicted assistant, respectively…Jesse Eisenberg
will play a pizza delivery man who ends up with a bomb
strapped to his chest and is forced to rob a bank in “30 Minutes or
Less.” Ruben Fleischer directs…Natasha Henstridge
recurs as a law firm partner in the second season of Lifetime’s
legal dramedy “Drop Dead Diva,” while Leelee Sobieski
guest stars as a lab technician…Bette Midler, Kim
Cattrall and Pixie Lott are set to star in
“Sweet Baby Jesus,” a nativity satire set in 1970s Bethlehem,
Maryland. Paul Rudd stars in the comedy “My Idiot
Brother,” playing an idealist who wreaks havoc on his siblings when
he crashes at their homes. Jesse Peretz directs for Big Beach
Productions and A Likely Story…Jason Priestly will
recur as a famous television personality who falls in love with
an aspiring actress on ABC’s new dramedy series, “Scoundrels”…Thomas
Carter will direct “Dream On,” Mandate Pictures’ teen
drama about an Olympic gymnast-turned-hip-hop dancer…Diane
Farr guest stars as a troubled waitress in the upcoming
season of USA’s “White Collar”…Katia Winter
has been cast as the female lead in “The Killing Game,” director
Jonah Loop’s actioner about the world of modern gladiator fighting. |
David Zabel signs a
two-year, overall deal with ABC Entertainment Group.
Alexandra Cunningham signs a two-year, seven-figure overall deal with
Universal Media Studios.
Isaac Klausner and Adam Londy
promoted to Creative Executives for Temple Hill Entertainment
Kyle Franke joins Davis Entertainment
as Director of Development
Marc Berliner and Jason Taylor promoted to VP of Development and
President of Production, respectively, for Bad Hat Harry Productions
Lawrence Lichter joins Belltower Films as CFO
The Weinsteins won a bid in
the Miramax auction to take back operating control of the company they
founded in 1979 and sold to Disney for $80 million in 1993.
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