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Archive for January 13, 2012
Lionsgate Acquires Summit: ‘Twilight’ & ‘Hunger Games’ Now Under One Roof
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Late in 2011 we brought you news that two of the smaller studios, Lionsgate and Summit Entertainment, were considering merging. As of today, that merger is officially a reality, with Lionsgate having acquired Summit for a combined sum of $412.5 million.
If you are not one of those TV/movie fans who keeps their eye on the business end of the biz: This basically means that young adult movie franchises The Twilight Saga (owned by Summit) and The Hunger Games (owned by Lionsgate) are now sharing the same roof over their heads, alongside Mad Men‘s Don Draper.
Check out a few snippets from the official press release about the merger:
Lionsgate and Summit Entertainment today announced that Lionsgate has completed a transaction to acquire Summit for a combination of cash and stock valued at $412.5 ...
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CW Orders ‘Green Arrow’ Pilot; No ‘Smallville’ Connection
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After one year without Smallville on the air, The CW is once again returning to its superhero roots with a pilot order for Arrow. Based on DC Comics legend Green Arrow, the series will be headed up by Greg Berlanti and Marc Guggenheim, who wrote last year’s Green Lantern film starring Ryan Reynolds. Take that how you will.
Joining Berlanti and Guggenheim as an executive producer and writer on the tentatively titled Green Arrow series (perhaps to take the sting out of being associated with one of last year’s most disappointing films) will be Andrew Kreisberg, who has worked on Boston Legal, Fringe and Warehouse 13, and penned several Green Arrow and Batman comic books. Kreisberg, Berlanti and Guggenheim previously worked together on ABC’s short-lived Eli Stone in 2008.
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Get Tickets to Advanced Screenings of ‘The Grey’ Starring Liam Neeson
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A-Team and Narc director Joe Carnahan is bringing his gritty filmmaking style into the wild for The Grey, a man vs. nature survivalist tale starring Liam Neeson as a roughneck oil driller who crash lands in the Alaskan tundra with his team, only to find themselves facing the threat of a savage pack of wolves in addition to the harsh conditions of the frozen environment.
Liam Neeson has become a bankable leading man thanks to action movies like Taken and Unknown, so there are a fair number of moviegoers who are understandably excited for this flick. Those same moviegoers will be excited to learn that Open Road Studios is holding advanced screenings of The Grey across the country – and we have the information on how YOU can attend one!
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Rob Liefeld (Sort of) Talks About ‘Deadpool’ Movie Test Footage
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X-Men movie fans have had to be patient in recent years – what with FOX pushing out poorly-conceived flicks like X-Men: The Last Stand and Wolverine after the success of Bryan Singer’s two X-Men films (and before Matthew Vaughn’s saved the franchise with his prequel/reboot X-Men: First Class). That’s not to mention the perennial wait for Deadpool, a movie that has been dangled above the heads of all those X-fans who have been hoping for nothing more than a chance to see Marvel’s Merc with a mouth (dis)grace the big screen.
The Deadpool movie has been crawling through development for several years now; to date it has secured X-Men movie visual artist Tim Miller as a director, an R-rated script by Zombieland writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, and ...
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Rob Liefeld (Sort of) Talks About ‘Deadpool’ Movie Test Footage
0498 days
by Screen Rant
in TV News
X-Men movie fans have had to be patient in recent years – what with FOX pushing out poorly-conceived flicks like X-Men: The Last Stand and Wolverine after the success of Bryan Singer’s two X-Men films (and before Matthew Vaughn’s saved the franchise with his prequel/reboot X-Men: First Class). That’s not to mention the perennial wait for Deadpool, a movie that has been dangled above the heads of all those X-fans who have been hoping for nothing more than a chance to see Marvel’s Merc with a mouth (dis)grace the big screen.
The Deadpool movie has been crawling through development for several years now; to date it has secured X-Men movie visual artist Tim Miller as a director, an R-rated script by Zombieland writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, and ...
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