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Tuesday, September 9, 2008

‘No Country’ Sequel Features Angry Tommy Lee Jones Hunting For $10 Million Payday

6:50AM STV | For a while, it looked like No Country For Old Men might have been the perfect crime, one where everybody made out as a winner: Javier Bardem, Scott Rudin and the Coens with their Oscars; Josh Brolin with leading-man creds; and Miramax and Paramount Vantage splitting the $160 million worldwide gross. Did we forget anyone? Oh. Right: More »
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Thursday, May 22, 2008

Paramount Preps, Fanboys Revolt as Box Office Waits for ‘Indy’ Windfall

5:10AM Defamer Hollywood | Paramount interns are plucking rose petals as we speak for Brad Grey’s arrival at the office tomorrow, by which time Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of Do We Really Have to Write it Out Again will be on its way to the top five — and possibly even an all-time record — for a five-day opening weekend. Most midnight screenings around the country tonight are already sold out, with at least one prognosticator firming up his tracking to reflect a $173 million opening. The number would bump the final Star Wars installment Revenge of the Sith from the number-one spot and, paired with Iron Man, give Paramount the best May in its history. More »
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Wednesday, May 21, 2008

New Paramount Theme Park in Korea to Offer ‘The Norbit Adventure’ and Other Fine Attractions

6:45AM Defamer Hollywood | There has been no shortage of potential cross-pollenation opportunities for Paramount Pictures over its 90 years in business, but for sheer monolithic stature and creative promise, nothing tweaks our loins quite like the just-announced Paramount Movie Park Korea. While we’re mildly disappointed to hear that the park is slated for Seoul and not Pyongyang (tell us you wouldn’t have been first in line for “Kim Jong Il’s Marathon Man Experience”), we’re glad to see the studio back in the theme-park business and eager to have a go at the 30-plus attractions planned for a 2011 opening. More »
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