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How Disney Killed Off Its Billion-Dollar ‘Narnia’ Franchise
3:40AM Kyle Buchanan | Disney announced today that it will not continue filming the Chronicles of Narnia series, prematurely snuffing an enormous franchise that the studio had clearly positioned as its Harry Potter. Here’s why we’re not surprised. More »
Month Of May Latest Victim In ‘Caspian’ Finger-Pointing Volley
5:55AM Seth | Excuse-making for the lackluster Prince Caspian rides all the way up the corporate flagpole, with Disney president Bob Iger blaming the month of May. Sure, Bob—blame lunar cycles! Those made your movie suck. [THR] Live Nation has signed a deal with Facebook that will allow users to purchase concert tickets directly through their social networking site, with bonus features that allow you to status update (“…is loving the Stones despite Keith’s left arm just falling off,”) right from the event. [Variety] The search for America’s Next Street-Smart Business Mogul is on, and 50 Cent will be your Tyra. Ooh, look everyone! Fitty Mail! [Variety] More »
Dreamy Royal Prince Caspian Vanquishes All
3:10AM Seth | Recover from a weekend so sweltering, you briefly entertained the idea of seeing Speed Racer just to take advantage of two hours’ worth of Americana AC, with a glance at some refreshingly chilled box office numbers: 1. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian – $56.573 million It was an easy win for the second chapter of the only major Hollywood franchise that, to our knowledge, is also a lightly encoded Christ-allegory prominently featuring a ferocious talking beaver. (We suppose a reasonable case could be made for the Basic Instinct series, but that debate is for another time. And yes, we just made a beaver joke. It’s going to be that kind of Monday.) In next installment The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, the heroic young protagonists will be firmly entrenched in their gawky pubescent phase, leading to an awkward facts-of-life talk delivered by a visibly uncomfortable Aslan regarding the pile of crusty underarmor garments he found stashed in their wardrobe. Narnia forever! More »
‘Prince Caspian’ Rides Into Multiplex to Vanquish Everything In Sight
2:25AM Defamer Hollywood | Welcome back to Defamer Attractions, your guide to what’s new, noteworthy and potentially toxic in weekend moviegoing. Today we survey the victims of Prince Caspian’s box-office menace (including a particular race-car driver still convalescing from last week’s pile-up), pick our first-ever foreign-language Underdog and browse the DVD shelves for potential Sunday-morning-hangover alternatives. As always, our opinions are our own but they are also 100% accurate, so plan accordingly! More »
New Poll Suggests ‘Sex’ More Appealing To May Moviegoers Than Superheroes And Fast Cars
9:00AM Molly Friedman | Happy May Day. Why? Aside from May flowers, this month will finally bring some answers regarding all those conflicting box office predictions made in the trades weeks ago: will the upcoming back-to-back openings of Iron Man, Speed Racer, Prince Caspian and Indy 4 crush recession worries as Variety predicted? Or is the 19% decline in spring grosses only going to continue, as THR suggested mid-April? Well, the folks at Moviefone have provided us with a bit of guidance in the form of a poll measuring audience anticipation. And despite early rave reviews for Downey Jr.’s performance in Iron Man, the scores of kids aching for more Narnia adventures and testosterone-invigorating posters for Indy 4, it seems the majority of audience-goers only want to talk about Sex, baby. More »
