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Tuesday, December 23, 2008

5 Reasons the ‘Push’ Movie Poster Makes Us Want to See Anything But ‘Push’

8:00AM STV | We’ve once again gathered Defamer’s blue-ribbon panel of movie-marketing insiders, this time to assess what’s gone wrong on the unfortunate new poster for the sci-fi B-thriller Push. More »
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Friday, December 12, 2008

More Ruffalo Fallout? ‘Brothers Bloom’ Moved to May ‘09

9:00AM STV | The director of the long-delayed Adrien Brody/Mark Ruffalo caper flick The Brothers Bloom confirmed today that his film was pushed back once again — this time to May — for better “counter-programming” chances. Really? More »
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Wednesday, November 26, 2008

‘Twilight’ Stars to Suck $US24 Million Payday For Sequel

1:40AM STV | Twilight’s record-breaking opening gross was downgraded to a measly $US69.6 million on Monday, which nevertheless failed to deter Summit Entertainment from officially nudging the sequel, New Moon, into the pre-production queue. That was the easy part, though; paying its young stars Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart a reported $US12 million apiece for the second film (and possibly a third) — and locking in director Catherine Hardwicke for millions more — is where the mess might arise. More »
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Thursday, May 22, 2008

Jake Gyllenhaal and Flash Gordon Battle For Most Hauntingly Evil New Franchise

6:55AM Defamer Hollywood | The uninspired recycling of played-out mediocrity received a sleek bit of Hollywood upscaling over the last 24 hours, with no less than Jake Gyllenhaal, Christian Bale and the money gang at Sony Pictures climbing on the remake/franchise gravy train with some of the most appalling anti-ideas we’ve heard around these parts since that Donnie Darko sequel went fungal just before Cannes. After the jump, find out which of these warmed-over properties — Prince Of Persia? Flash Gordon? Highlander? Terminators 4, 5 & 6? — drove us to break our “No Drinking Before 5pm On Weekdays” rule.
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