MGM
Legendary movie company and once a major movie studio MGM (Metro Goldwyn Mayer), is sitting on the edge of 4 billion dollars debt and a potential sale of the company! The death of Hollywood begins…
We all know MGM… the Lion that growls before the movie starts… yeah, that company. This is very sad news for every movie lover in the world. MGM is the birth and blood of moving motion pictures.
The MGM studio lot was sold years ago to Sony Pictures (wish they kept the org MGM sign!), which still resides over in Culver City. I had the opportunity to work there a few times, one being on “The Curious Case of Benjamin Buttons” movie. MGM currently has an office building over in Century City. I’m not aware of any current standing “MGM” named studios, but the company does shoot at the Sony studios. Sony owns part of the MGM brand/name/company now, along with a few other odd companies like Texas Pacific Group, Comcast Corp., DLJ Merchant Banking Partners and Quadrangle Group.
This must mean that the new MGM owners can’t take care of their baby due to their own company failures! We’re calling child protection services!
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That sound you hear is 1,000 angels crying as Harrison Ford informs us that Indiana Jones 5 is definitely in the works.
The actor recently told French magazine Le Figaro, “The story for the new Indiana Jones is in the process of taking form…Steven Spielberg, George Lucas and myself are agreed on what the fifth adventure will concern, and George is actively at work. If the script is good, I’ll be very happy to put the costume on again.”
Interesting that Ford doesn’t confirm if Spielberg’s directing. Perhaps Steven Spielberg is just producing the next film and moving on to direct other films. But maybe that’s wishful thinking.
Shia LaBouef also confirmed the existence of another film earlier in the year, telling BBC that “Steven’s just said that he’s cracked the story.”
Did you guys like the last Indy film? Compared to the previous entries in the franchise, I thought it was sorely lacking. That being said, I would see Spielberg direct anything. Oh, the life of a loyalist.
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I think this is the best I have ever seen “Samantha Jones” look.
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Hey folks, Happy Labor Day! It was a rather slow weekend at the box office as The Final Destination continued to be number one on the charts. The 3D horror film raked in an estimated $12.4 million since Friday, besting several newcomers. Not an impressive haul but not bad for a slow weekend. I think we can safely assume that there will be more Final Destinations in the future. Also, many more horror films in 3D.
Second place went to All About Steve, the Sandra Bullock film that everyone hated. It made $11.2 million, which isn’t bad considering some people compared this film to Cancer.
The other new entries, Gamer and Extract, came in at fourth and nine place, respectively. I love Jason Batemen so it’s a shame to his new film flop. That said, this won’t hurt him in the long run.
Next week brings us a slew of new films, including Whiteout, Sorority Row and the much-hyped animated film 9.
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Spider-Man
Production on “Spider-man 4″ will begin early next year for a May 6, 2011 release. Looks like Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst will be back for 4, but will they sign on for 5 & 6? Although those movies are far away from filming, Sony Pictures is already in preparation now.
“Variety reports that Sony Pictures has engaged screenwriter James Vanderbilt to write “Spider-man 5″ and “Spider-man 6″. Vanderbilt has been hired to write the fifth and sixth movies, which have an interconnected storyline. It’s unclear whether director Sam Raimi, Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst will be back for 5 & 6, but if they aren’t, Vanderbilt’s script would be the blueprint for a franchise.”
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Who could forget the part of the movie when the alien pops out of the poor bastards chest? Maybe you didn’t see the movie when it debuted in 1979 but chances are you’ve seen it since. Now get ready for another installment of “Alien.”
This time around we get back Ridley Scott, one of today’s finest directors and the director of the first “Alien” movie.
Dubbed a prequel, this will be a must see, if you’re into the whole gross out, alien, omg movie moments.
A Pre-Ghostbusting, Sigourney Weaver, has already stepped out to a media outlet that she doesn’t think she’ll be reprising the role of “Ripley,” saying, “I don’t see how Ripley could be part of a prequel,” while praising Ridley, “ I’m glad Ridley’s connected to it because I know it will be classy.”
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Remember Edward Furlong, the cute boy in Terminator 2? He’s all grown up now and still looking cute! We think he’s on the verge of transitioning from ‘cuteness’ to ‘hotness’ if he made a few adjustments. No more smokey for the eyes and just do a shave and bathe! Call me!
Edward Furlong
Lindsay Lohan's new blonde hair
Wow! The bad rep actress Lindsay Lohan is reported to be cast in Robert Rodriguez “Grindhouse” spin-off “Machete.” After her disastrous habits put her in the dumps, and she became ‘insurance liability’ to be in movies, looks like the stars have aligned once again for Lindsay’s acting career…
Lindsay tweeted this on her Twitter page: “Something was made official today!!!!!!!!!” with a link to “Machete’s” IMDB.com page.
“I can’t say too much about it. Except that we start shooting in a couple weeks. These things come together very quickly,” Rodriguez said. “We’re casting right now, and the script just came out great… There are a lot of people we’re sending it to, big names — but nobody that we’ve signed yet.”
He adds, “Lindsay is cool. There’s actually a cool part in the movie for her — if she takes it.”
…and she took it! Good move LL.
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Bryce Dallas Howard
Yes, it’s happening. No it’s not over for a while! Twilight’s “New Moon” is done filming, and will be released in November. The 3rd Twilight film “Eclipse” is now in pre-production and will soon be filming!
Director and actor Ron Howard’s daughter Bryce Dallas Howard is signed on for “Eclipse”, and she was seen leaving a gym in Beverly Hills today. She looks great and was very friendly while she participated in autographs and photos. Why’d they have to photograph her ‘leaving’ the gym though! Couldn’t they have caught her ‘pre-workout’ while she was put together better? Oh well, she looks like she’s hot n’ ready for “Eclipse!” Her character’s name will be “Victoria”. Exciting…
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Sasha Baron Cohen’s movie, “Bruno” went to places no other movie has gone before, or more accurately, places no other movie ever wanted to go. And now that the light has dimmed on the box office, we are all left wondering, is Cohen the World’s best con man?
When all is said and done, Cohen will have offended, angered, embarrassed, ridiculed and degraded countless people. And now you can add the World’s most prominent men to that list.
Cohen’s run and gun filming technique rarely informs his unwitting cast that the “joke is on them,” so making friends is certainly not on Cohen’s to-do list. But it’s the voluntary participation of, Bono, Sting, Elton John and rocker, Slash, in “Bruno,” that has left many scratching their heads, wondering,” why’d they do it?”
Who duped these musical giants to stoop to this level? Becoming forever attached to Cohen’s cinema buffoonery? I think it is safe to say; the aforementioned musical icons deserve to be forever, thoroughly embarrassed.
Cohen’s previous effort,“Borat,Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan,” proved a surprise box office smash. Cohen ingeniously took us on a raunchy, controversial ride, while brilliantly finessing us to see through the eyes of a gangly, somewhat naïve television personality from Kazakhstan.
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