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The Morning Fix: Hulu wants a passport; `Escape' delayed for Weinstein Co.; Washington Post gets egg on face; AEG could still make money on Jackson
After the coffee. Before figuring out how to turn a three-day weekend into a four-day weekend. No `Escape" yet. The Weinstein Co.'s animated "Escape from Planet Earth" has been hit with production delays due to creative issues. For...
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Weinstein Co.'s "Escape From Planet Earth" breaking out later than expected
Add "Escape From Planet Earth" to The Weinstein Co.'s growing list of headaches. The computer-animated 3-D stereoscopic movie, which was announced in 2006, has been beset with script problems and won't be ready for release until January...
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'Public Enemies' tries to make a few new friends
By Steven Zeitchik We're heading out for a few days so posting will be light, but before we do we're keeping a close eye on the box-office, where this July 4th finally offers a legitimate horse race. This date on... Read More...
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The Hollywood Reporter: Risky Business
on Thu, Jul 2 2009
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Johnny Depp
Grant Morrison and Clive Barker have a heart-to-heart
By Borys Kit Some of the more imaginative minds in literature got together Wednesday as horror master Clive Barker interviewed comics superstar Grant Morrison at Meltdown Comics in Los Angeles. Morrison, whose deconstruction of DC heroes work “Final Crisis...
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The Hollywood Reporter: Risky Business
on Thu, Jul 2 2009
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Comics
Meteor shower: Studios keep on loving them some videogames
By Steven Zeitchik Now that Hollywood has plumbed every videogame out there and turned them into (mostly) bad movies, studios are scrambling to pick up...Atari 2600 games? Four studios have been battling to land rights to the Atari classic "Asteroids...
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The Hollywood Reporter: Risky Business
on Thu, Jul 2 2009
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Videogames
'Ice Age,' 'Enemies' both start strong on Wednesday
Nobody's sure yet about July 4, but July 1 sure was kind to this weekend's two new movies. Fox's "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs" and Universal's "Public Enemies" both got a healthy head start on the weekend Wednesday...
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Company Town
on Thu, Jul 2 2009
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Box Office
The Morning Fix: Lots of cash for Carey; Slingbox's Krikorian a candidate for DirecTV; more on `Moneyball' saga
After the coffee. Before checking if the Yankees won again (they did). It's cash and carry for Chase. Rupert Murdoch spared no expense to lure Chase Carey back to News Corp. to be deputy chairman and president/chief operating officer. Carey's...
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on Thu, Jul 2 2009
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the biz
Producers line up for California film tax credits
California may be teetering on financial collapse and about to pay its bills with IOUs, but that doesn't appear to be discouraging filmmakers and producers from seeking film tax credits from the state. The California Film Commission said it received...
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on Wed, Jul 1 2009
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Filing: Chase Carey's bonus at News Corp. could reach $25 million annually [Updated]
If you're dining with Chase Carey, he can afford to pick up the tab. According to just filed documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Carey received a $10 million signing bonus to rejoin News Corp. as deputy chairman and...
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on Wed, Jul 1 2009
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News Corp.
The Morning Fix: Studios talk backroom DVD deal; Clooney to Culver City; Pascal on `Moneyball'
After the coffee. Before putting the rent check in the mail. Getting together in the backroom. Viacom's Paramount Pictures is in talks with both Sony and News Corp.'s 20th Century Fox to merge backroom operations of their home entertainment units...
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on Wed, Jul 1 2009
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'Unstoppable,' the latest example of what studios are trying to stop
By Steven Zeitchik Steven Soderbergh, rest easy. The studio system is not picking on you -- though it may have seemed that way after Sony abruptly pulled the plug on your baseball statfest "Moneyball" days before it was to enter... Read More...
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The Hollywood Reporter: Risky Business
on Wed, Jul 1 2009
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Denzel Washington
Movie projector: July 4 picnics could pinch 'Ice Age,' 'Public Enemies'
July 4 is typically one of the most lucrative long weekends of the year for the movie business, since it brings an extra day off at a time when theaters are full of big-budget summer event pictures. But with the...
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on Tue, Jun 30 2009
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Box Office
Sources: Paramount in talks to merge backroom DVD operations with Sony and Fox
Paramount Pictures is in talks with at least two of its competitors to merge some elements of its home video backroom operations, people briefed on the negotiations said. While negotiations are in a very preliminary stage, the Viacom-owned studio has...
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on Tue, Jun 30 2009
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George Clooney jumps from Warner Bros. to Sony
George Clooney is ending his long association with Warner Bros. to join Sony Pictures in an exclusive two-year production deal. The deal, which is wrapping up, comes when studios are trying to spend less. This month, Sony pulled the plug...
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on Tue, Jun 30 2009
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Fired gossip columnist Roger Friedman files juicy suit against News Corp.
Gossip columnist Roger Friedman wants more than $5 million in lost wages and damages from Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. for firing him after he reviewed the company's "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" based on a pirated copy of the movie. In...
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on Tue, Jun 30 2009
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Rupert Murdoch
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Fox News
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Roger Friedman
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20th Century Fox
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