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re: Focus by The Hot Blog

I figured I should get on the record, as I have been called a Universal-basher today, that I do not agree with Patrick Goldstein's guess about Focus Features being shut down shortly after this next awards season. I have been saying that Rogue is dead...
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Sucker Born Every Minute: Episode 27,643 by The Hot Blog

Word today in The New York Times - which means that one side of the negotiation wanted it in the NYT - that Universal may be able to sell off the failed genre arm of Focus Features, Rogue Pictures, to Relativity boggles the mind. How stupid does Ryan...
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Sigh... by The Hot Blog

(note: this e-mail was sent to me as part of a mass group, the contents are not private, and the name is only blocked because there is no reason to make this private person into a public one over my use of the e-mail to express ennui.)
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Disney Event '08 by The Hot Blog

Nobody does these events better… or as big. Disney did one of their, generally, once-every-three-years events covering the breadth and scope of their film product. Bread and circuses. Heavy presence of international partners. The big show. Effectively...
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Doing The ParaWorks Math by The Hot Blog

There are still some movies coming down the pike, but it seems like today is a good day to do that math on DreamAmount/ParaWorks. DREAMWORKS MOVIES UNDER PARAMOUNT 15 movies in the last 3 years : Dreamgirls, Perfume, Flags of Our Fathers, She's the...
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And So It Ends... by The Hot Blog

DreamAmount No More. "We congratulate Steven, David and Stacey, and wish them well as they start their newest venture. Steven is one of the world's great story-tellers and a legend in the motion picture business. It has been an honor working...
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And Now, Australia Puts Itself On The Turkey Day Barby by The Hot Blog

Fox Press Release - BAZ LUHRMANN’S HIGHLY ANTICIPATED EPIC, AUSTRALIA, TO BOW THANKSGIVING LOS ANGELES, CA (August 27, 2008) __ Twentieth Century Fox announced today that it now will release AUSTRALIA – Baz Luhrmann’s epic adventure motion picture, starring...
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Denial Is A River In Century City by The Hot Blog

STATEMENT FROM METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER STUDIOS INC. LOS ANGELES, CA August 25, 2008--- Contrary to recent media reports, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM) is not for sale. There is no "asking price" for the company. MGM's existing financing...
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Summit Rolls It Out by The Hot Blog

One of the big stories of this fall/holiday season will be the full roll out of Summit Entertainment as a new mini-major. The huge amount of attention they have already garnered for Twilight is truly remarkable… as I’ve written before, a very rare recipient...
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Watchman Claim a Bit Worse Than Indicated by The Hot Blog

I haven't read anything that indicated that this segment of Fox's claim doesn't just say that Warner Bros was party to the situation Larry Gordon was in, but that they actually induced Gordon to assign rights without regard to Fox's claimed...
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Just Followin' Up... by The Hot Blog

I'm already bored by this story, really, but I do find it amusing to watch the "news" bend in the wind... Yesterday, as the news of Paula Wagner’s exit from UA was handed to Variety (press release as news), the first wave of “my opinion...
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Harry Says... by The Hot Blog

STATEMENT FROM HARRY E. SLOAN, CHAIRMAN AND CEO, METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER STUDIOS INC. LOS ANGELES, CA August 14, 2008 -- After reading erroneous reports about Tom Cruise and United Artists, I would like to clarify that we are honored that he will continue...
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Whose Movie Is It Anyway? by The Hot Blog

Maybe I am just showing the hypersensitivity of a child whose parents are getting a divorce but who are still living under the same roof. But I keep getting the feeling that there is a weird internal battle going on over the last child the ‘rents expect...
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More Great News For Paramount by The Hot Blog

They landed Brett Ratner ... WOOO HOOO! Take a breath.... Ratner has good taste. He can make $100 million look like the most beautiful $75 million you've ever seen on screen. So what is Paramount getting itself into? Well, the relationship seems mostly...
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The Unfired by The Hot Blog

As the studio continues to shutter Paramount Vantage, a few of the survivors are being moved into a Shiny New Division.... Paramount Worldwide Acquisitions Group . WOO HOO!!!! In other words, they dumped Amy Israel and the rest of the group is going to...
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