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NEWS ABOUT: movie deal

movie deal stories: 14 news summaries

 Stars Bomb at the Box Office 


Aug 21, 09 3:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hollywood executives are scratching their heads over why so many mega-wattage stars are failing to fill movie houses. A record number of usual box-office successes like Denzel Washington, Will Ferrell, Julia Roberts and Tom Hanks came up short, in some cases not even attracting enough viewers for producers to break... More »

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Hollywood • Julia Roberts • Denzel Washington • movie deal • movie financing • Will Ferrell • movie ratings • movie star

(Newser) - Dr Suess' green-themed story The Lorax is becoming the first of his works to get the 3D treatment, Variety reports. Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment plan to release the animated picture in 2012, on what would have been the author's 108th birthday. His 1971 book told the story of a... More »

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Dr. Seuss • Universal Pictures • children's books • movie deal • animated movie • 3-D • The Lorax

(Newser) - Bridget Jones and her oversized underwear are coming back for a third movie, Variety reports, with Renée Zellweger set to reprise the title character. Cate Blanchett is also on board for Indian Summer, expected to be based on Bridget Jones’ Diary author Helen Fielding’s columns for a British... More »

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Cate Blanchett • Renee Zellweger • movie deal • sequel • Bridget Jones • Helen Fielding

 Levi Shops Palin Tell-All 


Jul 4, 09 3:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Levi Johnston is poised to strike it big with a book about the Palins and a possible feature film role alongside an ex–Miss Oregon, he tells New York. His hulking bodyguard/publicist, Tank Jones, says Levi is still shopping the book. As for Levi's rumored TV effort, it won't... More »

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book • movie deal • Sarah Palin • celebrity tell-alls • Bristol Palin • Levi Johnston • leading role • docudrama

MLK's Kids Bicker Over Spielberg Biopic

Siblings plan to fight Dexter King's sale of movie rights to their father's life

May 20, 09 7:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - The sale of the movie rights to Martin Luther King Jr.'s life has revived the feud among his three surviving children, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Martin Luther King III and Bernice King say their brother Dexter—chief executive of the King estate—only informed them of the plans for... More »

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Steven Spielberg • DreamWorks • Martin Luther King Jr. • movie deal • movie rights • civil rights movement • Martin Luther King III • biopic • Bernice King • Dexter King

 Credit Crunch Saps 
 Funding for Indie Films 

Drop-off in foreign rights sales leaves producers looking for cash

Apr 20, 09 2:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Independent film producers are losing a once-reliable source of funding, the sale of foreign-distribution rights. Traditionally, the demand for American movies has been so high that producers can sell the rights to distribute the film—in many cases, even before it’s finished—in order to cover costs. But the... More »

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independent film • Producer • foreign film • movie deal • movie financing • music distribution • financing

(Newser) - Facebook is going Hollywood, PC World reports. West Wing writer Aaron Sorkin has signed on with Sony to pen a movie about the social networking site’s founding. The movie will probably focus on Mark Zuckerberg’s initial work while at Harvard. But Sorkin may have some research to... More »

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social networking • Internet • film • Facebook • Mark Zuckerberg • Aaron Sorkin • movie deal

 'Friends' Clique Ready for Flick? 

Inspired by SATC's success, Aniston et al, ready for big screen reprisal

Jul 2, 08 10:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - Inspired by Sex and the City's wild silver-screen success, all six cast members—including holdout Jennifer Aniston—are on board to reunite for the big-screen adaptation of the hit sitcom “Friends,” the Daily Mail reports. Produced by Warner Brothers, Friends: The Movie would get under way within the... More »

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television • Los Angeles • Jennifer Aniston • movie deal • movie remakes • Friends • Courtney Cox • Matthew Perry • Lisa Kudrow • David Schwimmer • Matt Le Blanc

 Gyllenhaal
 Lands Lead in
 Prince of Persia 

Will star in the film adaptation of the cult favorite video game

May 21, 08 11:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jake Gyllenhaal has scored the lead in Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, a Jerry Bruckheimer adaptation of the popular video game, according to the Hollywood Reporter. In the blockbuster fantasy adventure, Gyllenhaal will play a 6th century Persian prince who, along with a feisty princess played by up-and-comer... More »

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Los Angeles • Disney • Jerry Bruckheimer • Jake Gyllenhaal • movie deal • action movie • Prince of Persia • Gemma Arterton • video games

 DC Madam 
 to the
 Big Screen? 

Agents are shopping a book and documentary of the famed flesh peddler

May 13, 08 1:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - The DC madam may have committed suicide last week to avoid jail, but her story lives on. Literary agents are discussing doing a documentary on Deborah Jeane Palfrey, the New York Post reports, and have lined up biographer C. David Heymann to write a book about the sex industry, with... More »

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DC Madam • Deborah Jeane Palfrey • movie deal

 Gibson to Return to Big Screen 

Will play a good cop in Edge of Darkness

Apr 29, 08 12:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hollywood honchos said he’d never work in this town again, but Mel Gibson has managed to land his first role since his drunken anti-Semitic antics 2 years ago, Variety reports. Oddly enough, the actor, who's still on probation imposed following the July 2006 DUI incident, will play a police... More »

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Los Angeles • Mel Gibson • movie deal

 Cruise Kid
 Lands Gig in
 Will Smith Flick 

Tom is 'so proud of' Connor, 13, 'for really doing this on his own'

Apr 22, 08 11:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - Which gets you further in Hollywood: having Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman as parents or having Will Smith as your close family friend? Either way, Connor Cruise, the famed actors' adopted 13-year-old son, has scored himself a big screen debut in Smith's upcoming drama, "Seven Pounds," People.com... More »

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Hollywood • young Hollywood • Nicole Kidman • film • Tom Cruise • celebrity • Will Smith • movie deal • Connor Cruise • Seven Pounds

Absent Original Scripts, Studios Reel in Lit

Post-strike surge doesn't materialize, so execs tap books, mags

Apr 18, 08 3:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - Movie execs counting on a flood of scripts after the writers strike wrapped up in February are snug and dry and turning to books and magazine articles instead, Variety reports. Plump with new fiscal-year budgets, studios are snatching up literary pieces faster than in years past; prison escapes, sunken-ship salvage,... More »

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Hollywood • film studio • movie deal • Hollywood producers • movies • Hollywood studios

Zoo Will Let Polar Cubs Die, Rather Than Raise by Hand

Nuremburg doesn't want  'Knutomania'

Jan 6, 08 6:06 PM CST
(Newser) - Officials at a Nuremburg zoo have vowed not to rescue the cubs of two polar bears who gave birth about a month ago, even though one is showing signs of disinterest in her offspring, leaving them to cry plaintively for long periods of time. Zoo officials say they don't want... More »

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Germany • Knut • Berlin Zoo • zoo • polar bear • movie deal • Nuremburg Zoo • animal

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