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The Hollywood Roundup: October 20
Payne Dethrones The Chihuahua, Bourne gets a 4th and Burton talks Wonderland
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Oct 20, 2008
Oct 20, 2008
Welcome to CraveOnline's weekly movie news roundup - a weekly rundown of all the breaking news in the film world, with an eye for what Tinseltown's got in store for us in the near future!
BOX OFFICE TOP TEN
1. Max Payne - $18 million ($18 million)
2. Beverly Hills Chihuahua - $11.2 million ($69 million)
3. The Secret Life of Bees - $11 million ($11 million)
4. W. - $10.5 million ($10.5 million)
5. Eagle Eye - $7.3 million ($81.3 million)
6. Body of Lies - $6.8 million ($24.4 million)
7. Quarantine - $6.3 million ($24.6 million)
8. Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist - $3.9 million ($26.7 million)
9. Sex Drive - $3.5 million ($3.5 million)
10. Nights in Rodanthe - $2.6 million ($36.8 million)
Max Payne opened #1 at the box office last weekend with $18 million. Regardless of the fact that style trumped substance and the film could've been a lot better, it gets a hot batch of extra credit for dethroning Beverly Hills Chihuahua, which dropped one spot to #2 in its third weekend with earning $11.2 million.
The Secret Life of Bees opened at #3 with $11 million, breaking even with a budget of $11 million.
Oliver Stone's latest wave-maker biopic W. debuted at #4 with $10.5 million. With a budget of $25.5 million, people are going to have to stop dumbing down with this rat-dogs and bees nonsense. Payne can stay.
Eagle Eye rounds out the top 5 in its fourth weekend, finally breaking budget ($80 million) with a total of $81.3 million.
Iron Man writers Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby had a little chat with MTV a few days ago, and the smash scripters revealed some interesting news for the Avengers film: there's a good chance that the film will focus on the superheroes battling The Hulk. "I hope The Avengers embraces that," Fergus said. "You don't want like 10 super-badass good guys fighting together. Where's the fun in that? Let's break it off a little. Friends or colleagues who become enemies is always an interesting thing because you know it's based on love and friendship and that's always the worst thing to have turn bad - someone you actually care about and someone you actually believe in."
"I personally like when good-guy characters have to fight each other," he continued. "Good guys going against good guys who both believe in an issue is way more interesting than a villain clearly into evil and I like when former friends become committed enemies." Makes a hell of a lot of sense, wouldn't you say?
Whatever the case, things are off to a fantastic start. If they keep the Marvel universe intact and running strong, The Avengers could very well become the superhero film of our generation.
In the darker side of Marvel news, Terrence Howard had some interesting things to say on NPR last week about finding out through the tabloids that he'd been replaced by Don Cheadle in the Iron Man franchise. “It was the surprise of a lifetime,” said Mr. Babywipes. But why? "There was no explanation. I read something in the trades that implicated it was about money or something.”
Understandably, Howard's not exactly thrilled with the news. “Apparently, the contracts that we write and sign aren’t worth the paper that they are printed on. And promises aren’t kept. Good faith and negotiations aren’t always held up.” There's got to be more to this story. Stay tuned.
Oh yeah, one more thing: Samuel Jackson is definitely coming back for Iron Man 2, and Nick Fury's apparently got a much meatier role this time around, which means that S.H.I.E.L.D. will be prominently featured as well. Add War Machine and you've got a hell of a film lined up.
Will Ferrell's next career move has nothing to do with movies, but you'll be seeing a return to quite a familiar character. The Man Who Is Ron Burgundy has announced plans to make his Broadway debut in January with the one-man show (and Colbert-esque title) You're Welcome, America. A Final Night With George W. Bush.
Ferrell's most prominent character in his career-launching "Saturday Night Live" run was President Bush, caricaturized to hilarious perfection.
The next Liza Minelli (only much taller, white and hairy) will write the show with longtime collaborator Adam McKay, writers/directors of Step Brothers, Talladega Nights and Anchorman.
Show previews begin on Jan. 20, Inauguration Day, and the show is set to run between Feb. 1 and March 15.
Brad Pitt has signed on to star in a big-screen adaptation of Homer's The Odyssey. Massive idea, right? Oh yeah, it's set in space. In the future. Not exactly a sequel to Troy, but it sure as hell sounds expensive. Details are sparse beyond that, but you can see Pitt next in the David Fincher-directed The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, about a man who lives his life backwards. It's out later this year.
Speaking of space and science fiction, the sickness that is Kevin Smith is hard at work on his next project, a sci-fi father/son story set in the great unknown. Little is known about the $50 million-budget film, but as a huge Smith fan it's thrilling to hear that he's not going to focus on the awkward love spasms and territorial pissings between a girl and two best friends, or a couple guys doing crazy shit.
In an interview with the Los Angeles Times about his Alice in Wonderland adaptation, Tim Burton guaranteed a bigger head trip than any of the past movie versions of the classic story.
"It's a funny project," said the legendary director and sycophantic goth magnet. "The story is obviously a classic with iconic images and ideas and thoughts. But with all the movie versions, well, I've just never seen one that really had any impact to me. It's always just a series of weird events."
"Every character is strange and she's just kind of wandering through all of the encounters as just a sort of observer," he continued. "The goal is to try to make it an engaging movie where you get some of the psychology and kind of bring a freshness but also keep the classic nature of Alice. And, you know, getting to do it in 3-D fits the material quite well. So I'm excited about making it a new version but also have the elements that people expect when they think of the material."
"Yeah, I know, it's just, 'Oh, this character's weird' and 'Oh, that character's weird.' I can't really recall a version where I felt really engaged by it. So that's the goal, just to try to give it a gravity that most film versions haven't had."
Mia Wasikowska will play Alice, while Burton staple Johnny Depp will become The Mad Hatter. "Little Britain"'s Matt Lucas will assume the dual role of Tweedledum and Tweedledee, while the pristine Anne Hathaway will be the White Queen and Helena Bonham Carter will blaze as the Red Queen. Can't wait for this one.
Steve Carell as Napoleon? Sounds awesome, but so far that's not happening. However, in the new film Brigadier Gerard, Carell will play a delusional French soldier who thinks his courage and swordsmanship are far greater than they are in reality. Close enough, right? Just picturing Carell rocking a French accent makes me laugh, and this could be great. King of the Hill writers John Altshuler and David Krinsky are currently writing the script.
Universal has hired a writer and are running forward with a fourth Jason Bourne movie, tentatively titled Bourne 4. Variety announced yesterday that Universal is giving full support to the production in hopes of having it ready by 2010. Universal had every intention of ending the series with The Bourne Ultimatum, as the end of the film indicates, but $227 million at the box office has a way of convincing people of the darnedest things.
Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass, who directed the last two Bourne movies, will return again for Bourne 4. That's exciting as hell, in my book. James Bond is a bit antiquated.
BOX OFFICE TOP TEN
1. Max Payne - $18 million ($18 million)
2. Beverly Hills Chihuahua - $11.2 million ($69 million)
3. The Secret Life of Bees - $11 million ($11 million)
4. W. - $10.5 million ($10.5 million)
5. Eagle Eye - $7.3 million ($81.3 million)
6. Body of Lies - $6.8 million ($24.4 million)
7. Quarantine - $6.3 million ($24.6 million)
8. Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist - $3.9 million ($26.7 million)
9. Sex Drive - $3.5 million ($3.5 million)
10. Nights in Rodanthe - $2.6 million ($36.8 million)
Max Payne opened #1 at the box office last weekend with $18 million. Regardless of the fact that style trumped substance and the film could've been a lot better, it gets a hot batch of extra credit for dethroning Beverly Hills Chihuahua, which dropped one spot to #2 in its third weekend with earning $11.2 million.
The Secret Life of Bees opened at #3 with $11 million, breaking even with a budget of $11 million.
Oliver Stone's latest wave-maker biopic W. debuted at #4 with $10.5 million. With a budget of $25.5 million, people are going to have to stop dumbing down with this rat-dogs and bees nonsense. Payne can stay.
Eagle Eye rounds out the top 5 in its fourth weekend, finally breaking budget ($80 million) with a total of $81.3 million.
Iron Man writers Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby had a little chat with MTV a few days ago, and the smash scripters revealed some interesting news for the Avengers film: there's a good chance that the film will focus on the superheroes battling The Hulk. "I hope The Avengers embraces that," Fergus said. "You don't want like 10 super-badass good guys fighting together. Where's the fun in that? Let's break it off a little. Friends or colleagues who become enemies is always an interesting thing because you know it's based on love and friendship and that's always the worst thing to have turn bad - someone you actually care about and someone you actually believe in."
"I personally like when good-guy characters have to fight each other," he continued. "Good guys going against good guys who both believe in an issue is way more interesting than a villain clearly into evil and I like when former friends become committed enemies." Makes a hell of a lot of sense, wouldn't you say?
Whatever the case, things are off to a fantastic start. If they keep the Marvel universe intact and running strong, The Avengers could very well become the superhero film of our generation.
In the darker side of Marvel news, Terrence Howard had some interesting things to say on NPR last week about finding out through the tabloids that he'd been replaced by Don Cheadle in the Iron Man franchise. “It was the surprise of a lifetime,” said Mr. Babywipes. But why? "There was no explanation. I read something in the trades that implicated it was about money or something.”
Understandably, Howard's not exactly thrilled with the news. “Apparently, the contracts that we write and sign aren’t worth the paper that they are printed on. And promises aren’t kept. Good faith and negotiations aren’t always held up.” There's got to be more to this story. Stay tuned.
Oh yeah, one more thing: Samuel Jackson is definitely coming back for Iron Man 2, and Nick Fury's apparently got a much meatier role this time around, which means that S.H.I.E.L.D. will be prominently featured as well. Add War Machine and you've got a hell of a film lined up.
Will Ferrell's next career move has nothing to do with movies, but you'll be seeing a return to quite a familiar character. The Man Who Is Ron Burgundy has announced plans to make his Broadway debut in January with the one-man show (and Colbert-esque title) You're Welcome, America. A Final Night With George W. Bush.
Ferrell's most prominent character in his career-launching "Saturday Night Live" run was President Bush, caricaturized to hilarious perfection.
The next Liza Minelli (only much taller, white and hairy) will write the show with longtime collaborator Adam McKay, writers/directors of Step Brothers, Talladega Nights and Anchorman.
Show previews begin on Jan. 20, Inauguration Day, and the show is set to run between Feb. 1 and March 15.
Brad Pitt has signed on to star in a big-screen adaptation of Homer's The Odyssey. Massive idea, right? Oh yeah, it's set in space. In the future. Not exactly a sequel to Troy, but it sure as hell sounds expensive. Details are sparse beyond that, but you can see Pitt next in the David Fincher-directed The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, about a man who lives his life backwards. It's out later this year.
Speaking of space and science fiction, the sickness that is Kevin Smith is hard at work on his next project, a sci-fi father/son story set in the great unknown. Little is known about the $50 million-budget film, but as a huge Smith fan it's thrilling to hear that he's not going to focus on the awkward love spasms and territorial pissings between a girl and two best friends, or a couple guys doing crazy shit.
In an interview with the Los Angeles Times about his Alice in Wonderland adaptation, Tim Burton guaranteed a bigger head trip than any of the past movie versions of the classic story.
"It's a funny project," said the legendary director and sycophantic goth magnet. "The story is obviously a classic with iconic images and ideas and thoughts. But with all the movie versions, well, I've just never seen one that really had any impact to me. It's always just a series of weird events."
"Every character is strange and she's just kind of wandering through all of the encounters as just a sort of observer," he continued. "The goal is to try to make it an engaging movie where you get some of the psychology and kind of bring a freshness but also keep the classic nature of Alice. And, you know, getting to do it in 3-D fits the material quite well. So I'm excited about making it a new version but also have the elements that people expect when they think of the material."
"Yeah, I know, it's just, 'Oh, this character's weird' and 'Oh, that character's weird.' I can't really recall a version where I felt really engaged by it. So that's the goal, just to try to give it a gravity that most film versions haven't had."
Mia Wasikowska will play Alice, while Burton staple Johnny Depp will become The Mad Hatter. "Little Britain"'s Matt Lucas will assume the dual role of Tweedledum and Tweedledee, while the pristine Anne Hathaway will be the White Queen and Helena Bonham Carter will blaze as the Red Queen. Can't wait for this one.
Steve Carell as Napoleon? Sounds awesome, but so far that's not happening. However, in the new film Brigadier Gerard, Carell will play a delusional French soldier who thinks his courage and swordsmanship are far greater than they are in reality. Close enough, right? Just picturing Carell rocking a French accent makes me laugh, and this could be great. King of the Hill writers John Altshuler and David Krinsky are currently writing the script.
Universal has hired a writer and are running forward with a fourth Jason Bourne movie, tentatively titled Bourne 4. Variety announced yesterday that Universal is giving full support to the production in hopes of having it ready by 2010. Universal had every intention of ending the series with The Bourne Ultimatum, as the end of the film indicates, but $227 million at the box office has a way of convincing people of the darnedest things.
Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass, who directed the last two Bourne movies, will return again for Bourne 4. That's exciting as hell, in my book. James Bond is a bit antiquated.
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