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‘Dragon 2,’ ‘Monsters Univ.’ Shine at CinemaCon

April 18, 2013 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

Animated features took center stage at the CinemaCon confab in Las Vegas today. The industry event, which targets exhibitors, producers, distributors, equipment and concession industry professionals, was held this week (April 15-18) at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas. On Wednesday, Disney offered a sneak preview of Pixar’s highly anticipated summer [...]

Galloping Horse and Reliance to Buy Digital Domain

September 24, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

Digital Domain Media Group won court approval to sell its business to China’s Galloping Horse and India’s Reliance. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Brendan Linehan Shannon said he would sign an order approving the sale after lawyers work out the final wording. Units of Beijing Galloping Horse Film Co. and Reliance MediaWorks [...]

Paramount to Unleash ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’ in IMAX

August 15, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

Steven Spielberg and George Lucas’ timeless adventure classic Raiders of the Lost Ark will get a special one-week release in select IMAX theaters beginning September 7. The film has undergone a complete restoration for the IMAX exclusive one-week release and subsequent debut on Blu-ray. “When I saw the stunning quality [...]

‘Blade Runner’ Scribe Working on a Sequel

May 17, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

While Ridley Scott’s Alien quasi-sequel Prometheus has built a huge fan base even before its June release, there’s news today about another beloved Scott favorite. Hampton Fancher, who wrote the original script for the director’s 1982 sci-fi pic Blade Runner, is in talks to develop and write a sequel to [...]

Real Numbers Push ‘Smurfs’ to No. 2 Spot

August 2, 2011 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

Although on Monday, studios were projecting that Universal/DreamWorks’ Cowboys & Aliens and Sony Animation’s The Smurfs where sharing the Number One Spot at the box office this past weekend, the real numbers painted a different picture. According to Monday afternoon’s actual figures the little blue guys managed to bring in [...]

Not Your Grampa’s Campfire Story – ‘Cowboys & Aliens’

July 29, 2011 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image

Industrial Light & Magic helps intergalactic creatures invade the Wild West in Universal’s Cowboys & Aliens. The latest ripple in the tidal wave of comic-book-based films hitting theaters this year may be light on spandex, but it’s big on originality (and opportunities for mind blowing effects work). Based on the [...]

‘Smurfs,’ ‘Cowboys & Aliens’ Try to Round Up Ticket Sales

July 28, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

It’s time to get Smurfy, as the little blue forest-dwellers take on the combo of Cowboys & Aliens at the box office. Sony/Columbia’s stereoscopic 3D hybrid take on the classic comic-strip characters and Saturday-morning cartoon stars arrives in theaters this week. The Smurfs is set to open in almost 3,400 [...]

Trailer: ‘Cowboys & Aliens’

November 17, 2010 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

Based on the graphic novel from Platinum Studios, Cowboys & Aliens arrives next summer starring Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford, and directed by Iron Man’s Jon Favreau.