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‘Dark Knight Rises’ Posts Third Straight B.O. Win


August 6, 2012 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image
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It was a three-peat for the final episode in Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy. The Dark Knight Rises topped the box office for the third straight weekend, taking in $36 million domestic for a to-date total gross estimated at $354 million. The international gross edged up slightly higher to a total [...]

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Comic-Con: Miller’s ‘Holy Terror’ Trailer; Comics Market Report


July 21, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image
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They may not get all the press that Hollywood does, but there are still comic books and comic book projects making news at Comic-Con International: San Diego. Up first is a new graphic novel from superstar artist and writer Frank Miller. Titled Holy Terror, the book follows a masked hero [...]

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‘Transformers’ Producer Murphy Develops ‘Capt. Planet’ Movie


July 19, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image
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Cartoon Network has signed a development agreement with action-adventure producer Don Murphy and partner Susan Montford and their company Angry Filmworks to develop a live-action motion picture based on the animated series Captain Planet and the Planeteers Murphy and Angry Filmworks were instrumental in bringing the Transformers movies to the [...]

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Digital Domain, Reliance MediaWorks Form Global Alliance


July 12, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image
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India-based Reliance MediaWorks has formed an alliance with Hollywood-based Digital Domain to offer visual effects and stereoscopic 3D production services for movies, TV, commercials and other media. Reliance has studios in Mumbai and in London and will offer the services of more than 500 artists. The company will set up a [...]

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Sony Ready to Celebrate Global Smurfs Day June 25


June 16, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image
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Sony Pictures Animation is looking to make this the Smurfiest summer ever, releasing July 29 a major 3D Smurfs movie and declaring June 25 Global Smurfs Day. Global Smurfs Day celebrates the birthday of Peyo, the Belgian artist who created the Smurfs in 1958 in the pages of the comic [...]

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Movies Brighten Disney 4th Quarter Report


November 12, 2010 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image
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The fourth quarter was not so kind to the Walt Disney Co., where TV network troubles and declining attendance at theme parks dragged profits down 7 percent to $835 million. The results showed revenue was down 1 percent to $9.7 billion. The company’s movie division was bolstered by the strong [...]

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Disney buys Marvel Movies from Par


October 19, 2010 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image
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Disney has acquired from Paramount the distribution rights to the upcoming Marvel feature films The Avengers and Iron Man 3 for a guaranteed payment of at least $115 million. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the deal calls for Paramount to receive its normal 8 percent distribution fee on Avengers, due [...]

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