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‘Madagascar 3' Rules the Box Office Again

June 17, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

The traveling Zoosters of DreamWorks’ Madagascar 3 showed some excellent staying power this weekend, landing at the No. 1 spot for the second week in a row. The third outing for the franchise brought in $10 million on Friday and was expected to end the weekend with a $36 million [...]

‘Madagascar 3' Zoosters Roar with $60.4 Mil. Weekend

June 10, 2012 by Ramin Zahed 1 Comment divider image

The third time was a charm for the lovable animals of DreamWorks’ Madagascar franchise as the movie scored an impressive $60.4 million at the U.S. box office (June 8-10) and landed on top of the ticket sales chart. Co-directed by Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath and Conrad Vernon, the pic debuted [...]

Welcome to the ‘Madagascar 3' Vs. ‘Prometheus’ Weekend

June 7, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

DreamWorks Animation will find out whether audiences are hungry for more madcap adventures featuring the Bronx Zoo buddies of Madagascar 3 this weekend. The third outing of the franchise, which is directed by Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath and Conrad Vernon, played at Annecy this past week and is opening wide [...]

Tapping in to The Grid

June 2, 2012 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image

Disney XD puts a fresh spin on a sci-fi classic with the new series TRON: Uprising. You can’t keep a good franchise down: Two years after the theatrical reception of Disney’s TRON: Legacy, which added fresh faces and cool new CG effects to the 1982 sci-fi sensation, a new animated [...]

‘Men in Black 3' Debut Tops ‘Avengers’ Over Holiday Weekend

May 28, 2012 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

It took a vintage comic book movie franchise to topple the Avengers from its box office throne. Men in Black 3 — arriving a decade after the previous film in the series and originally adapted from an indie comic book for its 1997 movie debut — topped the weekend with [...]

‘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 [...]