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'Avatar' Cost How Much to Make?!

8 November 2009 9:45 PM, PST | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »

Urban legend — if not filmgoers — has been lavishing James Cameron's Avatar with all sorts of superlatives since even before the minutest actual details about the film were revealed. Call it the "Cameron effect." The creator of Titanic — the biggest box office blockbuster of all time (more than $1.8B at the worldwide box office) — comes with built-in expectations, both in terms of what he next produces theatrically, and what that project reaps in ticket sales.

But any way you slice it, Avatar will have to do a lot of reaping. The New York Times has published an interesting article about the sheer expense that is Cameron's highly anticipated, perhaps over-hyped, Avatar. According to The Times, the film's budget is swelling towards the $500M mark, when global marketing expenses are factored in. The key question therefore becomes: Can this film turn a profit?

20th Century Fox, the primary studio stakeholder in the film, »

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'Avatar' Cost How Much to Make?!

8 November 2009 9:45 PM, PST | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »

Urban legend — if not filmgoers — has been lavishing James Cameron's Avatar with all sorts of superlatives since even before the minutest actual details about the film were revealed. Call it the "Cameron effect." The creator of Titanic — the biggest box office blockbuster of all time (more than $1.8B at the worldwide box office) — comes with built-in expectations, both in terms of what he next produces theatrically, and what that project reaps in ticket sales.

But any way you slice it, Avatar will have to do a lot of reaping. The New York Times has published an interesting article about the sheer expense that is Cameron's highly anticipated, perhaps over-hyped, Avatar. According to The Times, the film's budget is swelling towards the $500M mark, when global marketing expenses are factored in. The key question therefore becomes: Can this film turn a profit?

20th Century Fox, the primary studio stakeholder in the film, »

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Film Junk Podcast Episode #241: Paranormal Activity and The House of the Devil

2 November 2009 11:38 PM, PST | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »

0:00 - Intro 8:04 - Headlines: Tom Hardy Confirmed for Mad Max 4, Evil Dead Theatrical Re-release, Paranormal Activity is the Most Profitable Movie?, Ouija Board Movie Gets Lost Writers, Clancy Brown to Play Lobo?, Spider-Man 4 Villain Will Be The Lizard, Neil Marshall or Neill Blomkamp for Dune?, Adam Sandler Signs on for Jack and Jill, Short Circuit Remake Gets Paul Blart Director, Joss Whedon Terminator Letter 33:50 - Review: Paranormal Activity 1:01:08 - Review: The House of the Devil 1:17:20 - Trailer Trash: Prince of Persia, Avatar, Nowhere Boy 1:33:00 - Other Stuff We Watched: Halloween III: Season of the Witch, Dog Bite Dog, Hellraiser, Happy Birthday To Me, It Might Get Loud, Prince of Darkness 1:55:25 - Junk Mail: Encouraging Piracy, Twister Drive-In Urban Legend, Manga, Cannibal The Musical, Stargate, Filmmaker Influences, Remakes of Crappy Movies, Living a Movie, Cloverfield 2 2: »

- Sean

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50 Influential Scream Queens: Part 2

27 October 2009 10:57 PM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

Before I launch into the conclusion of my 50 Influential Scream Queens (read part 1 here), please let me remind you that this list is based upon my personal taste, and my personal taste alone. I didn't poll 100 Fango readers, the Fango staff or any other form of 'industry professionals'. It's all opinion, so if you feel I've wronged a certain actress by excluding them from the list, don't leap to brand the entire Fango crew 'vile'.  I probably just don't personally find their work to be that influential. Either that or I'm just ignorant to their accomplishments!

25. Mia Farrow: Mia's genre work may be a bit limited, but that doesn't change the fact that Rosemary's Baby will forever be regarded as one of the creepiest films in history. Farrow's portrayal of Rosemary Woodhouse is harrowing to say the least, and will always remain (in my mind) one of the best performances the genre has seen. »

- no-reply@fangoria.com (Matt Molgaard)

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Sitges '09: My Sitges Story - Part 3

6 October 2009 12:33 PM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

Monday, October 5

I begin my first full week at the Sitges film festival (see last entry here) with a leisurely stroll into town. Several vendors hawking horror T-shirts and posters have set up shop outside the fest’s Brigadoon theater (where non-competition and video screenings are free for the locals), serving as a sort of mini-convention.

Two movies are on the agenda today. First up at the plush Auditori Melia is the Belgian/Canadian/French/German co-production Mr. Nobody, an excellent fantasy/quasi-sci-fi film that pretty much defies easy classification and synopsis. Urban Legend’s Jared Leto (never better) stars as a 117-year-old man (in totally convincing old age makeup), who, we are told, is the last mortal man alive on the Earth of 2092, where people now live forever. Gradually, the complexities of his back story are revealed as we experience multiple storylines of at least three different histories the character may have lived. »

- no-reply@fangoria.com (Tony Timpone)

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Nature's Grave (2008)

3 October 2009 12:47 PM, PDT | Pretty/Scary | See recent pretty-scary news »

Review by: Jessica Baxter

Directed by: Jamie Blanks

Written by: Everett De Roche

Featuring: James Caviezel, Claudia Karvan

Peter and Carla are a married couple on the outs. In a half-assed attempt to rekindle their relationship they decide to take a romantic camping trip to a secluded Australian beach. It’s pretty clear from the get-go that this will be an epic fail. All they do is bicker, bicker, bicker. They clearly need to get divorced as soon as humanly possible. But away they go with their dog, fancy new camping equipment and Peter’s gun. Actually, Carla is ready to turn back pretty early. But Peter isn’t having it. Neither rain nor near-accidents nor getting lost will keep him from finding this spot and having a good fucking time, goddamnit!

Eventually, they do find the spot. And then the weirdness starts. Carla notices it first because ladies are intuitive like that, »

- Tristan Sinns

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Danielle Harris joins 3D ‘Night of the Living Dead’

29 September 2009 8:18 AM, PDT | ReelLoop.com | See recent Reel Loop news »

Scream queen Danielle Harris (Halloween 4, Halloween 5, Urban Legend) will join the cast of the upcoming 3D/CGI film Night of the Living Dead: Origins.

Last week we reported that Night of the Living Dead: Origins is remake of the George A. Romero original. It will retell the original tale by providing some background on some of the characters. The film will also be stylized with “ American-style anime”  which will allow filmmakers to direct CG performances the same way they would direct real live actors.

George A. Romero is not involved in the project. He’s busy with his own zombie feature Survival of the Dead, which debuted at this year’s Toronto Film Festival.

Related posts:New ‘Night of the Living Dead’ remake to be shown in “American-style anime”‘A-Team’ van pic discovered and ‘Watchmen’s’ Patrick Wilson joins the castWeinstein’s gettin’ jiggy with ‘Halloween 3D’

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- Erik Buckman

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‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ Synopsis & Trailer Images

29 September 2009 6:58 AM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »

Yesterday morning, the teaser trailer for A Nightmare On Elm Street was released upon the world. Today, our friends over at Bloody Disgusting not only have the full synopsis for the film, but have also pulled over 40 high-res photos from the trailer. Now you won’t have to keep skipping around and hitting pause in an attempt to get a good look at Jackie Earle Haley as Freddy Kruger.

Here’s an exert from the official synopsis:

 

A group of suburban teenagers share one common bond: they are all being stalked by Freddy Krueger, a horribly disfigured killer who hunts them in their dreams. As long as they stay awake, they can protect one another…but when they sleep, there is no escape.

Donning Freddy’s trademark fedora, red-and-green striped sweater, and four-bladed glove is Academy Award® nominee Jackie Earle Haley (”Little Children,” “Watchmen”).

The film is being directed by »

- Anthony Ocasio

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Kevin Carr’s Weekly Report Card for 09.11.09

11 September 2009 10:20 AM, PDT | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »

9 Studio: Focus Features Rated: PG-13 for violence and scary images. Starring: Elijah Wood, Jennifer Connelly, Martin Landau, Christopher Plummer and John C. Reilly Directed by: Shane Acker What it’s about: A mechanical creation simply named 9 wakes up after being made by a scientist. The world has been destroyed in a war, with 9 and his other eight counterparts the only survivors. Together, they must discover what happened to humanity and find a way to keep its spirit alive. What I liked: I don’t throw around the term “visionary” that much with filmmaking, as I find it to be pretentious. However, Shane Acker’s 9 is a visionary piece of filmmaking. And not just because it’s dark (for were that the case, last year’s lackluster Igor would have also been visionary... and it wasn’t). 9 possesses an incredible visual style that usually is only found in independent student animation. It »

- Kevin Carr

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Boos! and Whoop-doos!: The Power of F*@# in a PG-13 World

21 August 2009 12:30 PM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »

Fuck? Whoop-doo!

The fabulous "fuck" word. A pair of glistening titties. A subplot about spoiled underpants. Gratuitous underage alcohol consumption. Granny bashing. And a horny Asian co-op student that rubs his dick on a seven-foot tall beast of a woman. All in a PG rated movie. What? How did this happen? The year was 1984, and John Hughes got away with murder. His film Sixteen Candles came just before Mola Ram graciously ripped the heart out of an extra on the set of Indiana Jones & The Temple Of Doom. Moments before Steven Spielberg preformed this one malicious act on the filmgoing youth of America, our PG rated films used to be a lot meaner. Sexier. Funnier. Right on the edge of being R rated. Now, most PG-13 films won't touch the material found in those early PG rated affairs. You need look no further than the original The Bad News Bears »

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Police Investigating Eric Dane/ Rebecca Gayheart Nude Video

21 August 2009 7:06 AM, PDT | MTV Music News | See recent MTV Music News news »

Lapd scanning files on DVD for possible use in criminal investigation.

By Gil Kaufman

Rebecca Gayhardt and Eric Dane

Photo: Alexandra Wyman/WireImage

Millions of Internet gawkers aren't the only ones interested in taking a peek at the now-infamous not-sex-tape featuring "Grey's Anatomy" star Eric Dane, wife Rebecca Gayheart and former Miss Teen USA contestant/ Playboy model Kari Ann Peniche.

On Thursday, according to People.com, the Los Angeles Police Department confirmed that they are studying the leak of the DVD depicting Dane and Gayheart frolicking nude with Peniche two years ago. Police reportedly got the DVD in July from an unnamed source who claimed it "contained images that could link celebrities engaging in illegal activity."

Before the police could scan the DVD to see if it contained any illicit evidence, though, it leaked online, the Lapd said in a statement, adding that it contained "archived articles and photographs of »

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Drag Me To Hell soundtrack hits stores

17 August 2009 9:42 AM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

This Tuesday, August 18, Lakeshore Records releases the CD soundtrack to Sam Raimi’s terrific summer chiller Drag Me To Hell in stores and for on-line purchase, featuring his frequent collaborator Christopher Young’s full score. The disc contains 14 tracks comprising almost an hour of music from Raimi’s saga of a nasty gypsy curse.

Young is no stranger to the genre, having composing acclaimed music for films like Hellraiser and Hellbound: Hellraiser II, The Fly II, The Dark Half, Tales From The Hood, Species, Urban Legend, Bless The Child, The Exorcism Of Emily Rose and, most recently, The Uninvited. His previous collaborations with Raimi include The Gift, the first two Grudge features and Spider-man 3. The Drag soundtrack is currently available digitally via Amazon and iTunes. Preview it in the widget below.

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- no-reply@fangoria.com (Samuel Zimmerman)

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Jesus is On His Way to Nature's Grave

24 May 2009 10:08 PM, PDT | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »

Poor James Caviezel. No matter what movie he stars in, he's probably going to be forever known as Jesus. I suppose there are worse things an actor can be remembered for than playing Christ. Having just finished fighting an alien monster in Outlander, Caviezel will next be seen on DVD this August battling more earthly terrors on his way to Nature's Grave. God help him.

Originally titled Long Weekend, Nature's Grave is director Jamie Blanks (Urban Legend, Valentine) near shot-for-shot remake of a moody 1978 Australian chiller about a bickering couple from the city (Caviezel and Claudia Karvan of Aquamarine) that head out for a long weekend getaway on a secluded beach and find themselves on the wrong side of mother nature after not showing it the proper respect. Bugs and snakes and other local animals of the land, air, and sea don't take kindly to these city slickers tossing their »

- Foywonder

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ABC Announces Primetime 2009-2010 Programming Slate

19 May 2009 6:23 AM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »

ABC unveiled its 2009-2010 primetime schedule this morning and here is the full press release:

Stephen McPherson, president, ABC Entertainment Group, today outlined ABC's plans for next season and unveiled the network's 2009-10 fall schedule before the advertising and media communities at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall.

New fall and midseason series include "Cougar Town," "The Deep End," "Eastwick," "Flash Forward," "The Forgotten," "Hank," "Happy Town," "The Middle," "Modern Family," "Shark Tank" and "V."

"Better Off Ted," "Castle," "Scrubs" and "True Beauty" join previously announced returning series "America's Funniest Home Videos," "The Bachelor," "Brothers & Sisters," "Dancing with the Stars," "Desperate Housewives," "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," "Grey's Anatomy," "Lost," "Private Practice," "Supernanny," "Ugly Betty," "Wife Swap" and 20/20. "Saturday Night College Football" will also return.

"Our focus is always on delivering the best stories with the most memorable characters on TV, whether that's established audience favorites or innovative new shows," said McPherson. »

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Horrorbles Showcase: Mezco's Living Dead Dolls - Urban Legends Edition

5 May 2009 2:17 PM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

In this installment of the Horrorbles Showcase, Fango's Ian David takes a look at the 17th series of Living Dead Dolls. Based on popular "Urban Legends", the set is currently available for Pre-Order through Horrorbles: The Official Store of Fangoria Entertainment.

So, I know this is true because it happened to a friend of mine. You see, this friend of mine was on his way to the hospital after waking up in a tub of ice with a missing kidney, when he picked up a hitchhiker. This hitchhiker told my friend he was running from a psycho killer with a hook for a hand who was about kill him and his girlfriend but was stopped when a boil on his girlfriend’s cheek exploded in a fountain of baby spiders. A little ways down the road, they decided to stop at a diner. My friend went to use the bathroom, »

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Info and Pics from Mungiu's Collaborative Romanian Urban Legend Feature

10 February 2009 5:15 PM, PST | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »

In 2007 Cristian Mungiu's 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days was awarded the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. It was then promptly ignored outright by the Academy for Foreign Language Oscar consideration, but was at least nominated for a Golden Globe. I try to bring it up as often as I can simply because I think it is a great film, even though it is quite disturbing and something I have no intention of ever watching again. The main thing that appealed to me was the way Mungiu used the camera and it has me instantly hoping his next film, Tales From The Golden Age is just as good as I have just received word on the new feature as he brings back several of his 4 Months cast members to tell yet another historical story from Romania along with four other Romanian directors -- Ioana Uricaru, Hanno Hofer, Razvan Marculescu, »

- Brad Brevet

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2009 | 2008 | 1998

16 articles from 2009

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