The Los Angeles Premiere of Paramount Pictures' 'UP IN THE AIR' Presented by American Airlines - Monday, November 30, 2009 at 7:30 P.M.
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Acclaimed actor and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Sam Shepard is set to star in Lionsgate's "Tough Trade," the first original series pilot for EPIX, the new multi-platform entertainment service from Viacom Inc., its Paramount Pictures unit, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM) and Lionsgate which launched October 30, 2009. With a creative team led by executive producer and showrunner...
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Not pleased with the likes of our latest serving of A Christmas Carol ? Want a little more originality served with your ho-ho-ho's? This might be the answer: Variety reports that Paramount Pictures has tapped Mike White to write the script for a new comedy called Santa Wars . Oh yes, it's just like you'd imagine. This project will follow the story of two rival factions that emerged within a group...
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Filed under: News Already set to play a character in Dark Castle's DC Comics adaptation 'The Losers,' British actor Idris Elba has been tapped to join in on another comic book film coming to the big screen. The Hollywood Reporter states that Elba will play Heimdall, the guardian of Asgard in 'Thor,' Marvel Studios' film about the Norse god of thunder. Also starring in the film are Chris Hemsworth...
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Paramount Pictures has picked up a script from writer/director Mike White called Santa Wars, a comedy based on the true story of rival factions that developed within a union of professional Santa Clauses who become arch enemies during a Santa Claus civil war.
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(Photo: Paramount Pictures) "The dweebs. The dweebs." The downside of Type-A. Perfectionism. A great place to "be from". A wonderful instinct, if controlled. It's also a curse--of eldest children, professionals, knowledge workers, most lawyers, all spouses, your Mom, and...
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NEW YORK & SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Acclaimed actor and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Sam Shepard is set to star in Lionsgate’s “Tough Trade,” the first original series pilot for EPIXTM, the new multi-platform entertainment service from Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA and VIA.B), its Paramount Pictures unit, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM) and Lionsgate (NYSE:...
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Saoirse Ronan in The Lovely Bones Photo: Paramount Pictures I don't think I have done this more than a couple times, but that's primarily due to the fact I am never convinced of the authenticity of reader reviews, or they just aren't up to par. However, when a recent industry insider shot over some well thought out [...]
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Paramount Pictures has hired School of Rock screenwriter Mike White to script Santa Wars, a comedy based on the true story which appeared on This American Life in December 2008. The story, written by Joshuah Bearman, told of two rival factions that developed within a union of professional Santa Clauses, which resulted in a "Santa Claus civil war." White is best when put in the dark comedy...
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&$ &$ In the summer of 2010 at Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada you can own a piece of movie history as props and costumes from the Paramount Pictures Motion Picture "Star Trek" (released May 8, 2009) hit the auction block with Julien's Auctions (juliensauctions.com). The J.J. Abrams directed blockbuster exploded onto the screen to rave reviews and box office...
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Idris Elba has joined the cast of Marvel Studios' Thor , reports Heat Vision . Elba will play Heimdall, the guardian of Asgard, who stands on the BiFrost Bridge ready to defend the city from intruders. He joins a cast that includes Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Natalie Portman, Anthony Hopkins, Jaimie Alexander, Colm Feore, Samuel L. Jackson, Stellan Skarsgard, Stuart Townsend, Ray Stevenson and...
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Idris Elba has joined the cast of Marvel Studios' Thor , reports Heat Vision . Elba will play Heimdall, the guardian of Asgard, who stands on the BiFrost Bridge ready to defend the city from intruders. He joins a cast that includes Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Natalie Portman, Anthony Hopkins, Jaimie Alexander, Colm Feore, Samuel L. Jackson, Stellan Skarsgard, Stuart Townsend, Ray Stevenson and...
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Los Angeles: Paramount, Rudin team for holiday comedy -- Paramount Pictures has set Mike White to script "Santa Wars," a comedy based on the true story of rival factions that developed within a union of professional Santa Clauses who became arch enemies during a Santa Claus civil war.
Best Movies 2008 (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Paramount Pictures has released a new clip from Jason Reitman's Up in the Air. The clip features the lovely Anna Kendrick as Natalie, a young college graduate questioning George Clooney's character Ryan Bingham, who she is stuck on the road with, about why he chooses to have more casual relationships than relationships of substance. There is also a lot more going on in the clip, such as Clooney snapping...
Film Junk (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
We've got a little bit of an update this week on the Samurai Jack feature film that was first announced back in 2007 . As you may know, Genndy Tartakovsky is on board to write and direct a big screen continuation of his popular animated series for Frederator Films . As far as we know it's the only project on his plate at the moment since The Power of the Dark Crystal was postponed indefinitely, but...