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Box Office Beat Down: 2012 Destroys the Weekend with $65 Million!
14 hours ago | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
Weekend Box Office
1) 2012 - $65 million
2) Disney's a Christmas Carol - $22.3 million
3) The Men Who Stare at Goats - $6.2 million
4) Precious - $6.09 million
5) Michael Jackson's This Is It - $5.1 million
6) The Fourth Kind - $4.7 million
7) Couples Retreat - $4.25 million
8) Paranormal Activity - $4.2 million
9) Law Abiding Citizen - $3.9 million
10) The Box- $3.1 million
The latest Roland Emerich disaster flick, 2012, destroyed everything in it's way this weekend to earn the number one spot in the box office making an estimated $65 million. The film about the end of the world, which had a reported budget of somewhere around $260 million, was released on a little over 3,000 screens and made an estimated $19,095 per screen. Last week's number one film, Disney's a Christmas Carol starring Jim Carrey as Scrooge fell 25.7% only making $22.3 million in it's second week. The movie, which was released on around 3,404 screens, earned only $6,062 per screen.
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Interview – Troy Duffy, Chris Brinker, and Sean Patrick Flanery of The Boondock Saints II
13 November 2009 5:19 PM, PST | ReelLoop.com | See recent Reel Loop news »
Like many, I came to know and love The Boondock Saints through DVD (and now Blu-ray.) Browsing through my local DVD retailer, I checked out their new releases and saw the film for a reasonable price. This was also at a time I had decided I wanted to be a filmmaker so I was interested in seeing obscure, off-beat films. So I purchased the flick, went home, and was instantly assaulted by all of it’s awesome. From the unrelenting action to Willem Dafoe’s outlandish performance, I was thoroughly entertained by what Troy Duffy had delivered and eagerly anticipated the sequel, which by this point in time was still rumored.
Well here we are, ten years after the first film debuted and The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day is upon us. While it’s been playing New York and L.A., everyone else gets it this weekend. When »
- Philip Barrett
Exclusive: William Kaufman's Sinners And Saints trailer
12 November 2009 9:52 PM, PST | QuietEarth.us | See recent QuietEarth news »
William Kaufman's feature debut, the gun-heavy assassin thriller, Prodigy, surprised viewers when it was released in 2006. Since then, I've had my eye on the newcomer's next project, a gritty detective actioner called Sinners and Saints. So you can imagine my joy when we were given an exclusive first look a the the film's explosive extended promo trailer.
Sinners brings Sean Patrick Flanery, Tom Berenge, Johnny Strong and Method Man together in a crime ridden, post-Katrina New Orleans where life on the streets is brutal and the guys at the top are finding all new ways to exploit the decaying city.
Synopsis:
In lawless storm ravaged New Orleans, beleaguered detective, Sean Riley, is trying to cope with the death of his young son and the abandonment of his wife. Facing a probable suspension from the department, Riley is teamed with a young homicide detective, Will Ganz, to help solve a »
John Woo Unbound: The Red Cliff Interviews
12 November 2009 5:03 PM, PST | The Hollywood Interview | See recent The Hollywood Interview news »
(John Woo, above.)
By Terry Keefe
Director John Woo tells a story in the interview below about one major difference between his experience working on Hollywood blockbusters, and making Red Cliff (Chi Bi), his blockbuster-sized film which he shot in China with strong support from the Chinese government: he never had to sit through endless development meetings. He simply said he wanted to make the film, came up with a budget, received financing, and shot it. As someone who actually was a [very junior level] studio development executive at one time, I loved hearing this. The process by which films are created today at the studios, as it has been for a few decades now, is ridiculously time-consuming and both financially and creatively wasteful. Practically every script “fast“-tracked for production goes through a gauntlet of seemingly endless story notes in which not only the director, but also the studio, the producer, the stars, »
- The Hollywood Interview.com
Tom Cruise Not Attached to John Woo's 'Flying Tigers' ... Yet
9 November 2009 1:32 PM, PST | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
Is John Woo going to work with Tom Cruise again? Quite possibly, and in a World War II setting to boot. Woo has been in a hold pattern over Hollywood ever since Paycheck came out, although he's recently struck gold with both audiences and the box office overseas with Red Cliff, which hits American shores on November 20th. Now he's circling Flying Tigers, a project about the first American volunteer group in the Chinese Air Force during WWII.
We spoke to Woo recently about Red Cliff, and you can read the full interview with him later this week. However, we couldn't resist sneaking in a question about Cruise, and you can read what we got after the break.
Filed under: RumorMonger, Tom Cruise
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- Kevin Kelly
Defending Modern Warfare: Call of Duty 4 Rewind
6 November 2009 9:09 PM, PST | ReelLoop.com | See recent Reel Loop news »
We here at Reel Loop are expanding our horizons a bit. While we’ll still continue to be primarily a film website, me (Philip) has tortured the site editor (Mr. Erik) to the point where he had no other option to do this. In addition to film and television, we’re going to start covering the other visual medium. No, I’m not talking about pornography, I’m talking about something I have my first memory of; video games.
To kick off this celebration, we’ll be doing what any other gaming site in their right mind is doing and going ga-ga over a certain thing coming out this Tuesday, the tenth of November. It’s an entity so powerful, it’s said to cure cancer. This is something so miraculous, that the poison that is Twilight will implode on itself when the clock strikes 12:01 Am Est on Tuesday. »
- Philip Barrett
Red Cliff Exclusive Clip from John Woo
5 November 2009 11:00 PM, PST | toxicshock.tv | See recent toxicshock news »
Magnet Releasing just released this new movie clip from the upcoming film “Red Cliff” directed by John Woo and starring Tony Leung. “Red Cliff” premiered on VOD, Xbox Live and Amazon Oct. 22nd and opens in theaters November 20th. Synopsis: Legendary action cinema master John Woo and international superstar Tony Leung reunite for the first time since the 1992 classic Hard Boiled with this epic historical drama set based on a legendary 208 A.D. battle that heralded the end of the Han Dynasty. Red Cliff opens with power hungry Prime Minister-turned-General Cao Cao (Zhang Fengyi) seeking permission from the Han dynasty Emperor to organize a southward-bound mission designed to crush [...] »
- Brian Corder
Plot Synopsis and Teaser Poster for Chris Nahon’s Gunslinger
5 November 2009 9:50 AM, PST | Beyond Hollywood | See recent Beyond Hollywood news »
Here’s your first look at a heavily photoshopped teaser poster for the upcoming Josh Harnett post-apocalyptic actioner “Gunslinger”. Yeah, it’s basically a poster for the John Woo videogame “Stranglehold” with Josh Harnett’s face photoshopped over Chow Yun Fat’s, and some gun-toting guys on snowmobiles added in because, apparently, there’s gonna be lots and lots of snowmobiling combat in this movie. Via the boys at Quiet Earth. In 2012 the world economy collapses. In 2014 all first world governments crumble. In 2015 the power and lights go out. 2018, Wisconsin, USA. Communities live in fear, protected by paid gunmen. We cut to Jake (former engineer) now hunting for food to feed his family. He sees smoke in the distance and realises that it is his home. A gang, led by the psychopath Brody, has attacked and murdered his family. Seeking revenge, he enlists his ex-military brother ‘Sev’ (Josh Hartnett) to track and hunt the killers. »
- Nix
Red Cliff - Enter to win great prizes including a poster autographed by John Woo and DVDs Chocolate, Exiled and Dynamite Warrior!
5 November 2009 3:38 AM, PST | Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news »
MovieJungle.com and Magnolia Pictrues are pleased to present you with a chance to win fantastic prizes from the upcoming epic historical drama "Red Cliff." Enter and you could a great prize pack which includes a poster autographed by legendary director John Woo as well as the Magnet/Magnolia DVDs "Dynamite Warrior," "Chocolate" and "Exiled." Red Cliff is now available on VOD, Amazon and Xbox Live and will open in theaters starting November 18, 2009. Legendary action-cinema master John Woo and international superstar Tony Leung reunite for the first time since the 1992 classic Hard Boiled in Red Cliff, the epic historical drama based on a legendary 208 A.D. battle that heralded the end of the Han Dynasty. Red Cliff opens as power hungry Prime Minister-turned-General Cao Cao (Zhang Fengyi) seeks permission from the Han dynasty Emperor to organize a southward-bound mission designed to crush the two troublesome warlords who stand in his way, »
2012 director fearful of destroying Islamic site onscreen
5 November 2009 2:56 AM, PST | Boxwish.com | See recent BoxWish news »
John Woo has his doves, Quentin Tarantino his fictional brands and Hitchcock had his cameos; directors love putting their signature stamp on movies and they come in all shapes and forms. Just look at the cinematic CV of German filmmaker, Roland Emmerich. 1996 – Independence Day, aliens lay siege to earth, taking out the likes of the Empire State Building and the White House. 1998 – Godzilla – New York under attack by a giant Japanese monster. 2004 – The Day After Tomorrow – global warming bites us in the ass with a giant storm that brings a new ice age. And now 2009 – 2012, a tale of global destruction based on the theory that the world will end according to the Mayan Long Count Calendar. Spot the similarities? Not that Emmerich is happy to destroy any old landmark that stands in his wake, with one apparently off limits to the disaster-loving director. »
Holiday Preview: Anywhere But a Movie Theater
4 November 2009 11:14 AM, PST | ifc.com | See recent IFC news »
More Holiday Preview: [Theatrical Calendar]
[Repertory Calendar] [Anywhere But a Movie Theater]
On Demand
IFC Films (with whom, full disclosure, we obviously share a parent company) will be delivering new films all holiday season to homes across the country through their Festival Direct and Sundance Selects labels. These include the cross-cultural romantic dramedy "I'll Come Running" (Nov. 4), Josiane Balasko's farce "A French Gigolo" (Nov. 6), the Inuit tribal drama "Necessities of Life" (Nov. 11), the Brit crime thriller "Adulthood" (Nov. 18), the Indian love story "Return to Rajapur" (Nov. 25), the Christopher Masterson-Bijou Phillips celibacy satire "Made for Each Other" (Dec. 2), "Harry Potter" helmer David Yates' gritty two-part drama "Sex Traffic" (Dec. 2 and 9), the Korean comedy "Night and Day" (Dec. 23) and "The Ghost" (Dec. 30).
Meanwhile, in the newly launched Sundance Selects series, there's a pair of harrowing documentaries VOD premieres: Kief Davidson's coming-of-age boxing doc "Kassim the Dream" (Nov. 27) and the unvarnished biopic "Nick Nolte: No Exit" (Dec. »
- Stephen Saito
Red Cliff Featurette with John Woo
31 October 2009 12:59 AM, PDT | toxicshock.tv | See recent toxicshock news »
Magnet Releasing just released this new featurette with director John Woo for the upcoming film “Red Cliff” directed by John Woo and starring Tony Leung. “Red Cliff” premiered on VOD, Xbox Live and Amazon Oct. 22nd and opens in theaters November 20th. Synopsis: Legendary action cinema master John Woo and international superstar Tony Leung reunite for the first time since the 1992 classic Hard Boiled with this epic historical drama set based on a legendary 208 A.D. battle that heralded the end of the Han Dynasty. Red Cliff opens with power hungry Prime Minister-turned-General Cao Cao (Zhang Fengyi) seeking permission from the Han dynasty Emperor to organize a southward-bound mission [...] »
- Brian Corder
J.J. Abrams Won’t Be Directing Mission: Impossible IV
30 October 2009 12:27 AM, PDT | FilmShaft.com | See recent FilmShaft.com news »
That’s according to the man himself. Speaking to MTV, “Mission: Impossible III” and “Star Trek” director, J.J. Abrams says he just too busy to consider directing Mission: Impossible IV:
“I’m producing with Tom,” he said recently. “My guess is, given other things, that I will not be directing the movie.”
With Abrams and Tom Cruise both directing, the hunt is on for a new director to take to the chair, just who could fill the boots of Abrams, John Woo and Brian De Palma? As if that wasn’t enough to think about, rumours have bee circulating over the last few years that Cruise may not return to the series as the central protagonist, Imf Agent, Ethan Hunt. So what did Abrams have to say on the matter?
“I don’t want to give anything away yet, but I will say that it’s a story that »
- Craig Sharp
No Mission 4 Abrams
29 October 2009 8:09 PM, PDT | JoBlo.com | See recent JoBlo news »
J.J. Abrams is currently writing and/or producing and/or directing so many projects it's getting hard to keep track, but he's learning to just say no. When talks of a 4th Mission: Impossible started rolling recently, everybody pretty much expected or hoped J.J. would direct again since his part 3 was definitely a step up from the previous (no offense to John woo). But this week the man himself confirmed otherwise. Talking to the folks of MTV News, Abrams... »
- Tony Lang
The Boondock Saints II: All Saint's Day Movie Review
29 October 2009 8:00 PM, PDT | MoviesOnline.ca | See recent MoviesOnline news »
It's sort of a miracle we have one Boondock Saints movie, let alone two. The story behind getting writer/director Troy Duffy's ultraviolent cult favorite to the screen was so ripe with drama, it inspired it's own movie, the documentary Overnight, which doesn't portray the auteur in a favorable light. The good news for fans of the cult is that you made it so successful we get another adventure of the Irish vigilante heroes. The good news for haters is that you can watch Overnight and marvel, time and time again.
Boondock Saints II: All Saint's Day picks up 8 years after the blood baths created by the MacManus Brothers, Connor and Murphy (Sean Patrick Flannery and Norman Reedus). They would execute criminals, in a bid to clean up the streets of Boston, to the public's support. Sort of like Batman, but with more silenced pistol fire. The first film »
Troy Duffy Still Packs a Punch
29 October 2009 10:22 AM, PDT | ifc.com | See recent IFC news »
There are really two reasons why you'd recognize the name of writer/director Troy Duffy. One, you're a member of the energized fan base who can recite every line of his 1999 debut, "The Boondock Saints." A John Woo-styled crime thriller that first trickled out in a perfunctory release, Duffy's blood-soaked tale of Irish Catholic twins who go vigilante on some Boston mobsters slowly grew into a monstrous cult hit on home video. But if you haven't seen it, the only other way you'd know Duffy is from the 2003 doc "Overnight," a behind-the-scenes chronicle of the "Boondock" production, in which the novice filmmaker is depicted as an arrogant jerk who shoots his mouth off, alienating his golden-boy relationship with the Weinstein brothers, who pulled out of financing the movie before shooting started.
Finally getting the multiplex treatment, Duffy returns with "The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day." Norman Reedus, Sean Patrick Flanery »
- Aaron Hillis
Woo-Hoo! Woo Woos Cruise
28 October 2009 2:25 AM, PDT | GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news »
Two years ago, this news would have you running for the hills. John Woo and Tom Cruise, who made that hulking mass of mediocrity known as Mission: Impossible 2, are getting back together for a World War II epic called Flying Tigers.
Why would you have a recent change of heart? Well, Cruise has made smarter choices, like his Tropic Thunder cameo and the mostly solid Valkyrie and Woo, who went from one of the most promising import directors to one of the more embarrassing in a handful of years, has reportedly bounced back with his Chinese period drama Red Cliff. Another reason to be encouraged is that this film apparently has a script co-written by Christopher McQuarrie.
Coming Soon talked to Woo about the project last week, and here's his official synopsis: »
- Colin Boyd
Tom Cruise May Fly In World War II For John Woo
27 October 2009 2:29 PM, PDT | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
We heard that Valkyrie co-writer and producer Christopher McQuarrie was putting something together with the help of Mason Alley as a starring vehicle for Tom Cruise back in December of 2008. Now, Coming Soon reports that not only is Cruise.s involvement likely, but that Mission: Impossible II director John Woo will be the man behind the lens. In an interview with Cs Woo gave a brief description of Flying Tigers: .It's based on a true story in WWII, about a group of American volunteer fighter pilots who worked with the Chinese Air Force fighting with the Japanese and they won the war. Also, it's the story of Clair Chennault, and they did a great contribution for the Chinese, and the Chinese people love and respect them. The whole story is about a friendship between a Chinese and an American and they worked together." Lieutenant General Claire Lee Chennault was »
It Appears John Wooed Tom Cruise for a 'Flying' Reunion
27 October 2009 1:21 PM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
John Woo and Tom Cruise on the set of Mission: Impossible II
Photo: Paramount Pictures Variety has posted an article discussing New Regency's upcoming development slate in which it includes a one-line item mentioning Flying Tigers, a film scripted by Valkyrie scribe Christopher McQuarrie with Tom Cruise attached to star. On top of that it mentions the project is on "the immediate horizon." What Peter Bart's article fails to mention is Flying Tigers will be directed by John Woo, which means this is a reunion for the Mission: Impossible II star and director.
As a matter of fact, it is actually John Woo's attachment that became the big news back in July of 2009 when Slash Film reported on a Chinese press conference in which Woo announced the film would be his next: This is an extremely important production. Currently, basic preparations for shooting work have already been made »
- Brad Brevet
Tom Cruise Attached to John Woo’s Upcoming Film Flying Tigers
27 October 2009 12:24 PM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Buried in a recent article from Variety was the news that Tom Cruise would be re-teaming with his “Mission: Impossible 2″ director John Woo for Woo’s next film, “Flying Tigers”. Steve spoke with Woo a couple weeks ago for Woo’s new film, “Red Cliff” which is the most successful film in Chinese history and it’s received positive reviews in this hemisphere as well. Woo mentioned his next film would be “Flying Tigers” and that it would have the same budget as “Red Cliff” ($80 million) and focus on the friendship between Americans and Chinese soldiers in World War II as they fought the Japanese. I wonder if this could be an unofficial sequel to “The Last Samurai” but this time Cruise ends up saving the Chinese instead.
Hit the jump to see Steve’s full interview with Woo. They begin speaking about “Flying Tigers” at the 3-minute mark. »
- Matt Goldberg
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