After the success of Taken and Gran Torino, Hollywood has been on a vigilante kick. And right now, Bryan Singer (along with studio execs all over town) has been seriously considering getting his revenge on with The Prisoners, a much-sought-after thriller script to which Mark Wahlberg is attached to star as a Boston dad who takes the law into his own hands when his young daughter is kidnapped. The screenplay, which has been compared to The Silence of the Lambs and Seven, has been buzzed about as a calling card for its unknown writer, Aaron Guzikowski, and as a rare project targeted at adult audiences but with real commercial potential. When asked whether The Prisoners will be his next movie, Singer told EW: 'I don't know yet. But I'm definitely intrigued. It's a great script. And I'd love to work with Mark.' source: EW
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Monthly Archives: August 2009

‘G.I. Joe’ wins box office battle with $56.2 million

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra overcame bad buzz and scathing reviews to win the weekend with $56.2 million, among the best August openings in history for a non-sequel. The win also adds box office clout to the careers of stars Channing Tatum (Fighting) and Sienna Miller (Stardust), who both scored career bests. Second place [...]

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Trailer for Peter Jackson’s The Lovely Bones

Trailer for Peter Jackson’s The Lovely Bones starring Saoirse Ronan, Mark Wahlberg, Rachel Weisz, Susan Sarandon, and Stanley Tucci.Story centers on a young girl who has been murdered that watches over her family, and her killer, from heaven. The Lovely Bones is directed by Academy Award winning filmmaker Peter Jackson, of Heavenly Creatures, The Frighteners, [...]

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First Trailer for The Vampire’s Assistant (HD)

Universal has debuted the trailer for “The Vampire’s Assistant” today on Moviefone. Pulled into a fantastic life of misunderstood sideshow freaks and grotesque creatures of the night, one teen will vanish from the safety of a boring existence and fulfill his destiny in a place drawn from nightmares. The Vampire’s Assistant is directed by Paul [...]

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‘Funny People’ tops charts

Writer-Director Judd Apatow’s comedic meditation on fame, humor, life, and death. According to figures from Hollywood.com Box Office, it opened at the top spot with an estimated $23.4 million, better than Apatow’s The 40 Year-Old Virgin ($21.4 million) — . But that figure is far lower than the debut for Apatow’s Knocked Up ($30.7 million), [...]

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SPIELBERG TAKES “HARVEY”

Steven Spielberg has committed to his next film, and it will be an adaptation of the Mary Chase Pulitzer Prize-winning play “Harvey,” which will be done as a co-production between 20th Century Fox and DreamWorks. It is the first screenplay by the bestselling novelist Jonathan Tropper. It is the story of an amiable eccentric, Elwood [...]

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