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'Howling' hunts for new audiences

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:13:09 +0000

Werewolf franchise gets a re-launch "The Howling" is coming back. Indie producers Joel Kastelberg and Moonstone Entertainment's Etchie Stroh are re-launching the werewolf franchise as "The Howling: Reborn." Former studio marketing exec Joe Nimziki, who worked at New Line, MGM and Sony, will make ...

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Watch the 'Man With No Name' Trilogy on YouTube

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:01:17 +0000

Trilogies make for good conversation fodder. My preferred trio is the Bourne movies, because the first movie was really good and then the series got better and, inexplicably, even better in round three. That just doesn't happen that much. But you could argue Star Wars , Lord of the Rings , even ...

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Warner, Fox Set Sights on Buying MGM

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:16:08 +0000

The usual suspects are emerging in the efforts to acquire MGM, which is all but buried under $3.7 billion in debt. How much movie money is that? Well, let's assume MGM released Transformers, Harry Potter , and Ice Age 3 , the year's top three movies in total ticket sales. The studio would ...

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MGM officially on the block

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:00:16 +0000

Studio confirms plans to 'explore stragetic alternatives' MGM's officially for sale. The Lion said Friday afternoon that it could also find a partner or remain a stand-alone company. In a statement, MGM said it was "beginning a process to explore various strategic alternatives including ...

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MGM headed for sale

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:25:38 +0000

Studio library, logo may be auctioned off soon MGM may be the best known logo in the entertainment business, but the company seems headed for another possible garage sale. Several sources say they expect that MGM will essentially be auctioned off within the next few weeks. This would mean that a ...

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MGM Reportedly Weeks Away From Being Auctioned

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:43:50 +0000

Over the past couple of years, the movie studios have really started to feel the effects of a bad economy. Not necessarily our bad economy, but certainly their own. Boutique brands like Paramount Vantage have gone under, indie start-ups have suffered the same fate, Miramax barely exists, and ...

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MGM Heading For Auction

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:35:05 +0000

After weeks of gossip and speculation it looks as if time is finally up for one of Hollywood’s oldest film studios, Metro Goldwyn Mayer , better known to film lovers around the globe as MGM . On 1st October news spread around the web that the studio behind film successes such as ...

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Anyone Want to Buy MGM?

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:22:06 +0000

While driving around your neighborhood in two weeks or so, you might be drawn in by the allure of a poster board sign pointing you in the direction of a nearby garage sale where you can get a bag of clothes for $1, a VHS of Zeus and Roxanne for $1, and MGM for a negotiable price. According ...

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MGM Given More Time to Get Its House in Order

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 07:06:11 +0000

Earlier this week, it was revealed that MGM was essentially going to be put on the auction block , bringing to an end nearly a century of films released under that banner. The studio has accumulated almost $4 billion-with-a-b in debt, and even though The Hobbit and James Bond might cut into ...

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Brian Cox Rumored for Dwarf Role in 'The Hobbit'

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:08:18 +0000

With production on The Hobbit now just a few months away (although one wonders if the recent news about MGM's possible sale will alter that plan a bit), we should start hearing a lot more casting news. Here's one that makes sense: Brian Cox as one of the dwarves. Cox has worked too ...

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The Dryden Theatre

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:50:36 +0000

Ziegfeld Follies (Vincente Minnelli, US 1946, 110 min.) William Powell, once again as Florenz Ziegfeld, looks down from the heavens and orchestrates a grand Technicolor™ musical-comedy review in the tradition of his glorious stage shows. The magnificent assemblage of MGM contract performers ...

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Len Wiseman to direct apocalyptic thriller

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:40:26 +0000

Fox is feeling apocalyptic. The studio has bought an untitled pitch about the end of the world from Jeremy Passmore and Andre Fabrizzio, with "Live Free or Die Hard" director Len Wiseman in talks to direct and produce. The project is based on an original idea about a group of people who ...

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Weekend Recap - '2012,' 'Thor,' MGM's (Mis)fortunes

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:11:56 +0000

There hasn't been a lot of box office to crow about in the last few weeks, but the blockbuster is back thanks to 2012 . We knew it would be big, but worldwide, Sony had one of the top ten openings ever. That includes $65 million here in the states and I don't think it will come to a halt in ...

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Sony’s Breaking its Own Overseas Record

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:58:46 +0000

Although MGM may have recently found itself on the chopping block, other studios are continuing to thrive. In particular, Sony has been having a phenomenal year, especially overseas. The studio revealed on Monday that this year’s films have earned Sony over $1.63 billion worldwide, ...

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MGM Sounds a Death Rattle; Auctions Imminent

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:50:39 +0000

Not long ago, we told you about MGM’s impending financial crisis which threatened the life of the company, as well as the franchises that MGM holds. It seems that the situation has only gotten more dire for the studio: Variety is reporting that they will essentially be auctioning off all ...

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