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thewrap.com - 7/27/2009

Top Universal Film Execs Under Scrutiny

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The temperature is rising at Universal Pictures, where one of the worst box office runs in the studio s recent past is turning Hollywood s reliably close-knit team of executives into rivals working in a pressure cooker. The message transmitted at a tense board meeting in New York last week -- ...

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riskybusinessblog.com - 7/31/2009

Does Universal believe in 'Jesus'?

— riskybusinessblog.com — By Steven Zeitchik Universal sang from the mountaintops after the $600 million global success of the Abba... musical "Mama Mia" last year. Now the studio could be belting them out about a very different figure: Jesus. The studio and producer... (more) Does Universal believe in 'Jesus'?

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500 Days of Summer

Norman Jewison

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hollywoodreporter.com - 7/31/2009

Judd Apatow inks three-film deal at Universal

— hollywoodreporter.com — On the eve of the release of his latest movie, "Funny People," Judd Apatow has signed with... Universal to write and direct three films. The deal, which came together over the past two months, shows the studio's considerable faith in the filmmaker. ... (more) Judd Apatow inks three-film deal at Universal

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Judd Apatow

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Funny People

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insideredbox.com - 7/22/2009

Redbox and Universal Situation Getting Worse?

— insideredbox.com — As you probably know, we have covered multiple stories regarding the Redbox and Universal lawsuit. There has... been no real news lately, but it seems things might be getting worse… Over the past 10 months since the disagreement began, Redbox has still ... (more) Redbox and Universal Situation Getting Worse?

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The Harder They Fall
Hollywood Elsewhere — The Harder They Fall Only in Waxmanworld and Finkeworld (and among their orbiting buzz-feeders) does anyone care which NBC/Universal suits have been / might be /will be fired, or who got the news first. All right, people care some what but not that much. When things aren't going well the people at the very top of the pile start thinking about who to whack. I'm sorry for those whose heads are now in jeopardy -- it's obviously traumatic -- but suits have to live with the threat of being suddenly discharged just as John Dillinger had to live with the ...

Naysaying
Hollywood Elsewhere — Naysaying Sharon Waxman 's things-are-looking-pretty-scary-at-Universal piece on The Wrap reported that Uni execs "unsuccesfully lobbied" Funny People director Judd Apatow "to cut the film by a half-hour." This is surprising or startling? Aren't suits always pressuring directors to cut their films? My point is that sometimes doing this isn't very wise for the film's sake, and that this is one of those instances. I realize I'm in the minority, but I had hardly any problems with Funny People 's final third. For me it satisfies because it delivers the Big Payoff. By ...

Universal Wanted To Cut 'Funny People' By 30 Minutes?
:: The Playlist :: — Sharon Waxman's at it again, but this time it seems a bit more plausible. You'll remember she reported that The Weinstein Company wanted to trim 40 minutes of "Inglourious Basterds," and that report turned out to be totally false (even though, "bloggers" seemed to catch the brunt of that error for some reason). Now she's saying (via Jeff Wells) Universal, some of the head's of which are evidently in trouble, wanted to cut 30 minutes of the picture, which seems understandable because a) Universal is not having a great summer, "Bruno," ...

Retort
Hollywood Elsewhere — Retort Sharon Waxman 's recent report that Universal tried to convince Judd Apatow to cut 30 minutes out of Funny People "is not true at all," the director-writer has ...