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Kevin Smith Didn’t Beg!

Wednesday February 10, 2010

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A couple of days ago almost everyone in the movie blogosphere started jumping up and down at the idea that Kevin Smith would be funding his next film (Red State) almost entirely through fan funding. A lot of people were up in arms that Smith would have the audacity to ask fans to fund his next film because no one else would. And I have to admit I was slightly negative towards the idea, but did give it a lot of thought as it sounded interesting.

Here’s the real deal though. He didn’t go begging to fans for money, and he has no plans to.

Terminator Rights Sold For $29.5 Million, But NOT to a Studio?

Tuesday February 9, 2010

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Deadline got the exclusive this morning when it was announced that bankrupt film studio Halycon, current owners of the Terminator franchise have this morning sold the rights to the franchise, to the investment company that they’re in debt to, but not before really pissing off Sony and Lionsgate.

If you’ve not been following the news about the Terminator franchise, here’s a quick recap…

The story goes that Halycon borrowed $30 million from hedge fund company Pacificor to purchase the rights back in 2007. Pacificor then forced Halycon into bankruptcy when it didn’t pay it’s debts. Thereby forcing Halycon to sell the rights to the Terminator franchise.

Kevin Smith Needs Your Money

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Kevin Smith needs your money to make his next film.
The director who found a cult following with Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy and more recently Zak and Miri make a Porno, has had his latest pitch turned down by the Weinstein brothers. But that isn’t going to stop him, as he’s planning to fund it almost [...]

Taylor Lautner is Stretch Armstrong

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With the box office success of Transformers and G.I. Joe, Hollywood is obviously keen to try and cash in with more of these ‘toy movies’. So the next one out of the bag is the Stretch Armstrong movie.
According to Variety, the title role will be played by Twilight wolf boy, Taylor Lautner.
The reason for [...]

82nd Annual Academy Award Nominations

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Well Oscar season is upon us and the nominations are now in. There are a couple of pleasant surprises, but generally it’s a quite predictable list.
I’m going to leave my thoughts and predictions for another post though, as I’m suffering with a bad case of Man Flu at the moment, and wouldn’t want to make [...]

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps Official Trailer

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Yeah, I know that I’m late with this trailer. It went up last week and I wasn’t paying attention, so now I’m probably the last blog to put it up. Apologies, etc. etc.
Anyway, bring out your filofax’s, dust off your money clips and get ready for, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps. The sequel to eighties [...]