As expected, Disney/Pixar’s “Brave” was a far-and-away #1 at the Friday box office, beating its nearest competitor, fellow opener “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter,” by double-digits. With a $24.5m Friday in the books, the Scotland-set animated flick should post a weekend figure in line with Pixar’s best non-sequel openings ($71m seems reasonable). Meanwhile, last week’s releases […]
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Now that The Avengers 2 has been officially green-lit by Disney and Marvel, speculation about the sequel has been rampant on the Internet. But bloggers and fanboys aren’t the only ones talking about the soon-to-be-made film — Avengers director Joss Whedon, who will presumably return for #2, had some thoughts of his own, which he shared at a
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Just because Lost is over doesn’t mean writer/producer Damon Lindelof is done keeping his cards close to his vest. It was announced today that Brad Bird (Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, Ratatouille) will be directing Lindelof’s script 1952, of which almost nothing is known. In reporting the news, Deadline‘s Mike Fleming conceded that the project is “secrecy-shrouded,”
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Fans of Disney’s legendary animated films Beauty and the Beast and Bambi have one final weekend to purchase Blu-Ray/DVD copies for their collections before both become unavailable for an indefinite period of time. As of April 30, production will cease on the current “Diamond Edition” combo packs of both films. They are the latest casualties of the
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Disney/Pixar’s 3-D film Brave has a new trailer today. The film stars Boardwalk Empire‘s Kelly Macdonald as Merida, a Scottish princess whose defiance of an age-old custom brings chaos to her kingdom. Expect critics to trip over themselves praising this, as they do all Pixar films with the exception of Cars and Cars 2. The
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