“Danger lurks in ‘Wild Things' - Louisville Courier-Journal” plus 4 more

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• Danger lurks in ‘Wild Things' - Louisville Courier-Journal
• More X-Men To Come, Says Original Producer - Thecelebritytruth.com
• 'Couples' sits at No. 1 - Omaha World-Herald
• Long Beach Studios deal not inked yet - Long Beach Press-Telegram
• COUPLES RETREAT LEADS BOX-OFFICE CHARGE - Contactmusic.com

Danger lurks in ‘Wild Things' - Louisville Courier-Journal Posted: 13 Oct 2009 12:01 AM PDT [fivefilters.org: unable to retrieve full-text content] LOS ANGELES — Spike Jonze recalls how Maurice Sendak urged him to make the movie version of "Where the Wild Things Are" as dangerous as the book was when the children's classic came out in 1963. The question now is whether Jonze made it too ... This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

More X-Men To Come, Says Original Producer - Thecelebritytruth.com Posted: 12 Oct 2009 05:13 PM PDT The man responsible for the first two X-Men movies, Bryan Singer, says he's keen to return to the hit superhero franchise for another flick installment. Speaking at South Korea's Pusan International Film Festival on the weekend, Singer said, "I'm still looking to possibly return to the X-Men franchise. I've been talking to Fox about it." He added that he loved the recent Wolverine spin-off saying, "I love Hugh Jackman. I love the cast." No further details have been revealed about the potential new movie at the time of writing. Photo: Fox. This content has passed through fivefilters.org.

'Couples' sits at No. 1 - Omaha World-Herald Posted: 12 Oct 2009 07:51 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) — "Swingers" co-stars Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau buddied up for the weekend's top movie as "Couples Retreat" debuted with $35.3 million, while the micro-budgeted fright flick "Paranormal Activity" leaped into the top 10. Shot for a reported $15,000, "Paranormal Activity" came in at No. 5 with $7.1 million as distributor Paramount expanded it into daylong release after two weeks of midnight-only screenings. "Paranormal Activity" played in narrow release of just 160 cinemas, a fraction of the theater count for other top movies. It averaged a whopping $44,163 a theater, compared with $11,780 in 3,000 theaters for "Couples Retreat." "You almost do a double-take when you look at that theater count for a movie in the top five," said Paul Dergarabedian, box-office analyst for Hollywood.com. "That's amazing. That's unprecedented." Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Hollywood.com. 1. "Couples Retreat," $35.3 million. 2. "Zombieland," $15 million. 3. "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs," $12 million. 4. "Toy Story" and "Toy Story 2" in 3-D, $7.7 million. 5. "Paranormal Activity," $7.1 million. 6. "Surrogates," $4.1 million. 7. "The Invention of Lying," $3.4 million. 8. "Whip It," $2.8 million. 9. "Capitalism: A Love Story," $2.7 million. 10. "Fame," $2.6 million. "Couples Retreat" exceeded expectations for distributor Universal Pictures, which had hoped the movie would hit $20 million. The solid opening came just days after Universal replaced top managers Marc Shmuger and David Linde with Adam Fogelson and Donna Langley, who were promoted from within the studio. The management shake-up followed a summer of slim pickings at the box office for Universal. "Paranormal Activity" was acquired by former Paramount partner DreamWorks at 2007's Slamdance Film Festival with the idea that writer-director Oren Peli would re-shoot it on a bigger budget. But after audiences responded well to a test screening, Paramount decided to sneak "Paranormal Activity" out in a manner befitting its raw, independent roots. The studio began two weekends ago with midnight screenings in 13 cities, the movie building buzz online much as "The Blair Witch Project" did 10 years ago. Like "Blair Witch," "Paranormal Activity" is fiction shot in documentary style as a young man tries to record strange doings and apparitions in the house he shares with his girlfriend. Copyright ©2009 Omaha World-Herald®. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, displayed or redistributed for any purpose without permission from the Omaha World-Herald. This content has passed through fivefilters.org.

Long Beach Studios deal not inked yet - Long Beach Press-Telegram Posted: 12 Oct 2009 07:51 PM PDT LONG BEACH - A deal to locate a movie studio at the former Boeing 717 site wasn't signed Monday but will be this week, a studio executive said. Long Beach Studios Chairman Jack O'Halloran said Monday that because of the Columbus Day holiday he wasn't able to meet with Boeing to sign the deal. On Friday, O'Halloran said that he had gotten financing for the $375 million movie studio and that the contract would be finalized Monday. Now, he says it will happen "within 48 hours." "The deal is happening, it will happen," O'Halloran said by phone. O'Halloran had first announced his ambitious plan to locate a movie studio with 40 soundstages at the 77-acre site north of Long Beach Airport more than a year ago. Production on the 717 airplane ceased there in 2006. However, financing problems caused the deal to fall out of escrow in March. Boeing since has been talking with Tesla Motors to locate a vehicle assembly plant at the site. Long Beach and Downey were named as finalists for the Tesla plant in August and have been competing to woo the car company. Boeing spokeswoman Debby Arkell said Monday that as far as Boeing is concerned, "the status of the (717) facility hasn't changed." "We're still out of escrow and continuing to work with Long Beach Studios and other prospective partners," Arkell said. After O'Halloran's financing news became public Friday, Mayor Bob Foster was guarded in his optimism. "I want to see a deal that's inked," Foster said. The movie studio is expected to create 2,500 to 3,000 jobs. A Tesla plant would create 1,000 to 1,200 jobs, that company estimates. According to the Long Beach Studios Web site, www.longbeachstudiosllc.com, the project would include "40 soundstages ranging in size from 12,000 to 200,000 square feet, and over 300,000 square feet of full-service rental office space." The Web site also says the studio site would have a 5-star hotel spa. paul.eakins@presstelegram.com, 562-499-1278 This content has passed through fivefilters.org. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

COUPLES RETREAT LEADS BOX-OFFICE CHARGE - Contactmusic.com Posted: 12 Oct 2009 11:01 AM PDT COUPLES RETREAT LEADS BOX-OFFICE CHARGE Critics may have treated Couples Retreat the way airlines treat luggage, but over the weekend, the film, a vacation romp shot mostly in Tahiti, produced the best opening of the year for a romantic comedy -- $35.3 million, according to studio estimates. That was well above the $25-30 million that most industry experts had forecast. But it was hardly the biggest success story of the weekend. Paranormal Activity , the little $15,000 film that rewrote the book on movie marketing, took in $7.1 million in its official debut in just 159 theaters (it had previously played in a handful of college towns at midnight-only screenings). In an interview with the Associated Press, Paramount Vice Chairman Rob Moore credited online social networking with much of the movie's success. "Here's a case where it allows people to rally around a movie they care about and for them to have a sense of participation, then tell other people, 'Hey, this is something you should see, too,"' he said. A smaller weekend surprise was the modest (39 percent) decline in receipts for Zombieland in its second week, as it slipped to second place. Ordinarily horror films plunge by around 60 percent in their second week. ( Zombieland was undoubtedly bolstered by the fact that it's also a comedy.) The computer animated Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs experienced an even slimmer decline -- just 24 percent -- as it earned an estimated $12 million and putting it on track to cross $100 million in total ticket sales before next weekend. The top ten films for the weekend, according to studio estimates compiled by Box Office Mojo 1. Couples Retreat, $35.3 million; 2. Zombieland, $15 million; 3. Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, $12 million; 4. Toy Story and Toy Story 2 in 3-D, $7.7 million; 5. Paranormal Activity, $7.1 million; 6. Surrogates, $4.1 million; 7. The Invention of Lying , $3.4 million; 8. Whip It , $2.8 million; 9. Capitalism A Love Story , $2.7 million; 10. Fame , $2.6 million. 12/10/2009 This content has passed through fivefilters.org.

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