Gary Ross has been tapped to rewrite the in-development script for “Spider-Man 4″, which brings him back together with Tobey Maguire, who starred in the Ross-directed “Seabiscuit”. Columbia Pictures and Marvel Studios are hoping to put the film into production early next year, which Sam Raimi (The Evil Dead, Drag Me To Hell) will once again direct, based on the characters by Stan Lee (Silver Surfer, Iron Man) and starring Kirsten Dunst (All Good Things) and Tobey Maguire (The Crusaders, Spider-Man 3). The first “Spider-Man 4″ script was originally by James Vanderbilt, and then rewritten by David Lindsay-Abaire before Ross was just announced. Stay tuned to Shockya.com for the latest “Spiderman [...]
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Mandate PIctures (Juno, Drag Me To Hell, 30 Days of Night) has picked up the rights to the 2008 novel You Are a Miserable Excuse For a Hero by Onion scribe Bob Powers.Powers' "Just Make a Choice" system is a riff on the Choose Your Own Adventure model (cool British kids preferred Fighting Fantasy, which worked on the same principle). The book's protagonist - ie you - enjoys a successful blind date, following which his potential new squeeze is kidnapped. The book then presents him/you with ongoing opportunities to either attempt to save the day, or to run and hide, fearing that a daring rescue looks like a bit too much of a commitment this early in the relationship.The project was shopped to Mandate by screenwriter Dv DeVincentis, whose credits include High Fidelity and the awesome Grosse Point Blank. He was attracted to the project because ""I wanted to

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We've covered some actual roller derby stuff over at Movie Hotties in the past but now we have some a look at the upcoming theatrical version of roller derby. Whip It, the Fox Searchlight flick which marks the directorial debut of Drew Barrymore, is set for release later this year and USA Today got a first look at some photos from the film. The project is the first post-Juno film for Ellen Page who dropped out of the starring role in Drag Me To Hell to roll with Barrymore and crew. Also...
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We have chosen the winner of our signed Sam Raimi movie poster for Drag Me To Hell which is now playing. Christine Brown (Alison Lohman) is an ambitious L.A. loan officer with a charming boyfriend, professor Clay Dalton (Justin Long). Life is good until the mysterious Mrs. Ganush (Lorna Raver) arrives at the bank to beg for an extension on her home loan. Should Christine follow her instincts and give the old woman a break? Or should she deny the extension to impress her boss, Mr. Jacks (David Paymer), and get a leg-up on a promotion? Christine fatefully chooses the latter, shaming Mrs. Ganus...

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Sam Raimi did a great job with this movie. It was truly frightening. It had me on the edge of my seat the entire time,and that Mrs. Ganush was just truly,truly gross. In a brief synopsis of this film. Christine Brown played by the gorgeous Alison Lohman, is working hard to get a promotion at the bank she works at. One day, an old Gypsy type lady named Mrs. Ganush (Lorna Raver) walks in,and asks Christine if she can please have a third extension on her mortgage because she's been sick. It ends up being Christine's call, after she talks to her manager. Feeling the pressure of wanting to get that promotion,she turns down Mrs. Ganush because it would lose the bank, money. Mrs. Ganush doesn't like that, so she eventually puts a curse of the Lamia on Christine after attacking her. Christine eventually goes to
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While he was out promoting Drag Me To Hell, even Sam Raimi couldn't say for sure if Kirsten Dunst would be back in Spider-man 4. But if the New York Post is to be believed, Dunst will return for the fourth installment. They spoke to Spider-man producer Todd Black who said Dunst is "definitely on board." Now before we get too excited (or disappointed), that quote isn't from the mouth of Black but from the Post (they provided no quotes from Black himself on this matter). During...
Mike Sampson

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Disney/Pixar’s Up still reigns supreme in its second weekend at the box office as it barely leaps over the Todd Phillips directed comedy, The Hangover. Hurdling over it by barely over a million, the families came back in droves for a second round of the heart warming tale taking in 44 million. The Hangover caught the attention of many being able to wrangle up a slot in second with 43 million, bringing us some good raunchy comedy back into theaters.
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Land of the Lost, the Will Ferrell starring vehicle based off of a 1970’s series of the same name, did not live up to the expectations box office wise, reaching into third with 19 million. Going on with its weekend with mainly bad word of mouth did not help its case in reaching out for more viewers. With its random and strange layout, this film was
Melissa

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Friday box-office estimates are in and it doesn't look good for Universal's Land of the Lost and I expect word-of-mouth won't help it over the weekend as trailers that promised a G-rated family affair don't exactly allude to what is offered in the rather crass PG-13 comedy. However, happier times are being had at Warner Bros. where The Hangover opened in the #1 slot Friday to the tune of $16.5 million followed by Disney/Pixar's carryover Up at $13.5 million making for a race to the finish. In all likelihood Up will close the gap and I would assume takeover The Hangover for a second weekend win thanks to matinee showings feeding its weekend tally. However, both films should end around $40-45 million making Warner Bros., Disney and Pixar all happy campers. Land of the Lost currently sits in third with a $7.2 million take and what will probably end up as a $20 million weekend.
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Right off the bat I’ll say I know I’ll take some heat for this article because I haven’t seen Land of the Lost myself, and no doubt lots of young adult non-parents will be rolling their eyes over the point of this article. However being a parent myself, I thought this was most definitely worth bringing up.
Just as “regular” people use movie reviews to decide whether to see a movie or not, I’ve been looking at reviews about this film - and based on them I’m writing up this warning for parents who may be planning on taking their young children to see this.

 
You may remember Land of the Lost as a cheesy, innocuous Saturday morning TV show from your youth - so when the film was announced, I (and you may have) figured it would run along the same lines. Will Ferrell is in it?
Vic Holtreman

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Steve Mason has checked in with the Friday night box office estimates. Pixar's Up might end up winning the weekend, adding another $13.5 Million on Friday for an estimated $45 Million 3-Day. The Hangover took in an estimated $17 Million on Friday, headed for #2 for the weekend with $44 Million. The real loser this week is Land of the Lost, which made an estimated $8 Million on Friday, and is expected to end the weekend with only $23 Million. The movie was made for over $100 million. Star Trek remains in the top five, while Drag Me To Hell falls to #6 in the film's second weekend. Full Box office estimates after the jump. Up $13.5M Fri, $45M 3-day, $138M cume The Hangover $17M Fri, $44M 3-day, $44M cume Land of the Lost $8M Fri, $23M 3-day, $23M cume Night at the Museum 2 $4.5M Fri, $14.8M 3-day, $127.5M cume Star Trek $2.5M Fri, ...
Peter Sciretta

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