“Captain America: The Winter Soldier” wins the Easter weekend race overall as it nears $600 million worldwide. While there were high hopes for “Transcendence” the film failed to deliver. “Transcendence” marks the third big-budget bomb in a row forJohnny Depp after The “Lone Ranger” and “Dark Shadows” (both of those movies opened to roughly $29 million, …
Read More »‘Dark Shadows’ Fails To Take A Bite Out Of ‘The Avengers’
As “The Avengers” racked up more box office records and easily topped the box office, “Dark Shadows,” the campy Tm Burton remake of the 60s soap opera, failed to meet studio expectations in its opening window. The film took second place with $28 million, bringing in just over one quarter …
Read More »Christopher Reeve’s Superman Suit Hits Auction
Premiere Props announced that they will be auctioning iconic Hollywood memorabilia at their Holiday Auction Extravaganza on Saturday, December 10, and Sunday, December 11, at their headquarters in El Segundo, CA. There will be a preview from 9-11 am PT each day, with the live auction beginning at 11 am …
Read More »Johnny Depp And Graham King To Adapt The Vault
Sam Sarkar is announced that his latest title, THE VAULT, is being adapted for film by Graham King’s GK Films and Johnny Depp’s Infinitum Nihil. Based on the comic miniseries created and written by Sarkar (Caliber: First Canon of Justice), illustrated by Garrie Gastonny (Senior artist at Imaginary Friends Studios,Warren Ellis’ Supergod) and edited …
Read More »Filming Begins on Tim Burton’s “Dark Shadows”
Filming begins this week on Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ “Dark Shadows,” which brings the cult classic television series to the big screen under the direction of Tim Burton. The film’s all-star ensemble cast includes Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Helena Bonham Carter, Eva Green, Jackie Earle Haley, Jonny …
Read More »Rango Rides Onto Blu-Ray
RANGO saddles up in a Blu-ray/DVD Combo pack with Digital Copy and on standard DVD on Friday, July 15, 2011 from Paramount Home Entertainment. The incomparable Johnny Depp voices Rango, a chameleon living as an ordinary family pet that dreams of being a fearless hero and is challenged to become just that when he …
Read More »Narnia Fails To Impress But Still Takes Top Spot
“Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of Dawn Treader” brought in $24 million to take the top spot of a lackluster weekend. Snow and storms blanketing the country kept people home, leading to a slow weekend. “The Tourist” squeaked out the second place spot with a disappointing $17 million for the Angelina …
Read More »Captain Jack is Back
Fans will be the first to get an exclusive look at the brand-new trailer for Walt Disney Pictures “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” in 3D on December 13, 2010, at AMC Downtown Disney Theatre 12 in Anaheim, California, as part of an exclusive “Pirates Fans First!” event. “Fans …
Read More »Depp Wants to be the Thin Man
The Thin Man is one of those delightful film series that was true to the years in which they and the book that inspired them (written by Dashell Hammett) were made. Screwball comedy at its best all soaked liberally in booze. Word has come in that Johnny Depp is itching …
Read More »Vampire Hunter Writer to Pen Dark Shadows
Author Seth Grahame-Smith has nabbed a high profile gig redrafting the screenplay on Tim Burton’s film adaptation of Dark Shadows, according to Deadline. Grahame-Smith takes over for John August on the project, and is writing the new draft under the supervision of Burton. He landed the job based on his …
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