Bedtime Opens In Second
SF&F movies did well at the Christmas weekend box office, led by Bedtime Stories at number two (with an estimated $28.2 million) and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button at number three ($27 million), the Associated Press reported.
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Disney Bails On Narnia 3
Disney said last week that for budgetary and logistical reasons it will not exercise its option to co-produce and co-finance The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, the envisioned third installment in the fantasy franchise, with producer Walden Media, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
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Time Tight For Watchmen Settlement
Warner Brothers will have to scramble to settle with 20th Century Fox if it still wants to release Watchmen on March 6, 2009, Variety reported.
Iron, Knight Make AFI Top 10
The Dark Knight and Iron Man, two of the summer's comic-book-inspired hits, secured spots on the list of the American Film Institute's 10 outstanding movies of 2008.
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Earth Stands At No. 1
Keanu Reeves' SF remake The Day the Earth Stood Still made its debut as the Dec. 12 weekend's top movie, taking in $31 million domestically, the Associated Press reported.
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Trek To Get IMAX Release
Paramount Pictures will release J.J. Abram's Star Trek simultaneously in conventional theaters and in big-screen IMAX theaters on May 8, 2009.
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Friday Producers Eye Satanic Thriller
Platinum Dunes producers Brad Fuller and Andrew Form (Friday the 13th) told SCI FI Wire that they are developing an original as-yet-untitled supernatural thriller film with Scott Kosar--the writer of the duo's hit Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake - which will center on satanic cults.
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Eagle Eye Blu-Ray Is Packed
Eagle Eye director D.J. Caruso told SCI FI Wire that the upcoming DVD/Blu-ray release includes an alternate ending, deleted scenes, a gag reel and a photo gallery. There's also an interview and discussion between Caruso and his mentor, director John Badham, who helmed Short Circuit, Blue Thunder and WarGames.
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Fifth Terminator Develops
A fifth Terminator movie is being developed by Halcyon Co., with Terminator Salvation director McG.
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Kenneth Branagh confirmed that he'll be helming a film version of Marvel Comics' Thor.
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