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  • Judy Blume's 'Are You There God? It's Me Margaret' Is Finally Becoming A Movie

    By Hoai-Tran Bui October 18th, 2018

    Judy Blume has granted the rights to the Are You There God It's Me Margaret movie to The Edge of Seventeen team James L. Brooks and Kelly Fremon Craig.

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    Lee Daniels In Talks To Remake 'Terms Of Endearment' With Oprah Winfrey

    By Jack Giroux February 11th, 2017

    Terms of Endearment is a beautiful, heartbreaking, and hilarious film Lee Daniels (Empire) might remake. Learn more about the Terms of Endearment remake

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    Interview: 'The Edge Of Seventeen' Director Kelly Fremon Craig & Producer James L. Brooks On Reinventing The Teen Movie

    By Jacob Hall November 16th, 2016

    We sat down with director Kelly Fremon Craig and producer James L. Brooks to discuss their new movie, The Edge of Seventeen.

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    Fox Wants A 'Simpsons Movie' Sequel But It's Not Happening Yet

    By Germain Lussier October 7th, 2014

    James L. Brooks confirmed that Fox has asked for a Simpsons Movie sequel but nothing in the works. However, he says it might happen at some point.

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  • 'How Do You Know' Cost $120 Million, $40 Million For Actors Alone

    By Germain Lussier December 10th, 2010

    In the midst of the holiday season, when big blockbusters abound, audiences expect to hear that effect driven films TRON: Legacy, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows or The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader have huge budgets in the hundreds of millions of dollars. We see that money on the screen.…

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  • 'The Simpsons' Bits: Second Movie Idea And Live Action Segment

    By Germain Lussier December 6th, 2010

    After more than two decades on the air, one would assume it might be difficult for The Simpsons to remain current and culturally relevant. However, while it's not as popular as it was fifteen years ago, week after week, the show remains as solid as any comedy on TV. Then, every once in a while,…

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    Movie Trailer: James L. Brooks' How Do You Know

    By Adam Quigley August 13th, 2010

    As I'm sure many readers here will agree, romantic comedies are generally responsible for a lot of the worst films that Hollywood has to offer. Reason being, they rarely do little more than parade about a bunch of shallow pretty people leading too-perfect lives while amusingly simplistic conflicts repeatedly tear them apart and bring them…

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    Triple A Man-Stars Paul Rudd And Owen Wilson To Romance Reese Witherspoon

    By Brendon Connelly February 18th, 2009

    When James L. Brooks' How Do You Know? first started clocking up column inches in the trades, we knew almost nothing about it. Reese Witherspoon was attached to star and there was the title, which could prove to be temporary, anyway and... then a few tumbleweeds chased a red balloon out of town and the…

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  • Cool Stuff: Wes Anderson's Bottle Rocket Criterion Collection

    By Peter Sciretta August 18th, 2008

    On November 25th 2008, Criterion will finally be releasing a Director-Approved Double-Dic Special Edition of Wes Anderson's first feature film Bottle Rocket. If you haven't seen Bottle Rocket, than you are really missing out. It is Anderson before he too eccentric to tell a totally relatable story. And don't get me wrong, I love Anderson's…

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    166 Screenplay Drafts Of The Simpsons Movie

    By Peter Sciretta August 9th, 2007

    According to DH, Simpsons Producer/Writer James L. Brooks claims that there was 166 drafts of The Simpsons Movie screenplay. Is that a new record for Hollywood?

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    The Simpsons Movie Trailer Is 70% FAKE

    By Peter Sciretta April 25th, 2007

    Think you know what The Simpsons Movie is about? Think again. Simpsons Writer/Director/Producer James L Brooks claims that 70% of the theatrical trailer is not even in the finished film: "It started out as people wanting to know what it was about, and then we were having fun with it, putting out false story lines.…

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    The Simpsons Movie Full-Length Movie Trailer Revealed

    By Peter Sciretta February 19th, 2007

    The first full-length movie trailer for The Simpsons Movie has hit the web. [quicktime width="480" height="215"]http://www.slashfilm.com/wp/wp-content/trailers/thesimpsonsmovie3.mov[/quicktime] "A cast of thousands in the movie event 18 years in the making." I've been very critical in the past over this film. The teaser trailers offered very little funny. I feared that the movie was made probably 10…

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