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