This is the first edition in a new regular series where I attempt to answer your questions about the film industry. We'll be taking a look at the box office, forgotten Hollywood landmarks, the marketing process and more. Sometimes I'll attempt to answer the question myself, and other times I will contact experts in the…
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Is there really a demand for a second xXx sequel? Last year it was announced that Michael Ferris and John Brancato (Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, The Net, Catwoman) were to write the screenplay for XXX: The Return of Xander Cage, the third film in the series which would re-team director Rob Cohen and…
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McG tells our friends at Collider that the Terminator Salvation DVD will likely have 30 to 40 minutes of deleted scenes. We know about the now infamous Moon Bloodgood topless scene, and after the jump, we'll talk about the alternative ending, but McG also says "There are great long takes of Connor giving speeches, evoking…
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Earlier this week, we noticed that screenwriter Jonathan Nolan was not credited on the official "Written By" credits on the Terminator Salvation website. This seemed odd considering how much director McG played up the Dark Knight screenwriter's role in the film (even referred to Jonathan as "the lead writer of the film.") When asked at…
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I was looking at the official website for Terminator Salvation, and found myself looking at the credit list on the bottom of the site. Yeah, the PG-13 MPAA logo is there, but we already confirmed the rating to be true. What I noticed was that the official "written by" credits for the film have been…
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Michael Ferris and John Brancato are in early talks to write the screenplay for XXX: The Return of Xander Cage, the third film in the series which re-teams hack director Rob Cohen and robot turned actor Vin Diesel. Ferris and Brancato made a name for themselves with David Fincher's The Game, but are probably best…
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Just got back from LA, and caught the super special screening of There Will Be Blood last night in San Francisco (more on that later). But for right now I'm going to attempt to catch up on some of the news items I missed in the last 24 hours. First up... Sylvester Stallone is going…
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