Daniel Frankel
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Cameron Supersizes ‘Avatar’; 8:33 Added to Re-Release Runtime
In addition to bonus footage for this weekend’s “special edition” theatrical re-release, November’s DVD and Blu-ray versions will be fattened up by an additional 16 minutes of bonus footage
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Disney to Offer Free Preview of Subscription VOD Service
On-demand offering will be delivered gratis from Sept. 2-6
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More Fish Please! Nasty Box Office Can’t Stop ‘Piranha’ Sequel
Weinstein/Dimension announcement comes day after weak $10 million debut of franchise reboot
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‘Expendables’ Reclaims Weak Box Office; ‘Piranha’ Another 3D Thud
Stallone movie’s $16.5M week-two performance good enough for No. 1; Fox’s “Vampires Suck” draws a very respectable $18.6M for its first five days, while Weinstein 3D film and the rest of the new crop crater
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Friday Box Office: No Bite for ‘Piranha’; ‘Expendables’ No. 1 with only $5M
Stallone action homage still on top despite 62% drop and Fox’s “Vampires Sucks” on pace for $18M start; but Weinstein 3D horror remake, “Nanny McPhee” sequel, Bateman-Aniston comedy all flatlining
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Box Office: ‘Piranha,’ ‘Vampires’ Look to Take Bite out of ‘Expendables’
Weinstein reboot and Fox horror spoof among five low-budget films opening wide; Stallone action homage expected to come out on top
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Spike Picks Up ‘Expendables’ TV Rights
Viacom cable channel licenses Stallone-directed, Lionsgate-distributed action film following its impressive $35 million domestic debut
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Berman Braun Signs $100M Deal With Starcom for Online Conent
Agreement gives Chicago media agency first look to all of production company’s digital wares
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Warner Adds TV Titles to Blu-ray Exchange Program
For $14.95-$19.95, buyers of “Sopranos,” “Smallville,” “Chuck” and other TV DVD box sets can trade their conventional discs in for high-def on DVD2Blu.com
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The Hoff Gives Comedy Central Best Ratings in 10 Months; Preps CW Special
Former “Baywatch” star’s “Roast” up 77% over Joan Rivers barbfest from last year; actor set to host CW tribute to the Gulf Region
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NBC’s Skewers the Procedural: ‘FCU: Fact Checkers Unit’
Star-studded digital series, co-produced with Samsung Electronics, pokes fun at acronymed procedural dramas
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Sony Pictures TV Promotes Marketing Exec Hatamiya
Previously confined to international operations, she’ll now oversee U.S. advertising/promo efforts for the division, too
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Nielsen Revises IPO Forecast to $2.01 Billion
Private equity-owned media research company reveals enhanced fundraising hopes at Monday regulatory filing; had planned on getting $1.75 bilion when it announced IPO plans in June
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Fox Names Jeremy Kramer Exec VP of Production
Moves across the Fox lot after three-year stint at Ben Stiller’s Red Hour
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‘Scott Pilgrim’: No. 5 at the Box Office, but No. 1 in Trending Topics
Film’s middling weekend performance belies solid reviews and word-of-mouth