Joshua L. Weinstein
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Summit Pushes ‘Three Musketeers’ Back a Week to Oct. 21
The Milla Jovovich, Orlando Bloom movie had been set for a far-more-competitive Oct. 14 date
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Peter Facinelli Making ‘Whitey’ Bulger Movie
The producer and “Twilight Saga” star closed a deal to finance the movie the day before the fugitive gangster was arrested after 16 years on the run
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‘Transformers 3’ Scores $13.5M 1st Night at the Box Office
Solid opening, which included sneaks and midnight shows, beat “Transformers 1” ($8.8M) but fell below the second installment ($16.6M)
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Universal Pulls Steve Carell Comedy Out of Warner Bros. Turnaround
The movie’s about an FBI wedding
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Millennium Films Names Mark Gill President
The former Miramax and Warner Independent president joins Millennium one month after long-time Millennium/Nu Image partner Danny Dimbort left the company
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Netflix, Open Road Sign Multi-Year Streaming Deal
The agreement makes Open Road’s movies available for streaming in the pay TV window
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Ben Affleck Casts Himself in CIA Drama
Affleck is directing the Warner Bros. movie, set in Iran in 1979
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Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Pacific Rim’ to be Released July 12, 2013
Warners also moves up the release date for “Contagion,” a Matt Damon, Kate Winslet, Jude Law and Marion Cotillard movie, to Sept. 9, 2011
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Barry Katz Producing Indie Comedy ‘Dumbbells’
The buddy comedy, written by and starring Brian Drolet, is about a college basketball star who blows out his knee
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Carey Mulligan to Star in Gary Ross’s Sci-Fi ‘Outback’
Graham King and his GK Films partner, Tim Headington, are producing the movie, along with Tobey Maguire and Gary Ross
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David Strathairn Joins DreamWorks’ ‘Lincoln’
Steven Spielberg is directing the movie, which stars Daniel Day-Lewis as the nation’s 16th president
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‘Cars 2’ Opening Weekend Was $66 million — Not $68 million
The adjusted weekend figure is still some $6 million higher than the most optimistic pre-release projections
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Ron Meyer Re-Ups at Universal Until 2015
His contract as president and COO had been set to expire in December 2012
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‘Cars 2’ Speeds to Strong $68 million in Opening Weekend
Sony’s “Bad Teacher” also out-performs pre-release forecasts, grossing $31 million; Warner’s “Green Lantern” drops 65 percent in weekend No. 2
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Christopher Meloni In Negotiations for ‘Man of Steel’
It’s unclear who the former “Law and Order: SVU” star would play in the Warner/Legendary “Superman” movie