Movies
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Rodriguez Launches Quick Draw Productions
New shingle will distribute films directed or produced by the maverick director
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Comic-Con Registration Opens, Crashes, Closes
Comic-Con website craps out on the day of registration; only “a handful” of badges sold
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Icahn Loses Legal Bid to Regain Lionsgate Stake
Billionaire investor’s attempt to overturn a debt-to-equity swap fails — his share of the company remains at 33 percent
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Lionsgate & Wrekin Hill Ink Distribution Agreement
Deal between mini-major and newly formed distributor includes DVD, Blu-ray and VOD
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MPAA Names David England CFO
Former Simon and Schuster executive to oversee studio org’s finances, replacing Lisa Pierozzi
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Summit Acquires Katherine Heigl Movie ‘Adaline’
Distributor plans early-2012 release for Sidney Kimmel-produced romantic drama
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Ron Howard Insists He Won’t Cut ‘Dilemma’s’ Gay Joke
“If storytellers are strong armed into making creative changes, it will endanger comedy as both entertainment and a provoker of thought”
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Martin Scorsese Unveils Restored ‘La Dolce Vita’
Screens digitally remastered Federico Fellini classic in Rome
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Mel Gibson Parks $9.6M Tax-Free Dollars In His Church Foundation
Controversial Malibu church was built by Gibson and has a tiny congregation of just 100 people
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‘Saw 3D’ Sharp Enough to Lead Dull Box Office With $24.2M
Lionsgate torture-porn franchise isn’t what it used to be, but 3D installment meets tracking and has just enough gory sadistic thrills left to take down fast-dropping “Paranormal Activity 2”
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Kevin Spacey on Death of ‘Casino Jack’s’ George Hickenlooper (updated)
The well-known indie filmmaker was found dead in Denver, where he was attending a film festival
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Hurd Talks Zombies, Cameron and How Arnold Became the Terminator
Arnold really has a great sense of who has talent as well as who is bull—-ting and who isn’t, and he doesn’t suffer fools at all.
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Friday Box Office: ‘Saw 3D’ Cuts Down ‘Paranormal’ With Dull $10.8M
“Final” installment of Lionsgate’s torture-porn franchise rebounds to vanquish Paramount rival; tracking for a $23M+ weekend with 3D ticket sales, however, Jigsaw’s best years have clearly come and gone
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Roland Emmerich to Direct Alien Invasion Film ‘The Zone’ (Updated)
The top-secret project plans to employ the “found footage” gimmick that has become popular of late
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‘tallhotblond’ Director: A Title Easily Confused as Porn Will Make Your Doc a Success
Sample tweet: “got talhotblond thought it waz porn. Liked it anyway.” Redbox rules
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Barbara Schroeder