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Showing posts with label November. Show all posts
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Monday, January 31, 2011
PBS MediaShift | 5Across November, 2009 | Social Media Marketing | PBS
December 10th, 2010 | VideosFirst time here? Subscribe to Social Media eXchange for more interesting content
PBS MediaShift | 5Across November, 2009 | Social Media Marketing | PBS
December 10th, 2010 | VideosFirst time here? Subscribe to Social Media eXchange for more interesting content
www.pbs.org Everyone talks about social media marketing, and how businesses must be on Twitter and Facebook to succeed. This roundtable of experts gives advice on what works — and doesn’t — for small businesses, non-profits and big companies in the social media space.
Saturday, January 29, 2011
PBS MediaShift | 5Across November, 2009 | Social Media Marketing | PBS
December 10th, 2010 | VideosFirst time here? Subscribe to Social Media eXchange for more interesting content
www.pbs.org Everyone talks about social media marketing, and how businesses must be on Twitter and Facebook to succeed. This roundtable of experts gives advice on what works — and doesn’t — for small businesses, non-profits and big companies in the social media space.
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Open Discussion – November 29, 2010
Here’s your chance to choose the topics in our regularly scheduled open discussion post.
As usual – talk about whatever you like as long as it’s related to movies, TV or Screen Rant itself – just remember to play nice. 
Friday, January 14, 2011
Weekend Movie News Wrap Up: November 28, 2010
This week:
Disney gets Tangled with Harry Potter; Twilight producers have a Game Theory; the truth is out there with Mulder and Scully; Gael Garcia Bernal and Al Pacino say “no more” with Hands of Stone; the Empire doesn’t strike back but there is indeed love from Russia and Michael J. Bassett hears the bells of Saint Mary’s.
Box Office
Harry Potter remained box office champion over the Thanksgiving weekend.
The boy wizard and the Deathly Hallows: Part One should bank in the region of $80 million over the five-day weekend ($50 million for the three days). That gives the film a huge $220 million cumulative gross.
Disney’s Tangled in 3D had to settle for the runner-up position. The mouse house shouldn’t feel too bad, as the film banked an impressive $69 million over the five days.
Megamind was third after grossing approximately $19.7 million, for a total gross of $130 million.
Denzel Washington’s Unstoppable upped its total to $61 million after bringing in another $16.5 million over the weekend. It won’t hit $100 million, but it shows that Washington is a safe bet with older audiences.
Burlesque opened at number five. The Cher/Christina Aguilera musical should bring in about $17 million over the weekend. Expect the film to find more success on DVD – much like the maligned Showgirls.
Love and Other Drugs debuted at six after pulling in just under $14 million worth of coin. The Ed Zwick directed romantic comedy stars Anne Hathaway and Jake Gyllenhaal. It could do better as awards season looms, since there has been some talk of Hathaway getting an Oscar nod (amongst other nominations) for her performance.
It looks like nobody is interested in what “The Rock” is cooking. Faster should take $12 million over the Turkey weekend – making it a miserable under-achiever. You can read our review of the film here.
Due Date continues to hang in there. After bringing in another $9.6 million over the Thanksgiving weekend, the film’s total now stands at $85 million. It looks like the film will limp to $100 million after all.
Russell Crowe’s The Next Three Days scored $7.5 million over the last five days. The Paul Haggis directed film has now brought in a smidgen under $15 million.
Morning Glory rounded out the top ten. The TV-set comedy brought in $5.9 million over the weekend for a $27 million total.
Movie News
1. Twilight producers Temple Hill, Alex Goldstone, and Adam Shulman will produce Game Theory for Summit Entertainment.
Michael Alan Lerner’s penned action-thriller is “focused on a college professor and game theorist who gets sucked into a large-scale global incident.”
Might it be stocked with some Twilight alumni?
Source: Variety
2. Recent rumors that a third X-Files film was imminent have been shot down – and it appears that Mulder and Scully have been making fun of the recent speculation.
David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson were at the launch of Duchovny’s latest play The Break of Noon and when quizzed by NY Mag the pair said the following:
How often do you see each other?
Duchovny: Not often. Twice a year?
Anderson: Yes, twice a year.
Duchovny: Depending on whether we’re doing an X-Files movie or not. If we’re doing an X-Files movie, we see a lot of each other.
Anderson: In France, apparently, there is going to be one in France.
With you guys?
Duchovny: No, no. Not at all. Apparently the script’s written.
Anderson: We’re not in it at all.
Duchovny: But we always would love to do another one. So we’ll see. We’re getting a little long in the tooth, but we’ll do it. Just me. Not her. Long in the tooth, I mean.
Would you do your same roles or become FBI mentors?
Duchovny: Well, I wouldn’t be doing her part.
Anderson: I’ll be on crutches. He’ll be in a wheelchair. But, yeah, it would be fun.
Duchovny: I would do it forever. I will always come back. By the end of the run, we were all good.
The truth is out there. Who do you trust?
Source: NY Mag
3. Gael Garcia Bernal is attached to play Roberto Duran in an upcoming movie called Hands of Stone.
Jonathan Jakubowicz will write, direct, and produce the film, while acting legend Al Pacino is being courted to portray boxing trainer Ray Arcel.
The film will chronicle the “inside story” of Duran’s “No Mas” fight with Sugar Ray Leonard. In the dying seconds of the match Duran turned his back to Leonard and quit the fight, saying “No mas” (“No more”).
Source: The Wrap
4. The iconic air pistol held by Sean Connery on the movie poster for the 1963 James Bond film From Russia With Love was sold for $439,000 at auction in London. That figure was more than fifteen times the estimated amount!
Meanwhile, at the same Christies auction a Darth Vader costume from Empire Strikes Back failed to sell. The costume was expected to fetch somewhere in the region of $212,000 to $305,000.
Source: THR
5. Michael J. Basset will write and direct the supernatural horror film Saint Mary’s, working alongside creator and co-writer Matthew Kingshott.
According to THR:
“Billed as a psychological horror story about an evil presence in a disused mental asylum, Saint Mary’s details the story of a group of young people who are deliberately trapped inside a labyrinthine building where they find their deepest nightmares manifest themselves.”
Before then, Bassett has to call the shots on Silent Hill 2.
Source: THR
Just For fun:
Have you ever wondered what would happen if your favorite movie franchises got Disney-fied?
Go here to see more Disney-fication of your fave franchises.
That’s it for now. See you at the movies.
Monday, January 3, 2011
Open Discussion – November 24, 2010
Here’s your chance to choose the topics in our regularly scheduled open discussion post.
As usual – talk about whatever you like as long as it’s related to movies, TV or Screen Rant itself – just remember to play nice.
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Open Discussion – November 22, 2010
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As usual – talk about whatever you like as long as it’s related to movies, TV or Screen Rant itself – just remember to play nice.
Monday, December 20, 2010
PBS MediaShift | 5Across November, 2009 | Social Media Marketing | PBS
November 21st, 2010 | VideosFirst time here? Subscribe to Social Media eXchange for more interesting content
www.pbs.org Everyone talks about social media marketing, and how businesses must be on Twitter and Facebook to succeed. This roundtable of experts gives advice on what works — and doesn’t — for small businesses, non-profits and big companies in the social media space.
Sunday, December 19, 2010
PBS MediaShift | 5Across November, 2009 | Social Media Marketing | PBS
November 21st, 2010 | VideosFirst time here? Subscribe to Social Media eXchange for more interesting content
www.pbs.org Everyone talks about social media marketing, and how businesses must be on Twitter and Facebook to succeed. This roundtable of experts gives advice on what works — and doesn’t — for small businesses, non-profits and big companies in the social media space.
Monday, December 13, 2010
Open Discussion – November 19, 2010
Here’s your chance to choose the topics in our regularly scheduled open discussion post.
As usual – talk about whatever you like as long as it’s related to movies, TV or Screen Rant itself – just remember to play nice.
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Open Discussion – November 17, 2010
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Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Open Discussion – November 15, 2010
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Sunday, November 28, 2010
Mobile Number Portability Delayed – Yes Again! – to 25th November
Honestly, this is a headline that a lot of us are getting quite sick of. But it has happened again. Just a few days back, we were given hope that Mobile Number Portability will be available to subscribers in Haryana from November 1st. At least we can take solace in the fact that the DoT has announced a new deadline, can’t we! November 25th is now the proposed date for MNP to be available in Haryana.
According to the DoT, Operator’s networks have been tested and are ready for the roll out of the service. Applications for the same will be accepted from November 25th and the Government is likely to run ads in the first week of November. In fact, HT reported late last night that on Aug 12th, MoS for Communications and Information Technology, Sachin Pilot had informed the Rajya Sabha that all networks, except MTNL, had been upgraded technically.
In order to apply for this. A subscriber will have to send an SMS from their number to 1900. The existing service provider will then provide them with a unique porting code. With this code, the subscriber will apply to the new service provider and be able to switch operators without losing his/her number. According to the Deccan Chronicle the subscriber will have to bear a fee of no more than Rs.19 for the entire process.
Earlier the deadline had shifted from December, 2009 to March, 2010. Followed by revisions which set new deadlines of June 30th and October 31st. None of which were obviously met. With A.Raja announcing last week that November 1st would see the first implementation in the state of Haryana, there was a widespread belief that the wait had finally ended. Despite the fact that there seemed to be no clear cut plan in place for the rollout. This delay just reminds us that we’re running around in ‘circles’ and even the year end Pan-India Implementation may just a pipe dream.
I guess Rajiv’s monicker ‘Mobile Number Postponability’ rings true! Will it finally surface on November 25th? I won’t be holding my breath!..And neither should you.
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Friday, November 26, 2010
TimesCast - November 5, 2010
November 14th, 2010 | Social Media JobsFirst time here? Subscribe to Social Media eXchange for more interesting content
Threat of flooding in Haiti; a better-than-expected jobs report and politics in the social media age. Related Link: nyti.ms
PBS MediaShift | 5Across November, 2009 | Social Media Marketing | PBS
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www.pbs.org Everyone talks about social media marketing, and how businesses must be on Twitter and Facebook to succeed. This roundtable of experts gives advice on what works — and doesn’t — for small businesses, non-profits and big companies in the social media space.
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Weekend Movie News Wrap Up: November 14, 2010
This week:
Unstoppable is stoppable; Dune‘s future is looking bleak; Paramount readies some high-profile films; Warner Bros. want Tales From The Gangster Squad; Courtney Ford needs True Blood; will Merlin have magic? Women kick butt in The Athena Project; Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Hilary Swank and Ashton Kutcher get ready for New Year’s Eve; and lots more.
Last week’s champion Megamind and the Denzel Washington flick Unstoppable (review here), directed by Tony Scott, fought it out for the top spot over the weekend. It looks like the animated superhero film came out on top, after grossing an estimated $30.1 million, upping its total to $89.8 million.That doesn’t mean that Washington’s film disappointed – as it grossed $23.5 million, which is business as usual for a Washington action effort.
Due Date dropped a rather large 51% and took in $15.5 million. The Robert Downey Jr. comedy has now banked $59 million. It won’t hit $100 million, but it should still turn a profit.
Sci-Fi film Skyline brought in $11.7 million – despite no stars and some pretty bad reviews (read ours here). Though, it’s likely to drop like a stone next week.
Morning Glory is underperforming. The Harrison Ford film has brought in $12.2 million since its mid-week launch ($9.6 million for the weekend). Rachel McAdams toplines the comedy from Roger Michell.
Tyler Perry’s For Colored Girls took a massive hit and dropped 65%. The drama has now banked $31 million, after bringing in under $7 million over the weekend.
Bruce Willis’ Red continues to do well. The action film shot-up another $5 million, upping its cume to a smidgen under $80 million.
Horror holdovers Paranormal Activity 2 and Saw 3D both grossed in the region of $3 million. The former has scored $82 million, while the latter has brought in $43.6 million.
Jackass 3D grossed $2.3 million and rounded out the top ten. The stunt-filled pic has now grossed $115 million.
Movie News
1. If you’re waiting patiently for the new big screen adaptation of Frank Herbert’s Dune, then you might have to wait a while longer. Quite a while longer!
If the film doesn’t have a firm start date by the spring, then Paramount Pictures intends to end four years of development on the project and put the film into turnaround. In case you’re unfamiliar with the term, turnaround means a film is put up for sale by a studio – and if another company picks it up, they pay for some of the development costs.
Chase Palmer wrote the latest draft of the script, and producers Kevin Misher and Richard P. Rubinstein are looking for a director – following the departure of Taken’s Pierre Morel.
It’ll be interesting to see what happens here.
Source: Deadline
2. While Dune may not be on the horizon for Paramount, it does look like they’ve firmed up production on a few forthcoming films.
Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick are writing G.I. Joe 2 for the studio, while Art Marcum and Matt Holloway have been brought in to pen a new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie.
Zoolander 2 is also on the way and Star Trek 2 is set for June 29, 2012, with J.J. Abrams considering directing again.
Source: THR
3. Warner Bros. appear to be thinking outside the box when it comes to choosing a director for Tales From the Gangster Squad. The film has been described as “The Untouchables on the streets of L.A”.
Zombieland’s Ruben Fleischer, Crazy Heart director Scott Cooper, and Jose Padilha, the director of the Portuguese-language film Elite Squad, are in the mix to direct the film.
Source: LA Times
4. Dexter actress Courtney Ford has joined HBO’s True Blood in a recurring role.
According to Deadline:
“Ford will play Portia Bellefleur, a classic Southern beauty who runs her own law practice. The character is the sister of Bon Temps’ bumbling detective Andy (Chris Bauer).”
Source: Deadline
5. The failure of Disney’s The Sorcerer’s Apprentice hasn’t stopped Working Title from developing a film based on the wizard Merlin.
Jay Basu has been hired to write a script for the film.
Source: THR
6. It looks like Warner Bros. will pick up the screen rights to the new Brad Thor novel The Athena Project.
“The Athena Project introduces an elite all-female Delta team made up of four agents who try to stop a terror attack on American soil. After a terror attack in Rome kills 23 Americans, the agents are sent to hunt down the Venetian arms dealer who supplied the explosives. This leads to a much larger terrorist conspiracy.”
So, it’s like The Expendables with chicks. Cool.
Source: Deadline
7. Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Hilary Swank, and Ashton Kutcher will star in New Year’s Eve, the follow-up to Valentine’s Day, for director Garry Marshall.
According to THR:
“The movie tells intertwining stories of a group of New Yorkers as they navigate their way through romance over the course of New Year’s Eve.
De Niro will play a bitter dying man in a hospital, while Pfeiffer will be a frustrated executive secretary who decides to tackle her unfulfilled resolutions. Swank would play a producer of the famed Times Square New Year’s Eve show. Kutcher would play a guy who hates New Year’s Eve.”
That’s $100 million in the bank right there.
Source: THR
Also:
Want to see Daniel Radcliffe in The Woman in Black? Go here.Just For Fun:
The World’s worst DVD sales person. Or is that the world’s best?
That’s it for now. See you at the movies!
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Open Discussion – November 12, 2010
Here’s your chance to choose the topics in our regularly scheduled open discussion post.
As usual – talk about whatever you like as long as it’s related to movies, TV or Screen Rant itself – just remember to play nice.
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