Category: Film Industry News

July 22, 2008

Weekend box office, July 18 – 20

Filed under: Film Industry News - 22 Jul 2008

Here are the top 10 movies at the box office this weekend and their ratings on Rotten Tomatoes:

1. The Dark Knight - $158,411,483 – 94%, fresh

2. Mamma Mia! - $27,751,240 – 54%, rotten

3. Hancock - $14,040,178 – 38%, rotten

4. Journey to the Center of …

July 20, 2008

Imagen Foundation to present top honours to Tony Plana, Rodrigo Garcia and Ligiah Villalobos

The Imagen Foundation, an organization dedicated to promoting and encouraging positive and accurate portrayal of Latino characters and production storylines in film and television, will present special awards to three prominent industry insiders this year.

Actor Tony Plana will be honoured …

July 19, 2008

MGM to reinvent Valley Girl as a musical

Filed under: Film Industry News - 19 Jul 2008

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures is putting into development a musical remake of MGM’s classic 1983 comedy VALLEY GIRL as a feature film based on an idea by Idealogy, Inc.’s Sean Bailey and Matt Smith. The announcement was made today by Mary Parent, …

The Dark Knight breaks midnight showings record

Filed under: Film Industry News - 19 Jul 2008

The Dark Knight is off to a great start. The Batman sequel premiered yesterday and immediately broke its first record, the one for a 12:01 a.m. film opening. The movie earned $18,489,000 at the box office from midnight showings alone, …

July 17, 2008

The X-Files movie premiere celebrates fans

Filed under: Film Industry News - 17 Jul 2008

They’ve long wanted to believe…and now the truth – and a new The X-Files movie – is finally out there for the legions of fans eagerly awaiting the debut of the next feature film based on the legendary television series. …

July 15, 2008

Weekend box office, July 11-13

Filed under: Film Industry News - 15 Jul 2008

Here are the top 10 movies at the box office this weekend and their ratings on Rotten Tomatoes:

1. Hellboy II: The Golden Army - $34,539,115 – 88%, fresh

2. Hancock - $32,080,560 – 37%, rotten

3. Journey to the Center of the Earth - $21,018,141 …

July 11, 2008

Independent Features Film Festival announces 2008 line-up

Filed under: Film Festivals & Awards, Film Industry News - 11 Jul 2008

Independent Features reveals the official selections for the 2008 Independent Features Film Festival which includes twenty-three films from 7 countries. The festival, which occurs July 25 – 27, 2008 at Tribeca Cinemas in New York City, is the …

“I Love New York” short film competition - last call for submissions

Filed under: Film Festivals & Awards, Film Industry News - 11 Jul 2008

Aspiring filmmakers 14 years old and above have one more chance to take advantage of the opportunity to tell the world why they love New York and have their work judged by a star-studded celebrity panel. Filmmakers — professional, student, …

Independent Television Festival announces official selections

The independent television movement is taking Hollywood by storm with high quality post sound companies and now celebrities, too, jumping on board. James Cromwell stars and Executive Produces Hitfactor; John Leguizamo and Nick Cannon both lend their talents to the …

Cyber-thriller WarGames returns to the big screen in celebration of its 25th anniversary

Filed under: Film Industry News - 11 Jul 2008

Revisit a time when cell phones and MP3 players were “futuristic” and geeky underachiever David Lightman (Matthew Broderick) accidentally starts the countdown to World War III when WarGames returns to select movie theatres in a one night special presentation on …

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