Edited 7/24 1753 Captain America, or rather the decision to star as the title character, drove Chris Evans to therapy. From reading the New York Times story, it appears that he’s a fascinating, somewhat introspective man; though for people who want more news about Marvel Studios’ plans, stick with it.
Edited 7/24 1729 Here’s a little something to tide you over till Monday. The Black Widow, Thor, Iron Man, The Hulk, Hawkeye, and Captain America make up The Avengers, and the introduction of what is known as The Marvel Cinematic Universe: An interconnected series of films–”Iron Man,” “Iron Man 2,” “The Incredible Hulk,” “Thor” and […]
Edited 7/23 1202 Captain America has pulled in a total of $66 million from Thursday to Friday, making for the biggest opening for a superhero film this summer, beating “Thor,” “X-Men: First Class,” and “Green Lantern.” Here’s a little clip of a patriotic (and frankly jingoistic) vein to celebrate (though the language is a little […]
Edited 7/21 1551 According to Deadline, “Captain America: The First Avenger” opened to $4 million on the strength of Thursday’s midnight showing.
Edited 7/22 1155, 1216 According to cnet, Apple has sold 1 million copies of Lion (Mac OS X 10.7). What’s most amazing about that number is not only that it was released last Wednesday, but for the first time Apple has issued a OS (operating system) that was downloadable via the App Store ( an […]
In upcoming movie news, a feature film version of Gerry Anderson’s 1970’s series, UFO, is coming to theaters in 2013. Directed by Matthew Gratzner, I hope that it stays as faithful as possible to the original series (though hopefully avoids some of the eccentricities of the series–unless they can be explained logically–like when female Shado […]
Edited 731 7/22 I don’t know about this rumor, but it’s too fascinating to let go. According to Deadline, Apple is considering purchasing Hulu for $2 billion. What’s most interesting is that the deal would include two years of exclusive programming from NBCUniversal (now owned by Comcast), Fox (NewsCorp) and Disney (who happens to have […]
Edited 7/21 1220 Marvel has a new, downloadable “Avengers” poster. I like the glassy minimalist look that doesn’t attempt to reveal the whole film. I’m psyched because I am a fan of Joss Whedon‘s Serenity (which is somewhat ironic because I am not too crazy about “Firefly,” the television series which was the basis for […]
Edited 7/21 at 1231 According to Deadline, New Line is dropping the reboot of “Escape From New York.” This is great news because I can’t be the only person tired of remakes seemingly for the purpose of name recognition and–I assume–because they’re easier to do in that you’re working in a already established universe that’s […]
Edited 7/21 942 As I have posted before, though perhaps not quite so blatantly, “Green Lantern” is a box office failure, and much of that weakness is due to the film never catching on overseas. That being said, I had no idea that it would fall as steeply as 72% in one week. This is […]
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