April 25th, 2008 at 11:18 pm

If you are an aspiring scriptwriter, you might want to check this. Tecyhlon, an independent film production company, is asking screen writers for ‘The Sacred Script.’ What’s the catch? None, only you getting $1.2 million to make it. No, there’s not even a submission fee — this is starting to sound like I’m selling you something.
All you have to do is submit 1000-word synopsis at www.thesacredscript.com. Three stories will be chosen and posted (as a small script) on their site to vote on — I wonder if that’s going to be hack-proof.
The cash will be shelled out by Quadritex, a nano-technology company that funds many other projects to ‘produce economic, social and environmental benefits.’ A ‘breakthrough’ nano-optical film camera will be used to shoot the movie. And when the movie is making money, it will be split 50/50 with the scriptwriter.
Something isn’t right here, I can just feel it. Just read the FAQ and check their sites. Like they say they are getting 1000 submission per day, while they just sent out a Press Release. To be continued I guess.
April 25th, 2008 at 7:15 pm

Forbidden Kingdom: $27,025,134 ($70 million budget)
Forgetting Sarah Marshall: $24,062,895 ($30 million budget)
Prom Night: $10,251,048 ($20 million budget, second week)

Every week we take a look at how the top three movies did at the box office, from Friday to Thursday. This week clearly started with the domination of ‘The Forbidden Kingdom’ in the weekend. ‘Forgetting Sarah Marshall’ however, slowly took over and is definitely showing more legs. It’s expected to have another good weekend, since its only competition is ‘Baby Mama,’ mainly targeted at a younger audience.
‘88 Minutes’ with Al Pacino didn’t manage to make the third spot, bringing in just $9 million behind ‘Prom Night.’ The horror had another good week, making half of what it did the week before, where maybe a bigger drop was expected. This week it still made over 50% of its budget.
‘Forgetting Sarah Marshall’ had the best budget/box office ratio, bringing in 80% of its budget. ‘The Forbidden Kingdom’ managed to only take a little under 40%, but it’s less dependent on the US market, releasing in Hong Kong this week.
April 25th, 2008 at 4:40 pm

Bruce Willis might play veteran commentator Murray Walker in a biopic about the Formula 1 hero Michael Schumacher. “A Hollywood producer is interested,” the Daily Star quotes Weber “and the film would be called The Michael Schumacher Story, with him as the main actor. Bruce Willis would certainly do Murray justice.”
Walker became famous for his strange and memorable comments. He retired in 2001 and an insider says Bruce Willis “insists the sport hasn’t been the same since Murray retired in 2001. If you pop a pair of glasses on Bruce, the similarity to a younger Murray Walker is amazing.”
Walker was “shell-shocked” about the news, initially calling it a late April Fools’ joke. “I always regarded Bruce Willis as a mirror image of myself, don’t you know - a much younger version, though,” he joked.