June 9th, 2008 at 5:11 am
Cameron Crowe has brought together a quite unusual couple, Reese Witherspoon and Ben Stiller. Together they will star in an untitled romantic comedy, just bought by Columbia Pictures. The studio wouldn’t announce what the script is about, but it is written Cameron Crowe, so this probably won’t be your standard love story.
The writer/director, who previously made ‘Jerry Maguire’ and ‘Almost Famous,’ will also fill the director’s chair. He wrote and directed those two movies for Columbia Pictures too.
June 9th, 2008 at 4:37 am
It’s the ultimate box office battle. The special effects male type driven ‘Indiana Jones 4′ against the pink chick flick ‘Sex and the City.’ Last weekend ‘Sex’ won, but this weekend Indy managed to beat ‘Sex and the City’ in the US. Internationally? Not so much. As in the US this weekend, it was a close call. ‘Sex’ grossed an estimated $38.1 million, while ‘Indiana Jones’ couldn’t get past $36 mill. But remember, ‘Sex and the City’ has yet to launch in some territories. Sex’ box office result came from 25 territories, while Indy’s came from 60.
‘Sex and the City’ now stand at $91.3 million overseas and will likely pass $200 million worldwide this Monday. It is turning out to be one of the most successful female driven movies of all time. Meanwhile, ‘Indiana Jones 4′ has an overseas total of $326 million, making a worldwide total of $580 million. It has now passed ‘Iron Man’ as the most successful movie of 2008 worldwide.
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June 9th, 2008 at 3:49 am
I’ll give a brief update on this story’s history, for the ones who didn’t follow.
The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) started negotiations with the studios about new contracts two months ago. The talks dragged on and on, until the studios were scheduled to talk to the AFTRA (TV and Radio) about renewing their contracts. These talks were delayed a couple of times in favor of the SAG negotiations, but later the SAG had to make way for the AFTRA. At that point, the SAG still didn’t have a deal. Far from it actually, with main disputes about DVD residuals and so on.
But where the SAG saw major problems, the AFTRA saw no problems at all. In a couple of weeks they made a new deal with the studios, putting extra pressure on the SAG. Needless to say, they were not pleased and criticized the union for their lack of effort.
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