May 19th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
Keira Knightley will join Anthony Hopkins to star in another adaptation of William Shakespeare’s ‘King Lear.’ The $35 million project was announced at Cannes and will focus on the epic battles, according to the filmmakers. Gwyneth Paltrow is rumored to play Knightley’s big sister.
The movie is one of the many ‘King Liar’ adaptations. Channel 4 is currently producing a TV version with Ian McKellen, based on the critically acclaimed Royal Shakespeare Company production. This version contained a much discussed nude scene by McKellen, which will be cut out for TV however.
May 3rd, 2008 at 5:45 am
Ok, so there are a lot of box office numbers floating around for the movie with all the buzz this opening weekend, a little film called ‘Iron Man.’ We already brought you the forecast, predictions, early numbers and overseas estimates, but here is really all we have for the iron man thus far.
Budget estimate: $186 million
Marketing estimate: $50 million
US theaters this weekend: 4,105
US predictions for the weekend: ranging from $70 to $125 million
US Thursday box office estimate: $5.2 million
US Friday box office estimate: $35 million (incl. $1.7m Thursday night)
US Saturday box office estimate: $38 million
Overseas estimate for the weekend (57 territories): $97 million
Worldwide estimate for the weekend: $201 million
Highest gross outside US: Mexico with $4 million (2 days)
Recent Fandango ticket sales for ‘Iron Man’: 81%
Metacritic.com score: 7.8 (35 reviews)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 94% fresh
IMDB score: 8.3 (3,102 votes)
Broken legs during shooting: 1 (Gwyneth Paltrow)
Loser this weekend: ‘Made of Honor’ (kinda, only $15.5m)
Almost confirmed release date for ‘Iron Man 2′: summer 2010
If I missed anything, let me know.
April 29th, 2008 at 9:45 pm
Did you see ‘The Good Night’? ‘Running with Scissors’? Or maybe ‘Love and Other Disasters’? If you did, you are one of the lucky 16 people who saw these “labor of love art films” according to Gwyneth Paltrow. And this is why she excepted ‘Iron Man.’ Not for the paycheck, no no no. Just to be seen.
Recalling Robert Downey Jr. asking if she didn’t want to be in a movie “that people actually see,” she said “I never thought of that!” She went on praising the shooting process (as usual) and hopes the family can come back together for a sequel.
Let’s see how the weekend goes and we’ll get back on that next week.
