Daniel Frankel
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Box Office: Hopkins’ ‘Rite’ Is Light at $15M, ‘King’s Speech’ Surges
Warner’s exorcism-themed film debuts on the low side of tracking but finishes on top; CBS’ “Mechanic” remake grosses strong $11.5M; Oscar noms spark “King’s Speech,” “Blue Valentine” and “127 Hours”
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Sundance Awards: ‘Like Crazy’ Wins Dramatic Grand Jury Prize
“How to Die in Oregon” wins documentary Grand Jury honors
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NATO: Average Movie Ticket Price Shot up 5% to $7.89 in 2010
All those expensive 3D movies at the box office last year yielded one of the biggest year-to-year admissions spikes in history
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Ben Walker Picked to Lead ‘Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter’
He’ll play the 16th president in Fox’s upcoming Seth Graham-Smith adaptation
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‘Thor’ Script Leak Brings Down Paramount and Marvel Thunder
A cameo by Hawkeye? A Hulk reference? Comic blog seems to have stumbled onto an authentic “Thor” script — and the producer and distributor are not happy about it
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Relativity Taps Steve Bertram as COO, CFO
Studio hires former Paramount Home Entertainment executive
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Paramount Sets April 1 Premiere Date for Digital ‘Jackass 3.5’
Paramount will partner with Joost.com to launch the film on the Internet in 12 countries on April Fools
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Box Office: Hopkins’ ‘Rite’ No. 1 With $5.3M, But on the Wrong Side of Tracking
Warner exorcism-themed film undershoots projections Friday, while CBS’ “Mechanic” remake hits its modest target with $3.6M; Oscar nominees “King’s Speech” and “127 Hours” up big
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Peter Jackson’s Ulcer Surgery Forces ‘Hobbit’ Delay
Filmmaker is hospitalized in New Zealand with perforated ulcer, delaying production start on his next film
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UPDATED: Sundance 2011 Deal Scorecard = 34 Films Sold!
Studios were on a buying spree this year in Park City. With the festival now completed, TheWrap does the numbers on who has what and how many of them
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DreamWorks Animation Announces Next 3D Film: ‘Rise of the Guardians’
Hugh Jackman, Jude Law, Alec Baldwin and Chris Pine will voice star in the film, which will be released in November 2012
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Netflix Revenue Up 34% in Q4 as Subscribers Pass 20M
Silicon Valley content company exceeds even the lofty expectations of Wall Street in fourth-quarter earnings report
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U.K.-Based Non-Fiction House Lion TV Joins the WGA
Writers behind Discovery’s “Cash Cab,” MTV’s “Megadrive and other cable reality shows vote to join the Writers Guild of America East
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Willl Smith and Jay-Z Make Movie Partnership Official
‘I Am Legend’ actor’s Overbrook and hip hop starsuper look to develop projects including a movie-adaptation of “Annie” for Willow Smith