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Live Action ‘Captain Planet’ Feature In the Works

Posted on July 19, 2011 by Chris Ullrich

This one comes directly from what we like to call the “Meh” department. Sure, some people may be huge fans of the Captain Planet and the Planeteers cartoon show, believe in its positive message and think it should be made into a … Continue reading →

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‘Salt 2′ With Angelina Jolie On the Way from Sony Pictures

Posted on June 7, 2011 by Heather Toshiko

We know you’re excited about all the cool E3 and Apple news this week and don’t worry, there’s more to come. Let’s pause, however, and take a look at some news from Hollywood, shall we? According to reports, Sony is … Continue reading →

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Ubisoft Launches Movie Division

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Joe Gillis

When you’re in the news business and things move as fast as they do these days (i.e at the “speed of the Internerts”) sometimes a story will slip through the cracks. This is one of those stories. A few days … Continue reading →

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Dish Network Buying Blockbuster for $320 Million

Posted on April 6, 2011 by Chris Ullrich

You can put this in the “Why?” file but it seems somebody at least wanted to buy the Blockbuster video rental chain even as that business is going in the toilet. That somebody is Dish Network who, pending approval at … Continue reading →

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Netflix to Stream More First Run Movies Thanks to New Deals

Posted on December 2, 2010 by Chris Ullrich

Love Netflix but not always completely satisfied with the number of first run movies the service offers for streaming? Same here. Fortunately, it seems the company is taking steps to remedy the situation in the form of a new content … Continue reading →

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‘Myst’ Video Game Heading for the Big Screen

Posted on September 30, 2010 by Joe Gillis

I can understand the fascination with bringing video games to the big screen. After all we’ve seen so many successful translations of games to Hollywood blockbuster that it only makes sense to keep doing it, right? Sure it does. Anyway, … Continue reading →

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IFC Films Picks Up James Gunn’s ‘Super’

Posted on September 13, 2010 by Joe Gillis

In what Deadline is describing as a “major deal’ IFC Films has picked up the rights to James Gunn’s latest film Super. The deal happened late last night during the currently running Toronto Film Festival and is reportedly of the … Continue reading →

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DirectTV Rescues ‘Damages’

Posted on July 20, 2010 by Joe Gillis

I will have to admit that I’ve not watched the FX series Damages very much. In truth, I’ve only seen the first few episodes. However, that hasn’t stopped the show from being a hit with many fans. Unfortunately, that number … Continue reading →

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