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The Hollywood sequel machine takes a handful of turns for the worse. »

By Burbanked on Oct 14, 2008 in Development Heck, Movies, Spidey, Terrible Twos | 356 views |

In an industry like Hollywood where once-famous actors and actresses are thrown upon the heap of public boredom; where today’s hotshot agent can’t get anyone on the phone tomorrow; where crafty and clever screenwriters, having failed to score multi-million dollar spec sales, are stacked on the bottom of a low-level development executive’s weekend read list; [...]

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EXCLUSIVE: Boffo “Smart” Makes H’w'd Remake “Happy” »

By Burbanked on Jun 24, 2008 in Blogging, Celebrities, Development Heck, Movies, TV | 775 views |

Hollywood has reacted quickly to the worldwide blockbuster weekend success of Get Smart with a huge announcement that Sony has secured the remake rights to classic TV skein Happy Days. John Davis of Davis Entertainment (Daddy Day Camp, Norbit, Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties, Fat Albert) will produce for Sony who will distrib after [...]

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Exclusive trailer! Now THIS is something I can get behind. »

By Burbanked on Mar 20, 2008 in Movies, Trailers | 1,598 views |

Hollywood simply doesn’t make movies like this anymore. Such truth…and triumph of the human spirit. Makes me proud to be an American.
2008 looks like it’s going to be filled with all the old stuff that Hollywood is famous for - and everything we’ve already seen. Is this the year that the reimaginings, reinventions, revampings and [...]

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Today’s lesson: Movie Remake Soundbyte 101, featuring Anne Hathaway. »

By Burbanked on Jul 25, 2007 in Celebrities, Movie Marketing 101, Movies | 1,255 views |

Please join me in welcoming to the Institute for Mind-Bludgeoningly Obvious Movie Marketing the actress Anne Hathaway as our guest lecturer today!
Polite applause.
Of course, Ms. Hathaway has really come into her own in the last six years, having parlayed astounding success in saccharine family movies into a rather studied and measured public persona of absolutely [...]

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Say it isn’t so, Steve Carell. »

By Burbanked on Aug 14, 2006 in Celebrities, Development Heck, Movies, TV | 1,077 views |

According to the MTV Movie File, Steve Carell and whatever poor slobs he was contracted to work with prior to becoming an actual movie star and potential Jim Carrey successor are forging ahead with the big screen adaptation of the TV classic Get Smart, with additional casting news coming soon and a potential release date [...]

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Harry Trimble: That's why we call it The Majestic. Any man, woman, child could buy their ticket, walk right in. Here they'd be, here we'd be. "Yes sir, yes ma'am. Enjoy the show." And in they'd come entering a palace, like in a dream, like in heaven. Maybe you had worries and problems out there, but once you came through those doors, they didn't matter anymore. And you know why? Chaplin, that's why. And Keaton and Lloyd. Garbo, Gable, and Lombard, and Jimmy Stewart and Jimmy Cagney. Fred and Ginger. They were gods. And they lived up there. That was Olympus. Would you remember if I told you how lucky we felt just to be here? To have the privilege of watching them. I mean, this television thing. Why would you want to stay at home and watch a little box? Because it's convenient? Because you don't have to get dressed up, because you could just sit there? I mean, how can you call that entertainment, alone in your living room? Where's the other people? Where's the audience? Where's the magic? I'll tell you, in a place like this, the magic is all around you. The trick is to see it.
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11.20.2008Dedicated screenwriting 101 here: From an interview with Harrison Ford on the MTV Movies Blog in which the inevitability of another Indiana Jones movie is mentioned:
MTV: Is the ball in George’s court at this point? Ford: It is. That’s the process. With some general input he goes off and searches for the MacGuffin and then stumbles into a story. And at some point we have a chance to take a look at and give some input.
Now granted this is Ford’s opinion of Lucas’ “creative process”, yet still: when one of the three principals of the Indiana Jones legacy classifies the story creation process as a haphazard, one-man effort that only superficially seeks outside input, it’s hard not to feel frustrated. Not surprised, just frustrated. Dear Mr. Spielberg: please put your foot down and either demand a coherent story or walk away. Just do us all a favor, could you? Maybe? (found via FilmDrunk)
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11.19.2008Okay, I need your help here. Sonny, Michael Corleone and Tom Hagen keep bringing up the fact that they want to go see Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa.How do I get out of this? I love going to the movies with my boys, opening up their minds to the great pleasures of cinema and all that, but this is a hard one. Please help me: do I suck it up and just go, or can anyone out there provide me with a plausible, kind-hearted, permanent way out? (10)

11.14.2008I’m not sure how to say it nicely: This one-sheet is crap.(additional thoughts about Apatow/Sandler’s collaboration here) (3)

10.23.2008What an excellent tribute to the late great movie voiceover guy Don LaFontaine. No need for more words, because the Voice already says it all:See more funny videos at Funny or Die (5)