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Variety has reported that Twentieth Century Fox is gearing up to continue its X-Men franchise with a younger set of mutants. The studio has tapped Gossip Girl creator Josh Schwartz to write X-Men: First Class. Schwartz, the creator and executive producer of CW’s teen hit as well as Fox’s youth-centric The Oc and NBC’s [...]

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#1 Quantum of Solace from Sony takes the #1 spot this weekend bringing in $70.4 million. Solace showed in 3451 theaters. Budget was $200 million.
#2 Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa from Dreamworks drops to #2 this weekend bringing in $36.1 million, down 42%, earning a total of $118 million. Madagascar showed in 4065 theaters, up 9. [...]

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WENN reports actor George Takei is heading into the Australian jungle. Takei is set to star in the British reality show I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! The 71-year-old actor has agreed to appear in the TV programme which will been seen on U.K. screens later this month. The competition sees a group [...]

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#1 Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa from Dreamworks takes the #1 spot this weekend bringing in $63.5 million. Madagascar showed in 4056 theaters. Budget is unknown.
#2 Role Models from Universal takes the #2 spot this weekend bringing in $19.2 million. Models showed in 2792 theaters. Budget is unknown.
#3 High School Musical 3: Senior Year from Buena [...]

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According to Totalfilm Charlize Theron has signed to co-star with Tom Cruise in The Tourist, a remake of a recent French thriller. Theron will play a female Interpol agent who uses an American tourist in an attempt to catch an elusive criminal – who’s also her former lover. Brit writer Julian Fellowes’ script is currently [...]

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#1 High School Musical 3: Senior Year from Buena Vista takes the #1 spot for a second weekend bringing in $15 million, thats down 64%, for a total of $61.7 million. Musical showed in 3626, thats up 3 over last theaters and cost $11 million.
#2 Zack and Miri Make a Porno from Weinstein debuts at #2 this weekend [...]

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DreamWorks Animation announced Tuesday that David Geffen has resigned from its board of directors but will remain a major shareholder. Jeffrey Katzenberg issued a statement saying that he looked forward “to working with David as a trusted adviser going forward.” It is unclear what role, if any, Steven Spielberg continues to play in the affairs [...]

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#1 High School Musical 3: Senior Year from Buena Vista debuts at #1 this weekend bringing in $42 million. Musical showed in 3623 theaters and cost $11 million.
#2 Saw V from Lions Gate debuts at #2 this weekend bringing in $30.5 million. Saw showed in 3060 theaters and cost $10.8 million.
#3 Max Payne from Fox [...]

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Steven Soderbergh is developing a 3-D live-action rock ’n’ roll musical about Cleopatra to be called “Cleo” and he is asking Catherine Zeta-Jones to play the Egyptian queen and Hugh Jackman to play her lover, Marc Antony.
Projected to cost $30 million [...]

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#1 Max Payne from Fox takes #1 this weekend bringing in $18 million. Hills showed in 3376 theaters. Budget is $35 million.
#2 Beverly Hills Chihuahua from Disney drops to #2 this weekend bringing in $11.2 million, bringing its total earnings to $69 million. Chihuahua showed in 3239 theaters, up 21. Budget [...]

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#1 Beverly Hills Chihuahua from Disney takes #1 again this weekend bringing in $17.5 million, bringing its total to $52.5 million. Hills showed in 3218 theaters, up 3. Budget is unknown.
#2 Quarantine from Screen Gems debuts at #2 this weekend bringing in $14.2 million. Quarantine showed in 2416 theaters and cost $12 million. [...]

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Studio Briefing reports that Disney’s Beverly Hills Chihuahua has racked up Disney’s best October opening ever bringing $29.3 million in tickets.
David Cronenberg is currently in talks with the MGM to direct The Matarese Circle, reports Variety, from a script penned by “3:10 to Yuma” writing duo, Michael Brandt and Derek Haas. Denzel Washington [...]

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#1 Beverly Hills Chihuahua from Disney takes #1 this weekend bringing in $29 million. Hills showed in 3215 theaters. Budget is unknown.
#2 Eagle Eye from Paramount drops to #2 this weekend bringing in $17.7 million, down 39% putting total earnings at $54.6 million. Eye showed in 3516 theaters, thats up 6 over last [...]

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Studio briefing reports Director Spike Lee and Miracle at St. Anna screenwriter James McBride fielded questions and comments Monday from Italian journalists who accused the pair of presenting historical inaccuracies. Writer McBride sounded apologetic as he reminded reporters at a Rome news conference that the story was fiction and then remarked, “I am very sorry [...]

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#1 Eagle Eye from Paramount takes #1 this weekend bringing in $29.2 million. Eye showed in 3510 theaters and cost $80 million to make.
#1 Nights In Rodanthe from Warner Bros. debuts at #2 this weekend bringing in $13.5 million. Nights showed in 2704 theaters, its budget is unknown.
#3 Lakeview Terrace from Screen Gems drops to [...]

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