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New Moon Becomes Fandango’s Top-selling Pre-Release Title
With four more days before its November 20 release date, “New Moon” has already leaped over previous record-holders to become the top-selling pre-release title in Fandango’s ten-year history. The new record for Fandango’s fastest-selling film was set on Saturday night, November 14, shortly after 8:00 p.m.
The Top 5 Advance Ticket-Sellers on Fandango (as of November 15, 2009) are now as follows:
- New Moon (2009)
- Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
- The Dark Knight (2008)
- Twilight (2008)
The latest chapter of The Twilight Saga is currently wolfing down 86% of weekly ticket sales on Fandango, the nation’s leading movie ticketing destination.
Monopoly Movie Plot Details Revealed
In a recent interview with The L.A. Times, producer and author Frank Beddor (There’s Something about Mary), the man behind the concept of a movie based on the board game “Monopoly,” revealed the basic story of the film.
Here is his full explanation of the plot.
“I created a comedic, lovable loser who lives in Manhattan and works at a real estate company and he’s not very good at his job but he’s great at playing Monopoly. And the world record for playing is 70 straight days – over 1,600 hours – and he wanted to try to convince his friends to help him break that world record. They think he is crazy. They kid him about this girl and they’re playing the game and there’s this big fight. And he’s holding a Chance card and after they’ve left he says, ‘Damn, I wanted to use that Chance card,’ and he throws it down. He falls asleep and then he wakes up in the morning and he’s holding the Chance card, and he thinks, ‘That’s odd.’”
Harvey Keitel Joins DeNiro in “Little Fockers”
Harvey Keitel (The Piano, Bad Lieutenant, Pulp Fiction) has signed up to appear in “Little Fockers,” the latest movie in the “Meet The Parents” comedy series.
Along with Ben Stiller, Teri Polo, Robert De Niro, Blythe Danner and Owen Wilson, we have newcomers Jessica Alba, Laura Dern, and now Keitel. He will play a contractor employed by Stiller’s character.
Paul Weitz (In Good Company, American Pie) is directing the new film. Jane Rosenthal and Jay Roach, who directed the first two films in the franchise, are producing. John Hamburg, who co-wrote the first two films, rewrote the original script by Larry Stuckey.
“Little Fockers” is set to be in theatres on July 30, 2010.
Will Smith To Star In “Flowers For Algernon” Remake?
Will Smith will probably star in and produce a remake of “Flowers For Algernon” an adaptation of Daniel Keyes 1959 novel of the same name which focuses on Charlie, a man with mental disabilities and a limited IQ who takes part in an experiment that turns him into a genius.
Charlie Gordon is a 37 year old man with an IQ of 68 who works as a cleaner…and all he wants in life is to be a genius.
Wanting to improve himself, Charlie attends reading and writing classes taught by Alice Kinnian.
Professor Nemur and Doctor Strauss are looking for a human subject to test out an experimental procedure for increasing intelligence. The procedure has already been successfully carried out on Algernon, a laboratory mouse.
Alice recommends Charlie for the procedure and his motivation to learn make him the prime candidate.
Jennifer Aniston In “You Are Here”
Matthew Weiner, who spent three years as a writer and producer on “The Sopranos” and creator of the AMC/Lionsgate TV drama “Mad Men,” will make his first movie.
That will be a romantic comedy titled “You Are Here” that he wrote during his “Sopranos” days.
Jennifer Aniston will lead the cast of Weiner’s directorial debut. “The Hangover” stars Bradley Cooper and Zack Galifianakis are also lined up to star in the movie.
After his work on “The Sopranos” and “Mad Men,” Weiner has secured independent financing for the film.
There’s not much to know about the project at this point.
Production on “You Are Here” is scheduled to begin in 2011.
After “All About Steve” and “Case 39” Bradley Cooper can next be seen in “Valentine’s Day” “The A-Team.”
Cooper and Zack Galifianakis will star together again in “The Hangover” sequel in May 2011.
Galifianakis will also star in “Little Fish, Strange Pond,” “Rogue’s Gallery,” “Dinner for Schmucks,” “Due Date” and “It’s Kind of a Funny Story.”
Len Wiseman May Helm “Nocturne”
“Underworld” and “Live Free or Die Hard” director, Len Wiseman is in talks to direct and produce untitled pitch about the end of the world, called “Nocturne,” for 20th Century Fox.
The story is based on an original idea about a group of people who survive the end of the world and the mystery surrounding how they got to that position. The studio is seeking writers for the project.
Wiseman is also attached to the adaptation of graphic novel “Shrapnel” and “Atlantis Rising” but does not have a go picture.
Jake Gyllenhaal Negotiates For “Source Code”
Jake Gyllenhaal is in negotiations for a role in sci-fi thriller “Source Code.”
The movie will be directed by David Bowie’s son Duncan Jones (”Moon”) from a script written by Ben Ripley (”The Watch”).
“Source Code” centers on a soldier who wakes up in the body of an unknown commuter and is forced to live and relive a harrowing train bombing until he can determine who is responsible for it.
Shooting should start in early 2010.
Gyllenhaal is currently filming Ed Zwick’s “Love and Other Drugs” and will next be seen in Jim Sheridan’s drama “Brothers” alongside Natalie Portman and Tobey Maguire and Disney’s “Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time.”
Jones is currently writing the screenplay of the upcoming film “Mute,” which he will also direct.
