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/Film (Free subscription) | yesterday
Today, MTV Films has slapped Slashfilm in the face, on both coasts. Firstly, over in San Diego their screaming (nicely paid') Twilight fans—who are being compared to “Beatlemania” on Twitter—practically turned Peter Sciretta into H.W. Plainview aka Peter /SilentFilms. And today from New York, they transmitted a message into the air via little lightning bolts [...]
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Gawker (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
As all good things must eventually be ruined, MTV Films is planning a remake of cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show. They are, at least, using the original script. [Showbiz Spy]
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Screenhead (Free subscription) | 06/24/2008
Films based on bands almost never work out, and it seems that The Motley Crue’s biopic Dirt is also one of them. Announced back in 2006, the band talked of plans with MTV Films and Paramount Pictures to produce a biopic based on their best-selling autobiography The Dirt co-written with Neil Strauss. The film, [...]
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The Allmusic Blog (Free subscription) | 06/23/2008
Is Steve Lillywhite gearing up to produce Phish’s reunion album? [Jamtopia.com] Motley Crüe fans will have to wait awhile longer for a film adaptation of The Dirt, the band’s R-rated autobiography. Nikki Sixx apparently wants MTV Films out of the picture, which could shelve the project indefinitely. [Billboard.com] The Ivy League grads in Vampire Weekend have a released [...]
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PR-Inside.com Entertainment News (Free subscription) | 06/20/2008
Rockers MOTLEY CRUE are looking for a new company to produce a film based on their best-selling autobiography DIRT - after the band severed ties with music channel MTV following several delays to the project. The band originally signed up with MTV Films and Paramount to make the movie, which will focus on the group’s rise [...]
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lalate news (Free subscription) | 06/20/2008
Motley Crew is blasting MTV as being “unhip” and making dirt of its planned movie “The Dirt”. Now, Motley Crew says it wants MTV OUT of its “The Dirt” movie, days before the premiere of “Saints of Los Angeles”. Reportedly, in 2006 the rockers signed a deal with MTV Films/Paramount to produce a film based upon [...]
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Idol Chatter (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
For all you "Twilight" series fans (whether or not you prefer Edward or Jacob), if you haven't seen it already, the first trailer for the movie from MTV films just released this week. Check it out here. As Time Magazine...
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ChatzWorld - A World of Chat (Free subscription) | 04/16/2008
Empire Online got a chance to talk to M. Night Shyamalan about his planned adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender at Paramount's MTV Films and Nick Movies. Shyamalan is set to write, direct and produce the live-action film.
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ComingSoon.net (Free subscription) | 04/15/2008
Empire Online got a chance to talk to M. Night Shyamalan about his planned adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender at Paramount's MTV Films and Nick Movies. Shyamalan is set to write, direct and produce the live-action film.
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ChatzWorld - A World of Chat (Free subscription) | 04/15/2008
Empire Online got a chance to talk to M. Night Shyamalan about his planned adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender at Paramount's MTV Films and Nick Movies. Shyamalan is set to write, direct and produce the live-action film.
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TheOtherSideofKim Front Page (Free subscription) | 03/31/2008
Here’s a chuckle for you. In an article about movie box-office grosses [sic], we read this beauty:Friday’s No. 7 Stop-Loss fell a spot to 8th after it opened to only $1.7 million Friday and Saturday from a limited 1,291 plays. It eked out a $4.6M weekend. Although the drama from MTV Films was the best-reviewed movie opening this weekend, Paramount wasn’t expecting much because no Iraq war-themed movie...
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Consul-At-Arms (Free subscription) | 03/30/2008
Lemuel Calhoun at Hillbilly White Trash ("Commenting about politics, religion, firearms, food, Celtic music, beer, science fiction and the Asheville Vortex. Home of the Hillbilly Ecosystem.") skewers another clueless movie review. Money quote(s): ""Although the drama from MTV Films was the best-reviewed movie opening this weekend, Paramount wasn't expecting much because no Iraq war-themed movie
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Winds of Change.NET (Free subscription) | 03/29/2008
Posted without comment from Nikki Finke ): I'm told #7 Stop-Loss opened to only $1.6 million Friday from just 1,291 plays and should eke out $4+M. Although the drama from MTV Films was the best-reviewed movie opening this weekend, Paramount wasn't expecting much because no Iraq war-themed movie has yet to perform at the box office. "It's not looking good," a studio source told me before the weekend....
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Patterico's Pontifications (Free subscription) | 03/29/2008
[Guest post by DRJ] From DeadlineHollywood, the box office numbers are in and the latest Hollywood war movie has not done well: “I’m told #7 Stop-Loss opened to only $1.6 million Friday from just 1,291 plays and should eke out $4+M. Although the drama from MTV Films was the best-reviewed movie opening this weekend, Paramount wasn’t expecting [...]
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RightWingBob.com (Free subscription) | 03/29/2008
The newly opened film “Stop Loss” is described by box-office watchers as “dead on arrival.” Although the drama from MTV Films was the best-reviewed movie opening this weekend, Paramount wasn’t expecting much because no Iraq war-themed movie has yet to perform at the box office. “It’s not looking good,” a studio source told me before [...]
