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Twilight’s ‘Breaking Dawn’ To Be Split Into Two Movies?
1 December 2009 9:13 AM, PST | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
It looks like the The Twilight Saga franchise is taking a leaf out of Harry Potter’s book and splitting into two films. Variety is reporting that studio Summit Entertainment is considering splitting the fourth and last installment of the franchise, Breaking Dawn, into two movies – much like the Harry Potter franchise is doing with its last film, Deathly Hallows.
Sources are saying that the furthest Summit has gone with developing Breaking Dawn is getting Melissa Rosenberg to write the script after writing the first three. Of course, splitting the fourth film into two parts would mean Summit toppers, Rob Friedman and Patrick Wachsberger, having to cut bigger checks (particularly for stars Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson) – and there’s also the question of whether or not New Moon director, Chris Weitz, will react favorably to overtures from the company and the cast to return and shoot two films back-to-back. »
- Ross Miller
Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Getting Two Movies?
1 December 2009 5:32 AM, PST | FilmShaft.com | See recent FilmShaft.com news »
While the idea that The Twilight Saga: Beaking Dawn would be split into two movies is not a new idea by any stretch of the imagination, it does have a certain relevance now. After two successful week’s dominating the worldwide box office, The Twilight Saga: New Moon is making the execs at Summit Entertainmentvery rich indeed, and of course with the exception of that faux statement issued several months ago, an announcement has still to be made over the fate of the fourth story in the series.
According to Variety, Summit are currently looking at this very issue, and given the success of part 2 who can blame them for trying to milk a fifth film out of this series?
Summit execs would not comment, but multiple sources said that the film company wants to go the two-film route, which means re-opening negotiations and getting approval from the author. It »
- Craig Sharp
Top 10 flops of the 00's
30 November 2009 | Cineman.ch/en | See recent Cineman.ch/en news »
With the decade coming to a close at the end of the year, it's time to take stock. Here is a list of the biggest financial flops of 2000's first decade. #10: 2008's "The Spirit". With a price tag of $60 million, graphic novelist Frank Miller's movie took in barely a third of that, despite a fabulous cast that included Eva Mendes, Scarlett Johansson and Spain's Paz Vega. #9: The ambitious but too-pointed 1970¹s B-movie homage "Grindhouse". The movie made only $25 million but cost $67 million, which tainted maker Quentin Tarantino a loser in 2007. Meanwhile, America's enfant terrible has redeemed himself with "Inglourious Basterds". #9: The remake of the 1970's classic, "Rollerball", released in 2002. $70 million price tag, $19 million in sales. The failure seems to have tanked the career of formerly success director John McTiernan, who later got 4 months for lying to the FBI in the Anthony Pellicano affair. #7: "The Invasion »
- Constantin Xenakis (Cineman)
Birthday Suits, An Oscar For Ed!
28 November 2009 6:20 AM, PST | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
Each day we're celebriting the birth of various cinematic persons. Can someone in Hollywood please give their Oscar to Ed Harris today? I mean, my god how long does he have to wait for that damn thing? The rest of today's Sagittarians are less easy to shop for. What could we give Jon Stewart, for example, that he doesn't already have?
Ed, Laura and Jon
1896 Lilia Skala, Oscar nominated actress (Lilies of the Field)
1923 Gloria Grahame, Oscar winner (The Bad the Beautiful)
933 Hope Lange, Oscar nominated actress (Peyton Place, The Young Lions, Death Wish)
1941 Laura Antonelli, Italian actress, sex symbol
1946 Joe Dante He'll always have Gremlins, such a great 80s picture.
1949 Alexander Godunov, like Baryshnikov, he was a Russian ballet star who defected to America and co-starred in movies. It didn't go quite as well. He never achieved anything close to Misha's level of fame though he made for a memorable screen presence (Witness, »
- NATHANIEL R
New Moon Director’s Response To Reviews: “Some people don’t get it”
26 November 2009 12:32 PM, PST | FilmShaft.com | See recent FilmShaft.com news »
I’m assuming that Chris Weitz isn’t talking about our reviews for The Twilight Saga: New Moon (which, incidentally can be found here and here). However, the New Moon and “The Golden Compass” director has indeed addressed the negative reviews for his sharp-fanged flick which have swamped the net since the movie’s release on 20th November.
Talking to Entertainment Weekly, Weitz had a very simply explanation for why certain critics were not taken with Edward, Bella and co:
The tracking numbers were enough to indicate that I wouldn’t be letting the studio down. But if one could imagine their biggest fears, it would be complete rejection of the movie, by the fans. What I’ve realized over the last week is I won’t necessarily get good reviews for this movie. Having swallowed that, this was made for the fans, and if you don’t get it, »
- Craig Sharp
'New Moon' director Chris Weitz: 'This was made for the fans'
24 November 2009 1:00 PM, PST | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
Chris Weitz just joined the ranks of a very select group of directors such as Chris Nolan and Sam Raimi who have opened their films above the $100 million mark. The news is sweet revenge for a man who had his last film The Golden Compass complete re-cut by his previous studio bosses. Check out our Q&A with Weitz where he reveals his favorite cast moments and how he's dealt with the fan adoration and the paparazzi intrusion. Entertainment Weekly: What was your biggest fear going into weekend? Chris Weitz: I didn’t have any particular fears. The tracking »
- Nicole Sperling
Check Out The Wolf Pack – New Moon Stills
24 November 2009 11:57 AM, PST | FilmShaft.com | See recent FilmShaft.com news »
For those of you who have yet to see this year’s most talked about film – The Twilight Saga: New Moon, how about a few new film stills to beat those Winter blues? Courtesy of MTV, the new images feature a much closer look at Taylor Lautner and the rest of The Wolf Pack in canine form.
As well as the new VFX shots below, MTV were also lucky enough to talk to the man responsible for our furry friends, along with some of the industry’s most groundbreaking films including “Star Wars” and “Jurassic Park,” visual-effects maestro Phil Tippett:
MTV: You worked on Chris Weitz’s “The Golden Compass.” So, did he just call you up and ask you to do “New Moon” as well?
Tippett: No, actually we didn’t deal with Chris that much. We were involved in “The Golden Compass,” then everything came our way »
- Craig Sharp
The Blog Saga: New Link
24 November 2009 7:00 AM, PST | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
Movies Kick Ass deconstructs yet another photoshop casualty (i.e. movie poster), this one for Nine . My thoughts on that film will hopefully be up later today... time is a tough taskmaster.
Cinema Styles looks forward to Luise Rainer's 100th birthday in January. We should all be celebrating! Especially since she'll (god willing) still be alive for it. She was Oscar's very first two-time acting winner... beating Spencer Tracy to the title by one year.
Topless Robot Batman's TV villains who should make the leap to the screen
Scanners (sarcastically) hates on ambiguous movie endings
Empire keeps track of Thor's ever expanding cast list so you don't have to. The only person this chart is missing (as far as I know) is Kat Dennings (Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist)
In Contention looks at the Adapted Screenplay Oscar race
Noh Way expresses photographic love for director/muse duos beyond Pedro & Penélope
Sexiest Men Alive? »
- NATHANIEL R
'New Moon' Director Signs Up for 'The Gardener'
23 November 2009 1:38 PM, PST | GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news »
Not surprisingly, New Moon director Chris Weitz is going right back to work for Summit on his follow-up, The Gardener. "There are no werewolves or vampires, just a Mexican gardener in Los Angeles," Weitz told Variety, thereby stripping a cozy $120 million away from his opening weekend.
The film is about the life of an immigrant and his son who live in Los Angeles, written by Eric Eason. I don't know how closely it will mirror 2007's La Misma Luna, but that's an excellent film on the same subject.
Weitz also took the time to refute claims that The Gardener would be his last film, that he was planning on leaving that side of the industry after the treatment he received from New Line while making The Golden Compass. Weitz says he has no plans to stop directing but did acknowledge how rough the Compass experience was, claiming that the film »
- Colin Boyd
'New Moon' director Chris Weitz Not Retiring
23 November 2009 11:42 AM, PST | Fandango | See recent Fandango news »
Twi-hards, you can breathe a sigh of relief. New Moon director Chris Weitz isn't leaving the world of cinema just yet. Rumors that he's retiring after directing The Gardener hit the mill last week with an interview with Moviemaker Magazine. In his recent interview with Variety, he dispelled those rumors, saying his New Moon experience "reinvigorated" him after the rough treatment he got from The Golden Compass. "This was a wonderful experience by comparison. I got to work with terrific young actors at the top of their game, and see Taylor Lautner perform so well." That's awesome news for the Twi-verse, since its legion of fans that saw the film over the record-breaking weekend liked it so much they went back for multiple viewings! Sure, we can see...
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Box Office: Fangirls Fuel A Record Breaking Weekend For ‘New Moon’
23 November 2009 8:00 AM, PST | The Flickcast | See recent The Flickcast news »
Last week I mentally predicted that New Moon would come in around the $80 Million mark. Obviously, there is a reason that I am not in the business of box office predictions. New Moon grossed over $140 Million during its opening weekend, and broke a few records along the way. Fangirls (and a few fanboys) showed that they are an emerging force to be reckoned with, as New Moon ($72.7 Million) broke the opening day record previously held by The Dark Knight ($67.2 Million.)
According to Entertainment Weekly, over 80% of the ticket sales were from women, a truly rare occurrence. Although the film was critically drummed, (currently 29% on Rotten Tomatoes) audiences gave it an A- cinemascore, indicating that they were very happy with the film. The film opened on a massive 4,000+ screens, and averaged over $34,900 per screen. There was a drop off from Friday to Saturday of about 40%.
Also of note: New Moon now »
- Shannon Hood
Chris Weitz Blames New Line For 'The Golden Compass' -- Do You?
23 November 2009 7:33 AM, PST | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
Now rolling in New Moon millions, Chris Weitz is being more open about his troubles with New Line and The Golden Compass, a film that sank one studio and sent him into a tailspin. Rumors abounded as to what went wrong on that film, and as recently as last week, New York's Page Six was claiming that residual stress was causing him to leave the industry.
Weitz denied any such thing to Variety, and announced he was leaving the world of the supernatural behind with his next film, The Gardener. The film centers around a hard working Mexican gardener and his efforts to protect his son, and Weitz will be making it alongside his new best friends forever, Summit Entertainment. His new friendship enabled him to take a parting shot at New Line. Weitz praises Summit and Stephenie Meyer for trusting him with New Moon, an experience that was the »
- Elisabeth Rappe
New Moon Director Plants Seed for ‘The Gardener’
23 November 2009 6:42 AM, PST | ReelLoop.com | See recent Reel Loop news »
Less than a week ago, New Moon director Chris Weitz was talking about throwing in the towel in his directing career, likely after an unfriendly experience working on the glittery vampire flick and The Golden Compass. Now that the film has made more than $250 million worldwide already, he’s changed his tune and seems to be talking up more projects.
Chiefly among these projects is The Gardener, a script he co-wrote with Eric Eason that he wants to produce through rapidly expanding label Summit Entertainment. Variety is fairly skimpy on script details, but does give a bland summarization: “the picture is about a hard-working immigrant who lives in Los Angeles and his efforts to protect his son … ‘there are no werewolves or vampires, just a Mexican gardener in Los Angeles,’ Weitz said.” No kidding!
Weitz wants to begin filming in March or April 2010, which could very feasibly happen considering the »
- John Cooper
'New Moon' Wolf Pack: How The Characters Came To Life
23 November 2009 12:49 AM, PST | MTV Movie News | See recent MTV Movie News news »
'It gets a lot more tricky to make them digital, yet photographically representational,' visual-effects master Phil Tippett says.
Photo: Summit Entertainment
From "Star Wars" to "Indiana Jones" to "Jurassic Park," visual-effects maestro Phil Tippett has had a hand in some of the greatest movies of the past 30 years. This past weekend, if the wolves of the record-setting blockbuster "New Moon" thrilled you, then you have him to thank.
In an exclusive interview with MTV, the owner of Tippett Studio was eager to chat about making the wolf pack come to life, the intensive research that had his computer artists hanging out with the real thing, and why trips to the "New Moon" set often became a hairy proposition.
Brand-New Special Effects Shots From "New Moon"
MTV: Congratulations, Phil, the fans seem pretty pleased with the movie so far.
Phil Tippett: I suppose so; I'm not quite one of that ilk. »
New Moon Director Chris Weitz Taking On The Gardener, Not Retiring, Bad Mouths New Line for Golden Compass
23 November 2009 12:21 AM, PST | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
With New Moon ruling the box office this weekend, director Chris Weitz must be glad to put the failure of The Golden Compass behind him. In fact, he admitted as much in Variety's announcement of his next project, The Gardener. He didn't hold back at all on trash talking New Line, just check out some of the quotes after the break. Weitz also made it clear that he's not retiring after this next project. First, The Gardener: The film looks decidedly simpler in scope than his recent projects. It's the story of a Mexican immigrant living in La and his efforts to protect his son. Weitz co-wrote the script along with Eric Eason (Manito). About A Boy showed Weitz had a knack for small-scale dramas, so I'm hoping this film ends up similarly good. As for Newline and The Golden Compass, he mentioned that the studio took the film away »
- Devindra Hardawar
Director Chris Weitz Following New Moon with The Gardener
22 November 2009 11:27 PM, PST | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »
"There are no werewolves or vampires, just a Mexican gardener in Los Angeles." Variety reports tonight that director Chris Weitz will be following up The Twilight Saga: New Moon with a new drama called The Gardener. Before jumping into the world of vampires, Weitz directed The Golden Compass and About a Boy previously. He's had a rough career so far (dealing with these last two films), but hopefully this project will allow him to settle down once again. Summit Entertainment, who released Twilight, is developing The Gardener with Weitz from a screenplay written by Eric Eason (Manito). From vampires to just a gardener? The Gardener is apparently just a story about a hard-working immigrant who lives in Los Angeles and his efforts to protect his son. Is there something more to this? Because it sounds like it could be a modern hybrid of Michael Douglas' Falling Down and Liam Neeson's Taken, »
- Alex Billington
Chris Weitz Will Direct The Gardener
22 November 2009 11:27 PM, PST | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »
Chris Weitz, riding high on the mammoth success of New Moon, certainly can't be accused of resting on his laurels. No sooner had the printer ink dried on his record-breaking box-office take for the Twilight sequel than he was sat straight back down again in the deal-making chair at the films' studio, Summit Entertainment, where he was signing on the dotted line for his next project, The Gardener. And sorry to disappoint you Twi-hards, but there's nary a mopey supernatural teen in sight. This will mark a considerable change of pace from Weitz's last two films (before New Moon, he was put through the ringer on visual effects Oscar-winning The Golden Compass), involving as it does... well, a gardener. A Mexican gardener, to be specific, who according to Variety, lives in Los Angeles and takes measures to protect his son. At this point we don't even know if this is a thriller, »
New Moon Director Chris Weitz is Hiring The Gardener
22 November 2009 10:43 PM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Right on the heels of rumors of his retirement, New Moon director Chris Weitz has announced he will be teaming up with Summit Entertainment again to make The Gardener. The film is about a Los Angeles immigrant trying to protect his son, and it begins production early next year. More information on the brand new Chris Weitz project after the jump.
In a recent interview, Chris Weitz told MovieMaker Magazine that directing is “a rather silly occupation to undertake.” Well, this silly occupation just scored a $258M international opening weekend box office for Summit Entertainment with New Moon, so I’m sure it doesn’t look too silly to them. Weitz previously worked with New Line on The Golden Compass, which he recalls as a bad experience (I saw the film–it was a bad experience for the audience too).
But instead of pushing forward with the Twilight series and »
- Michael Sullivan
Summit Reinvigorates Weitz Into Making More Films
22 November 2009 10:05 PM, PST | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
Two weeks ago, I got to talk with Melissa Rosenberg, the screenwriter beyond Twilight and New Moon who had a lot of positive things to say about Summit and the way they do business. Apparently they make movies instead of talk about making them, give their talent a lot of room to grow, and offer freedoms that most other studios don't. Which probably explains why they are growing (even if most of that growth comes on the backs of a brooding vampire and his anti-feminist love interest). But Neil Miller will be glad to know that Chris Weitz, director of New Moon, has decided not to quit filmmaking and instead, according to Variety, will be making more movies after his next with Summit. In that next project, he'll be tackling the story of an immigrant worker trying to raise a son with Gardner. The money quote here: There are no werewolves or vampires, just »
- Dr. Cole Abaius
Chris Weitz to Direct The Gardener
22 November 2009 5:58 PM, PST | movies.about.com | See recent movies.about.com news »
Reports of New Moon director Chris Weitz' retirement from directing are premature, according to Variety. Weitz recently gave an interview with MovieMaker in which he said, among other things, that he thought he might have just one more movie in him. Weitz has since told Variety that he's learned he should never answer questions about his future when he's exhausted from just having finished a film. Weitz still has bitter feelings about his treatment by New Line over the editing of The Golden Compass, and that - and being exhausted - prompted him to make the statement about leaving directing behind.
"I was treated badly, it was almost like they never read the books," said Weitz in an interview with Variety. "They seemed frightened of offending the right. This [New Moon] was a wonderful experience by comparison. I got to work with terrific young actors at the top of their game, »
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