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Showing posts with label Entertainment. Show all posts
Dec
20

"Django Unchained" premiere canceled after Newtown shooting

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The premiere for Quentin Tarantino's latest film "Django Unchained," a violent spaghetti Western slave revenge tale, was canceled on Monday in the wake of the school shooting in Connecticut last week, the film's studio said."Our thoughts and prayers go out to the families of the tragedy in Newtown, CT and in this time of national mourning we have decided to forgo our scheduled...
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"Hebrew Hammer" sequel profits from crowdfunding campaign

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LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - "The Hebrew Hammer vs. Hitler," the sequel to 2003's "The Hebrew Hammer," will begin filming next year, after an innovative crowdfunding campaign that's raised $35,000 on Jewcer.com, the filmmakers announced Tuesday.Adam Goldberg will return in the lead role, with principle photography expected to begin in May 2013.In the film, Goldberg's character, now married and enjoying...
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Joe Roth, Universal Reunite for "Daughter of Smoke & Bone"

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NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Joe Roth will produce Universal's "Daughter of Smoke & Bone," a potential young-adult franchise for the studio, it announced on Tuesday.Laini Taylor's fantasy novel, the first in a planned trilogy, follows a 17-year old art student in Prague who is raised by chimera, a type of otherworldly creature. Universal acquired the rights in December of 2011.It was one of Amazon.com's...
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"Bully" honored with "Stanley Kramer Award" from PGA

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LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - The Producers Guild of America will honor the documentary "Bully" with the 2013 Stanley Kramer Award at its January awards ceremony, the organization said Tuesday.Director Lee Hirsch and producer Cynthia Lowen will accept the award. "Bully" follows five high school students as they are subjected to taunts and ridicule and examines the impact their mistreatment has on their...
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Bron Studios finds "Sole Mates"

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LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Bron Studios is moving forward with its first CG animated feature film, "Sole Mates," the company announced on Tuesday.The film, an "animated journey of love, lost and found, with comedic charm and universal themes set in a familiar world from a new point of view," is due to go into production in 2013, based on an original concept by Deon Taylor ("Chain Letter").Bron managing...
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