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Weekend Movie News Wrap Up: May 3, 2009

Niall Browne — Sun, 03 May 2009 22:43:10 +0000

This week:

Wolverine is Number 1! Keanu Reeves goes to Cartagena; Marcus Nispell captains The Last Voyage of Demeter; we learn about The Pale Horsemen; Jim Carrey likes The Beaver; Natalie Portman, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Rainn Wilson know Hesher and three more people jump into the Hot Tub Time Machine; And last but not least, The Road finally gets a new release date.

Box Office

Hugh Jackman proved that he’s still a draw as Wolverine as his X-Men franchise spin-off X-Men Origins: Wolverine clawed up somewhere in the region of $85-90 million over the weekend. The weekend take was pretty much in line with expectations, but the road ahead might be tricky as reviews weren’t particularly great so there might be a huge drop-off next weekend which is usual for this type of movie.

It looks like Jackman will be able to take Wolverine to Japan in the next installment of Wolverine and ...

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Mid-Week Movie News Wrap Up – Jan. 1, 2009

Niall Browne — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 21:49:25 +0000

2009 is finally here. It’s hard to believe that millennium fever was a decade ago – how time flies when you’re having fun! Don’t worry though, things may change… but Screen Rant delivers another Mid Week Movie News Wrap Up.

This week:

Thomas Jane is one of The Devil’s Commandos; Dennis Quaid is a Horseman; we make a date with the Basterds; Clive Owen visits Cartagena and Martin Scorsese spends some time under The Boardwalk. with Michael Pitt.

1. Fanboy favorite Thomas Jane will star in and direct Devil’s Commandos. The film will be written by comic book artist Tim Bradstreet and Todd Farmer (The Messengers). According to Farmer:

“Devil’s Commandos is about a WWII commando unit sent on a rescue mission. Pretty straight forward. Except for the part where hell opens up and they have to fight Satan’s army.”

I officially declare 2009 The Year of The Man On A Mission Movie.

Seriously though, ...

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