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‘Ripley’s Believe It Or Not’ Movie Being Revived

Sandy Schaefer — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 14:53:52 +0000

The exploits of early 20th century newspaper cartoonist-turned-amateur anthropologist, Robert LeRoy Ripley, offer ample fodder for a film adaptation. Paramount once had such a movie in the works, titled Ripley’s Believe It Or Not, set to be directed by Tim Burton – but that $175 million production infamously collapsed over three years ago.

Now the studio is reviving the real-life-is-stranger-than-fiction project and has recruited Oscar-winner Eric Roth (Forrest Gump) to rework the original script by Scott Alexander and Larry Kraszewski (Burton’s Ed Wood and the Andy Kaufman biopic, Man on the Moon).

Back in 2007, Ripley’s Believe It Or Not had been greenlit and was gearing up for production when its leading man, Jim Carrey – who, coincidentally, was also the star of Man on the Moon – approached Burton with some ideas to ...

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Weekend Movie News Wrap Up: October 26, 2008

Niall Browne — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 16:47:35 +0000

This week:

The A-Team doesn’t come together; Ripley’s Believe it or Not gets a director; Steven Soderbergh has Cleopatra coming at ya; Crispin Glover teams with Tim Burton and McG gets into the spy business with Dead Spy Running .

Box Office

The world economy may be in crisis, but the box office is still going strong. Claiming the number one spot with ease is High School Musical 3. It’s no surprise really considering the built in audience and the amazing number of tickets that were booked in advance by Effronettes. The tween musical should bank about $50 million by Monday morning.

Saw V claimed the runner-up position with a $30 million gross. It’s amazing that people still come back to this franchise. I have to say that I haven’t watched any of the films past the original. With Halloween on the way, this should hold up next weekend, then drop like a ...

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