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‘Sex and the City’ Prequel With Blake Lively Being Considered

Sandy Schaefer — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 20:18:10 +0000

Did you think last year’s under-performing Sex and the City sequel (no pun intended) was the last you’d hear about the experiences of New York “working class” gal Carrie Bradshaw? Writer/director/producer Michael Patrick King has other plans and wants to adapt a prequel novel penned by original SATC author and columnist Candace Bushnell, titled Summer and the City.

King reportedly also has his sights set on Gossip Girl starlet Blake Lively to play a nineteen-year-old version of Miss Bradshaw in the prequel, which would take place long before the events of either the popular HBO TV series or the two feature film spin-offs.

Bushnell has understandably milked the Sex and the City name for all its worth, and last year published another bestseller that revolves around the experiences of an ...

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Movie News Wrap Up: June 7, 2010

Niall Browne — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 20:18:25 +0000

Box Office

Everyone thought that Shrek 4 would underperform. Mediocre reviews and audience fatigue seemed to indicate that the animated film wouldn’t be a huge hit. Sometimes everyone can be wrong. Shrek brought in another $25 million over the weekend, giving it a total box office take of $184 million. Next weekend it should cross $200 million. It’s still not as successful as the other films in the series, but considering that this is the fourth film in the franchise, it’s doing okay.

The opening for Get Him To The Greek was far from a tragedy after grossing $17.4 million on its debut weekend. The Forgetting Sarah Marshall spin-off starring Jonah Hill and Russell Brand should end its run with about $60 million if all goes well.

Katherine Heigl and Ashton Kutcher’s Killers had a soft debut with just ...

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DVD/Blu-ray Breakdown: April 6, 2010

Mike Eisenberg — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 17:22:04 +0000

In one of the weaker weeks of new releases in recent memory, Blu-ray is giving the world a few re-release treats. This week in “The Breakdown” we spotlight some old and new classics making their way to the specialized format and a couple of box office duds debuting on shelves.

It doesn’t get too much better next week, but getting the Lord of the Rings Trilogy on Blu-ray should leave you with plenty to watch until the next big release comes along. While the new releases this week are favored by some, they were financial nightmares, collecting less than $10 million combined at the box office. But who knows, some films have a fantastic shelf life after fairing poorly in theaters…

All of the following can be purchased on both DVD and Blu-ray ...

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Poster Friday: Clash of the Titans, Iron Man 2 & More!

Rob Keyes — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 06:48:31 +0000

Happy Friday everyone!

Last week we had our biggest Poster Friday collection ever (separated into two parts), but this week we’re back to our standard format and have again gathered the latest posters to come out for this week’s poster round-up.

Screen Rant’s wall this week now includes new one-sheets for Season of the Witch, The Wolfman, Avatar, The Lovely Bones, The Book of Eli, Sex and the City 2, Clash of the Titans, Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, Sherlock Holmes, Tron Legacy, Death at a Funeral, Edge of Darkness and Iron Man 2.

We also have a little bonus for ...

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Weekend Movie News Wrap Up: September 13, 2009

Niall Browne — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 19:36:51 +0000

It’s Sunday again and that means Wrap Up time.

This week:

Tyler Perry does Bad at the top of the box office; Timothy Dalton plays with Toys; Anton Yelchin gets some Beaver; Max Ryan gets involved in Sex and Eva Green and Ewan McGregor have the Last Word.

Box Office

I Can Do Bad All By Myself topped the box office with $25 million. While it’s not the best gross for a Tyler Perry opening it does show that he has an audience that shows up.

The Tim Burton-produced 9 had a better than expected debut with $15.5 million.

Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds was third with another $6.5 million. With a total gross of $104 million the film has now become Tarantino’s highest grossing film – unadjusted of course.

Sandra Bullock’s All About Steve was fourth with $5.8 million. The film’s cumulative gross currently stands at ...

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Movie News Wrap Up: April 6, 2009

Niall Browne — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 14:10:00 +0000

This week:

The box office is Furious; Jack Bauer leaves 24 for Joel Schumacher’s Twelve; Paul Weitz looks at Little Fockers; Rosemarie DeWitt and Chris Cooper are Company Men; Aaron Eckhart and Nicole Kidman stare into the Rabbit Hole; we make a date for Sex and The City 2 and Christian Bale and Mark Wahlberg are Prisoners.

Box office
Vin Diesel and Paul Walker raced into the number one position with Fast and Furious. The action sequel banked a massive $72 million over the weekend – showing that there is plenty of gas left in the Fast and Furious franchise. Maybe Vin Diesel will get those Riddick movies made after all.

Monster vs. Aliens dropped to second place but it still managed to gross $33 million giving the animated film a gross of over $100 million.

The Haunting in Connecticut took another $9.6 million bringing the total gross to a pretty decent $37 ...

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Men Say: No More Sex (In The City) Please!

Niall Browne — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 18:25:27 +0000

To some people (mostly men) the news that a Sex and the City sequel has been green-lit will be the worst news in a long time. For others (mostly women) it’ll be the most exciting thing that they write in their diaries for 2010.

So ladies and gentlemen prepared to be…ahem…Carried away again.

So just why did it take so long for a sequel to be given the go-ahead when the original grossed $415 million worldwide?

I’m going to say the reason is money.

Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis were all keen to make the first film after the series ended five years ago – but Cattrall held out for script approval and a salary equal to Parker’s.

Now, it took four years to reach agreement over that so nine months seems like a walk in the park. ...

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The Top 10 Summer 2008 Movies: It’s Been A Hell Of A Run!

Vic Holtreman — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 19:45:16 +0000

It’s almost September and that means that the big summer movie season of 2008 is finally over – but what a summer it’s been!

2008 delivered the kind of summer that superhero and action movie geeks dream of – this is the year that brought us three bonafide superhero movies: Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk and what was that third one… oh yeah: The Dark Knight.

We also had the chance to see the long awaited Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, the latest Pixar flick Wall-E, Will Smith as a superhero in Hancock, Angelina Jolie as an assassin in Wanted, Hellboy II: The Golden Army. To keep us laughing we had Tropic Thunder, The Pineapple Express (which I haven’t seen) and Get Smart.

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Holy Cow… Sex & The City Ticket Pre-Sales Are HUGE!

Vic Holtreman — Fri, 30 May 2008 00:49:53 +0000

I’m sure our regular readers may have noticed that there has been no coverage of the theatrical release of the Sex and the City movie here at Screen Rant.

That’s no accident.

I could not be less interested in a movie than I am in this one, but there’s some news that bears mentioning. According to the online movie ticket site (appropriately named) MovieTickets.com, pre-sales of tickets for the film are absolutely on fire, if you can believe it.

You’ve probably heard of the HBO Television series the movie is based on, about a group of attractive women living in New York City on a quest to find the perfect guy (or, as far as I know, any guy that’s hunky and will give them attention). I’ve never seen an episode of the show, and feel free ...

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