Cruise & Stiller Are Still ‘Hardy Men’

Niall Browne — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:57:24 +0000

It’s been a while since we discussed the Tom Cruise/ Ben Stiller team-up for The Hardy Men, a big screen comedy about the infamous fictional teenage detectives The Hardy Boys.

However, director Shawn Levy is stating that the film is very much in active development and it looks like it is moving closer (albeit slowly) to the big screen.

The last news that we heard about the film, which is based on the series of Hard Boys novels penned by various authors under the pseudonym Franklin W. Dixon was that Men In Black scribe Ed Soloman was writing the script – but that was almost a year ago!

Levy has spoke to Starpulse about the film, and the issues which have slowed down its journey to cinema screens.

When Levy spoke to Starpulse about the film’s genesis he said:

“Yes, I saw ...

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Weekend Movie News Wrap Up: February 15th, 2009

Niall Browne — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 18:20:59 +0000

This week:

Friday the 13^th was lucky for some at the box office; The Hardy Men keeps moving; Russell joins Ford and Fraser; in Crowley; Kevin James goes to the Zoo; Ayer pens Deep Sea Cowboys and are you ready to Escape to Donegal?

Box Office

Friday the 13^th is unlucky for some, but very lucky for people with profit participation in the movie. The horror remake slashed its way through $42 million over the weekend. Not bad for a movie with a $19 million budget. Expect the sequel soon.

He’s Just Not That Into You held up well and banked another $19 million from Friday to Sunday. A $100 million final total seems likely.

Liam Neeson’s Taken continues to hold well grossing another $19 million. The century mark is coming up fast. Taken is now officially the sleeper hit of the year.

The terrible looking Confessions of a Shopaholic rang up $15 million at ...

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Cruise & Stiller Are Still ‘Hardy Men’

Weekend Movie News Wrap Up: February 15th, 2009