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‘Youth In Revolt’ Has No Release Date – Has The Weinstein Company Run Out Of Money?

Gabe Toro — Fri, 22 May 2009 11:42:00 +0000

Sharon Waxman over at The Wrap has written another doomsday piece about the Weinstein Company, the type that were pretty prevalent last year when “The Reader” was threatening to be a nonstarter. Essentially, there are whispers that the Weinsteins have run through their entire $1.2 billion loan given to them at the start of their company, without a single real hit movie to show for it. Rumors suggest it’s gotten so bad that the company, currently debuting their pricey co-production at Cannes “Inglorious Basterds,” might not have enough capital to promote and release the shelved Michael Cera comedy “Youth In Revolt.”

Are these predictions premature?

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Shortcuts: ‘Batman 3’ Slated For 2011? Spieberg’s ‘Tintin’ Gets Terribly Fey Title; Cast, Mickey Rourke To Appear At Wrestlemania

Rodrigo Perez — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 22:32:00 +0000

Batman producer Michael Uslan says 2011 will be the release year for the sequel to “The Dark Knight.” Now all they need is an idea, a script, some actors to play the villains and the if/when consent of director Christopher Nolan. If Nolan somehow decides to do something else, WB will surely go on without him, the franchise is too big a franchise not to, but if they do, let’s hope they keep on the original cast (who we believe are locked in by contract anyhow), and don’t fuck it up like the previous franchise.

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Despite Once Expressing Zero Interest, Rob Zombie Will Direct ‘Halloween’ Reboot Sequel

Rodrigo Perez — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:55:00 +0000

Despite his insistent claims that he would have nothing to do with a “Halloween” sequel – we wish we could find a handy quote, but at various times after the original he expressed vehement zero interest – director/musician Rob Zombie is now back for the “Halloween” sequel.

According to Variety, Zombie will direct what is being called, “H2,” the follow-up to his 2007 reboot of the John Carpenter classic.

The film is being done for Dimension films and Zombie once signed a two-picture deal with them, so we kind of don’t doubt, he owes them a picture and this is probably not his first choice, but that’s just speculation.

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