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Does Overture Have Enough Cash To Release ‘Let Me In’?

Kevin Jagernauth — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:42:00 +0000

Even though a trailer has been cut, posters been made and a Comic Con push in full swing, rumors are circulating that embattled indie house Overture are quietly shopping’ “Let Me In” to other distributors to try and partner for the still planned October 1st release. The film is a remake of the celebrated vampire flick “Let The Right One In,” stars Chloe Moretz (“Kick-Ass”), Kodi Smit-McPhee (“The Road”), Richard Jenkins and is directed by Matt Reeves (“Cloverfield”).

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Weekend Box Office- No One Gives A Shit About ‘A Christmas Carol’ In November

Gabe Toro — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:21:00 +0000

Well, ok, that’s quite the misleading headline, no? Some people cared. More than ten. Less than twenty. Needless to say, “A Christmas Carol” was not the knockout punch Disney was expecting, its numbers coming in way below the $40 million predictions, but this is still Robert Zemeckis‘ biggest mo-cap opener to date. His other holiday bonanza “The Polar Express” did $23 million in its opening frame and went on to do $180 by playing throughout the holiday season, so can “Christmas Carol,” with its soul-defeating ugliness and ludicrous pratfalls, do the same?

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New Trailer: Michael Moore’s Tries To Sell ‘Capitalism: A Love Story’ Every Which Way Possible

Rodrigo Perez — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 22:29:00 +0000

CNN has a new trailer for Michael Moore’s forthcoming economy documentary, “Capitalism: A Love Story,” which, as we noted last week, now comes with an updated September 23 release date (perhaps they didn’t want to face off against Martin Scorsese’s “Shutter Island” which they were up against when the date was October 2).

“It’s a crime story,” Moore told EW in their fall preview issue (again, not online yet). “But it’s also a war story — about class warfare.

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