This Friday, August 24th, 2012, the new movies out include cast with Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Tom Felton, James Marsden, Liv Tyler and ON WEDNESDAY, Kristen Bell and Bradley Cooper show up in a mid-week release. (Oh, that’s today!)
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Last weekend The Expendables 2 pulled in just under $29M, The Bourne Legacy, with movie-goers giving the finger to bad reviews, saw another $17M, adding to it’s $70M gross and ParaNorman pulled in $14M.
The Dark Knight Rises added $11M to it’s $410M domestic gross and the Total Recall remake is fading, having pulled in just under $4M last weekend.
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Keep your eyes out for a Jaws re-release to theaters, celebrating the Blu-ray release.
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This week, Hit & Run opens on Wednesday, starring Kristen Bell, Parenthood‘s Dax Shepard, Bradley Cooper, Tom Arnold, Michael Rosenbaum and more star in this movie directed by David Palmer and cast member Dax Shepard (Who also wrote the screenplay.)
“Former getaway driver Charlie Bronson jeopardizes his Witness Protection Plan identity in order to help his girlfriend get to Los Angeles. The feds and Charlie’s former gang chase them on the road.”
There are already almost 400 votes on IMDb, with a score of 6.
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Premium Rush stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Dania Ramirez in a movie about a
“Manhattan, a bike messenger who picks up an envelope that attracts the interest of a dirty cop, who pursues the cyclist throughout the city.”
It’d written/directed by David Koepp (Angels & Demons, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, War of the Worlds, Spider-Man).
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The Apparition promises to scare us all, if that’s what you like. The cast includes Ashley Greene, Sebastian Stan & Tom Felton.
“A couple are haunted by a supernatural presence that is unleashed during a college experiment.“ Ya gotta love college experiments!
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Robot & Frank looks interesting. It comes from a smaller studio (Stage 6 Films) and on IMDb, already has a score of 7.2 from over 30 votes.
Starring Frank Langella, James Marsden, Liv Tyler, Susan Sarandon, Peter Sarsgaard and Jeremy Strong.
“Set in the near future, an ex-jewel thief receives a gift from his son: a robot butler programmed to look after him. But soon the two companions try their luck as a heist team.”
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James Belushi as a new film coming out called Thunderstruck. A family category movie, it’s about
“A basketball star switches talent with a klutzy 16-year-old fan.”
In it we’ll see folks like William Ragsdale, Kevin Durant (as himself) and a few others.
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Here’s a quick Production Status update on some select movies
Development
· Fifty Shades of Grey
· Captain America: The Winter Soldier
· The Avengers 2 (just landed in the devel stage)
· Jurassic Park IV
· Avatar 2
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Pre-production
· The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
· X-Men: Days of Future Past (just started pre-pro)
· The Hangover Part III
· RoboCop
· Scary Movie 5
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Filming
· Iron Man 3
· The Fast and the Furious 6
· Thor: The Dark World
· A Good Day to Die Hard
· The Wolverine
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Post-production
· Man of Steel
· The Last Stand
· The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
· Resident Evil: Retribution
· Skyfall
· Paranormal Activity 4 just hit post production
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Completed
· Red Dawn
· The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2
· Taken 2
· The Perks of Being a Wallflower
· Cloud Atlas
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About Bruce Simmons
I've been writing newsletters since 1999. Of late, I've been focusing on the entertainment consumer angle on mostly the sci-fi, fantasy and action genres of TV, movies and books.
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