Dimension first premiered the teaser trailer for Piranha 3D attached to Daybreakers last January — and you may have seen it attached to other 3D features — but the studio never officially debuted it online. Well, now the wait is finally over. Click over the jump to watch the trailer.
Avatar had another remarkable weekend for 20th Century Fox. The 3D sci-fi epic from director James Cameron pulled in an extraordinary $75,617,183. That’s a new record for a second weekend and down just 1.8% from the weekend prior ($77.025 million).Avatar grossed $23,095,046 on Friday, grew 10.8% on Saturday to $28,274,406 (a new best for the film) and had a better than expected Sunday hold — -14.2% — to $24,247,681. Domestic cume stands at $212,711,184.
It did impressively overseas as well, adding another $152 million (down just 7.6%) and pushing its overseas total to $410,864,537 ($623,575,721 worldwide).
The second place finisher for the weekend was Sherlock Holmes, which beat expectations with a solid $62.304 million from 3,626 theaters, while Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel rounded out the top three with a very respectable $48.875 from 3,700 theaters.
The Weinstein Company has released the second trailer for Rob Marshall’s Nine. The new trailer features the song “Cinema Italiano” perfomed by Kate Hudson’s character. Head on over the jump to watch the trailer.
Nine hits theaters on December 18, 2009 — in limited release (New York and LA) — before expanding nationwide on December 25th. Continue reading Nine Movie Trailer #2
Dimension Films has released the second theatrical trailer for director John Hillcoat’s adaptation of the Cormac McCarthy novel The Road. Head on over the jump to check it out.
Their movie may not have finished in first place this weekend, but The Weinstein Company have already announced that they are moving forward with a new film in the Halloween franchise, and this one will be in 3-D:
The independent studio’s co-Chairman Bob Weinstein said today that the 3-D sequel, titled, appropriately […]
Those expecting a radically different version of Quentin Tarantino’s WWII epic Inglourious Basterds from what was shown at the Cannes Film Festival will be disappointed. The final version of the film is just one minute longer than what was presented at Cannes.
“The movie is actually a minute longer, in running time, than it was in Cannes. It was 2:28, without end credits, and now it’s 2:29, or 2:32 with end credits,” he told DealMemo.
“I added a sequence between where Mike Myers and Michael Fassbender discuss Operation Kino [the plot to blow up a theater as Joseph Goebbels and other Nazi brass watch a film], and the shootout scene in the basement tavern La Louisiane. In Cannes, we went from one to the other. I’d shot another scene, right before that, where Fassbender meets The Basterds, before they go to La Louisiane. That’s back.”
Another scene was re-inserted, which Tarantino calls a “laugh-out-loud funny moment that introduces Goebbels’s French translator, and cuts to a scene where she and Hitler’s minister of propaganda are having raucous sex.” Other than a few cuts here and there to amp up the pace, there are no major changes. Continue reading Inglourious Basterds Final Cut Will Run 1 Minute Longer Than Cannes Version
The second movie trailer for Quentin Tarantino’s upcoming WWII epic Inglourious Basterds, based on the 1978 Italian war movie by Enzo G. Castellari, has been released. Check it out after the jump.
Badtaste.it has a new Italian movie poster for Quentin Tarantino’s upcoming WWII epic Inglourious Basterds. Check out the poster in full after the jump.
MTV has released a brand new photo from Rob Zombie’s upcoming horror film Halloween 2. Click the photo above to head on over to MTV to see it in higher resolution.
/Film has a rundown of several of the Pixar “easter eggs” hidden in their various films, including several possible ones for Up. Photo courtesy /Film.
Fox has released the following video of Fringe executive producer Jeff Pinkner discussing the final scene from Tuesday’s season finale.
Meanwhile, Fox has decided to discontinue its year-old strategy of airing fewer advertisements at higher prices. Fringe was one of those shows, so next season’s episodes likely won’t run as long. [WSJ]
The History Channel has announced their most extensive programming slate in its history, including a 12-part epic called America: The Story of Us chronicling the history of the United States from the pilgrims through to President Obama. Other new shows/events include Nostradamus Effect and MysteryQuest. [Variety]
On the strength of several exciting 7-game series, Versus has seen its NHL playoff numbers increase 18% in total viewers and 26% in men 18-49. Last week’s game three between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Washington Capitals registered a record-high 1.49 million viewers for the network, making it the most-watched second-round hockey game since 2002 (when ESPN had the NHL rights). [Variety]