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Not much room left for ‘Savages,’ ‘Part of Me’ to break through
‘Spider-Man’ set to climb to the top
LOS ANGELES, July 6, (RTRS): That’s a good start for a movie that Johnson, Blake Lively and Taylor nitely being aggressive with its On the bright side, the Now, Sony hopes it will amaze
“The Amazing Spider-Man” has cost $230 million to produce and, Kitsch, the hunky actor still reeling marketing, but there’s too much Paramount Insurge production did twice more. On the film’s
cast quite a web over the North like “Batman Begins,” had to from the twin disappointments of overlap with the audience for not represent a huge risk for the Facebook fan page, the studio con-
American box office, and there’s ensnare audiences with a fresh “John Carter” and “Battleship.” ‘Spider-Man’ and ‘Ted.’” studio, costing a mere $12 million firmed that the new “Spider-Man”
not much room left for poor Katy approach to a familiar franchise. “Savages” has received decent As for the former Mrs Russell to produce. In addition to its is the first in a trilogy.
Perry and Oliver Stone to break In a summer season that has suf- reviews and a 63 percent “fresh” Brand, “Katy Perry: Part of Me” is domestic debut, “Katy Perry: Part “It’s finally here,” the post,
through. fered from something of a tentpole rating on critics aggregator Rotten unlikely to match the success of of Me” is also bowing in the UK, which appeared in more than 1.7
The pop singer and the provoca- bottleneck, “Spider-Man”’s suc- Tomatoes, but the violent, halluci- “Justin Bieber: Never Say Never,” Australia and New Zealand this million newsfeeds Monday,
teur are facing the unenviable task cess is bad news for Stone’s natory thriller will have trouble a similar tween-skewing film that weekend. begins. “‘The Amazing Spider-
Film
of trying to attract moviegoers to “Savages” and the music docu- dragging enough males away from opened to nearly $30 million in
their latest offerings in a crowded mentary “Katy Perry: Part of Me.” “Spider-Man.” It stands to make 2011. Also: Man’ is the first installment in a
field. “Savages,” a $45 million drama $10 million over the weekend, Paramount was to unveil the LOS ANGELES: “The Amazing movie trilogy that will explore how
After swinging into theaters to about a pair of pot dealers who get according to pre-release tracking. PG-rated music documentary on Spider-Man,” Sony Pictures’ our fave hero’s journey was shaped
the tune of $35 million, Sony is on the wrong side of a Mexican “It will do respectable, but not about 2,700 screens Thursday. fourth installment in the franchise, by the disappearance of his par-
projecting that its Spider-Man drug cartel, opened in 2,627 the- earth-shattering business,” Phil Expectations for the film are in the has already broken box office ents.”
reboot will command $130 million aters on Friday. It stars John Contrino, editor of Boxoffice.com, $13 million range for the four-day records and wooed critics into its By Thursday evening, the post
over its first six days of release. Travolta, Salma Hayek, Aaron told TheWrap. “Universal is defi- weekend. web. was liked 11,684 times.
Variety
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MGM files to stop production of ‘Raging Bull’ sequel
LOS ANGELES: Steve Nash
might just have had an ulterior
Hippies vs drug barons in ‘Savages’
motive in signing to the Los
Angeles Lakers. LOS ANGELES, July 6, (Agencies): “‘Traffic’ was a wonderful movie but towards the neo-hippies, his director’s Jake LaMotta, whose story was told
The NBA star, who’s inking a Oliver Stone’s latest movie pits a pair of it’s much more documentary-like. eye does not shrink from showing the in the 1980 film that won Robert De
three-year, $27 million deal to Californian neo-hippy cannabis growers “But this one is hypothetical. It hasn’t grisly violence and wrenching choices Niro an Oscar for his performance, was
move from the Phoenix Suns to against Mexican drug barons aiming to happened yet,” he told reporters at a that are part and parcel of the modern obligated to offer motion picture rights
the Lakers, has said that he’ll be move their business north of the border, recent film promotion in Beverly Hills. drug trade. of first refusal to MGM for a 1986 book
moving into film production
after his run with the team, a with predictably violent results. As usual, Stone has done considerable “We show some of the cruelty. We he co-authored, “Raging Bull II,” the
career change that will no doubt In what he stresses is fiction, Stone’s research and met a lot of people in didn’t show all of it because it’s too document said.
be aided by his relocation to the “Savages” returns to the theme of drugs preparation for making the movie, and rough. But you certainly have to deal Emails to “Raging Bull II” producer
show-business capital of the and violence that he explored as the he says he learned a great deal about with it. If you do otherwise, you’re just Dahlia Waingort and director Martin
world. screenwriter of “Midnight Express” drugs and violence. sanitizing the situation,” he said. Guigui were not immediately returned.
Talking to Forbes in May, the (1978), for which he won one of his
38-year-old Nash said that he’ll “There has not been any kind of major He chose Mexican actress Hayek to LaMotta’s agent also did not respond to
likely abandon his sports career three Oscars, and “Scarface” (1983). violence on this side of the border yet,” play the cartel’s merciless female chief. requests for comment.
in three years — when his con- The film, based on the critically he said, compared to the 50,000 deaths “She’s tough. She came from Mexico, The lawsuit, filed on Tuesday in
SATURDAY, JULY 7, 2012
tract with the Lakers expires - to acclaimed book “Savages” by US author since the launch of Mexico’s military she just propelled herself to Hollywood. Superior Court in Los Angeles, said
pursue his other sideline gigs. Don Winslow, tells the story of two crackdown on powerful cartels in 2006. I guess she didn’t speak much English LaMotta breached his contract by
Prime among those, Nash says, Californians — Ben (Aaron Johnson) “It’s in the interest of the Mexican car- authorizing RB II Productions to pro-
will be his production company when she got here,” he said.
Meathawk.
and Chon (Taylor Kitsch) — and their tels to keep it south because if they start Stunned duce a sequel based on the book.
“I’d like to play three more shared girlfriend Ophelia (Blake to move here, they’re gonna get a lot of The complaint said RB II refused to
Lively). “I met her years ago, when I did ‘U
years and then get more bad publicity and there’s gonna be a lot comply with MGM’s demands to halt
involved in some of these other They divide their life between surfing, Turn,’ and the first time I met her, she
of consequences.” production, and were associating the
pursuits, most notably my pro- smoking, shopping and a flourishing But he acknowledges that cartels are said: ‘You son of a bitch, you didn’t even sequel with the first film in a way that
duction company,” Nash — cannabis-growing business. not completely absent in California. see me for U Turn. You gave it to would “irreparably tarnish” its value.
who co-owns Meathawk with Everything is going swimmingly until Jennifer Lopez.’ I was stunned,” said
his cousin, Ezra Holland, said. “They are here, they are growing. We MGM, which was seeking damages,
a cartel run by Elena (Salma Hayek) know that. There’s been busts. They may Stone. wanted to block RB II from finishing or
“It is something I spend a lot of
time on.” suggests an alliance. Ben and Chon have deals here in California because the For his latest film, “I wrote her a note releasing the film and was demanding a
Aside from ads for compa- refuse, prompting heavies played by best laboratory in the world is now in Europe and I just said: ‘You’re the jury trial.
nies including Nike, Toyota and Benicio Del Toro and Demian Bichir to here,” said Stone. one.’ When Universal asked me: ‘Is she “Raging Bull,” directed by Martin
EA Sports, Meathawk produced kidnap Ophelia. tough enough?’ I said: ‘Oh yes, she’s
the feature film “Into the Wind,” The director, a staunch supporter of Scorsese, told the story of LaMotta’s
The two hippies decide to take up decriminalizing drugs, trumpets the tough.’” rise and fall as a boxer, played by De
which chronicles amputee
Terry Fox’s attempted 1980 run arms and launch a merciless fight quality of Californian cannabis, the sale “Savages” was released in the United Niro. The American Film Institute listed
across Canada for cancer against the cartel with the help of a dirty of which is legal in the Golden State for States on Friday. the film as the fourth-best movie of all
research. The film premiered at drug enforcement agent played by John medical purposes. Also: time in 2007.
the 2010 Toronto International Travolta.
Film Festival, and aired as part “We do have an independent growers LOS ANGELES: MGM Studios has sued The sequel does not involve
of ESPN’s “30 for 30” series. Hypothetical market here, which is like a boutique to stop production of a sequel to the Scorsese or De Niro. Actors William
Nash is also working on a film “This is a hypothetical fiction. This is business, and they are very good people. acclaimed film “Raging Bull,” which Forsythe and Mojean Aria play old
about soccer giant Pele, which not ‘Traffic,’ said Stone, referring to They grow great stuff, the best I’ve ever won two Academy Awards 32 years ago, and young versions of LaMotta in a
is slated for release prior to the Steven Soderbergh’s 2000 movie on the had in 40 years,” he said. and called “Raging Bull II” “a low- cast that also features Ray Wise and
2014 World Cup competition. US-Mexico drugs problem. If Stone’s sympathies clearly lean budget B-movie.” Tom Sizemore.
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ROME: US Internet giant
Google and Italy’s Istituto
Luce-Cinecitta on Thursday
announced a joint project to ships manager for Italy, in a Italian screen legends Sophia shoots offset a continuing slide Tuesday. In all, the county saw television, which was off 15.4
make much of the country’s sil- statement. Loren and Gina Lollobrigida. in TV productions and enabled 11,209 permitted production percent for the period (3,405
ver screen heritage available on “The deal demonstrates how YouTube viewers will be able LA County’s on-location num- days in the second quarter, as PPD in 2012 vs. 4,024 in
a YouTube channel. Italy is moving to embrace the to search through themed bers to hold steady in the second compared to 11,260 during the 2011).
“This announcement repre- web.” playlists of copyright-protected quarter, off 0.4 percent from the same period last year. Production of commercials
sents an important step in our More than 30,000 clips from film material. (AFP) same period last year. On-location feature film pro- increased 28.1 percent for the
efforts to safeguard Italy’s rich the institute’s archives are being ❑ ❑ ❑ FilmLA, the non-profit duction increased 9.1 percent quarter (1,901 PPD in 2012 vs.
culture and allow global public put on a special YouTube chan- agency that issues permits for for the quarter (1,750 PPD in 1,484 PPD in 2011), continu-
access to it,” said Federica nel, among them historical LOS ANGELES: A surge in the city of Los Angeles, 2012 vs. 1,604 PPD in 2011), ing the strong performance
Tremolada, YouTube partner- newsreels and material featuring Nash Fox feature film and commercial announced the latest figures offsetting a continued drop in seen throughout 2011. (RTRS)
