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Paramount is calling off the May 8 launch of Star Trek in Mexico because of the swine flu epidemic, while Sony is debating whether to do the same with its sequel movie Angels and Demons, Variety reported. Meanwhile, Paramount and the IMAX Corp. announced that the movie will open for a special two-week run in 137 IMAX theaters, starting May 7.
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Universal-based Illumination Entertainment will create a 3-D animated feature based on Flanimals, a children's book series by Ricky Gervais, who will voice the lead character, and the script will be written by Matt Selman, Variety reported.
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Danny Huston (X-Men Origins: Wolverine) has been cast as Poseidon in Warner Brothers and Legendary Pictures' Clash of the Titans remake, joining a cast that includes Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Gemma Arterton, Mads Mikkelsen, Jason Flemyng, Alexa Davalos and Izabella Miko, according to The Hollywood Reporter; the Louis Leterrier-directed action-adventure began shooting Monday outside London.
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John Wells and Don Murphy are developing The Forgotten, a movie based on the independent comic about a man who, no matter what he does or whom he meets, is forgotten five minutes later, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
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Sasha Roiz has been bumped up to a series regular on SCI FI's upcoming prequel series Caprica after guest-starring in the pilot as Sam Adama, brother of lead Joseph Adama (Esai Morales), according to The Hollywood Reporter.
By Kyle Nin at 11:38 AM ON 04/29/09
I didn't realize that Mexico was such a pivotal market for new movies.
By Al at 1:39 PM ON 04/29/09
I doubt Sony will follow along. Trek is only geared towards scifi fans.
The DaVinci sequel is once more about pushing the anti-christian/catholic church agenda by depicting the church not only as corrupt but as murderous and power hungry. (Gee, that sounds like congress.)
To date, I've yet to see any box office numbers ever showing how the Mexico theaters have made a movie either a blockbuster or a failure.
I'm sure this is just another attempt at showing how important Mexico's unsanitary practices are our problem.
By La Raza at 7:36 PM ON 04/29/09
Big event movies such as Star Trek are so expensive that they need to be released in as many markets as possible. The longer a movie release is delayed in a country such as Mexico, the more likely it is that pirate copies may damage the official release. Movies are big business in Mexico, in the US we don't realize how big because Mexican movies rarely get major releases on our side of the border.
By Rob Wampum at 11:08 PM ON 04/29/09
To Kyle Nin:
Back in '99, before I had real access to the internet, Mexico City was the first place I learned about the first X-Men release...all the promotional displays were out in full force at every movie theater before I saw anything at all in the US.
By IsoTek at 12:53 AM ON 04/30/09
That and the studios have recently been trying to find exotic but familar locales to premier their movies in so that L.A. and N.Y. don't get overused.
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