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Jim Henson Co. Ponders Mature Puppet Fare In The Happytime Murders

2008-10-15 15:40:21 by Elisabeth Rappe in MTV Movies Blog
 
I think we can all thank Jason Segel and his Dracula puppet musical for this startling and exciting turn of events from The Jim Henson Co. According to The Hollywood Reporter , theyve picked up a spec script that will bring puppets into the mature world of film noir in The Happytime Murders Yes, you read that right. Jim Henson Co. puppets are...
 
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The Rocchi Review -- With Michael Lerman, Co-Writer and Co-Director of 'Natural Causes'

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2008-02-23 00:00:00 by James Rocchi in Cinematical
Filed under: Drama , Independent , SXSW , Sundance , Festival Reports , Podcasts , Cinematical Indie , The Rocchi Review: Online Film Community Podcast Can you program one film festival and show your film at another? Is South By Southwest now, officially, cooler than Sundance? And what are the challenges of a modern romance film, and how much...
 
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Heroes Creator Kring to Co-Author Alternative History Trilogy

2008-04-11 00:35:20 by John in SF Signal
 
Variety is reporting that Tim Kring, creator of Heroes , will be co-authoring an alternative history thriller trilogy to be published by Random House. The Flag of Orpheus trilogy will be co-written with Dale Peck for $3 million, Variety says. The story is about "the abuses of power and moral obligation to resist it" and "revolves around key...
 
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The Henson Co. Developing a Muppet Murder Mystery?

2008-10-16 13:50:37 by Sean in Film Junk
 
We heard a while back that a new Muppets movie might be in the works from Forgetting Sarah Marshall star and writer Jason Segel. Apparently Disney and The Henson Co. are hoping he can breathe new life into the franchise and introduce The Muppets to a whole new generation. However, there is now talk of another strange Muppet-related film in...
 
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Weinstein Co. Banks on Zack and Miri Make a Porno

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2008-10-26 16:13:55 by Variety.com * in Thompson On Hollywood
Kevin Smith invented the raunchy rom-com with movies like Chasing Amy. And he wrote the leading role for Seth Rogen in Zack and Miri Make a Porno before Judd Apatow hit Knocked Up out of the park. Now Rogen is a bonafide movie star and the Weinstein Co. is banking heavily on the comedy to boost their dwindling fortunes . Unfortunately, the words...
 
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Slumdogs Mysterious Co-Director

2008-12-14 19:16:08 by Sasha Stone in Awards Daily 2008
 
Ive been wondering when someone was going to bring this up. Turns out Women & Hollywood is on the case , riffing off of a letter written to the HFPA to get Loveleen Tandens name as co-director on the ballot. IMDb lists Tandens name along with Danny Boyles yet she is never given any credit Boyle is winning the awards, Tanden is not If you look...
 
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Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson Might Co-Direct Third 'Tintin' Film

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2008-05-20 00:00:00 by Eugene Novikov in Cinematical
Filed under: RumorMonger , Steven Spielberg , Peter Jackson We've known for a while that Peter Jackson and Steven Spielberg were collaborating on the forthcoming Tintin trilogy, with Spielberg to direct the first film (which is in preproduction and starts shooting in September) and Jackson the second. There had previously been no word on who...
 
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Interview with Panda co-director John Stevenson

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2008-06-02 16:26:56 by Franck Tabouring in The Screening Log
Comingsoon.net got a chance to sit down and talk to John Stevenson, co-director of DreamWorks Animations upcoming animated adventure Kung Fu Panda , which opens in theaters this week Stevenson has been working in DreamWorks Animations art department for quite a few years, and now hes finally got a shot at co-directing his own flick. In the...
 
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QMx Co-Sponsers Stargate/Battlestar Galactica/Serenity CON

2008-07-24 13:54:19 by Sam in Slice of SciFi
 
QMx will co-sponsor the Stargate/Battlestar Galactica/Serenity Convention to be held in November. On the eve of Comic-Con, our good friends over at QMx are thrilled to announce that they will be co-sponsoring Creation Entertainments awesome Battlestar Galactica/Serenity/Stargate Convention this coming November 21-23, in Burbank, CA. Expect all...
 
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