The Butler barred from being called The Butler

Lee Daniels’ upcoming feature The Butler has met a seemingly insurmountable obstacle ahead of its August 16 release in the United States: it is not legally allowed to be called The Butler anymore. That is a massive blow to The Weinstein Company, who have spent months promoting the film in the traditional manner of telling […]

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Trailer and Poster Debut: The Master

Are you getting that sinking feeling? The poster for Paul Thomas Anderson‘s don’t-call-it-a-Scientology-satire The Master has arrived, highlighting the rising waters around the religious cruise ship at its core, as well as its increasingly unbalanced central characters. Anderson and The Weinstein Company have also delivered the theatrical trailer for the film, in which a volatile Joaquin Phoenix […]

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Teaser Debut: The Master

A second teaser trailer for one of the year’s most exciting films, Paul Thomas Anderson‘s The Master, has arrived. In the previous clip, we saw a mysterious character played by Joaquin Phoenix interrogated about a past he either didn’t remember or was lying about. Now, we get to see Philip Seymour Hoffman as the eponymous master; an […]

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Feig and Firth in talks for remake of France’s Intouchables

Bridesmaids helmer Paul Feig is in talks to write and direct an English-language remake of the French smash hit The Intouchables, Variety reports. Colin Firth is tipped to star in the pic as a quadriplegic aristocrat who bonds with his carer from across the tracks. The Weinstein Company, as well as the original’s producer Nicolas […]

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The Crow lawsuit settled out of court; production continues

Finally, a bit of luck for the seemingly cursed reboot of The Crow. According to Deadline, the Weinstein Company (who distributed Alex Proyas‘ original) have dropped their lawsuit against Relativity Media and will commence working together on the film “as planned”. Everybody’s friends again! Bob and Harvey Weinstein sued Relativity for shopping the international distribution rights […]

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