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Fox 2000 Picks Up Beach Boys-Based Musical Film… By Producer John Stamos

October 1, 2010 9:58 pm

Fox 2000 (a 2oth Century Fox subsidiary) has nabbed the rights to a new film — not a biopic — about the seminal Californian pop outfit, The Beach Boys.The projects is coming under the aegis of actor John Stamos...

Amanda Seyfried To Lead Catherine Hardwicke’s ‘Girl With The Red Riding Hood’?

Simon Dang

February 18, 2010 1:45 pm

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Catherine Hardwicke has been confirmed to helm the gothic modern retelling of the Little Red Riding Hood tale with It Girl Amanda Seyfried reportedly a front-runner to join her, according to 24 Frames.Titled "G...

Amanda Seyfried Says She Won’t Do ‘Mamma Mia 2’ Without ABBA Music (Who Already Said They Won’t Do It)

Rodrigo Perez

October 23, 2009 6:45 pm

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Previously on "Mamma Mia 2" Watch (you know you check in all the time as we do), members of Swedish pop group ABBA, said they would not be involved with a sequel because they do not intend to license ABBA's cat...

How Can There Be ‘Mamma Mia! 2’ With No ABBA?

astrudsands

September 18, 2009 3:00 pm

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We are all for more female friendly fare at the box office. We understand the necessity in Hollywood to try and turn a successful film into a franchise. And boy do we like music. When you put all those things i...

The Songs Of Barry Manilow Inspire Michael Stipe/Tom Hanks-Produced Rom-Com

Rodrigo Perez

September 10, 2009 1:46 pm

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The unusual producer pairing of Tom Hanks and Michael Stipe are teaming up with Barry Manilow's manager Garry Kief to develop a romantic comedy based on the '70s crooner's Velveeta-like soft-pop back catalogue...

Xmas DVD Sales Showdown: ‘Mamma Mia’ Dethrones ‘The Dark Knight’

Rodrigo Perez

December 25, 2008 5:50 am

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"The Dark Knight" might be near invincible, but at Christmas time when the sales battles go head to head on DVD, the shadowy Gotham figure has been toppled by a bunch of middle aged women under the aegis of Swe...

Brits Love Them Some Abba, ‘Mamma Mia’ Breaks ‘Titantic’ Box-Office Record In U.K.

Spencer Martin

December 17, 2008 6:44 pm

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Who would have guessed that England held such an unconditional love for the 1970's Swedish pop band Abba, strong enough in fact to drag them to theaters in droves to witness this years "Mamma Mia." It was enou...

‘Dark Knight’ Music, Jonny Greenwood’s ‘There Will Be Blood’ Score Nominated For 2008 Grammy Awards; ‘Wall-E,’ ‘Juno’ & ‘Walk Hard’ Also Grab Nods

Rodrigo Perez

December 4, 2008 1:49 pm

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Nobody gives a flying fuck about the Grammys, right? The antiquated music awards have been out of touch for some time now, but we guess they're trying to slowly become more of the zeitgeist and may have made so...

Fangirls Flex Box Office Muscle with ‘Twilight’s’ $70.55M Opening Weekend

astrudsands

November 23, 2008 8:00 pm

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Anyone who predicted "Twilight" and "Bolt" would be having a showdown this weekend (erm, like The Playlist) sure do have egg on their face right now. Teen girl phenomenon "Twilight" created a huge box office st...

‘Twilight’ Soundtrack Launches To #1 Spot On Billboard Charts

Rodrigo Perez

November 12, 2008 8:45 pm

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What does this teach us? Make fun of it all you want, but don't underestimate "Twilight." The vampire-tween cultural phenomenon just exhibited its zeitgeist power and influence once again by capturing the No. 1...

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