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mtv.com - 12/22/2008

'Benjamin Button' Director David Fincher Talks Brad Pitt, Fate Of 'Fight Club' Musical

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The director also addresses comparisons to 'Forrest Gump' and how 'lucky' everyone was to be in a Cate Blanchett movie. By Josh Horowitz Jared Harris and David Fincher on the set of "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" Photo: Paramount Pictures Witness the curious case ...

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variety.com - 12/20/2008

MTV plans 16 new reality shows - Entertainment News, TV News, Media

— variety.com — As ratings drop, network overhauls lineup In trying to keep its hold on young and fickle audiences, MTV over the decades has undergone some fundamental programming shifts, but never before on this scale. The cabler's recent ratings declines include a ... MTV plans 16 new reality shows - Entertainment News, TV ...

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latimes.com - 12/26/2008

Brad Pitt owes a debt to Benjamin Button - Los Angeles Times

— latimes.com — The days may be numbered for the old Brad Pitt -- the Hollywood heartbreaker, the absurdly handsome leading man who couldn't seem to keep his shirt on in a movie for more than five minutes, the prankster who once ran amok through the streets of L.A. ... Brad Pitt owes a debt to Benjamin Button - Los Angeles Times

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rottentomatoes.com - 12/24/2008

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Movie Reviews, Pictures

— rottentomatoes.com — Synopsis: Director David Fincher and Brad Pitt team up for a third time with this adaptation of a F. Scott Fitzgerald short story. Pitt plays a man who is born 80 years old, but instead of aging, he grows... Director David Fincher and Brad Pitt team ... The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Movie Reviews, Pictures

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David Fincher Talks ‘Fight Club’ Musical, Britney Spears, And ‘Benjamin Button’
MTV Movies Blog — ... You can check out the bulk to the Fincher interview here (including a whole batch of exclusive photos) where he reveals more about his plans for a “Fight Club” musical than ever before. The director likens the stage version to “a rock show — a lot of projection, a lot of computer-generated imagery, a lot of conveyor belts…really cinematic but really twisted.” A twisted David Fincher work?!? You don’t say… ...

Fight Club: The Musical! (Fincher Hopes)
At The Movies - Film News and Reviews — ... MTV has an interview with David Fincher in which he reveals, amongst other things, his dream of making a musical out of his film Fight Club. As in, “They sing! They dance! They fight! They sing some more!” ...

Jennifer Aniston Didn’t Always Want to Be Friends
Vulture — ... "We just ran out of money. We could have made him into a baby. Anything you want to do, you can do now." —David Fincher on his original plans to CGI a baby Brad Pitt in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button [MTV] ...

David Fincher Says 'Fight Club' Musical Is Basically Dead And "Too Expensive"
:: The Playlist :: — ... MTV caught up with David Fincher when promoting "The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button" and of course got a payload of stories out of it including news on the " ...

Cop-out! Benjamin Button Delivers Old-Man Baby But Screws Up Old-Baby Man
Vulture — ... So why did Benjamin Button chicken out? We would never have guessed, given the movie's reported $167 million budget, but it seems like Paramount just didn't give Fincher enough money. "We just ran out of money," Fincher told MTV, when asked why he cast child actors as young Benjamin Button. "We could have made [Pitt] into a baby … If we could get the money to do him as a 12-year-old, I would have done him as a 12-year-old." That would be closer to what we wanted to see, and we would fully support Paramount giving Fincher another $50 million to ...

How Brad Pitt Almost Played The 'Button' Baby
Cinematical — ... sat down with MTV recently and admitted that the original plan was to have Pitt play the baby. He says, "We were prepared to do that ... We just ran out of money. We could have made him into a baby. Anything you want to do, you can do now." Now THAT would've been worth the price of admission all on its own ... even though the image of Pitt as a big, weird-looking baby may have been all folks talked about afterward. Fincher also addressed those comparisons to Forest Gump, noting: "Forrest Gump? What's that? Instead of the ordinary man in extraordinary ...