variety.com - 8/8/2008
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Comedy nabs record-breaking $12.5 million Sony's R-rated stoner comedy "Pineapple Express" lit up the box office on Wednesday, grossing $12.1 million from 3,072 theaters to toke on the best Wednesday opening ever for August. Girl favorite "Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2" also enjoyed a sterling midweek bow, grossing $5.7 million from 2,667 runs, according to Rentrak. The Warner Bros. and ...
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... • Early numbers published by Variety indicate David Gordon Green's stoner action comedy "Pineapple Express" scored $12.1 million Wednesday. Meanwhile, "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" took home $5.7 million. ...
Buzz News Roundup, 8/8
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The Hollywood Reporter has the news that Martin Scorsese is in talks with HBO to direct a dramatic pilot titled Boardwalk Empire. Scorsese is already a producer for the upcoming show about Atlantic City gamblers in the 1920s.
According to Variety, Pineapple Express had the best Wednesday opening ever for August. The comedy took in $12.1 million.
Regis Philbin is following in the footsteps of Britney Spears and is set to appear on the second episode of the upcoming season of How I ...
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The Dark Knight: Early Joker Concept Art
slashfilm.com 8/8/2008 —
These early pre-Heath Ledger Joker conceptual designs can be found in The Art of The Dark Knight . I was shocked to discover that the Joker design they eventually settled on, actually seems a lot tamer than some of the early concepts.
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Creepy Early Concept Art For Ledger's Joker
cinematical.com 8/8/2008 —
If you thought that Heath Ledger's Glasgow grin in The Dark Knight was gruesome, consider that it may have actually been tame . Peter over at /film has scanned in a bunch of images from the making-of book , and they illustrate a few of the early ...
'Mummy' takes on 'Dark Knight' in U.K. —
Variety.com 8/8/2008
International News: 'Wall-E' off to promising start in Spain -- “The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor” continues its assault on the European box office this weekend with openings in the U.K., Germany and France.
'Dark Knight' sells toys to men —
Variety.com 8/8/2008
Weekly Smoke and Mirrors: Older fans buying film's high-end collectibles -- With a horrifying clown who kills people, "The Dark Knight" may not be the most toy-friendly pic in the Batman saga. But it's certainly given older Bat-fans an excuse to buy ...
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