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Movie Hopping: September 16, 2008
Published 9/16/2008 by James Cook at TheMovingPicture.net
It’s being reported that Tobey Maguire will earn $50 Million for Spider-Man 4 and 5 , which will be shot back-to-back over a 6 month period. The actor has also received “Family Time” in his contract, giving him early mornings and evenings off so he can spend time with his daughter. >> More ...

Why Hollywood is coming to Deutschland
Published 9/16/2008 by Ben Child at Film: Film blog | guardian.co.uk
Tom Cruise in Valkyrie Nazi business ... Tom Cruise in Valkyrie. The film has received funding from the German government All of a sudden, it seems, there's something about Germany. First up, we had Tom Cruise's decision to risk incurring the wrath of the nation's anti-Scientologist brigade (which seems to constitute pretty much everyone who lives there) by shooting Valkyrie at the historic Benderblock building in Berlin. Then Quentin Tarantino decided to eschew his usual all-American tales in favour of Inglorious Bastards, set in Vichy-era France and Germany and centring on a platoon of Jewish-American soldiers parachuted behind enemy lines for a crack at ...