nypost.com - 5/14/2008
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BOX-OFFICE bomb "Speed Racer" - which cost more than $120 million to make but raked in less than $20 million last weekend - is causing speed bumps for all involved. A source says Joel Silver, who's had an in-house production deal with Warner Bros. for almost two decades, may be leaving. "He's having maybe the worst streak we've ever seen for a producer," an insider said. Last year, Silver's ...
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Joel Silver Leaving Warners! Except He's Not! Let Him Get Back to You! [Unsafe At Any Speed]
Gawker: defamer —
... As if a third-place opening wasn't bad enough for Speed Racer producer Joel Silver, Page Six today added a liberal dose of existential crisis to the mix when it reported Silver may have flopped for Warner Bros. for the last time. "For the past few months, he's been trying to get his deal extended, but the thinking at Warner is maybe just let his contract run out," its source says — but wait! Silver himself ...
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'Speed Racer' stalls in Europe —
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