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latimesblogs.latimes.com - 10/7/2009

Surprised author Tim Powers finds himself setting sail with 'Pirates of the Caribbean' [Updated]

— latimesblogs.latimes.com — Last month, Johnny Depp walked on stage at the Anaheim Convention Center in his Jack Sparrow costume and delighted a surprised audience of Disney fans with his rummy buccaneer's trademark mutter. Within an hour, in San Bernadino, an award-winning ... Surprised author Tim Powers finds himself setting sail ...

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hollywoodreporter.com - 10/9/2009

'Opposite Day' attracts Disney

— hollywoodreporter.com — Disney will celebrate "Opposite Day." The studio is developing the project about a man in an alternative world and has hired "Nancy Drew" scribe Tiffany Paulsen to write it. 'Opposite Day' attracts Disney

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latimesblogs.latimes.com - 10/5/2009

Disney lowers the boom on Miramax

— latimesblogs.latimes.com — It's not exactly a shock to see the news that Disney is downsizing its Miramax specialty division, the division that delivered the studio an Oscar best picture winner with "No Country for Old Men" just 18 months ago. Disney is... Disney lowers the boom on Miramax

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:: The Playlist :: — ... - Disney production president Oren Aviv, who also came up with the idea for the "National Treasure" series, has sold a new pitch to his own studio, titled "Opposite Day," about "a corporate hatchet man who wakes up one morning and finds he must follow the exact opposite of his normal routine." Tiffany Paulsen, writer of "Nancy Drew," will develop the idea into a screenplay, if idea is the right word for it. ...

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Vulture — ... Holiday Movies: Disney is developing the high-concept comedy Opposite Day, revolving around a corporate exec who wakes up one morning and has to do the exact opposite of everything he usually does. The report claims the movie is based on an original idea by studio production president Oren Aviv, although a nation of third graders will surely beg to differ. [HR] ...