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Concept Art for Wake the Dead

25 November 2008 12:47 AM, PST | From TheMovingPicture.net | See recent TheMovingPicture news

The folks over at Shock Till You Drop have debuted a piece of concept art from Wake the Dead, the upcoming film adaptation of Steve Niles’ graphic novel. James V. Hart (Sahara) is penning the screenplay and Jay Russell (The Water Horse, Ladder 49) is attached to direct. The graphic novel is a modern re-telling of Mary Shelly's classic Frankenstein. It centers on Victor, a college student who works to reverse death, not knowing what a can of worms he's opening up. Head over to Shock for a high resolution look.

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Wales: The new movie location hotspot

17 November 2008 5:45 AM, PST | From Boxwish.com | See recent BoxWish news

Great by name and according to location scouts, great by nature. Yes, Britain is swiftly becoming a top destination for movie productions. During the summer, we reported how the Loch Ness and its surrounding area are luring film crews north of the border with the likes of The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep enjoying some Scottish hospitality and now they’ve fallen under the spell of Wales with the amount of money spent on film and TV in the country having quadrupled over the past five years. Much of this economic boost to the area is due to top BBC shows Doctor Who and Torchwood, but there have been films such as this year’s The Edge of Love that have helped put Wales on the movie map.

So, why has Wales become such a hotspot? According to producer Sally Hibbin who recently worked on Robert Carlyle drama

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'Juno' Winds Up in Second Place

8 January 2008 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

The critically acclaimed indie comedy Juno rocketed up the box-office chart to place second over the weekend, according to final figures released Monday by Media by Numbers. Although weekend studio estimates showed Warner Bros.' I Am Legend taking second place, official results showed Juno at No. 2 with $15.9 million and Legend at No. 3 with $15.7 million. Disney's National Treasure: Book of Secrets remained at the top of the list with $20 million. The top ten films over the weekend, according to final figures compiled by Media by Numbers (figures in parentheses represent total gross to date): 1. National Treasure: Book of Secrets, Disney, $20,062,684, 3 Wks. ($170,870,795); 2. Juno, Fox Searchlight, $15,860,744, 5 Wks. ($51667586); 3. I Am Legend, Warner Bros., $15,717,458, 4 Wks. ($228,055,662); 4. Alvin and the Chipmunks, 20th Century Fox, $15,546,125, 4 Wks. ($176,283,861); 5. One Missed Call, Warner Bros., $12,511,473, (New); 6. Charlie Wilson's War, Universal, $8,106,250, 3 Wks. ($52,552,540); 7. P.S. I Love You, Warner Bros., $7,834,467, 3 Wks. ($39,202,724); 8. The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep, Sony, $6,230,489, 2 Wks. ($30,823,470); 9. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, DreamWorks/Warner Bros., $5,536,538, 3 Wks. ($38,608,100); 10. Atonement, Focus Features, $5,064,577, 5 Wks. ($19,155,607).

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'Juno': Birth of a Big Hit

7 January 2008 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

Disney's National Treasure: Book of Secrets stayed at the top of the box office for the third consecutive weekend with an estimated $20.2 million. But the big story was the rise of Fox Searchlight's Juno to No. 3 on the list with $16.2 million, just a notch below I Am Legend, which earned $16.4 million. When final figures are released today (Monday), rankings of the two runner-up films could well be reversed. Also performing strongly was the critically praised Atonement, which came in at No. 10 on the list of top films with $5.1 million despite playing in only 538 theaters. Overall, the box office was up about 7 percent above the comparable weekend last year. Meanwhile, I Am Legend remained the No. 1 film overseas for the third weekend in a row, with ticket sales of $34 million, according to studio estimates. The Golden Compass, a disappointment domestically, remained in second place overseas with $29 million. It has now taken in $232 million abroad compared with $62 million in North America. The top ten films at the box office over the weekend, according to studio estimates compiled by Media by Numbers: 1. National Treasure: Book of Secrets, $20.2 million; 2. I Am Legend, $16.4 million; 3. Juno, $16.2 million; 4. Alvin and the Chipmunks, $16 million; 5. One Missed Call, $13.5 million; 6. Charlie Wilson's War, $8.2 million; 7. P.S. I Love You, $8 million; 8. The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep, $6.3 million; 9. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, $5.4 million; 10. Atonement, $5.1 million.

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