AP - A tight credit market prompted Viacom Inc.'s movie-making subsidiary, Paramount Pictures, to drop a deal for $450 million in financing from Deutsche Bank, the companies said Tuesday.
AP - In some earlier parallel universe of Batman's Gotham City, it might have been Gary Oldman instead of Heath Ledger cackling and conniving as the maniacal Joker.
AP - "Hellboy II: The Golden Army" caught box-office heat with a $34.5 million debut, while Eddie Murphy flopped as his comedy "Meet Dave" opened with just $5.3 million. -- read full article
Reuters - Jose Padilha, whose movie "The Elite
Squad" depicted Rio de Janeiro's violent, corrupt cops, turns
his camera toward another form of injustice in a new
documentary about poverty in Brazil's northeast.
Reuters - "Hancock" led the
foreign box office for a second weekend, earning a huge $70.4
million from 67 markets, according to final data issued Monday. -- read full article
Reuters - Warner Bros. took the wraps
off what is arguably its biggest movie of the year Monday,
unveiling "The Dark Knight" in a splashy Manhattan premiere.
Reuters - Paramount Pictures has
dropped plans to line up a $450 million film-financing
arrangement with Deutsche Bank, citing the credit crunch that
has thrown financial markets into turmoil. -- read full article
Reuters - We live in a culture of
instant gratification: instant-on appliances, fast food and, in
some states, even day-of-registration voting. -- read full article
Reuters - Sumner Redstone-controlled media company CBS
Corp's premium movie and TV cable unit Showtime Networks Inc
signed a seven-year deal with the Weinstein Co to air the
studio's films, The Wall Street Journal reported. -- read full article
