Mar. 17 – 19, 2006 Genre Films are in BOLD: 1. V for Vendetta.………………..$25,642,340 Engagements:3,365 Cume: $25,642,340 2. Failure to Launch………………$15,604,892 Engagements:3,117 Cume: $48,273,823 3. The Shaggy Dog…………………$13,377,363 Engagements:3,501 Cume: $35,635,419 4. She’s the Man………………….$10,730,372 Engagements:2,623 Cume: $10,730,372 5. The Hills Have Eyes……………..$8,008,822 Engagements:2,621 Cume: $28,741,291 6. 16 Blocks………………………$4,755,012 Engagements:2,666 Cume: $30,190,041 7. Eight Below…………………….$4,084,276 [...]

The big screen weekend feature “V for Vendetta” has faired well at the box office this weekend but the projected totals are looking to be a bit shy from expectations. The blockbuster film stars Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving and John Hurt in a futuristic England run under a facists-type regime. A young woman, saved by [...]

Submitted by: Kyle Nin (SoSF Staff Reporter) Steve Carrell, the star of the upcoming sequel to “Bruce Almighty” called “Evan Almighty: The Passion of the Ark,” now has had a wife added to the script. Lauren Graham (Gilmore Girls) will join the flick as Evan’s wife. Lauren also played opposite Billy Bob Thornton in “Bad [...]

Nothing can prepare you for the epidemic that could wipe out the entire planet Something that is becoming quite common these days in Hollywood is a studio taking a film from Japan and remaking it to fit Western culture and characters. So far we have seen this occur with “The Ring” and “The Ring 2,” [...]

Benicio Del Toro (21 Grams, Traffic and Sin City) has been cast in the Universal Pictures remake of “The Wolf Man.” Originally made in 1941 and starring Lon Chaney Jr., the famous man-beast has had many incarnations over the last 65 years, but this one will harken back to the Wolf Man’s glory days. The [...]

Submitted by: Lesmond (SoSF Staff Reporter) Joe Callero loves 50′s SciFi and wanted to make a movie about it. He only had $5,000 but thought, “Why not?” What he created was a low (we’re talking sub-basement low) budget flick called “Flying Saucer Rock n’ Roll,” a throw-back to those by-gone days of the 1950′s horrible [...]

From: Variety Mar. 10 – 12, 2006 Genre pics in BOLD 1. Failure to Launch………………$24,411,322 Engagements:3,057 Cume: $24,411,322 2. The Shaggy Dog…………………$16,310,058 Engagements:3,501 Cume: $16,310,058 3. The Hills Have Eyes…………….$15,708,512 Engagements:2,620 Cume: $15,708,512 4. 16 Blocks………………………$7,411,016 Engagements:2,706 Cume: $22,808,568 5. Madea’s Family Reunion…………..$5,749,355 Engagements:1,812 Cume: $55,703,144 6. Eight Below…………………….$5,552,540 Engagements:2,970 Cume: $66,564,664 7. Aquamarine……………………..$3,858,072 Engagements:2,538 [...]

Submitted by: Kyle Nin Real-life father and son Tom Hanks and Colin Hanks (pictured with wife and mother Rita Wilson) will star together as father and son for the Sean McGinly magical comedy “The Great Buck Howard.” Playtone, a Tom Hanks production company that brought “That Thing You Do” to the big screen has joined [...]

Getting “Mr.Magorium’s Wonder Emporium” made has taken a feat of magic, but Walden Media has stepped up to the plate and offered to co-finance the magical dark fantasy with Mandate Pictures. With the signed deal comes Zach Helm who will be making his big-screen directorial debut with “Emporium.” Helm couldn’t ask for a more qualifed [...]

Bob and Harvey Weintstein have big plans in store for martial arts and fantasy fans by bringing the Academy Award nominated film “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” to the legitimate stage. Under a remarkable deal The Weinstein Company has bought up the rights to a series of martial arts novels (The Crane Pentalogy) written by Wang [...]

Stephen King’s latest novel “Cell” will be made into a major motion picture with “Hostel” director Eli Roth helming from the center seat. “Cell” deals with what happens after an instantaneous pulse is sent out through cell phones around the globe. Everyone on the planet using their mobile phones at that second are turned into [...]

Submitted by: Kyle Nin (SoSF Staff Reporter) SAW III will arrive in theaters just in time for the annual fright-nite on Halloween 2006. Kevin Spacey, who will play Lex Luthor in the upcoming “Superman Returns” has announced that he has already signed on to do its sequel. A huge cast consisting of Robert De Niro, [...]

Does anyone remember that creepy flick “The People Under the Stairs”? FOX pictures has a project in the offing that turns the creeps into aliens and moves them out from under the basement stairs and puts them upstairs. The flick titled “They Came From Upstairs” tells the story of six kids defending their vaction home [...]