Adventure TV staples Mark Burnett and Bear Grylls are partnering to bring back Eco-Challenge, the endurance race series that launched Burnett’s reality TV career and served as a precursor to his hit Survivor. The plan is for the new incarnation from Burnett-led MGM Television to select a TV partner and location with an eye on a late 2019 production start.
The original series created by Burnett ran 10 editions over eight years beginning in 1995 on MTV. Later editions — in locales from Australia and Morocco to Patagonia, Borneo, Canada, New Zealand and Fiji — aired on ESPN and Discovery Channel, with the 1996 British Columbia race winning Burnett his first Emmy. The race aired on USA Network until 2002.
“The most asked question in my entire career is ‘Will you ever bring back Eco-Challenge? and I’d always known we needed the correct authentic figure head to lead us forward effectively,” said Burnett, whose credits also include The Apprentice,...
The original series created by Burnett ran 10 editions over eight years beginning in 1995 on MTV. Later editions — in locales from Australia and Morocco to Patagonia, Borneo, Canada, New Zealand and Fiji — aired on ESPN and Discovery Channel, with the 1996 British Columbia race winning Burnett his first Emmy. The race aired on USA Network until 2002.
“The most asked question in my entire career is ‘Will you ever bring back Eco-Challenge? and I’d always known we needed the correct authentic figure head to lead us forward effectively,” said Burnett, whose credits also include The Apprentice,...
- 6/7/2018
- by Nellie Andreeva and Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Mark Burnett is bringing back Eco-Challenge. The environmentally conscious reality competition, which launched back in 1992, kick-started the reality producer's illustrious career, paving the way for Survivor and a wave of other competition series.
Reviving the show, whose last cycle aired in 2003, has long been a passion project for the MGM TV topper. The new version has yet to find a broadcast home, but famed survivalist Bear Grylls (Running Wild) has boarded to host and serve as executive producer.
"The most asked question in my entire career is 'Will you ever bring back Eco-Challenge?' and I’d always ...
Reviving the show, whose last cycle aired in 2003, has long been a passion project for the MGM TV topper. The new version has yet to find a broadcast home, but famed survivalist Bear Grylls (Running Wild) has boarded to host and serve as executive producer.
"The most asked question in my entire career is 'Will you ever bring back Eco-Challenge?' and I’d always ...
Here's your daily dose of an indie film in progress; at the end of the week, you'll have the chance to vote for your favorite. In the meantime: Is this a movie you’d want to see? Tell us in the comments. "Running Wild" Tweetable Logline: The coming of age story of Liza and Eli: two childhood friends that should be soul mates, but are sexually incompatible. Elevator Pitch: Running Wild is a comedy/romance/western/road movie/coming of age story about Liza (Zoë Worth) and Eli (Alden Ehrenreich), childhood friends with a disastrously dependent, sexual-tension-laden relationship. Back for their first winter break home from college, Liza and Eli run away together, and embark on a road trip to no where --encountering blood, sex, and a bar mitzvah. Liza and Eli tear each other apart, desperately trying to connect, and just keep running and running and running. The movie stars Alden Ehrenreich (Tetro,...
- 4/24/2014
- by Indiewire
- Indiewire
Kids. Such as Sex, Lies, and Videotape or Reservoir Dogs before it, and such as Winter’s Bone, Blue Valentine and Fruitvale Station after it, Larry Clark & Harmony Korine’s seminal film is forever connected in “spirit” to the lieu where it received its secret midnight premiere screening in 1995. The Sundance Film Festival might be known as the birthplace of U.S indie filmmaking innovation, avant-gardism, a larger definition of the low budgeted film response to Hollywood in not only narrative but in the non-fiction form, but it is a festival made strong by its renewal and familiarity. That close acquaintanceness exists in Kids‘ starlets Rosario Dawson and Chloë Sevigny filmography/career path trajectory and connection to Park City (both have several indie films slated for ’14 – of which I’ve included in our predictions list) and it is that “familiarity” that is visibly noticeable in how I map out my annual predictions list.
- 11/18/2013
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Stanley Tucci as Caesar Flickerman, Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen, The Hunger Games The Hunger Games has topped the Us/Canada box office for the fourth weekend in a row. Starring Jennifer Lawrence (Winter's Bone), the Gary Ross-directed blockbuster scored $21.5 million according to studio estimates found at Box Office Mojo. The dystopic action-drama was down a relatively modest 35% compared to Easter weekend. Prior to The Hunger Games, the most recent movie to achieve the four-weekend-in-a-row feat was James Cameron / Sam Worthington's Avatar in early 2010. In fact, Avatar remained at the top for seven consecutive weekends. The Hunger Games, however, won't get that far. Next weekend, it'll surely be unseated by Zac Efron / Taylor Schilling's The Lucky One. Among the nearly 30 movies that have managed to be no. 1 for four weekends in a row are Christopher Nolan / Christian Bale / Heath Ledger's The Dark Knight (2008), Peter Jackson / Elijah Wood...
- 4/15/2012
- by Zac Gille
- Alt Film Guide
Stanley Tucci, Jennifer Lawrence, The Hunger Games The Hunger Games has topped the Us/Canada box office for the fourth weekend in a row. Starring Jennifer Lawrence, the Gary Ross-directed blockbuster scored $21.5 million according to studio estimates found at Box Office Mojo. The dystopic action-drama was down a relatively modest 35% compared to Easter weekend. Prior to The Hunger Games, the most recent movie to achieve the four-weekend-in-a-row feat was James Cameron / Sam Worthington's Avatar in early 2010. In fact, Avatar remained at the top for seven consecutive weekends. The Hunger Games, however, won't get that far. Next weekend, it'll surely be unseated by Zac Efron / Taylor Schilling's The Lucky One. Among the nearly 30 movies that have managed to be no. 1 for four weekends in a row are Christopher Nolan / Christian Bale / Heath Ledger's The Dark Knight (2008), Peter Jackson / Elijah Wood / Viggo Mortensen's The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King...
- 4/15/2012
- by Zac Gille
- Alt Film Guide
Jennifer Lawrence, The Hunger Games In all likelihood, The Hunger Games is going to top the North American box office for the fourth weekend in a row. Starring Winter's Bone / X-Men: First Class' Jennifer Lawrence, Gary Ross' film adaptation of Suzanne Collins bestselling novel is expected to score approximately $20 million at 3,916 theaters by Sunday evening after having taken in $6.45 million on Friday as per studio estimates found at Box Office Mojo. The most recent movie to achieve that feat was James Cameron / Sam Worthington's Avatar in early 2010. In fact, Avatar stayed at the top for seven consecutive weekends. The Hunger Games, however, won't get that far. Next weekend, it'll surely be unseated by Zac Efron / Taylor Schilling's The Lucky One. Among the nearly 30 movies that have managed to be no. 1 for four weekends in a row are Christopher Nolan / Christian Bale / Heath Ledger's The Dark Knight...
- 4/14/2012
- by Zac Gille
- Alt Film Guide
Jennifer Lawrence, The Hunger Games The Hunger Games will likely top the North American box office for the fourth weekend in a row according to early, rough estimates found at Deadline.com. Gary Ross' film adaptation of Suzanne Collins bestselling novel is expected to gross $20 million at 3,916 theaters over the weekend after taking in an estimated $6.5 million on Friday. The most recent movie to achieve that feat was James Cameron / Sam Worthington's Avatar in early 2010. In fact, Avatar stayed at the top for seven consecutive weekends. Among the nearly 30 movies that have managed to be no. 1 for four weekends in a row are Christopher Nolan / Christian Bale / Heath Ledger's The Dark Knight (2008), Peter Jackson / Elijah Wood / Viggo Mortensen's The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003), James Cameron / Arnold Schwarzenegger's Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), James L. Brooks / Shirley MacLaine / Debra Winger / Jack Nicholson...
- 4/14/2012
- by Zac Gille
- Alt Film Guide
In a surprising move, Alcon Entertainment has quietly replaced the male lead in their upcoming big screen adaptation of Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl‘s “The Caster Chronicles” novel, Beautiful Creatures. British actor Jack O’Connell was first set for the role of Ethan Wate back in February (along with lead actress Alice Englert), but Deadline Burlington now reports that he’s been replaced by Alden Ehrenreich. There’s no word on just why the replacement has occurred. Ehrenreich has been on the cusp of stardom since Francis Ford Coppola cast him in 2009′s Tetro, and he’ll next be seen in the director’s Twixt. Beyond that, Ehrenreich has only lined up a few other roles, including a supporting role in Chan-wook Park’s Stoker and a starring spot in Melanie Shaw’s Running Wild, so this casting should prove to be a huge boost for his career. The film is set in small town Gatlin...
- 4/11/2012
- by Kate Erbland
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
As expected, The Hunger Games easily topped the North American box office for the third weekend in a row. Gary Ross' dystopic adventure tale collected $33.5 million according to studio estimates found at Box Office Mojo. That represents a 43% drop from last weekend, whereas early estimates published on Friday — Deadline had the film earning $40 million over the weekend — implied a drop-off rate of only 30-35%. [Image: Alexander Ludwig as Cato.] For comparison's sake: although both The Hunger Games and Catherine Hardwicke / Robert Pattinson / Kristen Stewart's original Twilight dropped 62% on their second weekend out, The Hunger Games had a softer drop-off rate on its third weekend, as Twilight was down 50.5%. I should note that good business on Good Friday, when many schools and businesses were closed, helped The Hunger Games quite a bit. The film was down only 31% compared to the previous Friday, whereas it was down an estimated 47% on Saturday compared to the previous week,...
- 4/8/2012
- by Zac Gille
- Alt Film Guide
Kate Winslet as Rose, Titanic 3D The Hunger Games will easily top the North American box for the third weekend in a row. Gary Ross' dystopic adventure tale collected $12.9 million on Friday, April 6, according to studio estimates found at Box Office Mojo. The film will likely earn somewhere between $35-$40 million over the Easter weekend. If so, it will be down around 30-35% compared to a week ago — or about half its 62% drop-off rate last (non-holiday) weekend. The Hunger Games should cross the $300 million mark at the domestic box office on Sunday. Its current total is $282.23 million. Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg's American Reunion landed at no. 2 on Friday. At 3,192 locations, the R-rated comedy took in $9.2 million — including $660,000 earned at Thursday midnight screenings. Its weekend total could reach $25 million. If those estimates are correct, Universal will claim that American Reunion far surpassed the $18.7 million earned by the original...
- 4/7/2012
- by Zac Gille
- Alt Film Guide
Gary Ross may still come back for Catching Fire, the sequel to The Hunger Games, reports Deadline.com. Yesterday, an "exclusive" by indieWIRE/The Playlist's Kevin Jagernauth asserted that Ross had "officially exited the franchise and will not direct the sequel, formally giving Lionsgate and Summit his notice earlier this week, that he will not be coming back." The article went on to claim that Ross had left the movie franchise-to-be not because of money (despite a "lowball salary offer"), but because "the burning desire simply isn't there to spend another couple of years with Katniss in the Capitol." Be that as it may, Deadline's Nikki Finke and Mike Fleming say they've heard "from multiple sources close to Catching Fire that director Gary Ross has not formally withdrawn from The Hunger Games sequel. Ross is off on a family vacation and couldn’t be reached, but these internet reports that...
- 4/7/2012
- by Zac Gille
- Alt Film Guide
Leonardo DiCaprio, Titanic The Hunger Games will easily top the North American box office once again this weekend — its third time as no. 1 — according to Deadline.com's "sources." As per Deadline's early, rough estimates, The Hunger Games is expected to collect $12-$14 million on Friday, and could reach $40 million over the Easter weekend. If so, Gary Ross' movie would be down close to 30% compared to last weekend — or less than half its drop-off rate last (non-holiday) weekend. It seems that Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg's American Reunion will be the no. 2 movie on Friday, with somewhere between $8-$10 million at 3,192 locations, and an estimated $25 million by Sunday evening. That includes $660,000 earned at Thursday midnight screenings in North America. If those estimates are correct, Universal will claim that American Reunion far surpassed the $18.7 million earned by the original American Pie at 2,508 sites in 1999. There is, however, a pesky little thing known as inflation,...
- 4/7/2012
- by Zac Gille
- Alt Film Guide
Gary Ross, The Hunger Games Gary Ross won't be directing The Hunger Games' sequel Catching Fire, according to various online reports. The Pleasantville and Seabiscuit director wanted more money than Lionsgate was offering him, though some sources claim that Ross wasn't too keen on revisiting Katniss Everdeen and pals. Now, would a more generous offer have sparked his interest in spending extra time with Katniss? And was the "low" offer a means for Lionsgate to get rid of Ross? Either way, some have already begun suggesting various — quite disparate — names to replace Ross. Among those are Alfonso Cuarón, who directed Harry Potter and the Prince of Azkaban in 2004, and Debra Granik, who directed The Hunger Games star Jennifer Lawrence in the Oscar-nominated Winter's Bone. Considering that the Hunger Games movies focus on Jennifer Lawrence's Katniss, surely Granik won't be the only woman mentioned as a welcome Ross replacement.
- 4/6/2012
- by Zac Gille
- Alt Film Guide
The Hunger Games passed the $250 million milestone at the North American box office on Monday, April 2, according to figures found at Box Office Mojo. Although Gary Ross' futuristic adventure tale reached that milestone one day after the studio had predicted, that's an impressive feat all the same. After 11 days, The Hunger Games has collected $253 million in the Us/Canada. Ignoring inflation, only six movies have reached $250 million at the domestic box office in 11 days or less. In addition to The Hunger Games, the others are: Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight in 8 days (Christian Bale / Heath Ledger / Maggie Gyllenhaal) David Yates' Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 in 9 days (Daniel Radcliffe, Ralph Fiennes / Emma Watson / Rupert Grint) Michael Bay's Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen in 9 days (Shia Labeouf / Megan Fox / Josh Duhamel) Gore Verbinski's Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest in 10 days (Orlando Bloom...
- 4/3/2012
- by Zac Gille
- Alt Film Guide
Jennifer Lawrence / Josh Hutcherson's The Hunger Games Box Office: $250M Milestone Not Reached Last Weekend. Another consequence of The Hunger Games' lower-than-expected weekend box-office performance was that its drop-off rate was slightly higher than originally thought. At close to 62%, The Hunger Games drop was about the same as that of Catherine Hardwicke / Robert Pattinson / Kristen Stewart's original Twilight movie in fall 2008 — even though Ross' film version of Suzanne Collins' novel received much better reviews. For comparison's sake, among non-sequels: James Cameron / Sam Worthington's Avatar was down a minuscule 2% on its second weekend. Sam Raimi / Tobey Maguire / Kirsten Dunst's original Spider-Man was down 38%. Chris Columbus / Daniel Radcliffe's Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone was down 36%. Michael Bay / Shia Labeouf / Megan Fox's Transformers was down 47.5%. Tim Burton / Mia Wasikowska's Alice in Wonderland was down 46%. When it comes to sequels, David Yates' Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2...
- 4/2/2012
- by Zac Gille
- Alt Film Guide
Four movies have reached $250 million (not adjusted for inflation) at the domestic box office in ten days or less. The Hunger Games isn't one of them. Although The Hunger Games easily topped the North American box office this weekend, Gary Ross' futuristic adventure tale grossed $58.55 million — or about $2.5 million less than studio estimates published yesterday. (This is the second weekend in a row that studio estimates for The Hunger Games are considerably inflated.) As a result of its "underperformance," The Hunger Games failed to reach the $250 million milestone. That should happen some time today, however, on the film's eleventh day out. For the record, the four movies that have reached the $250 million milestone (once again, ignoring inflation) are The Dark Knight, Deathly Hallows 2, Revenge of the Fallen, and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. At the international box office, The Hunger Games is lagging way behind its North American popularity.
- 4/2/2012
- by Zac Gille
- Alt Film Guide
Woody Harrelson, Jennifer Lawrence, The Hunger Games The Hunger Games topped the North American box office this weekend with $61.1 million according to studio estimates found at Box Office Mojo. That represents a 60% drop from last weekend — which, admittedly, had the advantage of Thursday midnight screenings and IMAX surcharges. Even so, that's considerably less than the $75 million Deadline.com's sources had estimated last Friday night. For comparison's sake (among non-sequels): James Cameron's Avatar was down a minuscule 2% on its second weekend. Sam Raimi / Tobey Maguire's original Spider-Man was down 38%. Chris Columbus / Daniel Radcliffe's Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone was down 36%. Michael Bay / Shia Labeouf / Megan Fox's Transformers was down 47.5%. Tim Burton / Johnny Depp's Alice in Wonderland was down 46%. And Catherine Hardwicke / Robert Pattinson / Kristen Stewart's original Twilight was down 62%. Among sequels, Christopher Nolan / Christian Bale's The Dark Knight was down only 52.5% on its second weekend.
- 4/2/2012
- by Zac Gille
- Alt Film Guide
Donald Sutherland as President Snow, The Hunger Games That The Hunger Games would easily top the North American box office this weekend was a given. Now, how much exactly Gary Ross' film adaptation of Suzanne Collins' novel would earn was open to debate. Perhaps that still is. Last night, Deadline.com reported early estimates of $24 million for Friday and $75 million for the weekend, as The Hunger Games is still playing at 4,137 venues (minus IMAX screens). However, it turns out that the futuristic adventure tale collected a much more modest — though still impressive — $18.85 million on Friday as per studio estimates. That's down 72% compared to a week ago, which also included $19.5 million from Thursday midnight screenings. Taking those into account, The Hunger Games actually dropped 61%. Anyhow, instead of the previously announced $75 million for the weekend, The Hunger Games is now expected to earn around $60 million. If so, it'll be down 61% compared to last weekend.
- 3/31/2012
- by Zac Gille
- Alt Film Guide
Stanley Tucci, Jennifer Lawrence, The Hunger Games The Hunger Games will easily top the North American box office this weekend. That's no news. Now, how much exactly Gary Ross' film adaptation of Suzanne Collins' novel will earn is still open to debate. [Revised The Hunger Games box-office estimates.] According to Deadline.com, The Hunger Games is poised to take in $75 million from 4,137 venues by Sunday evening, after grossing an estimated $24 million today. If those figures are correct, The Hunger Games will have dropped 51% compared to last weekend's $152 million. That's not bad at all, considering the film's $19.5 million earned from Thursday midnight screenings last week and the fact that it'll have lost numerous IMAX screens this weekend (though the theater count remains the same). Additionally, that would mean The Hunger Games has passed the $200 million mark at the domestic box office some time earlier today. The film's cume after 8 days would be $214 million. Ignoring inflation (or,...
- 3/31/2012
- by Zac Gille
- Alt Film Guide
Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, The Hunger Games Gary Ross' highly successful film version of Suzanne Collins' bestseller The Hunger Games took in $152.53 million (including $19.75 million from Thursday midnight screenings) at 4,137 locations in North America this weekend, March 23-25, according to box-office actuals found at Box Office Mojo. That's about $2.5 million less than Lionsgate's estimates released yesterday morning. The film's per-theater average was $36,871. Even so, as reported yesterday The Hunger Games had the third biggest debut ever in the Us/Canada in terms of box-office receipts (ignoring inflation). The futuristic adventure saga starring Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, and Liam Hemsworth is now behind only the $169.2 million earned by David Yates / Daniel Radcliffe / Ralph Fiennes' Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 and the $158.4 million earned by Christopher Nolan / Christian Bale / Heath Ledger's The Dark Knight. If inflation is taken into account* — as it always should, for...
- 3/26/2012
- by Zac Gille
- Alt Film Guide
Lenny Kravitz, Woody Harrelson, Josh Hutcherson, The Hunger Games The Hunger Games: Far Ahead of Catherine Hardwicke / Robert Pattinson / Kristen Stewart's Twilight The Hunger Games reportedly cost between $78-80+ million, in addition to $45 million in distribution / marketing expenses. The film's production budget sounds credible, but the reported marketing costs feel suspiciously low. An article in the Los Angeles Times stating that "according to a person familiar with the picture’s economics" The Hunger Games needed $100 million to break even seems absurdly off the mark — unless Lionsgate managed to get for itself a one-of-a-kind deal with exhibitors. On average, studios get 50-55% of a film's gross, though usually they take a bigger cut from the opening weekend receipts. Even so, The Hunger Games would have to earn at least $120 million to break even — if Lionsgate were to get itself 66% of the film's opening weekend take. And that doesn't include marketing / distribution expenses.
- 3/26/2012
- by Zac Gille
- Alt Film Guide
Jennifer Lawrence, The Hunger Games movie The Hunger Games: Behind Tobey Maguire / Kirsten Dunst's Spider-man, Christopher Nolan / Christian Bale's The Dark Knight If estimates are accurate, The Hunger Games has already become Lionsgate's biggest box-office hit ever. By Sunday evening it'll have surpassed Michael Moore's Palme d'Or winner Fahrenheit 9/11, the current Lionsgate champ — thanks to Disney's Michael Eisner, who refused to release the anti-George W. Bush/Iraq War film. Moore's political documentary cumed at $119.19 million in 2004 (or about $152 million today). The Hunger Games is also the biggest March blockbuster ever, far surpassing (in both box-office receipts and ticket sales) Tim Burton / Johnny Depp / Mia Wasikowska's Alice in Wonderland's $116.1 million. In fact, it's the biggest non-summer opening ever, ahead of New Moon and Breaking Dawn Part 1. It's also officially the biggest opening for a non-sequel ever, though as pointed out above, Spider-Man sold more...
- 3/26/2012
- by Zac Gille
- Alt Film Guide
The Hunger Games: Liam Hemsworth as Gale Hawthorne The Hunger Games Box Office: Behind Christopher Nolan / Christian Bale's The Dark Knight, Tobey Maguire / Kirsten Dunst's Spider-man 3 The Hunger Games averaged $16,497 at 4,137 locations. Without taking inflation into account, that's the fourth-highest opening-day per-theater average ever, behind Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (which had the added advantage of 3D surcharges), New Moon, and Breaking Dawn 1. Even while ignoring IMAX surcharges, if inflation is taken into account The Hunger Games falls behind a handful of other titles, such as The Dark Knight ($15,384; $17,014 today) and George Lucas / Ewan McGregor / Natalie Portman's Revenge of the Sith ($13,661 in 2005; $16,912 today), which opened at 3,661 locations. Distributed by Lionsgate, The Hunger Games will surely become the studio's biggest box-office hit ever — possibly by Sunday evening. Michael Moore's Palme d'Or winner Fahrenheit 9/11 is the current Lionsgate champ — thanks to Disney's Michael Eisner,...
- 3/24/2012
- by Zac Gille
- Alt Film Guide
Jennifer Lawrence, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, The Hunger Games The Hunger Games should open with approximately $66 million at 4,137 locations in North America on Friday, according to Deadline.com. West Coast showings haven't been tallied yet, so figures could go up or down somewhat before official studio estimates are released Saturday morning. According to Deadline's "sources," The Hunger Games will likely score around $138 million by Sunday evening — placing it on a par with the most recent Twilight movie, Bill Condon's The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1, while easily surpassing (both in box-office receipts and ticket sales) the Tim Burton / Johnny Depp / Mia Wasikowska fantasy Alice in Wonderland — $116.1 million at 3,728 locations in 2010 — to become the biggest March blockbuster ever. Now, if The Hunger Games truly reaches $138 million, it'll have collected less than 50% of its total weekend take on opening day: a rarity for such big openers, though the vast majority of...
- 3/24/2012
- by Zac Gille
- Alt Film Guide
Josh Hutcherson, The Hunger Games The Hunger Games Box Office: Twilight Opening-Weekend Pattern? The Hunger Games to beat the $138 million opening-weekend debut of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1? According to Deadline.com, that's what "rival studios" are predicting based on matinee screenings. Now, before The Hunger Games fans start rejoicing and Twilight Saga fans start suffering seizures, let's chill a bit. Those rough, early predictions have oftentimes been quite a bit off the mark. For instance, just a few weeks ago The Lorax raked in about $15 million more than expected based on Friday figures. Other movies bring in way less. In other words, it's just too early to tell, really. [Watch The Hunger Games clip: President Snow / Seneca Crane.] What seems pretty certain is that The Hunger Games will surpass Tim Burton / Johnny Depp / Mia Wasikowska's Alice in Wonderland's $116.1 million opening-weekend take in March 2010, thus becoming the record-holder for the month of March — even in number of ticket sales,...
- 3/23/2012
- by Zac Gille
- Alt Film Guide
The Hunger Games movie Katniss: Jennifer Lawrence The Hunger Games Box Office: Midnight Screenings Record, But Still Behind The Dark Knight If you look at the top ten midnight openings (in terms of box-office receipts, not ticket sales) in North America (please scroll down), you'll notice that all but one — Gary Ross' The Hunger Games — is a sequel. Those tend to be quite frontloaded, i.e., fans flock to the first screenings of their favorite film franchise. Hence, midnight and opening-day box-office figures generally represent a higher-than-usual percentage of a film's opening-weekend box-office take. Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight is an exception to that rule. The sequel to Batman Begins grossed $67.16 million on Friday (including $18.5 million from midnight screenings), or about 42% of the film's $158 million take on its debut weekend. For comparison's sake, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 Friday gross represented 54% of the film's take...
- 3/23/2012
- by Zac Gille
- Alt Film Guide
The Hunger Games stars Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen Lionsgate's The Hunger Games opened to terrific figures: an estimated $19.74 million at midnight screenings held at 2,565 locations in North America. Those are truly outstanding numbers for a non-sequel (officially the best ever), non-summer opening. Starring future film faves Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart, the original Twilight opened with $7 million at midnight screenings in November 2008. (I couldn't find information on the number of theaters showing Twilight at midnight. Obviously, that can radically affect a movie's box-office take.) Now, has The Hunger Games truly beat Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight's midnight take as box-office pundits have been heralding everywhere you look? Well, not exactly. Back in summer 2008, The Dark Knight opened with $18.5 million at 3,040 midnight screenings. That would translate into approximately $20.5 million today. In other words, although "inflation-adjusting" can be tricky and the midnight figures for the two movies are very close,...
- 3/23/2012
- by Zac Gille
- Alt Film Guide
When The Hunger Games was casting all of its many tributes from 12 different Districts, it was easy to lose track of who was who, especially among the tributes who don't get a lot of screen time. Enter Jack Quaid, son of Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan, who will make his big-screen debut as Marvel in The Hunger Games this weekend. Marvel is one of the bad boys from District 1; a strong, ruthless kid who was trained to fight in these games from the time he was a little boy. And although we don't see much from Marvel in the film, his presence is felt throughout as Katniss does all she can to steer clear of the more menacing, blood-thirsty tributes in the competition. Aside from The Hunger Games, Jack Quaid wrapped a dramedy called Running Wild that's due out next year...
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- 3/21/2012
- by Erik Davis
- Movies.com
Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) and Gale Hawthorne (Liam Hemsworth), The Hunger Games At this stage, it's unclear who's more excited by the debut of Gary Ross' The Hunger Games next Thursday midnight: the fans of Suzanne Collins' dystopic novel or box-office prognosticators. The fan frenzy seems to be quite mild indeed when compared to the myriad North American opening-weekend estimates popping up everywhere online. Will The Hunger Games open to the tune of $70 million or $140 million? Will it be as big as Chris Weitz's The Twilight Saga: New Moon and Bill Condon's The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1? Will it surpass Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland to become the biggest March debut ever (whether or not we consider actual ticket sales)? Will Jennifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth, and Josh Hutcherson become the next Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner? If so, will they make as much dough?...
- 3/20/2012
- by Zac Gille
- Alt Film Guide
Jennifer Lawrence, The Hunger Games Starring Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill, 21 Jump Street topped the North American box office on Friday, collecting an estimated $13.1 million, and is expected to top the weekend as well with approximately $35 million. The action-comedy's reign won't last very long, however, as opening next Friday is the much-anticipated The Hunger Games. Directed and co-written by Gary Ross (Seabiscuit, Pleasantville) the movie version of Suzanne Collins' bestselling dystopic novel is expected to fetch anywhere between $70-$100 million at the North American box office. Needless to say, distributor Lionsgate is ardently hoping it'll have another Twilight Saga in its hands. In fact, the studio, which has recently merged with Twilight's Summit Entertainment, isn't taking any chances: fans (and non-fans alike) of the Kristen Stewart / Robert Pattinson / Taylor Lautner combo will get to see a teaser for the upcoming The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2, the franchise's final installment.
- 3/17/2012
- by Zac Gille
- Alt Film Guide
Elizabeth Banks, Jennifer Lawrence, The Hunger Games The Hunger Games Reviews Pt.1 The Hunger Games was directed by Gary Ross (Seabiscuit, Pleasantville), from a screenplay by Ross, Shattered Glass / Breach's Billy Ray, and Suzanne Collins based on Collins' own novel. The sci-fier/adventure drama set in a post-apocalyptic world stars Winter's Bone / X-Men: First Class / Devil You Know's Jennifer Lawrence, The Expendables 2 / Awol / The Last Song's Liam Hemsworth, and The Kids Are All Right / Journey 2: The Mysterious Island's Josh Hutcherson, Movie 43 / Man on a Ledge's Elizabeth Banks, Rampart / The People vs. Larry Flynt's Woody Harrelson, The Devil Wears Prada / The Lovely Bones / Gambit's Stanley Tucci, Salvation Boulevard / The Healer's Isabelle Fuhrman, The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising / Race to Witch Mountain's Alexander Ludwig, Sitting Babies / Running Wild's Jack Quaid, Mash / Ordinary People's Donald Sutherland, American Beauty...
- 3/17/2012
- by Anna Robinson
- Alt Film Guide
Just two days ago, we brought you the news about Kristen Stewart (Snow White and the Huntsman) being in negotiations to take on the lead female role of Kei in the Jaume Collet-Serra (Unknown) directed live-action adaptation of Katsuhiro Otomo‘s graphic novel Akira.
Just a bit before that announcement, we brought you a story about Ezra Miller (The Perks of Being a Wallflower) and Alden Ehrenreich (Running Wild, Tetro) both reportedly reading for the part of Tetsuo, Kaneda’s (Garrett Hedlund) best friend, and a young man with telekinetic abilities who becomes a dangerous weapon.
In a recent interview with Moviefone, Miller told them that he opted to pass on the role:
“It’s not true, That, I can assure you, will not be a reality. It’s a beautiful Japanese epic and I think it’ll be a very entertaining, fun film, but no, it’s not my...
Just a bit before that announcement, we brought you a story about Ezra Miller (The Perks of Being a Wallflower) and Alden Ehrenreich (Running Wild, Tetro) both reportedly reading for the part of Tetsuo, Kaneda’s (Garrett Hedlund) best friend, and a young man with telekinetic abilities who becomes a dangerous weapon.
In a recent interview with Moviefone, Miller told them that he opted to pass on the role:
“It’s not true, That, I can assure you, will not be a reality. It’s a beautiful Japanese epic and I think it’ll be a very entertaining, fun film, but no, it’s not my...
- 11/21/2011
- by Jason Moore
- ScifiMafia
Well, since we told you back in October that Warner Bros. Pictures flipped on the greenlight for the big-screen adaptation of Akira, there’s been no shortage of casting announcements, negotiations and rumors for the long-awaited big-screen adaptation of the popular Manga series.
Earlier this month we reported that Garrett Hedlund (Tron: Legacy) was in final negotiations for the role of Kaneda, Ezra Miller (The Perks of Being a Wallflower) and Alden Ehrenreich (Running Wild, Tetro) are both reportedly reading for the part of Tetsuo, and we brought you the as yet unconfirmed rumor that Gary Oldman (The Dark Knight Rises) and Helena Bonham Carter (Dark Shadows) were being offered the roles of Colonel Shikishima aka The Colonel and Lady Miyako respectively.
Now, Deadline reports that Kristen Stewart (Snow White and the Huntsman) is officially in negotiations to take on the lead female role of Kei in the Jaume Collet-Serra...
Earlier this month we reported that Garrett Hedlund (Tron: Legacy) was in final negotiations for the role of Kaneda, Ezra Miller (The Perks of Being a Wallflower) and Alden Ehrenreich (Running Wild, Tetro) are both reportedly reading for the part of Tetsuo, and we brought you the as yet unconfirmed rumor that Gary Oldman (The Dark Knight Rises) and Helena Bonham Carter (Dark Shadows) were being offered the roles of Colonel Shikishima aka The Colonel and Lady Miyako respectively.
Now, Deadline reports that Kristen Stewart (Snow White and the Huntsman) is officially in negotiations to take on the lead female role of Kei in the Jaume Collet-Serra...
- 11/16/2011
- by Jason Moore
- ScifiMafia
Late last month, we brought you the news when Warner Bros. Pictures finally gave the live-action adaptation of Katsuhiro Otomo‘s graphic novel Akira the greenlight. Jaume Collet-Serra (Unknown) is confirmed to direct the film, and we also told you that Garrett Hedlund (Tron: Legacy) was being considered a front-runner for the lead role, which he is reportedly now in final negotiations for.
In addition to Hedlund scoring the role of Kaneda, we also brought you the as-yet-unconfirmed rumor that Gary Oldman (The Dark Knight Rises) and Helena Bonham Carter (Dark Shadows) were being offered the roles of Colonel Shikishima aka The Colonel and Lady Miyako respectively. The studio has not made those offers public, nor have reps for the actors confirmed that they have accepted (or declined) those roles.
THR now reports that Warner Bros. has now moved on to casting Tetsuo, Kaneda’s best friend, and a young...
In addition to Hedlund scoring the role of Kaneda, we also brought you the as-yet-unconfirmed rumor that Gary Oldman (The Dark Knight Rises) and Helena Bonham Carter (Dark Shadows) were being offered the roles of Colonel Shikishima aka The Colonel and Lady Miyako respectively. The studio has not made those offers public, nor have reps for the actors confirmed that they have accepted (or declined) those roles.
THR now reports that Warner Bros. has now moved on to casting Tetsuo, Kaneda’s best friend, and a young...
- 11/7/2011
- by Jason Moore
- ScifiMafia
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