Yeep! That's quite a setback, isn't it? Did they say why?
Love makes you do the wacky.
Willow ,'Beneath You'
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Theodosia - Aug 14, 2008 1:06:19 pm PDT #7657 of 10000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
sumi - Aug 14, 2008 1:11:30 pm PDT #7658 of 10000
Art Crawl!!!
From the article:
Alan Horn, Warner's president and chief operating officer, cited two reasons for the move. "We know the summer season is an ideal window for a family tent-pole release, as proven by the success of our last Harry Potter film, which is the second-highest grossing film in the franchise, behind only the first installment," Horn said in a statement. "Additionally, like every other studio, we are still feeling the repercussions of the writers' strike, which impacted the readiness of scripts for other films--changing the competitive landscape for 2009 and offering new windows of opportunity that we wanted to take advantage of. We agreed the best strategy was to move Half-Blood Prince to July, where it perfectly fills the gap for a major tent-pole release for mid-summer."
Jeff Robinov, president of Warner's motion picture group, added in a statement that the move will not affect production of any future Potter films. (The seventh and final book in J.K. Rowling's series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, will be adapted as two movies.)
DavidS - Aug 14, 2008 1:42:32 pm PDT #7659 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Sucks about the Harry Potter pushback.
Tropic Thunder was very, very, very funny.
Polter-Cow - Aug 14, 2008 1:49:43 pm PDT #7660 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
And it was good to watch with an audience. Especially for that Samuel L. Jackson-in-Deep Blue Sea moment when there's just this sort of quiet throughout the theatre when everyone's sort of taking in what just happened and then, after processing, comes the raucous laughter.
It's not your typical comedy, I'll give it that.
Steph L. - Aug 14, 2008 3:14:31 pm PDT #7661 of 10000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Interview with Whit Stillman: [link]
Meep!!!! Metropolitan is on Hulu.com!!!! I fucking adore that movie. I know what I'm doing tomorrow (4-day workweek and all that; Fridays are my day off, and other than a doctor appt., I have nothing urgent lined up). Mmmmm, Chris Eigeman.
Laga - Aug 14, 2008 3:20:24 pm PDT #7662 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
DavidS - Aug 14, 2008 4:03:13 pm PDT #7663 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Mmmmm, Chris Eigeman.
Really? I went to college with him. He acted in my one act play.
Polter-Cow - Aug 14, 2008 4:20:27 pm PDT #7664 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Remember those Watchmen posters people were drooling over before?
Compare them to the original panels.
Frankenbuddha - Aug 14, 2008 4:32:03 pm PDT #7665 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Really? I went to college with him. He acted in my one act play.
Holy shit! He reminds me, a LOT (mostly in his Whit Stillman roles, but also Kicking and Screaming, and that sitcom), of one of my closest friends, both in looks (the first time I met him, I was racking my brain who he reminded me of until I remembered CE) and his onscreen personality (he's a Republican, but at this point he's so disgusted with the party and the current adminstration he's an Obama man this year). Any reminiscences on what he was like?
DavidS - Aug 14, 2008 6:00:51 pm PDT #7666 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Any reminiscences on what he was like?
I didn't know him real well. He was close friends with my friend Lars. I sent the one-act to Lars who was doing summer theater in Williamstown with Chris, and they did it for scene-study.