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Audiences had an apetite for horror this weekend as Sam Raimi’s “Evil Dead” reboot won the weekend box office. “Evil Dead” took the number one spot, bringing in $26 million across 3,025 theaters. The horror flick, which stars Jane Levy and Shiloh Fernandez, has received mixed reviews from critics and earned a CinemaScore of C+ from moviegoers.

Action film “G.I. Joe Retaliation” and animated flick “The Croods” both continued successful box office runs, tying for the number two spot. “G.I. Joe: Retaliation,” which stars Channing Tatum, Bruce Willis, and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, made $21.1 million across 3,734 theaters. The follow-up to 2009’s “G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra,” has reached a total domestic gross of $86.66 million since its release. Featuring the voices of Ryan Reynolds, Nicolas Cage, and Emma Stone, “The Croods” brought in $21.1 million across 3,879 theaters. With a budget of $135 million, “The Croods” has made $125.8 million.

Also opening this week was “Jurassic Park 3D,” which took the number four spot. The 3D showing of the hit 1993 film brought in $18.2 million at 2,771 theaters. “Jurassic Park 3D,” which was released in celebration of the film’s 20th anniversary, had an estimated production budget of $10 million.

Jessica Chastain Joins Del Toro's Crimson Peak

April 5, 2013 Bartle Doo Leave a comment

Coming off her recent horror film Mama, Jessica Chastain is now set to star opposite Emma Stone, Benedict Cumberbatch and Charlie Hunnam in Crimson Peak, Guillermo del Toro’s follow-up to Pacific Rim.

GDT also produced Mama. In Crimson Peak, the gothic horror film follows a woman whose husband might not be who he appears to be. According to The Hollywood Reporter, details on who is playing whom were not revealed.

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Cumberbatch Joins Guillermo del Toro's Peak

April 4, 2013 Bartle Doo Leave a comment

Benedict Cumberbatch, who’s about to hit the final frontier in Star Trek Into Darkness, will next climb the Crimson Peak for Guillermo del Toro.

Variety reports that del Toro has set Cumberbatch to star in the haunted house flick for Legendary Pictures. Emma Stone and Charlie Hunnam have already joined the cast.

Weekend Box Office: ‘G.I. Joe: Retaliation’ Wins The Weekend As ‘The Host’ Falters

March 31, 2013 Bartle Doo Leave a comment

“G.I. Joe: Retaliation” won the box office this weekend, opening to $41.2 million. The long-awaited “G.I. Joe” sequel opened at 3,719 theaters. Starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Channing Tatum, Bruce Willis, RZA, and Jonathan Pryce, among others, “G.I. Joe: Retaliation” received a CinemaScore of A- from moviegoers. The film, which earned mixed reviews from critics, had a production budget of $135 million.

“The Croods” continued its successful run, taking the number two spot at the box office. The animated flick made $26.5 million across 4,065 theaters. Starring the voices of Emma Stone, Ryan Reynolds, and Nicolas Cage, “The Croods” has reached a total domestic gross of $88.6 million since its Mar. 22 release.

Also opening this week was “Tyler Perry’s Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor,” which came in third at the box office this weekend. The drama, which features Vanessa Williams, Brandy Norwood, and Kim Kardashian, among others, grossed $22.3 million across 2,047 theaters. “Temptation” earned a CinemaScore of A- from moviegoers.

Zombieland TV Series Poster Revealed

March 29, 2013 Bartle Doo Leave a comment

The poster has been revealed for Zombieland, Amazon’s new TV take on the hit movie. The writers of the hit film, Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, have returned to write and executive produce this new take on their story, which picks up just a couple of weeks after the events of the film, with Kirk Ward, Maiara Walsh, Tyler Ross and Izabela Vidovic playing Tallahassee, Wichita, Columbus and Little Rock – the characters played in the film by Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone, Jesse Eisenberg and Abigail Breslin.

HuffPost TV debuted the poster for Zombieland, which will be made available for free as a standalone pilot on Amazon in April, along with several other new pilots. Viewer feedback will determine which of the pilots gets picked up to series.

‘Zombieland’ Writers Rhett Reese And Paul Wernick On Adapting The 2009 Film As A Series

March 28, 2013 Bartle Doo Leave a comment

The long rumored sequel to the surprise 2009 hit “Zombieland” seems to be dead at this point. (Not zombie dead. Really dead.) The reason — and the good news for fans of the film — is that Amazon has ordered a 13-episode series that continues the adventures of Columbus, Tallahassee, Wichita and Little Rock as they make their way through the zombified wasteland of the United States.

Now, adapting a film into a television series isn’t too much of a stretch in this case, considering that the original film was supposed to be a series in the first place. We spoke to the two writers of the new “Zombieland” pilot, Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, who also wrote the film and are currently on a press tour to promote their new film, “G.I. Joe: Retaliation.” Reese and Wernick explained the process of adapting the film and talked about replacing its stars, Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone and Abigail Breslin.

The “Zombieland” series with Amazon sounds really interesting. But at the same time, does this kill any chance of a sequel?

'Croods' captures top box office spot

March 24, 2013 Bartle Doo Leave a comment

LOS ANGELES, March 24 (UPI) — “The Croods,” an animated feature with the voices of Nicolas Cage and Emma Stone, hit the No. 1 box office spot during the weekend with $44.7 million.

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Michael Keaton: From Batman to Birdman

March 6, 2013 Bartle Doo Leave a comment

Actors Michael Keaton, Emma Stone, and Naomi Watts will join Zach Galifianakis in Birdman, a new dark comedy from director Alejandro Gonzalez Innaritu.

Before you get too excited, it’s not exactly what it sounds like. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Keaton will play an aging actor who once portrayed an iconic superhero — sound familiar? — as he gears up for a Broadway play based on a Raymond Carver short story in an attempt to reclaim his former glory. However, the show’s conceited leading man threatens to throw everything down the tubes. (Keaton, of course, portrayed Batman in the 1989 and 1992 feature films directed by Tim Burton, which should lend itself to this.)

Emma Stone, Andrew Garfield Relationship Trouble? Actress Posts Bizarre Tweet About Shailene Woodley

March 3, 2013 Bartle Doo Leave a comment

Emma Stone doesn’t tweet — well, let’s just say she NEVER tweets.

But yesterday afternoon the 24-year-old actress posted a bizarre message on Twitter, which made absolutely no sense. That is until Perez Hilton figured out that it was an anagram for something that might suggest there’s trouble in paradise for Stone and her on-screen and real-life beau, “Amazing Spider-Man” co-star Andrew Garfield, 29.

Stone tweeted this around 3 p.m. yesterday, but has since taken the post down. (Luckily, a HuffPost reporter took a screen grab).

Sam Raimi Refuses to Watch The Amazing Spider-Man

February 19, 2013 Bartle Doo Leave a comment

Been wondering what Spider-Man director Sam Raimi thinks of The Amazing Spider-Man? Well wonder know more as the helmer went on the record about the movie over the weekend.

Speaking to TheHuffingtonPost, Raimi revealed that he hasn’t actually seen the recent reboot.

“I’m a big Marc Webb fan and a giant fan of Emma Stone,” he explained. “And of Andrew Garfield. I saw him on Broadway in Death of a Salesman; it’s just brilliant. And I love the producers of that movie because they are dear friends, and the writer. But, I haven’t had the guts to go see the movie yet. Because I don’t want to go to my girlfriend’s wedding. I just can’t bring myself to do it. I don’t have the guts.”

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Zombieland TV Pilot Finds Its Wichita

February 12, 2013 Bartle Doo Leave a comment

Maiara Walsh (Desperate Housewives, Switched at Birth) has been cast as the female lead in Amazon Studios’ Zombieland TV pilot, based on the popular feature film.

The original movie centers on four survivors — Columbus, Tallahassee, Wichita and Little Rock — who band together during the zombie apocalypse. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Walsh will play Wichita, a role that was originally played by Emma Stone in the 2009 pic.

Amazon Rebooting Zombieland as TV Series

January 22, 2013 Bartle Doo Leave a comment

By Evann Gastaldo Amazon’s first foray into original programming: A series based on Zombieland , the popular movie starring Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, and Emma Stone. The Verge brings the news, citing Broadcast Now , but notes that the series probably won’t debut anytime soon: io9 got a peek at the casting sheets and scripts…
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Hunnam May Join del Toro's Crimson Peak

January 18, 2013 Bartle Doo Leave a comment

Sons of Anarchy star Charlie Hunnam may reunite with his Pacific Rim director Guillermo del Toro for the latter’s ghost movie Crimson Peak.

Emma Stone was recently cast as the female lead in the haunted house tale, which aims to go before cameras in early 2014. Details about the plot are being kept under wraps.

The Hollywood Reporter, cautions, though that Hunnam’s deal is not finalized so he’s not been officially cast just yet. Legendary Pictures will produce.

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Emma Stone in Talks for del Toro's Next Horror

January 16, 2013 Bartle Doo Leave a comment

Hollywood’s favourite redhead is in talks to star in Guillermo del Toro’s next horror flick, Crimson Peak.

According to Variety, Emma Stone is in “early negotiations” to star in the ghost story, backed by Legendary Pictures. While plot details are thin on the ground, del Toro has said that Crimson Peak is “a very set-oriented, classical but at the same time modern take on the ghost story,” and that it will allow him to play with the conventions of the horror genre while subverting “the old rules.”