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	<title>RopeofSilicon.com Movie News, Trailers, Reviews and More &#187; Production Update</title>
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		<title>Supposed Plot Details for Ridley Scott&#039;s &#039;Monopoly&#039; Movie Pass Go</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/supposed-plot-details-for-ridley-scotts-monopoly-movie-pass-go</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:38:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Production Update]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you have been wondering just how Ridley Scott and Universal Pictures were going to turn the popular &#034;Monopoly&#034; board game into a feature film then join the club. Corpse Bride and 9 co-writer Pamela Pettler was brought aboard to pen the screenplay and some interesting details surfaced yesterday with regards to the plot, which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No Adaptation of Stephen King&#039;s &#039;Dark Tower&#039; for J.J. Abrams</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/no-adaptation-of-stephen-kings-dark-tower-for-j-j-abrams</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/no-adaptation-of-stephen-kings-dark-tower-for-j-j-abrams#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:52:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Production Update]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[J.J. Abrams]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A frequently commented article around the site is a post I wrote back in September 2008 when the idea of a seven film adaptation of Stephen King&#039;s &#034;Dark Tower&#034; series was floated. The total comments on the article have reached 180 and some of them are long, long, long as it is obvious there is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#039;Paranormal Activity&#039; Helmer Preps for Production on &#039;Area 51&#039;</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/paranormal-activity-helmer-preps-for-production-on-area-51</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/paranormal-activity-helmer-preps-for-production-on-area-51#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:57:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Production Update]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Area 51]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oren Peli]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paranormal Activity]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=20899</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Just as Paramount is hoping to get Oren Peli&#039;s already much talked about low budget supernatural thriller Paranormal Activity in theaters nationwide should it hit the 1 million demands mark over at Eventful.com a press release was sent out acknowledging Peli&#039;s next project Area 51, which is set to start production next week.

Area 51, like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Abrams Talks Briefly on &#039;Star Trek 2&#039; and &#039;Mission: Impossible IV&#039;</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/abrams-talks-briefly-on-star-trek-2-and-mission-impossible-iv</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/abrams-talks-briefly-on-star-trek-2-and-mission-impossible-iv#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 08:54:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Production Update]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[J.J. Abrams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mission: Impossible IV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Star Trek XII]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=20226</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Both Sci Fi Wire and The Los Angeles Times recently spoke with J.J. Abrams, director of Mission: Impossible III and Star Trek, and of course took a moment to ask him about the upcoming sequels to both films.

First, he briefly discussed the status of Mission: Impossible IV saying, &#034;We have a really cool story. It&#039;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Favreau and Downey to Play &#039;Cowboys and Aliens&#039;</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/favreau-and-downey-to-play-cowboys-and-aliens</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/favreau-and-downey-to-play-cowboys-and-aliens#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:38:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Production Update]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jon Favreau]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert Downey Jr.]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=19796</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Back in June of 2007 it was announced DreamWorks and Universal would be turning the graphic novel &#034;Cowboys &#038; Aliens&#034; into a feature film based on the Image Comics graphic novel written by Fred Van Lente and Andrew Foley, which mixes Western and science fiction genres. Set in 1800s Arizona, a skirmish between cowboys and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Daniel Craig Moves into Jim Sheridan&#039;s &#039;Dream House&#039; Thriller</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/daniel-craig-moves-into-jim-sheridans-dream-house-thriller</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/daniel-craig-moves-into-jim-sheridans-dream-house-thriller#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:02:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Production Update]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Daniel Craig]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dream House]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jim Sheridan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=19625</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Variety reports that Daniel Craig (Casino Royale) is set to star in Dream House, a psychological thriller for Morgan Creek and director Jim Sheridan. The script was written by David Loucka.

In the film Craig will play a New York publishing exec who relocates his family to a small New England town only to learn that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mike Leigh is Up to His Same Old Tricks</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/mike-leigh-is-up-to-his-same-old-tricks</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/mike-leigh-is-up-to-his-same-old-tricks#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 06:04:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Production Update]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike Leigh]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=19607</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Mike Leigh is an interesting writer/director. For example, with his Oscar-nominated film Happy-Go-Lucky he worked one-on-one with star Sally Hawkins to create her character as he has been quoted saying he begins his films with nothing more than an idea and through work with the actors, research and improvisation a story and the characters begin [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spielberg Aims for Another Crichton Feature, But Not &#039;Jurassic Park&#039;</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/spielberg-aims-for-another-crichton-feature-but-not-jurassic-park</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/spielberg-aims-for-another-crichton-feature-but-not-jurassic-park#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 02:17:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Production Update]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Writing Gigs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Koepp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pirate Latitudes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steven Spielberg]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=19588</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[USA Today brings word Steven Spielberg has set his sights on producing and potentially directing a feature film adaptation of the late Michael Crichton&#039;s yet-to-be-published novel &#034;Pirate Latitudes,&#034; an adventure story set off the coast of Jamaica in 1665. David Koepp, who recently penned Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull as well [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#039;Hancock 2&#039; Scripters, Tatum Goes Roman, Banks Joins Crowe &#039;Next&#039; and More</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/hancock-2-scripters-tatum-goes-roman-banks-joins-crowe-next-and-more</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/hancock-2-scripters-tatum-goes-roman-banks-joins-crowe-next-and-more#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 07:02:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Casting News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Director Attachments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Production Update]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Writing Gigs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Channing Tatum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Donald Sutherland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elizabeth Banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gus Van Sant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hancock 2]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Justin Theroux]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Strong]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Eagle of the Ninth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Next Three Days]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Your Highness]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=19511</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Columbia has hired scribes Adam Fierro and Glen Mazzara to pen Hancock 2, the sequel to the 2008 Will Smith superhero movie, which grossed $624 million worldwide last year despite terrible reviews. Plot details are being kept under wraps, although original director Peter Berg hinted recently saying, &#034;There might be another god out there… Might [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mad Man Gets Sucker Punched, Dawson is &#039;Unstoppable&#039; and LaBute is &#039;Burnt Orange&#039;</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/mad-man-gets-sucker-punched-dawson-is-unstoppable-and-labute-is-burnt-orange</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/mad-man-gets-sucker-punched-dawson-is-unstoppable-and-labute-is-burnt-orange#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 06:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Casting News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Director Attachments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Production Update]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Douglas McGrath]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jaime King]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jon Hamm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mother's Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Neil LaBute]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rosario Dawson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sucker Punch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Takashi Matsuyama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Takashi Shimizu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Unstoppable]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=19309</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today&#039;s casting notes are mildly interesting, but nothing spectacular so why not a quick rundown of what&#039;s what?

First off &#034;Mad Men&#034; star Jon Hamm has joined the cast of Zack Snyder&#039;s action fantasy Sucker Punch joining Emily Browning, Vanessa Hudgens, Jamie Chung, Jena Malone, Abbie Cornish and Carla Gugino in the 1950s-set tale of a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ridley Scott and Leo DiCaprio Team for &#039;Brave New World&#039;</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/ridley-scott-and-leo-dicaprio-team-for-brave-new-world</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/ridley-scott-and-leo-dicaprio-team-for-brave-new-world#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 08:38:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Production Update]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leonardo DiCaprio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ridley Scott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=18890</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Every time I walk into Barnes and Noble I see Aldous Huxley&#039;s &#034;Brave New World&#034; front and center and knowing it is a highly respected piece of literature that is about to be turned into a feature film adaptation I can&#039;t help but think I should be picking it up to read it as soon [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Charlize Theron Interested in Turning &#039;Atlas Shrugged&#039; into an Epix Mini-Series</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/charlize-theron-interested-in-turning-atlas-shrugged-into-an-epix-mini-series</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/charlize-theron-interested-in-turning-atlas-shrugged-into-an-epix-mini-series#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 07:35:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Production Update]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charlize Theron]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=18415</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ayn Rand&#039;s &#034;Atlas Shrugged&#034; is listed on Amazon.com as totalling 1,192 pages, a factor that apparently concerns potential star Charlize Theron as Steven Zeitchik at the Risky Biz Blog has more news on the potential adaptation that may not see the big screen, but instead head toward the small.

Back in April Zeitchik alerted us to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Producers Understand You&#039;ll Pay for Anything and Greenlight &#039;Voltron&#039; Movie</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/producers-understand-youll-pay-for-anything-and-greenlight-voltron-movie</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/producers-understand-youll-pay-for-anything-and-greenlight-voltron-movie#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 07:54:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Production Update]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Voltron]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=18362</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to the worldwide success of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen producers Charles Roven, Richard Suckle and Steve Alexander of Atlas Entertainment have once again resurrected Voltron based on the 1980s cartoon series.

When we last heard of the proposed feature Max Makowski (&#034;Queer Eye for the Straight Guy&#034;) was in negotiations to direct the film [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Portman Set to Star in Darren Aronofsky&#039;s &#039;Black Swan&#039;</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/portman-set-to-star-in-darren-aronofskys-black-swan</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/portman-set-to-star-in-darren-aronofskys-black-swan#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 07:07:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Casting News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Production Update]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Darren Aronofsky]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natalie Portman]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=17416</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I can&#039;t tell you how happy I am to hear Darren Aronofsky has something more likely to get off the ground than that silly RoboCop remake as The Hollywood Reporter announces Natalie Portman is attached to star in Black Swan for the well-respected filmmaker.

The film is described as a supernatural thriller set in the world [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Disney&#039;s &#039;John Carter of Mars&#039; Heads to Utah</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/disney-and-pixars-john-carter-of-mars-heads-to-utah</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/disney-and-pixars-john-carter-of-mars-heads-to-utah#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 10:21:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Production Update]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Carter of Mars]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=17307</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[SlashFilm was tipped off to a story from the NBC affiliate KSL, which is reporting Disney&#039;s John Carter of Mars is set to begin production in Utah this November. Andrew Stanton (WALL&#8226;E) is directing from a script he worked on with Mark Andrews followed by revisions from Michael Chabon (Spider-Man 2).

The KSL report says the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#039;Pirates 4&#039; Taking Priority Over &#039;Lone Ranger&#039;</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/pirates-4-taking-priority-over-lone-ranger</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/pirates-4-taking-priority-over-lone-ranger#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 07:47:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Production Update]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Johnny Depp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pirates of the Caribbean 4]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Lone Ranger]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=17283</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I am reporting this bit of news from ComingSoon.net&#039;s interview with producer Jerry Bruckheimer only because I am actually quite baffled talk of a Pirates of the Caribbean 4 has not died down or even come to a complete halt. As it turns out it is quite the opposite with Bruckheimer telling the site, &#034;[Pirates [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#039;Scream 4&#039; Negotiates With the Arquettes</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/scream-4-negotiates-with-the-arquettes</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/scream-4-negotiates-with-the-arquettes#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:31:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[In Negotiations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Production Update]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Courteney Cox-Arquette]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Arquette]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is more of a news post keeping open the possibility of a new movie in the Scream franchise than actually delivering any kind of casting news as Entertainment Weekly reports Courteney Cox Arquette and David Arquette have been approached to return to the franchise by writer/creator Kevin Williamson. However, that isn&#039;t necessarily the interesting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fox Preps &#039;Alien&#039; Prequel with Carl Rinsch Directing</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/fox-preps-alien-prequel-with-carl-rinsch-directing</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/fox-preps-alien-prequel-with-carl-rinsch-directing#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 04:45:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Production Update]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alien]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A couple of days ago an assumed rumor started at Bloody-Disgusting saying Fox was preparing a prequel story to Ridley Scott&#039;s sci-fi/horror classic Alien with Michael Costigan, Ridley Scott and Tony Scott aboard to produce and an unknown named Carl Rinsch set to direct. However, what was assumed to be a rumor from an anonymous [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#039;Ghostbusters 3&#039; Continues to Gain Traction</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/ghostbusters-3-continues-to-gain-traction</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/ghostbusters-3-continues-to-gain-traction#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 08:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Production Update]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alyssa Milano]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dan Aykroyd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eliza Dushku]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harold Ramis]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I haven&#039;t covered the possibility of a Ghostbusters 3 because each rumor or little bit of speculation is just that, rumor and speculation, even though all the principals seem to be getting involved (Rick Moranis aside). However, with each new conversation this thing seems to be getting closer and closer to a reality.

The last time [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#039;Wuthering Heights&#039; Finds a Helmer in Peter Webber</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/wuthering-heights-finds-a-helmer-in-peter-webber</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/wuthering-heights-finds-a-helmer-in-peter-webber#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 07:12:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Production Update]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ed Westwick]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gemma Arterton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Webber]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Peter Webber&#039;s directorial career includes the awful prequel Hannibal Rising, the forgotten Scarlett Johansson feature Girl with a Pearl Earring and a lone episode of &#034;Six Feet Under&#034; so I am not sure how excited any of us should be over the news he is directing Wuthering Heights, an adaptation of Emily Bronte&#039;s novel.

About a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sam Jackson Aims to Tell African Pirate Stories</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/sam-jackson-aims-to-tell-african-pirate-stories</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/sam-jackson-aims-to-tell-african-pirate-stories#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 06:27:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Production Update]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Variety is reporting Samuel L. Jackson and his Uppity Films have joined forces with Andras Hamori&#039;s H20 Motion Pictures to secure life rights of Andrew Mwangura, a negotiator between pirates and the owners of vessels hijacked off the coast of Africa.

Jackson has set his sights on playing Mwangura in a feature film centered on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#039;Piranha 3-D&#039; Adds Jerry O&#039;Connell and Hopes to Become the &#039;Jaws&#039; of a New Generation</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/piranha-3-d-adds-jerry-oconnell-and-hopes-to-become-the-jaws-of-a-new-generation</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/piranha-3-d-adds-jerry-oconnell-and-hopes-to-become-the-jaws-of-a-new-generation#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 02:27:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Casting News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Production Update]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jerry O'Connell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Piranha 3-D]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[


Entertainment Weekly reports Jerry O&#039;Connell-Romijn-Stamos has joined the cast of Alexandre Aja&#039;s Piranha 3-D, a remake of the Joe Dante directed 1978 original in which a tremor causes Arizona’s Lake Havasu floor to open, setting free scores of prehistoric piranhas. O&#039;Connell joins a rather impressive cast considering the kind of film we are talking about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You Didn&#039;t Really Want a Robert Rodriguez Directed &#039;Barbarella&#039; Anyway Did You?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/you-didnt-really-want-a-robert-rodriguez-directed-barbarella-anyway-did-you</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/you-didnt-really-want-a-robert-rodriguez-directed-barbarella-anyway-did-you#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 06:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Production Update]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert Rodriguez]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[

Photo: Paramount Pictures


I don&#039;t know about you, but I thought the original Barbarella starring Jane Fonda and directed by Roger Vadim back in 1968 was terrible and the idea of a remake starring Rose McGowan in the title role under the direction of Robert Rodriguez seemed just a little too on the nose to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ben Stiller&#039;s &#039;Used Guys&#039; aren&#039;t Used Up Yet</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/ben-stillers-used-guys-arent-used-up-yet</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/ben-stillers-used-guys-arent-used-up-yet#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 06:30:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Production Update]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ben Stiller]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jonathan Dayton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reese Witherspoon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Used Guys]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Valerie Faris]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I was surprised to see I still have Used Guys in the RopeofSilicon database, a film that was supposed to be directed by Jay Roach (Meet the Fockers) back in 2006 with Ben Stiller starring alongside Emily Mortimer and Jim Carrey. Budget, among other things, was cited to be the reason the film was abandoned [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oliver Stone Signs for &#039;Wall Street 2&#039; and Shia LaBeouf May Star</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/oliver-stone-signs-for-wall-street-2-and-gekko-will-be-back</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/oliver-stone-signs-for-wall-street-2-and-gekko-will-be-back#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:11:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Director Attachments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Production Update]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oliver Stone]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Hollywood Reporter brings news Oliver Stone has decided to head back to Wall Street and the Gordon Gekko character he made famous with Michael Douglas back in 1987 with a film tentatively titled Wall Street 2. On top of all this, Shia LaBeouf is in talks for the sequel according to Variety.

The original film [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gore Verbinski&#039;s &#039;Bioshock&#039; Hits the Budgetary Brakes</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/gore-verbinskis-bioshock-hits-the-budgetary-brakes</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/gore-verbinskis-bioshock-hits-the-budgetary-brakes#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 06:41:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Production Update]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BioShock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Denzel Washington]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gore Verbinski]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Matarese Circle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Cruise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Unstoppable]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Over the weekend Variety reported the Universal Pictures adaptation of the popular videogame &#034;Bioshock&#034; to be directed by Gore Verbinski (Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy) was put on hold as the studio and the filmmaker set out to find a way to knock a few million off the inflating budget. Variety reports the budget for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#039;Sin City 2&#039; Searches for a New Home?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/sin-city-2-searches-for-a-new-home</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/sin-city-2-searches-for-a-new-home#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 21:50:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Production Update]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Studio Dealings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Angelina Jolie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sin City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sin City 2]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Back in early April IESB brought word The Weinstein Company had lost the rights to Sin City 2, the sequel to the 2005 Dimension Films hit based on the Frank Miller graphic novels.

Shortly after the news hit Entertainment Weekly posted a follow-up to the story with a quote from Weinstein Co. lawyer Bert Fields saying, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where Exactly Will &#039;Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows&#039; be Split?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/where-exactly-will-harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows-be-split</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/where-exactly-will-harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows-be-split#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:59:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Production Update]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I like Matrix Reloaded despite all of its flaws, but one thing I always disliked was the awful cliffhanger ending. It made the film feel entirely incomplete and I&#039;m not sure if it was the fact I knew Matrix Revolutions was just around the corner or what exactly, but the idea of a cliffhanger ending [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Which One of Tom Cruise&#039;s Potential Next Films Would You Like Him to Choose?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/which-one-of-tom-cruises-potential-next-films-would-you-like-him-to-choose</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/which-one-of-tom-cruises-potential-next-films-would-you-like-him-to-choose#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:34:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Production Update]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Matarese Circle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Tourist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Cruise]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tom Cruise is either the biggest movie star out there right now or his publicist has cut an amazing deal with Variety as the trade mag has yet again posted an article dedicated to the films Cruise may star in, keeping his name in the news cycle and in a way that does not involve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>David Slade&#039;s Name Added to Director Contention for Twilight&#039;s &#039;Eclipse&#039;</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/david-slades-name-added-to-director-contention-for-twilights-eclipse</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/david-slades-name-added-to-director-contention-for-twilights-eclipse#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 23:44:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Production Update]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rumor Monger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Slade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Twilight Saga: Eclipse]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[UPDATE: David Slade has been confirmed as the director, click here for the news.

Nikki Finke at Deadline Hollywood has thrown another director&#039;s name into the ring when it comes to the much speculated role of helming The Twilight Saga: Eclipse which is already set for a June 30, 2010 release date, a mere seven months [...]]]></description>
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