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Viacom’s Spike TV, Comedy Central & MTV Pick Up NBC Universal Movie Package

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Sunday October 10, 2010 @ 9:23pm PDTTags: Comedy Central, Get Him to the Greek, MTV, MTV Networks, Robin Hood, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Spike TV, TV, TV Deals, Viacom
Nellie Andreeva

MTV Networks has acquired the TV rights to a package of 2010 theatrical films from NBC Universal. Spike TV has attained the rights to Robin Hood, Wolfman, Green Zone and MacGruber. Comedy Central has procured the rights to Get Him to the Greek while MTV has acquired Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. Spike TV’s broadcast rights for Wolfman and Green Zone begin June 1, 2012 while the premiere window for Robin Hood and MacGruber begins September 1, 2012.  The deal with NBCU also includes library titles Scarface, A Bronx Tale, Cape Fear, and the Jaws trilogy. Comedy Central has a premiere window for Get Him To the Greek on September 1, 2012 while MTV will have the broadcast premiere of Scott Pilgrim vs. The World on November 1, 2012.

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GUYS BEAT GAL: ‘Expendables’ $35M Wkd; ‘Eat Pray Love’ $23.7M; ‘Scott Pilgrim’ $10.5M

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Saturday August 14, 2010 @ 11:01pm PDTTags: Box Office, Eat Pray Love, Eat Pray Love Box Office, Julia Roberts, Michael Cera, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Sylvester Stallone, The Expendables, The Expendables Box Office

SUNDAY AM UPDATE: Weekend wonders never cease. Friday the Thirteenth weekend proved lucky for a pair of faded stars. Overall box office looks about $140M (about even with last year’s) and had something for everyone — men/women, old/young, romance/bromance, winners/losers/dropouts. It’s so competitive that The Expendables was marketing itself by pitting Sly Stallone against Pretty … Read More »

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Comic-Con #5: The ‘Scott Pilgrim’ Panel

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Friday July 23, 2010 @ 2:10pm PDTTags: Chris Evans, Comic-Con, Comic-Con Convention, Edgar Wright, Michael Cera, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

Luke Y Thompson is covering the Con for Deadline:

Universal is spending a lot of money to make SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD the talk of Comic-Con. There’s an interactive exhibit at the Gaslamp Hilton, multiple screenings of the movie … Read More »

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‘Scott Pilgrim’ Publisher Enters TV Deal

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday July 22, 2010 @ 5:00pm PDTTags: Ben Stiller, CBS TV Studios, Comic Books, First-Look Deal, Graphic Novels, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Universal Pictures
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comicon 2010Independent comics publisher Oni Press and its sister company Closed on Mondays Entertainment have inked a first-look deal with CBS TV Studios to mine the publishers’ comic books and graphic novels for series and other TV programming. The announcement … Read More »

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Summit Stokes ‘Red’ And ‘Drive Angry 3D’ at Comic-Con

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday July 7, 2010 @ 6:33pm PDTTags: Amber Heard, Bruce Willis, Comic-Con, Drive Angry 3D, Helen Mirren, Karl Urban, Mary Louise Parker, Megamind, Nicolas Cage, Patrick Lussier, Red, Robert Schwentke Director Red, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Sucker Punch, The Green Hornet 3D, Thor, Warren Ellis, William Fichtner
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10-ridiculous-comic-con-costumes-800-75Summit Entertainment joins the phalanx of studios bringing film footage and star casts to the geek altar that is Comic-Con. Summit, which for the past two years has brought its Twilight Saga cast to the event, this time herds the cast … Read More »

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