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Sony Hires ‘Source Code’ Writer Ben Ripley To Pen ‘Flatliners’ Redo

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Friday August 26, 2011 @ 12:19pm PDTTags: Sony Pictures, Source Code

EXCLUSIVE: Ben Ripley, who most recently penned Source Code, has been signed to a development deal with Sony to write a contemporary reimagining of Flatliners, the 1990 Joel Schumacher drama about medical students who dabble too far into near-death experiments that starred then-emerging actors like Kiefer Sutherland, Julia Roberts and William Baldwin, as well as Kevin Bacon. Maybe Sony thinks a redo can launch a few more young careers in the same manner? Laurence Mark is set to produce, likely with Further Films, for Columbia Pictures. David Blackman is overseeing for Laurence Mark Prods. Ripley penned the April release Source Code for Summit Entertainment; the film was a surprise hit and has made $123.3 million worldwide to date.

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Summit Will Put ‘Source Code’ On VOD Two Weeks Before Vid Release

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday May 31, 2011 @ 12:40pm PDTTags: Source Code, VOD
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Los Angeles, CA May 31, 2011 – Summit Home Entertainment announced today that its Sci-fi film SOURCE CODE will be available to consumers via VOD and EST on Friday, July 8, 2011, approximately two weeks prior to the film’s home entertainment release date of Tuesday, July 26, 2011. Traditionally standard VOD and EST are available day and date with physical discs. This particular case will test the demand for viewing a bigger budgeted film digitally prior to the release of physical discs. Summit is not shortening the industry established window between a film’s theatrical release and its home entertainment debut, rather this test aligns with the studio’s ongoing efforts to find the best way to present its films digitally.

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Kagan: ‘Rio’ And ‘Fast Five’ Only Clearly Profitable Films In April With Summer Movie Profits Poised To Fall

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor | Friday May 13, 2011 @ 5:23am PDTTags: Carmike Cinemas, Cinemark Entertainment, Fast Five, Film Finance, Fox Rio, Hop, Insidious, Regal Entertainment, SNL Kagan, Source Code

Don’t be fooled by the headlines this summer that likely will focus on how strong movie ticket sales look compared to last year. Researchers at SNL Kagan predict that domestic box office for the period from late April to the … Read More »

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Chicago Metra Shakedown Of ‘Source Code’

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Tuesday April 12, 2011 @ 12:56pm PDTTags: Chicago, Movies, Source Code

A CBS2 TV station’s investigative report (video below) is alleging that the local transit authority in Chicago tried to elicit an alleged bribe for services on the Summit Entertainment movie Source Code. I’m told that Summit is not commenting since the studio was not directly involved. But the TV station is calling this “like something out of a movie.” ”The movie industry has brought millions of dollars to the Chicago area, shooting scenes all over the city and suburbs. One or more Metra employees may have tried to get a piece of the action, CBS2 and the Better Government Association have learned. Now, the rail agency’s inspector general is investigating.” A Metra train has a starring role in the film and was ”one of the many movie negotiations handled for more than a decade by Jonathan Gottlieb, a Metra special transportation services manager. But after Gottlieb negotiated a $19,000 contract for Source Code last year, a film location manager reportedly complained that Gottlieb demanded additional cash for all his hard work — $2,000 — be delivered in an envelope to him or another Metra employee. On the morning of the first shoot, the complainant said, Gottlieb was furious to learn the money would not be delivered and told her she’d never be able to work with Metra again.” Gottlieb has denied any involvement and said his record is unblemished. But “soon after the alleged incident, he retired from his $73,000-a-year job,” CBS2 reported. Read More »

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SXSW Promises Mel Gibson, Singing Coco, A Vulgar Alien And John Mellencamp

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday January 13, 2011 @ 12:00pm PSTTags: Conan O'Brien Can't Stop, Movies, Source Code, South by Southwest Film Festival, SXSW, SXSW Program, The Beaver
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South by Southwest 2011 has programmed a bunch of features to go with previously announced opening night premiere Source Code. Coming on the heels of Sundance, the Austin, Texas-based SXSW has put itself in position to secure films that didn’t … Read More »

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‘Source Code’ To Open SXSW Film Festival

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday December 16, 2010 @ 11:54am PSTTags: Duncan Jones, Film Festivals, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, Movies, Source Code, South by Southwest Film Festival, SXSW, Vera Farmiga
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The Duncan Jones-directed Source Code will be the opening night film of the South by Southwest Film Festival. The fest runs March 11-19 in Austin, Texas. Source Code stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga and Jeffrey Wright. The film … Read More »

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Hot Trailer: ‘Source Code’

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Monday November 22, 2010 @ 1:48pm PSTTags: Movies, Source Code, Video

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