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‘Twilight Saga’: New Blood From ‘Taken’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday September 27, 2010 @ 2:57pm PDTTags: Bill Condon, Maggie Grace, Melissa Rosenberg, Movies, Summit Entertainment, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Casting, Vampires
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Maggie Grace will play a new vampire threat to Kristen Stewart’s Bella in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn.  Grace, who played Liam Neeson’s in-distress daughter in Taken, will play the role of Irina in the final installments of the Stephenie Meyer novel, which director Bill Condon is directing in two separate films.

Irina is a member of the Denali coven, considered cousins to the Cullen clan as the only other “vegetarian” vampire group. When Irina blames the Cullens for the death of her lover, her actions set in motion a terrifying chain of events. The first of two pictures will be released by Summit Entertainment on November 18, 2011, followed by the finale on November 16, 2012. Melissa Rosenberg is writing both scripts, and Wyck Godfrey, Karen Rosenfelt and Meyer are producing. Grace just completed the Dwayne Johnson-starrer Faster for CBS Pictures and re-teamed with Taken producer Luc Besson in Lockout, the outer space saga that stars Guy Pearce as a wrongly convicted man offered his freedom if he can rescue the president’s daughter (Grace) from an outer space prison taken over by violent inmates. Grace is also waiting to reprise in Taken 2. She is repped by UTA and Global Creative.

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HBO’s ‘True Blood’ Hits New Series High

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday August 31, 2010 @ 9:49am PDTTags: Cable TV, HBO, HBO Ratings, Ratings, True Blood Ratings, TV Ratings, Vampires
Nellie Andreeva

It may have lost at the Emmys where it was nominated for best drama series, but airing against the awards show on Sunday, HBO’s True Blood hit a new series high, drawing 5.4 million viewers. The vampire drama added another 1.2 million viewers with the 11:30 PM replay. Also on Sunday, … Read More »

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‘Saw’ Director James Wan Takes On Bloodsucker Tale ‘Nightfall’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday August 25, 2010 @ 6:22pm PDTTags: Graphic Novels, Insidious Toronto Film Festival, James Wan, Platinum Studios, Vampires
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: James Wan, who co-created and directed the original Saw, has been set to direct Nightfall, the film adaptation of the graphic novel. The film is a coproduction between Scott Mitchell Rosenberg’s Platinum Studios and William Stuart’s Aurora Productions. The premise: a man is sentenced to time in a prison run by vampires. The graphic novel was published in 2007 and written and created by Scott O. Brown with art by Ferran Xalabarder. Wan will oversee the development of a script. His latest film, Insidious, plays in the Midnight Madness program at the upcoming Toronto Film Festival. Read More »

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Comic-Con #13: The ‘Priest’ Panel

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Sunday July 25, 2010 @ 9:43pm PDTTags: Comic-Con, Comic-Con Convention, Comics, Karl Urban, Maggie Q, Paul Bettany, Priest, Scott Stewart, Stephen Moyer, Vampires

Luke Y Thompson is covering the Con for Deadline:

PRIEST, based on the Tokyopop-published graphic novel, is brought to you by the folks behind the agreeable B-movie LEGION. While many of the original Manga take place in the past, the movie serves as a sequel, set in a post-apocalyptic world. We’re shown a clip that is “not MPAA approved.” It begins with a dark, BLADE RUNNER-style cityscape. A hooded figure carrying a rosary walks through. It’s Paul Bettany, and he has a red cross tattooed on his face. A vampire attacks – this vampire is like a wild, wet beast, with no eyes, no pigment – think the demons in CONSTANTINE, on the offchance you actually saw that. Read More »

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Now Will Smith Wants To Play Bad Boy Cain (…With Vampiric Twist)

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday July 16, 2010 @ 12:36pm PDTTags: Andrea Berloff, Jada Pinkett Smith, James Lassiter, Ken Stovitz, Overbrook Entertainment, Vampires, Will Smith
Mike Fleming

will-smith-picture-1EXCLUSIVE: Will Smith has attached himself to star in and produce The Legend Of Cain, an epic re-telling of the Biblical sibling tale, this time with a vampiric twist. Smith will play Cain, the original Bad Boy, and he will produce … Read More »

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Seth Grahame-Smith On ‘Dark Shadows’ As Tim Burton Pic Gets Closer To Start Date With Johnny Depp As Vampire Barnabas

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday July 15, 2010 @ 8:53am PDTTags: Dark Shadows, GK Films, Grahame-Smith Dark Shadows, Horror, Johnny Depp, Johnny Depp Infinitum Nihil, Lionsgate, Pride Prejudice and Zombies, Seth Grahame-Smith, Tim Burton, Timur Bekmambetov, Vampires, Warner Bros
Mike Fleming

dark2 shadowsEXCLUSIVE: Seth Grahame-Smith, who made his Hollywood entry  writing novels that put a macabre twist to literary classics and historical figures, has just snagged the high profile job of writing the new draft of Dark Shadows. The Tim Burton-directed adaptation of … Read More »

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Patrick J. Adams To Star In ‘A Legal Mind’; Mark Pellegrino Joins ‘Being Human’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday July 7, 2010 @ 3:30pm PDTTags: A Legal Mind, A Legal Mind Pilot, Cable TV, Ghosts, TV Casting, TV Pilots, USA Network, Vampires, Werewolves
Nellie Andreeva

MarkPellegrinoPatrickJAdamsEXCLUSIVE: Patrick J. Adams has been cast as the lead on USA Network’s pilot A Legal Mind. Meanwhile Lost and Supernatural alum Mark Pellegrino has landed … Read More »

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‘ECLIPSE’ KEEPS BREAKING RECORDS: Twilight Saga Threequel Sets Best Ever Wednesday Opening Of $68.5M; Thursday $24.2M; Six-Day July Fourth Holiday Estimated At $178M; Twi-Hards Mob Theaters In U.S., Canada, Overseas

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Thursday July 1, 2010 @ 8:02am PDTTags: David Slade, Eclipse, Hollywood History, Horror, Kristen Stewart, Melissa Rosenberg, Movies, Robert Pattinson, Stephenie Meyer, Summer Movies, Taylor Lautner, Twilight, Twilight Saga, Vampires, Werewolves

twilight-saga-eclipse-poster10TH UPDATE, THURSDAY 11 PM: No. 1 at the North American box office was the Twilight Saga: Eclipse with what looks like $24.2M today for a new cume of $92.8M and $110M for 5 days with a total of $178M for the 6-day July Fouth Holiday since Wednesday. That would put the pic just shy of Spider-Man 2 which holds the July 4th holiday record with $180M.

9TH UPDATE, THURSDAY 3:30 PM: Summit Entertainment is disclosing that THE TWILIGHT SAGA: Eclipse had “an incredible start” internationally. Despite great weather and the World Cup, Eclipse launched with an estimated $19M from 22 markets. The only major territories that opened on June 30th were Italy, Brazil, and Russia. Other majors like Spain, Australia and Mexico launch today. France, Germany, S. Korea and Japan will launch in the weeks to come. Here are some highlights of opening day results: Eclipse Kicks Off Big International Run

8TH UPDATE, THURSDAY 8 AM: I can report now that the 3rd film in Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight Saga series of novels is off to a record-breaking start at the North American box office. Summit Entertainment’s ECLIPSE opened to $68.5 million today which shattered the best-ever $62 million for a Wednesday single day opening set last summer by Paramount’s Transformers 2. That $68.5M included Eclipse‘s record-setting $30M from Wednesday 12:01 AM and 3 AM showings at more than 4,000 theaters in the U.S. and Canada. Eclipse also registered the biggest single day opening during the summer play period, besting The Dark Knight‘s $67.2M. But the Twilight saga’s 2nd film, New Moon, still holds the largest single day opening record of $72 million. Eclipse is playing in 4,416 domestic locations, which sets another record for the biggest ever release in Hollywood history, surpassing Iron Man 2‘s 4,380 venues. 

eclipse orange2Stay tuned for the David Slade-directed Eclipse starring Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner from Melissa Rosenberg’s script to set more records over this 6-day July 4th holiday weekend. I’ve learned that 57% of the audience attending opening day did so because of the “subject matter”, while 36% did so because of the actor in the lead role, and 15% because of the actress in the lead role. Eclipse received a Cinemascore overall grade of “A” with 92% of moviegoers giving the pic an A or B. Read More »

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EXCLUSIVE Hot Trailer: ‘Let Me In’

By TIM ADLER in London | Thursday July 1, 2010 @ 2:34am PDTTags: Hammer Films, Horror, Let Me In, Matt Reeves, Overture Films, Trailers, Vampires, Video

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2 SCARY? Theater Chain Pulls Trailer For ‘Paranormal Activity’ Sequel In Texas

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Wednesday June 30, 2010 @ 8:05pm PDTTags: Paranormal Activity 2, Paranormal Activity 2 Trailer, Psychological Thriller, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, Vampires, Werewolves

paramountlogoParamount of course marketed the first installment of the psychological thriller precisely on the basis that the original Paranormal Activity was frightening the bejesus out of college town moviegoers. Now it’s happening again. Although Paranormal Activity 2 won’t be released until October … Read More »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: HBO’s ‘True Blood’ Dips In Week 2 & ‘Treme’ Ends Season 1

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday June 22, 2010 @ 12:03pm PDTTags: Cable TV, HBO, Michael Lombardo, Ratings, Showtime, The L Word, The Real L Word, The Tudors, Treme, True Blood, TV Ratings, Vampires
Nellie Andreeva

hbo_smallOn the heels of True Blood‘s renewal yesterday for Season 4, HBO released ratings for the Sunday second episode of the vampire drama’s current third season. True Blood drew 4.3 million viewers, down modest 14% from the heavily promoted and highly-rated season … Read More »

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