‘The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian’ was left in the cold this weekend. Indy 4 got all the fame and only a couple of people got lost and went to ‘Prince Caspian’ by accident. It all started with a disappointing opening last weekend. The Disney picture only made $55 million, while everybody expected a bigger opening for the $200 million fantasy project. And how much did last weekend bring in for Aslan and his gang? Less than $23 million, a drop of almost 60%.
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May 27th, 2008 at 9:25 pm
Jackie Chan almost wanted to quit acting and start doing charity work after the Wenchuan earthquake. But he has now decided to show the world, he says. “Tomorrow we have a big meeting with some directors, some scriptwriters. Why? I want to make the movie about the earthquake because there are so many touching stories,” Chan said at a press conference in London. “Every story I’ve seen just makes me cry…I believe there are so, so many touching stories. So tomorrow we’re going to have a big meeting to see what happens. I want through the movie to show the whole world, I really want to salute the whole army of China, really,” he said.
Obviously, he was very emotional about the whole drama. He wants to make the movie to raise money for the victims. And he already donated $1.57 million himself. Chan was in Europe to promote ‘Kung Fu Panda’ at the Cannes Film Festival, for which he did the voice of Master Monkey. But he isn’t too concerned about Hollywood at the moment. He wants to help the people in China as soon as possible, starting by rebuilding the schools.
May 27th, 2008 at 7:24 pm
 | | Just a rumor for now, but Patrick Fugit is apparently topping the list of Tobey Maguire replacements. This would confirm the news last week, about Sony Pictures’ problems with the ‘Spider-Man 4′ cast. Maguire was supposedly offered $20 million to lead in the new ‘Spider-Man,’ but it seems like money wasn’t enough to convince him.
Patrick Fugit is best known for his role as Rolling Stone Magazine reporter William in ‘Almost Famous.’ Second on the list to play Spidey, is ‘The Forbidden Kingdom’ star Michael Angarano. But Fugit seems like a better fit to play the new Peter Parker.
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May 27th, 2008 at 4:20 pm
A $1 billion lawsuit against YouTube is threatening people’s exchange of information on the internet, Google Inc. said. The claim was made as a reaction to Viacom Inc., who says YouTube was responsible for “an explosion of copyright infringement.” And YouTube owes them the money for illegally showing material from MTV, Comedy Central and other networks.
Although YouTube got famous for letting people upload any content they wanted, it is true they are working hard to eliminate illegal content these days. Google said their YouTube “goes far beyond its legal obligations in assisting content owners to protect their works.” And Viacom wants to hold carriers and providers responsible for what people share, which “threatens the way hundreds of millions of people legitimately exchange information, news, entertainment and political and artistic expression.” It seems like Google wants to turn this into a net neutrality debate.
May 27th, 2008 at 3:53 pm
