‘Orphan’ star to join M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘After Earth’
By Kurt Orzeck LOS ANGELES, Jan 11 (TheWrap.com) - "Hunger Games" actress Isabelle Fuhrman is in negotiations to co-star alongside Will Smith in M. Night Shyamalan's sci-fi film "After Earth," TheWrap...
View ArticleAfter Earth Trailer Pairs Will Smith With Son Jaden
By Mark Hodge (doddleNEWS) Will Smith has long been the king of the sci-fi spectacular. And, now, in the most gratuitous form of big screen nepotism in living memory, the Fresh Prince is passing the...
View ArticleSony Takes a Broad Approach to Moviemaking as Rivals Slim Down
By Brent Lang – LOS ANGELES (TheWrap) At a time when most major studios are winnowing their slates to a handful of big-budget releases, Sony is taking an everything-but-the-kitchen-sink approach to its...
View ArticleMovie Review: After Earth
By Alonso Duralde (TheWrap) “After Earth” tells the story of an inexperienced boy trying desperately to please his father while making one mistake after another, and as such, it becomes an...
View ArticleAfter Earth may actually beat Fast & Furious 6 at weekend box office
By Todd Cunningham (TheWrap) Reigning champ “Fast & Furious 6” has the inside track this weekend at the box office, but Will and Jaden Smith could put them in the rear-view mirror with their sci-fi...
View ArticleFast & Furious 6 rolls over Will Smith’s After Earth
(Reuters) Car chase sequel “Fast & Furious 6” kept racing at U.S. and Canadian box offices, leading all movies for a second straight weekend and finishing far in front of Will Smith and son’s new...
View ArticleWill Smith To Move Away From Blockbusters
By Mark Hodge (doddleNEWS) With Will Smith’s latest offering, After Earth, crash landing at the box-office, the actor has revealed he is considering a career shift. While speaking with Digital Spy, the...
View ArticleSony suffers second box office letdown as it eyes partial spinoff
By Ronald Grover and Lisa Richwine – LOS ANGELES (Reuters) Sony, which is studying a partial spinoff of its studio at the urging of major shareholder Daniel Loeb, suffered its second box office misfire...
View ArticleAre Big-Budget Bombs A Harbinger of Filmmakers’ Box Office Prophecy?
Lucas and Spielberg’s words haunting as summer blockbusters stutter at the box office. By James DeRuvo (doddleNEWS) After Earth. $130 million. White House Down. $150 million. The Lone Ranger. $215...
View ArticleSummer’s 5 Biggest Box Office Overachievers
By Todd Cunningham LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - "Iron Man 3," "Despicable Me 2" and "Man of Steel" have grabbed the headlines as the top-grossing movies of summer, and flops like "The Lone Ranger," "...
View ArticleM. Night Shyamalan ruins Will Smith, Henry Cavill soars: 8 burning box office...
By Lucas Shaw NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Before Iron Man trounced Superman and Universal won the summer, TheWrap asked eight questions about the year's loudest and least imaginative time of year. The...
View ArticleTop 5 Worst Movies Of 2013
By Mark Hodge (doddleNEWS) Here are my top 5 worst movies of 2013: After Earth There has been a lot of negativity surrounding After Earth following its lukewarm commercial performance and the critical...
View ArticleM. Night Shyamalan Returns To Horror Roots With ‘The Visit’
The Visit will be a return to the actor’s horror roots. By Mark Hodge (doddleNEWS) There are few directors in Hollywood who need a hit more than M. Night Shyamalan. The Sixth Sense helmer’s last...
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