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Jonah Hill is an ‘Adventurer’

Jonah Hill and Jason Schwartzman will star in The Adventurer’s Handbook for Universal Pictures, who scored the project for seven figures, according to Variety. The comedy, inspired by the book by Mick Conefrey, was written by Hill, Matt Spicer, and Max Winkler.  It’s about a quartet of friends who get inspired by stories of hardcore explorers [...]

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Adam Sandler to Cameo in ‘Green Hornet’?

The Green Hornet is going through a surprising amount of preproduction woes.  After Seth Rogen climbed onboard and Sony gave it the go-ahead for a June 25, 2010 release, Stephen Chow signed on to both direct and play the Hornet’s sidekick Kato.  But then, citing “creative differences,” Chow stepped out of the director’s spot — [...]

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Universal Brings A Howling Good Time To 2009

Despite strong ticket sales overseas, Universal Pictures lingered far behind its rivals in 2008 with a $1.12 billion take in U.S. theaters (Warner Bros. led the pack with $1.79 billion).  The studio tries to turn things around with their upcoming slate of features for 2009. The Unborn (Jan 9th) - Writer/director David Goyer’s tale of a girl haunted [...]

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