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'Four Christmases' Celebrates At Box Office As 'War Zone' Gets Punished

Posted 12/8/08 10:36 am EST by in Box Office


'Four Christmases'The Box Office Top 5
#1. "Four Christmases" ($18.5 million)
#2. "Twilight" ($13.2 million)
#3. "Bolt" ($9.7 million)
#4 "Australia" ($7 million)
#5 "Quantum of Solace" ($6.6 million)

The top earners this weekend were all familiar faces, suggesting that post-Thanksgiving audiences prefer the warm and fuzzy fare to the blood and carnage offered by our big newcomer, "Punisher: War Zone." The latest Marvel flick only made it to the 8th spot, bringing in $4 million, the smallest opening yet for a Marvel film. That's a disappointing start for the Punisher reboot, and a bleak outlook for its continuation. Read More...

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'Punisher' Ray Stevenson Joins 'Book of Eli' Cast As Post-Apoc Hit Man

Posted 12/2/08 10:18 am EST by in News


Ray Stevenson"The Book of Eli" officially has my interest. We've watched the film rack up a pretty nice casting line-up in Denzel Washington, Gary Oldman and Mila Kunis, but something was missing in this post-apocalyptic story. That something was obviously the Punisher.

That's right -- Ray Stevenson, aka the new Punisher (who you'll see shoot up the place next week in Punisher: War Zone), has joined the cast of "Eli." According to Variety, he'll be playing an enforcer dispatched to kill Eli, that poor man who's just trying to guard a book and save humanity. Read More...

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'Punisher: War Zone' Helmer Lexi Alexander To Direct Fantasy Adaptation

Posted 7/29/08 5:08 pm EST by in News


Lexi AlexanderWith Comic-Con having come and gone, it's telling that what most people are still talking about isn't what was there, but what wasn't: No "Star Trek" teaser, no "Transformers 2” and of course, no Lexi Alexander, whose "Punisher: War Zone" was finally unveiled to the world but without its director there to support it.

The official word during the panel was that she was on her honeymoon. Now, whether you believe Harry Knowles at AICN, who was the first to call the story bogus or Jenna Busch over at UGO, who today wrote that it was real, the implication in both stories is crystal clear: Alexander is difficult, Marvel and Lions Gate are unhappy with her direction, and she has been removed from the project in at least some capacity. Her official blog, normally a veritable hive of activity, has nothing now but a picture of the "See no evil, speak no evil, hear no evil" monkeys. Read More...

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The Dailies: June 16, 2008

Posted 6/16/08 6:00 pm EST by in Dailies


- Robert Downey Jr. in negotiations to star in "Cowboys and Aliens." Plot self-explanatory (but you can read the entire comic here) (THR & Drunk Duck)

- Director Lexi Alexander talks about exploding heads, graphic violence in anticipation of "Punisher: War Zone." (Lexi Alexander)

- "Hulk" director Louis Leterrier eyes eco-thriller "Strays" as next project. (THR)

- Finally, something the Pope and I agree on. "The DaVinci Code" an "offence against God." Sequel starring Tom Hanks prohibited from filming in any Roman church. (Times Online)

- Say cheese! Pictures of new Wallace and Gromit short surface online. (Io9)

- Nic Cage, Donald Sutherland, Nathan Lane, and Bill Nighy among voice cast announced for "Astro Boy." (Coming Soon)

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