Posts Tagged ‘Cowboys & Aliens’

‘The Lone Ranger’ Gets Back in the Saddle

11, Oct 2011

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It was supposed to be the next project from the major players behind the first three Pirates of the Caribbean movies, but in August, Disney pulled the plug when The Lone Ranger was expected to cost north of $250 million.

Now, those major players – star Johnny Depp, director Gore Verbinski and producer Jerry Bruckheimer – have come to something of a meeting of the minds with the studio, renegotiating their own deals and re-working the script to bring the budget down to a “more reasonable” $215 million.

Disney’s reluctance to spend so much money on a Western – even with Depp’s name attached – is particularly understandable in the wake of the money Cowboys & Aliens is losing for DreamWorks this year.

Still, the project now appears to be back on track. The Lone Ranger was supposed to begin production in New Mexico in fall of this year, with an eye on a December 21, 2012 release date. Now, with production not starting until early next year, it’ll most likely be a 2013 release. The Lone Ranger will star Depp as Tonto and Armie Hammer in the title role.

(via Deadline)

Weekend Box Office Results: August 5th – 7th

8, Aug 2011

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weekend box office - July 15 - 17

Movie Weekend $ Total $ Times Ranked Add to Flickchart
Rise of the Planet of the Apes $54.0 Mil $54 Mil 394 rank it against the best movies of all time
The Smurfs $21.0 Mil $76 Mil 166 rank it against the best movies of all time
Cowboys & Aliens $15.8 Mil $67 Mil 1434 rank it against the best movies of all time
The Change-Up $13.5 Mil $14 Mil 42 rank it against the best movies of all time
Captain America: The First Avenger $13.0 Mil $143 Mil 5119 rank it against the best movies of all time
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 $12.2 Mil $343 Mil 8071 rank it against the best movies of all time
Crazy, Stupid, Love. $12.1 Mil $42 Mil 613 rank it against the best movies of all time
Friends with Benefits $4.7 Mil $49 Mil 562 rank it against the best movies of all time
Horrible Bosses $4.6 Mil $105 Mil 2919 rank it against the best movies of all time
Transformers: Dark of the Moon $3.0 Mil $344 Mil 3973 rank it against the best movies of all time

Source: Box Office Mojo

‘Lost’ Writer Damon Lindelof Offered 7 Figures for New Sci-Fi Script

9, Jun 2011

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The Walt Disney Company has apparently made a seven-figure deal with Damon Lindelof, the co-creator and showrunner of the hit television series Lost, to pen an original sci-fi feature film. Little is known about the story, other than it currently has a working title of 1952, and may not be developed as just a movie, but also for “multiple other platforms”.

Lindelof has been extremely busy as a screenwriter since the show ended in 2010. He’s been working with Ridley Scott on the Alien “prequel” Prometheus, and with Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci on the sequel to 2009‘s Star Trek. Also with Kurtzman and Orci, he’s written Cowboys & Aliens, directed by Jon Favreau, which hits theaters on July 29.

(via Deadline New York)