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Weekend Receipts: The Karate Kid Stops The Plan From Coming Together

Need more proof that pre-release polling is totally useless? Heading into this weekend of ’80s reboots, The Karate Kid and The A-Team were running neck and neck — both pegged for around $30 million in ticket sales. Where are those “Dewey Defeats Truman” headlines when you need them? The Karate Kid almost doubled those expectations this weekend, easily defeating the exploding version of The A-Team in the process. Those stories of June Gloom in Hollywood can stop now. The cruel summer — ahem — is officially over. Cue up some Bananarama and click ahead for the weekend receipts.

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Harry Potter Filming Officially Over

Pour a little out for Harry Potter and his friends. According to the Twitter account of actor Warrick Davis, Saturday was the final day of principle photography on Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows . Said Davis over multiple tweets: “The end of an Era — today is officially the last day of principal photography on Harry Potter — ever I feel honoured to be here as the director shouts cut for the very last time. Farewell Harry & Hogwarts, it’s been magic! … and goodbye Griphook!” Though not magic enough to stay within the bounds of the 140 character Twitter limit, right Warrick? [ /Film ]

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How Joe Carnahan Spent His Time on Mission: Impossible III

Director Joe Carnahan — who is busy blowing up everything in The A-Team this weekend — has had his fair share of brushes with almost greatness. White Jazz , an adaptation of the James Ellory novel, was supposed to film in 2007 with George Clooney and Chris Pine, but never happened. Ditto the remake of Bunny Lake is Missing with Reese Witherspoon. And he’s still trying to get his Medellin Killing Pablo script made — with Edgar Ramirez as Pablo Escobar and, perhaps, Christian Bale as a law enforcement official (shades of Public Enemies ). And, of course, there was Mission: Impossible III .

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Liam Neeson Only Interested in ‘Believable’ Taken Sequel

Someone get Liam Neeson a Netflix account. While on the press rounds for The A-Team , Neeson found time to discuss the sequel status of his previous blockbuster — the surprise hit Taken : “It’s just hard to get a plot that’s going to be believable, you know? But I’m meeting with Luc Besson later this month so we’re going to sit down and see if we can hash out a theme.” Huh. Has he actually seen Taken ? Considering it basically revolved around Neeson single-handedly killing everyone he ran into and that The A-Team features a scene where the protagonists fly a tank by firing its gun , it’s safe to assume that his definition of “believable” has very wide parameters. [ MTV Movies Blog ]

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Robert Pattinson Markets The Twilight Saga: Eclipse With Two Words

What is it with movie stars moonlighting as marketing geniuses? Earlier, it was Aubrey Plaza stumping for Super 8 — though, to be fair, Plaza just tweeted the following: “I’m not MarKEtinG SH*T! I just GOTTA know what’s indat BOXXXX ” — and now Robert Pattinson has come up with a surefire way to get people in the seats for The Twilight Saga: Eclipse . At a press conference today, when asked why people should see Eclipse , Pattinson offered the best reason he could think of: “Why not?”

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Aubrey Plaza Virally Markets Super 8 Using Twitter, Capital Letters

It’s been a while since J.J. Abrams’ Super 8 marketing campaign has made any noise — and no, those “secret” casting notices don’t count; Little Darlings , my ass — but thanks to actress Aubrey Plaza, that changed on Friday night. The Parks and Recreation star — and all-around hilarious scene stealer — took to her Twitter page to post seven tweets over the course of an hour pleading with the Super 8 director to reveal what’s inside the smashed train car at the end of the film’s teaser . As Plaza put it: “I cant WAIT TILL NEXT SUMMER FOR THAT SH*T! WHATS IN DAT BOX JJ??” She even created a blogspot — titled, fittingly, “Whats in DAT BOX, JJ?!” — which, thus far, has two posts. J.J, the ball’s in your court. [ @evilhag ]

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UPDATE: No Alcohol, Malfeasance Involved in January Jones Accident

As it turns out, the January Jones hit and run wasn’t as scandalous as it initially appeared. Heck, it wasn’t even a hit and run. Said LAPD officer April Harding: “It wasn’t a hit and run. She wasn’t under the influence and she wasn’t arrested. She was being followed by paparazzi and as she was trying to elude them, she struck two cars. She wasn’t under the influence of any drugs. No crime was committed and she wasn’t arrested.” Well, case closed. Still if you want to have some fun at Jones’ expense, TMZ has created “The January Jones Driving Game” with a special appearance from Bobby Flay. Good luck! [ US Weekly , TMZ ]

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Know Your Men Behind the Curtain: Updating the 4 Wizard of Oz Projects

With The Karate Kid and The A-Team one-two at the box office , clearly originality has gone out the window. And so maybe remaking The Wizard of Oz isn’t such a bad idea after all. Besides, eventually everything gets the reboot treatment, right guys? ( Citizen Kane you’re on notice!) And yet, does anyone really need to see four different versions of The Wizard of Oz — and two from Warner Brothers alone? Well, too bad! They’re happening anyway. Since you can’t tell a player without a scorecard, after the jump Movieline helps you parse through the four Oz projects. Follow the yellowbrick road…

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Movieline’s Week in Review: Be Very Afraid

It might seem like a miracle that there’s any news to collect here at all, but you’d be surprised what even the most stultifying week in the history of modern pop culture can yield. We do it all for you, Dear Reader. Anyway, it’s Friday, so enough already. Drop by this weekend to catch up with Christopher Rosen, and the rest of team ML will see you Monday. Bye! [Presses eject, is shot into space.]

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Our Commenters of the Week Get to Play Twisted Metal 2 with January Jones

A little carnage to start off your weekend? Our Commenters of the Week win the chance to see January Jones in her element — destroying cars and remaining unconcerned . You’ll be doing it up old-school, playing her in the original Playstation version of Twisted Metal 2 and attempting to defeat her the way Bobbie Barrett never could. Jones has dibs on Thumper, the dainty Betty Draper vehicle of choice, but otherwise you’re free to blow her up with a rocket launcher under the Eiffel Tower. So, who gets to play?

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