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Magic Mike Headed to Broadway?

Director Steven Soderbergh’s Magic Mike debuted over the weekend , closing out the Los Angeles Film Festival. And while the Warner Bros film opens in theaters this Friday, fans may have the opportunity to see it live in the flesh as it were in the future. Starring Channing Tatum, the story loosely revolves around the actor’s eight month stint dancing at male strip clubs in Tampa, Florida. It is a time during which Tatum admits to witnessing a much more dark and depressing version of events than what producing partner/writer Reid Carolin transposes to the script. He meets an eager college drop out, played by Alex Pettyfer and takes him under his wing. Carolin tipped off to USA Today that there are plans to strut Magic Mike on Broadway in the near future. “”We are working on it as a Broadway show, which would be a different story,” said Carolin, adding, “More of a romp, more of a fun night out at a club with a story. I’m almost more excited about that than the movie because I think it’s the perfect thing for women to go see on Broadway, to be participants in the show.” And Pettyfer may have a chance to show more skin as well if and when the show hits the great white way. He said he “absolutely” would do the show. “”I think we should all do the opening night,” he said.

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Consider Uggie, Day 210: Uggie Cements History with Grauman’s Chinese Pawprint Ceremony

Uggie Mania rolls on! On the occasion of his retirement from the biz, everyone’s favorite canine actor, Uggie the dog , (well, maybe not everyone’s ) was honored today with a history-making pawprint ceremony outside of Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. Guests celebrated with a fire hydrant-shaped cake as the Artist and Water for Elephants co-star sank his paws into the wet cement of Hollywood legend, making him not only the first dog performer to receive the honor, but the first cast member from the Oscar-winning The Artist (which also happens to be released on DVD and Blu-ray this week). [ CBS News ]

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Consider Uggie, Day 210: Uggie Cements History with Grauman’s Chinese Pawprint Ceremony

Consider Uggie, Day 210: Uggie Cements History with Grauman’s Chinese Pawprint Ceremony

Uggie Mania rolls on! On the occasion of his retirement from the biz, everyone’s favorite canine actor, Uggie the dog , (well, maybe not everyone’s ) was honored today with a history-making pawprint ceremony outside of Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. Guests celebrated with a fire hydrant-shaped cake as the Artist and Water for Elephants co-star sank his paws into the wet cement of Hollywood legend, making him not only the first dog performer to receive the honor, but the first cast member from the Oscar-winning The Artist (which also happens to be released on DVD and Blu-ray this week). [ CBS News ]

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Consider Uggie, Day 210: Uggie Cements History with Grauman’s Chinese Pawprint Ceremony

Consider Uggie, Day 210: Uggie Cements History with Grauman’s Chinese Pawprint Ceremony

Uggie Mania rolls on! On the occasion of his retirement from the biz, everyone’s favorite canine actor, Uggie the dog , (well, maybe not everyone’s ) was honored today with a history-making pawprint ceremony outside of Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. Guests celebrated with a fire hydrant-shaped cake as the Artist and Water for Elephants co-star sank his paws into the wet cement of Hollywood legend, making him not only the first dog performer to receive the honor, but the first cast member from the Oscar-winning The Artist (which also happens to be released on DVD and Blu-ray this week). [ CBS News ]

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Lindsay Lohan Blames Exhaustion for Collapse, Disney Pays Big Bucks for a Pitch: Biz Break

Also in Monday afternoon’s round up of news, AFI appoints a new head of communications, Susan Sarandon will receive honors at the upcoming Karlovy Vary Film Festival. Tribeca Film eyes Glee star’s feature film for U.S. release and Ed Helms readies for two film roles ahead of The Office . AFI Names Jennifer Hoelzer as Its VP Communications The American Film Institute appointed capital hill veteran as its new Vice President, Communications effective July 16th. At AFI, Hoelzer will manage the Institute’s press and public relations activities while crafting messaging that underscores AFI’s mission “to preserve the history of the motion picture, to honor the artists and their work and to educate the next generation of storytellers.” Around the ‘net… Lindsay Lohan Blames Exhaustion for Hotel Room Collapse The actress took to Twitter to say she had been working too hard while filming a new made for TV movie in Los Angeles. She also denied having been taken to hospital, BBC reports . Disney Pays Seven Figures for Scott Rosenberg Pitch The entertainment giant closed the seven-figure pitch deal for an untitled action comedy by Scott Rosenberg. Several studios were bidding, Deadline reports . Karlovy Vary Film Festival to Fete Susan Sarandon Sarandon will receive the Czech festival’s Lifetime Achievement honor, called the Crystal Globe, at the 47th edition of the Karlovy Vary Film Festival next month. She will attend the festival which launches with the Duplass Brothers’ Jeff, Who Lives at Home in which she stars along with Jason Segel and Ed Helms, THR reports . Tribeca Vying for Lightning Tribeca Film, the distribution label of Tribeca Enterprises, is in final negotiations to take U.S. rights to Brian Dannelly’s Struck by Lightning starring Chris Colfer who wrote the script. Told in a flashback, Colfer’s character blackmails fellow high schoolers into contributing to his literary magazine, Variety reports . Ed Helms Sets 2 Film Roles Ahead of Return to The Office Helms will star opposite Paul Rudd and Amy Poehler in They Came Together and will do a cameo in We’re The Millers , a New Line comedy directed by Rawson Thurber, Deadline reports .

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Raging Bull II Now Filming, Is Really Happening

Last April came the out-of-nowhere casting calls , but now you’ll have to come to terms with the fact that Raging Bull II — a prequel and sequel to the Martin Scorsese film, with William Forsythe in the role made famous by Robert De Niro — has actually begun filming. Variety reports: “[Forsythe] stars as boxing champ Jake LaMotta in his older years with newcomer Mojean Aria playing the younger version of the character made famous by Robert De Niro in Martin Scorsese’s 1980 classic Raging Bull .” William Forsythe as Jake LaMotta. Yep. It’s happening. Directed by Martin Guigui (from a script co-written with Rustam Branaman), Raging Bull II takes its inspiration from real life pugilist LaMotta’s book, and no — Scorsese isn’t involved. As if . Filming is now in progress in Los Angeles, with an interesting supporting cast that includes Joe Mantegna, Tom Sizemore, Penelope Ann Miller, Natasha Henstridge, Alicia Witt, Ray Wise, Harry Hamlin, Bill Bellamy and James Russo, though cast member Juliet Landau, Tweeting a photo of herself in costume as a starlet who has an affair with LaMotta, described many of theirs as cameo appearances. The film purports to tell LaMotta’s story “‘before the rage’ and ‘after the rage,'” and while it’s tough to guess just how this revisiting of LaMotta’s life will turn out, Witt did Tweet a photo of herself on set last week: Meanwhile, Twilight ‘s Alex Meraz also has a role — as a character named Paco — and recently shared what could be his curly-haired look for the film. Draw your own conclusions: [via Variety ]

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Weekend Receipts: Rock of Ages Lands Hard, Madagascar 3 Rules

Those colorful wild animals sat atop the box office once again over the weekend. Madagascar 3 held onto the premiere position for the second consecutive week, while Warner Bros. Rock of Ages bit the dust despite its star-wattage. It wasn’t a total surprise, however, though a disappointment all the same. The Tom Cruise starrer grossed just over $15 million in 3,470 theaters. Prometheus outshined Rock in its second weekend, holding onto the number two spot in the broader box office. The Fox feature took in $20.2 million in 3,442 theaters, averaging $5,869 – over $1,500 more than Rock of Ages – ouch. 1. Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (3-D Animated) Gross: $35.5M ($120,451,000) Screens: 4,263 (PSA: $8,327) Weeks: 2 (Change: – 41%) The Paramount/Dreamworks Animation feature which world premiered at Cannes of all places held onto the number one spot over the weekend, trumping newcomers. 2. Prometheus (3-D) Gross: $20.2M ($88,858,127) Screens: 3,442 (PSA: $5,869) Weeks: 2 (Change (Change: -60%) Prometheus held onto the second spot in the box office and reigned as the top R-rated film in theaters. 3. Rock of Ages Gross: $15.06M Screens: 3,470 (PSA: $4,340) Weeks: 1 4. Snow White and the Huntsman Gross: $13,805,000 ($122.6M) Screens: 3,701 (PSA: $3,730) Weeks: 3 (Change: – 40%) 5. That’s My Boy Gross: $13M Screens: 3,030 (PSA: $4,290) Weeks: 1 6. Men in Black 3 (3-D) Gross: $10M ($152.6M) Screens: 3,135 (PSA: $3,190) Weeks: 4 (Change – 28%) The film has grossed over $500 million worldwide. 7. The Avengers Gross: $8.848 M ($586.737M) Screens: 2,582 (PSA: $3,427) Weeks: 7 (Change: -21%) And the world seems to go for the superheroes as well. The pic has grossed over $833 million outside the U.S.

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Spike Lee Still Waiting on Green-Light for Oldboy

With his Sundance conversation-starter Red Hook Summer set for an August theatrical/VOD release, Spike Lee sat down with GQ and gave a rundown of which projects are happening for him, and which are not. Among the Spike Lee joints lost by the wayside due to funding struggles, etc.: His Jackie Robinson biopic, LA riots film, and Wesley Snipes-as-James Brown flick. Surprisingly, Lee admits he’s still awaiting the green light on Oldboy — but in the meantime Lee’s plotting to direct Mike Tyson on Broadway and has already interviewed the likes of Justin Bieber for a Michael Jackson doc celebrating the 25th anniversary of Bad , so there’s that… [ GQ ]

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2nd Hunger Games Makes IMAX Date

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire will be released via IMAX on November 23rd. Director Francis Lawrence will make use of IMAX cameras in filming portions of the second installment of the franchise, Lionsgate is touting. Oscar-nominee Jennifer Lawrence will reprise her role as Katniss Everdeen along with fellow cast members Liam Hemsworth, and Josh Hutcherson. The first round of Hunger Games hit the $400 million milestone in North America and has hit $650 million worldwide. The film will hit the huge Chinese market later this month. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire is based on the second book in Suzanne Collins’ bestselling series.  It chronicles the life of Katniss Everdeen after she emerges from the 74th Annual Hunger Games victorious, but still not safe.  Even as she becomes an unwitting symbol of the rebellion mounting in the districts, Katniss never loses sight of her commitment to protect her family.  The Hunger Games: Catching Fire will be directed by Francis Lawrence, and produced by Nina Jacobson’s Color Force in tandem with producer Jon Kilik. The novel on which the film is based is the second in a trilogy that has over 36 million copies in print in the U.S. alone.  “We are thrilled to continue the productive partnership we enjoyed with IMAX on the first installment of  The Hunger Games ,” said Lionsgate Motion Picture Group Co-Chairs Rob Friedman and Patrick Wachsberger in a joint statement.  “Our partnership on the first  Hunger Games film was a resounding success, and we look forward to building on that experience with an expanded IMAX relationship on Catching Fire .” 

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Prometheus Continues UK Reign at the Box Office

Prometheus held the box office throne in the United Kingdom last weekend. Madagascar 3 won’t have its British theatrical roll out until the fall of all things, so Prometheus had no big newcomers to contend with in the United Kingdom last weekend. The Ridley Scott directed feature took in £3.14M ($4.87M) in its second weekend, a 50 per cent drop. Still, its ten day total is £15.47M ($23.99M), just behind the complete cumulative for Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood which totaled £15.65M, according to figures by The Guardian. Men in Black 3 has had a bit of a rough go in the States, but it’s holding steady among the Brits, dropping a mild 16% in its third weekend, grossing £2.53M ($3.92M). Snow White and the Huntsman , meanwhile dropped only 15%, adding £5.96m ($8.68M) over the past seven days

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