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He’s the source of The Force

I Always Thought “8 Is Enough”
George Lucas answers why 6 is enough.

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I get to see it on Wednesday!!!!

And hey, how ’bout that nutty Star Wars bar…
With a $223 million box office already caught in “Spider-Man’s” two-week-old web, the focus of Hollywood’s weekly box office battle shifts to “Star Wars: Episode II — Attack of the Clones,” which debuts on Thursday to huge anticipation.

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I predicted a 53% drop in business. Boy was I wrong! it only fell 37%. Wow!

“Star Wars: Episode II- Attack Of The Clones” will be Number One at this time next week but, for now, “Spider- Man” stays in the Number One position at the Weekend Box Office.

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I’m predicting a 53% drop

Will “Spider- Man” have legs this weekend? Enough legs to avoid a big drop in ticket sales?

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This sounds AWESOME!

Stiller, Black in Green with ‘Envy’
Barry Levinson will direct Ben Stiller and Jack Black in “Envy,” a DreamWorks comedy that will start shooting in July.
Stiller and Black will play lifelong best friends and neighbors whose relationship takes a nasty turn when one of them (Black) becomes filthy rich by selling an invention. It drives his pal (Stiller) crazy with jealousy.
The project had been developed by producer Castle Rock Entertainment at Warner Bros. for several years, after “Seinfeld” co-creator Larry David set it there as a pitch he hatched with screenwriter Steve Adams.
WB blanched at its $40 million budget and let it go. The price tag includes a salary for Stiller said to be in the range of $10 million, supplemented by a healthy gross profit participation.
DreamWorks stepped up with the money, which was more than a mild surprise given the highly publicized acrimony Levinson had directed at the studio over its handling of “An Everlasting Piece,” the Irish comedy about hairpiece salesman. The film barely registered a blip in the marketplace, and Levinson blamed the studio’s poor marketing. One of the producers, Jerome O’Conner, even sued DreamWorks; the lawsuit was dismissed in court earlier this month.
DreamWorks is apparently looking beyond the dispute and concentrating on the commercial appeal of the dark comedy and its stars. Stiller just completed the Danny DeVito-directed “Duplex” for Miramax opposite Drew Barrymore. He is developing “Starsky and Hutch” at Warner Bros. and is also expected to reprise his “Meet the Parents” role in “Meet the Fockers.” Black was last seen in “Orange County” and “Shallow Hal.”

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He’s no Orson Welles!

Tom Cruise Develops ‘War of the Worlds’
Tom Cruise is developing and will possibly star in a new feature version of H.G. Wells’ classic Martian invasion tale “The War of the Worlds.”
The film is scheduled for production in 2003 via the actor’s Cruise/Wagner Prods. and its Paramount home.
“‘The War of the Worlds’ is a timeless literary treasure and one of our most exciting properties,” said Sherry Lansing, chair of Paramount Pictures Motion Picture Group. “Since Paramount has enjoyed such tremendous success partnering with Cruise/Wagner, there is clearly no better team to entrust this to.”
Cruise/Wagner worked with Paramount on such high-profile projects as the billion-dollar “Mission: Impossible” franchise and the recent thriller “Vanilla Sky.”
Wells’ sci-fi novel was first published in 1898. Depicting a global, seemingly unstoppable Martian attack on Earth, the book was adapted and performed to sound like a live news broadcast by Orson Welles, whose Mercury Theater aired the now-legendary radio play the day before Halloween in 1938.Broadcast to millions of Americans, the show was so convincing, it caused a nationwide panic, quelled only after the news media reported the truth.
DreamWorks recently released a feature version of Wells’ “The Time Machine” to mixed results.

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Fight the power!

Copies of ‘Star Wars’ Sequel Online
A week before its scheduled release, illegal copies of “Star Wars: Episode II ó Attack of the Clones” are already appearing on the Internet.
One copy of the movie making the rounds online appears to have been recorded at a private showing, using a tripod-mounted digital camcorder pointed at the screen, the Los Angeles Times reported Friday. Another copy apparently used a more sophisticated version of the same technique.
Both were distributed via Internet Relay Chat, a computer protocol that allows users to copy files at high speed from other computers on different networks.
The highly anticipated film is due in theaters May 16. Neither Lucasfilm Ltd., which produced the movie, nor 20th Century Fox Film Corp., its distributor, could immediately be reached for comment early Friday.
Industry observers said movie piracy probably will not affect box office revenues for the “Star Wars” sequel, but may hurt its videotape and DVD revenues.
“It’s an extremely serious threat,” said Jean Murrell Adams, head of the litigation department at DreamWorks SKG. “I’m not surprised that it’s on the Internet. I talk to pirates because I want to find out why they’re doing this. And what I’ve been told is that they were eagerly anticipating who would be first to do this. It’s a challenge for them.”
The previous “Star Wars” installment, “Episode I ó The Phantom Menace,” also was available online before its official release in May 1999. The current blockbuster “Spider-Man” appeared on the Internet a day before its official premiere.

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Hey Dan, even though you’ve been busy with THE NEW anythingbut.com website is there time to answer as to whether or not there are any new films in theatres this weekend?

Sorry, but there isn’t!
Ha ha ha, just kidding! Of course! Not even a new design, concept and look to this website would keep me from letting you know about the 2 new films invading the North American multiplexes.
I just wish they were better films!
Up first is The New Guy. This movie, for lack of a better phrase, just stinks out loud. Only a few of the jokes are funny and the humor is just bad.
BUT! BUTT!
There are 2 people in The New Guy. that might make it worth your time. Especially if you have a lot of free time.
Eliza Dushku, from TV’s “Buffy The Vampire Slayer” and “BRING IT ON” plays the popular girl with the killer body who falls for said new individual and the always fun Lyle Lovett plays his Dad.
But if you don’t have any free time, stay away from The New Guy.
Even if you don’t have any extra time, or any time to spare, if you are a fan of either Diane Lane or Richard Gere then you will probably find yourself in the dark somewhere watching Unfaithful over the next couple of days.
From the director of “Fatal Attraction,” 9 1/2 Weeks,” and “Foxes” this erotic, sexually charged revenge thriller has some of the things that this kind of film needs to have. More specifically, it has Diane Lane! Lane gives one hell of a performance by showing us a range of emotions that clearly states that she is one of the finest actresses on the screen today. Not to mention the sexiest. Yummy baby! Yummy!
So if you like stupid movies that stink out loud, or wanna see Diane Lane look absolutely delicious, then this is your weekend at the movies!
Otherwise, you can just go and see Spider- Man again.
Or you can just wait until Thursday when Star Wars: Episode II- Attack Of The Clones opens!
Oh yeah, baby! Oh yeah!
Enjoy the popcorn, may the force be with you, and I’ll see you at the movies!

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I Get To See It in 5 Days!

Critics: Force Returns in ‘Attack of the Clones’
The early reviews are in and the consensus, so far, is that filmmaker George Lucas has regained the Force in his latest “Star Wars” adventure.

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But has it made it better?

Only 6 Days Until “Episode II”!
Online buzz has changed moviegoing forever.