Trade Roughage 02/08/08

Coverage of what is truly interesting in the film world

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By Karina Longworth posted 1 year ago

The first trailer––really, the first bit of “official” marketing of any kind, because that sploogey Vanity Fair cover apparently doesn’t count––for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull will premiere on Valentine’s Day, in front of prints of The Spiderwick Chronicles. Variety says it’s part of a trend of studios waiting until a quarter in advance to show glimpses of their summer tentpoles; it could also have something to do with the fact that Indy 4 just wrapped, like, last week.
You know it’s an unremarkable weekend when both Variety and The Hollywood Reporter bury their Friday morning box offic predix (yay, slanguage!) stories under a handful of other headlines. Variety says it’s a draw between Fool’s Gold, and the “far harder to predict” Hannah Montana concert film. THR says the abysmally reviewed Kate Hudson comedy will “probably cop the weekend’s bragging rights.”
Berlin deals: Lionsgate has purchased Bangkok Dangerous, starring Nic Cage as “as an anonymous assassin who travels to Bangkok to handle four kills for an underworld crime boss, but whose conscience becomes his enemy when he meets a local Thai girl.”
Blah blah blah strike story, blah blah blah “what does it all mean?!?!”