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SIlver Surfer Sigh of Relief: Trade Roughage, 6/18/07

By Karina Longworth posted 1 year ago

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer overcame fanboy ire to earn an estimated $57.4 million at the box office this weekend. That’s roughly a million and a half more than the opening take of its predecessor. It’s super-good news for Fox, who ordered a Silver Surfer spinoff last week in hopes of extending the brand beyond the half-life of Jessica Alba’s career.
In related news, Fox somehow managed to swing a deal to earn money off of Halo toys without having to shell out for the upcoming pic’s special effects.
In what I think is the first instance I’ve seen of a trade publishing a casting item on a documentary, THR reports that Martin Scorsese, Haskell Wexler and Dennis Hopper are among the notables set to be interviewed for a tribute to cinematographers Laszlo Kovacs and Vilmos Zsigmond, “two refugees who changed the look of American cinema.” Related: the above clip is a PSA Kovacs shot for Pain Awareness Month.
Insert “Tuesdays with Happy Gilmore” joke here: Adam Sandler’s production company has purchased an as-yet-unfinished script from Mitch Albom. No details on the script’s content, but we’re sure it has absolutely nothing to do with a youngish stoic dude who reluctantly learns a little something about life.