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22 July 2008 11:30 AM, PDT | From bloody-disgusting.com | See recent Bloody-Disgusting.com news

Universal Home Video has announced the DVD release of The Strangers, which stars Liv Tyler, and Scott Speedman. DVD Active reports that the disc will include rated (1 Hour 26 Minutes) and unrated (1 Hour 28 Minutes) cuts of the film. Each will be presented in 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen, along with English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround tracks. The only extra material will be deleted scenes, and an Elements of Terror featurette. A Blu-ray release will also be available for $39.98 with all of the above, plus English Dts-hd 5.1 Master Audio and a Bd Live: My Scenes Sharing feature. Watch for art soon.

21 July 2008 12:49 AM, PDT | From bloody-disgusting.com | See recent Bloody-Disgusting.com news

Screen Gems has acquired Sonny Mallhi's spec thriller The Roommate in an unusual scenario. Mallhi, an exec VP at Vertigo, penned the screenplay under a pseudonym so it would be given fair consideration in the marketplace. It wasn't until after Screen Gems made an offer on "Roommate" that Mallhi revealed that he wrote the spec. Mallhi most recently exec produced "The Strangers" for Vertigo, who will produce the pic that centers on Sara, a college student randomly assigned to a freshman dorm with a stranger named Rebecca. They start off as friends but things turn deadly as Rebecca begins to target people in Sara's life.

9 July 2008 10:19 PM, PDT | From bloody-disgusting.com | See recent Bloody-Disgusting.com news

Some pretty big news hit the web tonight, only there's nothing to be too excited about - yet. Although details are being kept under wraps, two horror tycoons have joined forces to bring us a new tale of horror. Participant Media (The Visitor) has set up eco-horror tale The Colony, based on a pitch by Stacy Title and Jonathan Penner. Steven Schneider of Room 101 (read his ongoing blog here) and Vertigo Entertainment's Doug Davison and Roy Lee are producing. Gabriel Mason will exec produce the project. Schneider is producing "Details" for Paramount, "The Flock" for Warner Bros. and "Paranormal Activity" for DreamWorks. Vertigo most recently produced "The Eye" and "Shutter," and its upcoming projects include "Tale of Two Sisters" with DreamWorks, "The Strangers" with Rogue/Universal and "Quarantine" with Screen Gems.

9 July 2008 7:35 AM, PDT | From screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news

Bryan Bertino, who recently launched his directorial career with “The Strangers,” is set to write and direct two more feature films for Rogue Pictures, according to Variety.  

The first project Bertino is taking on is “Black,” which at this stage is described as a thriller with supernatural elements. Next, he will rewrite and direct “Alone,” a thriller that has already been in development at Rogue for quite a while.

Bertino wrote and directed this year’s horror flick “The Strangers,” which was produced on a $10 million budget and ended up bringing its domestic gross to $49.7 million.

Besides his projects at Rogue, the director is also working on “Green Eyes,” a thriller produced by Scott Rudin.  

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9 July 2008 12:33 AM, PDT | From DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news

Things are looking good for Bryan Bertino. The writer/director of The Strangers (review) has just signed a deal with Rogue Pictures, Focus Features' genre arm, to bring them two more thrillers in the coming years according to Variety. A Strangers sequel is not part of the deal.

The first will be a film simply called Black, which the trade describes as a character-driven thriller with supernatural elements. Michael Connolly’s Mad Hatter Entertainment will produce.

The other film is Alone, a project Rogue’s been working on for a while now. Bertino will take a pass at the script and may direct if he likes it enough. I have to say it’s pretty rare so many choices are given to a first-time writer/director; here’s hoping he can keep his momentum up!

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8 July 2008 9:50 PM, PDT | From bloody-disgusting.com | See recent Bloody-Disgusting.com news

Well this is an odd coincidence, Stephen King gives Strangers writer-director Bryan Bertino props in the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly (read about it here), and now Rogue Pictures has announced a major two-picture deal with the young filmmaker. Inside you can read about both projects, along with a third set up over at Paramount Pictures. "The Strangers" writer-director Bryan Bertino has scared up a deal to write and direct two more thrillers for Rogue Pictures, the genre arm of Focus Features. The modestly budgeted "Strangers" has grossed $52 million at the B.O.; Bertino's deal does not include a sequel. More detail inside.

24 June 2008 10:40 AM, PDT | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

Get Smart, starring Steve Carell as title character Maxwell Smart, took in $38.68 million over the weekend, well above estimates by box-office predictors and Warner Bros., the studio that released it, according to final figures released Monday by Media by Numbers. The only other film to open wide, Paramount's The Love Guru, starring Mike Myers, found little love among moviegoers as it debuted in fourth place with just $13.91 million. Meanwhile, the second week of Universal's The Incredible Hulk slipped to second place with $22.14 million, while Kung Fu Panda, produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Paramount, brought in $21.93 million in its third week. Meanwhile, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull returned to the top of the international box office for the third week with $25 million. The film has now taken in $392 million overseas versus $291 million at home. The top ten films over the weekend, according to final figures compiled by Media by Numbers (figures in parentheses represent total gross to date):1. Get Smart, Warner Bros., $38,683,480, (New); 2. The Incredible Hulk, Universal, $22,136,060, 2 Wks. ($97,055,430); 3. Kung Fu Panda, Paramount, $21,934,716, 3 Wks. ($155,830,875); 4. The Love Guru, Paramount, $13,907,130, (New); 5. The Happening, 20th Century Fox, $10,482,146, 2 Wks. ($50,749,495); 6. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Paramount, $8,540,313, 5 Wks. ($290,961,044); 7. You Don't Mess With the Zohan, Sony, $7,453,215, 3 Wks. ($84,308,418); 8. Sex and the City: The Movie, Warner Bros, $6,532,394, 4 Wks. ($132,452,769); 9. Iron Man, Paramount, $4,030,272, 8 Wks. ($304,816,141); 10. The Strangers, Universal, $2,122,410, 4 Wks. ($49,759,735).

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23 June 2008 10:28 AM, PDT | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

Would you believe that Warner Bros.' Get Smart, starring Steve Carell, took in an estimated $39.2 million at the box office over the weekend? That was about $10 million more than what most box-office forecasters had predicted. On the other hand, Paramount's The Love Guru, starring Mike Myers, took in just $14 million, about $10 million less than what forecasters had predicted. Two holdover films were almost too close to call. Paramount said that the DreamWorks' Animation-produced Kung Fu Panda took in $21.7 million, while Universal claimed that The Incredible Hulk took in $21.6 million. While box-office trackers Media by Numbers listed them as the No. 2 and No. 3 film in its top-ten chart, their positions could change when final figures are released later today (Monday). Overall, the top 12 movies took in about $136.9 million, up 10 percent over the comparable weekend a year ago. The top ten films for the weekend, according to studio estimates compiled by Media by Numbers:1. Get Smart, $39.2 million; 2. Kung Fu Panda, $21.7 million; 3. The Incredible Hulk, $21.6 million; 4. The Love Guru, $14 million; 5. The Happening, $10 million; 6. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, $8.4 million; 7. You Don't Mess With the Zohan, $7.2 million; 8. Sex and the City, $6.5 million; 9. Iron Man, $4 million; 10. The Strangers, $1.9 million.

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17 June 2008 10:36 AM, PDT | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

Two features from Marvel Entertainment, a company that only ten years ago was forced into bankruptcy, landed among the box office's top ten over the weekend. The Incredible Hulk sold $55.4 million worth of tickets, putting it in first place, while Iron Man added $5.6 million to its gross, bringing its seven-week total to $297.9 million. Meanwhile, performing well above expectations, Fox's The Happening took in $30.5 million in its debut -- nearly twice what analysts had predicted. Last weekend's champ, Kung Fu Panda slipped to second place with $33.6 million. The top ten films over the weekend, according to final figures compiled by Media by Numbers (figures in parentheses represent total gross to date):1. The Incredible Hulk, Universal, $55,414,050, (New); 2. Kung Fu Panda, Paramount, $33,612,594, 2 Wks. ($117,289,932); 3. The Happening, 20th Century Fox, $30,517,109, (New); 4. You Don't Mess With The Zohan, Sony, $16,370,344, 2 Wks. ($68,760,685); 5. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Paramount, $14,741,834, 4 Wks. ($276,524,265); 6. Sex and the City, Warner Bros., $9,788,353, 3 Wks. ($119,522,016); 7. Iron Man, Paramount, $5,620,375, 7 Wks. ($297,918,329); 8. The Strangers, Universal, $4,024,485, 3 Wks. ($45,287,220); 9. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, Disney, $3,165,013, 5 Wks. ($131,904,474); 10. What Happens in Vegas, Fox, $1,667,587, 6 Wks. ($75,755,145).

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16 June 2008 10:41 AM, PDT | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

Movie theaters across North America saw a lot of green inside and out over the weekend as The Incredible Hulk debuted with an estimated $54.5 million. It marked the second superhero movie from Marvel Entertainment to open at No. 1 at the box office in just over a month. Iron Man hauled in over $100 million in its debut on May 2. Although most critics agreed that the latest film version of the Marvel classic was an improvement over Ang Lee's Hulk five years ago, the new film actually earned less than its predecessor, which took in $62.1 million. Meanwhile, M. Night Shyamalan's The Happening, starring Mark Wahlberg, opened with a better-than-expected $30.5 million, according to Media by Numbers. Most box-office forecasters had predicted an $18-22-million opening for the thriller. Last week's top film, Kung Fu Panda, fell to second place with $34.3 million, while You Don't Mess With the Zohan, the latest Adam Sandler comedy plunged to $16.4 million. The top ten films for the weekend, according to studio estimates compiled by Media by Numbers:1. The Incredible Hulk, $54.5 million; 2. Kung Fu Panda, $34.3 million; 3. The Happening, $30.5 million; 4. You Don't Mess With the Zohan, $16.4 million; 5. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, $13.5 million; 6. Sex and the City, $10.2 million; 7. Iron Man, $5.1 million; 8. The Strangers, $4.1 million; 9. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, $3 million; 10. What Happens in Vegas, $1.7 million.

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11 June 2008 6:23 PM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Actress Liv Tyler refuses to watch herself in new horror film The Strangers, because scary movies terrify her.

The star claims she was put off the genre after watching 1974 horror classic Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

Tyler says, "When I was a kid, I was obsessed with horror movies but then I watched Texas Chainsaw Massacre and it really scared me, so I was like, 'Ok, I'm done with horror movies.'"

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10 June 2008 10:28 AM, PDT | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

With the top two films earning nearly $100 million between them, the studios and exhibitors had a very good weekend, final reports by Media by Numbers indicated Monday. DreamWorks Animation/Paramount's Kung Fu Panda led the pack with $60.24 million, while Sony's You Don't Mess With the Zohan topped out at $38.5 million. Together, the top 12 films grossed $170.87 million, 31 percent above the $130.43 million reported for the same week a year ago. The top ten films over the weekend, according to final figures compiled by Media by Numbers (figures in parentheses represent total gross to date):1. Kung Fu Panda, Paramount, $60,239,130, (New); 2. You Don't Mess With The Zohan, Sony, $38,531,374, (New); 3. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Paramount, $22,793,630, 3 Wks. ($253,014,750); 4. Sex and the City: The Movie, Warner Bros, $21,218,305, 2 Wks. ($99,177,283); 5. The Strangers, Universal, $8,941,970, 2 Wks. ($37,298,770); 6. Iron Man, Paramount, $7,477,439, 6 Wks. ($288,847,640); 7. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, Disney, $5,658,836, 4 Wks. ($125,977,010); 8. What Happens in Vegas, 20th Century Fox, $3,437,801, 5 Wks. ($72,267,894); 9. Baby Mama, Universal, $806,750, 7 Wks. ($57,931,215); 10. Made of Honor, Sony, $804,055, 6 Wks. ($44,689,497).

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9 June 2008 12:00 PM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Liv Tyler is calling on Hollywood casting directors to give her the chance to fulfil her career dream and sing and dance in a movie.

The actress is back at work after taking three-and-a-half years off to raise Milo, her son with estranged husband Royston Langdon.

Tyler's first two jobs after returning to acting are in new releases The Incredible Hulk and horror movie The Strangers - and she's desperate to make the next one a musical.

The 30-year-old says, "The only dream I've ever had is to do a musical. I wanna sing! I wanna dance!"

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9 June 2008 10:33 AM, PDT | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

Although DreamWorks Animation's Kung Fu Panda and Sony's You Don't Mess With the Zohan were expected to run neck-and-neck at the box office over the weekend, the results weren't even close. The panda did in fact mess with Zohan as it attracted an estimated $60 million in ticket sales to $40 million for Zohan. The figure for Panda was about twice what box-office prognosticators had predicted it would earn. The two films together, combined with solid holdover performances by Warner Bros.' Sex and the City and Paramount's Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull boosted the overall box office some 30 percent above the comparable weekend a years ago. The top ten films for the weekend, according to studio estimates compiled by Media by Numbers:1. Kung Fu Panda, $60 million; 2. You Don't Mess With the Zohan, $40 million; 3. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, $22.8 million; 4. Sex and the City, $21.3 million; 5. The Strangers, $9.3 million; 6. Iron Man, $7.5 million; 7. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, $5.5 million; 8. What Happens in Vegas, $3.4 million; 9. Baby Mama, $780,000; 10. Made Of Honor, $775,000.

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9 June 2008 7:04 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Violent scenes in Liv Tyler's new movie The Strangers are so realistic, test audiences fled cinemas fearing the actress was being injured for real.

Tyler and Scott Speedman play a couple terrorised and held hostage in their own home by a group of masked intruders.

The film is based on a real event, and contains graphic scenes of violence, that left Tyler battered and bruised and filmgoers terrified.

The actress explains, "I was literally covered in bruises for half the year. It was as far as I could push myself in every way: physically, emotionally, mentally.

"I remember the producer calling me and saying that the audiences freaked out because they thought it was a snuff film."

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3 June 2008 10:38 AM, PDT | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

Even the box office estimates for the opening weekend of Warner Bros.' Sex and the City turned out to be too conservative as the film earned a million and a half dollars more on Sunday than studio executives had reckoned. The film took in a total of $56.9 million for the weekend, substantially ahead of Paramount's Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, which brought in $44.8 million in its second week, pushing its gross past the $200-million mark to $215.6 million. The No. 3 film, Universal's horror flick The Strangers, also performed better than expected with $21 million -- more than what the film cost to produce. In fourth place, Iron Man appeared to have legs of steel, as it brought in another $13.5 million after five weeks. Rounding out the top five, Disney's The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian added $12.7 million to its gross in its third week. The top ten films over the weekend, according to final figures compiled by Media by Numbers (figures in parentheses represent total gross to date):1. Sex and the City: The Movie, Warner Bros, $56,848,056, (New); 2. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Paramount, $44,754,615, 2 Wks. ($215,635,899); 3. The Strangers, Universal, $20,997,985, (New); 4. Iron Man, Paramount, $13,541,264, 5 Wks. ($276,166,336); 5. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, Disney, $12,704,545, 3 Wks. ($115,362,725); 6. What Happens in Vegas, 20th Century Fox, $6,681,097, 4 Wks. ($65,904,971); 7. Speed Racer, Warner Bros., $2,259,031, 4 Wks. ($40,677,371); 8. Baby Mama, Universal, $2,194,320, 6 Wks. ($56,117,805); 9. Made of Honor, Sony, $1,913,035, 5 Wks. ($42,878,354); 10. Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Universal, $1,059,840, 7 Wks. ($60,485,980).

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2 June 2008 10:32 AM, PDT | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

When Friday's box-office results for Sex and the City came in on Saturday, Hollywood gurus were stunned. The movie had earned just about as much as Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull had earned the previous Friday, just under $30 million. While advance word was that the movie would do especially well on Friday as groups of women got together for the premiere, no one had predicted that it would do that well. But Warner Bros. distribution chief Dan Fellman told the Associated Press, "There were women that came in and bought out entire theaters in advance and invited all their friends." Co-star Sarah Jessica Parker told the New York Times, "It is kind of mind-boggling." (Eighty-five percent of the audience Friday night was female.) And in fact the movie took in only half its Friday gross on Saturday and again on Sunday, winding up with $55.7 million -- just about what it reportedly cost to produce. And yes, it became the top moneymaker at the box office for the weekend, pushing Indy into second place with $46 million -- also something that no one had predicted. Also opening solidly was the horror flick The Strangers, with about $20.7 million, to place third. Some experts are predicting that Crystal Skull will return to the top spot next week and remain there for a while, pointing out that the potential audience for that film is far greater than that for Sex and the City -- especially as kids begin pouring out of school for summer vacation.

The top ten films for the weekend, according to studio estimates compiled by Media by Numbers: 1. Sex and the City, $55.7 million; 2. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, $46 million; 3. The Strangers, $20.7 million; 4. Iron Man, $14 million; 5. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, $13 million; 6. What Happens in Vegas, $6.9 million; 7. Baby Mama, $2.2 million; 8. Speed Racer, $2.1 million; 9. Made of Honor, $2 million; 10. Forgetting Sarah Marshall, $1 million.

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30 May 2008 10:34 AM, PDT | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

Roger Ebert's opening lines of his review of the horror flick The Strangers is something of a classic and will undoubtedly make his devoted readers rejoice that he has recovered sufficiently from his latest round of operations to resume his regular reviewing tasks again. Consider: "My mistake was to read the interview with the director. At the beginning of my review of The Strangers, I typed my star rating instinctively: 'One star.' I was outraged. I wrote: 'What a waste of a perfectly good first act! And what a maddening, nihilistic, infuriating ending!' I was just getting warmed up. And then, I dunno, I looked up the movie on IMDb and there was a link to an interview with Bryan Bertino, the film's writer and director, and I went there, read it and looked at his photo. He looked to be in his 20s. This was his first film. Bertino had been working as a grip on a peanuts-budget movie when he pitched this screenplay to Rogue Pictures and then was asked to direct it. He gave a friend his grip tools and thought: 'Cool, I'm never going to need this anymore! I'm never using a hammer again.' Then he told the interviewer: 'I still had to buy books on how to direct.' So I thought, Bryan Bertino is a kid, this is his first movie, and as much as I hate it, it's a competent movie that shows he has the chops to be a director. So I gave it 1.5 stars instead of one." (Welcome back, Roger!) Other critics are not so generous. Susan Walker writes in the Toronto Star: "With no plot to speak of, no character development whatsoever, no theme and precious little intrigue, what we have here is simply a pileup of effects. And not especially special effects." Rafer Guzman in Newsday says the movie amounts to nothing more than a "disappointing downer." On the other hand, Elizabeth Weitzman in the New York Daily News writes that "Bertino does an excellent job building dread, especially during the first half of the movie. Every silence, pause and sudden noise startles -- and the results, frankly, are more frightening than the graphic torture scenes in movies like Hostel and Saw." And Jeannette Catsoulis in the New York Times calls it a "highly effective chiller"

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30 May 2008 10:34 AM, PDT | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

No analyst is predicting that the movie version of Sex and the City will beat the second week of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull this weekend, but most suggest it will wind up a solid contender at No. 2. Most are predicting that the R-rated movie, which had reportedly cost around $60 million to make, will rake in about half its nut over the weekend, virtually all of it from an adult female and gay male audience. Today's (Friday) Los Angeles Times observed that groups of women who have already purchased tickets for the premiere night tonight are likely to generate a huge opening box office, followed by more moderate business on Saturday and Sunday. The newspaper noted that this weekend's only other wide release, the horror film The Strangers, out to bring in slightly under $10 million, about what it cost to produce.

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29 May 2008 2:56 PM, PDT | From bloody-disgusting.com | See recent Bloody-Disgusting.com news

Last week I spoke with the beautiful and talented Liv Tyler about her latest film The Strangers, which opens this Friday at theaters everywhere. The film follows a couple (Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman) in a remote suburban house who are targeted by three dangerous masked strangers. Tyler talked with is about how the project came to her and how badly she wanted to be part of it. With The Strangers I just read the script and fell in love with it, Tyler tells Bloody Disgusting, I really was just floored, I had taken a couple years working to spend with my son. And there was a pile of scripts and I didnt know whether it was a scary movie or a drama, comedy or what. I just could not put it down! I just found it riveting, and loved it,"...

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