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UPDATES Whedon To Direct Marvel’s ‘The Avengers’ Back in April, I reported exclusively that Marvel Studios was in final negotiations for Joss Whedon to direct The A…

Luke Y Thompson is covering the Con For Deadline: WEDNESDAY PM: If there’s a recession going on, you wouldn’t know it from the looks of Comic-Con. While last year’s exhibit hall featured recycled set-pieces and props we’d seen a time or two too many, this year sees the big show-offs back to spending money again…

THURSDAY, JULY 22 The Real Start Day Of The Con Luke Y Thompson covers Hollywood events at the Con for Deadline: 10:00-11:00 AM: DreamWorks Animation: Megamind. I can't say the posters for this new 3-D animated movie starring Will Ferrell were particularly appealing. A hybrid Smurf-Martian thing with a goatee, and…

THE TWILIGHT SAGA Facebook page now has 6.665 million fans. (Above, Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart sign autographs at last night’s Eclipse premiere.) It’s the largest of all the film pages, with more fans than Iron Man, Harry Potter, Transformers, and Toy Story Facebook…

SUNDAY AM: Showing just how fiercely competitive the summer box office is right now, rival Hollywood movie studios are complaining to me they don’t believe Warner Bros’ domestic gross numbers released today. Those claim its disastrous Speed Racer came in 2nd behind Marvel’s Iron Man in the weekend’s Top 10…

SUNDAY AM UPDATE: WHAT A DISASTER…

Usually the success or failure of one film doesn’t affect the Big Media parent company of a major movie studio’s value on Wall Street. But Marvel Entertainment is small enough to feel the impact. So today its stock price soared over 9.42% as its Marvel Studios’ first self-financed production, Iron Man, became 2008’s…

SUNDAY AM: Here are the official blockbuster numbers — Paramount Pictures release of Marvel Studios' Iron Man, in 4,105 theaters, made an estimated $35,125,000 on Friday 5/2, an estimated $37,500,000 on Saturday 5/3, for an estimated 3-day weekend box office of $100,750,000. Advance screenings in select locations…

SUNDAY AM: ‘IRON MAN’ IS A ROCKETMAN: SOARS TO $201 MILLION WEEKEND WORLDWIDE; …”It Beat Will Smith And Jesus!” SATURDAY PM: <a …

SUNDAY AM: Here are the official blockbuster numbers — Paramount Pictures release of Marvel Studios’ Iron Man, in 4,105 theaters, made an estimated $35,125,000 on Friday 5/2, an estimated $37,500,000 on Saturday 5/3, for an estimated 3-day weekend box office of $100,750,000. Advance screenings in select locations…

I’m hearing across the board from Hollywood marketing mavens that, while Marvel’s Iron Man should kick off the summer movie season with a great 3-day weekend opening (not counting tonight’s haul), there’s also an asterisk: Will women turn out in big numbers? “It’s getting better, but it’s still weak with women,” a…

Distributor Paramount has now revised upwards its opening estimates for Marvel’s Iron Man when it opens May 2nd: from $45M-$55M tops, to now $60M-$70M which sounds about right. (See my previous, <a title="Permanent Link: TRACKING: That's 'Iron Man' Crazy Talk" rel="bookmark"…