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Will ‘Fatima’ Bring Religion Back To The Movie Mainstream?
Will the movies ever let religion back into the mainstream? It doesn't seem likely, given the secular bent of most critics, festivals, and film awards. But the question could certainly occur to any thoughtful viewer of Marco Pontecorvo's Fátima, which is set for release by Picturehouse in theaters and via PVOD on…
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‘Exodus’ Will Not Be Released In UAE; Ban Follows Similar Moves in Egypt And Morocco
Exodus, Ridley Scott’s epic retelling of the story of Moses, will not be released in the United Arab Emirates after censors in the country objected to what they described as historical and religious inaccuracies. The move follows on from similar decisions in Egypt and Morocco.
"We found that there are many mistakes…
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By Ali Jaafar
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‘Exodus’ Banned In Egypt & Morocco, May Face Other Middle East Struggles
Ridley Scott’s Exodus has been banned in Egypt after the country’s head of censorship objected to a number of “historical inaccuracies” in the epic Biblical tale.
Deadline first reported weeks ago that Fox’s revisionist take on Moses and his flight from Egypt would struggle to get past censors in the country, where it…
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By Ali Jaafar
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‘Noah’ and ‘Exodus’ present VFX challenges of biblical proportions
God is the holy grail of special effects. Sure, CGI wizards have mastered creating miracles from the diminutive; it's one thing to make Yoda or Gollum unlikely world beaters.
But when you're talking about the Almighty, the effects have got to be, well, mighty.
For more than half a century in cinema, though, divine…
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By Scott Bowles
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Darren Aronofsky Named President Of Berlin Film Festival Jury
The 65th Berlin Film Festival kicks off on February 5 next year with Darren Aronofsky atop the jury. Contrary to many recent Berlinale jury presidents, the Noah helmer has never had a movie in the official selection. He’s no stranger to the festival circuit, however, having made his feature debut with Sundance entry Pi…
Aronofsky: Auds Expecting “Playmobil Toy” Take On ‘Noah’, Would Be Offended
Whither the 90-minute dramatic feature? Even though Darren Aronofsky’s students at NYU, where he is teaching these days, tell him they want to make movies, the director of Noah and Black Swan told the crowd at Produced By NY today that the future of movie-going is relegated to horror, comedy and event…
Viacom Beats Fiscal Q2 Earnings Estimates Despite Slide At Paramount
It’s usually a tipoff that something’s wrong when an earnings release talks about how much cash a company gave back to shareholders in a quarter, and then focuses on future endeavors. But in Viacom‘s case, on first glance, the fiscal Q2 results out this morning look merely blah, not bad. Net income at $502M was +5% vs…
‘Noah’ Crosses $300M In Global Box Office
Since bowing in Korea and Mexico in late March, Darren Aronofsky’s Noah has continued to draw strong numbers overseas. As of Sunday, it had an international cume of $197.4M, and a North American haul of $93M. Paramount and Regency Enterprises today say the biblical epic rose to $207M internationally, and $93.8M…
OSCARS: Paramount Courts Academy Voters For ‘Noah’ And It’s Only April!
Are you kidding?
Did Paramount just officially start the 2014 Oscar campaign even as we are barely getting the Emmys off the ground and the Tonys are two months away? Uh, yes. Looks like it. One top studio exec (not from Paramount) forwarded me an email he got yesterday from the Paramount Awards Office that pronounced…
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By Pete Hammond
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UPDATE: Intl Box Office: ‘Rio 2’ Soars With $63.4M; ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’ Blasts Past $300M Overseas; ‘Noah’ Adds $36.2M; ‘Divergent’ Nearing $50M
Highlights: Rio 2 (FOX) has $63.4M weekend, lands $12.6M in China debut; Captain America: The Winter Soldier (DIS) crosses $300M international; Noah (PAR) adds $36.2M; Divergent (LGF/SUM/var) nears $50M; Spanish Affairs (UNI) has 5th No. 1 weekend in Spain…
4th UPDATE, 7:15 PM, PST: The final Divergent numbers are…
Jon Stewart Explains Media Angst Over Hollywood’s Take On Religion: Video
Jon Stewart has deconstructed the media’s consternation over Hollywood’s depiction of religion in Noah and Son Of God — particularly Fox News Channel and CNN. Fortunately for Paramount, which distributes Noah, and 20th Century Fox, which distributes Son Of God (a repurposing of History's hit 10-hour miniseries The Bibl…
BOX OFFICE FINAL: ‘Captain America’ Smashes April Opening Record With Estimated $95M For Disney/Marvel, Includes $10.2M Thursday Previews; Year Up 6.8%, Weekend Ahead 23% From 2013
OPENING: Captain America: The Winter Soldier (DIS), smashes April opening records with estimated $95M to $96.2M opening and ended up at $95M.
UPDATED, MONDAY, 1:00 PM: Captain America: The Winter Soldier‘s final numbers are in, and it’s on the low end of the estimate to $95M with international numbers still coming…
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By Anita Busch
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