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‘Tammy’ can’t beat ‘Transformers’ at box office
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| From left: Mark Wahlberg, Nicola Peltz, and T.J. Miller in “Transformers: Age of Extinction.” |
July Fourth went off like a dud at the box office, as the Michael Bay sequel ‘‘Transformers: Age of Extinction’’ and the Melissa McCarthy comedy ‘‘Tammy’’ led the weakest summer holiday weekend in at least a decade. The North American box office was down a striking 44 percent over the July Fourth weekend last year, when ‘‘Despicable Me 2’’ and ‘‘The Lone Ranger’’ opened. ‘‘Transformers’’ led all films with an estimated $36.4 million, while ‘‘Tammy’’ had a below expectations Friday-to-Sunday haul of $21.2 million. Paramount’s ‘‘Transformers,’’ the fourth in the series, opened the previous weekend with the year’s biggest debut with $100 million. The movie, with a rebooted cast led by Mark Wahlberg, dropped considerably (63 percent) in its second week of release despite relatively little competition. New Line’s R-rated, Midwest road trip romp, ‘‘Tammy,’’ boasts one of the most bankable stars in movies — McCarthy — but is a smaller, homespun movie made for just $20 million and directed by McCarthy’s husband, Ben Falcone. Despite being savaged by critics, the Warner Bros. release made $32.9 million in five days since opening Wednesday. The only other new wide release was the horror flick ‘‘Deliver Us From Evil,’’ which had no blockbuster ambitions. The Sony Screen Gems release, starring Eric Bana, opened in third with $9.5 million. Final domestic figures will be released on Monday. (AP)
McCartney back on tour
Paul McCartney returned to a concert stage Saturday after being sidelined for two months because of a virus, spinning out songs from the Beatles, Wings, and a solo career that has spanned more than 50 years of rock ’n’ roll. ‘‘It’s great to be back,’’ said McCartney, who turned 72 two weeks ago. He looked none the worse for wear, putting on a show of just under three hours with 38 songs before finishing with the three-song medley that ends the ‘‘Abbey Road’’ album. McCartney (inset) was briefly hospitalized in Tokyo in May because of the viral infection. The illness forced him to cancel a Japanese tour and a concert in South Korea and reschedule half a dozen June dates in the United States before resuming his ‘‘Out There’’ tour in Albany, N.Y. Before his illness, McCartney last performed May 1 in Costa Rica. McCartney opened with the Beatles’ ‘‘Eight Days a Week.’’ He wore black jeans and a sky-blue blazer. When he took the jacket off four songs in, he joked that it was the only wardrobe change of the evening. (AP)
Former ‘Scandal’ actor arrested in Dallas
Former ‘‘Scandal’’ actor Columbus Short has been arrested in Dallas for public intoxication. Dallas police said Short, 31, was arrested at 2 a.m. Saturday at the Katy Trail Ice House, a popular beer garden and restaurant. A message left at the restaurant on Saturday was not immediately returned. It is not the first time Short has had trouble with the law. In May, he pleaded not guilty to felony battery for a fight that seriously injured a man at a West Hollywood restaurant. And he faced a misdemeanor spousal battery case. Short announced in April that he wasn’t returning to the ABC hit drama series ‘‘Scandal’’ for its fourth season. The actor’s agent, manager, and lawyer did not immediately respond to messages Saturday. (AP)
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‘Bridesmaids’ Fans Rejoice: Kristen Wiig Has Another Comedy Up Her Sleeve
Did you like Bridesmaids? Did you laugh so hard it hurt?
Well get ready to laugh out loud again, because breakout star Kristen Wiig is teaming up with co-screenwriter Annie Mumolo for another comedy, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The yet-untitled project will be Wiig’s directorial debut. In addition to writing and producing, both Mumolo and Wiig will star in the film.
The movie’s plot is still under lock and key, but according to THR, the comedic duo with play best friends way over their heads and out of their element.
“We’re very excited to be writing,” Wiig and Mumolo said in a statement. “We will be going into a cave for months to finish. An actual cave. We found one that’s nice and big. We’re putting a couch in there.”
Wiig and Mumolo nabbed a best original screenplay Oscar nomination for “Bridesmaids,” which earned a whopping $288.4 million at the box office worldwide.
No date has been set for the film’s release.
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‘Blade Runner 2′ officially looking to bring back Harrison Ford
It’s official. Alcon Entertainment has put an offer out to Harrison Ford asking him to reprise the role of Rick Deckard in the untitled sequel, ‘Blade Runner 2.’
The film has big shoes to fill though, with the thirty-two-year-old original being listed as one of the ‘100 Greatest Movies of all Time’ by the American Film Institute (AFI) and having been added to the National Film Registry. Written by Hampton Fincher, screenwriter from the first ‘Blade Runner,’ assisted by Michael Green, screenwriter of ‘Green Lantern,’ the sequel needs Ford to pull it all together.
The seventy-one-year-old actor has already committed to pull Han Solo out of the closet forStar Wars Episode VII: The Creaking Bones of the Elderly. As a result, that may play a big part in his decision to jump into the role of Deckard again.
Also, after bombing at the box office in ‘Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,’ it is not certain that Ford will want to take another gamble by digging up an old role. The bigger question is: can they make the movie without the Deckard? Considering that movie goers, who are thirty year old today, were only two years old when the original came out, it might be safe to say that most teens to fifty year olds may not have seen the movie and may not care about a sequel.
It’s a risk that Ridley Scott may not agree to either. After having directed the first film, it is uncertain if he will agree to sign on as director this time around, but Alcon has said it would move on without him if he is unable or unwilling. Sequel success depends a lot on the dedication of fans of the original film, but since it was so long ago, the sequel has somewhat of a clean slate. The producers can play up to the millions of Ford fans, if he agrees to take on the role, or choose another lead with an equally large, or larger, fan base.
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