Uggie: The Artist Dog Star that stole scenes from Oscar winner Jean Dujardin in Michel Hazanavicius’ 2011 sleeper hit has died at age 13.
Francis Lawrence
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Focus movie: Will Smith suffers the 3rd worst weekend box-office opening of his career. Margot Robbie also in the John Requa-Glenn Ficarra film.
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The Way He Looks movie: Gay teen love story about blind boy who falls in love with a school friend is Brazil entry for Best Foreign Language Film Oscar.
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Gay Marriage Legal in Utah and Lesbian Movie wins 2 Utahn Awards showing Timing is Everything + Academy announces ‘fierce’ Oscar competition.
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Andy Kaufman death hoax: Contagious Internet disease continues to spread. Andy Kaufman alive? Or Andy Kaufman death hoax? New York City-born comedian Andy Kaufman, little known outside the United States…
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July 18 update: Sam Claflin Catching Fire Finnick Odair. In early summer 2012, there were rumors that Twilight actor Robert Pattinson had been offered and/or landed the role of Finnick…
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April 19, ’12, update: The Catching Fire director will be Francis Lawrence, among whose (few) feature-film credits are Reese Witherspoon / Robert Pattinson / Christoph Waltz’s Water for Elephants, Will…
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Priest movie box office: Starring Paul Bettany and Karl Urban, Screen Gems’ critically derided $60 million horror thriller Priest has flopped with both critics and audiences in the domestic market.
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Water for Elephants movie box office: Despite Robert Pattinson and its Oscar talent, Fox’s circus-set drama is a commercial disappointment. Reese Witherspoon and Christoph Waltz costar.
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Water for Elephants with Robert Pattinson and Reese Witherspoon: Unenthusiastic reviews didn’t help the circus drama at the domestic box office. Directed by Francis Lawrence of Constantine and I Am…
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire with Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen. In 2012, Gary Ross’ dystopian adventure drama The Hunger Games went on to gross $408 million in the U.S.…
The Help with Emma Stone. Disastrous Labor Day weekend box office Sept. 2–5 (Labor Day) weekend box office: North American box office actuals have been released. Tate Taylor’s The Help…
National Treasure: Book of Secrets box office: During Oscar season, domestic audiences opted for critically panned Nicolas Cage vehicle.