Hmmm....Seems pretty close! Star Trek: Nemesis(PG-13) (Adventure/Sci-Fi/Action) Starring Patrick Stewart and Whoopi Goldberg Also Featuring Brent Spiner, William Shatner, Famke Janssen, and Ashley Judd Directed by Robert Zemeckis Screenplay by John Logan Projected Budget Range: $70-79 Million Planned Release Date: November Projected Box Office Receipts: $15.99 million (Opening Weekend) $77.89 million (Total Domestic Gross) Chance of getting Oscar Nomination: 5% Chance of winning at least one Oscar: 1% Critic Most Likely to Praise: Ron Wells, Film Threat Critic Most Likely to Skewer: Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post
America's Favorite Family...The Simpsons!! (R) (Caper Comedy/Family) Starring Owen Wilson as Homer and Charlize Theron as Marge Also Featuring Kevin Bacon as Bart, Donald Sutherland as Grandpa, Kathy Bates as Selma AND Patty, and Liv Tyler as Lisa Directed by Ron Howard Screenplay by J.R.R. Tolkien and Ice Cube Projected Budget Range: $40-49 Million Planned Release Date: August Projected Box Office Receipts: $11.53 million (Opening Weekend) $83.81 million (Total Domestic Gross) Chance of getting Oscar Nomination: 12% Chance of winning at least one Oscar: 7% Critic Most Likely to Praise: Peter Travers, Rolling Stone Critic Most Likely to Skewer: Stephen Holden, New York Times
All Creatures Great and Small (PG) (Family/Period Drama) Starring Ewan McGregor and Kate Beckinsale Also Featuring Jeremy Northam, Ryan Phillippe, and Maggie Smith Directed by Peter Jackson Screenplay by David Koepp and Frances Walsh Projected Budget Range: $30-39 Million Planned Release Date: April Projected Box Office Receipts: $15.25 million (Opening Weekend) $116.29 million (Total Domestic Gross) Chance of getting Oscar Nomination: 17% Chance of winning at least one Oscar: 2% Critic Most Likely to Praise: Chris Gore, Film Threat Critic Most Likely to Skewer: Ron Wells, Film Threat
I thought I had a hit on my first attempt, but it looks like my Aussie buddy cop film is a bomb and will never be made. Down Under Detectives (PG-13) (Buddy Cop/Chase/Crime) Starring Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman Also Featuring Heath Ledger, Geoffrey Rush, Cate Blanchett, and Claire Forlani Directed by Joel Coen Screenplay by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen Projected Budget Range: $60-69 Million Planned Release Date: July Projected Box Office Receipts: $13.31 million (Opening Weekend) $63.63 million (Total Domestic Gross) Chance of getting Oscar Nomination: 7% Chance of winning at least one Oscar: Slim to None Critic Most Likely to Praise: Jay Carr, Boston Globe Critic Most Likely to Skewer: Matthew Abrams, Chucklehound.com
I can't get a movie over $100M... Bloody Kisses From the Grave (R) (Vampire/Horror) Starring Vin Diesel as Dane McCallister...CPA during the day, Vampire killer at night. Natalie Portman plays Dane's lovable kid sister (DJ McCallister) who always gets into trouble, only to get bailed out by Dane. The movie also features Orlando Bloom and Joaquin Phoenix as the Rockem' Suckem' Parisian Vampire Brothers. These guys woo their women by spouting off poetry and other lame bs that fools women into thinking they're hot **** only to get them under the sheets and turn them into their Vampire Sluts...stupid whores... Salma Hayek and Natasha Henstridge play your typical hot vampire b****es that don't say much. They just dance around and tempt stupid guys that think with their penii...which pretty much sums us all up. Directed by Robert Rodriguez who brought us From Dusk Till Dawn Screenplay by John Carpenter...famous Vampire writer Projected Budget Range: $60-69 Million Planned Release Date: May Projected Box Office Receipts: $12.12 million (Opening Weekend) $76.69 million (Total Domestic Gross) Chance of getting Oscar Nomination: 4% Chance of winning at least one Oscar: 1% Critic Most Likely to Praise: Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times Critic Most Likely to Skewer: Rita Kempley, Washington Post ------------------- I guess I can be satisfied with Roger Ebert liking it...
Closing my eyes and random clicking/typing gave me this: Worlds Away (PG) (Historical Epic) Starring Anna Faris Also Featuring Derek Jacobi and Helen Mirren Directed by Steven Soderbergh Screenplay by Peter Jackson Projected Budget Range: $30-39 Million Planned Release Date: July Projected Box Office Receipts: $21.01 million (Opening Weekend) $111.04 million (Total Domestic Gross) Chance of getting Oscar Nomination: 19% Chance of winning at least one Oscar: 6% Critic Most Likely to Praise: Ron Wells, Film Threat Critic Most Likely to Skewer: Rita Kempley, Washington Post
...what I've been waiting for. Thundercats (PG-13) (Adventure/Fantasy) Starring Jude Law (Liono) and Naomi Watts (Cheetarah) Also Featuring Willem Dafoe (Mumra), Ving Rhames (Panthro), and Natalie Portman (Wiley Kit) Directed by M. Night Shyamalan Screenplay by Joss Whedon Projected Budget Range: $70-79 Million Planned Release Date: January Projected Box Office Receipts: $16.52 million (Opening Weekend) $76.26 million (Total Domestic Gross) Chance of getting Oscar Nomination: 2% Chance of winning at least one Oscar: Slim to None Critic Most Likely to Praise: Ron Wells, Film Threat Critic Most Likely to Skewer: Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post
Well, I don't know how things work in Canada, but good acting and good directing don't mean all that much to American movie-goers. Case and point: Weekend ending Box Office 06/15/2003 1. Finding Nemo <b>2. 2 Fast 2 Furious </b> 3. Bruce Almighty 4. Rugrats Go Wild! 5. Hollywood Homicide 6. Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd 7. The Italian Job 8. The Matrix: Reloaded 9. Daddy Day Care 10. X2: X-Men United
Somebody please stop me... One Eye Open (R) (Courtroom Drama/Mystery) Starring Tom Hanks Also Featuring Ian McKellen, Barry Pepper, Natalie Portman, and Lena Olin Directed by Robert Zemeckis Screenplay by William Broyles Jr. and Alexander Payne Projected Budget Range: $50-59 Million Planned Release Date: November Projected Box Office Receipts: $18.49 million (Opening Weekend) $109.46 million (Total Domestic Gross) Chance of getting Oscar Nomination: 12% Chance of winning at least one Oscar: 2% Critic Most Likely to Praise: Chris Gore, Film Threat Critic Most Likely to Skewer: Rita Kempley, Washington Post
I'm shocked. I thought Woody Allen and Owen Wilson in a period drama couldn't lose. Going Crackers in Eduardian England (PG-13) (Period Drama) Starring Owen Wilson and Thora Birch Also Featuring Joaquin Phoenix, Woody Allen, Maggie Smith, and Zooey Deschanel Directed by Lee Tamahori Screenplay by J.K. Rowling and Charlie Kaufman Projected Budget Range: $60-69 Million Planned Release Date: November Projected Box Office Receipts: $14.93 million (Opening Weekend) $77.38 million (Total Domestic Gross) Chance of getting Oscar Nomination: 12% Chance of winning at least one Oscar: 4% Critic Most Likely to Praise: Chris Gore, Film Threat Critic Most Likely to Skewer: Ron Wells, Film Threat
So far, my Lord of the Rings test run scored the highest total domestic gross. Second is Vescey's Dune. (Even though Jackson would butcher it worse than he did LOTR in real life.) Third is my Napoleon.
holy crap! that would be bad assprin! however, i can't see anyone other than russell crowe (sp?) being liono. wesley snipes as panthro. charlize theron as cheetarah. good idea, dckid. they already have the live character transformer movie getting started up. this would be the icing on the cake.
