Monday
26Jan2009
Weekend Recap: SAG Awards, More 'Charlie's Angels' and Less 'Green Hornet'
Monday, January 26, 2009 at 6:38AM
I guess the next big headline for movies comes this Sunday, when several films will
debut new trailers during the Super Bowl. It won't come cheap; they'll fork over $6 million a minute (that's
a million bucks for every ten seconds if you were, until very recently, a President) for the privelege.
Sundance sales up from last year (Variety) You mess with Saget, you get the horns (Deadline Hollywood Daily) The Thing prequel grabs a director (Film Junk) Valkyrie tops foreign box office (Variety) Sundance Film FEstival award winners (Cinematical)
Sundance sales up from last year (Variety) You mess with Saget, you get the horns (Deadline Hollywood Daily) The Thing prequel grabs a director (Film Junk) Valkyrie tops foreign box office (Variety) Sundance Film FEstival award winners (Cinematical)
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I don't know if this will turn into anything, but Mickey Rourke mentioned that he was contacted by World Wrestling Entertainment to appear at their 25th annual WrestleMania event in April. It would seem to me that Rourke should stay focused on the screen and stay away from ring if he wants to get his career on track. Otherwise, he may follow in the ill-advised footsteps of Donald Trump and Floyd Money Mayweather
Interestingly, Vince McMahon allegedly lambasted the film after a private screening (not surprisingly since the movie depicted independent wrestling, which is a far cry from WWE levels of success) but now that Rourke is up for an Oscar nomination, WWE is jumping on the bandwagon.
The irony is that Ring of Honor (from the last match of the film) is a legitimate promotion unaffiliated with WWE. If ROH were more popular, then they would be considered a rival promotion to WWE, but I don't think the film was designed to turn viewers into wrestling fans, so I don't see this as a beneficial endeavor for either party.