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So how's that April 17th working out for you, Mark Millar? You'll recall that the excitable Scottish scribe was waiting for the day AFTER the KICK-ASS opening for his agents to take out his next project, NEMESIS, a move he may regret considering the tepid opening for KICK-ASS, which only managed a sub-$20 million opening AFTER Lionsgate toted up every penny -- thus avoiding being #2 to a four-week-old cartoon about getting your dragon to use a potty chair. Millar seems to have made peace with the opening however, probably because his agents didn't listen to his advice and already sold the hell out of his next few books. Although there's no disputing that KICK-ASS will recoup on home DVD and got a very smart, savvy marketing push to the target audience, it's still being looked at as a case study of internet buzz not equalling actual movie goer buzz. Some are using it as a platform for wider mythbusting:

If you were going into the end of the world in 2012, with a cold, empty feeling because Gilligan's Island had not yet been...

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• Hot rumor via E! that Joss Whedon and Morgan Spurlock are teaming up to make a documentary following three hopeful San Diego Comic-Con...

http://www.youtube.com/v/ZF59DBmYAq4&feature=youtube_gdata The new trailer for TOY STORY 3. Look for a special cameo in the trailer. Some people are already wondering if this can do AVATAR...

Via PR, Spider-Man will be swinging in to the growing legion of films released in 3D. James Cameron, your work here is done. Spider-Man...

The New York Times profiles president of production at Warners, Jeff Robinov, painting him as the heir apparent to Alan Horn as he finds...

http://www.youtube.com/v/jLAyo1wE4Vo&hl=en_US&fs=1& Sasha Ceizata animates David Lynch's account of his being offered the chance to direct RETURN OF THE JEDI, complete with headaches, crawling, and Wookies....

Batman savior Christopher Nolan is aboard to rescue the foundering Superman movie franchise, Nikki Finke and Michael Fleming report. Nolan, who is still working...

UP, the much loved Pixar animated film about an old man and a boy scout who pull a house suspended by balloons over a...

We might as well just set up a direct link to Deadline Hollywood, since they're breaking all the news these days.... § Although generally a...

After reading all the things that AVATAR is supposed to have ripped off, you're sure to wonder if there is a SHRED of originality...