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Posted 03.26.12 by BrentJS So far, our look at David Hughes" Tales from Development Hell: The Greatest Movies Never Made? has focused on movies that remained stuck in "Development Hell," never to see the light of day. In our fourth and final chapter, we examine Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, one of the rare examples of a movie that spent years in Development Hell, but somehow managed to break free and find its way to the big screen (though many die-hard fans of the franchise wish that it hadn't), where it earned a place in Hollywood history.
Sit back, grab a handful of popcorn, and prepare to have your mind blown as we journey to Development Hell in the final installment of Tales from Development Hell: The Greatest Movies Never Made?.
Part 4: Keeping Up with the (Indiana) Joneses >>
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Posted 02.14.12 by reelz ReelzChannel Celebrity Rundown
Whitney Houston's body has arrived at the Whigham Funeral Home in Newark, NJ, after being flown from LA on Tyler Perry's private jet. RadarOnline reports that management at the Beverly Hilton asked the LA County Coroner to delay removing her body until after Clive Davis' annual pre-Grammy party, because it would've been "insensitive for the van to be driven out with her body as limos were pulling away with the A-list guests."
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In the wake of Houston's death, concern for her 18-year-old daughter Bobbi Kristina was so high — it was reported on Monday that she was suicidal — that even President Obama was praying for her, as White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said yesterday, "I know that his thoughts and prayers are with her family, especially her daughter." Father Bobby Brown told People that she is recovering with his family, including her siblings.
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Kate Upton's Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover leaked on Monday, and the New York Times examines Upton's unorthodox path to supermodel stardom, which all started with this YouTube video of her doing the "Dougie" at a Los Angeles Clippers game.
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Hugh Hefner says he's very disappointed that his son Marston Hefner allegedly beat up his Playmate girlfriend Claire Sinclair, which prompted her to get a 3-day restraining order against him.
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TMZ reports Lindsay Lohan has not paid her 2010 tax bill of $140,203, a year after being late paying Uncle Sam $93,701 for 2009.
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Talk show host Glenn Beck finally started a cause we can all get behind, ranting against George Lucas and saying he should be "tried for movie crimes" for what he's done to the Star Wars franchise and for producing Red Tails.
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Posted 02.10.12 by Ryan George Lucas is bringing his Star Wars saga back to big screen again, starting today with Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace 3D. While the plan is to re-release the entire franchise in 3-D, the Blu-ray versions released last year allowed Lucas to frustrate fans with more alterations, particularly to Return of the Jedi (now Ewoks blink and Darth Vader yells "Nooo!" before tossing the Emperor to his doom) and Phantom Menace, which will see the puppet version of Yoda replaced with a CGI one instead. During a recent interview with THR, Lucas explained why he decided to add a digital Yoda.
We tried to do Yoda in CGI in Episode I, but we just couldn’t get it done in time. We couldn’t get the technology to work, so we had to use the puppet, but the puppet really wasn’t as good as the CGI. So when we did the reissue, we had to put the CGI back in, which was what it was meant to be.
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Posted 01.27.12 by Chris Now that Red Tails has proven to be a moderate success (the $58M project has grossed $22M in its first week), George Lucas can go back to focusing on his real bread and butter — Star Wars (any profit Lucas makes from Red Tails will be just chump change compared to the fortunes Star Wars continues to bring in for him).
Lucas is now doing press for his upcoming 3-D re-release of Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace. In a video with Entertainment Weekly, Lucas talks about his experience making Episode IV - A New Hope.
Lucas recalls shooting the first Star Wars as "painful" and "unpleasant."
We never had enough time or money and we were always compromising on everything and it was a difficult experience all the way around.
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Posted 01.23.12 by Chris Are you a Star Wars but moaning about the fact that George Lucas is re-re-releasing the entire Star Wars sage in theaters starting next month with Episode I - The Phantom Menace? Not interested in paying to see a movie you already own VHS, DVD, and Blu-ray? (But it's in 3-D!!)
Well, there's a new version of Star Wars that odds are you haven't seen and there's no price for admission.
Star Wars: Uncut was made by hundreds of fans, each who made a 15-second cut of the movie.
The Emmy-winning project, yes, Emmy-winning, is the brainchild of 26-year-old Casey Pugh. In 2009, Pugh cut A New Hope into 473, 15-second clips, and asked fans to recreate those clips, creating something that transformed into a patchwork quilt of Lucas' epic sci-fi movie.
You can watch the Director's Cut of Star Wars: Uncut, all 2 hours and 4 minutes of it after the break
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Posted 01.19.12 by BrentJS Though we may never get the chance to see any new Star Wars movies in theaters now that creator George Lucas is talking retirement, we will at least have one more chance to see each of the six original movies one last time, with the added enhancement of 3-D technology. This time around, Lucas is releasing the movies in the "proper" order, with Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace opening in theaters next month and subsequent chapters following on a yearly basis. Check out the new international TV spot (which announces a Feb. 9th release, but it's Feb. 10th here in the States) for the re-release and prepare to return to that "galaxy far, far away" all over again.
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Posted 01.18.12 by Ryan George Lucas, the man fanboys love to hate, is done with the movie business.
Lucas' latest movie, Red Tails, tells an important story about the Tuskegee Airmen's struggle against racism while flying combat aircraft during World War II. Lucas, who spent nearly 20 years getting the movie produced, has already publicly revealed the difficulty in trying to sell it to Hollywood studios, citing that "nobody wanted it" because they didn't "feel there was enough of an audience out there for it." Lucas went ahead and financed the movie himself.
Perhaps the difficulty of making Red Tails, combined with the continued rage that fanboys emit every time Lucas alters one of his Star Wars movies, is the reason he told The New York Times: "I'm retiring. I'm moving away from the business, from the company, from all this kind of stuff."
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Posted 01.11.12 by Katie Lucasfilms will finally be releasing George Lucas' passion project, Red Tails, in theaters January 20th. This action-packed movie is based on the true story of African-American pilots who experienced segregation during World War II. Although they were in the Tuskegee training program, they spent most of their time on the ground rather than in the air until they were called to duty by Col. A.J. Bullard. Lucas has spent over 23 years and $93M of his own money to take the movie to the big screen.
When asked by Reelz's Patrick Stinson about the difficulties he had in getting the movie made, Lucas responded:
Well, Will Smith's not in it and it's not a sequel. If we had that, we wouldn't have had the problem.
Hopefully all of Lucas' hard work will pay off.
I financed the movie myself and went to the studios to distribute it and nobody wanted it. They just didn't feel there was enough of an audience out there for it... I said "Okay, put in more money and let's do it ourselves."
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Posted 01.09.12 by BrentJS Visionary filmmaker George Lucas (Star Wars series) began developing the WWII-era action drama Red Tails more than twenty years ago and in less than two weeks the movie will finally be soaring onto the big screen. Red Tails is inspired by the true story of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African American combat pilots to serve in the U.S. military, and 20th Century Fox and LucasFilm have released six new preview clips containing never-before-seen footage from the movie, and more than 50 still images and set photos to help build excitement for its theatrical release.
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Posted 12.06.11 by Chris It's the gift that keeps on giving. Though it probably makes George Lucas wish he could invent a time machine, go back in time and remove it from existence; the infamous Star Wars Holiday Special continues to have social relevance.
Glee is paying tribute to the 1978 TV special on a Dec. 13 episode and Chewbacca himself will be making an appearance on the episode.
Harry Shum, who plays Mike Chang, talked about shooting the episode with the famous wookie.
It was incredibly awesome. It was a huge surprise. (Chewbacca) makes an appearance into Artie's dream in a way. I can't really delve into the details, but it's something to do with Artie.
If you haven't seen the Star Wars Special you're lucky. It's awful. Even worse than that Phantom Menace. Don't believe us? Check out our Rewind article on the TV show.