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Iron Man (2008)

Under discussion:

Iron Man (2008)

Iron Man had a huge weekend, grossing $104.2 in the States from Thursday night through Sunday, and a total of $201 across all international territories. And yet it appears that no one was interested in seeing anything else––overall, this weekend’s box office was down 13% from last year’s, when Spider-Man 3 had the best opening weekend ever with $151.1 million.
Production starts today on that Terminator sequel starring Christian Bale, and its makers are determined to deliver a box office-friendly PG-13. “The PG-13 has increased in intensity,” says Victor Kubicek, the film’s broker-turned-writer-producer. Imagine him saying that in an Arnold voice, and I think you’ll feel better about the whole situation. I did.
British production company Hammer Films will team with Spitfire Pictures to remake Let the Right One In, the Swedish vampire film that was all the rage last week at the Tribeca Film Festival, where it won the World Dramatic Narrative prize.
Maya Entertainment, a distributor known for targeting Spanish-speaking audiences in the U.S., has purchased Sleep Dealer, Alex Rivera’s sci-fi immigration drama which premiered earlier this year at Sundance.