Chicago – A film marketing itself as being “based on a true story” doesn’t hold the same teeth it once did. With truly original stories a financial high risk for Hollywood and many films leaning toward being based on a best-selling novel, the genre that is based on a true story or “inspired by true events” has increasingly taken creative liberties.
Rating: 2.0/5.0
Beware, filmgoers. Just a nugget of truth doesn’t amount to a true gold rush. In the case of the new horror film “The Possession,” the only validity to this film’s claim of being based on a true story is that there was indeed a well-reported dybbuk box (also commonly spelled dibbuk). The story involved real people trying to offload it on eBay once it allegedly haunted them.
Today, most horror films claiming real-life truth aren’t really based on a true story or much of one.
Rating: 2.0/5.0
Beware, filmgoers. Just a nugget of truth doesn’t amount to a true gold rush. In the case of the new horror film “The Possession,” the only validity to this film’s claim of being based on a true story is that there was indeed a well-reported dybbuk box (also commonly spelled dibbuk). The story involved real people trying to offload it on eBay once it allegedly haunted them.
Today, most horror films claiming real-life truth aren’t really based on a true story or much of one.
- 9/3/2012
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Set to hit theaters around the globe at the stroke of midnight, "Twilight" mania has taken over the movie world.
With the third installment of the hit vampire series opening in a record number of theaters - 4,416 screens - there's definitely the expectation of Huge earnings for the Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner led film.
Stirring up a little relationship talk prior to the release, producer Wyck Godfrey recently spoke with Time magazine of the Kristen/Robert off-screen chatter.
Of the real-life romance, Godfrey tells, "I honestly don’t think of it in terms of business. It doesn’t affect our core business at all. The thing I do think about is, Oh my God, I hope they stay together. Because it could be awkward on set in the next movie if they have a huge falling out. It’s like, Wow, they have to portray this love story through two more movies.
With the third installment of the hit vampire series opening in a record number of theaters - 4,416 screens - there's definitely the expectation of Huge earnings for the Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner led film.
Stirring up a little relationship talk prior to the release, producer Wyck Godfrey recently spoke with Time magazine of the Kristen/Robert off-screen chatter.
Of the real-life romance, Godfrey tells, "I honestly don’t think of it in terms of business. It doesn’t affect our core business at all. The thing I do think about is, Oh my God, I hope they stay together. Because it could be awkward on set in the next movie if they have a huge falling out. It’s like, Wow, they have to portray this love story through two more movies.
- 6/30/2010
- GossipCenter
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“The Twilight Saga: Eclipse,” which will open everywhere on June 30, 2010, also features Dakota Fanning, Nikki Reed, Kellan Lutz, Bryce Dallas Howard, Ashley Greene, Anna Kendrick, Bronson Pelletier, Jackson Rathbone, Elizabeth Reaser, Peter Facinelli, BooBoo Stewart, Sarah Clarke, Iris Quinn, Paul Jarrett, Christian Serratos, Michael Welch, Justin Chon, Billy Burke and Xavier Samuel from director David Slade and writer Melissa Rosenberg based on the novel by Stephenie Meyer.
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“The Twilight Saga: Eclipse,” which will open everywhere on June 30, 2010, also features Dakota Fanning, Nikki Reed, Kellan Lutz, Bryce Dallas Howard, Ashley Greene, Anna Kendrick, Bronson Pelletier, Jackson Rathbone, Elizabeth Reaser, Peter Facinelli, BooBoo Stewart, Sarah Clarke, Iris Quinn, Paul Jarrett, Christian Serratos, Michael Welch, Justin Chon, Billy Burke and Xavier Samuel from director David Slade and writer Melissa Rosenberg based on the novel by Stephenie Meyer.
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- 6/23/2010
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
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