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• Warner Bros. Buys Rights to Septimus Heap Series

  Published: July 13, 2007, 7:33 pm

  Tags: Septimus Heap, Septimus Heap, Movies, Warner Bros, Childrens Fantasy

  Bros. has picked up the rights to Angie Sage's Septimus Heap's fantasy series, which is published by HarperCollins. According the The Hollywood Reporter: Written by U.K. author Angie Sage, the series revolves around two babies that are switched at birth: one a boy who discovers his birthright as the seventh son of a seventh son, and who is

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• Comic-Con: Liveblogging the Warner Bros. Panel

  Published: July 27, 2007, 9:43 am

  Tags: Ed Burns, Edburns, Get Smart, Getsmart, Goonies, Invasion, Joel Silver, Joelsilver, Kate Beckinsale, Katebeckinsale, One Missed Call, Onemissedcall, Speed Racer, The Dark Knight, Warner Bros, Warnerbros, Watchmen, Whiteout

  to bring you all the hot Warner Bros. deets as they come out. Will we see anything from The Dark Knight? Speed Racer? Watchmen? Goonies II? (Hey, I can dream). They gave us more swag bags on the way in, which included a t-shirt for The Invasion, a pretty swell Get Smart Control/KAOS shirt, and a bunch of other little things, including a very

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• Comic-Con: Teaser Poster for Kate Beckinsale's 'Whiteout'

  Published: July 31, 2007, 7:02 am

  Tags: Kate Beckinsale, Katebeckinsale, Warner Bros, Warnerbros, Whiteout

  & Adventure, Thrillers, Warner Brothers, Fandom, Images, ComicConTI wasn't there, but by all accounts one of the highlights of this year's Con -- which was a little tepid on the news front -- was Kate Beckinsale's odd behavior at the panel for her upcoming film, Whiteout. After joining the panel in media res, she apparently peppered her

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• Ricky Gervais Retires Early

  Published: August 2, 2007, 10:31 am

  Tags: Accepted, Cellmates, Cinematical, Early Retirement, Earlyretirement, Film, Ghost Town, Mark Perez, Movies, Ricky Gervais, Warner Bros

  Comedy, Casting, Deals, Warner Brothers, NewsstandSlowly but surely, Ricky Gervais is climbing the Hollywood ladder. After co-starring in films like Night at the Museum and the upcoming Stardust, Variety reports Gervais has landed a lead role in Early Retirement for Warner Bros. What, did you think he was calling it quits early; hanging up

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• First 'Speed Racer,' Now Here Comes 'Jonny Quest'

  Published: August 8, 2007, 7:02 am

  Tags: Cartoon, Cinematical, Dan Mazeau, Film, Hitman, Jonny Quest, Jonnyquest, Movies, Warner Bros

  next summer's Speed Racer, Warner Bros. has decided it's time for Jonny to take off on another quest, and Variety reports Hitman producers Adrian Askarieh and Daniel Alter have signed on to produce the flick based on the cartoon created by the great Hanna-Barbera. Dan Mazeau (Land of Lost Things) will pen the script. There's no word on a

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• Warner Bros. Announces Speed Racer Game Adaptation

  Published: August 9, 2007, 12:55 am

  Tags: Videos, Games Industry, Matrix, Movie, Speed Racer, Wachowski, Warner Bros

  it is a shock to nobody that Warner Bros. has announced a gaming adaptation of the film that will coincide with the release. I’m sad to say that I am far more optimistic for the film than I am for the game, even tho the Wachowski brothers are known for having direct control over previous game titles based off their films. The whole thing is

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• Warner Bros Expands Across Europe

  Published: August 14, 2007, 4:10 pm

  Tags: Games Industry, Game Companies, Europe, Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment

  Bros Interactive Entertainment is expanding across Europe pushing direct distribution, sales and marketing within its publishing operation. Warner Bros is opening a new London office and hiring for key countries across the region. Kevin Tsujihara, president of Warner Bros Home Entertainment Group, says the company aims to expand video game

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• Tarsem Singh to Direct 'The Unforgettable'

  Published: August 15, 2007, 1:02 pm

  Tags: Cinematical, Film, Kurt Sutter, Movies, Tarsem Singh, Tarsemsingh, The Cell, The Unforgettable, Warner Bros

  science fiction thriller for Warner Bros. called The Unforgettable. Based on the Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment video game The Condemned: Criminal Origins (which I haven't played), project will be produced by Basil Iwanyk, David Goyer and Jason Hall (who also helped create the game alongside Nathan Hendrickson). At one point they were

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• Variety's Anne Thompson on 'Viral Marketing'

  Published: August 16, 2007, 7:32 am

  Tags: The Dark Knight, Thedarkknight, Viral Marketing, Viralmarketing, Warner Bros, Warnerbros

  points out in the article, Warner Bros. recently used this kind of marketing at Comic-Con in San Diego to promote their upcoming film The Dark Knight. Instead of bringing the film's stars and director to the Con, which is what studios normally do, Warners instead staged several events including sky writing above the Con which directed fans to a

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• Warning to Kubrick Fanatics: Start Saving Your Pennies!

  Published: August 22, 2007, 7:03 am

  Tags: 2001 Space Odyssey, 2001aspaceodyssey, Awesome, Clockwork Orange, Clockworkorange, Dvd Box Set, Dvdboxset, Eyes Wide Shut, Eyeswideshut, Full Metal Jacket, Fullmetaljacket, Stanley Kubrick, Stanleykubrick, The Shining, Theshining, Warner Bros, Warnerbros

  under: Classics, Warner Brothers, Home EntertainmentWowwy wow wow. I knew there were some new Stanley Kubrick special editions on the way, but I had no idea that Warner was going all out with new features! I don't even know where to begin! (OK, breathe.) According to DVDActive.com, five of the master's films will be hitting the shelves as

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• The Brave One's TV spots

  Published: September 4, 2007, 10:30 am

  Tags: Warner Bros, Advertising, Tv Spots, Movie Marketing

  Last night while watching me some TBS (”Friends” reruns with The Mrs.) I saw a couple of TV spots for Jodie Foster’s The Brave One. I wasn’t able to find them on YouTube, but I was struck by something unusual in the spots. At the end of the spots the clips from the movie end and the title treatment is shown with part of

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• Tobey Maguire Wants A Piece Of The Giant Fucking Robots Action

  Published: September 7, 2007, 3:30 pm

  Tags: Defamer Hollywood, Michael Bay, Robotech, Tobey Maguire, Transformers, Warner Bros

  the disease is worsening: Warner Bros. and Spider-Man star/occasionally portly poker enthusiast/burgeoning producer Tobey Maguire are getting into the Giant Fucking Robots business, announcing that they're teaming up to bring Robotech, yet another 1980s cartoon series involving oversized automatons and the human freedom fighters who love them,

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• Warner Bros. to use T-Works as movie marketing platform

  Published: September 10, 2007, 1:30 pm

  Tags: New Media, Warner Bros, Movie Marketing

  this Variety story on the Warner Bros.’ launch of T-Works as an animation hub is news that they’ll use that site as a marketing platform for future animated flicks. T-Works will primarily be an archive for clips and videos from the Warner Bros. animated archives. That includes everything from Bugs Bunny to Fred Flinstone to

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• Format Wars: The format wars continue. According to the ...

  Published: September 10, 2007, 7:35 pm

  Tags: Blu Ray, Format Wars, Hd Dvd, Sony, Toshiba, Warner Bros

  The format wars continue. According to the LA Times, Toshiba Corp. is wining and dining Warner Bros. to get the movie studio on the HD-DVD bandwagon exclusively. Sony is apparently doing the same for Blu-Ray -- meaning WB will soon be able to literally bathe all of their employees in money. [LA Times via FiringSquad]

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• The format wars continue. According to the ...

  Published: September 10, 2007, 7:35 pm

  Tags: Entertainment, Blu Ray, Hd Dvd, Sony, Tbrief, Toshiba, Warner Bros

  The format wars continue. According to the LA Times, Toshiba Corp. is wining and dining Warner Bros. to get the movie studio on the HD-DVD bandwagon exclusively. Sony is apparently doing the same for Blu-Ray - meaning WB will soon be able to literally bathe all of their employees in money. [LA Times via FiringSquad]

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