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Thanks for the visit. And I m undecided on Indiana Jones, can he really be like the first? 
This is a cool generator for science geeks and geeks at heart (like me!). Build your own star including controlling the temperature, luminousity, age and fusion!
How James Cameron Got Aliens A Green Light
From Hello He Lied by Linda Obst. Story told by Gordon Caroll, Executive Producer, Aliens.
Cameron was young. He had just directed Terminator. Cameron had called a meeting to discuss his “next project.” Everyone knew Cameron had written a treatment for Alien 2 that nobody would touch because Alien was not a massive financial success. Alien 2 was not on the table. We expected a professional pitch from Cameron, an outline and a treatment of what he had in mind with a cursory budget; perhaps a couple assistants to run a slide show.
Instead Cameron walked in the room without so much as a piece of paper. He went to the chalk board in the room and simply wrote the word ALIEN. Then he added an ‘S’ to make ALIENS. Dramatically, he drew two vertical lines through the ‘S’, ALIEN$. He turned around and grinned. We greenlit the project that day for $18 million.
For this and other cool stories! Click on link!
http://www.derober.com/2008/06/26/6-crazy-hollywood-stories-you-probably-havent-heard/
If you are a regular reader you know about my fascination with the 'sudden' popularity of Urban Fantasy. Here is some news from the makers of our most famous Heroic Icons.
The Superhero business is booming. Marvel Entertainment's (MVL) first self produced movie, Iron Man, dominated the weekend box office, earning an estimated $201m in global receipts in its debut. At the same time, on Wall Street, the company didn’t fare badly either. Marvel posted a better than expected quarter and raised 2008 guidance. These numbers are only a small part of a bigger story.
BY THE NUMBERS
Iron Man’s actual weekend gross according to Box Office Mojo came in just under $100m at $98.6. The receipts, however, were still enough to push the movie into an elite list, housing the top ten opening weekends of all time. Not bad for a company’s first effort at making a film themselves (Paramount is handling distribution).
On the Street, Marvel reported net income of $45.2m or 58 cents a share. That result beat adjusted analyst expectations of 45 cents a share on revenues of $113.5m. The company also raised sales outlook for the rest of 2008. The lower end of the projected net sales range is now set at $370m, up from $360m. Income is forecast in a range of $1.35 to $1.55 a share, up from a range of $1.30 to $1.50.
THE BIGGER PICTURE
Strong as Marvel’s immediate numbers are, the bigger picture isn’t today’s box office or earnings but how Marvel has redefined itself, and where the new version might be headed.
Just 12 years ago, the company founded in 1939 and famous for giving life to characters like the Fantastic Four and Spider Man was in bankruptcy. Despite thousands of characters, a library of comic and superhero icons, the money wasn’t there. Poor deals were partly a factor. Licensing agreements struck in that era were paying Marvel a pittance of an allowance compared to fortunes directed to movie makers.
for more of this must read click on the link! http://seekingalpha.com/article/76011-marvels-bigger-picture-going-hollywood-in-a-smart-way?source=yahoo
Pretty cool stuff!
Check out the Stephen Colbert White House Dinner speech! Remember that?!
http://www.dipity.com/user/tatercakes/timeline/Internet_Memes/embed_tl?fs=1
Something I literally stumbled upon. In honor of the next installment opening in July starring Christian Bale and the late Heath Ledger. I thought this may be of interest!
Check it out!
Every year since 1954, the secretive Bilderberg Group (named after the hotel they first met in the Netherlands), comprising elite powerbrokers from Europe and North America, has met to discuss, and influence, the changing global, political, economic and social landscape. Dotted amongst the usual suspects of Rockefeller, Kissinger and Soros etc. we see the presence of renowned Hollywood filmmaker Steven Spielberg. Spielberg attended the 1999 Bilderberg meeting held at Sintra, Portugal. What business does Spielberg, a chieftain of the 'entertainment' industry have secretly mingling with international bankers, military intelligence and world political leaders?
Since the 1970's, Spielberg has directed or produced seven of the top twenty grossing films of all time. Throughout his career we see an obsession with the alien/UFO/space theme. From the 1977 Close Encounters of the Third Kind to ET in 1982, to Deep Impact in 1998. All depict an invasion from outer space. Even the movie Jaws is littered with shooting stars and strange lights in the sky.
In February 1997 a leading light in the British film industry leaked the story that Spielberg and executives of his company DreamWorks had secretly met with senior Pentagon officials in Los Angeles. The officials told Spielberg to "stop everything" and produce a movie whose subject matter involved meteors and/or comets. One year later Deep Impact was in the can. The film describes a comet hurtling towards earth and the fight for who has the privilege of access to an underground bunker.Who were these Pentagon officials and why were they so eager for Bilderberg asset Spielberg to produce a movie about a threat from outer space?
To read more!
http://conspiration.ca/ufo/steven_spielberg_bilderberg_et_agent.html
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