"With its $525 million debt facility from Merrill Lynch closed, Marvel Enterprises has become Marvel Entertainment reflecting its new business producing and financing pics internally (Paramount will market and distribute its films for a fee, similar to Lucasfilm's arrangement with Fox). Marvel has identified 10 characters and groups it will develop as potential feature franchises to produce itself: Captain America, The Avengers, Nick Fury, Black Panther, Ant-Man, Cloak and Dagger, Dr. Strange, Hawkeye, Power Pack and Shang-Chi..." (full details)
"Director Jeffrey Blitz is following his documentary "Spellbound" with the feature "Rocket Science" for indie production company Duly Noted. "Science" centers on average 15-year-old boy Hal Hefner (Reece Thompson), who despite his terrible stuttering joins a high school debate team. He soon finds himself immersed in the ultracompetitive world of high school debating. Like the story's protagonist, Blitz suffered from a stuttering problem at an early age, which he credits with starting his fascination with speech and storytelling..." (full details)
""Hellbent" Director Paul Etheredge-Ouzts says his next project will be a horror flick - "either an 80s style creature feature or a brutal, psychological horror movie. We haven't decided which script we're starting with - tonally they're very different films. And it'll have a much bigger budget. I can't say more until it?s officially announced"..." (full details)
Thanks to 'KC'.
