"Final grosses for the weekend revealed a better-than-expected Sunday, with the "Poseidon" remake grossing $22.2 million. While still very disappointing, the figure is about 9% more than initial estimates based on Friday and Saturday grosses. Sunday was a better day than most studios predicted, as numerous pics beat their estimates. "RV" ended up grossing $10 million, making its weekend-to-weekend drop an astonishingly small 10%..." (full details)
"MGA Entertainment, Crystal Sky Pictures and Avi Arad are teaming to produce the live-action feature "Bratz," based on the popular doll line. Crystal Sky will finance the film, John Doolittle is penning the screenplay, and shooting begins this fall in Los Angeles. Bratz property is one of the larger toy franchises on the market, spawning an animated TV series, DVD titles, vidgames, a magazine, a clothes line and a No. 1 album on Billboard's children's chart..." (full details)
"NALA Films has tapped Norberto Lopez Amado, who helmed the Spanish hit "They're Watching Us" (Nos Miran), to direct "Night of Light." The film is a supernatural horror that centers on a man who was orphaned and raised by two priests. He goes to a small town with them to assist in what he thinks in an exorcism in the town. But a strange turn of events follows..." (full details)
