SPIDEY SETS BROADWAY BOX OFFICE RECORD

It looks as if Spider-Man is going to be as big a hit on Broadway as he was in movie theaters. Today’s (Wednesday) New York newspapers reported that Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark took in $2,941,794 over nine performances at Foxwood’s Theater in Times Square last week, the most ever earned by a Broadway production [...]

PRODUCER/STUDIO EXEC JOHN CALLEY DEAD AT 81

John Calley, one of the most successful studio executives and producers in recent Hollywood history, has died at the age of 81. In its obituary today (Wednesday), the Wall Street Journal observed that at Warner Bros. in the 1970s, Calley “helped set in motion a decade of hits that rival the best of any studio [...]

FAMED PRODUCER LAURA ZISKIN LOSES BATTLE WITH CANCER AT AGE 61

Spider-Man and Pretty Woman producer Laura Ziskin has lost a seven-year battle against breast cancer. A founder of the advocacy group Stand Up 2 Cancer (SU2C), Ziskin had helped raise millions of dollars to support cancer research and to bring together scientists who had been studying the various forms of cancer to share their information. [...]

SPIDER-MAN TURNS OFF THE PREVIEWS

After a record 177 preview performances during which anything that could go wrong did, the production of Broadway’s Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark finally became “frozen,” Wednesday night, with no further casting, rewrites, songs, or choreography planned, the New York Times reported today (Thursday). Critics have been invited to attend shows tonight, Friday and Saturday, [...]

THOR: THE SOUND OF DISTANT THUNDER

Marvel’s Thor may not have been among the most popular superheroes to grace the pages of the publisher’s comic books, but as a movie character, portrayed by Australian actor Chris Hemsworth, he certainly has held his own. With an estimated $66-million opening, he beat out the original X-Men ($54.5 million), The Fantastic Four ($58.1 million), [...]

AHNULD WILL BE BAHCK AS THE GOVERNATOR

Former Calif. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will return to the screen in an animated TV series he is developing with Stan Lee, who co-created such classic Marvel comic-book characters as Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, Iron Man, and the Incredible Hulk. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Schwarzenegger said he and Lee are developing an animated TV [...]

SPIDEY CRASHES TO STAGE ON BROADWAY — TAKEN TO HOSPITAL

Spider-Man’s journey from comic book to movies to Broadway took another ill-fated turn Monday night when, seven minutes before the end of the performance of Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, a stunt double for the title character fell about 10 feet and was seriously injured and equipment hanging above the audience also crashed down, although [...]

IS HOPE FADING FOR SPIDEY ON BROADWAY?

Although the $65-million Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark will have to run for years before it is able to generate a profit, the general manager of the Foxwoods Theater, where it is playing, is already talking to producers of other upcoming productions about keeping his theater in mind, the New York Times reported [...]

SPIDEY ON BROADWAY: GOOD NEWS TURNS TO DISASTER

The Broadway production of Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, which is due to open officially on January 11, appeared to get off to an auspicious start with a featured segment on Sunday’s 60 Minutes and the debut of commercials for the show in the New York area. But the late-night newscasts in the city were [...]

MEET ROBERT PATTINSON — FOR $32,500

As of this morning (Thursday), the charity auction site CharityBuzz.com, which brings celebrities and fans together for a price — the money goes to selected charities — was offering a “meet and greet” with Robert Pattinson and a visit to the set of Twilight: Breaking Dawn in Vancouver for $32,500 — with bids rising daily. [...]

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