Ah, memories: "I was a fish in Noah's ark in the school play, and now I'm in Harry Potter. It's a big step. I first found out about the auditions in Newsround. They said to send in some information about yourself and a photograph. So I sent one in and waited weeks and weeks and weeks, and nothing happened. I really wanted this part because I was the biggest Harry Potter fan at the time. I went on the website of Newsround, and some of the kids had been sending in videotapes of themselves reading from the book. So I made a videotape. First, I dressed up as my drama teacher, who's a girl, so that was kind of scary. Then I made this rap song of how much I wanted to be in the film." [Moviefone]
It found critical acclaim and distributor interest this year at Sundance, then shoved off for an award-winning run at the Cannes Film Festival. And now, as writer-director Jeff Nichols's psychological drama Take Shelter prepares for its incursion into American theaters, Movieline is happy to unveil the film's first poster for your perusal.
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· One of the coolest parts of the marketing for Captain America: First Avenger? The vintage 1940s throwback posters that have been commissioned for the film. Courtesy of Olly Moss and Mondo, comes this propaganda-y Cap one-sheet, of which only 375 were printed. You can purchase this and another Olly Moss Captain America poster for $85 once they go on sale. Click through for a look, then stick around for more Buzz Break.
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Step aside, Hannah and Her Sisters. Thanks to $1,891,000 in ticket sales over the weekend, Midnight in Paris has become Woody Allen's biggest domestic hit ever. The time-twisty comedy has earned $41,793,000 to date, a little over $1.7 million more than Sisters did in 1986. Of course, Hannah sold more tickets, and Midnight in Paris still trails Vicky Cristina Barcelona by almost $20 million in worldwide receipts, but, hey: congrats, Woody! [Box Office Mojo]
Both political and film-industry observers alike kept an eye on this weekend's box office for more than just Harry Potter's record-setting haul. It also happened to be the opening frame for The Undefeated, director Stephen K. Bannon's notorious documentary about the ascent of Sarah Palin to the national political stage. So how did it do in limited release?
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It turns out Peter Jackson hasn't run out of dwarves. Over the weekend, TheOneRing.net revealed a picture of the thirteenth Hobbit dwarf, Thorin Oakenshield. Thorin is important for multiple reasons: he's the dwarf leader, he's carrying something called "Orcrist, the Goblin Cleaver," and he's played by moderately famous actor Richard Armitage. Bona fides! Click through for your first look.
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A hot July day exactly 25 years ago yielded one of the best films of the 1980s: Aliens, James Cameron's sequel to the Ridley Scott's classic Alien seven years before it. It holds up all this time later, and arguably may stand up as the most solid work Cameron and his ensemble ever did. Let's pay it the anniversary respect it deserves.
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Let's just cut to the chase: you saw Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2. In fact, judging from the record-breaking box office results from this weekend, you might have even seen it twice. The well-reviewed final installment of the beloved wizarding franchise ended with a bang both creatively and financially, meaning there is plenty to discuss. So, let's discuss!
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Also in this Monday edition of The Broadsheet: Tom Cruise officially set for Jack Reacher... Sam Rockwell in talks to live through Chemistry... the 300 sequel gets a director... and more ahead.
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It's a Marvel movie so you knew it was coming, but still: Despite studio efforts to keep it from press in early screenings, a teaser sequence appearing at the end of Captain America: The First Avenger has leaked online. Multiple accounts and even a bootlegged video of the footage suggest that the leaks didn't come from the media, but from special public screenings held over the weekend. So why keep it from the press to begin with?
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Harry Potter claimed his rightful place atop the weekend box office, and how: Shattering box office records and unseating Transformers: Dark of the Moon, the closing chapter of the boy wizard's magical saga topped The Dark Knight, Spider-Man, and The Twilight Saga: New Moon as the biggest weekend opener of all time. Cue the celebratory wizard rock jam!
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Um, wow. With effortless ease, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 has poised itself to break virtually every opening-weekend box-office record known to Hollywood, with Friday's staggering midnight showing folding into a best-ever $95 million opening day. That far exceeds the earlier record of $72 million set by The Twilight Saga: New Moon in 2009, and sets the Potter finale up for a milestone $180 million (or more) three-day total. Not bad! And still, people saw other movies as well -- your Friday Box Office is here.
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A whirlwind week comes to a close at Movieline HQ, where bittersweet endings were met with beautiful new beginnings. How did we all get so lucky? Let's check back through the record and piece it all together with the Week in Review. We'll be around this weekend as well with pertinent news and box-office updates, so please pay us a visit, and have a good one!
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As the beloved Harry Potter film series comes to a close this weekend, you may find yourself adrift; with no more films to look forward to, what's a Harry Potter fan got to live for? Well, here's one way to keep the magic alive, post-Deathly Hallows: Wizard rock, the musical movement made by and for hardcore fans that celebrates all things Potter, in song. After the jump: A primer!
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Oh no: Jennifer Lopez, who's only been in five high-profile relationships that I can think of, and Marc Anthony, who is a frightening Glenn Close character, are divorcing. That is too bad. That is also an occasion to revisit Jennifer Lopez's finest screen moment in the hopes it'll lift her spirits. We're here for you, Jen.
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