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Lionsgate Picks Up Barry Levinson's Found Footage Water Bug Horror Pic The Bay

Lionsgate Picks Up Barry Levinson's Found Footage Water Bug Horror Pic The Bay

After directing Al Pacino to a Golden Globe win in last year's You Don't Know Jack, it seems Barry Levinson needed a change of pace -- like, a major 180. And that's how we come to today's news that Levinson's next film, a found footage creature horror called The Bay (working title: Isopod), has been picked up for distribution by Lionsgate.

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After $35M Opening, Sony Admits Skyline Didn't Steal From Battle: Los Angeles

After $35M Opening, Sony Admits Skyline Didn't Steal From Battle: Los Angeles

Yesterday was Thursday, when it seems the folks at Sony were in such a good mood that they dismissed their complaints of breach of contract against the Strause brothers, VFX experts and makers of last November's indie alien invasion pic Skyline. The strongly worded charges originally accused the Strauses' Hydraulx Entertainment of using Battle: Los Angeles equipment to make their own competing sci-fi flick, but you know what helps smooth over disputes like this? Discovering that Skyline's effects were completely different from those in Battle: Los Angeles. Also: Having $35 million in your pocket.

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