The Pink Panther courtesy MGM
New releases announced today, August 29:Pink Panther - The Ultimate Collection will be coming out November 25 Visit TVShowsOnDVD.com for the complete stories on these and other news items.
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Carla Gugino by Stephen Lovekin/WireImage.com
Carla Gugino is joining Zack Snyder's Watchmen, playing burlesque dancer turned costumed heroine Sally Jupiter.... Also per the Reporter, Jessica Alba, Verne "Mini-Me" Troyer and Romany Malco (Weeds) have a date with The Love Guru, Mike Myers' first original character since Austin Powers.... Colin Hanks is the male lead opposite Anna Faris in that Playboy bunny-becomes-sorority-house-mom comedy.... Liev Schreiber and Jamie Bell are joining Daniel Craig in the WWII movie Defiance.... Per Variety, Andy Garcia, John Cleese and Alfred Molina are in the pink, as in The Pink Panther 2.
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Per the Reporter, Fantastic Four sequel helmer Tim Story has inked a deal to adapt for the big screen The Losers, a DC Comics series about a special-ops team left for dead.... Bill Murray is the mayor of the City of Ember, a family flick about a mysterious town's existence.... Elizabeth Banks is a cruel stepmother in A Tale of Two Sisters, based on a Korean horror film of the same name.... Harald Zwart (Agent Cody Banks) will direct Steve Martin in The Pink Panther 2.
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Speaking of the future Mr. Katie Holmes, Tom Cruise is thisclose to making his first purchase as co-owner of United Artists, says the Hollywood Reporter. And the winner is... Lions for Lambs, a drama set in Afghanistan that would star Cruise (duh) and Out of Africa leads Robert Redford and Meryl Streep. Redford is also set to direct, meaning there's a 50/50 chance he got invited to the wedding.... Per Variety, MGM expects to begin production on new installments of its James Bond, Pink Panther and The Thomas Crown Affair franchises in 2007.... Beach Boy Brian Wilson has made a deal with producer Mark Gordon to tell his life story in a feature film.
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Once again raising the question of whether movie reviews are published in some indecipherable alien language in certain areas, the critically declawed Pink Panther emerged as this weekend's box-office champ, earning $27.1 million in its debut. Rounding out the top five: Final Destination 3 (with $20.1 million), Curious George ($15.3 mil), Firewall ($13.8 mil) and When a Stranger Calls ($10 mil).
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