New York Daily News - Entertainment - Fall Movie Preview: Gothic gone mad
News from the Lemony Snicket film set...
"The sets had to have their own reality and sense of place," [designer, Rick Heinrichs] adds, "so we mixed turn-of-the-century architecture and Edwardian-style costumes and parked a 1950s fin-tail limousine next to a 1980s Czech minicar. We wanted to make sure the audience didn't know where they were, or when they were."
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"The Village," the latest thriller by Shyamalan, took in $50.8 million at the box office in its first weekend, the best opening this year for Disney, which has failed to produce any other major hits.The film, which slipped to second place last weekend, has grossed $85.6 million. Last week reports circulated that its plot and surprise ending parallel Margaret Peterson Haddix's first book "Running Out of Time," published in 1995.
Both Haddix and her US publishers, Simon & Schuster, are reported to be considering their legal options.
Townsville Bulletin: BBC to bring Aussie classic alive [ 05aug04 ]
"FIVE years after the deal-making began, the producers of a 26-part television version of the Australian children's book classic Animalia have reached the final stages of negotiations with the BBC... ..."
