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Arrested, Still In Development [In Development] (Film School Rejects)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:00:13 GMT

... you go getting too excited and slapping on a pair of cutoff shorts, let it be said that neither Ron Howard nor Mitchell Hurwitz has officially come out and said yes yet. Both Jeffrey Tambor and Jason Bateman have said that a film version is planned for 2009. This adaptation has been a long time coming and maybe (no pun intended) fans will finally get what they’ve been looking for: a proper...

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UCLA, USC film schools compete for cash (LA Times)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:04:34 GMT

... USC's cinematic arts program from entertainment greats Spielberg, George Lucas, Robert Zemeckis, Ron Howard and Brian Grazer, donations by UCLA alums tend to finance worthy projects in other fields: the David Geffen Medical School, the Streisand Chair in Cardiology, Jerry Lewis Neuromuscular Disease Research Center, the Jane and Terry Semel Institute of Neuroscience and Human Behavior, for...

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Part of who I am, really. (A Bald Blog)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:29:00 GMT

A few years back, while I was still living in the house of filth, I stumbled across a series (or rather a "miniseries", as such things are called across the Atlantic, for all that its twelve solid episodes) called "From The Earth To The Moon" - made by Ron Howard and Tom Hanks, on the back of the Apollo 13 film. At the time, I thought it very well made. And promptly forgot about it. Spotted...

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TV Rebels: The Andy Griffith Show (SitcomsOnline.com News Blog)

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 16:45:00 GMT

... Andy's Aunt Bea (Frances Bavier), who lived with the widowed sheriff and his small son, Opie (Ron Howard); Ellie Walker (Eleanor Donahue), Andy's first girlfriend in the series; Helen Crump (Aneta Corsaut), the sheriff's later girlfriend; Thelma Lou (Betty Lynn), Barney’s girlfriend; Gomer Pyle (Jim Nabors), who would eventually get his own spin-off show; Goober Pyle (George Lyndsey), who...

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'Arrested Development' Movie Finally in the Works (BuddyTV)

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 13:57:58 GMT

... to film," Bateman said. Arrested Development was created by Mitchell Hurwitz () with TV veteran Ron Howard as executive producer. Since debuting on November 2, 2003, the series received six Emmy awards and one Golden Globe. It also spawned a cult fan base, and a number of fan-based websites, as well as a spot on Time Magazine's 100 Greatest Shows of All Time. Despite positive reviews from...

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Arts, Briefly: Frost/Nixon Film to Open Festival (New York Times)

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 05:29:31 GMT

The movie version of “Frost/Nixon,” the acclaimed play by Peter Morgan, will open the London Film Festival in October, BBC News reported. The movie, directed by Ron Howard, reconstructs interviews between former President Richard Nixon, played by Frank Langella, and the British journalist David Frost, played by Michael Sheen, that were shown on television in 1977. Both actors are reprising their...

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Frostnixon To Open London Film Festival (Contactmusic Ltd)

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:20:07 GMT

The 52nd Times-BFI London Film Festival has selected the movie version of Frost/Nixon as its opening-night feature on October 15. The film, directed by Ron Howard and produced ...

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Howard's 'Frost' to premiere in U.K. (Variety.com)

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:52:01 GMT

Film News: Nixon drama based on Peter Morgan's play -- Ron Howard's "Frost/Nixon" will world preem as the opener of the Times BFI London Film Festival on Oct. 15.

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Frost/nixon To Open London Film Festival (IMDb News)

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:29:52 GMT

The 52nd Times-BFI London Film Festival has selected the movie version of as its opening-night feature on October 15. The film, directed by Ron Howard and produced by , stars and as British interviewer David Frost and former President respectively, in a repeat of their stage roles.

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'Angels and Demons' poised to raise Rome's pop-culture profile (International Herald Tribune)

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:18:20 GMT

Text Size: As Tom Hanks, Ron Howard and the rest of the cast and crew of "Angels and Demons" wrap up filming, the Dan Brown effect is on many minds here.Brown's last book-turned-movie, "The Da Vinci Code," spawned hordes of tourists, toting well-thumbed novels, traipsing around France, Scotland and elsewhere to unravel its mysteries. Now Romans are wondering if the film of "Angels and Demons,"...

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Fwd: VATICAN SHOWS RON HOWARD THE GATE (WI Catholic Musings)

noreply@blogger.com (WICatholic) — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:38:00 GMT

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No GTA movie - hurrah! (xbox360)

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:02:00 GMT

Legal wranglings are preventing a Grand Theft Auto tie-in movie from going into production, according to Hollywood Daily . Apparently there is already a film called Grand Theft Auto - a 1977 cheapie from low budget master Roger Corman, starring Ron Howard from off of The Waltons.

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Potential SAG Strike Sends 'Transformers 2' and 'Angels and Demons' On Hiatus* (RopeofSilicon: Latest Headlines)

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:44:43 GMT

... "The Independent" reports that both the currently filming Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and Ron Howard's Angels and Demons will be taking a planned hiatus, which had to have been thought of in advance, presuming the potential for a strike. The question is, how soon will they be returning from their break? As it stands right now SAG has urged its roughly 44,000 members who also are...

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you gov surveys (Pereiraville)

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:57:00 GMT

I signed up for a new political survey site, yougov, last week through polling point. The question I am currently on is as follows: Please look at the following list of people in the public eye and please check those of whom you have a generally positive impression. [Please check all that apply.] Christopher Hitchens Ryan Howard Bill [...]

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News: Legal settlement prevents GTA movie (Pro-G)

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:36:43 GMT

All because of a 1977 movie titled Grand Theft Auto.According to an article on Fox Atomic owns the rights to any future Grand Theft Auto movie because of a 1977 picture of the same name which starred and was directed by Ron Howard."Yes, Fox owns the... movie. Yes, it has been one of 400 development projects for several years. But they are nowhere on the script. It has certainly not been a front-burner...

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Settlement Makes GTA Movie Impossible [Grand Theft Auto] (Kotaku)

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 20:00:00 GMT

... most money in the dealIF WE FOX DOESN'T MAKE THE MOST MONEY, NO ONE MAKES MONEY!@:Dammit, no CG Ron Howard? That's it, Rockstar jumped the shark. @:Say that to GTA [GAME] Sales :D @:Agree to that. Last thing we need is for Eminem to crawl back from whatever rock he came out from again. Well then they can shoot it digitally. What's the hold up here? Couldn't they just call the movie "GTA"?...

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GTA Film May Never Happen (DigitalBattle)

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 17:29:19 GMT

According to LA Weekly film columnist Nikki Finke, a film based on Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto series may never happen due to a 1977 movie of the same name. The movie, directed and starred by Ron Howard, is said to be the source of a legal settlement between Fox and Rockstar where the studio agreed [...]

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Kevin Bacon Joins Cast of My One and Only for Herrick Entertainment (The Earth Times Online Newspaper)

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 23:29:32 GMT

... and Norton Herrick are producing. George Hamilton and Elayne Herrick are executive producers with Ronnie Ward, Robert Pritchard, Robert Kosberg and Michael Herrick. My One and Only is inspired by a story that George Hamilton told Merv Griffin about his early life on the road with his flamboyant mother and brother. Set in the 1950s, when the glamorous Anne Deveraux (Zellweger) leaves her philandering...

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Bacon lands 'One and Only' role (Variety.com)

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:35:23 GMT

... rights to "Hairspray" and setting the musical for a short run at the Luxor.Bacon next stars in the Ron Howard-directed "Frost/Nixon," opening Dec. 5, and HBO's "Taking Chance."

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Why Hollywood Can’t Make a Grand Theft Auto Movie (/Film)

orfilms@gmail.com (slashfilm.com) — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 03:57:31 GMT

... to “Grand Theft Auto”, but not a film based on the game. Atomic is developing a remake of the Ron Howard directed / Roger Corman produced film with the same name from 1977. And by “developing”, we mean that it is one of hundreds of projects that Fox Atomic has sitting around waiting for a screenwriter. And I’ve never heard this before, but Finke claims that a legal settlement dictates that...

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