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| Tom Cruise accepts his fifth ‘Mission: Impossible’ Posted: 08 May 2013 07:02 AM PDT UPDATED @ 10:07:06 PM 08-05-2013  Cruise's name has been linked to the project since George Clooney's withdrawal. — AFP picLOS ANGELES, May 8 — American actor/producer Tom Cruise has officially agreed to reprise the role of agent Ethan Hunt in the fifth installment of "Mission: Impossible." With the exception of executive producer J.J. Abrams, Cruise is the only big name to sign up as yet for the fifth episode. The project team is now looking to recruit a screenwriter and director, according to Deadline.com. Christopher McQuarrie's name was widely cited back in November as a potential successor to Brad Bird, who directed the previous installment, "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol." The American screenwriter and filmmaker has the advantage of knowing Tom Cruise well: he directed him in "Jack Reacher," an action-packed thriller adapted from the novel "One Shot" by Lee Child. Plans for a sequel are currently being thrashed out, adds the online infotainment mag. Pending shooting of "Mission: Impossible V," Tom Cruise will be honing his espionage talents in "The Man from U.N.C.L.E.," another feature based on a 1960s TV series. English director Guy Ritchie has been tapped to make the film. — AFP-Relaxnews |
| ‘Iron Man 3’ blasts off US blockbuster summer Posted: 08 May 2013 06:45 AM PDT  Still of 'Iron Man 3' with Robert Downey Jr and Gwyneth Paltrow. — AFP-Relaxnews picLOS ANGELES, May 8 — Super-hero blockbuster sequel "Iron Man 3" smashed to the top at the US box office with a mega US$174.1 million (RM507.9 million) take — the second best opening weekend ever — industry figures showed Monday. The film starring Robert Downey Jr kicked off what could be a record summer for blockbusters, based notably on sequels to lucrative franchises including the latest "Fast and Furious" and "Hangover" movies, expert say. Worldwide the comic book superhero flick has taken over US$680 million in less than two weeks since opening in much of Europe and Asia late last month, according to box office tracker Exhibitor Relations. At the US box office "Iron Man 3 rocketed straight to second place in the all-time openings, perhaps appropriately behind last year's US"The Avengers" — in which the metal-suited superhero co-starred — which earned US$207.4 million The Walt Disney film's debut "is the ultimate kick starter for the summer box office, as it will ... electrify audiences, getting them psyched to see upcoming releases," said Exhibitor Relations analyst Jeff Bock told AFP. "That certainly bodes well for the rest of the season, one that will look to top the high water mark of US$4.4 billion set in 2011." The US opening of Iron Man 3 demolished the franchise's previous debuts, with US$98 million for the first movie and US$128 million for the sequel, according to Exhibitor Relations. Blockbuster movies due out in the coming months include "Star Trek: Into Darkness" in two weeks' time, which Bock said will likely provide the second US$100+ million opener of the summer. Then Memorial Day weekend at the end of May will see the release of both "Fast & Furious 6" and "The Hangover: Part III," while next month sees "Man of Steel," an updated version of the Superman story. The near-record debut of "Iron Man 3" left the rest of this week's films trailing way behind at the North American box office. In second place for this weekend's box office was action-comedy "Pain and Gain," starring Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, with US$7.5 million in ticket sales, Exhibitor Relations said. Not far behind was "42," a biopic about trailblazing black baseball star Jackie Robinson, which made US$6.1 million The fourth spot, with US$5.6 million, went to "Oblivion," the post-apocalyptic action flick starring Tom Cruise, followed by "The Croods" — a stone-age cartoon — in fifth, with US$4.2 million. "The Big Wedding" — a star-studded comedy featuring Robert De Niro, Katherine Heigl, Diane Keaton and Robin Williams — came in sixth place, taking in US$3.9 million. "Mud," a coming-of-age story starring Matthew McConaughey and Reese Witherspoon, earned an estimated $2.2 million, for seventh place, the film's first week in the top ten after going into wide release a week earlier. And in eighth, Walt Disney's 3D fantasy adventure flick "Oz the Great and Powerful" earned US$2.1 million, for a nine-week total of US$228.9 million. "Scary Movie 5," the latest installment in the slasher-comedy franchise, took the ninth spot with US$1.4 million. Rounding out the top 10 at US$1.3 million was "The Place Beyond the Pines," starring Ryan Gosling and Bradley Cooper in a drama about a motorcycle stunt rider who resorts to bank robbery to provide for his lover and their newborn child. — AFP-Relaxnews |
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