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LIONSGATE LIKELY TO BUY ‘TERMINATOR’ RIGHTS FROM HALCYON
Halcyon’s descent into bankruptcy has been public for nearly six months now, but it seems that a realistic bidder has finally emerged for the one worthwhile property they own: Terminator. Deadline Hollywood revealed today that Halcyon has selected Lionsgate as the “stalking horse bidder” for the franchises’ rights. Don’t know what the means? Don’t worry, I didn’t either. Nikki Finke explains: This allows the distressed firm to avoid receiving lowball bids on its assets. That said, I hear Lionsgate will be named the stalking horse bidder in the bankruptcy sale of the Terminator franchise. Sources tell me it wasn’t a competitive auction. (Sorry, Joss Whedon, your $10,000 offer for the rights didn’t cut it.)”
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Source: scifiwire
FOUR STAR TREK FUTURES YOU MAY NEVER GET TO SEE
That’s because Pocket Books, which had been planning to release four new Star Trek novels set in the recent movie’s timeline—and had already listed the books in the Simon & Schuster summer sales brochure—has decided to postpone the books indefinitely. (Check out these preliminary covers prepared for the sales catalog, and remember that the final covers, should the books eventually appear, may look completely different.)
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JAMES CAMERON REVEALS PLANS FOR ‘AVATAR’ SEQUEL
Before it hit theaters, Avatar, which has amassed $1.3 billion at the worldwide box office, seemed to many in Hollywood like a crazy gamble. But not only did director James Cameron always believe that the film would be a hit — he was even planning a sequel during production. “I’ve had a storyline in mind from the start — there are even scenes in Avatar that I kept in because they lead to the sequel,” Cameron says. “It just makes sense to think of it as a two or three film arc, in terms of the business plan.
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