Lancelot Link: Pretty Scary Stuff!

Lancelot Link Monday! THE CONJURING 2 is over 2 hours long! It is also being compared to the films of Ken Loach. It's at 75% among Top Critics (real critics) on Rotten Tomatoes, which is pretty good for a *horror movie*. Also, it is based on a true story. Yes, it really happened. While you're thinking about that, here are this week's links to some great screenwriting and film articles, plus some fun stuff that may be of interest to you. Brought to you by that suave and sophisticated secret agent...




Here are a dozen links plus this week's car chase...


1) Weekend Box Office Estimates:
1 Conjuring 2..................... $40,350,000
2 World Of Warcraft............... $24,356,000
3 Now You 2....................... $23,025,000
4 TMNT 2.......................... $14,800,000
5 X-Men Apoc...................... $10,000,000
6 Me B4 U.......................... $9,210,000
7 Angry Birds...................... $6,700,000
8 Alice 2.......................... $5,544,821
9 CA:CW............................ $4,300,195
10 Jungle Book 2.................... $2,721,250


Note: WARCRAFT has made over $285 million outside the USA so far. It might seem silly to turn a video game into a movie, but when that game is popular internationally, it makes good sense. A big chunk of that $285 came from China where it made $156m in 5 days.

2) Noah Baumbach & Jake Paltrow On Brian DePalma... and the language of cinema.

3) I Have Both Of These DePalma Shorts On DVD...

4) Best Director Debuts Of Last 20 Years.

5) One Of My Favorite Films THE PARALLAX VIEW - Article, Interview, Screenplay!

6) 13 Finished Films That Were Never Released. Of course, there are hundreds of completed films that never get released every single year, but this is a list of famous ones.

7) Dan Gilroy On NIGHTCRAWLER.

8) The Next HUNGER GAMES?

9) I Want To See This Musical! What are the top five songs from this musical? Comments section!

10) Agathat Christie's Hercule Poirot Has Been In 45 Novels And Short Stories, But They're Remaking This One!

11) How Much Does each Crew Position Make On A $200m Blockbuster? (And, um, how much does the screenwriter make?)

12) Al Pacino & Anthony Hopkins Break Box Office Records!

13) We've All Been Replaced By A Machine! (the director of this, Oscar, is a friend of mine!)

And the Car Chase Of The Week:





Bill



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