Lancelot Link: Happy New Year!

Lancelot Link Monday! Out with the old year, in with the new. How can 2016 top 2015? Last year had some great films, some fun films... and a few dreadful films. But we broke all sorts of box office records, and I noted right after summer that we were looking at a record breaker before that STAR WARS movie was released. Of course, that STAR WARS movies tanked at the box office - no one wanted to see it! And now one wanted to see it a second or third or tenth time... Okay, maybe that's not what happened. I have seen it twice, now, and wonder how Mark Hammill gets 3rd billing when he's in the film for only about a minute. Does this mean I can get a paycheck and a credit for writing a single page of a screenplay? 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 baker's dozen links plus this week's car chase...


1) Weekend Box Office Estimates:
1 Star Wars TFA................... $88,300,000
2 Daddys Home WTF?................ $29,000,000
3 Hateful 8....................... $16,240,000
4 Sisters......................... $12,580,000
5 Road Chip....................... $11,800,000
6 Joy............................. $10,400,000
7 Big Short........................ $9,000,000
8 Concussion....................... $8,000,000
9 Point Break Remake............... $6,845,000
10 Hunger 3,2....................... $4,625,000


Box Office Mojo reports that at this time STAR WARS:TFA has made $740.2 million after only 17 days of release, making it the fastest film to cross $700 million domestically, making as much in 16 days as it took Avatar to make in 72 days. TFA is currently the 6th highest grossing movie worldwide with $1.51 billion, and will be in 4th place by tomorrow night. Disney spent $4 billion on LucasFilm's rights - and it looks as if that was a great investment. If you are counting the days until the next STAR WARS movie comes out, you may not need to take off your shoes or drop your pants - ROGUE ONE opens 12/16/16, Episode VIII opens 5/26/17, HAN SOLO opens 5/25/18, Episode IX comes out in 2019, and BOBA FETT comes out in 2020. Oh, and INDIANA JONES 5 is in the works with Harrison Ford returning. The Disney Machine is working overtime to keep the geek drugs coming!

2) Years Worst Films.

3) Oscar Predictions?

4) 2016 Sci Fi & Fantasy Flicks.

5) Tarantino On Writing.

6) Box Office Hits $38 Billion... with a B.

7) Michael mann & Alejandro Inarritus Talk REVENANT.

8) Are All Stories The Same?

9) Are Reboots A Good Thing?

10) Stallone From ROCKY to CREED Interview.

11) Nolan's Next Film.

12) Lawrence Kasdan on Lando.

13) Captain Phasma Under The Helmet.

And the (mining) Car Chase Of The Week:





Bill



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