Ellen Page Shmoozes STK Party
Ellen Page Shmoozes STK Party
In yet another pre-Oscar party incident, Ellen Page was spotted along with her Juno co-star Olivia Thirlby at Los Angeles hot spot STK restaurant last night.
The shindig was being thrown by Fox Searchlight Pictures for Oscar and Independent Spirit Awards nominees. And Ellen wasn’t shy about striking a few poses for the paparazzi.
Earlier in the week, Page confessed to the Ellen DeGeneres Show audience that she’s been having anxiety dreams about the upcoming Academy Awards.
She told Ellen, “I had one where I was with my stylist and she’s kind of helping me out and she’s awesome, and she had me in jeans, and I was like, ‘Sam, this is awesome I feel really comfortable but I think I need to wear a dress.’ So we throw on a dress, and it’s strapless and dark red, a lovely dress. I get to the Oscars, and I’m totally late. I’m like the new kid who shows up really late. Not, not cool, and I look down and at the strapless dress, and I’m wearing a sports bra!”
Watchman Gets Renamed
After months and months of people not in the know asking me “Is Keanu Reeves in Watchmen?”, Fox Searchlight Pictures has finally realized their upcoming film The Night Watchman posed a marketing challenge which was sure to create confusion in consumers, especially with buzz growing for the Warner Bros/Zack Snyder adaptation of Alan Moore’s epic superhero tale Watchmen. So Searchlight have decided to do the right thing and rename the film “Street Kings”. Besides, I’m pretty sure that the script for The Night Watchman was penned way after the Moore graphic novel was available in book stores. Although it should be noted that the film is based on a story by James Ellroy. I do remember this film floating around the development ponds for a few years now, once attached to Spike Lee, than Oliver Stone in 2005.
Street Kings stars Keanu Reeves as Tom Ludlow, a veteran LAPD cop who finds life difficult to navigate after the death of his wife. When evidence implicates him in the execution of a fellow officer, he is forced to go up against the cop culture he’s been a part of his entire career, ultimately leading him to question the loyalties of everyone around him. The film also stars Forest Whitaker, Hugh Laurie, Chris Evans, Naomie Harris, Jay Mohr, John Corbett, Cedric the Entertainer, Amaury Nolasco, Terry Crews, Common and The Game. Street Kings will hit theaters on Friday, April 11th 2008.
Juno Crosses $100 Million Dollar Mark
The little film that could has now crossed the $100 million dollar mark, and is now the sixth biggest platform release of all time. Congratulations to Fox Searchlight, Diablo, Jason, Ellen, Olivia, and all the rest of the people who made this film. Check out the full press release.
FOX SEARCHLIGHT PICTURES “JUNO” CROSSES
$100 MILLION DOLLAR MARK
LOS ANGELES, CA January 31, 2008 – Fox Searchlight Pictures President Peter Rice announced today that four time Oscar® nominee including Best Picture and critic’s darling JUNO has made box-office history by becoming the first film released by Fox Searchlight to cross the coveted $100 million mark in theatrical box-office grosses eclipsing the previous record of $71.5 million set by SIDEWAYS in 2004.
“This is an astonishing feat for us and the film has surpassed all our expectations. When you have a quality film of this caliber made by amazingly talented filmmakers and actors who truly believe and support a project, you can only succeed,” said Rice. “We knew this film had cross over potential and it has resonated with audiences all across the country. The entire marketing, distribution and publicity team has poured its heart and soul into making this a phenomenal success and their efforts have been truly remarkable.”
JUNO milestones set by the film since its release December 14th are as follows:
· JUNO is the 6th highest grossing platform release of all time
· JUNO is the highest grossing platform release since BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING in 2002
· JUNO has crossed the $100 million mark in just 8 weeks of release, 2nd only to THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT for a limited release film.
· JUNO is Searchlight’s widest platform release in its history and its 3rd widest release of any film (wide or limited) in company history at 2,534 locations (Wk #7) behind BANGER SISTERS (2,738 locations) and THE HILLS HAVE EYES (2,621 locations).
· JUNO has been on the Top 10 grosses list for six consecutive weekends and all weekends of 2008.
· JUNO is on over 175 Top Ten lists.
· JUNO has received numerous guild nominations including WGA, SAG, PGA, ACE and CDG.
Fox Searchlight Pictures is a specialty film company that both finances and acquires motion pictures. It has its own marketing and distribution operations, and its films are distributed internationally by Twentieth Century Fox. Fox Searchlight Pictures is a unit of Fox Filmed Entertainment, a unit of Fox Entertainment Group.