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Summit Rolls It Out

One of the big stories of this fall/holiday season will be the full roll out of Summit Entertainment as a new mini-major.
The huge amount of attention they have already garnered for Twilight is truly remarkable

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14 Responses to “Summit Rolls It Out”

  1. SJRubinstein says:

    And wasn’t Kristen Bell just announced this morning that she’d be added to the voice cast of “Astro Boy?” Summit’s rollin’ and rollin’.
    Agreed that “Twilight’s” really the one the company’s riding on, but there seems to be a real chance that’s not a bad horse to be betting the farm on.

  2. Jeremy Smith says:

    SEX DRIVE is not a throwaway. It’s got serious breakout potential (more reminiscent of THE SURE THING than ROAD TRIP).

  3. LexG says:

    TWILIGHT. 75 MIL OPENING WEEKEND.
    Kristen Stewart = STAR OF ’08.

  4. Blackcloud says:

    ^ Sure, if you count the whole period 11/21-11/30 as Thanksgiving weekend.
    Twilight is now up against Bond’s second weekend. Not great for either, if you ask me. I don’t see Twilight being a massive family hit over Thanksgiving the way Potter would be. That leaves the door open for another flick. I would not be surprised to see the uninspiring (at least going by the trailer) Bolt win the holiday. Madagascar 2 should still be going strong then as well, though I hope not. The mediocre original was enough for me.

  5. martin says:

    sex drive actually had an ok looking trailer, although i could have done without the extended one-note mascot costume joke.

  6. I was nearly an extra on Knowing. Alas, I couldn’t be buggered going to the casting. Oh well.

  7. Wrecktum says:

    I hope all the many new recent hires over there are keeping their resumes updated.

  8. MDOC says:

    How would you like to have the hopes of your studio pinned to a Nic Cage thriller. Yikes

  9. Stella's Boy says:

    Cage is fortunate that the National Treasure movies have made so much money. He might be the next Wesley Snipes otherwise.

  10. LexG says:

    Bangkok Dangerous looks like TOTAL OWNAGE.

  11. Stella's Boy says:

    It looks like generic direct-to-DVD ownage Lex. The heavy-handed TV spots are unintentionally hilarious, just like Cage’s hair.

  12. LexG says:

    Considering I had to be the first on my block to rent “Art of War II: Betrayal,” you may have a point.

  13. jeffmcm says:

    Lex RENTED something?
    How non-committal.

  14. The original Bangkok Dangerous was bad enough if you ask me.

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