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| 'Wet Hot American Summer': Oral History Details False Starts, Faking Camp Firewood | ||
 By Julie Seabaugh Creators and co-writers David Wain and Michael Showalter, members of '90s MTV sketch group "The State," premiered "Wet Hot American Summer" — featuring Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Banks and Amy Poehler — at Sundance in 2001. The summer-camp satire, set in 1981, floundered in limited release. But word-of-mouth, special screenings and the ever-rising profile of its cast cultivated a rabid fanbase. Rumors about a sequel and other ways to revis...Full Story on Variety.com → | ||
 Media Companies Hope Box Office Bounty Masks TV Troubles By Brian Steinberg "Movies … now more than ever." It's a made-up slogan used by a fictional movie studio at the center of the 1992 film "The Player." Some of today's biggest media companies likely wish this confident pronouncement were real. Box office isn't typically the biggest contributor to the bottom lines … Full Story → |  How VidCon Grew Into a Movie Marketer's Dream By Todd Spangler VidCon isn't just for shrieking YouTube fangirls anymore. The event, now in its sixth year, has blossomed from humble beginnings into a major attraction for digital entertainment and its feverish followers. And now, with an estimated 20,000-plus attendees filling the Anaheim Convention Center last w … Full Story → |  'Descendants' Choreographers Put Good-vs-Evil Spin on Dance Moves By Malina Saval When they created dance moves for Disney Channel movie "Descendants," director-choreographer Kenny Ortega and co-choreographer Paul Becker faced no less a challenge than expressing the conflict in the human mind between good and evil. The smallscreen feature, which bows July 31, focuses on the teena … Full Story → |
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