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Apr 25

There's a tradition of film directors and studios congratulating each other for beating their box office records.

In 1977, when STAR WARS beat Jaws to become the highest-grossing movie ever, Steven Spielberg took out the below ad for George Lucas in
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In 1982, E.T. beat Star Wars' record and Lucas returned the favour and took out the below ad for Spielberg.

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The STAR WARS special edition then came out in 1997, taking E.T.'s US domestic record. Spielberg sent Lucas this...
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Apr 23

AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR was released 8 years ago today. The first part in the MCU’s epic Infinity Gauntlet saga, and one of the highest-grossing films ever made, the story behind the scenes could wipe out half the Universe…

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Following Avengers: Age of Ultron, the MCU was moving into Phase 3 of its overarching story and two Avengers movies were planned. Joss Whedon had written-directed both Avengers films to that point but, citing exhaustion (and with rumours of on-set unrest), he stepped aside.

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Marvel turned to the filmmaking team behind the previous two Captain America movies – The Winter Soldier and Civil War. Brothers Anthony and Joe Russo came in to direct, with Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely hired to write the screenplays.

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Apr 22

AVENGERS: ENDGAME was released 7 years ago today. The goodbye story for the original 6 Avengers, and one of the biggest movies ever made, ATRM telling its story is as inevitable as Thanos…

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The story of Thanos collecting the Infinity Stones to wipe out half the universe was so epic, Marvel Studios knew they needed two films to do it. Infinity War and Endgame were filmed in one 200-day production. With Infinity War making $2bn, the pressure was on for Endgame.
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Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely – who had written all 3 Captain America movies and Thor: The Dark World – penned both parts, and filmmaking brothers Anthony and Joe Russo directed. They would all go on to sit among the most commercially successful filmmakers ever.

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Apr 14

AMERICAN PSYCHO was released 26 years ago today. A modern cult classic, and the film that kick-started the huge career of star Christian Bale, the story behind the scenes is as entertaining as Huey Lewis and The News…

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In 1991, Brett Easton Ellis’ American Psycho was published. An 80s-set satire about a serial killer, film studios were interested almost immediately. Within on year, producer Edward Pressman had bought the rights.

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Pressman brought in Re-Animator director Stuart Gordon to helm the adaptation. He wanted to film it in black and white, and talked with Johnny Depp about starring. Ellis thought Gordon was the wrong fit and he quickly weft the project.

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Apr 12

MAD MAX was released 47 years ago this week. Acclaimed as one of the great low-budget films, and the movie that launched the career of star Mel Gibson, the making of story is a ride through a dystopian wasteland…

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In the late 1970s, amateur filmmakers George Miller and Byron Kennedy we’re looking to break into the professional industry. Working as a Doctor in a Sydney hospital at the time, Miller fleshed out an idea with Kenndy for a film set in a post-apocalyptic future.

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Turning the idea into a one-page treatment, Miller brought in writer James McCausland to pen a screenplay. McCausland was a journalist at the time, with no film experience, and prepared by going to the cinema with Miller and studying the structures of Western movies.

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Apr 3

PLANET OF THE APES was released 58 years ago today. Regarded as one of the great science fiction films and a movie with one of the great plot twists, the behind the scenes story is like talking a walk through The Forbidden Zone…

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In the early 1960s, successful French author Pierre Boulle was working on his latest novel. A science fiction story set in a dystopian, post-apocalyptic future, it was called La Planète des singes, translated as Planet of the Apes.

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Movie producer Arthur P. Jacobs got wind of the premise – a planet where apes are superior to humans – and was interested. He was producer on What A Way To Go at the time and convinced its director, J. Lee Thompson, to buy the rights with him.

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