February 15, 2011
Ice Cube Joining 21 Jump Street
Ice Cube is in talks to join Jonah Hill's "21 Jump Street" movie -- and also prepping a starring/directing vehicle of his own, titled "Chrome and Paint."
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March 31, 2009
Ice Cube Plans a Ride Along
As he searches for a distributor for "Janky Promoters," Ice Cube is already lining up his next project, a comedy about a rogue cop who sets out to destroy his sister's relationship with her fiance.
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March 9, 2009
Straight Outta Compton and Onto the Big Screen
The seminal rap group N.W.A. will get the biopic treatment via New Line's "Straight Outta Compton," a feature being developed by former members Ice Cube and Dr. Dre with the cooperation of Eazy-E's widow.
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August 27, 2008
Certified Fresh Picks from the WB Vault
It's the third-oldest American movie studio: the company that brought us Rin Tin Tin, convinced the world that the talkies were here to stay, and eventually grew into one of the largest conglomerates in the world. Yes, we're talking about Warner Bros. -- and for good reason: the WB is turning 85 this year, and they've decided to celebrate their birthday by giving away some gifts. Eighty-five gifts, to be precise -- they're opening their vaults and making a great big stack of their finest films available via iTunes.
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August 25, 2008
Cube's Longshots Pay Off for Director Durst
Fred Durst knows no one expected him to trade in his backwards hat for a director's chair -- especially to helm a family film like "The Longshots" -- but the Limp Bizkit frontman says he's full of surprises.
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August 21, 2008
Box Office Guru Preview: Death Race Shoots for Pole Position
The ancient studio ritual of dumping weak product into the late August box office has begun. Four new releases, most about failures trying to redeem themselves, hit the multiplexes with only one having the strength to make a play for the number one spot.
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June 11, 2008
Cube's Janky Promoters Adds Director, Co-Stars
It isn't a Friday reunion, but it's close: Ice Cube's upcoming comedy, Janky Promoters, will feature three Friday After Next veterans -- director Marcus Raboy, and co-star Mike Epps and Terry Crews.
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March 28, 2008
Ice Cube Getting Janky for Dimension
While the world waits with bated breath to hear if he'll be starring as B.A. Baracus in John Singleton's The A-Team, Ice Cube is keeping himself busy with other projects.
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February 7, 2008
Box Office Guru Preview: Fool's Gold Hopes to Shine in Battle of New Comedies
Hollywood plays the race card this weekend opening a pair of star-driven comedies, one for white moviegoers and the other for black audiences. Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson get the wider release with the romantic adventure comedy Fool's Gold while debuting in 741 fewer theaters is Martin Lawrence's family reunion laughfest Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins.
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January 17, 2008
Box Office Guru Preview: 01.18.08 Arrives
For the first time in four years, the Martin Luther King holiday weekend will not be ruled by a film led by an African American cast. Instead, studios are rolling out a monster movie, a wedding flick, and a bank robbery comedy.
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January 10, 2008
Box Office Guru Preview: Captain Jack and Captain Morgan Set Sail
For the first time in three weeks, studios will pack a Friday with plenty of new releases as four films open or expand nationwide giving the box office chart a major shakeup. The films should each play to different audiences which will help the overall marketplace expand.
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September 27, 2007
Box Office Preview: Kingdom Hopes to Win Box Office Crown
After two weeks of rule by Jodie and Milla, the boys come charging back in what could be a fierce fight for the number one spot. With little to no overlap in customers, both Jamie Foxx's The Kingdom and The Rock's The Game should have room to breathe.
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August 23, 2007
Ice Cube, Fred Durst Making a Movie Together
It's a story that reads like a sign of the Apocalypse, or perhaps a horrible, long-lost B-side from the Judgment Night soundtrack, but the sad reality is that it's just another day in Hollywood: Variety is reporting that Ice Cube and Fred Durst are collaborating on a film.
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July 19, 2007
Travolta Welcomes Kotter Remake
John Travolta has blessed Ice Cube's planned remake of Welcome Back Kotter, the TV series that launched Travolta's career. Cube's plan to update the series in a movie with current racial dynamics sounds like a plan to the original Barbarino.
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March 29, 2007
Ice Cube Talks Welcoming Back "Kotter"
Cedric the Entertainer did "The Honeymooners," Bernie Mac played Bosley in the second "Charlie's Angels," so now Ice Cube is taking a shot at "urbanizing" a classic TV show.
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March 14, 2006
Ice Cube Will Give Lessons As Big Screen "Kotter"
After years of rejecting offers to turn their hit 1970s show, "Welcome Back, Kotter" into a feature film, the show's creators have accepted a bid by Dimension Films, with rapper-turned-actor Ice Cube in the starring role.
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February 9, 2006
"Blandings" Remake Morphs Into "Are We There Yet 2"
Variety reports on one really weird turn of events over at Revolution Studios. Their long-discussed remake of 1948's "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House" is being re-shaped into an Ice Cube sequel entitled "Are We Done Yet?" Strange but true, movie fans.
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June 30, 2005
Ice Cube Plans to Be "Teacher of the Year"
Ice Cube is heading back to the "Are We There Yet?" family circuit with the comedy "Teacher of the Year," says Variety. Written by Jeff Bushell (the upcoming "Curious George"), the story centers on "two junior high school instructors in a brutal competition to take teacher of the year honors."
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May 2, 2005
"The Guide" Reigns Supreme During Its Debut Weekend
The long-awaited movie version of Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" ended up in first place during its inaugural weekend, raking in a healthy (but not staggering) $21.7 million from just over 3,300 theaters. Hanging on in second place was last weekend's "The Interpreter" which pulled in a fairly impressive $14.2m in its second weekend. Debuting in third place was ...
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April 28, 2005
Critical Consensus: Long Awaited "Hitchhiker's Guide" Gets Mixed Reaction
This weekend, two big-budget, special effects extravaganzas will battle for the love of the Tomatometer. In one corner, opening in over 3000 theaters, is a film adaptation of Douglas Adams' beloved novel "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy." In the other corner, opening in over 3300 theaters, is "XXX: State of the Union," the sequel to the 2002 Vin Diesel hit "XXX." Which one will win the battle of the Tomatometer?
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February 7, 2005
Scary, 10% "Boogeyman" Tops Box Office
What is it with horror films these days? It doesn't matter how badly they are reviewed, or what they're about; they just keep raking in money at the box office. "Boogeyman," which has a very moldy Tomatometer of 8%, dominated the box office this weekend with $19M. It is directed by the director/writer (Stephen Kay) of such classics as the 0% "Mod Squad" and the 10% Stallone dud "Get Carter" -- maybe it's all those Lucy Lawless ("Xena") fans who just wanted to see her back on the screen (big or small).
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January 24, 2005
Are We There Yet Topples Coach Carter for Top Spot
This weekend, one of the worst reviewed films of the year took the #1 spot at the box office. With a very moldy 10% on the Tomatometer, the Ice Cube and Nia Long starring Are We There Yet grossed an estimated $18.5M. Ice Cube continues to be a reliable performer at the box office, with a majority of his films opening in the $15-20M range. Are We There Yet?s debut ranks as his third best behind the two Barbershop films, which opened with $24M and $21M respectively.
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