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Ten Funny Fakes to Follow on Twitter

By Angela Pham on 7:00 AM on July 27, 2009

When Phil Spector was under trial and subsequently imprisoned for murder, some media pointed excitedly to his supposed Twitter account to get some prison updates. Apparently, Spector was busy befriending a cockroach he named Wilson, as well as ranting that the authorities took his wig, all tweeted on top of a custom background of prison cell photos. The account was later removed, but it exemplifies the potential hilarity of parody Twitter accounts Whether they actually try to dupe their audience or not, these faux celebrities play up the best and worst of their doppelgangers. Although some of the best have... read more

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Michael Bay, DreamWorks Get Film Adaptation Rights to James Frey Sci-Fi Book

By Angela Pham on 7:20 AM on July 2, 2009

Although the book has not yet been published, science-fiction novel I Am Number Four, co-authored by James Frey, is set to become a film, and it's got big names behind it. Given Michael Bay's taste for big-time special effects, DreamWorks' talent for creating box-office brilliance and Frey's penchant for touching (yet not always wholly truthful) stories, it's likely to gather hype in the coming months.... read more

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Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

By Michael Saba on 12:00 PM on June 26, 2009

Director Michael Bay has accomplished something incredible with Transformers: Revenge of The Fallen... read more

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Nightmare on Elm Street reboot confirmed

By Jeffrey Bloomer on 12:45 PM on January 5, 2009

Platinum Dunes, the production company through which Michael Bay produced remakes of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Hitcher and now Friday the 13th, has confirmed plans to remake Wes Craven’s A Nightmare on Elm Street. The project had long been in development, with a script already in the can and production set to start in the first half of next year.... read more

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Michael Bay preps Ouija movie

By Julia Askenase on 5:06 PM on June 3, 2008

Feeling nostalgic for those long-ago evenings you spent holding pseudo-séances in your neighbor’s attic, freaking each other with a Ouija board? (And hey, maybe it was actually last week; we’re not judging). You’re in luck, superstitious reader, you. Producers Michael Bay (Transformers, The Amityville Horror), Andrew Form and Brad Fuller of Platinum Dunes production company are working to turn the otherworldly board game into a movie for Universal.... read more

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Michael Bay working on Friday the 13th series

By Sean Gandert on 12:50 PM on October 3, 2007

Having careened through the Transformers franchise and recently announced a release date of June 29, 2009 for Transformeers 2, Michael Bay also has other pictures on his plate through his production company Platinum Dunes. The company, best known so far for its revival of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre series, acquired the rights to the Friday the 13th series and has a remake of the original planned. The movie is also being readied for a 2009 release and is supposedly a true remake rather than yet one more rehash of the same basic plot that still somehow lies in continuity. Bay's... read more

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“Robots in disguise” earn “more than meets the eye”

By Sean Gandert on 12:00 AM on July 9, 2007

Box office figures for the past weekend reveal that Transformers completely dominated its competition. On about 7,600 screens the film made $152.5 million with both the highest Tuesday and Fourth of July grosses ever. Over the weekend it had the second-highest Independence Day opening weekend, all of which is especially impressive considering that it’s not a sequel (though it might be considered part of a franchise). With the next blockbuster not coming out for nearly two weeks, that being Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Transformers will be spending the meantime racking in several more dump trucks full... read more

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