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50 Cent Doesn't Care What You Think Of His Straight-To-DVD Releases: "I've Already Seen A 60% Return..."

By Tambay A. Obenson
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June 4, 2012 2:05 PM
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"They'll spend a $120 million on a film or a whole bunch of money making a film and then a whole bunch of money promoting it a year before it actually comes out, and the money they get back in theaters is just the money they spent... And then it goes to dvd and everything is profit there. Some of the movies I've done recently, I was financing and I've already seen a 60 percent return on what I've [been] involved with. They don't understand, they're looking at it and going, 'Well, it went straight-to-dvd,' and they don't realize I'm gonna get another $800,000 off each one of these projects. You can sit there and say 'It went straight-to-dvd'... my ass... They'll try to figure a way to discredit whatever you do because I come from that. I have a lot, so I'm conditioned to the people who haven't been through that and can't get to the next level...

Laurence Fishburne Thriller "The Colony" & Tatyana Ali Drama "Home Again" Get Millions In Funding

By Tambay A. Obenson
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June 4, 2012 1:16 PM
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'Ma George,' 'Fishing Without Nets' Receive Cinereach Project at Sundance Institute Grants

By Tambay A. Obenson
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June 4, 2012 12:54 PM
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Congrats to Andrew Dosunmu (Ma George), and Cutter Hodierne (Fishing Without Nets - half poster above) whose projects were 2 of 15 selected to recieve a total of $200,000 in grants this year as part of the Cinereach Project at the Sundance Institute.

'Black Dynamite' Animated Series Premieres July 8; Eddie Griffin Voicing Richard Pryor & Paul Mooney

By Tambay A. Obenson
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June 4, 2012 12:29 PM
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Black Dynamite - July 8th on Adult Swim / Eddie Griffin will be the voice of Richard Pryor and Paul Mooney in the new animated series "Black Dynamite."

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'Think Like A Man' Continues Push To $100 Million, Opens In South Africa; 'Intouchables' Adds

By Tambay A. Obenson
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June 4, 2012 12:05 PM
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It's not quite there yet, but everyone's favorite rom-com is about $10 milllion shy of the coveted $100 million in box office receipts. As of today, it's raked in $89.7 million ($660,000 this weekend), playing on 509 screens currently.

Antonia Thomas Currently Filming ITV Military WAGS Drama 'Homefront'

By Emmanuel Akitobi
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June 4, 2012 11:52 AM
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Television

British network ITV Studios describes its new program, Homefront, as "a contemporary new drama" about military WAGS (wives and girlfriends), and Misfits-alum Antonia Thomas stars in one of the lead roles.

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'Viva Riva!' & 'Pumzi' Producer Reveals Novel Adaptation Project For Wanuri Kahiu To Helm

By Tambay A. Obenson
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June 4, 2012 11:12 AM
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Alrick Brown ('Kinyarwanda') Adapting J.M. Benjamin's 'My Manz and ‘Em' For His Next Film

By Tambay A. Obenson
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June 4, 2012 10:42 AM
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Alrick Brown (director of the award-winning Kinyarwanda, released by AFFRM last fall) is set to direct an adaptation of J.M. Benjamin's 2007 novel My Manz and ‘Em, with Jamie Hector (The Wire and other projects) set to star.

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