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Producers Go To Ouija Board To Hire 'Ouija' Director, Come Away With McG
- By Gabe Toro
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- January 5, 2011 3:35 AM
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What's going on at some studios is amazing, and if the directors of the '60s and '70s could see what's happened, they would shit a brick. Filmmakers are no longer being wooed, they're seemingly being plucked based on how their square pegs fit into round holes, with industry heads now using the word "won" to describe a director signing on to a big studio film. Thus, McG has "won" the job directing Universal Pictures' "Ouija."
Creatures From The Depths Of Hell: McG & Breck Eisner Competing For Director's Chair On 'Ouija'
- By Oliver Lyttelton
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- December 20, 2010 2:38 AM
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Spirit, Please Come Forward And Cancel This Movie When it was announced that the second Hasbro property after the gates, following Peter Berg's actioner "Battleship," would be "Ouija," based on the board game that's been succesfully freaking out teenagers for decades, most, including us, assumed it would be some kind of teen horror flick -- after all, the likes of "Drag Me To Hell" and "Long Time Dead" have used the system as a conceit within the horror genre. But Universal have given the film a key tentpole slot, on November 9th, 2012, and we began to suspect that the film might be aiming at more quadrants than simply horror fans. And indeed, that seems to be the case.
'Mad Men' Actress Abigail Spencer Joins McG's 'This Means War'
- By Edward Davis
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- December 3, 2010 7:00 AM
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Known for playing one of the many females that led to the destruction of Don Draper's marriage on "Mad Men" thanks to his no good cheating ways, Abigail Spencer has joined the cast of McG's action romantic comedy, "This Means War" which centers on two lifelong best friends (and spy operatives) who wage an epic battle against one another after they both fall in love with the same woman.
Angela Bassett Joins McG's 'This Means War' With Chris Pine, Tom Hardy & Reese Witherspoon
- By Edward Davis
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- November 30, 2010 2:52 AM
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Set Photos Leak From Location In VancouverWhile filming is already well underway in Vancouver, Canada and has been for several weeks now (since September 13), Angela Bassett ("What's Love Got To Do With It?") has joined the cast of McG's action/romance spy comedy "This Means War."
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