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'Hangover II' Heads to FX - The Hollywood Reporter
The news comes after the Todd Phillips film grossed $135.2 million in its five-day domestic debut, the best showing of the year in North America. The News Corp.-owned network has a history of scooping up marquee titles, including recent purchases Disney's Tron: Legacy, Sony's The Green Hornet and Paramount's animated Rango .
Not only did Warner Bros.’ The Hangover Part II score the best opening of all time for a comedy at the domestic box office, it grossed the most of any R-rated film in its first five days. Hangover , debuting last Thursday on the eve of the long Memorial Day weekend, earned $135 million through Monday. That beats the $134.3 million earned by Warner’s The Matrix Reloaded in its first five days (the one caveat-- Matrix Reloaded opened on Wednesday evening, so didn't have a full day).
‘Hangover Part II’ Breaks Record: Biggest Five-Day R-Rated Opening Ever - The Hollywood Reporter
The battle between Warner Bros and Mike Tyson 's tattoo artist is heating up. On Friday, the studio told a judge why S. Victor Whitmill , who is suing over a copyrighted tattoo on Ed Helms ' face in Hangover Part II, shouldn't be able to stop distribution of the film. The highly anticipated sequel is scheduled to be released this week ,so a decision should be forthcoming soon. In its brief, Warner Bros. says Whitmill will not be able to succeed on the merits of his claims that Hangover II constitutes copyright infringement of what the he calls "one of the most distinctive tattoos in the nation." "The very copyrightability of tattoos is a novel issue," says the Warner Bros. brief.
Warner Bros. Asks Judge Not to Stop 'Hangover II' Release Over Mike Tyson Tattoo - Hollywood Reporter
Warner Bros.' The Hangover: Part II burst on to tracking with spectacular numbers Thursday, three weeks before its debut in theaters. The numbers were good enough to impress distribution executives across Hollywood. The Hangover opened to $45 million in June 2009, with the sequel on track to far exceed that number. As a way of comparing, box office observers said tracking shows interest among younger males (aged 17-30) as good as, or even better, than numbers for Disney's all-audience Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides .
'Hangover: Part II' on Track to Far Outpace Original's Opening Weekend Box Office - Hollywood Reporter
Mike Tyson Tattoo Artist Sues Warner Bros. to Stop Release of 'Hangover 2' - Hollywood Reporter
The man who gave Mike Tyson his distinctive facial tattoo has sued Warner Bros. over the similar-looking facial art on Ed Helms ' character in the upcoming The Hangover: Part II . S. Victor Whitmill , an award-winning tattoo artist who calls the Tyson design "one of the most distinctive tattoos in the nation," is asking for an injunction to stop the release of the highly-anticipated comedy sequel, set to bow in the U.S. over Memorial Day weekend. "When Mr. Whitmill created the Original Tattoo, Mr Tyson agreed that Mr. Whitmill would own the artwork and thus, the copyright in the Original Tattoo," argues the complaint, filed Thursday in federal court in Missouri and obtained by THR .Variety is reporting that Liam Nesson's cameo in The Hangover 2 has been cut and reshot with Nick Cassevetes in the role. Well apparently the scene that followed Nesson's cameo was cut and so the scene he appeared in basically had no use. They wanted to have Nesson come back but he was in London filming Clash of the Titans sequel. While editing, Phillips chose to cut the scene that immediately followed Neeson's cameo, meaning it no longer had the information necessary to logically get the Wolf Pack (Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis and Ed Helms) to what became the next scene. Three weeks ago, Phillips decided to reshoot the scene, but with Neeson in London shooting WB's "Clash of the Titans" sequel, the actor was no longer available. With the "Hangover" sequel set for release over Memorial Day weekend, Phillips had to hustle to reshoot the scene that became infamous when the cast and crew objected in October to Gibson's casting in the aftermath of his personal and legal troubles.
The Hangover 2 - Liam Nesson's Cameo Cut and Reshot | Movies - Spoilers
Why Liam Neeson's Cameo Was Cut in 'Hangover' Sequel - The Hollywood Reporter
The actor had filmed scenes as a tattoo artist for the Bangkok-set sequel, but his cameo was edited out when director Todd Phillips was forced to do reshoots and Neeson was not available, according to published reports . In the film, the tattoo artist is one of the characters the guys have to track down during their adventures. The character is described as “crazy” and “intense,” and “someone you’re afraid to talk to.”