Opening Day!

Here it is the day we've been waiting for! When I get the Box Office Numbers I'll post them. If you want to look at a list of previous grosses for M. Night Shyamalan film click on this link:

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/people/chart/?id=shyamalan.htm

Roger Ebert gave The Happening a 3 out of 4 Stars! You can read his review at the link below:

http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080612/REVIEWS/545929629

Here are some more reviews:

http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20080612/news_1w12happen.html

http://origin.mercurynews.com/music/ci_9566484

http://inhome.rediff.com/movies/2008/jun/13happ.htm

http://www.fearnet.com/MCReviewDetailPage.aspx?catid=31&mid=14796

http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/preview/articles/0612happening.html

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment/orl-happenfeature08jun13,0,3741697.story

This is something I've gotten a few e-mails about the huge amount of advertising outside the US movie market and here is an article about Mexican movie posters for The Happening:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i2bfca79181eb72490d7426bad1d4a157

On Yahoo! Movie the average user review is a B and the average critic review is a C-. You can weigh-in at http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809921595/info

I'm seeing the film tonight with a big group of friends and will post my review tomorrow.

More Reviews

Salon gives The Happening a pretty bad review:
http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2008/06/13/happening/

Another bad review from USA Today:
http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/reviews/2008-06-12-happening_N.htm

Hey in Boston they gave it a C-:
http://news.bostonherald.com/entertainment/movies/reviews/view/2008_06_13_Shyamalan_s_magic_ain_t_%E2%80%98Happening_/srvc=home&position=recent

Time has a interesting review:
http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1813911,00.html

LATimes review:
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/movies/la-et-happening13-2008jun13,0,4311777.story

Below is the link to the USAToday review of the movie:
http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/reviews/2008-06-12-happening_N.htm

Hometown Philly.com gave the movie a C:
http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/movies/20080612_Shyamalan_is_back.html

Less then 1 hour until Friday the 13th!

Lotsa New Stuff

IESB.com has posted some new clip from the film:

http://www.iesb.net/index.php?option=com_seyret&Itemid=227&task=videodirectlink&id=1168

EW.com has a review up and it only give The Happening a C:http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20205936,00.html

The Imprompter.com has an article and video of the premiere in NYC last night:

http://www.theimproper.com/Template_Article.aspx?IssueId=4&ArticleId=1695

The Happening a Fun B movie? Reuters has the story:

http://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSN1146617320080611

SciFiMoviepage.com has a pretty interesting review of movie:

http://www.scifimoviepage.com/happening.html

A very interesting review of The Happening has been posted and you can read it below:

http://hollywood-elsewhere.com/2008/06/grandson_of_kla.php

Here is an ok review:

http://www.movie-vault.com/reviews/UWvLiHxEABuCiQxE

Another review:
http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/arts/story.html?id=a0acf226-2186-4635-b75c-415f9a704b2d

A Mini-Review from Plam Beach:
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/palmbeach/erstein/entries/2008/06/not_enough_happ.html

Philly.com has a very interesting story on Shyamalan the link is below:
http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/20080611_The_fright_stuff.html

MTV News has a good interview with M. Night Shyamalan and a video interview with Mark: http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1589098/story.jhtml

UPDATED at 2pm and 9pm

More is Happening

Only 2 days until the film opens!
Did anyone catch the show on FX last night (The Happening: Taking Fear To A Whole New Level)? It was very interesting.

FearNet.com has a cool interview with some of Mark Walhberg, John Leguizamo, Zooey DeChanel and M. Night Shyamalan: http://www.fearnet.com/MCNewsDetailPage.aspx?catid=30&mid=14744

ShockTillYouDrop also has a great interview with M. Night read it at the link below:
http://www.shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=6473

Also some more reviews are coming in:

This first one is from The Hollywood Reporter:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/television/reviews/article_display.jsp?JSESSIONID=7J22LT0JD1SrgXk2xvMtp9s51DG35WGPJxctq7x0RnLvGnkdMQwC!1689313521&&rid=11241

Plus one more from New Zealand:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1501119/story.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10515659

Heres one from the great north:
http://www.montrealfilmjournal.com/review.asp?R=R0001208

Twitch has a review of the movie:
http://twitchfilm.net/site/view/review-of-the-happening/

This review is very positive with a 3 out of 4 stars:
http://www.charityfolks.com/cfauctions/auction_bid.asp?auctionid=11367&catname=Celebrity+%26+Hollywood&mcid=18204

More updates coming thru out the week...

P.S. Just found out Mark will be on The Late Show with David Letterman tonight on your local CBS station.

Its Almost Here!

So a "source" tells me the Premier for The Happening will be in New York City which I find odd considering the fact that the movie was mostly filmed in Philadelphia but oooo well.

We have a sorta review from The Miami Herald here is the link:
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/reeling/2008/06/a-sneak-peek-at.html
The reviewer gives the movie an ok review, this also confirms the fact the 20th Century Fox is presenting Preview screenings. Hey wheres are tickets to the advanced screening! haha

Also lots of press for The Happening so here we go!

First this is just about all the Broadway actors that are appearing in this film:
http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/14193

JoBlo.com has an interview with M. Night, you can view it by clicking the link below:
http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=21445

USAToday.com has a good story about Shyamalan:
http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2008-06-08-shyamalan_N.htm

Also NPR.com has an audio interview with Shyamalan:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91235345

Last week I got an e-mail about watching FX tonight at 11pm and I know why now. FX will be airing a special called THE HAPPENING: Taking Fear to a Whole New Level. So tune in to that and hopefully we will learn some new information on the film.

P.S. I got an e-mail from Australia and it seems like there is a lot of promotion for The Happening and Fox is really marketing it there.

Lots of press is 'Happening' and Transformers 2

AMCtv.com has an interview with Happening star Betty Buckley the link to the interview is below:

http://blogs.amctv.com/monsterfest/2008/06/betty-buckley-the-happening.php

Here is the link to a NYTimes story of M. Night, the story really is a good read:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/02/business/media/02night.html?_r=1&ref=movies&oref=slogin

Here is some reaction to the interview:

http://www.gossipthug.com/2008/06/02/ego-consumes-m-night-shyamalan-in-latest-not-so-twist-ending-turkeys-in-the-making.html

Some not so good news about opening weekend numbers:

http://news.fantasymoguls.com/originalcontent/2008/05/early-trackin-3.htmlAs excited (no pun inteneded) as I am for the movie this altercation of a poster in the NY subway made me laugh.

P.S. I heard a rumor that you should watch the FX network June 9th at 11pm...but hey thats just a rumor.

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I got lots of requests for T2 info.

A source tells me that Transformers 2 will be filming at U-Penn within the next 2 weeks.

Here are some photos of the Bethlehem Steel scenes that are being shot this week:

More info can be found at this link: http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/06/03/first-look-the-opening-of-transformers-2/ or for video go to http://wfmz.com/view/?id=276618

Only 17 Days...

With less then 20 days until the movie hit screens in America a lot of press is starting to build up.

A report in the newspaper The Scotsman (http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/features/M-Night-Shyamalan--What.4121061.jp) says that the movie will not be screened for audiences. This usually is a bad thing meaning that studios don't want bad reviews but it can also be a good thing to help movie goers make up there minds with out help for reviewers.

Also over 80 new promo shots have been posted the link follows:
http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/05/24/80-photos-from-m-night-shyamalans-the-happening/

Here are some shots of M. Night and Mark Walhberg doing press for El Incidente (aka. The Happening) in Spain. Mark's hand was injured during a shoot for G.I. Joe.



Wired.com has a great blog on The Pixies and M. Here is the link http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/05/does-m-night-sh.html.

In Bethlehem, Pa outside of Philly Transformers 2 will start filming next week so look for a new Philly Film blog to be starting soon.