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· Have international audiences finally built up a resistance to crap? Even overseas, family-friendly movies like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory are whooping the box office asses of traditionally more popular action flicks. [Variety]
· Hollywood Out Of Ideas, Denial Edition: Nicole Kidman is in "final negotiations" to star in the sci-fi Invasion for Warner Bros., which started out as a remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers, but now has evolved into "something fresh" that will nevertheless remind everyone of the original movie. [THR]
· Al Gore's Current TV launched Monday, eschewing "shows" for 15 second to five minute long "pods" of programming in recognition of the MTV generation's need to be profoundly bored in the smallest period of time possible. [Variety]
· Matthew Perry takes up residency in the ghetto of basic cable movies even more quickly than we would have guessed. [THR]
· From now on, George Lucas will only disappoint Star Wars fans in the medium of television. [Variety]