And to think, the screen's longtime Dracula, Bela Lugosi, died practically broke. But by a brand new count, the current vampire craze - on TV and in movies, books and merchandising - is estimated to be pumping some $7 billion (that's with a b) into the showbiz economy. Suddenly, money is flowing like blood. Taking into account the $20 million box-office of this past weekend's batty Twilight parody Vampires Suck, the 5 million devotees of HBO's weekly True Blood, and the bestselling titles from authors Justin Cronin (The Passage), Stephenie Meyer (Breaking Dawn) and Charlaine Harris (Dead and Gone), the Hollywood Reporter estimates...
- 8/25/2010
- by Stephen M. Silverman
- PEOPLE.com
Hollywood has repeatedly peddled the apocalyptic threat from aliens, machines, comets, viruses and zombies, but who was watching the vampires?
Never exactly absent from the entertainment scene, those eternal bloodsuckers lately have infiltrated everything from big screens and little screens to bookstore shelves, clothing racks, download services, video games and video, record and jewelry stores.
Just this week, the Fox/New Regency "Twilight" parody "Vampires Suck" grossed $20 million, and 5 million regular viewers are rabidly following HBO's newest hit, "True Blood," as it swoops toward its season 3 finale Sept. 12. Meanwhile, Justin Cronin's "The Passage," Stephenie Meyer's "Breaking Dawn" and Charlaine Harris' "Dead and Gone" hover on best-seller lists.
These charming, deadly immortals are everywhere. And as a result, they're spilling as much green as red -- about $7 billion since the "Twilight" film franchise bowed less than two years ago, according to THR estimates.
What started with some ancient,...
Never exactly absent from the entertainment scene, those eternal bloodsuckers lately have infiltrated everything from big screens and little screens to bookstore shelves, clothing racks, download services, video games and video, record and jewelry stores.
Just this week, the Fox/New Regency "Twilight" parody "Vampires Suck" grossed $20 million, and 5 million regular viewers are rabidly following HBO's newest hit, "True Blood," as it swoops toward its season 3 finale Sept. 12. Meanwhile, Justin Cronin's "The Passage," Stephenie Meyer's "Breaking Dawn" and Charlaine Harris' "Dead and Gone" hover on best-seller lists.
These charming, deadly immortals are everywhere. And as a result, they're spilling as much green as red -- about $7 billion since the "Twilight" film franchise bowed less than two years ago, according to THR estimates.
What started with some ancient,...
- 8/25/2010
- by By Jay A. Fernandez and Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Any second novel would have had a hard time competing with the success of Elizabeth Kostova’s New York Times bestselling debut, The Historian. But the choice of subject matter alone makes The Swan Thieves disappointing: It trades Historian’s eerie vampire story for a 560-page novel focused on French impressionist art. The narrative follows psychiatrist Andrew Marlow as he tries to unravel the mystery of why successful painter Robert Oliver tried to attack a museum piece, and landed in Marlow’s institution. But while Marlow often talks about his love of Sherlock Holmes, he’s a terrible detective. As ...
- 1/21/2010
- avclub.com
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