Morning Deal Report: Keira Knightley Never Lets Me Go

Posted by Scott Von Doviak

Are the Jonas Brothers already over? Hey, I'm not hatin' on them, I’m just pointing out that Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience failed to knock Tyler Perry off the top box office perch. Madea Goes to Jail took in $16.5 million, while the brothers had to settle for $12.7 million, a far cry from their expected box office domination. On the strength of its Best Picture win, Slumdog Millionaire jumped up to the third spot, taking in $12.2 million over the weekend.

One Hour Photo director Mark Romanek (whose finest work remains the video for Johnny Cash’s Hurt) will next tackle the sci-fi thriller Never Let Me Go, starring Keira Knightley. “Story revolves around a trio who grew up in a boarding school with no contact or knowledge of the outside world until they discover they are clones grown for the sole purpose of organ donation,” Variety reports. This movie used to be called The Island, and no one asked to see it again.

Can I interest you in a movie called Rape: A Love Story? Not so much? What if I were to tell you it stars Maria Bello, Abigail Breslin and Samuel L. Jackson? Still no takers? “Based on the Joyce Carol Oates novella published in 2003, story centers on a mother (Bello) recovering from a brutal gang rape who is stalked by the perpetrators but is protected by a sympathetic cop (Jackson). Breslin will play the woman’s12-year-old daughter, who witnesses the attack.”

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Comments

eurrapanzy said:

this post makes me all kinds of depressed.  all.kinds.

March 3, 2009 12:34 AM

Mark said:

"Never Let Me Go" is a fine novel by "Remains of the Day" writer Kazuo Ishiguro, and it really downplays the sci-fi elements.  Sounds like they're going to ruin it, though.

March 3, 2009 1:00 AM

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