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COTAG
Thomas Kinkade’s Home for Christmas (aka The Christmas Cottage aka Thomas Kinkade’s Christmas Cottage)
Release Date: Removed from schedule
Category: Icky, sticky holiday dreck
MPAA rating: PG
Release pattern: Likely wide
Studio: Lionsgate
Principal players: Marcia Gay Harden, Peter O’Toole, Jared Padalecki
Director: Michael Campus (first film since The Passover Plot in 1976)
Buzz: On the first day of Christmas / my true love gave to me / tickets for a really rotten movieBox office Comparisons: None, as there has never been a film as awful-sounding as this ever been made in the history of Hollywood
Priced at $19.55 on 4/10/07, BlueDuck writes:
This is the biopic about Thomas Kinkade, known by some as the “painter of light”, and by others as “that hack who puts out all the sappy calendars that middle-aged white women buy for no good reason”, and by still others as “no, you’re thinking of Anne Geddes, this guy’s a painter, sort of, if you call that painting”. Variety reports that Marcia Gay Harden has signed, and that filming will start soon in Vancouver. No word on whether EMT teams will be on hand at local multiplexes when this comes out to provide counseling and stomach pumps.I know I am making cruel, cruel fun here, and it doesn’t help you decide whether to buy this. I will just say that it just depends on whether or not the people who buy Kinkade’s “art” can peel themselves away from QVC for two hours to schlep down to the movie theater and stand in front of me at the popcorn line. My guess is no. My guess is also that in five years, the Hallmark Channel will be running this in a continuous loop every December. You have been warned.
Priced at $15.59 on 7/28/07, Roger More writes:
This now has a November release date with 1650 locations lined up – brought forward by two weeks.Priced at $13.12 on 10/06/07, Ultimate Frisbee writes:
This has now been removed from the release schedule which is never a good sign. It also appears to have changed titles to Thomas Kinkade’s Home for Christmas.On 11/11/2998, BlueDuck writes:
COTAG is dead-delisted, in a (rare) triumph of taste, virtue and good sense. -
PRNCS
Princess
Release Date: TBA
Category: Foreign Animation
MPAA rating: TBA
Release pattern: Limited if at all
Studio: Tartan Films (closed)
Principal players: Nobody you’d know
Director: Anders Morgenthaler
Buzz: It’s a Danish animated picture about porn.Priced at $1.70 on 2/6/07, BlueDuck writes:
We try to do “Box Office Comparisons” on Project Genome, but Danish animated films about a priest’s revenge against pornography? I mean, get real. Nothing against Denmark, which is a very nice place — and which, I’m sure, turns out very nice animated films, but come on. This is a very, very good candidate never to get any kind of release in this country, and even if it does, I mean, it’s still a Danish animated picture about porn. Short it for all it’s worth ($85k at current market price).Priced at $1.31 on 3/3/2008, BlueDuck writes:
Just doing my annual update of dead, useless, worthless stocks. This is never getting a release, and should be mercy-killed.Priced at $0.40 on 8/03/08, warcraft86 writes:
Tartan Films (it’s distributor) recently closed, so who knows where this film is now.On 9/24/2008, BlueDuck writes:
Delisting at zero on 9/29. Enjoy the $85k you got from being a loyal Project Genome reader. -
MARIE
Marie and Bruce
Category: Dark comedy, drama, adaptation of a play.
Release pattern: Limited if at all
Production company: Holedigger Films
Distributor: None
Principal players: Julianne Moore, Matthew Broderick, Griffin Dunne, Campbell Scott, Steve Burns, and Bob Balaban
Director: Tom Cairns
IPOing at $15.00 on 5/25/03, Bickle Jr. writes:
Indie comedic drama, with Julianne Moore playing Marie, a woman looking to escape from her destructive relationship with Bruce (Matthew Broderick). When she finally leaves him, it only makes matters worse. Based on a play by Wallace Shawn, adapted and directed by Tom Cairns. Production began early May.Priced at $2.52 on 6/1/04, DPRoberts writes:
Played at Sundance earlier this year, and seems to have gotten a poor reception, judging by its 3.7/10 rating at IMDb. This will likely linger around until HSX applies the three-year delist rule.Priced at $0.83 on 3/24/07, BlueDuck writes:
Went STV in January, but only in Italy and Greece. It’s pretty bad when you go STV in other countries before the US. This is a very safe short.Priced at $1.09 on 8/31/07, BlueDuck writes:
Now it’s gone STV in Spain and Argentina. It’s just not looking good.On 9/24/2008, BlueDuck writes:
Delisting at zero on 9/29. -
LZRUS
Lazarus Child
Category: Drama
MPAA rating:
Release pattern:
Studio: Morgan Creek, distributed by Warner.
Principal players: Andy Garcia, Angela Bassett, Frances O’Connor.
Director: Graham Theakston
Buzz:
IPOing at $12.00 on 5/19/03, Bickle Jr. writes:
Based on Robert Mawson’s novel, The Lazarus Child stars Andy Garcia, Angela Bassett, and Frances O’ Connor. When a young girl goes into a coma after an accident, her 12-year-old brother travels inside her mind to bring her back. Ron Bass has adapted the novel and was paid $2 million according to Variety, with an additional million paid for the rights to it. The drama will be the feature debut for the British TV mini-series director Graham Theakston.Priced at $1.99 on 01/16/05, TWuG. writes:
Filming wrapped in October 2003. Had a showing at Cannes in May 2004. Nothing since.Priced at $0.82 on 07/06/07, Roger More writes:
Guess what? Still nothing! Well, IMDb reports that it’s been released on DVD in a bunch of places, but nothing in North America.On 9/24/2008, BlueDuck writes:
This Lazarus isn’t coming back from the dead; delisting at zero on 9/29. -
GOOSE
Goose! aka Goose on the Loose
Category: Kiddie comedy
Studio: Innovation Film Group
Phase: wrapped
Principal players: Chevy Chase, Tom Arnold
Director: Nicholas KendallIPOing at $5 on 3/3/05, DPRoberts writes:
A talking goose. Chevy Chase. Tom Arnold. But hey, it was nominated for the Outstanding Team Achievement in a Family Feature Film award by the Directors Guild of Canada, so it’s gotta be good, right?Priced at $1.88 on 07/11/07, Roger More writes:
Two years later and still no release. Obviously another quality film from Señor Chase. Short it if you don’t mind waiting for your money.On 9/24/2008, BlueDuck writes:
GOOSE is cooked; delisting at zero on 9/29. -
FRAGL
Fragile
Release Date: Won’t get one
Category: Horror
MPAA rating: TBA
Release pattern: Probably STDVD
Studio: MGM
Principal players: Calista Flockhart, Richard Roxburgh
Director: Jaume BalagueroIPOed at $8.00 on 11/22/2005
Priced at $0.33 on 05/09/2007, Roger More writes:
In Fragile a nurse at a soon-to-be abandoned children’s hospital (Flockhart) realizes that something living in the hospital is trying to keep the children there.The movie was made in 2005 and has been released in cinemas and on DVD in several European and Asian markets. If it gets a cinema release in the US, chances are it won’t make its current meagre price. This is one of those stocks that you wish HSX would just put out of its misery and delist.
On 9/24/2008, BlueDuck writes:
Misery over; delisting at zero on 9/29. -
CURAN
Curandero
Category: Horror
MPAA rating: Unknown
Release pattern: Limited
Studio: Dimension Films
Principal players: Sergio Acosta and Gizeht Galatea, written by Robert Rodriguez
Director: Venezuelan Eduardo Rodriguez
Buzz: Tequila horror
Box office Comparisons:- The Devil’s Backbone opened in limited release on 23 November 2001 and grossed in total $755,000.
IPOing at $10 on 6/3/05, Huy writes:
Curandero, which means healer in Spanish, centers on one man’s journey into the depths of black magic in Mexico City.Priced at $0.58 on 1/26/07, BlueDuck writes:
Supposedly (if you believe the official site) this was released in 2005. Except it didn’t report any earnings. IMDb reports that it screened at a film festival, but that’s it. The only review linked through Rotten Tomatoes is succinct: “Not Released for Press“. So this ought to delist at zero, but HSX still has it active for some unknown reason — maybe they’re waiting on a DVD release. I don’t know. At this price, given the length of time this might stay active, probably not even worth a short.Priced at $1.75 on 1/3/08, BlueDuck writes:
Not a dead parrot, because — well — it’s actually been made, but there’s been no word on a release of any kind. Might be worth a short for bigger ports at this price, but I doubt it.On 9/24/2008, BlueDuck writes:
Delisting at zero on 9/29. -
TRTUR
Tortured
Release Date: 9/16/08 (DVD)
Category: Drama
MPAA rating: R
Release pattern: STV
Studio: Sony
Principal players: Cole Hauser, Laurence Fishburne, Jon Cryer, Emmanuelle Chriqui, James Cromwell
Director: Robert LiebermanIPOed at $15.00 on 06/11/2007
Priced at $15.65 on 06/25/2007, Roger More writes:
An FBI agent (Hauser) goes undercover as an enforcer for a big crime syndicate. He’s ordered to torture one of the organisation’s accountant (Fishburne) for information and understandably starts to question what he is doing. Supporting casting has been done and production has started. Confusingly there is another movie called Tortured, from the makers of the Saw movies, so expect one or the other to change its name. Anyway, I am getting an indie vibe from this movie and recommend shorting it before the price drops too far.Priced at $5.51 on 8/14/2008, RazorHawk writes:
Going STV 9/16/08On 9/15/08, warcraft86 writes:
Delisted as such today. -
SEED
Seed
Release Date: 9/09/2008 (DVD)
Category: Horror
MPAA rating: R
Release pattern: STV
Studio: TBA
Principal players: Just the director
Director: Uwe Boll
Buzz: Currently there is a petition for Uwe Boll to stop making movies. His reaction has offended lots of Hollywood players.Box office Comparisons:
BloodRayne – $2,405,420, opening weekend – $1,550,000, 985 theaters, $1,573 averageIPOed at $4.00 on 8/9/07:
Per HSX:
Writer-director Uwe Boll is at it again with the horror film Seed. An executed mass murderer claws his way out of his grave to wreak vengeance on those who put him to death.
Priced at $4.00 on 8/9/07, Roger More writes:
Another film from HSX’s least-liked director. Whatever you say about Uwe Boll, no matter how bad his movies are he always gets enough money to make another one. Of course, this is his third since BloodRayne and none of the others have been released yet. This one’s about an insane mass murderer who survives the electric chair, so the executioner and the doctor agree to declare him dead and bury him alive. So if the chair doesn’t kill him, suffocation will? Der! They could have hung him or poisoned him or just shot him, but then there’d be no movie.Anyway, the movie will apparently redefine the cinematic boundaries of extreme gore, physical and mental torture, which audiences are all sick of anyway. This looks like a short, and more than one HSX trader will be shorting it on IPO day out of principle – but really there’s not much to be made as Boll films always seem to find some kind of audience, even if it’s just people wanting to check out how bad it is.
Priced at $1.66 on 4/13/08, RazorHawk writes:
This movie will be going STV in the fall. They havent picked a date yet…but the “seed”s have been planted.Priced at $.36 on 8/14/08, RazorHawk writes:
STV release date announced…9/9/08On 9/8/2008, BlueDuck writes:
And it’s officially an ex-seed. -
MXGRC
My Suicidal Sweetheart (aka Max & Grace)
Category: Drama
MPAA rating: Unknown
Release pattern: Limited
Studio:
Principal players: Natasha Lyonne, David Krumholz, Edie Falco, Tim Blake Neslson, David Paymer, Lorraine Bracco, Rosanna Arquette
Director: Michael Parness (debut)
Buzz: Interesting plot and good cast but it is a limited film.
IPOing at $6.00 on 10/29/02, Txredd writes:
Max & Grace stars Natasha Lyonne and David Krumholz as two lovers who break out of their psych ward to get married and commit suicide.Priced at $1.97 on 7/24/04, Brian writes:
Production looks to have wrapped back in 2003, and the official site claims this will be “in theaters [in] 2004.” We’ll see.Priced at $1.06 on 2/8/05, ty97 writes:
This film will screen at the South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin, Tx, in March, 2005.Priced at $0.54 on 7/10/07, BlueDuck writes:
Went through the festival circuit in 2005 and 2006, never got a distributor. Changed its name to My Suicidal Sweetheart, which couldn’t have helped. Expect a delist at zero next year, so short it (unless you’re just too good to make 25 thousand easy Hollywood Dollars).Priced at $0.67 on 3/20/07, RazorHawk writes:
I e-mailed the production company of this movie last month asking about the status…still have not received a reply. Go Figure?On 9/8/2008, BlueDuck writes:
And now it’s officially dead.
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