Morning Deal Report: Haunted by Hugh Jackman

Posted by Scott Von Doviak

Wolverine clawed its way to the top of the box office chart, taking in $87 million over the weekend. That means it’s officially summer, whatever the weather may be where you are. Ghosts of Girlfriends Past took the second spot with $15.3 million, while last week’s topper Obsessed fell to number three with $12.2 million. 17 Again and Monsters vs. Aliens rounded out the top five.

Wolverine star Hugh Jackman is moving to Ghostopolis. Jackman will produce and star in the film based on an upcoming graphic novel, which “centers on a man who works for the government's Supernatural Immigration Task Force. His job is to send ghosts who have escaped into our world back to Ghostopolis. When a living boy accidentally is sent to the other side, the agent must team with a female ghost (and former flame) to bring him back,” per The Hollywood Reporter.

Won’t you help Ben Stiller spread goodness? Stiller will direct Help Me Spread Goodness, a drama with comic overtones. Script, about a Chicago banker who gets swindled in a Nigerian Internet scam, was written by Mark Friedman and developed by Participant Media exec veep Jonathan King and prexy Ricky Strauss before they took it to Stiller,” Variety reports.


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