I added another video of the Fast Five Premiere in France from NRJ. It sounds like the event there was really HUGE. This video is longer and has all the introductions too. Thanks Camy!

Box office update: ‘Fast Five’ posts April’s largest opening day ever with $33.2 mil on Friday

Vroom! Onomatopoeic openings aside, Friday’s box office consisted of two groups: Fast Five and everything else. Universal’s $125 million street-racing action film — the fifth in the Fast and the Furious franchise — collected an estimated $33.2 million on Friday, including $3.8 million from Thursday midnight showings. That result gives Fast Five the largest opening day ever in April, passing its predecessor Fast and Furious‘ $30.6 million opening-day tally in 2009. Fast Five, which stars Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, and Dwayne Johnson, is on track to finish the weekend with about $78 million. Assuming the PG-13 movie does so, a whole slew of other records will be set: April’s biggest opening weekend (beating Fast and Furious‘ $71 million debut); Universal’s best opening ever (passing The Lost World: Jurassic Park‘s $72.1 million); and, naturally, 2011?s top debut to date (destroying Rio‘s $39.2 million opening from two weeks ago). Continue reading »

The Rock vs. Vin Diesel: Who’d You Rather?

Bald musclemen Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, 38,and Vin Diesel, 43, both star in “Fast Five.”

Question is …click here to vote

The Fast Five premiere was in Marseille, France on April 28, 2011. Dwayne and cast hit the red carpet after the photo call. I have added about 9 HQ pics of the event.

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Camy sent in videos from the Fast Five France Premiere hosted by NRJ. They include the press conference, and red carpet arrivals. Thanks Camy! We also added more pics of the event to the gallery as well.

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Georgie found herself swathed in testosterone when she interviewed the insanely muscular stars of Fast and Furious 5… but who was top dog on set?

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Ok all my U.S fans Fast Five is in theaters today right now! Let’s go out and support our guy at the movies and get our Fast Five on! I don’t see how anyone would NOT want to see this movie. Let’s break the box office. If you are going sometime this today or this weekend come back and leave your comments about the film. No spoilers though!!

Here’s is the music video for the theme song of Fast Five entitled “How We Roll.” Make sure to watch it and then head on over to enter our Fast Five Movie Poster and Soundtrack giveaway!

Helped by some heavy hype from Dwayne ”The Rock” Johnson and ”Jersey Shore’s” Snooki, WWE has reached its goal of 1 million pay-per-view buys again for WrestleMania.

Although final numbers are still being tallied, this year’s live four-hour event, hosted April 3, in Atlanta, is already up 30% in North America and up to 15% overseas, according to the company.

Last year’s WrestleMania generated 885,000 orders, down from 960,000 in 2009.

WrestleMania is the company’s single biggest moneymaker each year. Last year’s PPV earned $19 million; ticket sales to the Phoenix show chalked up another $5.8 million. But that was down from previous years. In 2008, Orlando’s ‘Mania earned nearly $24 million from PPV buys and another $6 million in ticket sales.

The recession recently caused consumers to reconsider ponying up $50 for WWE’s version of the Super Bowl, or save money by holding viewing parties, causing PPV buys to drop. Fans also complained storylines were weak leading up to the event.

Knowing WWE needed to drum up some excitement around this year’s show, McMahon turned to some old friends. Continue reading »

Variety is reporting a new movie for Dwayne in which he will star in and produce called ‘Pride’

Actor to star in, produce biopic of country star Charley Pride

Dwayne Johnson is turning to country music, toplining and producing a biopic of black country music star Charley Pride.

Besides Johnson, producers are Dany Garcia, Randy Jackson and Pride’s manager John Daines in association with Sony ATV Music Publishing.

Country Music Hall of Famer Pride, one of 11 children born to Mississippi sharecroppers, has charted more than three dozen No. 1 singles and has sold more than 70 million records.

Johnson’s starring in Universal’s “Fast Five,” which opens domestically today, and is starring in New Line’s “Journey 2: The Mysterious Island.” Pride disclosed Johnson’s attachment Thursday in an interview with the Telegraph-Journal of New Brunswick, Canada.

Johnson is repped by CAA.

Here’s an interesting read about Dwayne’s value in the hollywood market:

When you first saw the trailer for Fast Five, the latest installment in the deathless franchise that hits theaters today, did you think to yourself (in between having your mind blown by awesome stuff, of course), “Wait, why is The Rock in this? Doesn’t he usually get to star in the big dumb action movies he makes?” Dwayne Johnson has enjoyed a surprisingly productive film career since breaking out of the WWE in the early part of the 2000s, but recent developments — the box office disappointment of last year’s Faster, the aforementioned supporting role in Fast Five, and even a part time return to wrestling — suggested his moment may have passed. But is that really the case? We spoke with industry insiders to answer that question, along with the weekly Star Market query: If Dwayne Johnson were a stock, would you buy, sell, or hold? Continue reading »