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[aabattery]

35 minutes ago, DeeCee said:

Australia technically has no Prime Minister right now.

 

@aabattery Now is the moment for New Zealand to invade.

 

Why do you think we sent Winnie over?

[Darth Lehnsherr]

Great job conservatives you couldn't even get your wanted leader in power

[filmlover]

1 hour ago, WrathOfHan said:

Because box office discussion means franchise wars.

I look forward to the day when people can be civil in discussing franchises and box office numbers for them. Unfortunately, I doubt that's gonna happen any time soon.

[DeeCee]

38 minutes ago, aabattery said:

 

Why do you think we sent Winnie over?

 

[grim22]

4 minutes ago, DeeCee said:

 

What's with Australia and PMs who can't govern for a full 3 year term? Still better than the US though 

[Darth Lehnsherr]

6 Prime Minsters in 11 years. Soon to be 7 in 12 years. 

[aabattery]

 

[DeeCee]

56 minutes ago, grim22 said:

What's with Australia and PMs who can't govern for a full 3 year term? Still better than the US though 

With both Labor and the Liberals a lot of it is to do with the egos of those involved.

 

On the Liberal side a big part of it is a battle over climate and energy policy between former PM Tony Abbott and now former PM Malcolm Turnbull.

 

Yes, I suppose it could be worse.

 

At least we've had almost 27 years of uninterrupted economic growth, low unemployment, on track for a budget surplus, universal health care, a government supported student loan system, strong infrastructure investment, a well funded defence force...

[grim22]

Ryan Reynolds is getting paid 30M for Netflix's 150M budgeted Six Underground. Irishman budget will be in the same range

 

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/will-netflix-movies-finally-be-ready-close-up-1136558

 

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Tentpoles may be on the horizon. On a July 16 earnings call, Sarandos teased that "we're also doing a lot of the big event films with A-list directors" but "it will take another year or so as we get into it." And Stuber is spending big when he needs to, committing between $150 million and $170 million for Michael Bay's next spectacle, Six Underground, an action film starring Ryan Reynolds that's being produced with Skydance Media and will pay around $30 million to Reynolds upfront.  

 

Another high-profile bet set for 2019 is Martin Scorsese's long-in-the-works mob drama The Irishman, which has a budget said to be $120 million to $150 million. And sources say Stuber leaned on his relationship with Kevin Hart to land the comedy pitch Black Stallions, which Hart will co-star in and produce. "They are not like any other buyer," says a sales agent. At top film festivals, "buyers send a couple of acquisition execs to watch a movie. They have a guy show up with a computer who runs an algorithm."

 

[DeeCee]

PHOENIX — Federal authorities have discovered a sophisticated drug-smuggling tunnel that went from a home in Mexico to an abandoned fast-food restaurant in Arizona.

The Homeland Security Investigations division of the Department of Homeland Security says it got word in April that there was a tunnel leading to an old Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant that's not in operation in San Luis, Arizona, just about 200 yards north of the border.

 

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/border-tunnel-discovered-under-old-kentucky-fried-chicken-used-smuggle-n903371

 

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[4815162342]

8 hours ago, DeeCee said:

Australia technically has no Prime Minister right now.

 

@aabattery Now is the moment for New Zealand to invade.

 

In the western wastes, a messenger rushes to alert his people that the time of their ascension has come

 

Spoiler

 

[cookie]

31 minutes ago, 4815162342 said:

 

In the western wastes, a messenger rushes to alert his people that the time of their ascension has come

 

  Reveal hidden contents

 

A CHALLENGER APPROACHES

 

[DeeCee]

Fun Fact. 

 

As the Director of the New Zealand Office of Tourism and Sport Scott Morrison was involved in the creation of the “100% Pure New Zealand” advertising campaign. 

 

 

As the Managing Director of Tourism Australia he was responsible for this. 

 

 

 

 

 

[WrathOfHan]

Happy birthday @Cmasterclay

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[DeeCee]

1 hour ago, 4815162342 said:

 

In the western wastes, a messenger rushes to alert his people that the time of their ascension has come

 

  Hide contents

 

It has begun. 

 

 

[Napoleon]

A $170 million dollar budgeted original Michael Bay movie would certainly bomb at theaters these days. This doesn't seem like a great investment, but Netflix knows what they're doing, I guess. It's good though that Netflix is becoming a platform for films that otherwise wouldn't probably get made.

[filmlover]

7 hours ago, grim22 said:

Ryan Reynolds is getting paid 30M for Netflix's 150M budgeted Six Underground. Irishman budget will be in the same range

 

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/will-netflix-movies-finally-be-ready-close-up-1136558

 

 

lol sure. 

[Jayhawk the Hutt]

Happy birthday @Cmasterclay!!