Posts Tagged "ron meyer"

Universal Studios hits 100

One of my favorite places to go to when I was a kid was Universal Studios, and I still have a fondness for the company. ??Many of my favorite movies were released by the studio, all the way back to the classic horror films with Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi, and it’s remarkable to think Universal’s 100th anniversary is this…read more →

Bridesmaids sequel may proceed without Wiig

Universal Studios is reportedly pushing forward with a sequel to 2011′s critical and commercial smash hit, Bridesmaids but co-screenwriter and star Kristen Wiig says she and writing partner Annie Mumolo aren’t interested. Related Articles “Annie and I aren’t planning a sequel,” Wiig told the Hollywood Reporter. “We are writing something else.” Wiig reportedly had a personal sit-down with Universal chief…read more →

Brian Calle: Brown counting on the 1 percent to save California

California’s budget is in a constant state of peril or, perhaps more accurately, a budgetary inferno, because of, as Gov. Jerry Brown accurately noted in his recent Open Letter to the People of California, “years of failing to match spending with tax revenues as budget gimmicks instead of honest budgeting became the norm.” Ironically Brown’s new proposal to raise tax…read more →

Universal Pictures Greenlights the DEATH WALKS THE STREETS Trilogy…

“We’ve made some missteps with our horror properties in recent years,” stated Ron Meyer, President and Chief Operating Officer of Universal Pictures, “but we feel that DEATH WALKS THE STREETS is the perfect project with which to relaunch the genre arm of the studio that gave birth to the most iconic monsters in the history of filmed entertainment. With vampires,…read more →