Cinematical Late Night: Abduction, Paprika, Bill Murray & More

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  • Heads up, Wii owners, the first batch of discs enabling Netflix Watch Instantly streaming have begun shipping. If you haven’t ordered your complimentary streaming disc, click right here.

  • Lionsgate has pulled out of the bidding war for MGM, leaving Time Warner and a holding company called Access Industries run by a private Russian billionaire. If you had $7.5 billion laying around, would you drop around $1.5 billion to own the roaring lion?

  • Speaking of Lionsgate, the studio has just hired John Singleton to direct Abduction, a vehicle for Taylor Lautner that will find the star playing a youth who discovers his parents aren’t really his parents; adventure ensues. This is no way sounds like it could be the plot of Disney Channel Original Movie.

  • Relativity Media has optioned first-time screenwriter Greg Russo’s screenplay Down](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3if745772b249372dd044e4de4f507ea87) – it’s about a guy trapped in an elevator. I love that it’s already being described as “Buried meets 1408”, because it’s always great to pitch a film by comparing it to one that hasn’t even been released yet.

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