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Film News: ‘Hangover’ guru’s development pic skedded Nov. 23, 2011 — Warner Bros. has dated “Project X,” its low-budget high-concept comedy being developed by “The Hangover” director Todd Phillips, for November 23, 2011.

Film News: Actor to star in indie heist comedy from ‘Hangover’ scribes — Tim Blake Nelson will topline indie bank heist comedy “Flypaper,” produced by Peter Safran, Mark Damon and Patrick Dempsey.

Film News: ‘Riding Hood,’ ‘Hangover 2,’ ‘New Year’s Eve’ among pics slotted —
Warner Bros. has filled out its 2011 release schedule.

Film News: Studio, helmer poured seconds before original debuted — One of the more prescient moves by a studio came two months before “The Hangover” opened last year, with Warner Bros. deciding then that it would make the early committment to a sequel, “The Hangover 2.”

Film News: Warner Bros. pic wins Maxwell Weinberg prize — Hollywood union publicists have tapped Warner Bros.’ “The Hangover” as winner of the Maxwell Weinberg award for top feature publicity campaign.

Film News: ‘Hangover,’ Bullock were night’s top dogs — Despite the dreary weather, Warners managed to have a bash at the annual Warner Bros. and InStyle gala.

Film News: ‘Summer’ breeze, that is, or ‘Julia’ or ‘Hangover’ — Golden Globes: Comedy/Musical: Picture

Film News: Some explained, some still unresolved — In any film with a mystery at its center, the denouement is bound to be unsatisfying. This is true of Vegas buddy comedy “The Hangover,” but only to a point.

Film News: ‘Avatar,’ ‘Hangover’ among original screenplay nods — ‘Hangover,’ ‘Avatar’ among original screenplays; adapted noms include ‘Precious’ and ‘Star Trek.’

Film News: Unusual for them, foreign journalists like gross-out comedy — Tennessee Williams more or less got it right: Sometimes there’s God — or Paramount — so quickly.