Seriously. After loans, distribution costs and interest charges the film comes in $167m in the red.

Time to send in the demontors!

Click for a larger pic of the P&L report.

Matt Bogart has the lowdown on how to get bring your creation to a new dimension… and has a comic of his own to see how it works. Go on – give your pictures some depth!

…yeah. – a stereoscopic comic from Matt Bogart on Vimeo.

Pope Benedict XVI has joined the ranks of celebrities writing children’s books… Gli Amici di Gesu (The Friends of Jesus) is to be the first book published by any pope.

The characters in the book include each of the original 12 apostles, including Judas Iscariot; Matthias, who replaced Judas after the betrayal, and St. Paul.

The 48-page volume produced for the youngest of readers is a “route that takes the reader to the origins of the Church, through the events of the first people who found Jesus and became his friends,” according to the publishing house.

Shelflife has the scoop – and puts the book in the same ranking as Madonna, Tim McGraw, Brooke Shields, Julianne Moore, Jerry Seinfeld, Jay Leno, Jimmy Buffett and Whoopi Goldberg…

Let the puns begin!

It sounds incredible – any excuse to apply LEGO to life – but at a whopping €675 learning through LEGO could get expensive.

Plenty more details at roryoconnor.ie (found via Kieth)

Be smarter than the average bear… watch the trailer!

This makes for essential reading – even if you can’t draw to save your life!
(found via the folks at FPI)

Blume’s book has a solid status in the annals of popular culture: ‘Margaret’ has inspired everything from a ‘South Park’ episode to rock song titles to, most recently, Chelsea Handler’s 2008 best-seller ‘Are You There Vodka? It’s Me, Chelsea.’ With that kind of following, a movie version of ‘Margaret’ is nearly guaranteed to go gangbusters at the box office.

I’d love to see a film of Under The Hawthorn Tree. Or even a screen adaptation of Mr Gum – now that would be fun!

Any suggestions for books that should make it to the silver screen?

iPhone 4 film – “Apple of My Eye” from Michael Koerbel on Vimeo.

What that means is that last year, one in every 47 books bought in the UK was penned by Meyer.

And as if that nugget wasn’t enough news for you – Forbes magazine has a breakdown of the Twilight fortune and where/who is making money.

This sees Meyer earn $40 million – ranking her 59th on the Forbes Celebrity 100 list. Last year ranked 16th with $50 million.

The deal will see the the shows and characters appear at the resort – and  construction of Nickelodeon Land begins in September  rides, shops and games to look forward to.