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Name: Adam Sweeney
Location: Houston, Texas
Reject Since: July 2008
Email: adam@filmschoolrejects.com

Bio: Adam Sweeney has a background in journalism, having spent 4 years on the Lone Star Lutheran as an Opinions and Arts & Entertainment columnist. He graduated in May 2008 from Texas Lutheran University with a Dramatic Media degree and hopes to become a filmmaker/journalist/radio host/actor extraordinaire. He also writes film and play scripts and figures if Good Luck Chuck can make it to the big screen then why can't he? He can also be read at TalkHoops.net as a feature writer on all things basketball, and his personal blog covers everything from politics to why Keira Knightley is looking more like Jack Skellington every day. (www.myspace.com/theadamlee)


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Tim Blake Nelson Might Become The Leader for Hulk Sequel

Tim Blake Nelson Might Become The Leader for Hulk Sequel

Could Dr. Samuel Sterns be radiating into The Leader for the next Hulk movie?

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Lionsgate and LeBron James Make Us Witnesses to Documentary

Lionsgate and LeBron James Make Us Witnesses to Documentary

He’s been called The Chosen One, King James and the best baller since Michael Jordan. Now LeBron James wants to have a Space Jam of his own on the big screen.

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TV Review: Heroes 3.10 - The Eclipse, Part 1

TV Review: Heroes 3.10 - The Eclipse, Part 1

The heroes prepare for the impending solar eclipse that will change everything. The only question is: are you still watching?

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TV Review: The Office 5.9 - Frame Toby

TV Review: The Office 5.9 - Frame Toby

Toby (Paul Lieberstein) is back and not everybody is thrilled by it, especially Michael (Steve Carell).

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Harrison Ford Searches for Motivation on Fifth Indiana Jones Film

Harrison Ford Searches for Motivation on Fifth Indiana Jones Film

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull may have been a mixed bag critically but it was dynamite at the box office, bringing in over $800 million dollars. But would Harrison Ford get the whip cracking for a fifth chapter of Indy? Maybe …

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Marvel Journeys to ‘Narnia’ to Capture Writers for ‘Captain America’

Marvel Journeys to ‘Narnia’ to Capture Writers for ‘Captain America’

After traveling deep into the wardrobe, Marvel has found its Captain America writers. Can they go from Aslan to the Captain?

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Kung-Fu Panda Director Might Have The Power to Direct He-Man

Kung-Fu Panda Director Might Have The Power to Direct He-Man

The man behind Kung Fu Panda might have just landed himself a gig directing a sweaty Aryan Prince that gets muscles By the Power of Grayskull.

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TV Review: Heroes 3.9 - It’s Coming

TV Review: Heroes 3.9 - It’s Coming

Hiro (Masi Oka) gets his mind wiped … sort of. Elle (Kristen Bell) and Sylar (Zachary Quinto) have a reunion, and Peter (Milo Ventimiglia) tries to keep Claire (Hayden Panettiere) innocent.

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Guillermo Del Toro Dreams of Pinocchio as a Real Bad Boy

Guillermo Del Toro Dreams of Pinocchio as a Real Bad Boy

No, the Hellboy and Pan’s Labyrinth director isn’t making gay porn. Yes, he is set to create a darker version of the classic tale, Pinocchio.

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Fox Irons Out Plot for Magneto Film

Fox Irons Out Plot for Magneto Film

We got some plot details for the forthcoming origin story for one of the most famous Marvel villains.

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TV Review: The Office 5.8 - Business Trip

TV Review: The Office 5.8 - Business Trip

Michael and a few members of the Scranton branch are sent to Winnipeg on a business trip and Jim notices the intrusive behavior of his fellow employees leading up to Pam’s return.

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TV Review: Heroes 3.8 - Villains

TV Review: Heroes 3.8 - Villains

Hiro’s spirit walk takes him back in time one year, to the events surrounding the “death” of Arthur Pertrelli (Robert Forster).

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Robert Downey Jr. Takes High ‘Rhode’ with Iron Man 2 Drama

Robert Downey Jr. Takes High ‘Rhode’ with Iron Man 2 Drama

Everybody and their mother seems to have an opinion about Terrence Howard’s dismissal on Iron Man 2. Now we get to hear what Iron Man himself thinks about a “Rhodey” being replaced.

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TV Review: The Office 5.6 - Customer Survey

TV Review: The Office 5.6 - Customer Survey

Dwight and Jim are shocked when they get the results of the annual customer survey report. Pam and Jim decide they want to spend every minute together using their bluetooth phones.

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Why Terrence Howard Won’t Get His Dose of Iron Man 2

Why Terrence Howard Won’t Get His Dose of Iron Man 2

By now you’ve probably heard that there won’t be a “next time, baby,” for Terrence Howard in Iron Man 2. Now we know why, a bout over the Benjamins and bad behavior.

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Mark Millar Set to Pitch Superman’s ‘Magnum Opus’

Mark Millar Set to Pitch Superman’s ‘Magnum Opus’

Comic book writer and creator Mark Millar has big plans for Superman on the big screen. How big? Try The Godfather big.

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Exclusive: Creative Minds Talk About Their ‘Genetic Opera’

Exclusive: Creative Minds Talk About Their ‘Genetic Opera’

Repo! The Genetic Opera stood out as one of the best films at this year’s Fantastic Fest, and we got a chance to sit down and talk with director Darren Lynn Bousman, writer/actor Terrance Zdunich, and music producer Joseph Bishara.

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Election Day ‘08: Casting the Election, in Reverse

Election Day ‘08: Casting the Election, in Reverse

What if the Presidential and Vice-Presidential candidates abandoned DC for Hollywood?

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Peter Parker Picks Pulitzer Playwright for Spider-Man 4

Peter Parker Picks Pulitzer Playwright for Spider-Man 4

Not even alliteration could save Spider-Man 3, but could a Pulitzer Prize winner swing in and save the day for the Spider-Man franchise? Columbia Pictures thinks so.

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Exclusive: Picking the Brains of Zombie Girl stars Emily and Megan Hagins

Exclusive: Picking the Brains of Zombie Girl stars Emily and Megan Hagins

Emily M. Hagins, 16 year old director of Pathogen, and her mother Megan talk to us about the walking dead, the divide between Star Wars and Star Trek, and what comes next for the talented director.

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TV Review: The Office 5.6 - Employee Transfer

TV Review: The Office 5.6 - Employee Transfer

Holly (Amy Ryan) and Michael (Steve Carell) take the long trip to Nashua after they get some shocking news from corporate.

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Zombie Girl: The Movie: The Interview Part II

Zombie Girl: The Movie: The Interview Part II

The final part of our interview with the creative minds behind Zombie Girl: The Movie, a film that follows a 12-year old girl making a zombie flick.

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Exclusive: Digging up Answers with the Directors of Zombie Girl: The Movie

Exclusive: Digging up Answers with the Directors of Zombie Girl: The Movie

Part 1 in a 287-part interview series with the documentarians behind Zombie Girl: The Movie. Just kidding - there’s only 285 parts.

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A Peek at Porn Star Cameos in Mainstream Films

A Peek at Porn Star Cameos in Mainstream Films

In our third Porn Week feature, Adam Sweeney digs through a brief modern history of porn stars showing up in mainstream films to play off their pornstardom. Did you know Ron Jeremy was in Ronin? We did, too.

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TV Review: Heroes 3.7 - Eris Quod Sum

TV Review: Heroes 3.7 - Eris Quod Sum

Trapped and terrified, Nathan and Tracy fight for their lives against a much-changed, monstrous Suresh to free themselves, Maya and the doctor’s other “test subjects.”

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TV Review: The Office 5.4 - Crime Aid

TV Review: The Office 5.4 - Crime Aid

In an effort to help Pam afford art school, Michael gets her a job at corporate. Holly and Michael get an early start at getting it on, and Dwight makes an ultimatum to Angela.

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TV Review: The Office 5.3 - Baby Shower

TV Review: The Office 5.3 - Baby Shower

Michael practices for Jan’s birth by having Dwight go over birthing scenarios. Along the way, Dwight gives birth to a watermelon, Michael wants a golden shower, and Stanley wonders why people only care about pregnant womens’ sore nipples.

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Exclusive: Heroes Star Brea Grant Talks About Her Speed Addiction

Exclusive: Heroes Star Brea Grant Talks About Her Speed Addiction

Style, superpowers, and smarts. Brea Grant has them all and is quickly establishing herself as one of the rising stars in Hollywood. The triple threat actress who plays Daphne Middlebrook on Heroes and appears in Max Payne talked to us about her hit TV show, why she won’t read message boards, and why she loves Alien vs. Predator.

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TV Review: Heroes 3.5 - Angels and Monsters

TV Review: Heroes 3.5 - Angels and Monsters

Claire goes hunting for villains, Hiro and Ando look for answers to who’s behind the curtain, and the Pertrelli family finds they will have to set out an additional plate of China at dinner.

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DC Comics Chief Still Likes Routh as Superman

DC Comics Chief Still Likes Routh as Superman

Nobody will ever truly replace Christopher Reeve as the image of Superman, but Brandon Routh has earned DC Comics’ respect enough to keep the role of the Man of Steel.

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