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Lawsuits and elections and marketing, oh my!<\/span><\/p>\n

1.<\/a> Stephen Harper<\/a>, who may or may not be re-elected Prime Minister when Canadians go to the polls on Tuesday, has pulled the plug on a controversial clause in Bill C-10<\/a> that would have allowed the government to deny tax credits to Canadian films for their \u201cmorally offensive\u201d content. (Many critics had noted that the clause, which would have denied the credits to those films after<\/i> the films had already been made, would have made it incredibly difficult to arrange financing for Canadian films before<\/i> they were made, and thus could have had a radically destabilizing influence on the industry as a whole.) Filmmakers have welcomed the news, of course, and Harper\u2019s decision to abandon this clause has been interpreted by some as \u201ca major blow to the religious right\u201d, because a number of social conservatives, notably Charles McVety<\/a>, had spoken in favour of the clause and had even taken credit for its inclusion in the bill in the first place. \u2014 Globe and Mail<\/a><\/i>, Canadian Press<\/a>, Hollywood Reporter<\/a><\/i>, Variety<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

2.<\/a> Yoko Ono has dropped her lawsuit<\/a> against the makers of Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed<\/a><\/i> \u2014 but just to be safe, the DVD version<\/a> that comes out in two weeks will not feature the John Lennon song that prompted the lawsuit in the first place. \u2014 Reuters<\/a><\/p>\n

3.<\/a> Religulous<\/a><\/i> is attracting laughter and applause, but some observers think it is merely \u201cpreaching to the choir.\u201d In other news, one Christian blogger notes that the studio distributing the film, i.e. Lionsgate, is also the studio that sells Lee Strobel\u2019s The Case for Faith: The Film<\/a><\/i> on DVD, and it is involved with other films<\/a> that have a faith-based connection, as well. So, yeah, as with many businesses, so here: it\u2019s the money-making potential, and not the philosophy of any given product, that matters to the company in the end. \u2014 Reuters<\/a>, Christians in Cinema<\/a><\/p>\n

4.<\/a> Speaking of Lionsgate, the studio is also distributing a horror movie called House<\/a><\/i> \u2014 which is not to be confused with the 1986 film<\/a> of that name. The new film, which comes out November 7, is based on a novel by Christian author Ted Dekker<\/a>, but it is also rated R \u2014 so the studio is reportedly uncertain how to go about marketing the film. Should it go for the Christian base, or should it try to reel in regular horror fans? You might think that The Passion of the Christ<\/a><\/i> (2004) had proved that Christians can be open to seeing R-rated movies with a religious component, but apparently the studio isn\u2019t convinced. \u2014 Ted Dekker<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"