C-U Blogfidential

From out of the archives, veteran Decatur Herald & Review entertainment editor Tim Cain talks about when Hollywood descended upon Decatur for THE INFORMANT! location filming in 2008.

THE INFORMANT! proves not to be the most heard on DVD, Blu-ray, and VOD in its first week of availability, although it does not stop C-U Blogfidential from mildly doting on featured actress Melanie Lynskey.

Now that we know the hoped-for “sleeper” success of THE INFORMANT! turned out to be one extended yawner, we turn from the film craft to the box office and consider what exactly went wrong.

It’s almost time to relive the conspiracy again and again in the comfort of your own home, as Warner Home Video plans to release THE INFORMANT! on DVD and Blu-ray on Tuesday, February 23, 2010.

THE INFORMANT! adds $8.7 million to its total earnings during its second full week of release in the U.S. Yes, we know its third full week of release just concluded. Tell it to the judge!

THE INFORMANT! collects $14 million at the U.S. box office during its first full week of release.

THE INFORMANT! is now playing in a theater near you.

The marketing personnel charged with selling THE INFORMANT! on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean came up with decidedly mismatched results.

The Avon Theater in Decatur, IL, will start playing the Warner Bros. picture THE INFORMANT!, starring Matt Damon, on September 18, 2009.

If a picture paints a thousand words, then what does the sight of Mark Whitacre (Matt Damon) hiding in the shitter with important-looking documents tell us, exactly?

THE INFORMANT has begun principal photography in Macon County, and the Decatur Herald & Review wants you to track Matt Damon’s every move. Or, not.

Articles in Decatur daily Herald & Review about the impending location shooting of Steven Soderbergh’s next studio picture, THE INFORMANT, in Decatur, IL, this April and May. Also, your editor scolds a well-meaning group for taking initiative on something that wasn’t theirs to begin with.