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| | Universal and Imagine to Mine Playboy Archives for Film Ideas |
 | | Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment, headed by Brian Grazer and Ron Howard, have finalized a deal with Alta Loma Entertainment, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Playboy Enterprises Inc., for the archival rights to 48 years of material published in Playboy magazine as source material for new feature films. |
 | | Imagine's Grazer said, "For almost 50 years, Playboy magazine has served as the birthplace of source material for numerous movies, TV shows and plays, but we think there's still a lot of gold left to be mined from those archives. |
 | | Upcoming Universal releases produced by Imagine include the action-comedy Undercover Brother, directed by Malcolm D. Lee and opening May 31; the romantic adventure Blue Crush, directed by John Stockwel; and the drama 8 Mile, starring Eminem and directed by Curtis Hanson, opening November 8. |
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