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"Blackhat" was a major flop for director Michael Mann, grossing only $19.7 million on a $70 million budget. Mann takes full responsibility for the film's failure, admitting that the script was not ...

What is it about hackers that invariably stumps Hollywood? Even when filmmakers get the details right, as Michael Mann does with Blackhat, his moody exploration of cyberterrorism, they often stumble ...

Over eight years after the commercial failure of “Blackhat,” director Michael Mann is putting the blame where he feels it belongs: Michael Mann. “It’s my responsibility,” Mann told the publication.

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Michael Mann’s upcoming movie “Blackhat” has been largely overshadowed by intense media attention focused on the Christmas release of the assassination comedy “The Interview,” linked to the disastrous ...

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