Michael Bay To TNMT Fans: “Chill” By Russ Fischer/March 20, 2012 7:30 am EST Briefly: Yesterday a quote from Michael Bay surfaced in which the producer/director said that the Platinum Dunes Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, produced by Bay and to be directed by Jonathan Liebesman, would feature characters that are “from an alien race.” Fans of the property flipped out a bit, but at the time Bay hadn’t taken to his own forums to respond....
Movie Poster: David Fincher’s The Social Network By Peter Sciretta/June 18, 2010 9:33 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The movie stars Jesse Eisenberg, Justin Timberlake, Andrew Garfield and Joe Mazzello. Columbia Pictures has given the film a rumored $47 million budget. Based on Ben Mezrich’s book The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook, a Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal, The Social Network tells the story of Eduardo Saverin and Mark Zuckerberg, the founders of Facebook....
Movie Trailer: Essential Killing, With Vincent Gallo As A Member Of The Taliban By Russ Fischer/July 5, 2010 10:24 pm EST After that last big interview we posted with Vincent Gallo, a lot of readers probably think he’s a total jerk, if not quite a cultural terrorist. That being the cast, perhaps his role in Essential Killing is playing directly to the audience who loves to hate him: Gallo plays Mohammed, a Taliban soldier who is captured by Americans in Afghanistan and transferred to Europe for interrogation....
New ‘Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides’ Story Details Emerge By Russ Fischer/Dec. 15, 2010 9:28 am EST We’ve just seen the first trailer for Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, and it sets up the basic concept: Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) ends up working with a woman from his past (Penelope Cruz) to find the fountain of youth, with famed pirate Blackbeard (Ian McShane) an an unusual accomplice/rival....
Our Favorite Films Of The 2011 Sundance Film Festival By Germain Lussier/Feb. 3, 2011 12:00 pm EST The general consensus is that this was one of the best Sundance’s in a long time, with about a huge number of films acquiring distribution in comparison to previous years. And while I think the overall quality was incredibly high, there were only a handful of films that stood out above the rest. Most of the 36 films I saw were middle of the pack....
Peter Jackson Protege Neill Blomkamp Doesn’t Care For 48 Fps, Christopher Nolan Doesn’t Know Anyone Who Likes 3D By Angie Han/July 18, 2012 11:30 am EST As Hollywood pushes for 3D, 4D, 48 fps, 60 fps, and Lord knows whatever comes next, a couple of high-profile directors have declared their allegiance to the old ways. Peter Jackson protégé and District 9 director Neill Blomkamp has stated his preference for good old-fashioned 2D over 3D and 24 fps over Jackson’s controversial use of 48 fps for The Hobbit....
Riley Keough In Talks For Mad Max: Fury Road By Russ Fischer/Aug. 10, 2010 3:30 am EST Tom Hardy is taking over the mantle of Mad Max from Mel Gibson (good timing) and while we don’t know too much about what series creator George Miller has planned for Max’s fourth outing, Mad Max: Fury Road, we now know more than we did a few hours ago. Riley Keough (aka the granddaughter of Elvis Presley , who made her feature debut in The Runaways) has joined the cast, and her role sheds a very tiny bit of light on the plot that might ensue....
Ron Shelton Has Written An Officially Licensed NFL Film ‘Week 14’ By Germain Lussier/Aug. 29, 2012 9:44 am EST For sports fans, the next sentence is like something out of some kind of drunken fantasy: Ron Shelton has written an officially licensed NFL drama. The man best known for sports films such as Bull Durham, White Men Can’t Jump, Tin Cup and Cobb is behind a script called Week 14, which will be directed by Tony Krantz (Sports Night, 24, Felicity) and is officially backed by the National Football League....
Sally Field Joins Spider-Man By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 4, 2010 6:26 pm EST Just a couple hours ago, it was revealed that Martin Sheen was in final negotiations to join the cast of Columbia Pictures’ 3D Spider-Man reboot. Now HeatVision is reporting that Academy Award-winning actress Sally Field (Norma Rae, Places in the Heart, Forrest Gump, Mrs. Doubtfire) is also in talks to join the film, which is being directed by (500) Days of Summer helmer Marc Webb....
Steve Zaillian Rewriting Paramount’s Jack Ryan Reboot By Russ Fischer/Feb. 2, 2011 1:46 pm EST Briefly: Paramount has been working on a revamp of Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan character. Chris Pine is starring, making him the fourth actor in the role after Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford and Ben Affleck, and Lost’s Jack Bender is directing.Hossein Amini wrote a draft, then the studio picked up Adam Cozad’s spec script Dubai, which the scribe reworked into a Jack Ryan film called Moscow....
Studio Ghibli Announces New Projects For Hayao Miyazaki And Isao Takahata By Angie Han/Sept. 5, 2011 6:00 am EST In the two and a half decades since its inception, Studio Ghibli has consistently put out some of the most beloved classics of animation — from Castle in the Sky and My Neighbor Totoro in the ’80s to more recent projects like Ponyo. So the recent announcement of not one, but two new projects, from studio co-founders Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata, is exciting news indeed....
The JustifiedCast S3E13 - Slaughterhouse (GUESTS: Maureen Ryan And Joanna Robinson) By David Chen/April 11, 2012 7:00 pm EST Dave chats with Maureen Ryan and Joanna Robinson about the third season finale of Justified. As things finally come to a close, how has Justified fared this season compared to seasons past? Be sure to read Maureen’s review of the season finale, as well as Joanna’s review. E-mail us and let us know what you thought of the episode, as well as of the podcast, at justifiedcast@gmail....
TIFF Movie Review: James Gunn’s Super By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 10, 2010 11:56 pm EST I was one of the many who really loved James Gunn’s Slither, and have been highly looking forward to his follow-up. Super premiered on Friday night as part of the Midnight Madness line-up of the Toronto International Film Festival. The film stars Rainn Wilson as a man who decides to become a super hero after a series of events which include his wife (played by Liv Tyler) leaving him, literally being touched by the finger of God in a dream, and seeing a morally-preachy superhero named the Holy Avenger (played by Nathan Fillion) on catholic television....
Tom Cruise Thriller ‘One Shot’ Is Now Called ‘Jack Reacher’ By Russ Fischer/May 29, 2012 2:00 pm EST This became apparent last week when images of studio ad banners (seen above and below) started to come out of Cannes, but now the change is official: Paramount has changed the name of Christopher McQuarrie’s new Tom Cruise action/thriller from One Shot to Jack Reacher. The film is an adaptation of Lee Child’s novel One Shot....
Toy Story 3 Finally Gets Negative Review, Becomes The Second Best Reviewed Movie Of All Time By Peter Sciretta/June 18, 2010 3:30 pm EST I’m not going to debate the merits of the achievement — best reviewed film of all time doesn’t mean best movie of all time. Also, as we know Rotten Tomatoes is not based on a scale of enjoyment, just thumbs up or down. Meaning, the best reviewed film of all time on Rotten Tomatoes means the largest percentage of possitive reviews....
William Fichtner Joins Neill Blomkamp’s ‘Elysium’ By Peter Sciretta/April 6, 2011 2:30 pm EST Variety is reporting that character actor William Fichtner is in final talks to join District 9 director Neill Blomkamp’s second feature Elysium. Fichtner will join Jodie Foster, Matt Damon, Sharlto Copley and Wagner Moura. The actor is probably best known for his television roles: Alex Mahone on Prison Break, Sheriff Tom Underlay on Invasion and Phil Yagoda on Entourage....
WonderCon Moves To Anaheim For 2012 By Germain Lussier/Sept. 1, 2011 6:00 pm EST Southern California residents are ridiculously spoiled. Forget about the virtually perfect weather every single day, in terms of massive pop culture gatherings alone, there’s an embarrassment of riches. And next year it just gets bigger. We already have San Diego Comic-Con, the granddaddy of them all, the kind of convention so massive it makes every other one pale in comparison....
/Film LA: Derrick Comedy’s Mystery Team DVD Launch At Laser Blazer By Peter Sciretta/May 21, 2010 1:00 pm EST Derrick Comedy (DC Pierson, Donald Glover, Dominic Dierkes, director Dan Eckman, and producer Meggie McFadden) will be appearing at Laser Blazer on 10587 W. Pico Blvd in Los Angeles on Saturday, June 5th 2010 from 2:00pm-3:30pm to sign copies of the Mystery Team DVD and hold a Q&A. Full details after the jump....
‘Game Of Thrones’ Season 2 Trailer - Targaryen Vs. Baratheon Vs. Lannister Vs. Stark By Angie Han/Feb. 27, 2012 1:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Believe it or not, there’s just 34 days left to go until the second season premiere of HBO’s Game of Thrones. And as that date approaches, the teasers and trailers have been getting ever so slightly more revealing. The latest ditches the dramatic narration of the last two, so we get more dialogue this time around — and, consequently, a better idea of the struggles the characters will be facing in the upcoming season....
‘Silent Hill: Revelation 3D’ Set For Halloween Release By Russ Fischer/April 18, 2012 2:00 pm EST You might have forgotten that there is a new Silent Hill film that went into production last year, and has been in the editing room in recent weeks. Seems like the movie comes up every once in a while, then news on it goes quiet for months at a time. But with a relatively well-received new Silent Hill game on shelves (I liked it OK, anyway) and an anthology of remastered classic chapters from the series also arriving, this is probably the best time to make a deal to distribute the new movie....
