‘Arthur’ Trailer #2 By Peter Sciretta/March 2, 2011 7:30 pm EST Warner Bros has released a second movie trailer for the remake of Arthur. Russell Brand plays an “irresponsible charmer” named Arthur Bachwho will lose his limitless fortune if he doesn’t accept an arranged marriage. I’m still not sold on two things: 1. The need for this remake and 2. that this movie is funny enough to warrant a $10-$15 movie ticket....
By Germain Lussier/March 29, 2011 11:30 am EST It’s been almost a year since we heard any news about a Fraggle Rock movie. That goes for the director too. As more and more properties from the Seventies and Eighties get remade, rebooted or reimagined, the idea of a Fraggle Rock movie like a no-brainer. Now Cory Edwards, the director of Hoodwinked who has long been attached to Fraggle Rock: The Movie has posted an update to his blog about the film and it seems like the ball is totally in the court of the Weinstein Company....
‘Inception’ Score To Be Turned Into ‘Augmented Sound Project’ By Russ Fischer/Nov. 9, 2010 2:19 pm EST What the hell is an augmented sound project? Good question. The company Reality Jockey created an iPhone app called RjDJ which, according to WiredUK, “detects ambient sounds, rips out samples or mutates them into harmonies, then intelligently mashes them up with what’s playing.” And now, also according to WiredUK, the company is working with Christopher Nolan and Hans Zimmer to create a new project based on the score to Inception....
‘Reno 911!’ Co-Creator Robert Ben Garant To Direct ‘Baywatch’ Movie By Angie Han/Sept. 21, 2012 6:00 am EST Now, given that progression, the new choice of director makes perfect sense. According to a new report, Reno 911! co-creator / star Robert Ben Garant has signed on to helm. Whether he’ll also rewrite is not clear at this point. However, it’s probably safe to assume that the new script isn’t a whole lot like Baywatch the show....
‘Searching For Sugar Man’ - A Documentary That Feels Like A Musical ‘Harry Potter’ Story [Sundance 2012] By Germain Lussier/Jan. 20, 2012 1:30 pm EST There are no magic tricks in Searching for Sugar Man. No one has a wand and the stakes are certainly not life or death. It just so happens that the fascinating real life story of Rodriguez, a rock singer from the early 1970s, shares some eerie parallels with everyone’s favorite boy wizard, Harry Potter....
‘The Dark Knight Rises’ Ending Not Printed In Production Script By Peter Sciretta/March 28, 2011 8:00 am EST At the Empire Awards, Gary Oldman talked to Absolute Radio about The Dark Knight Rises. As you might expect, he was very vague in his responses, and didn’t reveal too many details. Oldman did say that he has read the script, and that “It’s a really great story, a great script — he’s outdone himself from The Dark Knight!...
‘The Raid’ Director Gareth Evans Discusses His Sequel Plans By Russ Fischer/March 12, 2012 4:00 pm EST Enthusiasm for Gareth Evans’ film The Raid, about a police assault on a tenement building held and fortified by a drug/crime lord, shows no sign of abating. The film has been earning fans in droves since premiering at TIFF last year. It just played SXSW where it converted more fans. The Raid opens in the US as The Raid: Redemption, on March 23....
‘The Vow’ Trailer #2 – Two Nicholas Sparks Veterans Return For More Schmaltz By Angie Han/Nov. 17, 2011 3:30 pm EST It’d be an exaggeration to say that Rachel McAdams owes her career to Nicholas Sparks, but only somewhat. Along with Mean Girls, it was her starring turn in The Notebook that really established her as an in-demand young actress. So perhaps it’s out of gratitude that she’s returned to Sparks territory for The Vow, another predictably weepy romance penned by the bestselling author....
Alexander Payne Returning To Postponed Roadtrip Script ‘Nebraska’ By Russ Fischer/Jan. 18, 2011 6:31 pm EST After a few years of relative inactivity (public inactivity, at least) director Alexander Payne is really getting back to work. He’s wrapped a feature adaptation of The Descendants, which we could see late this fall during the Sept festival circuit, and now has revived a script that he started considering back in 2004 when Sideways was a hot indie commodity....
Antoine Fuqua To Direct ‘Hunter Killer’ By Russ Fischer/Sept. 28, 2011 3:31 pm EST Is Antoine Fuqua trying to compete with Guillermo del Toro for the ‘guy attached to the most projects’ award? In the past year alone we’ve heard that he might direct a Tupac Shakur film, a movie called Afterburn, a Chinese epic, the Eminem boxing film Southpaw, the Summit project Storming Las Vegas, and a Showtime documentary about Suge Knight....
Brad Pitt Confirmed For Andrew Dominik’s ‘Cogan’s Trade,’ Which Could Shoot In New Orleans In March By Russ Fischer/Dec. 30, 2010 12:30 pm EST We heard not long ago that director Andrew Dominik might be doing another film with Casey Affleck and Brad Pitt, aka the leads from his last film, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. In November Brad Pitt was said to be negotiating for a role in Cogan’s Trade, which will adapt the George V....
Breaking Bad Director To Helm Some Of The Walking Dead? By Russ Fischer/July 5, 2010 11:44 pm EST Briefly: Quick, what is one of the most unexpectedly fantastic-looking things we’ve seen lately? Right: images from the pilot of The Walking Dead, directed by Frank Darabont. (None too surprising there.) While we haven’t seen any actual footage from the adaptation of Robert Kirkman’s comic, frequent Stephen King collaborator Darabont seems to be going all out based on still photos....
Casting Bits: Elijah Wood In ‘Treasure Island’; Neve Campbell In ‘The Glass Man’; Michael Fassbender In ‘Genius’? By Russ Fischer/Jan. 10, 2011 12:30 pm EST The big Elijah Wood news in the past couple days was that the actor will appear in The Hobbit to reprise his character Frodo from The Lord of the Rings. (Details on that appearance here.) But he’s also got another role booked: he’ll be Ben Gunn in a Sky TV adaptation of Treasure Island, scripted by Stewart Harcourt and directed by Steve Barron (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)....
Casting Bits: Jake Gyllenhaal In David Ayer’s ‘End Of Watch;’ Olivia Thirlby In ‘Suck City;’ Mira Sorvino In ‘Trade Of Innocents’ By Russ Fischer/March 3, 2011 1:40 pm EST Training Day and Harsh Times writer David Ayer is putting together his next film: a cop drama called End of Watch that he’ll write and direct. Jake Gyllenhaal is now in negotiations to star. Variety says the film is “a gritty drama that follows the friendship between longtime partners....
Cloud-Based “Digital Locker” System UltraViolet Launches With ‘Horrible Bosses’ Release By Angie Han/Oct. 12, 2011 3:00 pm EST The array of home video options generally strikes me as a good thing, but one annoying downside is the effort of sorting through all my movie collections in various formats. I can’t watch my DVDs when I travel unless I bring them with me; I can’t access my downloaded movies unless I’m at my computer; I own more than one copy of In Bruges because I simply forgot that I’d already downloaded it the first time....
Details Emerge On Barry Levinson’s Eco-Horror Film ‘The Bay,’ Formerly Called ‘Isopod’ By Russ Fischer/Sept. 1, 2010 9:04 pm EST A couple weeks back, there was some really early word that Barry Levinson would be making a film with sci-fi overtones. Called Isopod, the movie was reportedly a thriller that would shoot in the Carolinas. Now there’s a lot more detail, starting off with a title change: Isopod is now called The Bay....
Exclusive: The Final Poster For M Night Shyamalan’s The Last Airbender By Peter Sciretta/May 6, 2010 9:00 am EST Paramount Pictures has given us the oppurtunity to premiere the final movie poster for M Night Shyamalan’s big screen live-action adaptation of The Last Airbender. Check it out in full, unwatermarked, after the jump. Click to enlarge. Official Plot Synopsis: Based on the hugely successful Nickelodeon animated TV series, the live-action feature film is set in a world where human civilization is divided into four nations: Water, Earth, Air and Fire....
Fresh Air’s 37-Minute Interview With ‘Toy Story 3’ Director Lee Unkrich And Screenwriter Michael Arndt By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 21, 2010 8:00 am EST If you read /Film regularly, you know my love for long form interviews where filmmakers are allowed to go deeper into the art of storytelling and moviemaking. This week Toy Story 3 director Lee Unkrich and screenwriter Michael Arndt appeared on NPR’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross. The 37-minute interview delves into a bunch of interesting subjects....
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