Pixar Titles Bob Peterson’s Dinosaur Movie ‘Frozen’ By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 22, 2001 1:00 pm EST Story is not true. Pixar Titles Bob Peterson’s Dinosaur Movie ‘Frozen’ By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 22, 2001 1:00 pm EST Story is not true.
PT Anderson’s ‘The Master’ Delayed Indefinitely By Russ Fischer/Sept. 20, 2010 9:18 am EST Bad news: according to Jeremy Renner, Paul Thomas Anderson’s next movie, tentatively called The Master, has been delayed for the foreseeable future. The film, which would parallel the development of Scientology and follow, in particular, the rise of an L. Ron Hubbard-like figure, has run into problems that Anderson ‘couldn’t overcome.’ The Playlist grabbed quotes from Jeremy Renner that appeared in Total Film magazine, where Renner says the film ran up against a wall....
Rare Uncut Version Of ‘The Shining’ To Screen In New York By Angie Han/Sept. 19, 2011 10:00 am EST There’s a reason that, three decades later, The Shining still holds up as a classic — it’s the kind of masterful work you can watch multiple times and find something new to admire or enjoy each time. But if you’re lucky enough to live in upstate New York, you may get a chance to actually see the film in a whole new light....
Release Date Changes: The Fighter Gets A Date, Rango And Kung Fu Panda Sequel Move By Peter Sciretta/June 24, 2010 10:00 am EST David O. Russell’s The Fighter finally has an official release date: December 10th 2010, just in time for award season. I’m sure the film will premiere at one of the September film festivals (Telluride, Toront, Venice). We also have some minor release date changes for DreamWorks Animation’s sequel Kung Fu Panda: The Kaboom of Doom Paramount will hit theaters one day earlier, Thursday May 26th 2011 instead of Friday, May 27th....
Rumor Control: Peter Jackson Not Yet Confirmed As Director Of ‘The Hobbit’ By Russ Fischer/Oct. 8, 2010 12:14 pm EST You might have noticed earlier this week that a great many sites ran articles proclaiming that Peter Jackson had been confirmed as director of The Hobbit at long last. But there was one problem: all those articles were based on a Deadline report that was essentially a chest-puffing piece complaining that a few other articles (such as one in the LA Times) were repeating info that Deadline broke months ago....
Sequel Bits: Joss Whedon Wants To Go Smaller With ‘The Avengers 2’, Plus: ‘Beverly Hills Ninja 2’, ‘John Carter 2’, ‘Halloween 3D’, ‘[REC]3 Genesis’ By Angie Han/March 9, 2012 6:00 am EST Producer Jim Morris revealed that they’d written treatments for the first three films of the franchise when starting on the first John Carter — not because they were sure there’d be a sequel, but because they wanted “to have the story arcs figured out so that if we did have that good fortune, we wouldn’t have boxed ourselves into a corner....
TV Bits: Dish Network To Drop AMC, IFC, Sundance, WEtv, Plus: ‘Game Of Thrones’, ‘Southland’, ‘Borgias’, ‘The Simpsons’ By Angie Han/May 4, 2012 4:30 pm EST “We thought it might be fun to borrow/pay homage to/steal an idea from High Fidelity and have him go on a romantic pilgrimage and visit the girls that he dated and try to figure out how the hell he screwed things up with each of them,” says episode writer (and series consulting producer) Tim Long....
Two More Join ‘Hunger Games,’ Deals Possibly Offered To Woody Harrelson, Stanley Tucci And Lenny Kravitz By Germain Lussier/April 29, 2011 3:00 pm EST Though they didn’t rank on our list of top ten roles yet to be cast in The Hunger Games, Lionsgate has announced two more child competitors to battle to the death in the upcoming Gary Ross directed film. Chris Mark and Jackie Emerson will play the District 5 Tributes....
VOTD: ‘Lazy Sunday 2,’ From Narnia To Sister Act By Germain Lussier/May 21, 2012 4:00 pm EST In 2005, Andy Samberg and Chris Parnell kind of invented the viral video with Lazy Sunday, a rap song on Saturday Night Live about an activity filled Sunday in Manhattan. The song was catchy, funny, introduced millions of people to YouTube and probably drove up tickets sales a few dollars for The Chronic-WHAT-cles of Narnia....
Will ‘Star Trek 2’ Be Delayed Until The 2012 Holiday Season? By Russ Fischer/May 25, 2011 9:37 am EST Just hours ago Roberto Orci talked about having a 70-page outline for the Star Trek sequel which has been dated by Paramount for release on June 29, 2012, and that once J.J. Abrams agrees to direct the film, they’ll move forward into the script stage with all speed. That knowledge leads to a lot more questions than it answers....
‘Catching Fire’ Producer Says Garrett Hedlund And Armie Hammer Not On Shortlist - Because There Is No Shortlist Yet By Angie Han/June 6, 2012 5:00 pm EST Robert Pattinson and Taylor Kitsch have already shut down rumors that they were being eyed for the key role of Finnick Odair in Francis Lawrence’s The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. Now Nina Jacobson has stepped up to cross off the other two names on the alleged shortlist, Garrett Hedlund and Armie Hammer....
‘Fat Kid Rules The World’ Red-Band Trailer - Now Matthew Lillard Is Also A Director By Angie Han/March 9, 2012 1:00 pm EST The days of remembering Matthew Lillard as “that guy from Scooby-Doo” are definitely numbered. After making a splash in last year’s The Descendants, Lillard quickly landed another high-profile dramatic role opposite Clint Eastwood in Robert Lorenz’ Trouble With the Curve. But it turns out he’s not just a talented comedic and dramatic actor — he’s a director, too....
/Film Exclusive: Watch A Clip From ‘Jeff, Who Lives At Home’ By Germain Lussier/March 1, 2012 6:30 pm EST There comes a time in every person’s life when they finally have to pick up and move away from home. Some do it as soon as possible. Others, like the title character in the Duplass Brothers’ comedy Jeff, Who Lives At Home, take a little longer. Or, make that a lot longer....
‘Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2’ Photo Reveals The Bloody Battle Of Hogwarts By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 17, 2011 4:30 pm EST Warner Bros has released a new photo from the upcoming, and final installment of the Harry Potter film series, Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows: Part II. The photo gives us our first peek at the brutal and bloody battle of Hogwarts. Hit the jump to see the photo now....
‘Life Of Pi’ Trailer: Adrift In The Cruel, Beautiful Sea By Angie Han/July 25, 2012 8:30 am EST The new trailer isn’t our first look at the film — we’ve already seen a brief clip and previewed certain scenes — but it gives us the best look yet at the epic scope and storybook feel of the movie. And so far, it seems the praise is entirely justified. Check out the video after the jump....
‘Paradise Lost’ Shoot Delayed; Meanwhile, Bradley Cooper Still Planning To Script ‘Hyperion’ By Russ Fischer/Dec. 13, 2011 7:00 am EST If you’ve been following the development of Paradise Lost, which Alex Proyas was planning to direct early next year with Bradley Cooper starring as Lucifer, and which is said to feature a few massive battles between armored airborne angels, you might have thought, “gee, that sounds really expensive.” Turns out Disney isn’t the only company willing to put a film on hold when the budget threatens to get out of hand, as Legendary Entertainment has just benched Paradise Lost while some script changes are made that will help bring the budget down a bit....
‘Promised Land’ Trailer: Gus Van Sant Sets Matt Damon Against John Krasinski By Angie Han/Sept. 21, 2012 3:00 pm EST Gus Van Sant’s Promised Land became a surprise awards contender when Focus Features decided relatively late in the game to give it an Oscar-qualifying limited run, but this first trailer suggests it’s more than worthy of the competition. Matt Damon stars as Steve, a likeable corporate salesman who arrives in a small rural town to pick up drilling rights....
‘Salmon Fishing In The Yemen’ Trailer: Ewan McGregor And Emily Blunt Do Exactly That By Germain Lussier/Dec. 16, 2011 10:30 am EST A trailer for the new Lasse Hallström film, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, has just been released. We know, it’s a terrible title. Is it a metaphor for some kind of life experience? Actually, no. It’s quite literal. The film, starring Kristin Scott Thomas, Ewan McGregor and Emily Blunt is about the act of trying to introduce the act of salmon fishing to the Middle Eastern country of Yemen....
‘Silent House’ Trailer - Elizabeth Olsen Gets Spooked, Allegedly In A Single Take By Angie Han/Jan. 6, 2012 10:00 am EST Elizabeth Olsen became the breakout star (well, one of two breakout stars, the other being Brit Marling) of last year’s Sundance Film Festival on the strength of two roles. The first was Sean Durkin’s cult brainwashing drama Martha Marcy May Marlene, which hit theaters last fall to glowing reviews and serious Oscar buzz for Olsen’s performance....
‘Superman’ Bits: Zack Snyder Talks About Realism And Casting The Kents; Amanda Seyfried Auditioned, But Lost Out By Russ Fischer/March 21, 2011 1:30 pm EST We still know relatively little about Zack Snyder’s Superman. Henry Cavill is the new Kryptonian, and Diane Lane and Kevin Costner are his adoptive parents on Earth. The director has said that the film will be more action-oriented, with his Superman being a more physical character than what we saw in Superman Returns....
