VOTD: ‘Star Wars Dark Resurrection Vol. 0,’ A 40-Minute ‘Star Wars’ Fan Film By Germain Lussier/Oct. 10, 2011 3:00 pm EST Quality fan films are a needle in a haystack. A haystack made up of bad fan films. It doesn’t take much time or effort to make a bad fan film because anyone with an iPhone can shoot what they think is a Star Wars or Firefly movie. A good one, though, is rare because it’s akin to a real production....
Warner Bros. Developing ‘The Fourth Realm Trilogy,’ From Enigmatic Novelist John Twelve Hawks By Russ Fischer/March 23, 2012 4:00 pm EST Warner Bros. is looking for a new franchise starter in the novel The Traveler, which is the first in the Fourth Realm Trilogy written by a relatively mysterious author named John Twelve Hawks. The book describes a world in which a small secret society known by many as The Tabula have achieved a sort of stability through total social control....
Warner Bros. Now In Talks To Make ‘The Dark Tower,’ Javier Bardem Still Attached By Russ Fischer/March 12, 2012 6:19 pm EST Fittingly for Stephen King’s long, winding novel series The Dark Tower, the road to the screen for the property has been a weird and bumpy one. Conceived by Ron Howard, Akiva Goldsman and Brian Grazer as a very ambitious adaptation that would involve three films and two connective television mini-series, the adaptation was originally housed at Universal, thanks to the company’s deal with Grazer and Howard’s Imagine Entertainment....
Warner Bros. Preps A Grudge Match By Russ Fischer/May 24, 2010 6:58 am EST Briefly: It isn’t often that you hear that a film seeks to emulate the tone of the 2000 Clint Eastwood film Space Cowboys. A studio making a movie featuring characters who are over 25? Insanity! And yet here’s Grudge Match, a writer’s pitch that Warner Bros. bought and will develop as a feature. Tim Kelleher sold the idea to WB, says THR, and will write the script....
WTF: China Bans Time-Travel Movies And TV; Four Great Classical Novels Also Off-Limits By Russ Fischer/April 7, 2011 1:15 pm EST UPDATE: Reading more into this and looking at other translations, the ’time-travel’ aspect may not be correct; rather it is the representation of historical characters that is becoming unacceptable. I’m looking into this more, and for now I’m leaving the headline and story as-is, but proceed with that note in mind....
WTF: Taiwanese Animators Create New ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ Trailer By Russ Fischer/July 26, 2011 1:00 pm EST If this isn’t the most grotesque take on Batman you see today, I’m not sure I want to see what is. The folks at Taiwanese ’news’ animation site NMA.tv have come up with an alternate cut of a teaser for The Dark Knight Rises. At least, that’s the pitch. In reality this is more like the next-day fever dream of someone who collapsed on the couch after binging on horse tranquilizers, Mountain Dew and Batman slashfic....
‘At The Mountains Of Madness’ Not Yet Greenlit; Guillermo Del Toro Talks About His Approach To Lovecraft By Russ Fischer/Sept. 14, 2010 11:35 am EST We’ll probably be talking a lot about At the Mountains of Madness over the next year, as Guillermo del Toro prepares the project and, if things go well, the cameras roll. We’ve already heard a bit about the film from producer James Cameron’s perspective, but now Guillermo del Toro has explained some of his approach to bringing the horrors of H....
‘Holy Motors’ Trailer - Leos Carax Returns With Cannes 2012’s Most Insane Film By Angie Han/May 25, 2012 3:00 pm EST We haven’t talked much about Leos Carax’s Holy Motors in the run-up to its Cannes debut, but now that the festival’s underway it’s already emerging as a strong candidate for the most buzzed-about title of this year’s event. Since premiering on Wednesday, Carax’ first feature since 1999’s Pola X has drawn tons of fervent admiration and a bit of withering scorn — but the one thing everyone seems to agree on is that it’s totally freaking off-the-wall insane....
‘Safe House’ Trailer; Denzel Washington And Ryan Reynolds Star In CIA Thriller By Germain Lussier/Nov. 3, 2011 11:31 am EST Safe House is one of those movies we’ve been tracking for a very long time. We wrote about it when the David Guggenheim penned thriller sold on spec, then again when it made the Black List, and all the way through casting which included Denzel Washington, Ryan Reynolds, Brendan Gleeson, Sam Shepard, Vera Farmiga and others....
‘X-Men: First Class’ Probably Killed ‘X-Men Origins: Magneto’; Wolverine 2 And Deadpool Updates By Adam Quigley/Aug. 25, 2010 7:00 pm EST Discussions of X-Men Origins: Magneto stopped about the same time that X-Men: First Class was announced. Last we heard about it, Bryan Singer was still signed on to direct First Class, and he said that the film might supersede the Magneto prequel. Now we’ve got an update from producer Lauren Shuler Donner, providing a slightly more definitive answer on the matter, as well as a few details on Deadpool and the sequel to X-Men Origins: Wolverine....
Amanda Seyfried And Taylor Swift Offered Tom Hooper’s ‘Les Misérables’ [Updated] By Angie Han/Jan. 4, 2012 5:00 am EST [Update: Deadline now reports that Seyfried is in final negotiations for the role.] Tom Hooper’s already star-studded cast for Les Misérables is about to expand by two more, as news breaks that Amanda Seyfried and Taylor Swift have been offered the roles of Cosette and Éponine, respectively. If Seyfried and Swift accept, they’ll also be joining Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Helena Bonham Carter, Sacha Baron Cohen, Aaron Tveit, and Eddie Redmayne in the musical, which is due out next winter....
Billy Ray And JJ Abrams Working On A Mysterious New Project For Paramount By Angie Han/Oct. 3, 2011 10:30 am EST Briefly: The “mysterious” part of the headline really goes without saying, doesn’t it? Deadline reports that famously secretive filmmaker JJ Abrams is joining forces with screenwriter Billy Ray for a “mystery adventure,” the pitch for which has just been purchased by Paramount. That’s all we know at this point, but we like Abrams enough that any new project with his name on it tends to grab our attention....
Casting Bits: Three Join Billy Bob Thornton Comedy ‘Baytown Disco;’ Sebastian Stan In ‘Gone;’ Jane Levy In Talks For ‘Fun Size’ By Russ Fischer/April 29, 2011 4:30 pm EST In a casting break from a week or so back we announced quite a few names for The Baytown Disco, which has Billy Bob Thornton and Eva Longoria starring in a story of " three redneck brothers who get more than they bargained for when agreeing to help a woman get her son back from his seemingly abusive father....
Cool Stuff: Old-School ‘Tron’ Motorcycle Helmet By Russ Fischer/Dec. 10, 2010 10:00 am EST If I was 14 and a motorcycle enthusiast, this helmet would be high on my Christmas wishlist. Or if I thought I might grow into the Tron Guy (this could still happen) I’d pick this up as an investment. Point is: original Tron circuit pattern designs adorning an old-school open-face motorcycle helmet is a pretty nifty thing....
Damon Lindelof Explains How Ridley Scott’s ‘Prometheus’ Is Connected To The ‘Alien’ Films By Peter Sciretta/June 28, 2011 11:00 am EST You can watch the whole two and a half hour interview here.
David Tennant And Christopher Mintz-Plasse Join Fright Night By Russ Fischer/June 8, 2010 9:31 pm EST If you’re a fan of the original Fright Night, the headline alone is probably enough to clue you in on which actor is playing what role in the remake to be directed by Craig Gillespie. David Tennant and Christopher Mintz-Plasse are now part of the film, and will play the sort-of mentor to and best friend of Charley Brewster (Anton Yelchin), who runs into trouble when a vampire (Colin Farrell) moves in next door....
Emma Stone And Catherine Keener Join The Croods By Peter Sciretta/May 4, 2010 7:51 pm EST Emma Stone and Catherine Keener havce joined the voice cast of DreamWorks Animation’s 3D computer animated film The Croods.Why You Should Care: Lilo & Stich/How To Train Your Dragon helmer Chris Sanders and Space Chimps helmer Kirk DeMicco are co-directing the caveman comedy, based on a screenplay originally developed by Monty Python alumni John Cleese and DeMicco....
Geek Deal: Pre-Order ‘Men In Black 3’ On Blu-Ray, Get Free Movie Ticket By Peter Sciretta/May 24, 2012 6:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links.
Infographic: What Is ‘Source Code’ By Peter Sciretta/March 17, 2011 7:00 am EST Check out this infographic for Moon director Duncan Jones’ upcoming sci-fi action thriller Source Code, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan and Vera Farmiga. The film tells the story of a soldier who “wakes up in the body of an unknown man and discovers he’s part of a mission to find the bomber of a Chicago commuter train.” In Groundhog Day-like repetition, he hopes to find the bomber and try to change history (if that is even possible?...
International Movie Trailer: Tom Tykwer’s ‘Drei’ By Russ Fischer/Nov. 27, 2010 8:19 am EST After faltering with The International, acclaimed and very interesting filmmaker Tom Tykwer has made his first German film in several years. The movie is Drei (Three) and we’ve seen a couple of stills in the past months, but haven’t had a lot of info. Turns out there’s a German trailer for the film, and while half the clip will be inscrutable for those who don’t speak German (like me) there’s enough material here to give you some idea of what the film offers....
