‘The FP’ Trailer By Germain Lussier/March 21, 2011 8:00 am EST With South by Southwest now in the books, it’s time the people who weren’t there to do an inventory: what got picked up, what didn’t, what do we need to keep on our radars and what can we forget about. One of the films that piqued many people’s interest and really set off a lot of discussion was The FP, which was programmed by Fantastic Fest as part of the SXFantastic series....
‘The King’s Speech’ Director Tom Hooper Hasn’t Yet Seen The PG-13 Edit Of His Film By Russ Fischer/Feb. 28, 2011 4:00 pm EST Harvey Weinstein has created a new, more family-friendly PG-13 cut of The King’s Speech, but the film’s director Tom Hooper, the proud owner of a shiny new Best Director Oscar, hasn’t yet seen the cut. Within the context of creative enterprise this is an interesting representation of the cross purposes of storytelling and business, but after the resounding endorsement of the current version of the film (four Oscars, over $100m domestic box office) is the whole idea of a different edit just a weird coda to the film’s success story?...
83rd Annual Academy Award Winners [Live-Blog] By Germain Lussier/Feb. 27, 2011 3:00 pm EST Leading the pack with twelve total nominations was The King’s Speech, followed by True Grit with ten, Inception and The Social Network with eight, The Fighter with seven, 127 Hours with six, Black Swan and Toy Story 3 with five and The Kids Are all Right and Winter’s Bone with four. And those just so happen to be the 10 films nominated for Best Picture....
ALF Movie In The Works? Maybe By Angie Han/May 23, 2012 1:00 pm EST Along the lines of 21 Jump Street, The A-Team, The Smurfs, Dark Shadows, The Muppets, Alvin and the Chipmunks, the (now non-mutant) Ninja Turtles, etc., etc., etc., ALF could be the next retro property to find new life on the big screen. Or so hopes Paul Fusco, anyway. The ALF creator and puppeteer recently revealed his intention to pitch a movie about the character to studios....
Casting Bits: Chris Noth And Neve Campbell In Titanic Mini-Series, Joaquin Phoenix Could Join Spike Jonze, Annette Bening In ‘Worst Year Of My Life’ Michael Buckner/Getty Images By Germain Lussier/Sept. 1, 2011 5:00 am EST A new take on one of the most famous stories of all time, one of our favorite filmmakers starts to think about a project down the road, Catwoman puts another possible project on her plate and a four time Oscar-nominee gets another shot at gold....
Casting Notes: Thomas Jane And Ashley Greene In LOL; Angela Bassett In Jumping A Broom; Heather Graham In Judy Moody By Russ Fischer/June 30, 2010 5:23 pm EST We haven’t talked much about the film LOL, a remake of a French comedy, because it is a Miley Cyrus picture. Not really what most of our audience is clamoring to learn about. But on this Eclipse eve, why not report that Twilight co-star Ashley Greene is joining the cast along with everyone’s favorite sorta-tough guy, Thomas Jane....
Christopher McQuarrie Hired To Adapt British Miniseries ‘Unforgiven’ As Star Vehicle For Angelina Jolie By Russ Fischer/Aug. 25, 2010 4:19 pm EST GK Films is seriously in the Angelina Jolie business. (And so are we, lately.) The company financed The Tourist, which Jolie finished shooting not long ago (with co-star Johnny Depp under director Florian Henckel von Donnsersmarck) and will bankroll the Bosnian War film Jolie is writing and directing....
Ewan McGregor Is The Star Of Terry Gilliam’s ‘The Man Who Killed Don Quixote’ By Russ Fischer/May 17, 2010 10:27 am EST The first time Terry Gilliam tried to shoot The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, he had stars Johnny Depp and Jean Rochefort. That production ran into myriad difficulties and was shut down (as chronicled by us in other articles and in the doc Lost in La Mancha) but Gilliam is about to try again....
F. Gary Gray Will Direct Sam Worthington In ‘The Last Days Of American Crime’ By Russ Fischer/May 9, 2011 6:00 pm EST In late 2009 we reported that Sam Worthington would produce and star in an adaptation of the graphic novel The Last Days of American Crime, but we’ve heard basically zip about the project since then. Now, just as the market action is about to begin at Cannes, there is some news: F....
By Russ Fischer/April 28, 2010 7:01 pm EST Deadline describes Ayer’s take on the film: “He will put his own real-world spin on [the story]…Ayer’s protagonist will be less brawny, but more skilled in covert tactics and weaponry.” Facepalm. OK, an action movie based on this basic premise: fine. Even one with a realistic bent, no big deal. But why trade on the Commando name? Here’s the thing about Commando: it is utterly ridiculous....
By Angie Han/Sept. 7, 2012 4:11 pm EST Discuss: Will you take advantage of Fox’s program, are you sticking with VOD and Blu-rays?
Geek Deal: The Wizard Of Oz 70th Anniversary Ultimate Collector’s Edition Blu-Ray For $37 By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 24, 2010 5:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The set includes: Nearly four hours of extras new to this collection, including a documentary profile of director Victor Fleming, the TV movie special The Dreamer of Oz, and the 2007 Hollywood Walk of Fame salute to the Munchkins....
Infographic: The Nicolas Cage Matrix By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 3, 2011 6:00 am EST TheShiznit has compiled a grid matrix charting out the many roles of Nicolas Cage. Like most actors, Nicolas Cage has made his fair share of stinkers as well as some unforgettable classics, so the vertical axis would have to be based on quality. As for horizontal – my favourite axis – well, that’s easy. Cage more than anyone has two distinct types of movie: serious, po-faced, issue movies and balls-out, crack-piped, bug-eyed brainwrongs....
Jon Favreau In Talks To Direct ‘Magic Kingdom’ For Disney By Russ Fischer/Nov. 10, 2010 5:06 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The last time we heard about Magic Kingdom, Disney’s Night at the Museum-style film in which the Disneyworld theme park comes to life, it was called a ’low-level development project.’ That was barely more than a month ago. Something changed, and fast, because now Jon Favreau is in talks to direct Magic Kingdom....
Justin Timberlake Double Feature: New Images For ‘Bad Teacher’ And ‘Friends With Benefits’ By Russ Fischer/Jan. 5, 2011 4:00 pm EST Justin Timberlake is really making a play at a dedicated acting career, lack of award recognition for his work in The Social Network be damned. He was great in that film, carrying forward the good work he’d done in Alpha Dog, Black Snake Moan, and, yeah, Southland Tales. He’s currently shooting Now for director Andrew Niccol, but before that hits we’ll see Timberlake in two comedies that are already in the can: Friends With Benefits and Bad Teacher....
Legendary Pictures Teams With Jackie Robinson Estate For Biopic By Germain Lussier/June 1, 2011 12:00 pm EST Most geeks know the number 42 as Ultimate Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, The Universe, and Everything in Douglas Adams’ The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. And if that’s the case, Jackie Robinson is the Ultimate Question. Robinson was the first African American Major League Baseball player and is the only player to have his number, 42, universally retired throughout Major League Baseball (at least it will be when Mariano Rivera stops saving games for the Yankees) as well as his own day celebrated throughout the sport....
Lena Headey Reportedly Gets Villain Role In ‘Dredd’ By Russ Fischer/Jan. 11, 2011 2:00 pm EST The new Judge Dredd film, simply called Dredd, is shooting now in South Africa with Pete Travis (Vantage Point) directing Karl Urban in the title role and Olivia Thirlby as Judge Anderson. And now, if reports are true, they’ll be facing down a woman who made her mark as a queen in 300. Reportedly, Lena Headey of The Sarah Connor Chronicles and Game of Thrones has landed the role of Madeline Madrigal, aka Ma-Ma, aka the leader of a gang who runs one of the blocks in Mega-City One....
Listen To The Stand-Up Routine That Is The Origin Of Woody Allen’s Oscar-Winning ‘Midnight In Paris’ Script By Russ Fischer/March 14, 2012 3:00 pm EST One of the great fascinations for anyone who appreciates creative endeavors is, I think, the question about where stories come from. It’s great to be able to link any given book, movie or what have you to one specific origin point. Doing so adds context to the story, and helps ground the whole creative process, which can seem so ethereal....
LOL: The Onion News Network Interviews ‘Fast Five’ Screenwriter By Russ Fischer/April 26, 2011 10:29 am EST This week will be saturated with press for Fast Five, Universal’s latest entry in the car racing action franchise that the studio plans to stretch into infinity. But the best thing you’re likely to see about the film is after the break: a video clip in which the hosts of Today Now! on the Onion News Network interview Fast Five (and Wanted) screenwriter Chris Morgan....
More Photos From ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ By Russ Fischer/July 15, 2011 10:47 am EST Sony has really opened the floodgates for images from The Amazing Spider-Man. A couple nights back we saw lousy scans of pics that are in the new Entertainment Weekly, then got updated, cleaner versions. Now we’ve got even cleaner versions of a couple of the great costume shots, including great looks at the mask and web-shooters. There’s also a first look at Denis Leary as Captain Stacy and a few other excellent shots....
