‘Angry Birds’ Gets Input From Former Marvel Studios Chairman By Russ Fischer/July 5, 2011 11:00 am EST A movie has been in the very early stages of development since April of 2010, and the project is finally moving forward with the addition of former Marvel Studios chairman David Maisel, who is now working with the game’s publisher, Rovio, to launch the cartoonish birds right at the sensitive eggs of audiences everywhere....
‘The Dark Tower’ Update: Producer Says Budget Cuts Ensure Film Will Get Made By Russ Fischer/Oct. 24, 2011 2:00 pm EST The story of getting Stephen King’s massive The Dark Tower novel series to the screen isn’t quite as long and complicated as the plots of the books, but it is getting close. The short form is that Ron Howard, Brian Grazer and Akiva Goldsman had The Dark Tower set up at Universal, with a very ambitious plan to produce three films and two linking TV mini-series based on the books....
‘The We And The I’ Trailer - Bronx Schoolkids On A Michel Gondry-Directed Bus By Angie Han/May 15, 2012 10:30 am EST Having tackled a big-budget superhero flick in his last outing, The Green Hornet, Michel Gondry headed in the exact opposite direction with his follow-up film, The We and the I. The small-scale project has an almost documentary-like feel to it — more Dave Chappelle’s Block Party than Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind – and follows the shifting relationships among a group of Bronx teenagers riding home on the bus after the last day of school....
24 Series Finale - What Did You Think? By David Chen/May 24, 2010 8:55 pm EST Sure, this season of 24 wasn’t perfect. Katie Sackhoff’s Dana felt like this year’s Kim Bauer, in the sense that her storyline became increasingly nonsensical and useless as time went on. Also, the show didn’t make nearly as good use of its location as last season did with Washington D.C. (mostly because the New York backgrounds always looked like they were done using CGI)....
Alamo Launches Drafthouse Alliance Subscription Service By Angie Han/June 18, 2012 4:30 pm EST Even as Austin-based cinema chain Alamo Drafthouse continues its expansion into new markets across the country, its distribution arm Drafthouse Films is heading right to your front door. The label has just launched a new subscription club called Drafthouse Alliance, which gets members a series of Drafthouse Films Blu-ray (or DVD) releases delivered right to their houses in exchange for a flat fee....
AMC Will Allow Minors To See ‘Bully’ With Parental Permission By Germain Lussier/March 28, 2012 2:30 pm EST There’s been a strange turn of events in the tale of The Weinstein Company’s upcoming documentary Bully. The latest info was the film, which was in danger of being saddled with an R-rating the studio deemed unfair, would be released unrated and uncut. Normally, that would mean the film could not play in most major movie chains as they don’t play unrated or NC-17 rated movies....
Ben Kingsley Is Mazer Rackham In ‘Ender’s Game’ By Germain Lussier/Dec. 9, 2011 9:30 am EST Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game is such an exciting, surprising and influential sci-fi story that even if a film version was populated with unknowns, it would have a lot going for it. Director Gavin Hood is raising the bar though, populating his film with an absolutely stellar cast. The latest addition is Ben Kingsley playing Mazer Rackham, a pivotal character whose back story is kind of a major spoiler....
Bruce Willis Wants To Make Two More ‘Die Hard’ Films, Then Step Away By Germain Lussier/Oct. 19, 2010 7:00 pm EST Every time Bruce Wills is out promoting a new movie, he knows he’s going to get asked about Die Hard. And every time he gets asked about Die Hard, he doesn’t disappoint. While promoting Cop Out earlier this year, Willis claimed that “I think we’re going to do a Die Hard 5 next year....
Casting Notes: Two Films For Daniel Brühl; Hardy, Craig, McGregor And Bloom Reportedly Vying For ‘The Sweeney’ By Russ Fischer/July 7, 2010 7:29 pm EST Now he’s got two new projects booked. Details on those, plus tales of four great actors vying for the lead in The Sweeney, after the break. ONTD, via The Playlist, reports that Brühl will play a teacher who brought soccer to Germany (ideal timing to announce that) and will also be the lead in Canal....
Concept Art For The Lizard From ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ By Russ Fischer/Nov. 30, 2011 9:26 am EST Just yesterday we saw one vision of the Lizard from Marc Webb’s upcoming The Amazing Spider-Man via the magic of a Pez dispenser. Now we’ve got what appears to be concept art of the character — this may be a bit early, but it is also very close to what we saw on screen at Comic Con this past summer....
Director Of Dolphin Documentary ‘The Cove’ Will Next Make A 3D Doc About Mass Extinction By Russ Fischer/July 29, 2010 3:30 pm EST Louie Psihoyos became a documentary sensation thanks to his film The Cove, which documented the mass hunting and slaughter of dolphins in one town in Japan. Now he is planning to follow that effort with a much bigger film tentatively called The Singing Planet. The subject: the mass extinction of wildlife....
French Movie Trailer: Julian Schnabel’s ‘Miral,’ Starring Freida Pinto By Russ Fischer/July 16, 2010 9:55 am EST Schnabel directed from a script by Rula Jebreal, who adapted her own novel about Miral (Freida Pinto), a teen resident of a Jerusalem orphanage run by a Palestinian woman (Hiam Abbass). I’m very much looking forward to this one, as Schnabel’s last film, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, was one of the most beautiful films of 2007....
Infographic: The Economics Of Star Wars By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 23, 2010 9:00 am EST One of the infographics making its way across the interwebs this week is “The Economics of Star Wars”. If you haven’t yet seen it elsewhere, hit the jump. Via: Personal Loans Infographic: The Economics Of Star Wars By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 23, 2010 9:00 am EST One of the infographics making its way across the interwebs this week is “The Economics of Star Wars”....
James Gunn’s ‘Super’ Will Release On April 1, 2011 By Russ Fischer/Nov. 27, 2010 9:10 am EST Briefly: IFC Films snapped up James Gunn’s film Super at the Toronto Film Festival, and now the picture has a release date. The dark, strange comedy will hit theaters on April 1, 2011. April Fool’s Day may be a very appropriate release date for a film about a guy (Rainn Wilson) who becomes a low-rent superhero called the Crimson Bolt when his wife (Liv Tyler) leaves him for a drug dealer (Kevin Bacon)....
LOL: The Worried Face – The New Trend In Animated Movie Marketing By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 11, 2011 8:00 am EST We’ve previously written about the “DreamWorks Smirk”, but /Film reader Jake Mckay has noticed a new trend in the Hollywood marketing of animated movies… the Worried Face. LOL: The Worried Face – The New Trend In Animated Movie Marketing By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 11, 2011 8:00 am EST We’ve previously written about the “DreamWorks Smirk”, but /Film reader Jake Mckay has noticed a new trend in the Hollywood marketing of animated movies… the Worried Face....
Martin Scorsese May Adapt Norwegian Thriller Novel ‘The Snowman’ By Russ Fischer/Oct. 26, 2011 5:50 pm EST Jo Nesbø is becoming a prominent inheritor of the Stieg Larsson Scandinavian mystery crown. In the wake of the success of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo several authors have become best-sellers with their own brand of frigid thriller, and Nesbø is among the most successful. He has penned more than a dozen novels, one of which was turned into the Fantastic Fest entry Headhunters, and nine of which involve the tough, non-conformist detective Harry Hole, “a classic loose cannon in the police force, with few close friends and some unorthodox methods....
Mel Gibson In Talks For ‘Machete Kills’ By Russ Fischer/April 23, 2012 7:21 pm EST We don’t know just what role he’ll be playing, but Robert Rodriguez is close to landing Mel Gibson for a supporting role in the sequel Machete Kills. Gibson was recently revealed as a wishlist actor for Rodriguez, who is assembling the cast for an action film that sees Machete working for the US Government. Now the actor is in real talks for the film, which will shoot later this year....
New ‘Jackass 3D’ Footage Revealed Via The Magic Of A Weezer Video By Russ Fischer/Sept. 9, 2010 3:23 pm EST One of the surprise hits of Comic Con was the eight minutes of footage shown from Jackass 3D. I didn’t get to see the clips, but heard nothing but raves — reportedly, the stuff is pretty out there, humor-wise, and exactly what you’d want from a 3D Jackass film. Now you can see some new footage from the picture, and all you’ll have to do is watch the new Weezer video....
New ‘Star Tours: The Adventures Continue’ Concept Art By Germain Lussier/March 11, 2011 3:00 pm EST The updated version of Star Tours, Star Tours: The Adventures Continue, opens on May 20 at Walt Disney World in Florida and June 3 at Disneyland in California. It’s a total and utter revamp of the previously dated ride, from the exterior structure where you wait on line to 54 different full-on, immersive 3D Star Wars adventures featuring characters both new and old....
Nora Ephron To Write And Direct ‘Pride & Prejudice’-Inspired Time Traveling Pic ‘Lost In Austen’ By Angie Han/Oct. 12, 2011 6:00 am EST In what sounds like a perfect match of filmmaker and material, Nora Ephron is set to write and direct Lost in Austen, a cinematic adaptation of a 2008 British miniseries about a modern-day Jane Austen fan who finds herself dropped into the middle of the events of Pride & Prejudice....
