First Look: James Franco As Aron Ralston In Danny Boyle’s ‘127 Hours’ By Russ Fischer/Aug. 6, 2010 10:48 am EST Briefly: Here’s your first look at James Franco as climber Aron Ralston in Danny Boyle’s upcoming film 127 Hours. The image was scanned from the latest issue of EW and sent to The Playlist; it shows Franco in mid-climb, a bit grimy from his efforts. There’s also a small scan of Boyle and Franco together....
Gary Oldman Kindly Requests That Athletes Stop Trying To Act By Russ Fischer/June 20, 2012 8:00 am EST Gary Oldman, actor, would like to make a request. He represents the many actors who have spent years perfecting their craft, and is troubled by athletes who think they can just waltz onto a set and turn into actors. What, do these game-players think acting ability develops by consuming a magical packet of Teddy Grahams at the craft service table?...
Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire And Tom Hardy Producing Animal Trafficking Movie By Germain Lussier/Aug. 27, 2012 2:24 pm EST Three of Hollywood’s biggest actors are teaming up for environmental truth. Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire and Tom Hardy are set to produce an untitled film centered on the world of animal trafficking and poaching. The idea for the film came from Hardy, who envisions the multi-layered story sort of like Steven Soderbergh’s Oscar-winning film Traffic, where every level of an illegal operation is shown on screen with interweaving stories....
Liam Hemsworth And Josh Hutcherson Cast In ‘The Hunger Games’ [UPDATED] By Russ Fischer/April 4, 2011 10:40 am EST UPDATE: Both actors have been cast and confirmed by a press release from Lionsgate, per Deadline. Original article follows. The casting for the big-screen version of The Hunger Games, to be directed by Gary Ross, has been a contentious affair. Hiring the lily-white (and very, very talented) Jennifer Lawrence for the lead role of Katniss Everdeen drew ire from fans of the novel, who hoped for someone closer to the character as she’s described in the books....
Marvel’s ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ Gets A Rewrite; Team Line-Up Clarified By Russ Fischer/Aug. 2, 2012 5:28 pm EST Phase Two of the development of the Marvel Cinematic Universe begins with Iron Man 3, which shot this summer, and continues with Thor: The Dark World and Captain America: The Winter Solider. But while the first phase led to the blockbuster team-up movie The Avengers, this second wave heads out into space for something a little more strange....
Page 2: Karate Kid, Doctor Who, The Warriors, Red State, Star Wars, Pirates 4, Star Trek, Elysium, Scott Pilgrim By Peter Sciretta/April 27, 2011 7:00 am EST Today’s t-shirt of the day on TeeFury is a Karate Kid-inspired design, “Mr. Miyagi’s Super Wax”. Available today only, and for only $10 plus shipping. JJ Abrams lists 7 films that helped shape Super 8.This fan-created movie poster for Kevin Smith’s Red State is better than the officially released character posters....
Sucker Punch Official Plot Synopsis Revealed By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 1, 2010 1:30 pm EST Warner Bros. has officially released the full official synopsis for Zack Snyder’s new action fantasy film Sucker Punch. No big surprises, but if you’re itching to know more about what to expect from this film, hit the jump. Official Details: SUCKER PUNCHClose your eyes. Open your mind. You will be unprepared.“Sucker Punch” is an epic action fantasy that takes us into the vivid imagination of a young girl whose dream world provides the ultimate escape from her darker reality....
By Russ Fischer/April 24, 2012 10:00 am EST “Does 3D suck, or is 3D awesome?” continues to be a topic of debate amongst movie fans, with many participants answering with the entirely rational response “well, the 3D in Hugo was awesome, but the 3D in Clash of the Titans kinda sucked.” Now the results of one survey suggest that more moviegoers like 3D than do not. But we might take the source into consideration, as the survey was conducted by Opinion Research Corporation, which was hired by The International 3D Society....
VOTD: ‘Plot Device,’ A Short Film About The Power Of Cinema (And Editing Software) By Russ Fischer/June 30, 2011 1:00 pm EST The short film Plot Device is, admittedly, an ad. Produced by software maker Red Giant to show off the capabilities of the company’s Magic Bullet Suite 11, the film puts a mysterious object — a Plot Device — into the hands of a would-be filmmaker. When activated, the device turns reality into cinema, full of unexpected twists, unwelcome action, and alien goop....
Warner Bros. Developing New Dracula Film, ‘Harker,’ With ‘Orphan’ Director Jaume Collet-Serra By Russ Fischer/Feb. 7, 2011 7:30 pm EST On Friday there was word that Orphan and Unknown director Jaume Collet-Serra would be developing a new Dracula film with Leonardo DiCaprio’s company Appian Way. The basis is a spec script by Lee Shipman and Brian McGreevy called Bram Stoker’s Dracula Project. Or, it was using that name. Now the film is going under the name Harker, and new details reveal it to be what sounds like an action-oriented take on the old story....
Will Rooney Mara Be Topless On ‘The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo’ Poster? By Germain Lussier/Feb. 5, 2011 9:00 am EST If Oscar-nominated director David Fincher had his way, Rooney Mara would be topless on the poster for his new film The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. We all know that’s not gonna happen, as does Fincher. But that doesn’t stop him from thinking about it. The Hollywood Reporter has a fantastic profile on the rebellious director that talks about several things he’s done to thumb his nose at Hollywood....
‘Bully’ Trailer; Harvey Weinstein Plans Appeal To R-Rating Of Anti-Bullying Doc By Russ Fischer/Feb. 22, 2012 9:30 am EST Here’s the trailer for Bully, a documentary from director Lee Hirsch (NextWorld, Amandala!) about the ways that schoolkids and their families deal with bullying. We’ve seen several cases in the past few years where bullied kids have taken their own lives, or attempted to, and this film seems intended to address the issue both as an expose and a means of support to those who are bullied....
‘Faces In The Crowd’ Trailer - Milla Jovovich Sustains A Head Injury By Angie Han/Aug. 15, 2011 1:00 pm EST A new international trailer has dropped for Julien Magnat’s Faces in the Crowd, starring Milla Jovovich as an elementary school teacher with the misfortune to witness a serial killer’s latest attack. Though she survives the incident, she sustains an injury that renders her completely unable to remember faces — even those of her dearest loved ones....
‘Katy Perry: Part Of Me In 3D’ Trailer By Russ Fischer/April 3, 2012 6:53 pm EST We’ve known for a few months that Katy Perry is the latest artist to have a 3D documentary / concert film in the works. Now the trailer is out for Katy Perry: Part of Me in 3D, which shows off the star’s trademark candy-pop fashion sense and stage show, but tries to balance that with stories about her Christian pop background and family life, including her no-so-long-ago divorce from Russell Brand....
‘Life Of Pi’ International Trailer By Russ Fischer/Sept. 24, 2012 10:30 am EST After a great deal of time in development, during which multiple directors tried to crack the story, Yann Martel’s novel Life of Pi was filmed by director Ang Lee, with newcomer Suraj Sharma in the role of Pi, a boy who is stranded at sea in a lifeboat with a man-eating tiger for company. There’s a bit more to the story than that, but I’ll let you get some idea of the further story from the new international trailer that is online now....
‘The Silent House’ Trailer (79 Minute Single Shot Horror Movie) By Peter Sciretta/March 25, 2011 9:00 am EST You might recall that I wrote about a film at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival, Gustavo Hernández’s The Slient House which was a haunted house horror film which took place all within one 79-minute continuous shot (read my review here). You might also recall that the American remake premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival in January (read Germain’s review here) starring indie breakout star Elizabeth Olsen (the younger sister of the Olsen twins)....
‘Trespass’ Poster Debuts; Film Almost But Not Quite Going Direct To DVD By Russ Fischer/July 29, 2011 2:00 pm EST I had hoped that Joel Schumacher’s new film, Trespass, would be an example of the rare form he displays every few years. The cast seemed promising: Nicolas Cage and Nicole Kidman play a couple taken hostage in their own home by Ben Mendelsohn, Cam Gigandet and Liana Liberato. My hopes may have been in vain....
Aubrey Plaza Attached To ‘The Hand Job’ By Germain Lussier/Oct. 28, 2010 12:00 pm EST Aubrey Plaza doesn’t have the longest resume on the block yet, but with each progressive role she continues to make a whole generation of young men swoon. She first hit the scene as Daisy, the cute stand-up comedian next door in Judd Apatow’s Funny People and also played the female lead in the underrated (except here on /Film) comedy Mystery Team....
Award-Winning, Controversial ‘Love Exposure’ Finally Coming To Blu-Ray By Germain Lussier/May 1, 2012 2:30 pm EST Love Exposure is a four-hour Japanese film about upskirt photography. There’s obviously much more to it than that but, if you want to get people curious about the film, that sentence works. Originally released in 2009, writer/director Sion Sono’s film was originally close to six hours but eventually he had to trim down to release his epic version of a simple story: troubled boy falls for the wrong girl....
Barry Sonnenfeld And Grant Morrison Developing ‘Dominion: Dinosaurs Versus Aliens’ By Germain Lussier/May 10, 2011 10:25 am EST We’ve seen dinosaur films, alien films, humans fighting aliens, humans fighting dinosaurs, Monsters vs. Aliens and, soon, we’ll see Cowboys and Aliens. However we’ve yet to see dinosaurs fighting aliens. And probably for good reason. But, that’s not stopping director Barry Sonnenfeld and comic book writer Grant Morrison from developing a graphic novel and movie idea called Dominion: Dinosaurs Versus Aliens....
