17 Minutes Of Lost ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ Footage Found By Germain Lussier/Dec. 16, 2010 3:11 pm EST Almost like discovering a monolith buried underground, Warner Brothers recently found 17 minutes of lost footage from Stanley Kubrick’s masterpiece 2001: A Space Odyssey in a salt-mine vault in Kansas. But before you go and drop acid in anticipation of an extended cut of the film, consider the slippery slope this footage constitutes....
A Taste Of Hans Zimmer’s Inspiration For ‘The Dark Knight’ By Germain Lussier/Jan. 9, 2012 7:00 am EST As we all patiently wait for July and The Dark Knight Rises, odds are many of us will dust off that Blu-ray of The Dark Knight and give it a spin. Or seven. Christopher Nolan’s second Batman film is so dense, there are new things to discover on each and every viewing. One example could be the intricacies of the score by Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard....
Albert Finney Joins ‘Bond 23’ By Russ Fischer/Oct. 28, 2011 9:28 am EST After the relatively disappointing Quantum of Solace, crippled by the writers’ strike, there are a lot of big hopes for Bond 23, which will be directed by Sam Mendes and may be called Skyfall. While we know very little reliable info about the story that will be featured in the film, the cast is shaping up to be capable of fulfilling those hopes....
Alternate Unused ‘Inception’ Poster Artwork By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 24, 2010 1:30 pm EST I’ve always found that some of the best movie posters are the one-sheet designs that never make it to the multiplex. You see, the posters which get released theatrically and online are the chosen few out of a batch of sometimes a dozen, sometimes a couple dozen, design concepts commissioned by the studio. These design concepts often come close to completely polished, and at the last stage are nixed by a studio or marketing exec or maybe even the filmmaker....
Andrew Niccol To Write And Direct ‘I’m.mortal’ By Russ Fischer/April 12, 2010 9:38 pm EST Update: I’d originally had the film’s title as I’m Mortal, but the spelling seen in the headline and below is actually the correct one. Looks like Gattaca and Lord of War director Andrew Niccol may have a new ’next movie’ set up. Last year, it seemed like Niccol was moving forward on The Cross, but now his script I’m....
Casting Bits: Christopher Walken, Mia Farrow And Selma Blair Join Todd Solondz’s ‘Dark Horse’; Vanessa Hudgens Joins ‘Journey 2: The Mysterious Island’ By Adam Quigley/Oct. 15, 2010 4:19 am EST Todd Solondz, the provocative, some might say confrontational filmmaker behind such bold, brilliant films as Welcome to the Dollhouse and Happiness, has found his cast for Dark Horse. The indie drama began principal photography earlier this week, with frequent bit player, first-time lead Jordan Gelber taking the center role, Justin Bartha (The Hangover) playing his more successful brother, and Daily Show correspondent Aasif Mandvi (The Last Airbender) playing his love interest’s “not quite” ex-boyfriend....
Casting Bits: Dermot Mulroney In ‘Stoker;’ John C. McGinley In ‘I, Alex Cross;’ Tyler Posey In ‘Taco Shop’ By Russ Fischer/Aug. 11, 2011 1:00 pm EST Casting! Here’s info one one potentially great project, one that will probably find an appreciative audience, and one that will perhaps just make you hungry. I’ll let you figure out which is which: Wentworth Miller joins Park Chan-wook’s first English-language film, Stoker, John C. McGinley will realize his destiny by playing police chief to Tyler Perry in I, Alex Cross, and Tyler Posey will go to war with rival taco vendors in Taco Shop....
Casting Bits: Juliette Lewis In ‘Blood Or Water;’ Ted Levine In ‘The Banshee Chapter;’ Peter Sarsgaard In ‘Night Moves’ By Russ Fischer/Aug. 29, 2011 4:30 pm EST This is a serious little casting break that follows either movies with serious intent (there’s one below about ‘unwitting incest,’ which I hope isn’t a comedy) or serious filmmakers like Kelly Reichardt. So, after the break, you’ll find: Juliette Lewis stars in the ‘unwitting incest’ movie Blood or Water, Ted Levin is in an indie inspired by secret CIA programs, and Peter Sarsgaard is going to be in Kelly Reichardt’s new film, Night Moves....
Concept Art And Character Renderings From ‘Dorothy From Oz’ By Germain Lussier/Nov. 3, 2010 1:00 pm EST While Sam Raimi is working on explaining how the Wizard got to Oz, there’s another film in production that’ll tell the story of what happens after Dorothy left. That film is called Dorothy of Oz and it’s a 3D animated sequel to the 1939 original about Dorothy being transported back to help a new group of misfits find the Scarecrow, Tin Man and Cowardly Lion in order to defeat an evil Jester who wants to take over Oz....
Cool Stuff: Steampunk Star Wars By Angie Han/Feb. 15, 2011 3:00 pm EST I know, I know. We’ve already shown you steampunk Star Wars action figures, a working steampunk R2-D2 and steampunk Boba Fett and Leia costumes– not to mention a steampunk ray gun, a steampunk flux capacitor, and a steampunk Ghostbusters t-shirt. (Wow, words really do lose all meaning once you’ve typed them enough times. Steampunk.) But bear with us, because Bjorn Hurri’s elegant steampunk Star Wars illustrations are worth checking out....
DreamWorks Hoping To Make ‘Fever’ Franchise Their Own ‘Harry Potter’ By Germain Lussier/Aug. 19, 2011 4:30 pm EST The film franchise is like the printing press of the film industry. Once it was discovered, it became a tool that removed a certain typed of creativity from much of the development process. Take a previously conceived a story (or preferably, stories) and remake it for a built in audience of fans. A minimal amount of work reaps rich rewards....
Easy A Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/May 13, 2010 5:00 am EST Screen Gems has finally released a trailer for their teen comedy Easy A starring Emma Stone (Superbad, Zombieland). After a little white lie about losing her virginity gets out, a clean cut high school girl (Stone) sees her life paralleling Hester Prynne’s in “The Scarlet Letter,” which she is currently studying in school – until she decides to use the rumor mill to advance her social and financial standing....
First Look: Andrew Lincoln As Rick Grimes In The Walking Dead By Peter Sciretta/June 15, 2010 12:03 pm EST Last week we had a preview of some of “the walkers” (aka zombies) in make-up and a first zombie production photo for Frank Darabont’s small screen adaptation of The Walking Dead. Today AMC Television sent over a new production photo showing Andrew Lincoln as Rick Grimes. Check out the whole photo, after the jump....
First Look: James Franco As Sam Raimi’s ‘Oz: The Great And Powerful’ By Russ Fischer/June 21, 2012 10:45 am EST It’s a pretty lousy scan, but the image below is your first look at James Franco as the title character in Sam Raimi’s The Wizard of Oz prequel Oz: The Great and Powerful. Surprisingly (or not) he looks a lot like James Franco, only with a hot air balloon behind him....
Guillermo Del Toro Gives Last Update On The Hobbit By Peter Sciretta/June 7, 2010 7:00 am EST Guillermo Del Toro has left one final message on TheOneRing.net about his departure from The Hobbit and the future of the planned film adaptations. You can read the letter after the jump.So, here I am again. As promised, I am posting a longer message before the week’s end. I have to thank those of you that have supported me from the start as well as those that converted along the way....
Morgan Spurlock Attached To ‘Erin Brockovich-Ish’ Non-Documentary Feature By Germain Lussier/Aug. 18, 2011 6:00 pm EST With films like Super Size Me, Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden? and Pom Wonderful Presents The Greatest Movie Ever Sold, not to mention shows like 30 Days and A Day In The Life, Morgan Spurlock has pretty much established himself as a documentary guy. Not only that, he’s the documentary guy that’s willing to do anything for a great story....
Paramount Launching New Animated Division By Russ Fischer/July 6, 2011 1:24 pm EST The business deal that sees Paramount distributing the films of DreamWorks Animation is getting more complicated. That pact is set to expire on December 31, 2012, and while Paramount offered a one-year extension to DreamWorks Animation, Jeffrey Katzenberg declined and is looking for a different partner, and perhaps a sale. But that’s OK, because Paramount is starting its own animation division, Paramount Animation, which will begin releasing one animated film per year beginning in 2014....
Robert De Niro And Sylvester Stallone Head Back Into The Ring For Geriatric Boxing Comedy ‘Grudge Match’ By Angie Han/May 31, 2012 4:30 pm EST A couple of years ago, around the time that Peter Segal (Get Smart) signed on to direct Warner Bros.’ boxing pic Grudge Match, rumors began spreading that Robert De Niro and Sylvester Stallone were circling the project. Without a reliable source, however, it seemed like it could just be unsubstantiated chatter from fans eager to see Rocky Balboa and Raging Bull’s Jake La Motta face off....
Rumor Control: Keith Richards Not Cut From ‘Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides’ By Russ Fischer/Oct. 28, 2010 4:30 pm EST We ran two pretty silly rumors the other day, and now both have (thankfully) been debunked. One was that LucasFilm was ready to announce that the Indiana Jones films would be converted to 3D. LucasFilm was quick to deny that one, to the surprise of exactly no one. Conspiracy theorists can feel free to maintain that a denial is exactly what they expected, but I’ll take the company’s word for now....
San Francisco’s Historic New Mission Theater Might Become An Alamo Drafthouse By Germain Lussier/Feb. 14, 2012 5:51 pm EST Los Angeles might be the movie capital of the world, but another city in the same state could be the first in California to open an Alamo Drafthouse. SFist.com is reporting there’s a proposal on the table to turn San Francisco’s historic New Mission Theater into a five-screen Drafthouse. However, because the theater – which has been closed since 1993 – is a historical landmark, a Historic Preservation Committee must first approve a proposal the property’s owner and Alamo executives have devised....
