Olly Moss’ Pop Culture Paper Cuts To Become A Book In October By Germain Lussier/May 15, 2012 7:00 am EST At the time, we covered the event extensively, providing the only interview with Moss at the show as well as a gallery of the images and a cool video that gave a sense of what it was all like. This October, Titan Books (who are also publishing the awesome Scott C Great Showdowns book) is bring it home to you....
On Set Photos From Star Tours 2.0 By Germain Lussier/Oct. 15, 2010 1:00 pm EST Say what you want about the Star Wars prequels, but they totally changed the face of Star Wars. And nowhere was this more evident over the past decade than Disneyland and Walt Disney World where the Star Tours ride was still going strong. The ride, which opened in 1987, not only felt dated in context of the Star Wars universe, but the technology of the ride itself was certainly not modern enough for a franchise that’s synonymous with technology....
POTD: ‘The Hobbit’ Scroll Shows Ten Scenes, And A First Look At Beorn By Russ Fischer/July 9, 2012 4:30 pm EST A batch of new images from The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey have hit today, but Warner Bros., MGM, and Entertainment Weekly have hit upon an unusual and (in this case) appropriate way to present them all at once. The images are stitched together to form one giant image “scroll” that shows several recognizable scenes from the first half of J....
Rescheduled: ‘Rio’ And ‘Water For Elephants’ By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 23, 2010 3:00 pm EST The release date changes were prompted by Warner Bros’s decision to move Steve Carell’s Crazy, Stupid, Love from April 22nd to July 29th, leaving a gap in the Easter calendar. Francis Lawrence’s big screen adaptation of Sara Gruen’s bestselling novel Water for Elephants stars Robert Pattinson, Reese Witherspoon, Christoph Waltz and Hal Holbrook. The story follows a veterinary student who “abandons his studies after his parents are killed and joins a traveling circus as their vet....
Rumor: ‘Big Fish’ Screenwriter John August To Rewrite ‘The Strange Adventures Of H.P. Lovecraft’ Adaptation By Angie Han/Feb. 21, 2011 4:30 pm EST Way back in 2009, we reported that a big-screen adaptation of Mac Carter’s four-part comic series The Strange Adventures of H.P. Lovecraft was in development. Carter’s book is a fantastical origin story for Cthulhu creator H.P. Lovecraft, in which a meek young Lovecraft falls under a curse that turns him into a kind of supernatural god....
See One Minute Of Footage From The Green Hornet By Russ Fischer/June 21, 2010 3:52 pm EST We just had a couple of official snapshots earlier today and the trailer debuts in a few hours, but right now there is one minute of footage from Michel Gondry’s The Green Hornet available for streaming. We’ll have the full trailer when it goes online, but in the meantime you can get a pretty good idea of the film by looking at this clip....
Spare Details Emerge About Jodie Foster’s ‘Elysium’ Role By Russ Fischer/April 26, 2011 6:00 am EST District 9 director Neill Blomkamp continues to do things his way, and more power to him for it. That means that the production of his next film, Elysium, has been kept very much under wraps, with only the barest plot details divulged. In fact, in recent weeks, we couldn’t even really give a synopsis of the film; at best we could point to some pretty broad statements about the film that Mr....
Steve Carell To Star In ‘Imagine’, From ‘Cars’ And ‘Tangled’ Writer Dan Fogelman By Adam Quigley/Nov. 8, 2010 4:00 pm EST Steve Carell is playing the son of a rock star in Imagine, a film that will see him reunited with writer-turned-director Dan Fogelman. The film centers around “a musician in his 60s who tries to live his life differently after reading an old letter written to him by John Lennon and Yoko Ono....
By Angie Han/March 16, 2012 3:30 pm EST The redesign isn’t without its downsides, however. The “Dim the Lights” feature has been cut entirely, and some users have complained about the difficulty of accessing the “pop out” button (you now have to hit the “more” button to find it). Still, as a frequent Hulu user, I’d say this is a win for the site overall. [Venture Beat] Cablevision has just announced the launch of HBO Go and Max Go, a service that allows HBO and Cinemax subscribers to stream over 1,400 titles from the HBO catalog and 400 from the Cinemax catalog, via computer, iPad, iPhone, or Android smartphone....
Teaser Trailer: The Goon By Russ Fischer/July 19, 2010 6:46 pm EST …aaand we’re back with more (sorta) David Fincher news. But if you’re one of the many people irritated at the whole idea of Fincher remaking The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, you might be able to get behind this one. Here’s some of the first footage for The Goon, the CGI animated adaptation of Eric Powell’s comic book series....
The Cinematography Of True Grit By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 3, 2011 3:00 pm EST /Film reader Oscar sent me a link to a nice little featurette titled “The Cinematography of True Grit” which focuses on the work of 9-time Oscar nominated cinematographer Roger Deakins. Watch the video embedded after the jump. The Cinematography Of True Grit By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 3, 2011 3:00 pm EST /Film reader Oscar sent me a link to a nice little featurette titled “The Cinematography of True Grit” which focuses on the work of 9-time Oscar nominated cinematographer Roger Deakins....
The Tobolowsky Files Ep. 56 - What Does The First Day Of A Dream Look Like? By David Chen/May 18, 2012 10:25 am EST Stephen auditions for Broadway: A morning of terror, an evening with a lap dancer, and an unexpected discovery of where a lifelong dream comes from. The Tobolowsky Files is a podcast from the people who brought you the /Filmcast, featuring a series of stories about life, love, and the entertainment industry, as told by legendary character actor Stephen Tobolowsky....
VOTD: Unofficial Sequel To ‘I Love You, Man’ Starring Paul Rudd, Jason Segel And Rush By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 31, 2011 3:30 pm EST Funny Or Die has released an unofficial sequel to the John Hamburg comedy I Love You, Man. The six minute video short is titled “Jason Segel & Paul Rudd Meet Rush”, which stars all of the aforementioned actors and rock band. Watch the video embedded after the jump....
Watch Disney CEO Bob Iger’s 27-Minute Interview On Charlie Rose By Peter Sciretta/March 9, 2011 8:00 am EST Bob Iger, the president and chief executive officer of The Walt Disney Company, was interviewed by Charlie Rose earlier this week. If you’re interested in the industry, or just the future of the Disney/Pixar/Marvel brands, you’ll probably want to check out this in-depth 27-minute interview. Iger talks about the future distribution of content in this quickly evolving high tech world, what happened when Steve Jobs first showed him the iPad, entering in with a strained relationship with Pixar created by Eisner, accepting the iPod, how he was able to make the Pixar acquisition happen, the genius of Steve Jobs, where he hopes to take the Marvel brand, “not making a lot of things, but making a few things great all the time”, facing challenges with more competition for peoples time and a changing business model, the strinking home video market, how social media is changing people’s entertainment decisions, giving viewers the flexibility to watch their shows whenever/whereever, the power of ESPN, Rune Arledge, and running the institution that is Disney....
‘Awake’ TV Trailer – Split-Reality Cop Drama By Peter Sciretta/May 17, 2011 4:30 pm EST Some people are hoping that the JJ Abrams-produced series Alcatraz (watch the trailer here) might be the new Lost. Others believe that NBC’s new series Awake has the potential to fill the character-based sci-fi series void. In NBC’s Awake, Jason Isaacs stars as a cop who finds his life split between two separate realities after a fatal car accident....
‘Fast & Furious 6’ Scheduled For Memorial Day 2013 By Russ Fischer/June 24, 2011 4:37 pm EST Briefly: The sixth movie in the Fast & Furious franchise isn’t much more than an early script draft right now, but it already has a release date. Universal has just claimed May 24 2013, aka Memorial Day ‘13, like Marvin the Martian spiking a flag into a planetoid, crying out “I claim this date in the name of cars!...
‘Orphan’ Star Isabelle Furhman Cast In David Gordon Green’s ‘Suspiria’ Remake By Angie Han/May 16, 2012 8:30 am EST It’s been several years since David Gordon Green began working on his remake of Dario Argento’s horror classic Suspiria, but the pieces appear to be falling into place for real this time. About a month after producers announced that financing was locked in and casting was underway, Green has found his star:15-year-old Isabelle Furhman, best known for her turn in Jaume Collet-Serra’s rather insane Orphan....
‘Panic Room’ Producer Gavin Polone Directing Thriller ‘Psycho Killer’ For Producer Eli Roth By Russ Fischer/Nov. 3, 2010 9:52 am EST Gavin Polone has an extensive resume as a producer. He’s been involved in a wide array of film and television, from Curb Your Enthusiasm and The Gilmore Girls to Panic Room, 8MM, Zombieland and the upcoming Premium Rush. Now he’s poised to take the director’s chair for the first time....
By Russ Fischer/Sept. 28, 2012 3:30 pm EST Michael Stephenson earned audience appreciation with his documentary Best Worst Movie, which chronicled the strange fandom evolved to celebrate the rather terrible film Troll 2. While Best Worst Movie was nominally about that 1990 release, one of the real thrusts of the film was obsession, articulated to us as Troll 2 actor George Hardy is introduced to the grinning, enthusiastic followers of his mostly forgotten starring role....
Cool Stuff: Rat Trap Gallery’s Magic Mountain Disney Art Show By Germain Lussier/May 25, 2012 4:30 pm EST We’re a little late on this but you still have two weeks to check it out. The Rat Trap Gallery in Anaheim, CA is hosting an exhibit of art inspired by Disney’s Magic Mountain. Really, what else do you need to know? It’s open this weekend, next weekend and it’s a holiday so check it out....
