TIFF Reactions: Guy Moshe’s Bunraku And Brad Anderson’s Vanishing On 7th Street By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 14, 2010 8:00 am EST I started out my 30-day film festival trip with some awesome movie selections — Over the last week, I’ve screened some of the best movies of the year. Sooner or later I expected to come across some average to subpar films. It was bound to happen. That time is now....
TV Bits: ‘Arrested Development’, ‘Breaking Bad’, ‘Revolution’, ‘It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia’, ‘The League’, ‘American Horror Story: Asylum’ By Angie Han/Sept. 4, 2012 5:37 pm EST Hurwitz also confirmed that, as previously reported, Season 4 would be “almost an anthology version of the show with each episode focusing on a particular character and where they’ve been since the family fell apart six years ago.” But “we’ll see [the characters] in each other’s shows,” he added....
Two More Cameos Announced For ‘The Muppets’ By Russ Fischer/Dec. 1, 2010 5:30 pm EST The list of celebrity appearances for The Muppets keeps getting longer. The film stars humans Jason Segel and Amy Adams in addition to the extensive muppet cast, and there are a great many minor appearances confirmed. (True to expectations set by previous muppet films.) I’ll embed the whole list as it stands after the break, including the two new names, in case you’d rather not be forewarned of all the guests....
Watch Two Clips From SXSW Hit ‘Attack The Block’ By Russ Fischer/April 4, 2011 1:30 pm EST Clips are always a dicey proposition — we want to spread the word about movies that don’t have a massive marketing push, but don’t want to give too much away too early. But in the case of Attack the Block, the Joe Cornish film in which aliens land near a South London housing project and have to contend with the kids who live within it, we’ll go with the clips and risk the over-exposure....
‘Bridesmaids’ International Trailer Shows Jon Hamm’s Ugly Side By Russ Fischer/April 19, 2011 10:55 am EST The best comedy of the year hasn’t even been released yet, but I think that when Bridesmaids hits on May 13 it will quickly be hailed as both a very funny movie and a film with more depth than we’ve come to expect from the raunchy R-rated comedy. To whet your appetite a bit further, here’s a new international trailer to complement the two domestic trailers....
‘Cars 2’ Will Be Pixar’s First ‘Rotten’ Movie By Russ Fischer/June 24, 2011 6:00 am EST It’s only fair, I suppose, that if we run articles trumpeting the fact that other Pixar movies have achieved some form of massively positive consensus on Rotten Tomatoes, that when the company finally releases one that falls far short of the same margin, it would be worth noting. So this weekend will stand as a milestone in the history of Pixar, as Cars 2 opens to the first generally negative consensus opinion in the company’s experience....
‘Game Of Thrones’ Premieres April 17 By Russ Fischer/Jan. 7, 2011 6:43 pm EST Briefly: Earlier today we saw some trailers and info on the new HBO offerings Mildred Pierce and The Sunset Limited. Now there’s a premiere date for Game of Thrones, the adaptation of George R.R. Martin’s novels with a pilot directed by Tom McCarthy (The Station Agent, The Visitor). The show will debut Sunday, April 17. Though I wasn’t knocked out by the trailer for this one I’m still on the hook, not so much because of the source material (which I know is the key factor for a great many fans) but because I’m so curious to see what Tom McCarthy and his cast have done with an adult fantasy setting....
‘Harry Potter’ Writing/Directing Team Steve Kloves & David Yates Reunite For Stephen King’s ‘The Stand’ By Russ Fischer/Aug. 10, 2011 7:48 pm EST Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 is the biggest movie of the year, with a $1.1 billion-dollar take worldwide. We’ve known for years that Warner Bros. was anxious about this point in time because, without Potter, what will the studio be able to rely upon as a guaranteed cash cow?...
‘The Hangover 2’ Official Plot Synopsis Released By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 24, 2010 6:00 am EST Director Todd Phillips has been trying to keep plot details for The Hangover: Part II under wraps, but it seems every day more little bits leak out. Be it the Bangkok-location, the cameos that did happen and didn’t happen. On Tuesday, Warner Bros released their official 2011 preview kit, which is where that Sherlock Holmes II image came from....
‘The Killer Inside Me’ Domestic Movie Trailer And Poster By Russ Fischer/May 24, 2010 10:09 pm EST If you haven’t already seen the UK trailer for Michael Winterbottom’s The Killer Inside Me, go watch that now. Then come back here. Because IFC has released a domestic trailer and poster for the film, which adapts Jim Thompson’s daylight noir novel of the same name, but this new trailer isn’t nearly as effective as the UK version....
Amber Heard Will Star In ‘Motor City’ By Russ Fischer/Nov. 21, 2011 4:00 pm EST Briefly: The next movie from Albert Hughes — and his first solo effort without brother Allen — is set to be Motor City, which sounds like a straight-up revenge story based on quick descriptions of the script by Chad St. John. Dominic Cooper stars as a guy just released from prison, who is out for revenge against the guys who framed him for a crime....
Ben Stiller To Produce ‘Zoolander’ Animated Web Series By Germain Lussier/Oct. 20, 2010 1:00 pm EST Hansel might be so hot right now, but it’s Derek Zoolander who is making a comeback. Ben Stiller’s Red Hour Films has signed a two year deal with Paramount Digital Entertainment to create web content including a Zoolander animated series and a live action series called Billy Glimmer: Entertainer of the Century, both starring Stiller....
Casting Bits: Ryan Reynolds In ‘A Boy Named Sue;’ Garret Dillahunt In ‘Looper;’ Walton Goggins In ‘Officer Down’ By Russ Fischer/May 10, 2011 4:11 pm EST After the break, two great character actors, Garret Dillahunt and Walton Goggins, get new gigs. You should revere the ‘Random Roles’ column at the Onion AV Club if you don’t already, or at least be sure to read each installment. The latest spotlights Garret Dillahunt, and as is often the case, the column turns into not only a wonderful career overview for the actor, but a window into his general thinking about work and acting....
Chelsea Handler Joins McG’s ‘This Means War’ By Russ Fischer/Oct. 6, 2010 9:22 am EST Briefly: McG is now working on his romantic comedy with action overtones, This Means War. The core cast — Chris Pine versus Tom Hardy — is enough to make me ignore past feelings about McG and generate some interest for the film. Reese Witherspoon is playing the woman the two guys are essentially fighting over, and now Chelsea Lately host Chelsea Handler has signed on to play the best friend and confidante of Witherspoon’s character....
Christopher And Jonathan Nolan Talk About How Charles Dickens Shaped ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ By Russ Fischer/July 9, 2012 7:00 am EST Press interviews with the cast and crew of The Dark Knight Rises began in earnest this past weekend, and one of the first things to emerge from the junket rounds is a connection between Christopher Nolan’s final Batman film and a classic piece of literature that most of us read in high school....
Dan Aykroyd Confirms ‘Ghostbusters 3’ Casting Rumors By Germain Lussier/Nov. 27, 2010 8:20 am EST “I ain’t ‘fraid of no ghost,” but I am afraid when more Ghostbusters 3 information comes out. Much like a fourth Indiana Jones film, Ghostbusters 3 is one of those projects I dreamed about as a kid but never thought I’d see happen. Yet with every rumor about a script, Bill Murray appearance and production start date, the 10-year-old in me begins to smile…and then worry that it’s going to be screwed up....
Diablo Cody To Direct ‘Lamb Of God’ By Russ Fischer/June 29, 2011 4:42 pm EST Briefly: Diablo Cody and Mandate Pictures have collaborated twice in the past: on Juno, for which she won a screenwriting Oscar, and on Young Adult, which Jason Reitman recently directed based on her script. Now the company is backing her directorial debut, a film she also wrote called Lamb of God. Variety had some of the first details, and a press release gives the official description:...
Did Michael Bay Steal Shots From David Fincher? By Russ Fischer/July 6, 2012 4:00 pm EST The internet really makes it easy to show off ways in which one creator’s work is reflected in someone else’s career. Take David Fincher, who made his living as a popular and influential music video director before he was a feature director. Fincher’s videos for acts like George Michael, Madonna, and Aerosmith were hugely popular upon release, and it seems that one director was paying more attention than most....
Drive-In Pairing With ‘The Avengers’ Gives ‘John Carter’ A Boost By Germain Lussier/May 14, 2012 4:00 pm EST When most people think of the drive-in movie theater, they romance the endangered communal movie experience with thoughts of young love, starry skies, cool breeze and fresh popcorn. As someone who grew up in southern New York and had not one, but several, drive-in theaters to choose from in my formative years, I can safely say all that’s great, but the best thing about drive-ins is the double feature....
High-Resolution Images From Steven Spielberg And Peter Jackson’s ‘The Adventures Of Tintin’ By Russ Fischer/Dec. 29, 2010 8:30 pm EST We’re still waiting to see a trailer for The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn, which is the ground-breaking team-up between directors Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson. We’ve seen a few images, and now there are high-res versions of three of them. So you can see all the minute detail that is going into the mo-capped 3D film....
