Fright Night Adds Imogen Poots, Plus Some More Remake Details By Russ Fischer/June 21, 2010 1:14 pm EST Update: As a few people have mentioned, Fright Night, which will be in 3D, also now has a release date: October 7, 2011. Amazing it has actually been given an October date. The cast of the Fright Night remake, directed by Craig Gillespie (Lars and the Real Girl), has been shaping up quite nicely....
Hugo’s Asa Butterfield Will Star In ‘Ender’s Game’ By Germain Lussier/Nov. 17, 2011 3:49 pm EST It’s not a bad week to be 14-year-old Asa Butterfield. He’s the star of a brand new Martin Scorsese movie, Hugo, that hits screens in less than a week and he’s just landed one of the most coveted child roles in recent memory. He’ll play Ender Wiggin, the child prodigy, military leading star of Ender’s Game directed by Gavin Hood....
International Movie Trailer: Eat Pray Love By Peter Sciretta/June 18, 2010 2:00 pm EST Sony has released an international movie trailer for Ryan Murphy’s adaptation of Elizabeth Gilbert’s best-selling memoir Eat Pray Love (in March they released a domestic trailer). Julia Roberts plays “a happily married woman realizes her life needs to go in a different direction, and after a painful divorce, she takes off on a round-the-world journey.” Like Julie & Julia, this feels like it was probably a much better book than it will be a feature film....
Kerry Conran’s Pitch Video And Test Footage For ‘John Carter Of Mars’ By Germain Lussier/Jan. 16, 2012 1:00 pm EST If the name Kerry Conran doesn’t sound familiar, that’s because he’s only made one movie: Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow. For a directorial debut, though, talk about a massive undertaking. The film is still largely considered a failure but its innovative use of green screen and digital effects foreshadowed what would become the standard in filmmaking in the years that followed....
Lionsgate Looking For New Director For Final ‘Hunger Games’ Chapters By Russ Fischer/July 17, 2012 12:00 pm EST Lionsgate recently revealed a plan to turn the final Hunger Games novel, Mockingjay, into two films rather than one. The release dates for those last two chapters are already set, for November 21, 2014 and November 20, 2015. Given that the second film, which has yet to even shoot, and is still announcing cast members, opens on November 22, 2013, that means there are three consecutive Thanksgivings with Hunger Games releases to come....
Now Bennett Miller And Francis Lawrence Are Possible ‘Catching Fire’ Directors By Russ Fischer/April 17, 2012 4:30 pm EST For the last couple weeks the biggest question mark in Hollywood has been related to who Lionsgate plans to hire to direct The Hunger Games sequel Catching Fire. Originally Gary Ross was thought to be set for the film, but it turned out that he had other ideas. After some extended last-minute dealmaking attempts, some of which included minor manipulations of the news that he was walking away from the film, Ross was revealed to be out of the picture for good....
Paul Giamatti In Talks For David Cronenberg’s ‘Cosmopolis’ By Russ Fischer/Nov. 30, 2010 3:30 pm EST What’s better than having one new David Cronenberg film to look forward to? (The Dangerous Method, now in post-production.) How about another David Cronenberg film that seems to be coming together fast? We’ve known that the director had lined up Colin Farrell and Marion Cotillard for an adaptation of Don DeLillo’s novel Cosmopolis. Now he reportedly has Paul Giamatti in talks to appear, as well....
Peter Berg Confirms That A New ‘Friday Night Lights’ Film Is In Development By Russ Fischer/Aug. 1, 2011 8:00 pm EST A couple weeks back, just as the show Friday Night Lights was ending its five-season run, word filtered down that producer Peter Berg is quietly developing a new Friday Night Lights film to spin off from the TV show. That would make quite a lineage: a film spun off from a TV show loosely based on a movie that was based on a book....
Peter Jackson Confirms He Will Make The Next ‘Tintin’ Film After ‘The Hobbit’ By Russ Fischer/Oct. 25, 2011 1:00 pm EST When the notion of making performance-capture films based on Hergé’s Tintin stories first came up, the plan was to make three films. Steven Spielberg would direct the first, Peter Jackson the next, and there was a theoretical third film mentioned here and there. But financing was problematic, and by the time Spielberg’s The Adventures of Tintin was working its way through post-production the film’s subtitle had been dropped and we weren’t hearing much about the second movie....
Toy Story Trilogy Marathon In 20 Select Cities By Peter Sciretta/June 17, 2010 9:00 am EST In 20 select cities, Disney/Pixar will be presenting a Toy Story trilogy marathon in 3D (which includes an advance screening of Toy Story 3) on Thursday, June 17th. Check out the full listing after the jump. via: Lee Unkrich Toy Story Trilogy Marathon In 20 Select Cities By Peter Sciretta/June 17, 2010 9:00 am EST...
Tron Legacy Soundtrack Website Launches By Russ Fischer/Sept. 8, 2010 9:22 am EST Briefly: There’s not a lot to report here yet, but the website for Daft Punk’s soundtrack to Tron Legacy has launched. (EDIT: I was sent some info suggesting that this may be yet another fake Daft Punk / Tron product, but Disney PR says it is real.) The primary benefit of this event is not the mailing list for which you can sign up, which will presumably deliver info about the soundtrack....
Veronica Mars/Party Down Creator Rob Thomas Heads To NBC With ‘Temps’ By Adam Quigley/Aug. 26, 2010 2:00 pm EST I’m still saddened when I think about the loss of the fantastic comedy series Party Down, which Starz understandably canceled when its ratings failed to reach the same heights as its critical acclaim. But now it looks as though the show may find new life, in the form of a similarly-themed show on NBC....
VOTD: ‘Stanley Kubrick - A Filmography’ By Germain Lussier/May 3, 2011 5:00 am EST Combining three things we absolutely love – Stanley Kubrick, minimalist art and animation – artist Martin Woutisseth has created a beautiful video that takes the viewer on a unique and visually interesting tour through Kubrick’s films, with original music by Romain Trouillet. Check it out after the jump. Thanks to One Cool Thing A Day for the heads up....
Watch The Full Pilot Episode Of Shawn Ryan’s ‘Last Resort’ And The First 20 Minutes Of ‘Homeland’ Season 2 By Angie Han/Sept. 11, 2012 9:00 am EST Each fall’s crop of freshman shows contains a few bona fide hits, and judging by the buzz surrounding it, ABC’s Last Resort may be one of this year’s. Created by Shawn Ryan (The Shield, The Chicago Code), the naval drama has earned high compliments for its attention-grabbing premise, snappy pacing, and interesting characters....
Wayne Kramer In Talks To Direct Kane And Lynch? By Russ Fischer/May 27, 2010 3:50 pm EST Kane & Lynch, the adaptation of the Eidos video game, was originally set to be directed by stunt coordinator Simon Crane. But things have reportedly changed, and we’re told that Bruce Willis and Jamie Foxx will now be directed by Wayne Kramer, who previously made the gonzo action picture Running Scared.Latino Review has the dirt on the change-up, reporting only that “it wasn’t working out” with Crane, so he and the studio “parted ways....
Wes Anderson’s Next Film Will Feature Owen Wilson By Russ Fischer/May 22, 2012 7:00 am EST Wes Anderson is in Cannes with the debut of his new film Moonrise Kingdom, but he is already looking towards his next feature. The director has explained in recent interviews that “it’s a film I want to make in Europe, a Euro movie,” saying that he has recently finished the script. He also says that the new film draws to some extent on the time he spends living in Paris each year....
Will Leonardo DiCaprio Be Quentin Tarantino’s Villain For ‘Django Unchained’? By Russ Fischer/May 31, 2011 1:41 pm EST There are a lot of rumors coming out about Quentin Tarantino’s upcoming film Django Unchained. We know that Christoph Waltz will play one of the two main characters, the German dentist turned bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz. Samuel L. Jackson will be Stephen, the head house slave to the movie’s villain, Calvin Candie....
Will We See A Film Version Of ‘Let The Right One In’ Novelist’s ‘Handling The Undead’? By Russ Fischer/Nov. 4, 2010 7:19 pm EST It’s speculation time, but this is informed speculation. In a piece about the inroads that Scandanavian films and filmmakers have been making with US audiences, there’s a mention that Handling the Undead, another novel from Let the Right One In novelist John Ajvide Lindqvist, will soon be shopped to US studios....
‘21 Jump Street’ Green Band Trailer By Angie Han/Nov. 7, 2011 9:00 am EST The new 21 Jump Street obviously doesn’t have a whole lot in common with the ’80s series it’s based on, aside from than the basic premise (undercover cops posing as high-schoolers) and an appearance by the still-dreamy Johnny Depp. So it’s probably not fair to judge it as an adaptation of the TV show. On its own merits, though, it appears to be a pretty decent buddy cop action-comedy....
‘Lone Ranger’ Logo Revealed By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 12, 2011 2:30 pm EST Producer Jerry Bruckheimer revealed the official logo for Walt Disney Pictures’ Lone Ranger on his new official website. Hit the jump to see the full logo. source: Twitter (via: Bleedingcool) Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy director Gore Verbinski is signed to direct, reteaming with Johnny Depp. No word yet on who’ll play the Lone Ranger; Johnny Depp is set to play Tonto, the native warrior who finds the wounded ranger and keeps him alive....
