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Simon Pegg Updates Paul
7 November 2009 2:03 PM, PST
There hasn't been much word regarding Simon Pegg's newest film, Paul, about two British slackers who decide to go to Area 51 in search of aliens after a trip to Comic-Con only to discover an actual alien. There's been one still released, which doesn't really show very much, and actor Jason Bateman talked about getting a gift from his Paul co-stars, but that's about it.
Apparently, even Pegg is aware of the lack of news, because he recently offered an update to his fans in the forum of his web-site.
Hi all
Thought you might like to hear how things are going on the Paul front. It's been a while since we wrapped now and with the absence of Lance B's video blogs, I guess things must seem to have gone very quiet. Rest assured the good (space)ship Paul is progressing apace. Our venerable and brilliant director Greg Mottola »
- BrentJS Sprecher
The Weinstein Company Really Wants to Make a Hellraiser Remake
7 November 2009 2:03 AM, PST
Despite pushing back production on Halloween 3-D due to possible financial woes within the company, The Weinstein Company is still keeping its fingers crossed about getting a Hellraiser remake off the ground after two years of attempts. At the American Film Market, ShockTillYouDrop reports that The Weinsteins included a synopsis for the remake, listing no director or writer but creator Clive Barker as Executive Producer in their Afm guide.
The re-telling of Clive Barker's classic horror masterpiece. Based on Barker's critically acclaimed novella The Hellbound Heart, Hellraiser tells the story of an unfaithful wife who attempts to assist her dead lover in his escape from hell. Having lost his earthly body to a trio of forsaken demons — lead by one of the most enduring horror characters of all time, Pinhead — he must force his former mistress to bring him the necessary human sacrifices to complete his body. Clive Barker's Hellraiser »
- Ryan Gowland
William Shatner in Star Trek 2? Says It's Up to J.J. Abrams
7 November 2009 1:56 AM, PST
Star Trek director J.J. Abrams has made it no secret that he would like to have William Shatner appear in Star Trek 2, even planning a lunch to talk with him about it.
At a recent unveiling of a wax figure of Shatner as Captain Kirk, Shatner said that his participation in the sequel is entirely up to Abrams.
I have no plans, because I don't make those plans. Jj Abrams has my fate wrapped up in his two little hands. I would love to be in the next Star Trek, if he so thought that would be good for it.
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Link | Posted 11/7/2009 by Ryan
William Shatner | J.J. Abrams | Star Trek 2 »
- Ryan Gowland
Four New Kick-Ass Teaser Posters Debut
6 November 2009 8:52 AM, PST
Lionsgate has released four new teaser posters for Kick-Ass, director Matthew Vaughn's dark, teen superhero movie adaptation of the comic book by Mark Millar.
Each of the four posters spotlights one of the movie's "heroes": Aaron Johnson as Dave "Kick-Ass" Lizewski, Nicolas Cage as Damon "Big Daddy" Macready, Chloe Moretz as Mindy "Hit Girl" Macready, and Christopher Mintz-Plasse as Chris "Red Mist" D'Amico.
Also, we should mention that the official Kick-Ass movie site is up and running, though with only limited content for the time being.
Next Showing: Kick-Ass opens April 16, 2010
Link | Posted 11/6/2009 by BrentJS
Aaron Johnson | Nicolas Cage | Chloe Moretz | Matthew Vaughn | Christopher Mintz-Plasse | Kick-Ass »
- BrentJS Sprecher
Bradley Cooper Replacing Shia Labeouf in Dark Fields Adaptation
6 November 2009 7:28 AM, PST
Actor Bradley Cooper has been cast as the lead in director Neil Burger's (The Illusionist) latest thriller, Dark Fields, replacing Shia Labeouf, who was originally up for the role. Cooper will play a struggling writer who experiments with Mdt-48, a drug that helps him tap into his brain's full potential, making him smarter and more charismatic. However, it also has some negative side-effects, such as headaches, blackouts, and violence. After his supply of the drug runs low, he goes in search of more only to discover its origins are deadlier than he could imagine.
Described as being in the same vein as The Game and Fight Club, the Dark Fields screenplay was adapted from Alan Glynn's book of the same name by Leslie Dixon (The Heartbreak Kid). Dixon, Scott Kroopf, and Relativity Media's Ryan Kavanaugh are producing, with Relativity's Tucker Tooley acting as executive producer.
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- BrentJS Sprecher
San Diego's Comic-Con Creator Shel Dorf Dead at 76
6 November 2009 6:48 AM, PST
With the San Diego Comic-Con now running like clockwork as one of the biggest gatherings for comics, movies, and any other vaguely nerdy pop-culture ephemera in the world, it's hard to believe that it's largely the work of one man.
Shel Dorf, a comic book collector who moved from Detroit to San Diego, put together the first con back in 1970, which was attended by 300 people. The most recent Sdcc, this past August, was attended by 125,000+ people, with next year only promising more.
Dorf, who died on Tuesday, stopped running the convention after 1984, complaining that it had been taken over by Hollywood and other media pursuits when originally it really was just about appreciatiating comics, their creators, and their collectors. While Dorf's fanaticism for the medium's fandom dropped off a bit later in his life, he is fondly remembered for the recognition he brought the art form during the long years before it reached widespread acceptance. »
- reelz reelz
Why Hal 9000 Sings "Daisy Bell" in 2001: A Space Odyssey
6 November 2009 6:38 AM, PST
Ok, if you haven't seen 2001: A Space Odyssey, get to the nearest video store now. And don't listen to your friends who tell you it's boring. Try to imagine seeing it in 1968 in the midst of the "Space Race," and try to imagine you've never seen Star Wars, whose visual effects were a direct result of those in Stanley Kubrick's movie.
With that bit of evangelism out of the way, let's talk Hal. Yes Hal, the spaceship computer system whose calm, icy voice (well, actually it was Douglas Rain's voice) made him one of the most terrifying villains in movie history. Rather than include a spoiler, we'll simply say that at a crucial moment, Hal starts singing the 19th-century ditty "Daisy Bell."
For those who've seen the movie: Ever wondered why Kubrick and author Arthur C. Clarke decided on "Daisy Bell" as the tune of choice? Well, »
- Rich Z Zwelling
Sacha Baron Cohen to Play an Ambulance-Chaser Fighting for Justice
6 November 2009 3:35 AM, PST
We wouldn't call Borat and Bruno full-fledged documentaries, since the title characters were fictional extensions of Sacha Baron Cohen's twisted psyche. Nevertheless, the movies' antics were steeped in reality, creating a kind of pseudo-vérité.
But now, it appears that Cohen has decided to abandon the candid-camera shtick altogether. Variety writes that the 38-year-old British comedian has founded his own production company, Four By Two Films, and will go to work producing a new fictional project scripted by Peter Baynham.
Accidentes will tell the story of an "ambulance-chasing personal injury attorney of Latin descent" (played by Cohen) who helps a poor immigrant with a case against his wealthy employer. Ambulance-chasing, huh? We'll be interested to see what that means.
Cohen struck a deal with Universal for Accidentes and also got Columbia to commit to another starring vehicle. Cohen will script that project, as yet untitled, with Baynham, Anthony Hines, and Dan Mazer, »
- Rich Z Zwelling
Hobbit Director Talks Dragons and Spiders and More
6 November 2009 3:31 AM, PST
In an in-depth interview with Total Film, Hobbit director Guillermo del Toro lays out his vision for The Hobbit in detail and talks about how he plans to take creature design out of the shadow of The Lord of the Rings. In conceiving these creatures, he says he will "keep the DNA in the same gene pool as the Rings trilogy," but with some critical differences.
...in the trilogy most of the creatures are brutish or inarticulate. In The Hobbit, the creatures speak: Smaug has beautiful lines of dialogue; the Great Goblin has beautiful lines of dialogue; many creatures do. So we had to design them with a different approach because you are not just designing things that are scary.
I also wanted some of the monsters in The Hobbit to be majestic.
I wanted the Wargs to have a certain beauty so that you don't have a massively clear »
- Bill Stouffer
Resident Evil: Afterlife Set Photos, Tweets, and Casting News
6 November 2009 12:44 AM, PST
Resident Evil: Afterlife is currently shooting in Toronto, and Milla Jovovich has begun using her Twitter account to update fans on their progress. She began by mentioning a scene with Ali Larter and Wentworth Miller "on a skiff approaching the huge ship" with the cast enduring freezing temperatures. Just a day later, a few photos from that set have surfaced online.
Missing from the photo is new cast member Sergio Peris-Mencheta, who ShockTillYouDrop reports was recently added to the cast in an unspecified role. If he's "lucky," he may end up in one of Jovovich's tweets.
so, Wentworth, Ali and i are doing this scene right now where chris r.[Miller] and clair r.[Larter] run into the V22 hangar, guns blazing, trying to shoot Wesker [Shawn Roberts], but to run in groups firing weapons is Very dangerous. and the last time we all did a scene when we were all firing together, i »
- Ryan Gowland
Anthony Hopkins Will Play Hemingway in Andy Garcia Movie
6 November 2009 12:35 AM, PST
When Anthony Hopkins finishes his work as Odin in Marvel's adaptation of Thor, Variety reports he will play a different icon — Ernest Hemingway in Andy Garcia's Hemingway and Fuentes.
Hemingway and Fuentes is the first movie Garcia has directed since making his 2005 debut, The Lost City. It chronicles the two decades Hemingway spent in Cuba fishing with best friend Gregorio Fuentes. The project became a personal one for Garcia, who plans to play Fuentes, after meeting some of the men who fished with Hemingway.
I was specifically most interested in Hemingway's connection to Cuba, where he spent the last 20 years of his life, and his relationship with his last captain, Gregorio. As an avid fisherman, I got to know older Cuban fisherman who knew Gregorio from the fishing culture of the '40s and '50s, and who would compete in tournaments outside the city of Havana, which was »
- Ryan Gowland
Risk the Next Board Game To Hit the Big Screen
6 November 2009 12:15 AM, PST
Director Peter Berg is adapting Battleship for Universal, the Tron Legacy writers are working on a Ouija Board screenplay for Platinum Dunes and Paramount, so is it any wonder that Sony Pictures wants to make a movie based on the board game Risk? While former players of the game might question how it could be adapted into a movie, Columbia president Doug Belgrad told Variety that the game is a natural fit for the big screen treatment.
The strategic thinking and the tactical gambles that players must take in the game are what make Risk a classic, thoroughly engaging game. Those elements translated into an action-packed, thrilling story are what will make this a uniquely exciting movie.
Risk will be produced by actor Will Smith and producer James Lassitter's Overbrook production company. Could Smith be willing to accept an acting role in the adaptation? Well, he does have a history »
- Ryan Gowland
The Box Reviews
6 November 2009 12:07 AM, PST
So far director Richard Kelly's The Box is one of the more polarizing movies of the year. Like it or not, one thing we can all agree on from seeing the trailer: Cameron Diaz totally cannot do a Southern accent.
"Yes,The Box is crazy and convoluted, moody and melodramatic. But above all it is, in narrative and form, a mystery."
— Chris Cabin, filmcritic.com
"...The Box triumphantly qualifies for one of my favorite adjectives, 'preposterous.' But if you make a preposterous movie that isn't boring, I count that as some kind of a triumph."
— Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
"The Box is alternately fluid and inspired, and rarely dull (though it is a little, on occasion). But too often it also feels strained..."
— Manohla Dargis, New York Times
"This preposterous Cameron Diaz thriller offers a promising premise: a mysterious box bestows riches in exchange for killing a stranger. »
- reelz reelz
Janet Jackson Stars in First Trailer for Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Too?
5 November 2009 9:10 AM, PST
In Tyler Perry's upcoming sequel to his dramedy Why Did I Get Married, the same four couples reunite for their annual vacation. But this time they head to the Bahamas (instead of Colorado) and an ex-husband (not a "sexy young temptress") disrupts the fun.
The trailer for Why Did I Get Married Too? debuted last night on Entertainment Tonight. It starts will some vacation fun ... and then seques to the ominous message "One of these couples will not make it" and a sobbing Janet Jackson. Couples Retreat with a whole lot fewer laughs?
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Link | Posted 11/5/2009 by reelz
Janet Jackson | Tyler Perry | Why Did I Get Married Too | Why Did I Get Married? »
- reelz reelz
The Men Who Stare at Goats Reviews
5 November 2009 8:17 AM, PST
Earlier this year when writing about The Men Who Stare at Goats for our holiday movie guide, we said, "Jeff Bridges brings back large parts of his famed 'Dude' role as the druggie, hippie leader of psychic soldiers on a mission in Iraq. George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, and Kevin Spacey co-star in what looks like either the best comedy of 2009 or a colossal bomb (so to speak)." Roger Ebert likes it, but most others lean towards the latter.
"...funny..."
— Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
"Hey, this is a movie about a 'New Earth Army' full of misfit soldiers yearning for a chance to be non-conformists with a cause, which means it's already two-thirds of the way to being awesome. Had [director] Heslov eased back a bit, Goats might've made it the rest of the way."
— Noel Murray, Onion Av Club
"The movie isn't funny enough to work as farce, but it's far too dippy to take seriously. »
- reelz reelz
John C. Reilly and Mary-Louise Parker Join Cast of Red
5 November 2009 8:15 AM, PST
Earlier this week, Helen Mirren officially joined the cast of the upcoming movie adaptation of the graphic novel Red. She took her place alongside a cast that already includes Bruce Willis and Morgan Freeman.
Now, The Hollywood Reporter writes that John C. Reilly and Mary-Louise Parker have signed on as the newest additions.
The story of Red was written by noted author Warren Ellis and illustrated by Cully Hamner. It focuses on a menial clerk, Paul Moses (Willis), who is actually a CIA operative with a long history of killing enemies of the state. He must come out of retirement when the new CIA director (Freeman) discovers his past and orders his death. Mirren is rumored for the part of Moses' former boss, although it is unclear how much screen time she will have, if any.
Reportedly, Reilly will portray a retired CIA agent with a streak of paranoia while »
- Rich Z Zwelling
Top 10 Least-Believable Casting Choices
5 November 2009 4:40 AM, PST
When we got word that Resident Evil star and L'Oréal cosmetics model Milla Jovovich was starring as Dr. Abigail Tyler, a cerebral psychiatrist, in The Fourth Kind, we were, like, "Huh?"
It then got us thinking about our favorite least-believable roles, some that require even more suspension of disbelief. See where Jovovich ranks in our Top 10 Least-Believable Casting Choices.
Next Showing: The Fourth Kind opens in theaters tomorrow.
Link | Posted 11/5/2009 by reelz
Milla Jovovich | Resident Evil: Afterlife | The Fourth Kind »
- reelz reelz
Woody Harrelson Oscar Talk + Just Says No
5 November 2009 4:34 AM, PST
It may sound rather odd, but Woody Harrelson's name is being tossed around for an Oscar for his role as a Us Army captain in the Iraq war drama The Messenger (it opens in NYC on November 13).
What sounds even more odd is that in an interview with the Village Voice's Aaron Hillis, Harrelson politely declined an offer to get high.
You're the only interviewee I've ever thought to ask, but: Would you like to smoke a joint?
Oh! The problem is I have to do some more interviews. I honestly would love to, but I can't do interviews stoned. Sometimes, it can open you up to do great creative things, and sometimes, it's a situation . . . like, I can't act that way. It absolutely freezes me. I can't do a talk show because it goes into the paranoia side. Yeah, I better not. That's a generous offer, but I should be on my game. »
- reelz reelz
A Christmas Carol Reviews
5 November 2009 4:29 AM, PST
We think this is officially the 25th movie version of the classic Dickens tale, this time done with the performance capture technique director Robert Zemeckis used for The Polar Express and Beowulf. Reviews are split, basically along the line of how one feels about performance capture.
"...a marvelous and touching yuletide toy of a movie, and the miracle is that it goes right back to the gilded Victorian spirit of those black-and-white films of yore."
— Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
"...an exhilarating visual experience..."
— Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
"Disney's A Christmas Carol is, in its essence, a product reel, a showy, exuberant demonstration of the glories of motion capture, computer animation and 3D technology. On that level, it's a wow. On any emotional level, it's as cold as Marley's Ghost."
— Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter
"...a whiz-bang 3-D thrill-ride with all the emotional satisfaction squeezed out of it."
— Ella Taylor, La Weekly »
- reelz reelz
International Trailer and Commercial Unveil New Avatar Footage
5 November 2009 1:47 AM, PST
The latest international trailer for Avatar is a bit shorter than the U.S. version that was released earlier and is, for the most part, a remix of footage seen there. However, there are some new scenes — glimpses of some new creatures, a significant exchange of glances between Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) and Neytiri (Zoe Saldana), and the firebombing of the Na'vi village. All that, plus some very dramatic sounding Japanese narration.
A few more bits of new Avatar footage also pop up in a Coke Zero commercial that seems intent on suggesting that drinking this product will cause hallucinations of Pandora to bleed out of your computer. We saw a similar approach earlier in a weird Avatar-infused Japanese commercial for Panasonic. In any case, this time we get some pretty cool shots of Ney'tiri commandeering a Thanator.
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Link | Posted 11/5/2009 by Bill
James Cameron | Zoe Saldana | Sam Worthington »
- Bill Stouffer
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