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Stuntman Reveals the "Amazing Action" of The Losers
9 hours ago
Stunt Coordinator Garrett Warren has worked on an impressive resume of high-profile movies, such as Avatar and Iron Man 2, but he told the La Times that it's the comic book adaptation of The Losers that has a "special place" in his heart, especially after helping actress Zoe Saldana land the role of Aisha, the loose cannon amongst a group of CIA black ops agents.
Zoe Saldana was the one who got me on that movie. We were shooting Avatar, at the time and she came to me saying there was a movie she wanted to be in called The Losers. The people weren't sure whether or not she could handle action. She felt so heartbroken because they weren't able to see the stuff she was doing on Avatar. It was all top secret. She was such an action machine, but nobody knew it yet. I suggested we take a »
- Ryan Gowland
New Inception Trailer Debuts Online, This Time in English
10 hours ago
Before the latest Inception trailer premiered locally at screenings of Sherlock Holmes, a French version with no English subtitles was passed around the Internet while Warner Brothers did damage control and tried to shut it down as quickly as they could.
Now that Holmes has opened, the Inception trailer has debuted online, claiming that "the most resilient parasite" is "an idea" in its confusing, city-folding, and mind-bending glory. One thing's for sure: With two trailers released, director Christopher Nolan has still managed to keep the plot of his thriller a secret. See if you can figure out the story below.
Next Showing: Inception opens July 16, 2010
Inception - Trailer
Gravity defying trailer starring Leonardo DiCaprio
Link | Posted 12/29/2009 by Ryan
Christopher Nolan | Inception »
- Ryan Gowland
Paranormal Activity Sequel Won't be Like Blair Witch Sequel
10 hours ago
When you make as much money as Paranormal Activity did, it's no surprise that people are looking into a sequel. But how can the low-budget, videocam horror flick follow up its surprising success? The Blair Witch Project bombed when Hollywood tried to repeat its formula with Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2. Paranormal actor Micah Sloat told Movieweb that Paranormal Activity 2 plans to avoid those mistakes.
I can't say anything specific about it, but I can definitely tell you that Paramount and the producers are very aware of what happened with Blair Witch 2, and how you can't really take something that's unique like Blair Witch or Paranormal and then follow it up with just a typical, Hollywood horror film. It just doesn't work. I think you can expect Paranormal Activity 2 to be just as unique, or at least have a quality of uniqueness, just like the original did, in its »
- Ryan Gowland
Repo Men Red Band Trailer Premieres
11 hours ago
In the futuristic action-thriller Repo Men, humans have extended and improved their lives through highly sophisticated and expensive mechanical organs created by a company called The Union. The dark side of these medical breakthroughs is that if you don't pay your bill, The Union sends its highly skilled repo men to take back its property ... with no concern for your comfort or survival.
Jude Law plays Remy, one of the best organ repo men in the business. But when he suffers a cardiac failure on the job, he awakens to find himself fitted with the company's top-of-the-line heart-replacement ... as well as a hefty debt. But a side effect of the procedure is that his heart's no longer in the job. When he can't make his payments, The Union sends its toughest enforcer, Remy's former partner Jake ( Forest Whitaker), to track him down.
Now that the hunter has become the hunted, »
- Jim Littler
James Cameron May Visit Other Moons in Avatar Sequel
12 hours ago
Even with a budget rumored to be as high as $430 million, James Cameron's Avatar is already a success after less than two weeks at the box office. The most recent totals put the movie's take at $213 million domestically and $410 million internationally, for a total of $623 million after just 10 days. With numbers like that this soon after its release, an Avatar sequel seems almost inevitable.
In a recent interview with the L.A. Times, Cameron was asked about the possibility of exploring some of the other heavenly bodies glimpsed in Avatar for a sequel and he joked, "I don't even want to think about this movie right now, to tell you the truth." However, Cameron did admit that some of the other moons conceptualized for Avatar could provide source material for a possible future story.
Well, we've mapped out the ... the planet in the sky in Pandora's sky is called Polyphemus, »
- BrentJS Sprecher
Star Trek Sequel To Begin Pre-Production Next December
13 hours ago
Star Trek screenwriter Alex Kurtzman has mentioned previously that the script for the sequel will be finished later than originally scheduled, likely pushing the sequel to a 2012 release date. Actress Zoe Saldana, who plays Uhura in the J.J. Abrams remake, confirmed the schedule, telling MTV that pre-production would begin next year.
I spoke to J.J. and Bryan Burk, his producing partner at Bad Robot, and they are still in the middle of building the script with Alex Kurtzman and Bob Orci, and we'll probably be going into pre-production around this time next year.
Up next for Saldana is the heist flick Takers and the comic book adaptation of The Losers, about a group of CIA black ops agents out for revenge.
Next Showing:
Star Trek Interview
J.J. Abrams dishes on his vision of Star Trek & the future.
Link | Posted 12/29/2009 by Ryan
Zoe Saldana | J.J. Abrams | Star Trek 2 »
- Ryan Gowland
The A-Team Won't Have a Mr. T Cameo
28 December 2009 7:50 AM, PST
The A-Team movie will see cameos from TV series actors Dwight Schultz (the original "Howling" Mad Murdock) and Dirk Benedict (the original Faceman). However, LatinoReview report that Mr. T will not make an appearance in the movie.
According to the report, the iconic actor was not interested in returning, since he would not be appearing as B.A. Baracus, the role he originated in the TV series (Quinton "Rampage" Jackson will play that role in the movie). He also didn't want the movie to be marketed around his cameo if he wouldn't be playing a major role. Mr. T claims that he has "nothing against the cast" or the big screen adaptation, he just isn't interested in a cameo.
The A-Team will open June 11, 2010, and stars Jackson, along with Liam Neeson as Hannibal, Bradley Cooper as Faceman, and Sharlto Copley as Murdock. Joe Carnahan directs.
Next Showing:
Mr.T's Favorite »
- Ryan Gowland
More Explanations of The Wolfman Delays
28 December 2009 7:40 AM, PST
The Wolfman has suffered through several delays, which is usually a bad sign. Actress Emily Blunt has tried to explain the delays by saying that the movie "needed to cook a little bit more," and producer Scott Stuber agrees, though his explanation involves more technical details.
The visual effects work was so complex that some of the stuff wasn't ready. There were so many textures we had to create, like landscapes of London and all the elements within the London sequence; they just weren't where they needed to be.
It's an authentic, make-up-driven film, but there are transitional pieces that we needed to do in CG, so you didn't have to cut away during the change in the monster. Integrating the make-up and the effects to make them feel like one cohesive whole was always going to be a challenge and it's something we've had to work through.
Beyond the special effects delays, »
- Ryan Gowland
Martin Campbell Getting Award-Winning Help For Green Lantern
28 December 2009 6:49 AM, PST
While director Martin Campbell has yet to finalize the cast for his upcoming Green Lantern adaptation, SuperHeroHype reports he has enlisted some award-winning help for the production side of things. Campbell will be working with production designer Grant Major and costume designer Ngila Dickson, both of whom won Oscars for their work on The Lord of the Rings, as well as cinematographer Dion Beebe, who won an Oscar for Memoirs of a Geisha.
With such an impressive crew surrounding him, Campbell now has to make more casting choices than just Ryan Reynolds in the lead role. Campbell still needs to chose between these 5 actresses for the lead female role, and he'll have to choose fast, since Green Lantern heads into production this March in New Orleans.
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Link | Posted 12/28/2009 by Ryan
Martin Campbell | Dion Beebe | Grant Major | Ngila Dickson | Green Lantern »
- Ryan Gowland
Kick-Ass International Trailer
28 December 2009 5:56 AM, PST
The latest clip to come out for the comic book adaptation of Kick-Ass is the international trailer, which is slightly altered from the domestic version. Directed by the English writer/director/producer Matthew Vaughn, Kick-Ass will open in the U.K. on April 2, 2010, while the U.S. will have to wait until April 16. Check out the trailer below.
Next Showing:
Kick-Ass - Redband Trailer
Nicolas Cage Stars
Link | Posted 12/28/2009 by Ryan
- Ryan Gowland
Top 10 Horror Movies of the Decade
28 December 2009 4:43 AM, PST
The ReelzChannel 100 began when we asked Leonard Maltin for his favorite Hidden Gems of the decade. His list led the web team into a general discussion about the best movies of the decade and — after no small amount of debate, arguing, and (we're not proud to say) some petty name-calling — we decided we'd better bring it to an end with a company-wide vote. Then it was just a matter of tallying up the votes and hoping for the best. Lucky for us, ReelzChannel is filled with a staff ranging from movie lovers to movie fanatics. What turned out isn't what you'll find on a critic's best of list — instead it's what movie fans really enjoyed.
In day four of the ReelzChannel 100, we highlight the Top 10 Horror Movies of the Decade.
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Link | Posted 12/28/2009 by reelz
28 Weeks Later | Dawn of the Dead | Saw | Paranormal Activity | Pan's Labyrinth | 28 Days Later | American Psycho »
- reelz reelz
The First Avenger: Captain America Production Starting in June
28 December 2009 3:13 AM, PST
Popular horror magazine Fangoria inadvertently dropped the news that Marvel Studios' live-action adaptation of the classic Captain America comic books will go into production during June of next year. The information appears after a quote from Joe Johnston about how little time he had to prepare for The Wolfman after taking over for its original director, Mark Romanek.
Principal photography was now less than four weeks away. "By the time I got on a plane and arrived, it was three," recalls Johnston, speaking from the art department of The First Avenger: Captain America, which he's readying for a June start.
Paramount plans to release The First Avenger: Captain America on July 22, 2011. No cast announcements have been made as of yet.
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Link | Posted 12/28/2009 by BrentJS
Joe Johnston | Mark Romanek | First Avenger: Captain America | The Wolfman »
- BrentJS Sprecher
Robert Downey, Jr. on the Appeal of Sherlock Holmes
28 December 2009 2:37 AM, PST
While it couldn't topple James Cameron's Avatar, Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes came in a solid second at the box office over the weekend and broke the record for Christmas Day openings. While some have criticized Ritchie's updated take on the classic character, its star, Robert Downey Jr., said in a recent interview that this new version is actually truer to the Holmes created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle than many people think.
Several of the most surprising things right off the bat are that oft-associated props have never appeared in the novels or the short stories. He never wore a cap, except maybe once, for a minute, but even then it was described differently. Even the long pipe wasn’t in the books.
Downey Jr. went on to say that, while Holmes is famous for his amazing deductive reasoning skills, it's his many faults that make him an appealing, »
- BrentJS Sprecher
Studio 407's Night and Fog Optioned for the Big Screen
28 December 2009 1:57 AM, PST
Yet another comic book property has been optioned for the big screen, this time a horror-meets-sci-fi thriller from the independent publisher Studio 407. In the official press release, it was announced that producers Gil Adler and Shane McCarthy have optioned the rights to Matthew Bradford and Alex Leung's Night and Fog. Originally published in 2008, the mini-series tells the story of a security officer's efforts to escape from a military base overrun by victims of a strange mist that transforms them into unstoppable monsters.
Adler has some experience adapting comic books into features, having produced Superman Returns and Constantine and currently producing Dead of Night, a live-action adaptation of the Italian comic book Dylan Dog. In the press release, Adler said that he "had to" option Night and Fog as soon as he read it.
This material is definitely in my strike zone in more ways than one..I can »
- BrentJS Sprecher
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