December 5, 2010 - December 11, 2010 Archives
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DreamWorks Animation may be planning for enough Kung Fu Panda, Madagascar, and How To Train Your Dragon sequels to continue well beyond your physical body's existence, but that apparently doesn't mean they've completely given up on original content. According to their own press... / Continue →
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South African director Neill Blomkamp is reportedly looking to add fake South African rugby star Matt Damon to the cast of his next, the top secret sci-fi film Elysium. According to Deadline, the actor is in early negotiations for the lead, and if that works out, he'll be joini... / Continue →
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As the title implies, here a nine-and-a-half minute montage of characters from films introducing themselves and others. It's exciting because it feels like I'm meeting new people!... / Continue →
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Looks like James L. Brooks went a little wild with the checkbook when he was making his upcoming romantic-comedy, How Do You Know. Apparently given carte blanche after the wild success of Spanglish, the director has been throwing around summer blockbuster-level money to aid in ... / Continue →
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I know everyone in your photography class already loved this, Kenneth, but maybe it could be even more powerful if it were just a black & white shot of the hammer alone, the only color coming from the red of a rose delicately laid across it? Think about it.... / Continue →
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In 2001, James Franco was given a Golden Globe for doing such a good job looking like James Dean in Mark Rydell's made-for-television James Dean biopic. Now, the actor is returning to the popped-collar world of Rebel Without a Cause, optioning the film rights to a new biography... / Continue →
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- Here are some photos of Emma Stone standing around a rainy funeral for the shooting of the Spider-Man. Someone's always dying, huh, Spider-Man? - Here are some photos from the latest Pirates of the Caribbean film. Is it just me, or with each passing film, is Jack Sparrow loo... / Continue →
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From its sword catalog name to its boxing robot concept--to, it turns out, its dialogue, also--everything about Real Steel seems like it must have began as a Sega Genesis game that somehow, someway, evolved into a feature length film. The means by which this happened are not fo... / Continue →
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Polarizing, fancy-haired comedian Russell Brand, who last year was being set up for Universal's remake of Drop Dead Fred "in the tone of Beetlejuice", is now reporedly being prepped for a different "Beetlejuice-style afterlife feature comedy" for Warner Bros. There are a lot of... / Continue →
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In a valiant but ultimately misguided effort to make Garry Marshall's thematic sequel to Valentine's Day appealing to straight males, New Line has entered negotiations with the full lips and toned, disproportionate bodies of Sofia Vergara and Jessica Biel to join New Year's Eve... / Continue →
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"The planet was perfect.... a paradise. But for what?" That's my bet for the Alien prequel tagline, because according to Vulture, Ridley Scott's belated next film in the franchise will be titled: Paradise. Sounds vaguely familiar, Rids, but at least catchier than Alien³. Addit... / Continue →
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The trailer for Transformers: Dark of the Moon has arrived, bringing with it Michael Bay's alternate, conspiracy theory-laden secret history of the 1969 moon landing: the astronauts found Hasbro's Transformers on the lunar surface (an area we'll call "Dark of the Moon" even tho... / Continue →
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- Following a personal plea by Harvey Weinstein, the MPAA has overturned their decision to give Blue Valentine an NC-17 rating based on its depiction of a married couple having physical relations. So cancel that sitter, because now you can take the kids. - Liam Neeson has conf... / Continue →
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With Pixar canceling plans for Newt--the studio's animated story of the last remaining pair of rare newts, who hate each other but must mate to repopulate the species--you probably thought you were just going to have to settle for Alpha and Omega's very similar but far more poo... / Continue →
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"Look, Sacha, don't get me wrong, you did an amazing job looking like Nintendo's Waluigi character in Sweeney Todd (as seen above)--that's partly why I hired you for my adaptation of The Invention Of Hugo Cabret. It's just..." "Go on, Martin Scorsese." "Well, this might sound... / Continue →
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Shia LaBeouf and Tom Hardy have proven they could do such a nice job keeping their '20s-style hair slicked back for school pictures, John Hillcoat (The Road) has reportedly decided to hire the pair for his Prohibition-era thriller, The Wettest County in the World. Written by Hi... / Continue →
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Now we see what he was hiding, head down and back to us in the previous poster: Daniel Craig is embarrassed he's developed the neck of a cartoon tortoise. New Cowboys & Aliens Poster [Empire]... / Continue →
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With Ridley Scott's version of Robin Hood still as much in our minds as it ever managed to get, Warner Bros. is already set to give the premise another shot with "a modern, urban take on the Robin Hood myth" to be written and directed by the Wachowskis, and which sounds awful. ... / Continue →
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Lionsgate has announced the new title of their Conan the Barbarian reboot (formerly called Conan): it's Conan the Barbarian--just like the original film about that particular Cimmerian! Everything else remains the same: the film is still to be released nationwide August 19, 201... / Continue →
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Prepare yourself to see Kevin James once again tackle a mundane career, and I don't just mean because of The Zookeeper and the lingering threat of another Paul Blart. Sony Pictures has just bought a pitch that would feature James and his buddy Adam Sandler recreating the "guys ... / Continue →
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Chris Tucker, who hasn't been seen in a film since he took his $25 million from Rush Hour 3 and ate it, will bring his shrill shouting back to film for The Rabbit. Deadline reports the spec script for the movie has been bought by Warner, who would only say of the project, "thin... / Continue →
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- Precious director Lee Daniels has reportedly signed up to do a remake of Fellini's 1957 classic, Nights of Cabiria. Does this mean Mariah Carey is going to play the film's prostitute lead? I wouldn't doubt that. Is this a terrible idea? Yes, it is a terrible idea. - Mia Wasi... / Continue →
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As a follow-up to last month's reveal that Tim Burton's Superman might have worn a glowing plastic case, effects designer Steve Johnson's Facebook page has posted some unused concept art from J.J. Abrams' failed attempt and Bryan Singer's debatably-successful attempt at a Man o... / Continue →
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Ut oh, everyone's dead but Hayden Christensen, Thandie Newton, John Leguizamo, and some kid! There isn't even an Asian girl in a wheelchair available to round out their diversity pool! And, more importantly, there are Langoliers in this desolate Dark City! Only this time the La... / Continue →
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Good news: the Christmas tradition of Christmas movies coming out will continue for at least one more year. Merry Christmas! For next year's holiday season, Sony and Wallace & Gromit creators Aardman Animation have used computers to make us a new CGI animated film about Santa's... / Continue →
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If you've both heard the insane Mel Gibson rants and watched the trailer for The Beaver, you've probably already created these mash-ups in your head, because they're exactly what you'd think that combination would be. That said, a Mel Gibson-wielded beaver puppet hyperventilati... / Continue →
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- If you were wondering how Emma Stone's head would take to having blonde hair for her part in Spider-Man, it's looking just fine. - Neill Blomkamp will be reteaming with District 9 star Sharlto Copley on his upcoming sci-fi film, Elysium. This display of South African solidar... / Continue →
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Here's a video that appropriately time dilates the various dream levels so that they're all synced up in one split-screen thing that lasts about four-and-a-half minutes, and then everything makes sense.... / Continue →
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Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis--two of our most prominent big, curly-haired buffoon characters--are reportedly teaming up to play big, curly-haired, surely-buffoonish rival political candidates in a new film from Dinner for Schmucks director Jay Roach. Though, superficially... / Continue →
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The Beaver--Mel Gibson's Maverick reunion that he hopes will grant him re-admittance into society--has a trailer, everyone. Prior to Jodie Foster deciding she'd direct this film as her follow-up to Home for the Holidays, the script was already famous for supposedly being one of... / Continue →
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Your weekend top five: 1. Tangled - With little new competition in the wide release category, Tangled's strategy of just sort of lingering around worked in its favor, earning the top spot and $21.5 million. So why does that strategy never work for me at parties? 2. Harry Pott... / Continue →
