June 26, 2011 - July 2, 2011 Archives
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- Just in case Paul W.S. Anderson's upcoming adaptation of The Three Musketeers doesn't manage to get Alexandre Dumas's corpse into a perpetual spin, Warner Bros. has a backup plan: an adaptation of The Count of Monte Cristo set IN THE FUTURE. And here we thought that post-apoc... / Continue →
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Hey, did you like that Thor movie? Well, then the good news is, though Kenneth Branagh is leaving the franchise, at least one of the film's three credited screenwriter will be returning to write the sequel. The bad news: it's probably the worst of the three credited screenwrite... / Continue →
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Despite earlier this year received much pointing and scornful laughter when she showed up to the Internet wearing this ridiculous Wonder Woman outfit, Adrianne Palicki seemingly remains open to the idea of more fanboy criticism/reluctant masturbation, as she'll reportedly be at... / Continue →
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After making a surprisingly assured directorial debut with Whip It, Drew Barrymore has decided she's going to continue to show us that even child stars-turned-Charlie Angels can somehow make decent enough films. THR reports Barrymore is attached to produce and will likely direc... / Continue →
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Your new movie releases: Transformers: Dark of the Moon Director: Michael Bay Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Optimus Prime Good if you want to see: a hole-filled plot loosely slung over some exciting metal shards--much like a tattered shawl draped over a CG... / Continue →
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Yesterday evening, a summary for Ridley Scott's Alien sort-of-pequel, Prometheus, was going around the internet purporting to be a genuine thing. It described a plot about man being the invention of an alien race, and scenes involving "bio-source code" and "a survivor Alien God... / Continue →
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- Ready for another Thor to come out? That will be two years: Disney has just set the release date for the sequel at July 26, 2013. Also, Kenneth Branagh is not as excited about it as you, so he's not going to direct this one. - Speaking of Thor Man, Chris Hemsworth is attache... / Continue →
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Stanley Weiser--writer of both Wall Street films, W., and that movie with Matthew Broderick and chimps--has been hired to write a Rod Serling biopic for Andrew Meieran and his Bureau of Moving Pictures production company, reports Deadline. No further details have yet been divul... / Continue →
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So many revelations to be had about who's been on the moon! Not only have Transformers beat us there but, according to Apollo 18, apparently the Russians showed up, too. The reason we never heard about it? BECAUSE OF THE MOON GOBLINS. Or maybe aliens? I don't know; there's some... / Continue →
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Captain America seemed to have cheered up after getting some sun for his last, heavily-tanned poster, but it looks like his vitamin D levels have since plummeted and once again left him with his grumpy face--the VERY SAME grumpy face he wore when Mom combed his hair for the cov... / Continue →
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Director Tomas Alfredson's name only really started showing up outside Sweden after 2008's Let the Right One In, but already he apparently has the clout to call upon the UK's most esteemed actors, young and old, when they're needed. For Alfredson's adaptation of John le Carré's... / Continue →
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You know that viral video where a baby panda sneezes, surprising the larger panda? It was popular like four years ago, so check some recent emails from Mom if you've forgotten. Anyway, that's soon going to be a movie, because why the fuck not! It's all the plan of Lesley Hammo... / Continue →
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The Walt Disney Company's plan to turn all of their theme park rides into associated film projects continues, with the studio today hiring a writer to adapt Disneyland's Matterhorn ride into a movie that I'm told will be both "thrilling" and "fast-paced." Aren't those words exc... / Continue →
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- Breaking Bad's Bryan Cranston--who already has a big part in that vexing Total Recall remake--will be joining John Goodman, Alan Arkin, and Ben Affleck in Ben Affleck's Argo, a film about the government's use of a fake sci-fi film to U.S. diplomats held hostage in Tehran. How... / Continue →
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While sequels to Anchorman and Stepbrothers continue to go on tragically unrealized, the manchildren over at Will Ferrell and Adam McKay's Gary Sanchez Productions at least haven't forgotten their civic duty of giving Ferrell things to scream about on film. According to Deadlin... / Continue →
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The tagline for the latest Final Destination 5 poster warns, "Death has never been closer," and surely that's never felt more true than as we approach the fifth film in a series based entirely on killing some 20-somethings in increasingly stupid, increasingly three-dimensional,... / Continue →
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From Empire's upcoming, Hobbit-heavy issue of their film magazine, here's a better look at Sir Ian McKellen's slightly younger portrayal of Gandalf--a dash of color in his grey hair indicative of his incredibly employable mixture of experience and energy. Hire this wizard! Und... / Continue →
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My brain is too hazy with cold medicine to digest this fully, but here's a collection of clanging, explosions, airships, slow-motion, Milla Jovovich, etc. that, when merged, I'm told is a preview of what Paul W.S. Anderson considers to be a faithful enough Dumas adaptation for ... / Continue →
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Who dares release a film about a horse, wherein said horse is neither a famous racehorse nor able to deliver wisecracks? Why, it's none other than Steve Spielberg, who's adapted War Horse--already a successful novel and stageplay--for theaters, and plans to release it the same ... / Continue →
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Ut oh! A bomb blew up the Kremlin! And you know what that means, guys: the president is initiating GHOST PROTOCOL. And you know what that means, right? I don't know what that means either, but it is making Tom Cruise run so much. Away from ghosts, probably.... / Continue →
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- A guest appearance by Johnny Depp at an Alice Cooper show has AliceCooper.com speculating that Cooper may have a cameo in Tim Burton's Dark Shadows. Please wait for confirmation before adding this to the Alice Cooper filmography Wikipedia page. (via) - Darren Aronofsky's exp... / Continue →
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While Arrested Development is surely still the loudest, most-insistent prematurely-cancelled TV show to ever fuck with us about there being a movie in the works, it looks like we have another contender vying to never-be-made first! Party Down--the amazing, quickly-beloved Star... / Continue →
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Adding to a cast that already has The Rock as Roadblock, Elodie Yung as Ninjababe, and Channing Tatum returning as Duke, Jon M. Chu's G.I. Joe sequel now has Bobby Digital and D.J. Cotrona on the team, as well. The RZA will be playing Blind Master, a character who--as you prob... / Continue →
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How about Leonardo DiCaprio as a drunk, washed-up musician serving as mentor/lover to Beyoncé? Well, Clint Eastwood thinks it's just a fine idea, and he's reportedly talking to the actor about starring in his remake of A Star Is Born. According to Deadline, Eastwood has been u... / Continue →
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Though Immortals will provide this year's dose of sepia and swords-and-sandals-themed ab video endorsements overlaid atop gratuitous chromakey and homoerotica, Warner Bros. is already looking to the future of such things. It's been over five years since the studio's 300 define... / Continue →
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With at least six rival Frankenstein films going around Hollywood, each production is working on some way to differentiate themselves from their competition. As for Slash--who, you may recall, has his own production company and is producing one of said Frankenstein films--he's ... / Continue →
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Transformers: Dark of the Moon hits theaters Tuesday night at midnight, and with that fateful moment quickly approaching, Paramount is giving their tentpole one last marketing push with this final, intense trailer--a full minute of whirling metal, fire and jingoism guaranteed t... / Continue →
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If, for your tastes, the previous trailer for Horrible Bosses did not have enough vulgarity, slapping, references to dongs, references to coconut-dipped testicles, loud rape accusations, iPad product shots, or instances of Fantastic Four star Ioan Gruffudd urinating, this R-rat... / Continue →
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The Coens have been pretty quiet about what they've been up to since True Grit, only first hinting at what might be next earlier this month, when they dropped clues they were working on something involving live, single-instrument music that would be similar to Noah Baumbach's M... / Continue →
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With Cars 2's release and the premiere of the Brave trailer all happening this past weekend, Disney•Pixar would probably really like it if blogs were covering either of those things instead of some wild, likely-unfounded rumors about what might be happening with the Toy Story s... / Continue →
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If Cars 2 was Pixar's foray into twice-as-wacky-as-the-first cash-grab sequel territory, it wasn't a long trip. Next summer, the studio is back to non-sequels--and, if this first preview is any indication, decidedly less whimsical, far less lurid tones--with Brave, the story of... / Continue →
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Christopher Meloni and Michael Shannon: together again, now outside the confines of a particularly disturbing Law & Order: SVU! According to The Hollywood Reporter, former SVU star and Wet Hot American Summer scene stealer Chris Meloni has signed on for a role in Zack Snyder's ... / Continue →
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Your weekend top five: 1. Cars 2 - $68 million. The American auto industry could seemingly learn a lot from Pixar. How about slapping some eyes on the windshield, GM? 2. Bad Teacher - $31 million, with Cameron Diaz's sexy car wash ultimately unable to compete against the soun... / Continue →
