Five Reasons To See Martin Scorsese’s ‘Hugo’
Martin Scorsese’s “Hugo” is like nothing you’ve ever seen from the Oscar-winning filmmaker before ? and that’s a very good thing. Set in Paris in the 1930s, Scorsese’s 3-D adventure film centers on Hugo Cabret, a young orphan living a secret life in the walls of a train station where he steals croissants for food [...]
Source: http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2011/11/23/hugo-martin-scorsese-movie-review/
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‘Harry Potter’ Star Daniel Radcliffe: The Actor We’re Most Thankful For In 2011
FROM MTV MOVIES: After our nods to rising stars Elizabeth Olsen, Michael Fassbender and Tom Hiddleston, MTV Movies’ Thankful Week continues with ? drum roll, please ? the actor we’re most thankful for in 2011: Daniel Radcliffe.
Really, what’s not to like about this talented young man? He’s dazzled audiences for more than a decade as [...]
Source: http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2011/11/23/harry-potter-star-daniel-radcliffe-thankful-2011/
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Walter Makes His ‘Muppets’ Debut As This Week?s Hump Day Hottie
We don?t mind our Hump Day Hotties cute and cuddly. And we don?t mind admitting that there have been a few cuties in the Muppet mix over the years. So, with “The Muppets” opening today, we have to give it to newbie Walter for being super-adorable. And what better way to do that than by [...]
Source: http://hollywoodcrush.mtv.com/2011/11/23/the-muppets-walter-hump-day-hottie/
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Tom Hiddleston Kicks Off MTV News’ Thankful Week
FROM MTV NEWS: To say that 2011 has been a banner year for relative newcomer Tom Hiddleston would be a serious understatement. If you didn’t see him beginning to discover his mischievous roots as Loki in “Thor,” you may have caught him in “Midnight in Paris” as F. Scott Fitzgerald, or noticed his name and/or [...]
Source: http://hollywoodcrush.mtv.com/2011/11/21/tom-hiddleston-thankful-week/
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Woody Allen: A Documentary: Interview: Filmmaker Robert B. Weide
Robert Weide followed the notoriously private Woody Allen over a year and a half to create the ultimate film biography. In this interview, find out how Weide gained access for filming and what he learned about Woody Allen’s creative process. Woody Allen: A Documentary premieres nationally Sunday, November 20 from 9-11 p.m. and Monday, November [...]
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Daily Call Sheet: Where I Answer the ?Is George Clooney Our Paul Newman?? Question
‘MODERN WARFARE 3′ MAKES $775 MILLION IN 5 DAYS, BLOWS AWAY ALL RECORDS
Is this why Hollywood makes movies that recreate the experience of what it’s like to watch someone else play a video game?
DEMI MOORE TURNS TO MADONNA FOR DIVORCE ADVICE
The photo will make you wince. This one’s worse. Someone needs to turn to Kentucky [...]
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?The Darkest Hour? International Trailer and Featurette
I don’t know what to make of The Darkest Hour, the film that pits Emile Hirsch, Olivia Thirlby, Max Mingella, Joel Kinnaman and Racheal Taylor against inter-dimensional aliens who seem to disintegrate earth-dwelling beings as the aliens try to steal Earth’s energy.
I love the idea of an original horror/sci-fi story that tries to create a pretty unique adversary. But what I’ve seen from the film so far hasn’t entirely sold me on this particular approach. Check out a new featurette below from the Singapore arm of 20th Century Fox, and also have a look at a ‘mood piece’ from the same office.Here’s the featurette:
Or, if you want to see a lot of the same footage with all the talking actors replaced by tunes from Magnetic Man and Justice, here’s an alternate trailer. Or a ‘mood piece’ as Fox Singapore calls it.
The Darkest Hour is directed by art department veteran Chris Gorak (Fight Club, The Man Who Wasn’t There, Minority Report) and will open on December 23.
[via FirstShowing [1]]
[1] http://www.firstshowing.net/2011/watch-full-length-featurette-for-moscow-sci-fi-the-darkest-hour/
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NBC Goes Vile: Jimmy Fallon?s Band Welcomes Michele Bachmann With ?Lyin? Ass Bitch?
Stay classy, NBC.
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The video above confirms that the National Broadcasting Company’s house band for the “Jimmy Fallon Show” serenaded a sitting Congresswoman and presidential candidate with more than a few notes from Fishbone’s “Lyin’ Ass Bitch.”
What a cruel thing to do, and it’s the last thing you’d expect from someone like Jimmy Fallon, who does come [...]
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This Week in Posters
Oh this is just great. I love what you’ve done with it. I love how you got every member of the all-star team in there, complete with explosions and as [...]
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J.J. Abrams is Answering Questions on Quora
Whether or not this will be an ongoing thing or if it’s just to help promote the home video release of Super 8 is unclear. But, as of right now, J.J. Abrams is answering fan questions or Quora.
Quora, for those who are unaware, is sort of Yahoo Answers meets Wikipedia. It’s a user generated database of information that’s based on people’s questions and answers. That said, it’s not like Formspring where you could ask Abrams absolutely anything. It has to be information based. So, for example, a question like “Who might Benicio Del Toro be playing [1] in Star Trek 2?” would work. Not that he’d answer, but, it’s an objective question that provides information to readers.
After the jump, we’ll highlight a few of Abrams’ first answers – all Super 8 related – and give you the link where Quora users can post their own questions.
Here’s a link to Abrams’ Quora page. [2]
The latest two questions he answered, which occurred on Monday morning November 21, are as follows, complete with his answers:
What is JJ Abrams’ favorite moment in Super 8?
I love Joel’s performance — one of my favorite moments is when he’s being held by this huge alien and is terrified but also brave and hopeful. It’s especially amazing to me, since he was actually just standing on the ground and I was just off camera waving a huge piece of cardboard at him to make his hair move as if the creature was breathing on him. He did such an amazing job. Also, the train crash was really fun to film. But my favorite moment is such a small thing: Joel telling Elle’s character about what happened to his mother — and how it was bad when she died, but that his dad got the necklace she wore back, and gave it to him. He’s just so sweet there, so hopeful, and then his heart sinks, all on camera.
Are any of the characters in Super 8 based on JJ Abrams as a young filmmaker?
The chubby director was partially me, because I was a chubby director. But I relate most to the main kid, sort of because of the way he interacts with the world. That is to say, he’s sort of an outsider. Not an athlete, not wildly confident. A romantic, but unable to act on it. I felt a lot like that when I was a kid.
Do you think Abrams will continue with this? Are you a Quora user?
[1] http://www.slashfilm.com/jj-abrams-benicio-del-toro-star-trek-villain/
[2] http://www.quora.com/JJ-Abrams
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Ewan McGregor Joins Chris Cooper and Dianne Wiest in Noah Baumbach?s HBO Pilot ?The Corrections?
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Hollywood’s had a long history with botched adaptations of beloved novels, but from here it looks like fans of Jonathan Franzen’s acclaimed book The Corrections have nothing to worry about. After years of attempting to bring the story to the big screen, producer Scott Rudin eventually turned to HBO — and things have been shaping up nicely from there.
The Squid and the Whale writer-director Noah Baumbach signed on [2] to helm and (with Franzen) pen the drama pilot earlier this fall, while Chris Cooper and Dianne Wiest joined the project [3] several weeks later. Now Ewan McGregor has boarded the series as well, in the role of Cooper and Wiest’s screwup middle child. More details after the jump.
Franzen’s novel received high critical praise when it was first published in 2001, winning the National Book Award and landing on Time Magazine’s list of the top 100 English-language novels since 1923. The plot revolves around an unhappy Midwestern family consisting of an elderly couple (Cooper and Wiest) and their three adult children, each of whom is lost in his or her own special way. As matriarch Enid attempts to bring the whole family together for “one last Christmas” near the turn of the millennium, the book jumps between the characters and their various histories.
McEwan has been cast as Chip Lambert, a Marxist academic who’s fired from his tenure-track university position after engaging in an affair with a student. Adrift, he eventually falls into a new job working for a Lithuanian crime boss defrauding American investors. Like Franzen’s other characters, Chip is undeniably troubled and often unlikeable, yet he managers to retain the reader’s sympathies throughout. As one of those actors you can’t help but root for, even when he’s playing nasty or desperate, the charming McEwan seems like an ideal choice for the part.
The Corrections marks a rare TV gig for McEwan, who started out doing television in the early ’90s but has been working almost exclusively in film ever since. He recently starred on the silver screen opposite Christopher Plummer, Melanie Laurent, and a very cute Jack Russell terrier in Mike Mills’ Beginners, and will next appear in Steven Soderbergh’s Haywire and Bryan Singer’s Jack the Giant Killer.
Major roles still remaining to be cast for The Corrections include those of eldest son Gary, a depressed banker and family man, and baby of the family Denise, an unlucky-in-love chef. Given the talent already on board, I’ve no doubt the HBO pilot will continue to attract other exceptional actors.
[1] http://www.slashfilm.com/wp/wp-content/images/Ewan-McGregor.jpg
[2] http://www.slashfilm.com/rumor-noah-baumbach-adapting-jonathan-franzens-the-corrections-hbo/
[3] http://www.slashfilm.com/dianne-wiest-chris-cooper-hbos-the-corrections/
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eBay iPad App Lets You Buy the Stuff You See on TV and in Movies [Video]
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Ever had the experience of getting caught up in a really good TV show or movie… only to get sidetracked during an intense moment when you notice the main character is rocking exactly the kind of retro-chic glasses you’ve been searching high and low for? Well, as they say, there’s an app for that. eBay has introduced a new feature to its iPad app that will allow users to search, browse, and purchase products from shows and films as they’re watching them. More details after the jump.
eBay mobile services executive Steve Yankovich said he had the idea when he noticed a particularly attractive toaster while watching the movie Something’s Gotta Give. With 58 million mobile users and 200 million listings that include new, used, and antique items, the retailer is in a uniquely ideal position to direct you to anything from vintage kitchen implements to modern-day sports jerseys.
However, the company still has a few hurdles it’ll need to clear if Watch with eBay, as the feature is called, is to become a success. eBay is still working on forming partnerships with cable providers, studios, and networks, which will likely become essential to the app’s usefulness. “A lot of it comes down to the media relationships,” analyst Ken Sena noted to Bloomberg [2] (via The Hollywood Reporter [3]). ”There is a business opportunity here. You just need to make sure you have all the listings, sizes, where it?s available.” Sena also pointed out that eBay wouldn’t be the first company to attempt TV commerce, and that “[t]he success has been pretty limited” in that area so far.
The current version of eBay’s app requires users to tell the program which channel they are watching, though the goal is to eventually get the app to sync automatically with the television. The feature is only available for iPad at the moment, but will eventually roll out to other tablets and mobile devices.
If eBay can get Watch with eBay to work as well in practice as it sounds in theory, it seems like a fantastic idea. It takes product placement one step further, but not in an intrusive way; since the app won’t actually affect anything you see onscreen, those who prefer to keep their shopping habits separate from their moviegoing or TV-watching ones are free to ignore the fact that it even exists. As for me, I’ll be over here snapping up Robin Scherbatsky’s entire wardrobe from How I Met Your Mother.
Here’s a video from eBay [4] explaining the new feature:
[1] http://www.slashfilm.com/wp/wp-content/images/Watch-with-eBay.png
[2] http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-11-21/ebay-targets-shoppers-who-want-to-buy-the-things-they-see-on-tv.html
[3] http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ebay-ipad-app-allows-viewers-264952
[4] http://mobile.ebay.com/ipad/ebay
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?Star Wars Identities? Revealed: It?s A New Museum Exhibit
If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a hundred times. Domain registration rules. While major corporations are keen to hide so many of their secrets from us, their adoring public, it’s more difficult to hide the public internet domains they register. They regularly give us an idea [1] of upcoming projects or titles and just last week, I reported Lucasfilm [2] registered domains for something called Star Wars: Identities. Going on name alone, I surmised it was some kind of new video game or interactive experience. I was half right.
Star Wars: Identities is a new museum exhibition that runs from April 19 to September 16, 2012 at the Montreal Science Centre. Read more about it, watch a video and more after the break.
Using “props, models, costumes and artworks” from the Lucasfilm Archive, Star Wars: Identities gives attendees an idea of why Star Wars characters are the way they are while simultaneously letting them create their own, personal, unique Star Wars identity that mixes Star Wars mythology with real facts about yourself. Here’s a promo video that explains nothing…
…Followed by the press release that explains everything.
For thirty-five years, audiences around the world have followed the adventures of Luke and Anakin Skywalker, the Jedi heroes of a galaxy far, far away. And now, a new exciting exhibition comes to our own galaxy with Star Wars Identities, a redefined modern exhibition experience in which we will rediscover the unforgettable characters of Star Wars in a whole new way. From the team that brought you Indiana Jones and the Adventure of Archaeology, this new innovative exhibition, made possible by Lucasfilm Ltd. and produced by Montreal’s X3 Productions, will make use of an extensive collection from the Lucasfilm Archives to explore the sciences of identity through the characters of Star Wars. The world premiere of this exhibition will be held at the Montreal Science Centre, starting on April 19, 2012.
A stunning collection from the Lucasfilm Archives, a customized, interactive identity quest, and insightful scientific content will all work together in Star Wars Identities to follow the dramatic journeys of Luke and Anakin Skywalker, cinema’s most famous father and son duo. Visitors will develop a better understanding of what makes the characters of Star Wars who they are, and at the same time explore their own identity with one question, at once simple and profound: What forces shape you?
The Components of Identity
Working with the Montreal Science Centre exhibition developers and a committee of scientific advisers, Star Wars Identities has divided its study of identity into three major themes: the origins of the characters, the influences that shape them, and the choices they make during their life. Within these three themes, ten components of human identity are explored: species, genes, parents, and culture in Origins; mentors, friends, and marking events in Influences; and occupation, personality, and values in the final zone, Choices.
These components form the backbone of the exhibition, exploring the complex notion of identity both in the real world and in creative fiction. Original content throughout the exhibition will shed light on each of the components of identity; simultaneously, “making-of” featurettes explore the stories behind the development of many iconic Star Wars characters, explaining how they became who they are, and showing how different creative choices might have made them different characters altogether.
Kyra Bowling, Exhibits Manager at Lucasfilm Ltd., says “the Star Wars saga continues to captivate audiences who find connection to its richly diverse cast of wonderful characters. Star Wars provides a natural lens through which to explore the themes of personal identity and character. This innovative exhibition lets visitors of all ages investigate, in a fun and educational way, the factors and forces that help shape who we are as individuals.”
A vast and exclusive collection of some 200 objects from the Lucasfilm Archives features props, models, costumes, and artwork from the Star Wars films. This rich collection spans the entire Star Wars canon, drawing from the classic (1977-83) and prequel (1999-2005) trilogies, as well as the animated feature The Clone Wars (2008) and the ongoing television series of the same name. Fan favourites like Darth Vader, R2-D2, Chewbacca, Boba Fett, Yoda, the Millennium Falcon and Anakin Skywalker’s full-sized Podracer — among others — are sure to delight visitors of all generations.
An Interactive Quest
Star Wars Identities will place the visitor at the centre of the exhibition experience with an interactive identity quest that spans the duration of the visit. Closely interwoven with the collection and the educational content, this unique interactive experience will use technology to help visitors of all ages create their own personal and original Star Wars identity by incorporating elements of their own identity with fictional elements. Visitors will then leave with their own unique character inspired by the Star Wars universe and with a deeper understanding of the exhibition’s central theme.
A Team of Experts
In order to develop the exhibition’s scientific content, X3 Productions has collaborated with the Montreal Science Centre content experts to gather a team of specialists from a variety of scientific fields, including genetics, neuropsychology, health sciences, and psychology. Their knowledge and expertise have shaped the exhibition’s structure, and their input has been essential in developing its scientific content and in ensuring that its investigation into identity is up to date and firmly rooted in the sciences.
A Cultural Touchstone
The Star Wars movies have broken box office records and won countless awards over the decades, but it is in the public’s imagination that the franchise has truly made its mark, enchanting audiences of all ages and establishing itself as a cultural touchstone all across the world. The stories continue to resonate today because of their universality: we identify with the characters of Star Wars, and we recognize ourselves in their journeys.
“This exhibition offers a fresh perspective on the beloved characters of Star Wars,” says Jacques-Andre Dupont, Executive Producer of X3 Productions. “We get a deeper understanding of their identities, and, at the same time, we get a deeper understanding of our own. The collection, the interactive components, and the scientific content work hand in hand here to create a seamless and exciting experience for our visitors. It’s a character-driven adventure into identity.”
Information and Ticket Sales
Star Wars Identities will premiere at the Montreal Science Centre from April 19 through September 16, 2012. Tickets are on sale now! For complete schedule and ticket information, visit their website at www.montrealsciencecentre.com or contact them at (514) 496-4724 or (877) 496-4724. Visitors can begin their adventure into identity today by visiting StarWarsIdentities.com.
There’s more information at the official site, the aforementioned starwarsidentites.com [3]. The exhibit will likely travel after it concludes in Montreal, so, if you can’t make it to Canada, just be patient.
Source: The Force.net [4]
[1] http://www.slashfilm.com/skyfall-twentythird-james-bond-film/
[2] http://www.slashfilm.com/domain-registration-rumors-star-wars-identities-lucasfilm-phantoms-paramount/
[3] http://www.starwarsidentities.com/
[4] http://www.theforce.net/latestnews/story/Lucasfilm_Unveils_Star_Wars_Identities_141942.asp
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Boo Bros Out & Morning Links
All credit to Burnsy for finding this picture. I’m assuming it’s Boo. MORNING LINKS COMEDY TONIGHT IN OAKLAND! Check me out at the Layover, we can compare stab wounds. |LayoverComedy| [...]
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Stallone producing a Rocky musical with the Klitschko brothers. Wait, what?
I cover the film industry for a living, and as absurd as it is, it still doesn’t hold a candle to theater, where writing songs about a movie and hiring [...]
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Martin Scorsese Set For ?The Snowman?
Less than a month ago Martin Scorsese started to show public interest [1] in directing a film based on Jo Nesbø’s thriller novel The Snowman. (He has been circling the project for longer than that.) The book is one of nine Nesbø novels featuring Harry Hole, a non-traditional, alcoholic, loose-cannon police detective. In The Snowman, “a son finds his mother?s pink scarf wrapped around the neck of a ominous looking snowman. Hole realizes she is the latest victim of a serial killer.”
Scorsese’s interest in the film is good news for those who like big-budget adaptations of brutal police thrillers, and not so good news for anyone who hoped that, after Hugo, Scorsese might finally make his long-planned Jesuit drama Silence or the mob movie The Irishman.
Now we’ve got confirmation that The Snowman will indeed be directed by Scorsese.
THR [2] says that Nesbø and production company Working Title have confirmed that Scorsese will direct the film. Part of the final deal was approval from Nesbø, who also agreed not to insist that the film be shot in the Norwegian city of Oslo, where the book is set. (Though the film could end up being shot there; it just isn’t a stipulation of the deal that it must be.)
Matthew Michael Carnahan (World War Z) is writing. We don’t know what changes will be made to the story, and we don’t know if this will definitely be Scorsese’s next film, though that’s how it looks right now.
Here’s the book description:
Oslo in November. The first snow of the season has fallen. A boy named Jonas wakes in the night to find his mother gone. Out his window, in the cold moonlight, he sees the snowman that inexplicably appeared in the yard earlier in the day. Around its neck is his mother?s pink scarf.
Hole suspects a link between a menacing letter he?s received and the disappearance of Jonas?s mother?and of perhaps a dozen other women, all of whom went missing on the day of a first snowfall. As his investigation deepens, something else emerges: he is becoming a pawn in an increasingly terrifying game whose rules are devised?and constantly revised?by the killer.
[1] http://www.slashfilm.com/martin-scorsese-adapt-norwegian-thriller-the-snowman/
[2] http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jo-nesbo-working-title-greenlight-264392
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Sylvester Stallone Producing ?Rocky? Musical
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From the files of “so crazy it just might work” comes Rocky: The Musical, a new stage show being developed by star Sylvester Stallone and world champion boxing brothers Wladimir and Vitali Klitschko. And though my initial reaction was to dismiss it as another Broadway disaster — Rocky belting out showtunes? Really? — there’s something about the idea that actually makes a weird sort of sense. The fact that Stallone’s getting together a crack team to bring the story to the stage doesn’t hurt matters, either. More details after the jump.
The Hollywood Reporter [2] writes that Stallone is set to produce, along with the Klitschkos and producer Kevin King Templeton (The Expendables). Tony Award-winning Producers writer Thomas Meehan is set to pen the story, with Alex Timbers (Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson) directing. Lyricist Lynn Ahrens and composer Stephen Flaherty — frequent collaborators who won Tonys for their work on Ragtime — will provide the music, which will include several songs from the Rocky films including “Eye of the Tiger,” “Gonna Fly Now,” and “Take You Back.” In addition, the Klitschkos will be on hand to train the as-yet-uncast lead actor in the sport.
While the original films revolve primarily around, y’know, boxing, Stallone says the musical will focus more heavily on the romantic angle of the tale. “At the end of the day, Rocky is a love story and he could never have reached the final bell without Adrian,” Stallone explained. “To see this story coming to life on a musical stage makes me proud. And it would make Rocky proud.”
Though the combination of boxing and musicals seems like an odd fit at first, the Rocky movies have exactly the kind of grand, sweeping emotion that’d translate well to the medium. It also helps that the sport itself has a graceful physicality that could nicely complement any dance sequences, or maybe even be reinterpreted as athletic choreography. Throw in the slight shift in focus to put a crowd-pleasing love story front and center, and it actually becomes pretty easy to see how Rocky: The Musical could work.
What’s tougher to swallow, however, is the ironic fact that the all-American hero will be singing and dancing in German before he ever makes his English-language debut. Rocky: The Musical is slated to premiere in Hamburg, Germany in November 2012, after which Stallone will take an English version to stages around the world.
[1] http://www.slashfilm.com/wp/wp-content/images/Rocky.jpg
[2] http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/sylvester-stallone-rocky-musical-klitschko-264421
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Superhero Bits: X-Men First Class 2, The Avengers, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Dark Knight Rises
Want to see some new set photos from The Amazing Spider-Man? How much does James McAvoy know about the X-Men First Class sequel? What does the new Avengers website reveal about the characters? Has Paul Bettany been asked to return for the film? Did Donald Glover talk about Spider-Man in his new Comedy Central special and what is the best Superman video game of all time? Read about all of this and much more in today’s Superhero Bits.
MTV [1] says the new Superman game for IOS is “the best Superman video game I’ve ever played.”
James McAvoy spoke to Collider [2] about the X-Men First Class sequel and, while not revealing anything, did give some cool insight. Here’s a piece, head there for more:
I?ve heard a little bit about what?s happening. The director has got a fantastic idea for what the story will be. I can?t really tell you what it is because we may or may not make that, but we?ve got to do something intelligent with it. I can?t speak for Michael?s character, but for my character, he?s got some major shit to deal with. He?s just been paralyzed and he?s been betrayed by the person who he?s probably come to care about more than anybody else in the world, and he?s the guy who did it to him….That?s a huge thing that we have to deal with and we need to see that. If we don?t see that, I feel like it would just totally wallpaper over the fact that this guy has been completely physically compromised. That?s an important thing for me. Other than that, I don?t know. We?re still waiting for Fox to greenlight it. I think what they?re doing really well is that they?re not just rushing ahead and making another one because it did well. They are just trying to get a decent story together. If they don?t get a decent story together, then we probably won?t do another one because it can be a stand-alone film. We shouldn?t just make another one because we want to make some money. There needs to be a good script there.
The podcast 24 Panels Per Second [3] contacted us to let us know their new episode focuses on the original Ghost Rider.
A man channeled Batman when he repelled from the top of a shopping mall to the floor to propose to his girlfriend. Thanks to Metro [4] for the story an image.
Christian Bale spoke a bit about Bruce Wayne’s character in The Dark Knight Rises. He said the following at a recent press junket thanks to CinemaUOL [5] (via Comic Book Movie [6]). There’s more on the link:
We agreed that Bruce Wayne is absolutely sincere as Bruce Wayne, and as Batman utterly sincere. But Bruce Wayne, the playboy, is a pure facade, it’s a lie he has, somehow, to control one side of your soul that’s not really under control. In fact, only Alfred knows who he is.
Stan Lee is launching a new, official website. Thanks to Bleeding Cool [7] for the heads up.
Seventeen tons of marijuana was seized in [8] San Diego recently. It’s street name? Captain America.
Marvel [9] has launched its official website for The Avengers and it has some new, detailed [10] character descriptions that hint [11] at plot points from the new movie. Plus, wallpapers!
Didn’t think Michael Shannon could say more about his audition process for the role of Zod in Man of Steel? You’d be wrong. The Times of India [12] (via CBM [13]) ran a bunch of quotes like this one:
I was thinking, ‘There’s something wrong here. This is one of the largest films around. I’m not Robert De Niro – I don’t understand why this is being plonked on my lap.’
Hasbro revealed a huge list of toys they have coming out for The Avengers. Some potential spoilers here, but good none the less. Thanks to Marvelous News [14] (via CBM [15]).
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[1] http://splashpage.mtv.com/2011/11/18/superman-ios-game-review/
[2] http://collider.com/james-mcavoy-arthur-christmas-trance-filth-shameless-interview/127404/
[3] http://24panelspersecond.blogspot.com/2011/11/episode-13-ghost-rider-2007.html
[4] http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/882192-holy-marriage-proposal-batman-superhero-in-shopping-centre-stunt
[5] http://cinema.uol.com.br/ultnot/2011/11/18/christian-bale-despede-se-de-batman-e-diz-que-e-como-dar-adeus-a-um-velho-amigo.jhtm
[6] http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/CoastToCoastStation/news/?a=50026&t=Christian_Bale_Weighs_In_On_iThe_Dark_Knight_Risesi_Being_The_Final_Chapter__More
[7] http://www.bleedingcool.com/2011/11/19/stan-lee-launches-therealstanlee-com-video/
[8] http://www.bleedingcool.com/2011/11/19/captain-america-cannabis-seized-in-san-diego
[9] http://marvel.com/avengers_movie
[10] http://www.bleedingcool.com/2011/11/20/the-avengers-bios-give-scraps-of-movie-info-accompany-character-posters
[11] http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/GraphicCity/news/?a=50059&t=Marvels_Official_Website_For_emThe_Avengersem_Gives_Vague_Teaser_About_The_emLokiem_Threat
[12] http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hollywood/news-interviews/Michael-Shannon-surprised-by-Superman-role/articleshow/10793028.cms
[13] http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/joshw24/news/?a=50050&t=Michael_Shannon_Elaborates_On_Getting_The_Role_Of_Zod_And_His_Screen_Test_With_Henry_Cavill
[14] http://marvelousnews.com/index.php?catid=23&itemid=14553
[15] http://comicbookmovie.com/fansites/MarvelFreshman/news/?a=50038
[16] http://www.slashfilm.com/superhero-bits-125/2/
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Superhero Bits: X-Men First Class 2, The Avengers, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Dark Knight Rises
Want to see some new set photos from The Amazing Spider-Man? How much does James McAvoy know about the X-Men First Class sequel? What does the new Avengers website reveal about the characters? Has Paul Bettany been asked to return for the film? Did Donald Glover talk about Spider-Man in his new Comedy Central special and what is the best Superman video game of all time? Read about all of this and much more in today’s Superhero Bits.
MTV [1] says the new Superman game for IOS is “the best Superman video game I’ve ever played.”
James McAvoy spoke to Collider [2] about the X-Men First Class sequel and, while not revealing anything, did give some cool insight. Here’s a piece, head there for more:
I?ve heard a little bit about what?s happening. The director has got a fantastic idea for what the story will be. I can?t really tell you what it is because we may or may not make that, but we?ve got to do something intelligent with it. I can?t speak for Michael?s character, but for my character, he?s got some major shit to deal with. He?s just been paralyzed and he?s been betrayed by the person who he?s probably come to care about more than anybody else in the world, and he?s the guy who did it to him….That?s a huge thing that we have to deal with and we need to see that. If we don?t see that, I feel like it would just totally wallpaper over the fact that this guy has been completely physically compromised. That?s an important thing for me. Other than that, I don?t know. We?re still waiting for Fox to greenlight it. I think what they?re doing really well is that they?re not just rushing ahead and making another one because it did well. They are just trying to get a decent story together. If they don?t get a decent story together, then we probably won?t do another one because it can be a stand-alone film. We shouldn?t just make another one because we want to make some money. There needs to be a good script there.
The podcast 24 Panels Per Second [3] contacted us to let us know their new episode focuses on the original Ghost Rider.
A man channeled Batman when he repelled from the top of a shopping mall to the floor to propose to his girlfriend. Thanks to Metro [4] for the story an image.
Christian Bale spoke a bit about Bruce Wayne’s character in The Dark Knight Rises. He said the following at a recent press junket thanks to CinemaUOL [5] (via Comic Book Movie [6]). There’s more on the link:
We agreed that Bruce Wayne is absolutely sincere as Bruce Wayne, and as Batman utterly sincere. But Bruce Wayne, the playboy, is a pure facade, it’s a lie he has, somehow, to control one side of your soul that’s not really under control. In fact, only Alfred knows who he is.
Stan Lee is launching a new, official website. Thanks to Bleeding Cool [7] for the heads up.
Seventeen tons of marijuana was seized in [8] San Diego recently. It’s street name? Captain America.
Marvel [9] has launched its official website for The Avengers and it has some new, detailed [10] character descriptions that hint [11] at plot points from the new movie. Plus, wallpapers!
Didn’t think Michael Shannon could say more about his audition process for the role of Zod in Man of Steel? You’d be wrong. The Times of India [12] (via CBM [13]) ran a bunch of quotes like this one:
I was thinking, ‘There’s something wrong here. This is one of the largest films around. I’m not Robert De Niro – I don’t understand why this is being plonked on my lap.’
Hasbro revealed a huge list of toys they have coming out for The Avengers. Some potential spoilers here, but good none the less. Thanks to Marvelous News [14] (via CBM [15]).
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[1] http://splashpage.mtv.com/2011/11/18/superman-ios-game-review/
[2] http://collider.com/james-mcavoy-arthur-christmas-trance-filth-shameless-interview/127404/
[3] http://24panelspersecond.blogspot.com/2011/11/episode-13-ghost-rider-2007.html
[4] http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/882192-holy-marriage-proposal-batman-superhero-in-shopping-centre-stunt
[5] http://cinema.uol.com.br/ultnot/2011/11/18/christian-bale-despede-se-de-batman-e-diz-que-e-como-dar-adeus-a-um-velho-amigo.jhtm
[6] http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/CoastToCoastStation/news/?a=50026&t=Christian_Bale_Weighs_In_On_iThe_Dark_Knight_Risesi_Being_The_Final_Chapter__More
[7] http://www.bleedingcool.com/2011/11/19/stan-lee-launches-therealstanlee-com-video/
[8] http://www.bleedingcool.com/2011/11/19/captain-america-cannabis-seized-in-san-diego
[9] http://marvel.com/avengers_movie
[10] http://www.bleedingcool.com/2011/11/20/the-avengers-bios-give-scraps-of-movie-info-accompany-character-posters
[11] http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/GraphicCity/news/?a=50059&t=Marvels_Official_Website_For_emThe_Avengersem_Gives_Vague_Teaser_About_The_emLokiem_Threat
[12] http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hollywood/news-interviews/Michael-Shannon-surprised-by-Superman-role/articleshow/10793028.cms
[13] http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/joshw24/news/?a=50050&t=Michael_Shannon_Elaborates_On_Getting_The_Role_Of_Zod_And_His_Screen_Test_With_Henry_Cavill
[14] http://marvelousnews.com/index.php?catid=23&itemid=14553
[15] http://comicbookmovie.com/fansites/MarvelFreshman/news/?a=50038
[16] http://www.slashfilm.com/superhero-bits-125/2/
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Diablo Cody Says ?Evil Dead? Remake Will Be ?Unbelievably Violent,? Sees ?Sweet Valley High? as ?American Graffiti? for the ?80s
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We haven’t seen a feature from screenwriter from Diablo Cody since 2009′s tepidly received Jennifer’s Body, but next month’s Young Adult kicks off a series of interesting projects Cody’s got on her slate. In a pair of recent interviews, Cody touched upon two very different ones: the Evil Dead remake from writer-director Fede Alvarez (which has the blessing of the original’s director Sam Raimi and star/exec producer Bruce Campbell, before you get too up in arms), and that Sweet Valley High movie announced [2] a couple of years back. Read her comments after the jump.
Cody was brought on to The Evil Dead over the summer to rewrite Alvarez’s original draft, which she praised in a recent conversation with Collider [3] as “really scary” and “unbelievably violent.” Though her involvement [4] predictably inspired grumbling from moviegoers only familiar with her work in Juno and Jennifer’s Body, Cody reassured horror fans that she’d kept the dialogue in Evil Dead “very naturalistic” in a way that “would serve the story.”
As a fan of Raimi’s original films, Cody says, she was “so excited” to work on Alvarez’s remake. At the same time, however, “I was nervous to take the job because I thought ‘Ugh, I?m gonna get shit for this.’ People are not gonna like this, because all people know of me is Juno and they think I?m gonna pollute Evil Dead with wacky dialogue and cute stuff and folk music.” But “I understand what this is,” she asserts. “I?m interested in storytelling here and making it scary and good and true to the original.”
While we’ll have to wait and see how Evil Dead actually turns out, I’m willing to give Cody the benefit of the doubt. There’s no reason to believe Cody can only do cutesy dialogue, just as there’s no reason to assume a primarily dramatic actor could never do comedy or vice versa. I’d think that someone intelligent enough to write the genuinely sweet, smart Juno would also be sharp enough to realize that “honest to blog” and hamburger telephones have no place in an Evil Dead movie.
Cody was less on the defensive in her other interview, this one with The Playlist [5]. Cody spoke with the site about the YA adaptation Sweet Valley High, which in all respects sounds more like what we’ve come to expect from her.
“I want it to be wonderfully nostalgic,” she told the site. “I want it to be to the ’80s what American Graffiti was to the [early] ’60s. I want it to be looking back on a really cool time and enjoying yourself and I want it to be glamorous and colorful and bubblegum and a feast for the senses. That’s my plan.”
Though Cody didn’t offer a timetable for the project, she affirmed that it was definitely happening. “That is moving forward,” she said. “It’s closer to reality than ever but I can’t freely talk about it.”
As someone who loved Francine Pascal’s Sweet Valley High books in her adolescent years and Juno in her twentysomething days, I can’t think of anyone better suited to bring Pascal’s stories to life than Cody. Cody definitely gets teenagers, and her signature cutesy dialogue would fit pretty well into the idealized universe of Sweet Valley. If anything, I’d expect Cody’s take to be an improvement over the original Sweet Valley, which I’ve come to realize as an adult was rarely well written and mostly pretty silly.
[1] http://www.slashfilm.com/wp/wp-content/images/Evil-Dead-Diablo-Cody-Sweet-Valley-High.jpg
[2] http://www.slashfilm.com/diablo-cody-goes-to-sweet-valley-high/
[3] http://collider.com/diablo-cody-evil-dead-remake-interview/127309/
[4] http://www.slashfilm.com/diablo-cody-writing-evil-dead-remake/
[5] http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/diablo-cody-wants-sweet-valley-high-to-be-american-graffiti-for-the-80s
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More Dark Knight stuff: Bane has a fart helmet or something
I thought I was done with the Dark Knight Rises stuff this morning, and that was fine by me, because discussing the miniscule tidbits of a movie that doesn’t come [...]
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Kit Harington is Arthur in WB?s ?Arthur & Lancelot?
I’ve written about the film a couple times and yet I keep forgetting that Warner Bros. is making Arthur & Lancelot, a new take on the oft-filmed Arthurian legend. David Dobkin (Wedding Crashers, The Change-Up) wrote the script, which Warner Bros. bought and chose to film over several other competing takes on the Arthurian story.
(Casulaties of the Camelot Crush from early 2011 included [1] Bryan Singer’s Excalibur remake and Guy Ritchie’s Arthur movie, which had script input from Warren Ellis and John Hodge.)
David Dobkin will direct in addition to writing, and just as early reports suggested [2], the lead roles have gone to Game of Thrones’ own Jon Snow, Kit Harington, and [3] Joel Kinnaman from The Killing. They’ll play Arthur and Lancelot, respectively, in what has been called a contemporary retelling of the tale. But read on to see why that early description of the script seems to be at least slightly off.
We haven’t known much about the story, though Variety [4]‘s report on Harington’s casting says this movie “will be more in the vein of “Braveheart”-style action.” I don’t know how to reconcile that with the idea of a contemporary telling.
THR [5] offers a lot more plot detail:
The movie sees Arthur as an illegitimate son being raised by a humble and poor knight in a village who will grow into an inspiring leader while Lancelot is a rebellious noble who distrusts the established government. (Guinevere, at this stage of the game, is simple a cameo but will figure more prominently in potential sequels.)
That seems to put the early reports of this being a ‘contemporary telling’ out of the realm of possibility entirely. That’s for the best, I think. Perhaps the original description should have been that this is a re-telling with a new spin informed by contemporary times and events? Hard to say right now. And with Sherlock Holmes producer Lionel Wigram producing, it shouldn’t be a surprise to see THR referring to the movie as “a bit of a lighthearted action movie.”
Harington beat out Sam Claflin and Richard Maddon for the role of Arthur, though I’m not sure that background detail will help you get a more firm grip on what this movie is meant to be. Arthur & Lancelot was fast-tracked when put into motion this summer, and is likely to shoot in March 2012.
[1] http://www.slashfilm.com/wb-fasttracks-arthur-lancelot-kills-excalibur-remake-process/
[2] http://www.slashfilm.com/casting-bits-catherine-zetajones-broken-city-kit-harrington-joel-kinnaman-frontrunners-arthur-lancelot/
[3] http://www.slashfilm.com/casting-bits-gary-oldman-wanted-arthur-lancelot-keira-knightley-approached-akira/
[4] http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118046355?categoryid=4154&cs=1&cmpid=RSS%7CNews%7CLatestNews
[5] http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/game-thrones-kit-harington-arthur-lancelot-263649?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+THRComicCon+%28The+Hollywood+Reporter+-+Heat+Vision%29
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Tom Hiddleston Kicks Off MTV News’ Thankful Week
FROM MTV NEWS: To say that 2011 has been a banner year for relative newcomer Tom Hiddleston would be a serious understatement. If you didn’t see him beginning to discover his mischievous roots as Loki in “Thor,” you may have caught him in “Midnight in Paris” as F. Scott Fitzgerald, or noticed his name and/or [...]
Source: http://hollywoodcrush.mtv.com/2011/11/21/tom-hiddleston-thankful-week/
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‘Amazing Spider-Man’ Stars Emma Stone, Andrew Garfield Swing Through NYC…Holding Hands!
Every day a multitude of stars wander through the halls of MTV News to talk about their latest projects and goof around with staff members. But sometimes we catch stars elsewhere, and that’s why we put together Spotted!, a daily compendium of stars in the wild.
If there were any lingering doubts whether “The Amazing Spider-Man” [...]
Source: http://hollywoodcrush.mtv.com/2011/11/21/emma-stone-andrew-garfield-holding-hands/
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Ethan Hawke Says He?s Planning Another ?Before Sunrise? Sequel with Julie Delpy and Richard Linklater
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On paper, Before Sunset, Richard Linklater’s 2004 sequel to his delicate 1995 film Before Sunrise, shouldn’t have worked. The ambiguity of Sunrise’s ending was what left the story, which follows French Celine (Julie Delpy) and American Jesse (Ethan Hawke) as they spend one perfectly romantic evening roaming the streets of Vienna, feeling so bittersweet. To actually answer the question of what had happened to the characters seemed like it would only ruin the mystery.
Instead, Before Sunset proved to be another rich, textured love story every bit the equal of its predecessor, as an older and wiser Celine and Jesse reunited in Paris — with, of course, another deliciously open ending. And now Hawke reveals that he, Delpy, and Linklater may be returning to that well a third time, with another movie revolving around the couple. More details after the jump.
The eagle-eyed folks at Vulture [2] noticed a recent interview Hawke had done with French website AlloCine [3], in which he said that he felt it was time to revisit those characters again. “Well I don’t know what we’re going to do, but I know that the three of us have been talking a lot in the last six months about — all three of us have been having similar feelings that we’re kind of ready to revisit those characters,” he said. “There’s nine years between the first two movies and if we made the film next summer, it would be nine years again. So we started thinking that that would be a good thing to do. We’re going to try to write it this year.”
Normally, I’d have my reservations about tampering with two beloved characters, but Linklater, Delpy, and Hawke clearly have Celine and Jesse down. I can’t wait to see where the new film takes them, if indeed it does happen. And if that goes well, who knows — maybe we’ll get to check in with the pair a fourth time in 2022.
[1] http://www.slashfilm.com/wp/wp-content/images/Before-Sunset.jpg
[2] http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2011/11/ethan-hawke-and-julie-delpy-to-begin-writing-third-before-sunrise-film.html
[3] http://www.allocine.fr/article/fichearticle_gen_carticle=18608764.html
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Judd Apatow Believes The Oscars Need A Best Comedy Category
Drama is easy and comedy is hard. That’s the sentiment of writer/director/producer Judd Apatow who, at a recent Oscar-themed screening of Bridesmaids, said he believes the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences undervalues humor and should give out an Oscar for Best Comedy much as they do for Best Animation.
Watch a video of Apatow’s quote and discuss this complicated issue after the jump.
Thanks to the Los Angeles Times [1] for the video, which doesn’t have an embed so you’ll have to click on the image below to check it out.
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Apatow’s point is incredibly valid but even more complicated. Let’s start with this. Making someone laugh is infinitely harder than not making someone laugh. That’s just an undeniable fact. Despite that, it’s certainly true that comedies, and comedic performances as well, always get snubbed at the Oscars. Some might think it’s because of an older voting base but it’s also because drama is much easier to relate to. Everyone’s sense of humor is totally different based on experiences, upbringing and more. A great personal example was The Change-Up, a movie I loved and found to be unbearably hilarious but almost everyone else hated. Then there’s something like The King’s Speech. Though it has comedic elements, it’s all in service of a high-brow story of everyday triumph. That’s much more universal, hence it wins a ton of Oscars.
There also the problem of how to qualify a film as a “comedy” versus a “drama.” There’s no such issue issue between live action and animation or short film versus feature, the only distinctions the Academy currently makes. It either is or it isn’t. Comedy is much more subjective. You can argue whether or not a film is funny, whether or not the laughs are intentional or if a generally upbeat tone means it’s a comedy or not. For example, is something like 500 Days of Summer a comedy? How about Scott Pilgrim vs. The World? Both are funny, but is that their primary function? If they aren’t comedies, dramas or animation, where do they go?
This becomes an issue every year at the Golden Globes where there’s a Best Drama and Best Comedy/Musical distinction. First of all, grouping musicals and comedies together is totally random. Second of all, how can movies like The Tourist, Red, Burlesque, The Kids Are All Right and Alice in Wonderland be grouped together as comedies? (Those were last year’s Best Comedy/Musical Golden Globe nominees, by the way.)
Judd Apatow makes a valid point, but it’s not one any governing body would agree with and put into practice lightly.
Do you agree with Apatow? How would you go about distinguishing between comedies and dramas?
[1] http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/movies/2011/11/bridesmaids-judd-apatow-wants-comedy-category-at-oscars.html
[2] http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/movies/2011/11/bridesmaids-judd-apatow-wants-comedy-category-at-oscars.html
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Mila Kunis Attends Marine Corps Ball
MSNBC:
Justin Timberlake kept his promise ? and so did his ?Friends with Benefits? co-star, Mila Kunis.
Kunis accompanied Sgt. Scott Moore to the Marine Corps Ball on Friday night in Greenville, N.C., according to several local news reports in Greenville.
The actress arrived into the Pitt-Greenville Airport around 2:30 p.m. local time on Friday and was [...]
Source: http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2011/11/21/mila-kunis-attends-marine-corps-ball/
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Just Say No: Joel Edgerton Passes on ?300? Prequel; Fox Won?t Make ?The Fly? Sequel; Rupert Wyatt Won?t Direct ?Londongrad?
The biggest news today has been what people won’t do, rather than movies they will. We started off with Steven Soderbergh’s withdrawal [1] from The Man From U.N.C.L.E., and now we move on to the fact that Joel Edgerton has said ‘no’ to 300: Battle of Artemisia, Fox has decided not to make David Cronenberg’s sequel to The Fly, and Rise of the Planet of the Apes director Rupert Wyatt won’t make the true-life ‘poisoned KGB agent’ movie Londongrad after all.
The 300 news comes from Variety’s Jeff Snieder, who said via Twitter [2], “UPDATE: JOEL EDGERTON has passed on the 300 sequel.”
The role was offered to Edgerton [3] at the same time that he was said to be up for one of the two lead roles in The Man From U.N.C.L.E. We’ve since heard that the U.N.C.L.E. gig may not have been an offer so much as a bit of agency machination, perhaps to try to massage the 300 deal. Either way the point is moot as U.N.C.L.E. isn’t happening for a while and Edgerton doesn’t want the role in 300: Battle of Artemisia.
And then there’s David Cronenberg’s sequel to his own 1986 film The Fly. News of that possibility first cropped up a couple years ago when Cronenberg was said to be writing and attached to direct a remake [4] of his own remake. But this fall he said [5],
The Fly is not exactly a remake, it?s sort of a sequel, kinda. Yeah, that was a thing. I?ve written a script of that, and I don?t know if that?s going to really happen, but that has to do with Fox.
Now there’s another update, as this week he told The Playlist [6], “I wrote a script and at the moment Fox is not wanting to do the project.”
That’s probably for the best — Cronenberg seems energized of late, or perhaps there is just money available for him to use. His new film A Dangerous Method is about to see release, and he is already putting the finishing touches on another, Cosmopolis. Hopefully Fox won’t foist his script off on another, less insistent director. I would have been ready to see what ideas interested Cronenberg enough to pull a Ridley Scott and return to one of his best films, but I really don’t want to see anyone else do it.
Cronenberg does continue to talk about a sequel [7] to Eastern Promises, which has been a conversation topic for a couple years. Steven Knight scripted a sequel and Viggo Mortensen wants to reprise his role as a Russian gangster. That one sounds a bit more viable, as Cronenberg said,
Eastern Promises might happen. There is a script that we all like, including Viggo, and Focus is interested.
Finally, while Warner Bros. was recently moving forward somewhat quickly on Londongrad, which tells of the mysterious death of former KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko, who was poisoned in 2006, the movie has stalled a bit. That’s because Rupert Wyatt, who was briefly looking like the film’s director, won’t make it after all.
Fox wants Wyatt to get moving on an Apes sequel as fast as possible, and is pulling the contractual leash they’ve got on him. So WB might keep Londongrad in its pocket for a while until the next Apes movie is done, or might find somone new. Michael Fassbender was being courted to play the lead, but that might now change, too. [Deadline [8]]
[1] http://www.slashfilm.com/steven-soderbergh-drops-the-man-uncle/
[2] https://twitter.com/#!/TheInSneider/status/136989356975067138
[3] http://www.slashfilm.com/joel-edgerton-talks-300-battle-artemisia/
[4] http://www.slashfilm.com/remake-of-the-fly-to-be-directed-by-david-cronenberg/
[5] http://www.slashfilm.com/david-cronenberg-speaks-sequels-the-fly-eastern-promises/
[6] http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/exclusive-david-cronenberg-says-that-fox-have-passed-on-his-script-for-the-fly-sequel
[7] http://www.slashfilm.com/david-cronenberg-and-viggo-mortensen-to-reteam-for-eastern-promises-2/
[8] http://www.deadline.com/2011/11/londongrad-losing-rupert-wyatt/
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Nothing ?God-Awful? About Loder?s New Movie Tome
Former MTV mainstay Kurt Loder still loves music, but these days you?re more likely to read him pontificating about ?The Twilight Saga? than Lady Gaga.
Movies, says Loder, film critic for Reason.com, are ?fresh material to me, in a way that music somehow isn?t. It?s tangible. It?s up on the screen.?
Loder?s movie commentaries ? witty, wise [...]
Source: http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cftoto/2011/11/20/nothing-god-awful-about-loders-new-movie-tome/
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Nothing ?God-Awful? About Loder?s New Movie Tome
Former MTV mainstay Kurt Loder still loves music, but these days you?re more likely to read him pontificating about ?The Twilight Saga? than Lady Gaga.
Movies, says Loder, film critic for Reason.com, are ?fresh material to me, in a way that music somehow isn?t. It?s tangible. It?s up on the screen.?
Loder?s movie commentaries ? witty, wise [...]
Source: http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cftoto/2011/11/20/nothing-god-awful-about-loders-new-movie-tome/
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Or Was It? MURDER QUESTION MARK
The death of actress Natalie Wood is one of the more famous unsolved mysteries in Hollywood. Short story: she was out on a boat with Christopher Walken and her husband, [...]
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Tim Robbins and Adrien Brody Cast in WWII Chinese Famine Film
Briefly: Here’s another example of the increasing, and sometimes increasingly weird, overlap between the US and Chinese film industries. Tim Robbins and Adrien Brody have been cast in a film that will chronicle the effects of a famine that devastated central China as war raged against Japan in 1942. That’s not quite the same as Zhang Yimou hiring Christian Bale [1] for The Flowers of War, but it is the result of the same idea being put into play. That is: increase global distribution opportunities by bringing in American actors.
The film has no title as yet, and will be helmed by director/actor/writer Feng Xiaogang (A World Without Thieves). Variety [2] says the film will be based on the novel Remembering 1942 by Liu Zhenyun. The book’s story is set in the Henan province in central China, where drought and the distraction of war against occupying Japan led to a deadly food shortage.
No word on what roles Robbins and Brody might play, or plans to distribute the eventual film.
[1] http://www.slashfilm.com/the-flowers-war-trailer/
[2] http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118046197?categoryid=13&cs=1&cmpid=RSS%7CNews%7CLatestNews
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‘Future Of Us’ Scribes Carolyn Mackler, Jay Asher Contemplate Fate And Facebook
With their inspired collaboration, “The Future of Us,” hitting bookstore shelves November 21, we asked authors Carolyn Mackler and Jay Asher to explain the unique premise of their novel and reflect on how today’s decisions shape who we become.
Carolyn: In “The Future of Us,” Emma and Josh are two teenagers in 1996 who’ve lived next [...]
Source: http://hollywoodcrush.mtv.com/2011/11/17/future-of-us-guest-blog-jay-asher-carolyn-mackler/
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Your ‘Breaking Dawn’ Midnight Premiere Survival Guide!
Sure, it isn’t the zombie apocalypse, but waiting in an hours-long line for your first bite of “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1″ can be a deadly cocktail of boredom, dehydration and anxiety. Since we don’t have the eternal patience of Edward Cullen (and we’re guessing you don’t either), we’ve put together a [...]
Source: http://hollywoodcrush.mtv.com/2011/11/17/breaking-dawn-midnight-premiere-surival-guide/
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Nothing ?God-Awful? About Loder?s New Movie Tome
Former MTV mainstay Kurt Loder still loves music, but these days you?re more likely to read him pontificating about ?The Twilight Saga? than Lady Gaga.
Movies, says Loder, film critic for Reason.com, are ?fresh material to me, in a way that music somehow isn?t. It?s tangible. It?s up on the screen.?
Loder?s movie commentaries ? witty, wise [...]
Source: http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cftoto/2011/11/20/nothing-god-awful-about-loders-new-movie-tome/
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‘Snow White,’ ‘Hunger Games’ And More: Which Trailer Was Your Favorite?
For the past two weeks, it seemed like every day brought a new, hugely discussed trailer. With first looks at “Snow White and the Huntsman,” “Mirror, Mirror,” “Brave” and “The Hunger Games” all debuting recently, next year’s biggest blockbusters were all vying for your attention.
Get more trailer talk in today’s Talk Nerdy To Me!
But which [...]
Source: http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2011/11/18/snow-white-hunger-games-trailer/
Rage Against the Machine?s Zack De La Rocha Reveals Heartfelt Poem to Occupy Wall Street
Had a hard day? Let not your heart be troubled, intrepid reader. The comedy gods have smiled upon you and given Big Hollywood the sad, inevitable, hilarious zenith of the music world’s intersection with the Occupy movement.
After the pathetic Occupy-themed song of Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello, the political rap-rock band’s singer rhythmic [...]
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Cat Fail and Morning Links
I could watch this for hours. I think it’s the sudden realization face. |FckYeahDementia| MORNING LINKS FREE COMEDY SHOW IN LA TONIGHT, with me, Joe King, TJ Miller, Mark Ellis, [...]
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Woody Allen: A Documentary: Clip: When Woody Met Diane
See what happened when Woody Allen first met Diane Keaton and learn what they both first thought of each other. Woody Allen: A Documentary premieres nationally Sunday, November 20 from 9-11 p.m. and Monday, November 21 from 9-10:30 p.m. on PBS (check local listings) as part of the 25th anniversary season of American Masters.
Please view the original post to see the video.
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Casting Bits: Yvonne Strahovski in ?I, Frankenstein?, David Oyelowo in ?Lincoln?, Elle Fanning and Alessandro Nivola in ?Bomb?
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Chuck actress Yvonne Strahovski is in final talks for I, Frankenstein, Stuart Beattie’s adaptation of the comic book by Kevin Grevioux. Aaron Eckhart leads the cast as Frankenstein’s classic monster, who in the present day goes by Adam and stands between humanity and the supernatural demons who would overtake them.
Bill Nighy was previously announced [2] as being in talks to play the villain, a demon prince determined to unlock the secrets of Frankenstein’s reanimation. Strahovski is negotiating for the female lead, a scientist who’s tricked by the demons into helping them create an undead army. Miranda Otto and Socratis Otto (no relation) also star.
Strahovski recently starred in Killer Elite with Jason Statham, Clive Owen, and Robert De Niro, and will next appear in My Mother’s Curse with Seth Rogen, Barbra Streisand, and Adam Scott. I, Frankenstein is scheduled to begin shooting this winter in Australia. [The Hollywood Reporter [3]]
After the jump, rising star David Oyelowo books yet another high-profile project, and Elle Fanning and Alessandro Nivola try to stop things from exploding.
David Oyelowo may not be a household name just yet, but with this summer’s The Help and Rise of the Planet of the Apes behind him and The Paperboy, Red Tails, and One Shot coming up next, his profile is definitely on the rise. Now he’s landed the part of a calvaryman in Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln, which focuses on the last four months of the sixteenth President’s life leading up to his assassination.
Oyelowo joins an impressive cast that includes Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Sally Field, Tommy Lee Jones, Jackie Earle Haley, and of course, Daniel Day-Lewis as Honest Abe. Lincoln is currently shooting for a late 2012 release. [Deadline [4]]
Elle Fanning and Alessandro Nivola are signed on for Bomb, by Orlando writer-director Sally Potter. Fanning will star as a brainy young rebel involved with the anti-nuclear movement in 1960s London, while Nivola will play a writer who has an affair with his teenage daughter’s best friend.
Also on board is Alice Englert, daughter of filmmaker Jane Campion, who’ll play as boy-crazy young activist. Given those character descriptions it’s probably a reasonable guess that Nivola will be playing Fanning’s father, though until we hear confirmation we can’t be sure. According to the Belfast Telegraph [5], production is slated to begin in February. [Deadline [6]]
[1] http://www.slashfilm.com/wp/wp-content/images/Yvonne-Strahovski.jpg
[2] http://www.slashfilm.com/bill-nighy-talks-play-i-frankenstein-villain/
[3] http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/chuck-yvonne-strahovski-frankenstein-263263
[4] http://www.deadline.com/2011/11/david-oyelowo-joins-steven-spielbergs-lincoln/
[5] http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/film-tv/news/fanning-to-blast-off-with-bomb-16079504.html
[6] http://www.deadline.com/2011/11/elle-fanning-alessandro-nivola-join-sally-potters-bomb/
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First Look: Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan and Tobey Maguire in Baz Luhrmann?s ?The Great Gatsby?
Certain movies are rumored and talked about for so long [1] it’s kind of surreal to actually see them in production. Among the films on that long and distinguished list might be Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby. For well over a year, the film was set to star Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire as Gatsby and Carraway. Then the search for Daisy, eventually landing on [2] Carey Mulligan, took some time longer. Then there was a question if Luhrmann was going to make the film [3] at all, whether or not he’d be shooting it in 3D [4] and more. Well it is in 3D [5], it stars all of those people and it is now shooting aimed at a December 25, 2012 release. You can see some great images of the three leads in costume after the jump.
Thanks to Celebuzz [6] (via Collider [7]) for these images.
Not that you’d expect anything less from a Baz Luhrmann adaptation of one of the greatest books of all time, but the hair and costumes in these photos are extremely beautiful. Add to that a cast that also includes Joel Edgerton, Isla Fisher, Jason Clarke and Gemma Ward and you get an idea of the young, stunning, 3D production Baz is putting together.
Here’s your basic Great Gatsby plot summary just for posterity’s sake.
?The Great Gatsby? follows Fitzgerald-like, would-be writer Nick Carraway as he leaves the Midwest and comes to New York City in the spring of 1922, an era of loosening morals, glittering jazz and bootleg kings. Chasing his own American Dream, Nick lands next door to a mysterious, party-giving millionaire, Jay Gatsby, and across the bay from his cousin, Daisy, and her philandering, blue-blooded husband, Tom Buchanan. It is thus that Nick is drawn into the captivating world of the super rich, their illusions, loves and deceits. As Nick bears witness, within and without the world he inhabits, he pens a tale of impossible love, incorruptible dreams and high-octane tragedy, and holds a mirror to our own modern times and struggles.
[1] http://www.slashfilm.com/baz-luhrmanns-the-great-gatsby/
[2] http://www.slashfilm.com/carey-mulligan-cast-baz-luhrmanns-the-great-gatsby/
[3] http://www.slashfilm.com/baz-luhrman-backing-great-gatsby/
[4] http://www.slashfilm.com/baz-luhrmanns-the-great-gatsby-3d-michael-mann-3d/
[5] http://www.slashfilm.com/baz-luhrmanns-great-gatsby-officially-shot-3d-distributed-warner-brothers/
[6] http://www.celebuzz.com/2011-11-18/leonardo-dicaprio-carey-mulligan-tobey-macguire-all-dressed-up-on-set-of-gatsby-photos/
[7] http://collider.com/leonardo-dicaprio-great-gatsby-set-photos/127327/
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Charles & Ray Eames: The Architect and the Painter: About the Film
American Masters presents the first film made about America?s most important and influential designers, Charles and Ray Eames, since their deaths in 1978 and 1988, respectively ? and the only film that explores the link between their artistic collaboration and sometimes tortured marriage. Jason Cohn and Bill Jersey?s definitive documentary delves into the private world [...]
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Daily Call Sheet: Friday?s ?Friday? News, Nic Cage Rules, Meryl an Oscar Shoo-In?
NEW LINE CINEMA AND ICE CUBE WANT TO MAKE ANOTHER ‘FRIDAY’ FILM
If this comes together we will have four “Friday” films and while I’m not advocating for a return to the well after almost a decade, I am a huge fan of the original trilogy: “Friday” (1995), “Next Friday” (2000), and “Friday After Next” (2002). [...]
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?Boardwalk Empire? Review: One Big Flaw Short of Perfection
HBO?s “Boardwalk Empire” is a hit. Many people are comparing it to “The Sopranos” in terms of style, substance and effect. And there is no doubt that in many ways, it is similar to “The Sopranos.” But there is one key difference which keeps “Boardwalk Empire” from being truly addictive.
Created by Terrence [...]
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Angelina Jolie, Gerard Butler Eye Ridley Scott Team-Ups
Ridley Scott could soon become a very busy man. In addition to developing a sequel to “Blade Runner,” the “Prometheus” director is eying two other big budget projects that he could potentially helm over the next year.
The first film on his docket is a biopic about Gertrude Bell appropriately titled “Gertrude Bell.” The Hollywood Reporter [...]
Source: http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2011/11/18/angelina-jolie-gerard-butler-ridley-scott/
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Taylor Lautner Admits To ‘Breaking Dawn’ Dance Anxiety
For those of us who sometimes worry that our dance moves are somewhat less than suavely smooth, MTV News’ latest interview with Taylor Lautner offers a little bit of sympathetic relief; turns out that just as ordinary citizens sweat their booty-shaking technique before big events like the prom, Taylor was shaking in his booties over [...]
Source: http://hollywoodcrush.mtv.com/2011/11/17/taylor-lautner-breaking-dawn-dance/
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