‘Edge Of Tomorrow’ Costumes On Display At Comic Con 2013 By Russ Fischer/July 18, 2013 12:30 pm EST Doug Liman’s Edge of Tomorrow, once called All You Need is Kill, showed off a new image (above) and a poster before heading to Comic Con, with footage likely to debut Saturday morning at the Warner Bros. panel. But on the show floor some of the costumes from the film are being displayed for attendees right now....
‘Gravity’ VFX Breakdown Shows Assembly Of Digital Elements And 3D Conversion By Russ Fischer/Nov. 11, 2013 4:00 pm EST Gravity has not only some of the best effects of the year, but some of the best effects we’ve seen, particularly with respect to how they’re integrated into the story, and in the way that some of the digital creations are seamlessly integrated with shots of the few actors in the film....
‘Jurassic World’ To Begin Filming In Abandoned Theme Park By Peter Sciretta/June 3, 2014 11:30 am EST Six Flags New Orleans has been closed since just before Hurricane Katrina struck in August 2005. The theme park is located in Eastern New Orleans, in the Ninth Ward of the city, off Interstate 10. Six Flags New Orleans Director Colin Trevorrow told us that the park “sees more than 20,000 visitors every day....
‘Oblivion’ Trailer #2: Human Wall-E Tom Cruise Goes Digging For Answers By Angie Han/Feb. 13, 2013 9:15 am EST If the first trailer for Joseph Kosinski’s Oblivion made Tom Cruise look like a human Wall-E, the second turns him into a more typical sci-fi action hero. Not that that’s a bad thing. The new video offers a better idea of just why Jack is so intrigued by the mysterious woman (Olga Kurylenko) in the spacecraft, and what’s at stake when he decides to go against orders....
‘Save The Date’ Trailer: Starring ‘Bachelorette’s Lizzy Caplan And ‘Five-Year Engagement’s Alison Brie By Angie Han/Oct. 19, 2012 12:15 pm EST Lizzy Caplan’s already starred in one wedding comedy this year — the enjoyably acerbic Bachelorette — and Alison Brie got to help Emily Blunt to the altar in The Five-Year Engagement earlier this spring. Now Caplan and Brie are teaming up with one another for yet another marriage-themed romcom, playing sisters in Michael Mohan’s bittersweet Save the Date....
‘Through The Looking Glass’ Finds A Dad For Johnny Depp By Angie Han/April 9, 2014 5:00 pm EST A larger-than-life personality like Johnny Depp deserves a larger-than-life movie dad. In Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, a music legend played his father. In Through the Looking Glass, he’s going to get a theater icon. Mark Rylance has just boarded Disney’s Alice in Wonderland sequel, joining Depp, Mia Wasikowska, Helena Bonham Carter, and Sacha Baron Cohen....
Albert Brooks Returns For ‘Finding Nemo 2;’ Disney May Help Andrew Stanton Return To Live-Action Directing By Russ Fischer/Feb. 12, 2013 11:15 am EST Finding Nemo director Andrew Stanton had a rough year in 2012, but he’s going back to calmer waters for his next film. Stanton is set to direct Finding Nemo 2 for Pixar, and last year he recruited Ellen DeGeneres to reprise her role of Dory. Now Albert Brooks has been signed as well, and so we can be fairly certain than Marlin will return for the sequel as well....
Ang Lee To Direct Adaptation Of Elliot Tiber’s Taking Woodstock By Hunter Stephenson/April 23, 2008 9:56 am EST Ang Lee will next direct an adaptation of writer Elliot Tiber’s memior, Taking Woodstock: A True Story of a Riot, a Concert, and a Life for Focus Features, with the company’s co-president and longtime Lee collaborator, James Schamus, on board to write and produce. Like the book, Woodstock will not be the main focus of the adaptation; instead it will tell the tale of Tiber’s involvement in organizing the 1969 concert, his stay at his parents’ eccentric Catskills motel, encounters with personalities like Truman Capote and Mark Rothko and his struggles with being a closeted homosexual during that mythical Age of Aquarius....
Another ‘The Man With The Iron Fists’ Red-Band Trailer: RZA’s Gory, Goofy Fight Film By Russ Fischer/Aug. 17, 2012 3:43 pm EST Also showing up are Cung Le, Lucy Liu,Jamie Chung, Rick Yune, David Bautista, along with Grace Huang, Pam Grier, and Gordon Liu. (Who recently suffered a stroke and is currently in a nursing home, I was sad to learn this morning.) This is a fairly soft red-band trailer, as the violence and hints of sex are cartoonish as hell....
Clip From Michael Haneke’s Cannes Winner ‘Amour’ Embodies The Beautiful Essence Of Filmmaking By Russ Fischer/Oct. 26, 2012 3:47 pm EST At a time when even the most basic films feature once-impossible and now all but invisible digital effects and editing, it’s easy to look past the fact that the power of cinema lies in the simplest things: image and sound, and the way that two or three small elements can be combined to create a complex and very powerful effect....
Comic Con 2013 Saturday Programming Features Marvel, Warner Bros., Lionsgate And 20th Century Fox By Germain Lussier/July 6, 2013 12:00 pm EST After the jump, check out the full schedule and some other highlights including The Sandman, The Simpsons, Kevin Smith, Hellboy and more. Read the full Saturday Comic-Con schedule at this link. Below are some highlights. A&E Bates Motel The Bates Motel is open for business in San Diego! Executive producers Carlton Cuse (Lost) and Kerry Ehrin (Friday Night Lights) will release new footage from the highly acclaimed A&E drama series Bates Motel exclusively for Comic Con attendees....
Concept Art From Sylvain Chomet’s ‘Triplets Of Belleville’ Prequel ‘Swing Popa Swing’ By Russ Fischer/Jan. 14, 2013 9:48 am EST Briefly: French animation director Sylvain Chomet is going back in time. His new film will likely be Swing Popa Swing. The subject of the film is linked to Chomet’s breakout success, as it will look back to the youth of three sisters seen in his film The Triplets of Belleville.Swing Popa Swing is in the financing stage right now, and if things work out it still won’t be released until at least 2014 — more than ten years since The Triplets of Belleville premiered in 2003....
David Goyer Bringing DC’s ‘Constantine’ To NBC By Russ Fischer/Sept. 26, 2013 8:27 pm EST Looks like David Goyer (Man of Steel, Batman Vs. Superman) is getting his hands on John Constantine before Guillermo del Toro can work him into the proposed “Justice League Dark” movie. Goyer is working with The Mentalist exec producer Daniel Cerone to create a show for NBC in which DC’s most devious, mean-eyed, magic-using Englishman will come to life....
Dreamworks Animation Picks Up ‘Felix The Cat’ Rights By Russ Fischer/June 18, 2014 5:00 am EST How well-known is Felix the Cat of late? In the US, maybe not so much. Los Angeles residents know him thanks to the sign for Felix Chevrolet on S. Figeuroa St, which has stood for over fifty years. If you’re in that part of town, it’s difficult to miss. For everyone else, Felix still has a recognizable mug, even if the number of people who have actually seen one of the character’s animated shorts is somewhat small....
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James Cameron Regains Terminator Rights In 2019 By Russ Fischer/June 14, 2013 1:00 pm EST Here’s an interesting note about The Terminator. We know that Arnold Schwarzenegger is coming back to the series in a full capacity, and that he’s thinking the film is going to shoot early next year. Megan Ellison of Annapurna Pictures is the driving force, having picked up the Terminator rights last year. This makes a real break from her outfit’s other films, which range from Lawless to The Master to Spring Breakers....
Joss Whedon Suggests ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ Won’t Appear In ‘The Avengers 2’ By Germain Lussier/June 12, 2013 5:15 pm EST A monkey wrench has been thrown into our collective understanding of what Marvel has in store for Phase Two. We’ve seen what Tony Stark is up to in Iron Man 3; we have an idea what Thor will tackle in Thor: The Dark World; and Captain America is currently working his butt off filming Captain America: The Winter Soldier....
Kathleen Kennedy Exits ‘Jurassic Park IV’ To Concentrate On ‘Star Wars: Episode VII’ By Russ Fischer/Feb. 18, 2013 3:50 pm EST Briefly: This won’t come as much of a surprise, but with the new Star Wars movies brewing at Lucasfilm, the new head of the George Lucas empire has a lot to do. And so Kathleen Kennedy, who took the reins of Lucasfilm last year, won’t perform producing duties on Jurassic Park IV....
Kathy Griffin Tweets Photos From ‘The Muppets’ Set By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 17, 2011 9:00 am EST Kathy Griffin has tweeted photos from the film set of the new Muppets movie, The Muppets. I’ve heard that Griffin was a last-minute replacement for a cameo role originally set for action star Jean Claude Van Damme. Kathy took part in a scene which involved Billy Crystal and Ricky Gervais in addition to the Muppet cast....
LOL: Matt Damon Makes His First Guest Appearance On ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ By Germain Lussier/Feb. 7, 2014 10:00 am EST At the end of every single episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live, the host apologizes to Matt Damon for running out of time. The gag is that every single night, Damon is in the back waiting to come on the show. That’s not true of course, but the dedication to the bit is impressive....
