April 2010
Total Film News
The Hobbit filming delayed
Despite Sir Ian McKellen (rather optimistically) announcing that filming on The Hobbit was to commence this July, it appears that production has slipped back to the tail end of 2010. Speaking with Digital Spy, Any Serkis (he of Gollum fame, like…
Hayter to helm Wolves flick
Hollywood movie writer David Hayter, scribbler of X-Men and Watchmen, has been...
March 2010
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Thor and Avengers information Gathered
With all the Thor info out there its hard to keep track. Thankfully /Film has dug some up and decided to share it in one place. Let me sum up some observations and logic presented: – Branding Consultant and Creative Director” Gregory Littley confirms…
Baywatch Feature Film in Development
A theatrical adaptation of Baywatch is in the works, Not a sequel...
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Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married Too?
Gathered together in the Bahamas for their annual one-week reunion, four close couples eagerly reconnect, sharing news about their lives and relationships. But their intimate week in paradise is disrupted by the unexpected arrival of Sheila’s ex-husband,…
Perfect Game
In 1957, no one expected a team from outside the United States to take...
IMDb Gossip
Cotillard & McAdams Are Allen’s Latest Leading Ladies
Welch: ‘Modelling Agents Hated My Body’
Stewart Takes On Mamet On Broadway
McGregor Re-opens Connery Feud
Dyer Trains With Army For WWII Movie
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New York Times - movies
Movie Review | ‘The Sun Behind the Clouds’: Dalai Lama’s Dance With China and His Tibetan Flock
Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam’s documentary shows the Dalai Lama’s delicate dance with both China and his own impatient Tibetan flock.
New Directors/New Films Video: Ben Wheatley
Ben Wheatley, the director of “Down Terrace,” discusses how he mixed improvisation into his...
Slashfilm.com
Anna Faris Cast in Private Benjamin Remake
Big week for Anna Faris. We’ve just been covering What’s Your Number?, an R-rated comedy starring the actress, and now she’s tapped, more or less, as the new Goldie Hawn. Faris will star in the remake of Private Benjamin, in which a…
Up in the Air Screenwriter Sheldon Turner to Direct By Virtue Fall
Sheldon Turner worked on a couple films that...
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UPDATE: MGM GETS MORE TIME
In a development that’s hardly surprising, MGM has gotten its lenders to give the studio more time to figure out its ownership.and try to make the Lion roar again. This follows an auction that amounted to a bottom-feeding frenzy in which suitors looked…
From Movies To Stage, and Back Again
A lot of reciprocal movement from screen to stage. Smuggler Films,...
First Showing
Secret Flynn Lives Meet-Up Prior to Tron Event in San Fran!
First, as a reminder, if you live in (or near) San Francisco, you should attend the big press conference event for Encom being hosted by Alan Bradley at Justin Herman Plaza this Friday night at 8PM! Second, there are few ARG updates for Tron Legacy on…
Stuart Beattie’s Tomorrow: When the War Began Teaser Trailer
Damn, that...
Guardian Film Blog
Is the world ready for an Independence Day sequel? | Ben Child
With Will Smith reportedly on board, do you want to see another round or two of alien invasion mayhem? The only thing more miraculous than Earth’s victory over apparently indestructible alien forces in the 1996 Roland Emmerich blockbuster Independence…
Clip joint: eggs
This week, TessMorris celebrates the scene-stealing...
Cineuropa - European cinema
Giorgio Diritti - Director: “It was a massacre of innocents”
After his feature debut The Wind Blows Round, which benefited from unexpected word of mouth, Giorgio Diritti returns with an ambitious second film
Frédéric Mermoud - Director: “Shattering the stereotypical image of the butch female cop in a leather jacket”
After several acclaimed shorts, Swiss-born,...
Movieline
5 Things You Won’t Be Seeing In The New Navy Seals
One of the funniest moments in Kevin Smith’s Clerks — back when the New Jersey native was a breath of fresh air rather than the world’s most prominent Tweetulence sufferer, and back before movie references were the default setting for young comic characters…
Overheard Overnight: Anna Faris Is Your New Private...
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Cinematical Late Night: The Forever War, Wolfman Unrated, [REC] 2 and More
- Quiet Earth thinks they may have stumbled across the first piece of concept art for Ridley Scott’s adaptation of Joe Haldeman’s The Forever War. Even if this ends up being completely unrelated, it’s a nice reminder that Scott is currently attached to…
Cinematical Seven: Essential May-December...
Total Film Features
The Evolution of Robert Pattinson
50 Coolest Star Wars Flickr Pics
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Mother and Child (Theatrical Trailer)
Link to Catalog Three women’s lives share a common core: they have all been profoundly affected by adoption. Karen had a baby at 14, gave her up at birth, and has been haunted ever since by the daughter she never knew. Elizabeth grew up as an adopted…
The Last Song (First Date)
Link to Catalog An estranged father living in a small Southern beach...
Total Film News
Bekmambetov wanted for Frankenstein
Wanted director Timur Bekmambetov is in talks to direct an adaptation of Peter Ackroyd’s The Casebook Of Victor Frankenstein. The novel is a retelling of Mary Shelley’s classic Frankenstein, with the original author appearing as a character…
New Godzilla to roar in 2012
If you hear the sound of thunderous footsteps in the coming months, don’t worry –...
The Movie Blog
Meyer to Publish New Twilight Novella
Just when you thought Stephanie Meyer was done writing Twilight, she has put pen to page again, this time to write a mini story within the story. The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner. This novella will revolve around Bree, one of the newborn Vampires…
Redband Survival of the Dead Trailer Online
Immediately following the events of Diary of the Dead,...
IMDb Gossip
Graham Embarrassed By Broadway Camera Ban
Hurley Has Fetish For Politicians
McGregor’s Terror Flight In Fighter Jet
Jackman And Kidman Are Murdoch Girls’ Godparents
Goldblum Embraces Balding
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Wired - Underwire/Culture
Earth’s Coolest Concept Albums, Decided By You
We recently celebrated the 37th anniversary of Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon by calling it the greatest concept album ever. A no-brainer, judging by the hundred-plus comments we received from Wired.com readers. But our readership also had several…
Video: Vader Raps, Leia Dances in ‘Galactic Empire State of Mind’
Darth Vader and Princess...
Slashfilm.com
Curtis Hanson to Direct Film About Surfer Jay Moriarity; Sean Penn May Appear
In 2001, 22-year old surfing superstar Jay Moriarity drowned while free diving in the Maldive Islands. Now Moriarity’s life is set to hit the screen directed by Curtis Hanson, with Sean Penn possibly set to take a supporting role. We don’t…
Anna Faris Comedy What’s Your Number? May Land Andy Samberg and Zachary...
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UPDATE: This Morning, Capitol Films And ThinkFilm Chief David Bergstein Meets Creditors In Bankruptcy Court
At 10 AM this morning in Courtroom 1668 of the Royal Federal Building in Los Angeles, embattled Capitol Films and ThinkFilm head David Bergstein faces the 14 creditors who’ve banded together to put the brakes on his attempt to sell an 805 film library….
‘Friday Night...
First Showing
This Week on Netflix Instant: Hook, Donnie Darko, & The Fly
After two weeks of lackluster installments, we’re back with a diverse and sizable installment of new titles for Netflix Instant. A cult classic, an erotic indie, a Spielberg favorite, a foreign classic, a charming pseudo-documentary and Will Smith’s breakthrough…
Andy Samberg and Zach Quinto Asking...
Guardian Film Blog
Battlefield Earth: writer JD Shapiro apologises | Ben Child
Screenwriter JD Shapiro has unveiled the testosterone-fuelled secret behind his involvement in the Razzie-winning flop It’s a question many of us have asked: how do you make a movie so abominably awful as Battlefield Earth, the 2000 John Travolta vehicle…
Nanny McPhee sends Alice in Wonderland to the naughty step at the UK...
Cineuropa - European cinema
Giorgio Diritti - Director: “It was a massacre of innocents”
After his feature debut The Wind Blows Round, which benefited from unexpected word of mouth, Giorgio Diritti returns with an ambitious second film
Frédéric Mermoud - Director: “Shattering the stereotypical image of the butch female cop in a leather jacket”
After several acclaimed shorts, Swiss-born,...
Movieline
Trailer For Best Worst Movie Doc About The Magic Of Troll 2
I caught the documentary Best Worst Movie last year around the time it debuted at ShoWest. While I dispute the claim that Troll 2 is “the best worst movie” I agree it’s a lot of fun and right up there with the best-worst of ‘em. Best Worst Movie takes…
Nine Bleedin’ Ridiculous Jason Statham Character...
Cinematical - News
Cinematical Late Night: Tree of Life, The Incredibles, Ip Man 2, and Iron Man Cologne
- Need a sure sign that Timur Bekmambetov has become quite the busy man since making the move from Russia to Hollywood? I no longer need to look up how to spell his last name. He’s been producing a lot lately, but it looks like he’s finally settled on…
Directors We Love: John Woo
I just watched...
Total Film Features
The Story Behind The Blind Side
A Golden Globe. A Screen Actors Guild Award. And finally, triumphantly, an Oscar. That’s the soaring, seat-of-her-pants thrill ride that directed Sandra Bullock to award-hogging glory this year. The film? Some football flick called The Blind…
The Evolution of Maggie Gyllenhaal
23 Satisfying Movie Villain Take-Downs
10 Click Expert: Video Nasties
Bad...
HD-Trailers.net - Movies
Despicable Me (Theatrical Trailer)
Link to Catalog In a happy suburban neighborhood surrounded by white picket fences with flowering rose bushes, sits a black house with a dead lawn. Unbeknownst to the neighbors, hidden beneath this home is a vast secret hideout. Surrounded by a small…
The Karate Kid (Behind the Scenes: Kung Fu)
Link to Catalog 12-year-old Dre Parker could’ve been the most...
Total Film News
Scorching Scott Pilgrim trailer smashes online
It’s finally here! Sorry, maybe we weren’t loud enough when we screamed IT’S FINALLY HERE! After months of hand-wringing and hair-pulling over how far away the release of Edgar Wright’s Scott Pilgrim Vs The World comic book…
Robin Hood will open Cannes
Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves remake will open the Cannes Film...
The Movie Blog
Insider Spills about Thor Costumes
A fanboy on the inside is sharing his look at the costumes for the upcoming Thor film and is sharing his thoughts online. According to this insider, they “[frick]ing nail it” saying Thor has a “medieval future look”. Ramascreen…
Sofia Vergara joins Smurfs and Happy Feet 2
Just in time for the Smurfs live action adaptation (with presumably CGI Smurfs) to...
Collider » DVD Review
MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO Two-Disc Special Edition DVD Review
In a movie world in which it seems like everything we see will be in 3-D (and I’m not exaggerating one bit there), there are really very few better reminders of how beautiful old-fashioned storytelling can be than in the still extremely charming…
WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE DVD Review
Take a classic work of children’s fiction, as famous...
IMDb Gossip
Spacey Brushes Off Moss Theatre Reports
Brosnan In Awe Of Pattinson’s Popularity
Vaughn Blasts British Government
Lumley Slams Gurkhas Campaign Critics
Hanks Announces Larry Crowne Cast
via: IMDb News
Slashfilm.com
Bryan Singer to Produce, not Direct X-Men: First Class
There was recently some doubt that Bryan Singer would direct Fox’s X-Men prequel X-Men: First Class. The director seemed to have been set to make the film in December of last year when he announced that a deal had been signed to reunite him with…
Cool Stuff: Artoo’s Premium Beer T-Shirt
Today’s T-Shirt of the day over at teefury is a...
Deadline.com
JoBeth Williams Exits SAG National Board: Will More MembershipFirsters Follow Her?
UPDATED: One of MembershipFirst’s most prominent members, JoBeth Williams, has decided to leave the Screen Actors Guild’s National Board before her term is completed. Officially, she only cited time constraints as her reason for leaving. But her exit…
Movie Starring Kevin Spacey As Disgraced...
First Showing
Cannes Prospectives: Wall Street 2, Woody Allen, Tree of Life
With the Cannes Film Festival only 45 days away from kicking off (I will be attending again this year), buzz about the line-up has started to build. Last week it was officially announced that Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood would open the festival, the same…
Watch This: A Badass Japanese Trailer for The Last Airbender
Although we...
Guardian Film Blog
Nanny McPhee speaks softly but carries a big stick | David Cox
Emma Thompson’s warty supernanny rules with a rod of iron, suggesting love isn’t all you need to raise children – even in a family film Though it’s set in a stylised version of the 1940s, Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang is supposed to be all about us….
How to Train Your Dragon off to a roaring start at US box...
Cineuropa - European cinema
Giorgio Diritti - Director: “It was a massacre of innocents”
After his feature debut The Wind Blows Round, which benefited from unexpected word of mouth, Giorgio Diritti returns with an ambitious second film
Frédéric Mermoud - Director: “Shattering the stereotypical image of the butch female cop in a leather jacket”
After several acclaimed shorts, Swiss-born,...
Movieline
Overheard Overnight
· There are tears in Middle Earth today. We were only rocking out last week to Leonard Nimoy’s Hobbit ode and now it seems that’s what we’ll have to content ourselves with that a little bit longer as The Hobbit’s start date is pushed from July…
Project London’s Calling To The Cyberworld: Death To The Studios, You Boys And Girls!
That this...
Cinematical - News
Cinematical Seven: ’80s Action Heroes Worth Resurrecting
(Hi all. I sat down to write something about remakes of ’80s films (Clash of the Titans has me all nostalgic), but then i remembered this goofy little piece from February of ‘08. Enjoy.) —Scott Weinberg Now that John McClane, Rocky Balboa and John Rambo…
‘24’ The Movie: Too Late?
Has the moment...
Total Film News
Green Lantern grabs Angela Bassett
Oscar-nominated actress Angela Bassett has joined the cast of the currently-shooting Green Lantern. The star of Malcolm X and Boyz n The Hood will play Dr Amanda Waller, who appears in the original DC Comic. Waller is a former congressional aide…
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Doctor Who going gothic in Vampires in Venice clip
New clip on Ross shows a touch of the 70s Who returning… Buxom peril returns to Doctor Who…
Welcome to the new server
Apologies for previous delays and the current lack of posts while we switch servers…
Erin Gray talks spandex, space opera and Buck Rogers with us!
Holy spandex! The original Wilma Deering chats to...
IMDb Gossip
Thompson: ‘Work Saved Me’
Calzaghe Admits Taking Cocaine
Anderson’s Relatives Mistake Him For Real Cop
Arterton’s Painful Stunts On Titans Set
Taylor Refuses Further Surgery
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/Film Boston - An Animal Shrink’s Opinion of Best In Show; Jennifer Kroot, Justin Edwards, Simon Rumley, and GEORGE KUCHAR at the Boston Underground Film Festival
Lots of cool film-related stuff happens in Boston, Massachusetts and not that many people are here to document it, preserve it and spread the word about it. Special screenings, Q&As, panel discussions — we have them all, and...
First Showing
Watch This: First Iron Man 2 TV Spot from Kids’ Choice Awards
Nail it! Paramount has debuted the first TV spot for Jon Favreau’s Iron Man 2 tonight during the Kids’ Choice Awards on Nickelodeon (video via TheMovieBox). Looks like Marvel really is trying to be as family friend or family appealing as possible with…
Banksy’s Exit Through the Gift Shop is Hitting...
Cineuropa - European cinema
Giorgio Diritti - Director: “It was a massacre of innocents”
After his feature debut The Wind Blows Round, which benefited from unexpected word of mouth, Giorgio Diritti returns with an ambitious second film
Frédéric Mermoud - Director: “Shattering the stereotypical image of the butch female cop in a leather jacket”
After several acclaimed shorts, Swiss-born,...
Movieline
UPDATED: Can You ID All the Mystery Actors Who’ve Joined Tom Hanks’s Next Film?
Tom Hanks has completed casting for the next movie he’ll star in and direct, Larry Crowne, and he’d like to share with you the full cast of actors. The thing is, he’s done it via a TwitPic of the casting wall, and you’re left to ID the stars via their…
The Sorcerer’s...
Cinematical - News
Set Visit Interview: Zoe Saldana Talks About ‘The Losers’
The lovely Zoe Saldana is on everyone’s radar now, but when Cinematical got to sit down with her in San Juan for The Losers, people were only just starting to notice she had really kicked some butt in Star Trek. I was quite excited to talk to her, since…
Edgar Wright Dives Into ‘The Black Hole’
If...
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Nosso Lar (Trailer)
Link to Catalog When the successful physician Andre, father of three, finally dies of cancer, instead of rising up to what he believed would be ‘heaven’, he wakes up in a devastated valley. Living like a castaway, struggling to avoid the vampire spirits…
Nosso Lar (Teaser Trailer 2)
Link to Catalog When the successful physician Andre, father of three, finally dies of...
The Movie Blog
Review: Hot Tub Time Machine
Thanks for checking out our Hot Tub Time Machine review. Genre: Comedy Directed by: Steve Pink Staring: John Cusack, Clark Duke, Craig Robinson, Rob Corddry, Crispin Glover, Chevy Chase Released: March 26, 2010 THE GENERAL IDEA When three old friends…
Forgotten Fridays: Nausicaa
Thanks for checking out our Forgotten Fridays feature. Thanks for checking out our...
IMDb Gossip
Sevigny: ‘Big Love Comments Were Taken Out Of Context’
Winslet Is ‘Fine’ Following Split, Says Sister
British Actor Hassan Cautioned Over Gym Assault
Collins: ‘I Was Forced To Take Cocaine’
24 Is Cancelled
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Cool Stuff: Zoltron’s Fantastic Mr. Fox and Willy Wonka Movie Posters
The Red Vic Movie House on Haight street in San Francisco has been producing limited edition posters to celebrate the 30th year of one of the last great movie houses. Two of the posters I really love were created by Zoltron. I must warn you that both…
Is Ridley and Tony Scott’s Blade Runner Spin-Off Actually Happening?
As...