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Atlantic Culture

Sat, 02 Jun 2012 16:01:02 -0400

Old, New, and Transgender Rockers: The Week’s Best Pop-Culture Writing
Welcome to our weekly roundup of the most intriguing articles about pop culture we’ve come across in the past seven days. Click the links in the article titles to read the full pieces, and let us know what we’ve missed: Please use a JavaScript-enabled…
June 1book140 Reading Schedule: ‘The Name of the Rose’
A few weeks ago we decided to read a Whodunnit for June. In a short, intense bit of voting, all y’all picked the Umberto Eco classic, The Name of the Rose. It may not be a traditional mystery, nor quite fit the profile of light, summer reading, but then,…

via: Entertainment : The Atlantic

The Movie Blog

Sat, 02 Jun 2012 15:01:01 -0400

Loopy new poster for Looper
Looper is one loopy movie. JGL and Bruce Willis playing the same character and time travel and all sorts of mayhem that comes in between. Time travel never works out as intended, just as Bruce Willis who’s done this before in 12 monkeys….

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IMDb Gossip

Sat, 02 Jun 2012 13:01:02 -0400

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Slashfilm.com

Sat, 02 Jun 2012 11:13:02 -0400

Cool Stuff: Limited Edition Marvel Themed Reeboks – Spider-Man, Wolverine, Captain America and More
Marvel fans have already had a pretty damn good summer with the release of The Avengers in theaters and Avengers vs. X-Men in comic book shops. Now they have some more awesome stuff to covet. Reebok has teamed with the comic book publisher to release…
Brad Pitt Backs ‘Blonde,’ Andrew Dominik’s Marilyn Monroe Film
Before making the movie that became Killing Them Softly, The Assassination of Jesse James director Andrew Dominik was developing a biopic of Marilyn Monroe. Actually, Blonde is not quite a biopic — it is an account of the screen icon’s life,…
‘House at the End of the Street’ Trailer – Katniss Everdeen as Standard-Issue Scream Queen
The Hunger Games launched Jennifer Lawrence into a whole new level career-wise, and she’s got no shortage of promising new projects due out over the next couple of years. She’s already finished shooting David O. Russell’s The Silver…
New ‘Magic Mike’ Trailer, Video Interview and Poster: Of Course It’s Raining Men
At this point there isn’t much of a science to selling Steven Soderbergh‘s new film Magic Mike. It has a bunch of good-looking guys, led by Channing Tatum, taking their clothes off in a story that is thinly based on Tatum’s own experiences…
Guy Ritchie to Direct ‘Treasure Island’
Briefly: Guy Ritchie and Warner Bros. have done well together with the Sherlock Holmes films, and the studio has now set the director to tackle Treasure Island. Lionel Wigram, the producer who set up Sherlock, has been developing Treasure Island for some…
Sequel Bits: Kick-Ass 2, Piranha 3DD, Anchorman 2, Good Day To Die Hard, Snow White and Huntsman 2, Star Trek 2
So much to get to today. After the jump read about: Aaron Johnson, Chloe Moretz and Christopher Mintz-Plasse are all very close to signing for Kick Ass 2. Never fear, Christina Applegate will return as Veronica Corningstone in Anchorman: The Legend Continues….
First Look: Seth Rogen and His Famous Friends Face ‘The End of the World’
Having established himself as an in-demand actor, writer, and producer, Seth Rogen is now moving into directing. Or co-directing, to be more exact, with frequent collaborator Evan Goldberg. The pair recently began shooting their first directorial effort…
‘Avengers Assembled’ Six Movie, Ten-Disc Blu-Ray Set Now Confirmed
Audiences might not know where we go from here but there’s one undeniable truth in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Phase One is complete. Iron Man, Iron Man 2, The Incredible Hulk, Thor and Captain America: The First Avenger lead to The Avengers….
Original Green Lantern Alan Scott is DC Comics’ Newly Gay Superhero
Last week, DC Comics co-publisher Dan DiDio made headlines when he revealed that a character previously established as straight would be coming out as gay in the rebooted New 52 universe. Comic book fans immediately began speculating as to the identity…
LucasFilm Announces Mature Video Game ‘Star Wars 1313’: Is It Related To The Live-Action TV Series?
Deep below the surface of Coruscant, a lethal bounty hunter hunts down targets while exploring a whole new side to the Star Wars universe. LucasFilm has just revealed, as expected, they’re developing a new game called Star Wars 1313, a third person,…

via: /Film

Deadline.com

Sat, 02 Jun 2012 10:07:01 -0400

EMMYS: Producers View ‘Downton Abbey’ “In Quite A Contemporary Way”
Ray Richmond contributes to Deadline’s TV coverage It’s been 100 years since the Titanic sank but less than a year since a TV event that kicked off with that very disaster, Downton Abbey, took the Emmy Awards by storm last September. Relatively…
Better Box Office: ‘Snow White’ Hot In U.S., ‘Prometheus’ On Fire Overseas
FRIDAY 9 PM, 3RD UPDATE: My sources now say Universal’s PG-13 Snow White And The Huntsman (3,773 theaters) will climb to $21M for today and $55+M for this domestic weekend. That result is better than expected for the 2D original fantasy actioner…
Hot Trailer: ‘Branded’
This trailer for Branded looks more than a little creepy with echoes of David Cronenberg, John Carpenter and even David Fincher. The premise? Mind control and global domination via advertising with subliminal messages that trigger irresistible appetites…
28 Projects Make First Cut In State’s Production Tax Credit Lottery
UPDATED 7PM: The California Film Commission completed its production tax credits lottery this afternoon and of 322 projects submitted today, 28 were selected to receive credits before this year’s $100 million total allocation runs out. Other qualified…
Damon Lindelof Finalizing Deal With WBTV: “I’m Ready To Come Back To TV Full Time’
Exactly two years after Lost bowed out with one of the most talked-about finales in TV history, the series’ co-creator/co-showrunner Damon Lindelof is returning to the TV island after treading feature waters for the past two years. Lindelof is finalizing…
Andy Samberg Confirms Exit From ‘SNL’
Saturday Night Live star Andy Samberg today ended months of speculations that he would be leaving the veteran NBC sketch comedy show. He confirmed his exit through his publicist. Samberg, Kristen Wiig and Jason Sudeikis are the three SNL cast members…
EMMYS: Ballots Go Out, Race Heats Up As Spartacus Meets Spartacus At TV Academy
Emmy voters received official ballots in the mail today with instructions that they must be returned by 5 PM on June 28. However, voting can’t actually take place until ballot listings are posted at a secure Emmy address online after 6 PM Monday,…
WME Signs NFL Star Ray Lewis
EXCLUSIVE: Ray Lewis of the NFL’s Baltimore Ravens has signed with WME. The Super Bowl XXXV MVP will be repped by the agency for all off-field opportunities including public appearances, speaking engagements, TV, film and books. Lewis will continue…
Will Hollywood Become The Next Publisher’s Row?
The idea is starting to catch on, and is sure to be front and center next week in New York at BookExpo America, the largest book industry event in North America. The thinking is that it’s relatively easy for studios to turn publishing into a useful…

via: Deadline.com

First Showing

Sat, 02 Jun 2012 09:01:01 -0400

One Last Stunning IMAX Midnight Poster for ‘Prometheus’ Revealed
We Came From Them. They Will Come For Us. The epic tagline to end it all. Ridley Scott’s Prometheus is already playing in the UK and most of Europe, but will finally arrive in US theaters next weekend, on June 8th. It will be playing at midnight in IMAX…
Review: John Gulager’s ‘Piranha 3DD’ is All Absurd Trash and No Fun
There’s only so much you can do with the Piranha franchise. It wasn’t exactly rocket science to begin with, but 2009’s Piranha 3D still ended up a scuzzy but entertaining gorefest. It wasn’t so awful you couldn’t have a good time with it, and additions…
Watch: Olivia Munn in Broken Lizard’s ‘Babymakers’ Official Trailer
Late last year a promo trailer surfaced for the new comedy from Broken Lizard called Babymakers from troupe member and director Jay Chandrasekhar, but the video was quickly taken down. Now the official trailer has arrived with Olivia Munn (“Perfect Couples”)and…
Producer Kathleen Kennedy Joins Lucasfilm as George Lucas Retires
If you’re a producer and your first five films are E.T., Poltergeist, Twilight Zone: The Movie, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, and Gremlins, chances are pretty good you’re going to have a solid career. As Steven Spielberg’s producing partner, Kathleen…
Guy Ritchie Attached to Helm WB’s Latest ‘Treasure Island’ Adaptation
After having so much success bringing the iconic detective Sherlock Holmes back to the big screen with Robert Downey Jr., Warner Bros is keen on having director Guy Ritchie bring some more classic literature to the big screen. Deadline reports Ritchie…
Jennifer Lawrence in the New ‘House at the End of the Street’ Trailer
The first trailer for the new horror film The House at the End of the Street didn’t do much to impress horror fans, and honestly the new trailer doesn’t really bring anything new to the table to change that. Jennifer Lawrence, with plenty more star power…
Red Bull Asks to Inspire Tarantino in ‘Django’ Emerging Artist Contest
Do you think you have what it takes to inspire Quentin Tarantino? The Weinstein Co. has partnered with Red Bull to launch a new contest around Tarantino’s upcoming spaghetti western Django Unchained. Contestants will have two weeks (starting June 15th)…
Christina Applegate Confirmed for ‘Anchorman: The Legend Continues’
The core of the Channel 4 News Team is already confirmed to return for Anchorman: The Legend Continues with Will Ferrell, Steve Carell, Paul Rudd and David Koechner all reprising their roles. But what about some of the other supporting cast members? Well,…
Kickstart This: Sci-Fi ‘Space Command’ & ‘Hopper: In His Own Words’
Welcome back to another edition of Kickstart This, FirstShowing’s weekly column dedicated to spreading the word about cool indie projects around the web that need your help to become a reality. This week we’ve got three interesting projects we want to…
Excellent UK Poster for ‘Looper’ + New Viral Site with Hidden Photo
Face Your Future. Fight Your Past. Excellent tagline. A brand new UK quad poster for Rian Johnson’s sci-fi Looper, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Bruce Willis, has arrived via IGN. Unlike the the first US teaser poster, this design doesn’t feature…

via: FirstShowing.net

Guardian Film Blog

Sat, 02 Jun 2012 08:01:04 -0400

Has One Shot blown it by changing its name to Jack Reacher?

The producers of the Lee Childs adaptation, starring Tom Cruise, forgot one rule. Films named after characters usually perform anonymously at the box office So far, Tom Cruise has played his re-entry from the wilderness remarkably well. Tropic Thunder…
The Bourne Legacy trailer: will it bring you running?
Jason Bourne was an athletic modern riposte to the suaveness and gadgetry of Bond. Jeremy Renner as Not-Bourne throws genetically altered chromosomes into the bargain Who’s better, Bond or Bourne? It’s a question that’s been posed ever since Matt Damon…
Prometheus has landed … to mixed atmospheric readings

Reviewers have praised Ridley Scott’s latest venture into Alien territory, though some wonder if it lacks a sense of direction Those who have dared to believe that Ridley Scott is still capable of adding something to the Alien canon can breathe a sigh…

via: Film: Film blog | guardian.co.uk

IMDb Studio News

Sat, 02 Jun 2012 03:19:02 -0400

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Total Film Features

Sat, 02 Jun 2012 02:01:02 -0400

50 Greatest Movies About Movies
Singin’ In The Rain (1952) Lights! Camera! Action! Silent movie star Don Lockwood (Gene Kelly), working on his first talkie, The Duelling Cavalier. Trouble On Set: Cumbersome sound equipment and the shrieking voice of co-star Lina Lamont (Jean…
Sam Ashurst’s House Of Horror: Return Of The Living Dead Special
15 Craziest Cronenberg Moments
Motherly Love The Movie: The Brood (1979) The Moment: Nola welcomes another member to her murderous brood, ripping open her external womb to welcome her latest delivery into the world. Possibly the most upsetting birth scene ever committed to celluloid…
50 Greatest Cannes Breakthroughs
Steven Soderbergh The Breakthrough: Still in his twenties, Soderbergh wins the Palme D’Or in 1989 for his debut sex, lies and videotape, against stiff competition from Spike Lee’s Do The Right Thing. Post-Cannes: Cursed with expectation…
15 Greatest Alien Moments
Chestburster The Moment: Poor old Kane recovers from his ordeal with the facehugger by shakily getting to his feet and joining the rest of the crew for a celebratory dinner in the mess hall. All appears to be fine until Kane starts to develop a bit of…
The Making Of Prometheus
Alien 5 The last thing the Alien franchise needed was another sequel. Or, for that matter, another mandible-crunching clash with a Predator. Still, after 1997’s divisive Alien: Resurrection, rumours of an Alien 5 were more persistent than a Facehugger…
Rick Baker On Rick Baker
50 Greatest Cannes Moments
Lars The Nazi The Moment: The press conference for Melancholia goes awry when Lars Von Trier digs himself into a massive hole by claiming he admires Adolf Hitler and jokingly claiming to be a Nazi, to the obvious discomfort of his star Kirsten Dunst….
Worst To Best: Movie Threequels
Superman 3 (1983) A low point for superhero movies and threequels alike, the Man of Steel’s third outing takes a turn for the comic, with laughable results. As soon as the risible opening sequence kicks in, complete with wind-up penguins, you know that…
15 Greatest Wes Anderson Moments
Final Curtain The Moment: Rushmore comes to a close in spectacular style as Max finally gets to share a dance with Miss Cross, stepping on to the dancefloor in slow motion just before the final curtain falls. The Music: Ooh La La by The Faces, possibly…

via: Total Film Features

Hollywood Reporter

Sat, 02 Jun 2012 00:01:01 -0400

Record 322 Movie and TV Projects Vie for $100 Million in California Tax Credits
Only 28 projects are picked from lottery to get funding. Meanwhile, an effort to extend the program is slowly working its way through the legislature in Sacramento.read more
Fandom 5: Gay Green Lantern; TinTin Mega-Auction; Jack Kirby Museum?
The week’s biggest stories in the world of fanboy entertainment.read more
‘House of Lies’ Actor Joins New Regency’s ‘Runner, Runner’ (Exclusive)
Ben Schwartz will co-star with Ben Affleck and Justin Timberlake and the Brad Furman-directed drama. read more
Box Office Report: ‘Prometheus’ Opening Ahead of ‘Snow White’ in the U.K.
The Fox tentpole is rolling out in 15 international markets a week ahead of its U.S. opening on June 8.read more
Damon Lindelof Nears Big Overall Deal With Warner Bros. TV (Exclusive)
The “Lost” co-creator and “Prometheus” scribe is close to a three-year pact to create new series for the studio.read more
Box Office Report: ‘Snow White and the Huntsman’ Headed for a Bullish $48 Mil-$52 Mil Weekend
The latest retelling of the venerable fairy tale attracted $1.38 million at midnight screenings.read more
Dee Caruso, a Writer on Classic 1960s Sitcoms, Dies at 83
He and partner Gerald Gardner worked on “Get Smart,” “The Monkees” and “Gilligan’s Island.”read more
Big Bang Theory Actress Joins Matt Weiner’s ‘You Are Here’ (Exclusive)
Melissa Rauch is joining Owen Wilson, Zach Galifianakis and Amy Poehler in the romantic dramedy.read more
Musicians Union Pickets Marvel Over Runaway ‘Avengers’ Score
The AFM decries the Disney-owned studio’s decision to “run to Europe” for post-production scoring.read more
New Regency Picks Up ‘New West’ With Len Wiseman Producing (Exclusive)
The director of this summer’s “Total Recall” remake will produce the adaptation but is not expected to direct. read more

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Total Film News

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 23:01:01 -0400

New full-length trailer for The Bourne Legacy: watch now
The Bourne Legacy has released a new full-length trailer, shedding a little more light on new leading man Aaron Cross (Jeremy Renner) and what links this film to the rest of the Bourne series. After introducing all-new man of action Cross (who we learn…
New plot details for Iron Man 3
Iron Man 3’s collection of villains appears to be tieing together, with Latino Review revealing some new plot details courtesy of a source at Marvel Studios. Naturally there are potential spoilers ahead, so read on with caution. First and foremost…
JGL stars in new trailer for Premium Rush: watch now
Premium Rush, the high-speed BMX thriller (don’t get to write that sentence nearly enough) has released a new trailer online featuring Joseph Gordon-Levitt cycling for his life through the hectic streets of Manhattan. JGL stars as a bicycle courier…
More bikini-heavy images for Spring Breakers
Spring Breakers, the teen heist movie from director Harmony Korine, has hit upon a pretty solid way of marketing itself, chiefly by releasing as many bikini-clad images of its sexy young cast as possible. The film stars Vanessa Hudgens, Selena Gomez,…
Charlize Theron talks Mad Max: Fury Road
Mad Max: Fury Road is set to begin filming in a matter of weeks, and after waiting the best part of three years for director George Miller’s return to the desert, Charlize Theron is raring to get started. “I leave in like two and a half weeks…
Vote for your favourite Bond moment!
Perhaps you’ve heard, James Bond turned 50 this year. So what better way to celebrate the half-century since his cinematic debut in 1962’s Dr No than by telling us your favourite on-screen moments? There are, of course, so many…
Bruce Willis stars in Lay The Favourite trailer: watch now
Lay The Favourite, the new film from Stephen Frears, has released a first UK trailer, starring Bruce Willis as a professional gambler and Rebecca Hall as his ditzy good luck charm. Hall plays Beth, a former stripper who heads to Las Vegas in search of…
Simon Pegg says Star Trek 2 villain isn’t Khan
Just when all the hype had seemed to quieten down concerning the identity of Benedict Cumberbatch’s character, Simon Pegg has come out and denied that Khan will be the villain in Star Trek 2. Earlier this month TrekMovie claimed to have received…
ET’s original theatrical cut to get Blu-ray release
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial will be released on Blu-ray for the first time on 12 November to mark its 30th anniversary. Rather than re-releasing the 20th anniversary version, though, director Steven Spielberg has opted for the 1982 theatrical cut. This…
New images of Ryan Gosling in Only God Forgives
Only God Forgives has released a new batch of black and white images of a battered and bruised Ryan Gosling looking moody for the camera. Gosling can be seen here sporting a look perhaps best described as “hooligan chic”, offsetting his sharp…

via: Total Film News

Atlantic Culture

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 16:01:02 -0400

From the Globe to the Multiplex: Ingenious Shakespeare-Inspired Films
10 Things I Hate About You, Scotland, PA, and other adaptations of the Bard’s work 20th Century Fox The Best of Cannes 2012 Great Authors’ Alter Egos June’s Must-Hear Albums The best of this week’s (admittedly lean) DVD releases is Coriolanus, the sleek…
Redesigning the Costumes for Balanchine’s ‘Symphony in C’
A short documentary goes behind the scenes at the New York City Ballet, where Marc Happel, the director of costumes, creates a new, Swarovski-encrusted look for the company’s signature ballet. The black and white color scheme references the original costumes…
The Punk Rocker Who Would Be Judge
The Vandals’ Joe Escalante has grown up to be a conservative lawyer with political aspirations. That doesn’t mean he’s stopped making noise, though. Sandra Escalante John Yoo’s been called a few things: monster, constitutional scholar, war criminal, modern-day…
The End of Serena Williams
She just lost in the first round of the French Open. Is her career over? And if so, who will be the next dominant women’s tennis player? AP Images Every week, our panel of sports fans discusses a topic of the moment. For today’s conversation, Patrick…
The Youthful Magic of ‘Moonrise Kingdom’
Wes Anderson’s latest film is his best since Rushmore. Focus Features There was a time, following the jolt of intergenerational perplexity that was Rushmore, when Wes Anderson’s career seemed set on a disappointing trajectory: the almost suffocating portraiture…
How Baseball Jargon Became Nonsense
Announcers once used simple, straightforward language. Now they rely on terms like “walk-off home run.” What happened? AP Images Sometime around the mid-1970s or early 1980s—it’s difficult to pin this down—baseball language took a turn for the worse….
‘Snow White and the Huntsman’: The Visuals Dazzle, the Performances Don’t
The debut feature of director Rupert Sanders displays an eye for the spectacular. Universal Pictures Bella Venezia from Italy. Nourie Hadag from Armenia. Gold-tree from Scotland. These and other variations on the story of Snow White (Aarne-Thompson folklore…
Track of the Day: ‘All of Me’
Tanlines began as Brooklyn musicians Jesse Cohen’s and Eric Emm’s remix project but has spun into a higher profile record deal and a crackerjack summer party album, Mixed Emotions, which neatly dodges the hipster-versus-normal-music-fan divide. This track…
Mad Men’s Pimp Move
The internet has gone a bit crazy this week over Mad Men’s Joan Holloway sleeping with a client in exchange for a partnership in the ad firm. Over at Vulture, Margaret Lyons defends the move: A lot of the discussion around this episode focuses on would…
Fairy Tales Started Dark, Got Cute, and Are Now Getting Dark Again
The action-packed Snow White and the Huntsman is less a subversion of an old story than a return to one. Universal Pictures “I guess you think you know this story. You don’t. The real one’s much more gory. The phoney one, the one you know Was cooked up…

via: Entertainment : The Atlantic

The Movie Blog

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 15:01:02 -0400

Review: Snow White & The Huntsman
Synopsis: Kristen Stewart (the Twilight saga, On the Road) plays the only person in the land fairer than the evil Queen Ravenna (Oscar® winner Charlize Theron of Prometheus, Hancock) who is out to destroy her. But what the wicked ruler never…
Jupiter Ascending info revealed
Remember Jupiter Ascending? The film that I said I want to keep Channing Tatum far and away from? Well it seems that nobody listened and he and Mila Kunis are pretty close to signing on for the film which will be the Wachowski’s first original film…
You’re Terminated. Another new trailer for ‘The Expendables 2′
How do you get the attention of a fickle movie audience and some even further fickle people who are crass enough to write about it? You include every f’n action star from their youth in a film that’s more ‘splosive than the last and…

via: The Movie Blog

Box Office Mojo - Top Stories

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 14:01:02 -0400

‘Snow White’ Goes to War This Weekend
The first weekend of June is typically a tough time to open a movie, given the usual strength of the late May holdovers. How fortuitous, then, that the only major studio release this weekend-Snow White and the Huntsman-is opening on the heels of MIB 3,…
June Preview (Part 1)
After Summer 2012 got off to an incredible start with The Avengers, business slowed down substantially in the last two weeks of May, and it now looks like it’s up to June’s releases to once again kick-start the box office. The highest-grossing June on…
Around-the-World Roundup: ‘MIB 3’ Grabs $135.3 Million Overseas… >
MIB 3 opened to $135.3 million overseas this weekend and easily defeated four-time champion The Avengers.The movie had its best start in China with $19.5 million, which ranks seventh all-time for a Hollywood movie there. In general, the movie was strongest…
‘MIB 3’ Beats ‘Avengers’ With Solid Memorial Debut… >
It’s not a great start, but MIB 3 got the job done by finally dethroning mega-blockbuster The Avengers over Memorial Day weekend. Chernobyl Diaries also opened, though it barely made a blip on the radar, while Wes Anderson’s Moonrise Kingdom had one of…
Weekend Report (cont.): ‘Chernobyl’ Craters, ‘Kingdom’ Rises
« Continued from “‘MIB 3’ Beats ‘Avengers’ with Solid Memorial Weekend DebutChernobyl Diaries debuted in sixth place with $9.4 million four-day haul. As expected, that’s a fraction of producer Oren Peli’s Paranormal Activity sequels, but the $7.96…
Friday Report: ‘MIB 3’ Takes Top Spot from ‘Avengers’
After dominating the charts for three straight weeks, The Avengers yielded the top spot on Friday to MIB 3. Will Smith’s return to the big-screen was well-attended, albeit not quite at the level of the previous Men in Black movies, and looks to be on…

via: Box Office Mojo - Top Stories

IMDb Gossip

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 13:01:02 -0400

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Slashfilm.com

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 11:19:02 -0400

Page 2: Game of Thrones, JCVD, Wes Anderson, Star Wars, Doctor Who, Tim Burton, Stargate, Steven Spielberg, Hunger Games, Rescue Rangers, Brave, Prometheus
What is Page 2? Page 2 is a compilation of stories and news tidbits, which for whatever reason, didn’t make the front page of /Film. After the jump we’ve included 48 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more….
Nicolas Winding Refn Adds Another To His Plate: ‘Button Man’
Blending parts of 13 Tzameti, Hostel and The Professional, Button Man: The Killing Game has possibly found a director. Nicolas Winding Refn is in talks to helm the DreamWorks owned film adaptation of the graphic novel by John Wagner and Arthur Ransom…
Geek Deal: Rome: The Complete Series on Blu-ray for Only $48.99
Amazon is selling Rome: The Complete Series on Blu-ray for only $48.99, 65% off the $140 msrp. The price also includes free shipping. No Related Post
Did The Events Of ‘Inglourious Basterds’ Change The Rest of Quentin Tarantino’s Film Universe?
Quentin Tarantino has been pretty vocal that many of his films are set in the same universe. Vincent Vega from Pulp Fiction is the documented brother of Vic Vega in Reservoir Dogs. Mr. White in Reservoir Dogs possibly worked with Alabama from True Romance….
More Release Dates: ‘The Lone Ranger’ Moves Back A Month, ‘Thor 2′ Up A Week
Briefly: Not wanting to be left out of the fun, Disney has changed the release dates of two major 2013 releases. First, Gore Verbinski‘s The Lone Ranger has moved back from its May 31 release to July 3, 2013, a date previously occupied by Steven…
Robert De Niro and Sylvester Stallone Head Back Into the Ring for Geriatric Boxing Comedy ‘Grudge Match’
A couple of years ago, around the time that Peter Segal (Get Smart) signed on to direct Warner Bros.’ boxing pic Grudge Match, rumors began spreading that Robert De Niro and Sylvester Stallone were circling the project. Without a reliable source,…
Blue Sky’s ‘Epic’ Will Feature Voices of Beyonce, Colin Farrell, Josh Hutcherson, Aziz Ansari, And More
Adding to the big day over at 20th Century Fox, they’ve just announced the full voice cast for their latest CG 3D animated film called Epic. Created by Blue Sky Studios, Epic (formerly called Leafmen) “tells the story of an ongoing battle…
Charlize Theron Says Her ‘Max Max: Fury Road’ Character Is ‘Challenging’ and ‘Exciting’
Charlize Theron is having a pretty decent month. She’s the star of Show White and the Huntsman, which opens Friday, as well as Ridley Scott’s Prometheus, which opens next Friday June 8. From there, she’s heading to Africa to shoot Mad…
Ridley Scott May Finally Have a Western Ready; Talks Also About ‘Monopoly’ and Failed Development ‘Tripoli’
Ridley Scott develops a lot of films. Or, more specifically, he is far more hands-on in developing films than many other directors. As a former art director and a capable designer, he is intimately involved in all stages of development: breaking the story,…
Taylor Kitsch is Not Playing Finnick Odair in ‘The Hunger Games: Catching Fire’
With The Hunger Games: Catching Fire scheduled to shoot in just a few months, it’s about time for casting to get underway. And indeed, earlier this week we got word of a shortlist for one of the sequel’s key roles, Finnick Odair. According…

via: /Film

Deadline.com

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 10:13:02 -0400

DreamWorks Animation And Toys ‘R’ Us Team To Sell ‘Madagascar’ Products
WAYNE, N.J. and GLENDALE, Calif., June 1, 2012 — Toys”R”Us and DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. (Nasdaq: DWA) today unveiled “World of Madagascar,” a new brand featuring toys based on characters from all three Madagascar films,…
Australian Movie Distributor Hoyts For Sale
Freelance journalist Don Groves is a Deadline contributor based in Sydney. EXCLUSIVE: Hoyts Distribution, which handles The Twilight Saga franchise in Australia, is on the market. Private equity firm Pacific Equity Partners, which bought the Hoyts group…
‘The Dark Knight Rises’, ‘Hunger Games’ Win Big At Golden Trailer Awards
The first official trailer for The Dark Knight Rises snared the top prize of Best In Show at the 13th Annual Golden Trailer Awards tonight at a mansion in Bel-Air. TDKR‘s trailer also took the trophy for Best Summer 2012 Blockbuster. It was a good…
EMMYS: Drama Series Overview
Since its debut, Mad Men has had a lock on the Emmys’ marquee drama series category. Last year, it fended off a formidable challenge from another period drama, HBO’s Boardwalk Empire, which was coming off a best drama series at the Golden Globes….
Hot Trailer: ‘Premium Rush’
Coming Friday: Nikki Finke On Alan Horn
UPDATE: Just my luck that I had to take personal time away from computers and phones and email Thursday. [Long sigh…] I’ve spoken to Alan Horn and others and will post coverage and analysis when I get back Friday.
Harvey Weinstein Guest-Hosting CNN’s ‘Piers Morgan’ With Bill Clinton: Live-Blog
Multi-Oscar winning indie studio chief Harvey Weinstein is guest-hosting CNN’s Piers Morgan Tonight and spending the hour interviewing former President Bill Clinton. The show was pre-taped in New York this afternoon. The appearance by Weinstein, a…
Is Fox News Producer Who Made Scathing Obama Video Out Of A Job?
Is Chris White now a producer without a network? CNN isn’t hiring him and Fox News isn’t talking, a day after a scathing Fox & Friends video segment on President Obama ran that White, an associate producer at the network, put together….
FilmDistrict Hires Trio Of Marketing Execs
Following a busy Cannes Film Festival and hires of Christine Birch as president of marketing and Jim Orr as president of distribution, FilmDistrict has brought aboard three additional marketing executives: Tracy Pollard as SVP creative advertising, Brad…

via: Deadline.com

First Showing

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 09:01:02 -0400

Johnson, Moretz and Mintz-Plasse Finally Negotiating for ‘Kick-Ass 2’
Earlier this month, we got word Universal had decided to take a chance on Kick-Ass 2, the sequel to the original 2010 adaptation of Mark Millar’s comic book which Matthew Vaughn brought to life. This time around Never Back Down director Jeff Wadlow is…
Nicolas Winding Refn in Talks to Adapt ‘Button Man: The Killing Game’
Right now Drive director Nicolas Winding Refn is busy with star Ryan Gosling again on the set of Only God Forgives, a story about the son of a Florida-based crime syndicate boss (Kristen Scott Thomas) who is plying the drug trade in Thailand with his…
Watch: Gordon-Levitt’s ‘Premium Rush’ New Trailer Arrives On Time
“What the hell am I carrying?!” Ah yes, the bike messenger action movie starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt is back, and it’s still not out yet. Columbia Pictures pushed the release date back from January to late August this summer, and has now deliver a second…
Ethan Hits the Sunset Strip of the 80’s Visiting the ‘Rock of Ages’ Set
Films have the ability to transport us back in time, visit places and see people we might never have known. In my case, I was fortunate enough to take part in one of these journeys in person as Warner Bros. invited myself and other writers to Miami, where…
Plot Details Leaked for Andy & Lana Wachowski’s ‘Jupiter Ascending’?
Imagine a world in which human beings as we are now are only the first stage in the eventual evolution of humankind. Vulture has a source that claims this is the basis for Jupiter Ascending, the Wachowski siblings’ newest sci-fi venture. On Earth, a young…
Plenty of Jokes and Explosions in New TV Spot for ‘The Expendables 2’
“You’re terminated.” Ah, yes, it’s been awhile since we had some meta jokes referencing the previous films of Arnold Schwarzenegger from a film in which he himself is starring. There’s like plenty more in store when The Expendables 2 hits theaters later…
Beyoncé, Jason Sudeikis, Aziz Ansari & More Lending Voices to ‘Epic’
For one reason or another, apparently we missed the news that Fox was working on an adaptation of William Joyce’s children’s book The Leaf Men and the Brave Good Bugs, about a troop of tiny doodle bugs try to take on the evil Spider Queen to save an elderly…
Fox Dates ‘X-Men: First Class 2,’ ‘Dawn of the Planet of the Apes,’ More
Considering the success of the 3D re-release of Titanic with a $344 million box office gross to date, it’s no surprise that other blockbusters are getting the same treatment. Today, Fox announced that they will have Stereo 3D, the same company responsible…
See a Cute New Poster for Tim Burton’s Stop-Motion ‘Frankenweenie’
While it sounds like Dark Shadows failed to bring us back to the glory days of a funny but still twisted Tim Burton, maybe the director revisiting one of his earliest works will have the desired effect. We’ve already seen a teaser trailer for the black…
Matthew Vaughn to Write and Direct New Language Thriller ‘Lexicon’
Last year’s X-Men: First Class was one of the most pleasant superhero surprises of recent years, and despite an insanely quick production schedule, most of the credit to its coherence and success goes to co-writer and director Matthew Vaughn. Now, Deadline…

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Guardian Film Blog

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 08:01:03 -0400

Open thread: What’s the most frightening film you’ve ever seen?

Do you like scary movies? Tell us which is the scariest. Plus, your reviews of the latest releases Linda Blair in The Exorcist? The librarian at the beginning of Ghostbusters? The drawn-out horror of Wolf Creek, or the unrelenting shocks of Nightmare…

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IMDb Studio News

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 03:19:02 -0400

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