October 16th is now my most anticipated date of the year for a theatrical release! "Where the Wild Things Are" looks absolutely brilliant! The first trailer for the adapted children's book to film is breath taking. The imagery is unreal, the song written by Arcade Fire is wonderful, the Wild Things are spot on and it looks as though Spike Jonze has nailed the story perfectly. Checkout the trailer below...
The Weinstein Company has casted Anne Hathaway to portray Judy Garland both on screen and on stage. Variety reports both productions will be based of the Gerald Clarke-penned biography "Get Happy." The book was published back in 2001 and at this time it is un-clear which version will come first.
"The Twilight Saga: New Moon" has just added some members to the La Push werewolf pack. Summit Entertainment announced today that they have casted 5 Native American actors to fill out the wolf pack in the Twilight Saga. The werewolf's or shape-shifters in the Twilight Saga, defend humans from the vampire attacks. In "New Moon" Bella is sucked into Jacob's world with Edward removing himself from Bella's life and traveling to Italy to visit the Volturi.
Actors Chaske Spencer, Bronson Pelletier, Alex Meraz, Kiowa Gordon and Tyson Houseman will members of the pack. No word is given to who they will play, but there is Sam Uley (leader of the La Push pack), Quil Ateara (One of Jacob's wingmen), Embry Call (Another one of Jacob's wingmen), Seth Clearwater (first transforms in New Moon and is the younger brother to Leah Clearwater, the only known female werewolf), Paul (considerd one of the biggest wolf's) and Jared (First to phase after Sam). There are other pack members, but play smaller roles till later books. Kiowa Gordon could be potentially playing Leah Clearwater (I only say that because she's the only female in the bunch casted), but the rest of them are too close to call. "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" is set to hit theaters November 20th.
Some outstanding new images from Spike Jonze's "Where the Wild Things Are" have popped up on the net over at USA Today and I have them for you below. "Where the Wild Things Are" has always been my favorite children's book. It is the pinnacle of children's books! I can't described how excited I am for this movie. What's better is how perfect it looks. If your asking yourself, "who the hell is Spike Jonze?" Slap yourself, he started off directing music videos for acts like the Beastie Boys, R.E.M., Bjork and others. His first feature film was Being John Malkovich. Yeah, if that didn't entice you enough, scroll down and checkout the images in all their glory! "Where the Wilds Things Are" releases October 16th and the first trailer will be attached to "Monsters vs. Aliens"
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Director Harold Ramis has decided to give us a historical comedy that dates back to B.C. times and looks to be pretty damn funny. The film starring Jack Black and Michael Cera called, "Year One" is set to release June 19th and should provide quite a few laughs. The trailer expands the story from what we have previously seen in the Super Bowl Ads from Super Bowl Sunday. Checkout the newest trailer below....
The first trailer for a new comedy by Stephen Belber called "Management" has hit the net this week. The film stars Jennifer Anniston, Steve Zahn and Woody Harrelson and looks to be quite funny. The film premeired at last years Sundance festival and has finally found itself a release date of May 15th. Checkout the quarky comedy's trailer below...
I have been eagerly anticipating the release of "Where the Wild Things Are" for two years now and today I found our first poster for the Spike Jonze film based on the famous children's story. The poster is outstanding and sums up the story pretty nicely, with only one image. "Where the Wild Things Are" is set to release October 16th and stars Forest Whitaker, James Gandolfini, Tom Noonan, Catherine O'Hara and Paul Dano as a few of the voices of the Wild Things. Newcomer Max Records is playing Max. The first trailer is said to be attached to Dreamworks "Monsters vs. Aliens", until then checkout the poster below....
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Disney's "Prince of Persia: Sands of Time" has been lensing for since last July in hopes to meet it's May 28th 2010 release date. Jake Gyllenhaal has been cast in the video-game adaptation as the lead Prince Dastan and Ben Kingsley is playing the villainous Nizam. The two new photos feature Gyllenhaal looking deep in thought. I can't say I am too excited about this feature, but it has been pitched as the next Pirates of the Carribean, so let's hope it is better than worse. Scroll down to see the beefed up Gyllenhaal thinking about his pecks.
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A unsatisfied young man Troy, quits law school and answers an advertisement for a personal assistant. He takes the job as a road manager for a has-been mentalist known as The Great Buck Howard. Troy quickly becomes apart of the aged illusionist's scheme to stage a huge comeback and get himself back on the Tonight Show.
Someone has killed off an ex-masked hero and Rorschach, a masked vigilante, has taken it upon himself to find the answers. Rorschach rekindles old friendships and searches out allies and rivals alike, trying to uncover who is commiting the murders, instead his investigation takes him much further than he ever expected. Rorschach and his allies unfold a mysterious plan that could have disasterous worldwide implications.
"Watchmen" was an amazing experience! The film was dynamic, epic and a seemless transition from page to screen. Sure things were missing and Synder took a few liberties with aspects of the script, but for a one-shot movie, it's the best we are going to get. Zack Synder was able to deliver a faithful adaptation of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons historical work.
Ever heard of The Runaways? Maybe not, but they were the first all girl rock band that featured both Joan Jett and Lita Ford. The band had a successful but short lived career from 75-79 including the mega-hit "Cherry Bomb." River Road Entertainment had previously greenlit a bio-pic for the novelty group with Twillight's Kristen Stewart set to play Joan Jett and writer/director Floria Sigismondi in the director's chair. This week came news that Stewart's "New Moon" co-star, Dakota Fanning will play The Runaways lead singer, Cheri Currie.
Cheri Currie was a 15 year old David Bowie-esque performer who generally performed in all lingerie clothing and later became wrapped up in heavy drug addiction and the typical rock partying lifestyle leading to her leaving the band shortly before the band broke up. Dakota Fanning is the exact same age as Currie, when she joined the band. Fanning furthermore is almost a dead-ringer for the young Currie, who now enjoys creating ice sculptures with a chainsaw.
The second trailer for "Star Trek" has been released and I got it for you below. Much like the last trailer it gives us the background of James T Kirk and what drew him to Star Fleet. We get a bit more expanded from the freefall jump seen in the last trailer. All in all Abrams looks to have definately super-charged Star Trek. It could piss off alot of fans, however it looks stunning to me. Let's hope the entire film measures up to the trailer. "Star Trek" releases May 8th. Checkout the trailer below...
Our first teaser trailer for "The Hangover" has finally hit the net. "The Hangover" is directed by Todd Phillips (Old School), written by Jon Lucas and stars Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms and Zach Galifianakis. "The Hangover" follows Doug and his three friends who go to Vegas two days before his wedding and end up waking up with a huge hangover the day of the wedding. To make matters worse, the friends find a tiger and a sixteen month old baby in their hotel room, one of their friends missing and not being able to remember any of it. Hijinks ensue as the friends try to retrace just what had transpired, all the while, trying to make it back for Doug's wedding. The trailer is just over a minute but definately sets the stage for what could be a pretty damn funny film. "The Hangover" releases June 5th. Check it out below...
Back in October, I reported that Universal Studios had optioned Gerard Way's comic, "The Umbrella Academy" for a feature film. While at the "Watchmen" premiere Gerard Way, frontman for My Chemical Romance and creator of the Dark Horse comic talked a bit about what is happening with the big screen adaptation over at Universal. Scroll down to see what Way had to say about the upcoming film, it's development and his involvement in pre-production.
a great screenwriter named Mark Bomback and he is the guy we love to do it." He added, "So it feels that everything is moving very fast and I think it is."
The first trailer for "Public Enemies" hit the internet today and I have it for you below. The trailer gives a solid look to the overall feel to "Public Enemies," however the music used throughout does nothing but pull the viewer out of the film. The music is completely distracting, mismatched and also makes the watcher wonder what the hell it is doing in the trailer. For a period piece, one would hope the music would match the era, not so in the trailer. Let's hope that the score is unfinished, because this music has no place in the film.
Leonardo DiCaprio has been cast in Christopher Nolan's next film "Inception". THR reports Leo will play the lead in Nolan's scifi. The film is aiming for a summer shooting start for and a 2010 release date. "Inception" is pitched as: "a contemporary sci-fi actioner set within "the architecture of the mind." The film is being produced by Chris and Emma Thomas for Warner Brothers through the couple's Syncopy Films. This marks the fourth film Nolan has done for WB including his two Batman films and Insomnia.
Fanboys can rejoice that Megan Fox has been cast in both Warner Brothers "Jonah Hex" and Fox Atomic's "Fathom". Both are comic book films that one of which will see Megan Fox in swimwear or lack there of for a majority of the film. I am sure the internet is flooded with lame boner references, but I am far less enthusiastic, as I have been since last September when I first broke this story. Megan Fox may be some very nice eye candy, but a quality actress she is not.
THR reports that Fox will play Leila, the love interest to Hex in "Jonah Hex," which being directed by Jimmy Haward. "Jonah Hex" is set to begin lensing in April with John Malkovich as the villain trying to raise an army of the undead in order to liberate the South. Having Megan Fox in a supporting role seems like a no brainer. It is the second casting that may be the film's undoing.
Megan Fox being casted as Aspen is huge! It will be her movie. The question is, can Megan Fox carry an entire film? It is highly doubtful. Like I said before, she is great eye candy, but as the lead? I am having visions of Halle Berry's Catwoman. The positive is Fox is a dead-match for Aspen in the comics. Megan Fox has Fox Atomic's "Jennifer's Body" releasing this year, so the studio most definately has a bit more confidence in her than I.
ERC Box Office is reporting that Kevin Smith has signed on to a Warner Brothers production titled "Couple of Dicks." Smith will direct and for the first time, in a feature film, be working from a script he did not write. 
"Couple of Dicks" has Bruce Willis and Tracey Morgan set to star in the 2008 Black List script written by Robb and Marc Cullen. "Couple of Dicks" is said to follow "two veteran LAPD detectives attempt to track down a stolen, mint-condition, 1952 baseball card." The film is set to release January 29th, 2010.
"Sin Nombre" was picked up by Focus Features at Sundance and will be hitting theaters in a limited release March 20th. Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna have executive produced the Mexican film directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga. "Sin Nombre" follows two teens who meet coming from two very different circumstances, however both are trying to emigrate into the United States. Checkout the intriguing trailer below....
"Lymelife" is directed by Derick Martini and focuses on the dark side of suburban paradise and the loss of innocence centers on two deeply troubled, dysfunctional families during the late 1970s. The film stars Rory Culkin, Keiran Culkin, Alec Baldwin, Jill Hennessy, Emma Roberts, Timothy Hutton and Cynthia Nixon. The trailer gives the viewer a nice look at just what to expect from the indie drama. The film is set for a limited release in New York and Los Angeles on April 8th. Checkout the trailer below....
Hot off her Best Supporting Actress Academy Award, Penelope Cruz can next be seen in Pedro Almodóvar's "Broken Embraces". Pedro Almodóvar has directed such oustanding films as Law of Desire, High Heels, Live Flesh, All About My Mother, Talk to Her, Bad Education, and Volver.
I am still trying to pick my jaw up off the floor after having viewed the newest "Terminator Salvation" trailer for the third time in a row. Any doubt I previously had about what McG was going to do with this revamp of Terminator is completely gone. If a 2 and half minute trailer is anything to judge a movie off, the "Terminator Salvation" trailer does the job. Consider my ticket sold already. Some may say that the newest trailer gives away too much of the plot, but if any of you have been paying attention, toys have already revealed what this trailer only confirms. I am sure there are plenty more easter eggs in the basket. "Terminator Salvation" releases May 21st and check out the outstanding trailer below....
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A trustworthy source over at AICN has some of the early plot details to the long anticipated TRON sequel. Early production has begun in Vancouver and below I have the full report to check out. If you do not want to know some of the major plot points to TR2N or whatever it will be called, DO NOT READ ANY FURTHER!!
For some reason here in America we have a hard time watching foreign films. Is it the subtitles? Is it the quality of the films? Do American producers instead of promoting someone else's amazing work, just want to remake it so they take home all of the proceeds? Is it a combination of all three? Needless to say, that nearly every outstanding foreign film gets remade for American audiences with the result never being comparable to the original. The newest foreign film to recieve a remake is Let the Right One In or the swedish title, Låt den Rätte Komma In and I couldn't be more furious!
Let the Right One In is a perfect film in every way. It was one of the best films from last year whether foreign or domestic. Director Tomas Alfredson presents one of the best vampire films to date, furthermore Let the Right One In is a poignant and thought provoking love story that never disappoints. It is compelling and absolutely enthralling from open to close. (Read my review) The 2008 film has no reason to be re-made. Instead the film should be seen as is, heavily promoted and with the right campaign it would easily pull off a decent gross.
Regardless of my and others strong opinions, "Let the Right One In" will begin lensing in May for a 2010 release. Matt Reeves, director of Cloverfield, has been hired to film the remake for Hammer and Overture Films. It gets worse, Reeves will be directing the remake from his own script. All but solidifying, that the remake is going to be a waste of time.
"Terminator Salvation" hits theaters May 21st but today I have two new posters for you to feast your eyes on. The first poster is a quad poster which features both Christian Bale and Sam Worthington with a T-600 in between them. The second poster is a solo shot of the T-600. The posters are outstanding and definately continue the gritty look to McG's Terminator film. Checkout out the quad poster in the header and the T-600 poster below....
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As Hugh Jackman proclaimed at this year's Oscars, "The musical is back," and in that vein, New Line Cinema has announced they will be remaking the classic 1950's musical and film "Damn Yankees".
"The Hurt Locker" for the last year and a half has been doing it's rounds on the film festival circuit, but Summit Entertainment has finally given the intense military film a solid release date. The film will explode into theaters June 26th 2009.
