Archive for the ‘News’ Category
Noir Muppet film, The Happytime Murders finally getting off the ground
The Muppets appears to have rekindled the Henson collective, and there is at least one really interesting project on the horizon. Over at The Hollywood Reporter, film financing company IM Global has posted both concept art and a synopsis to upcoming puppet crime film, The Happytime Murders. While the puppets won’t be Muppets, since Disney [...]
In: Movies, News · Tagged with: Brian Henson, The Happytime Murders, The Muppets
Nicolas Cage not playing Nicolas Cage in Action No. 1
As long as they have a set of properly zany wigs showcased, I’ll be ok. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Lionsgate has purchased Action No. 1, a heist movie about nerds who decide to steal Nicolas Cage’s copy of Action Comics No. 1. While fiction, the film is based on actual events, as Cage had [...]
In: Movies, News · Tagged with: Action No. 1, Nicolas Cage, Reno 911, Superman
Quick Cuts: Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol gets screenwriter, Kathryn Bigelow’s Bin Laden film hit by protests, and other stories
The third novel in Dan Brown’s series about symbologist Robert Langdon is getting the big screen treatment. The Lost Symbol is 2009′s followup to Angels and Demons and The DaVinci Code. The book is being adapted for the screen by Danny Strong (Game Change) and will be directed by Ron Howard. (Souce: Deadline) It’s not [...]
In: Movies, News, Trailers · Tagged with: Day of the Triffids, Kathryn Bigelow, ParaNorman, Piranha 3DD, The Lost Symbol, Zero Dark Thirty
Sacha Baron Cohen tries to have fun, ends up banned from Oscars (UPDATED)
Despite being a member of the Academy as well as a cast member of Best Picture nominated film Hugo, it appears that Sacha Baron Cohen won’t be attending this year’s Oscars ceremony. Deadline reports that Cohen wanted to attend the awards ceremony in character as The Dictator but when the Academy heard, they pulled his [...]
In: Movies, News · Tagged with: Academy Awards, Hugo, Sacha Baron Cohen, The Dictator, The Oscars
Hugh Grant to play against type in Cloud Atlas
Whether you like or hate the Wachowskis, you can’t accuse them of not having some serious guts. Their next film, Cloud Atlas, is a huge undertaking and has the potential to be amazing or dreadful. And while they’ve cast some big name actors, they’re taking risks there too, with people playing against type. Empire interviewed [...]
In: Movies, News · Tagged with: Cloud Atlas, Hugh Grant, The Wachowskis
Trailer Watch: Alternate History
I’m going to start you off with something that is so high concept it’s literally in outer space. Bask in the glory of what you just watched. Space. Nazis. Ridiculous, yes, but Iron Sky knows that it’s ridiculous and might actually pull it off. Tongues appear to be firmly in cheek here. When American astronaut [...]
In: Movies, News, Trailers, Uncategorized · Tagged with: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Iron Sky, Tim Burton, Timur Bekmambetov
Brad Bird possibly going off the map for Here there be Monsters
There has been a lot of wondering how Brad Bird will follow up his high-grossing Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol. While many want him to start work on The Incredibles 2, his passion historical earthquake drama, 1906, has been languishing as well. But if Legendary has their way, he’ll be working on a decidedly different type [...]
In: Movies, News · Tagged with: Brad Bird, Here there be Monsters, Legendary
Trailer Watch: Lockout is Die Hard meets Escape from LA…in space
If that headline gets your heart pumping, you are going to love these trailers. Produced by Luc Besson, Lockout stars Guy Pearce who gets the unenviable job of rescuing the President’s daughter from a rioting space station prison. Let’s not complicate things beyond that. The reason we have two trailers here is that one is [...]
In: Movies, News, Trailers · Tagged with: Guy Pearce, Lockout, Luc Besson, Maggie Grace, Trailer Watch, Trailers
Spielberg possibly directing “Braveheart-ish Moses Epic”, Gods and Kings
Steven Spielberg is doing a good job of hitting iconic moments in history. Fresh off War Horse, and to follow the upcoming Lincoln & the not-historically-accurate-but-totally-will-be Robopocalypse, Warner Bros is trying to snag the director for a new take on Moses. According to Deadline, Warner Brothers wants their movie, Gods and Kings, not to follow [...]
In: Eyes and Ears, Movies, News · Tagged with: Gods and Kings, Moses, Steven Spielberg, Warner Brothers
Hunger Games sequel, Catching Fire, gets some Oscar-winning talent
It’s ridiculous to make the point that, yes, The Hunger Games series is popular. And surprise, surprise, the sequel for the upcoming and assuredly awesome film is already in the planning stage at Lionsgate. Gary Ross, director of Seabiscuit as well as the first film, is returning to direct. But in a move that represents [...]
In: Eyes and Ears, Movies, News · Tagged with: Gary Ross, Simon Beaufoy, The Hunger Games