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New John Carter Blu-Ray Featurette Released
25 May 2012 9:10 AM, PDT | ComicBookMovie.com | See recent ComicBookMovie news »
From Academy Award®--winning filmmaker Andrew Stanton comes "John Carter"—a sweeping action-adventure set on the mysterious and exotic planet of Barsoom (Mars). "John Carter" is based on a classic novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, whose highly imaginative adventures served as inspiration for many filmmakers, both past and present. The film tells the story of war-weary, former military captain John Carter (Taylor Kitsch), who is inexplicably transported to Mars where he becomes reluctantly embroiled in a conflict of epic proportions amongst the inhabitants of the planet, including Tars Tarkas (Willem Dafoe) and the captivating Princess Dejah Thoris (Lynn Collins). In a world on the brink of collapse, Carter rediscovers his humanity when he realizes that the survival of Barsoom and its people rests in his hands. The screenplay was written by Andrew Stanton, Mark Andrews and Michael Chabon. John Carter will be released on DVD and Blu-Ray June 5th. »
Jon Favreau and Willem Dafoe Discuss the Legacy of John Carter in New Blu-ray Featurette Clip
25 May 2012 8:34 AM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
John Carter is coming to Blu-ray and DVD on June 5, and I hope it finds a second life in home release. I don't know what it would take to justify a sequel, but for the sake of ambitious, lush science fiction like this, it would be unfortunate if the lasting legacy was that of a flop. The expansive universe, as designed by Edgar Rice Borroughs, is really built for serialization. We have seen this potential realized on screen in the many properties that were inspired by John Carter of Mars. Jon Favreau points to Star Wars and Superman as two indelible franchises that benefit from the Mars mythos in the featurette, "Influence of John Carter," which will appear on the Blu-ray. We were provided a one-minute clip from the featurette, with supporting remarks by Willem Dafoe (the voice of Tars Tarkas in the movie), and we'd like to share it with you after the jump. »
- Brendan Bettinger
Supporting Actors: The Overlooked and Underrated (part 3 of 5)
24 May 2012 8:28 PM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
Nicol Williamson as Merlin in Excalibur (John Boorman, 1981, UK):
Turning in by far the best acting in Boorman’s epic, Williamson sets the bar for all other interpretations of the Merlin character. Best known as an acclaimed stage actor with a history of incredibly unprofessional behavior, this is Williamson’s most memorable film role and will have you chanting the “charm of making” in no time.
Rutger Hauer as Roy Batty in Blade Runner (Ridley Scott, 1982, USA):
As an android seeking to prolong his short life, Hauer’s unique screen presence is perfectly utilized in director Scott’s atmospheric science fiction milestone. Hauer brings a sort of “alien” quality to the character Roy Batty and really makes this role a truly superior piece of casting.
Other notable Rutger Hauer performances: Nighthawks (Bruce Malmuth, 1981, USA), The Hitcher (Robert Harmon, 1986, USA).
Ricardo Montalban as Khan in Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan (Nicholas Meyer, »
- Terek Puckett
4:44 Last Day On Earth Clips and Photos
23 May 2012 3:57 PM, PDT | Filmofilia | See recent Filmofilia news »
Today we have three clips and several photos from Abel Ferrara‘s apocalyptic4:44: Last Day On Earth. She’s a painter, he’s an actor (Shanyn Leigh and Willem Dafoe), they’re in love. Tomorrow at 4:44 am the world will come to an end more rapidly than the worst doomsayer could have imagined: not without warnings, but with [...]
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- Allan Ford
‘Out of the Furnace’ Draws ‘The Fighter’ Comparisons As Producers Talk Pittsburgh Shoot; To Arrive Fall 2013
22 May 2012 8:30 AM, PDT | The Film Stage | See recent The Film Stage news »
The drama Out of the Furnace seems like a hot commodity right now. It sports a stellar cast that includes Christian Bale and Casey Affleck in the lead roles, and Zoe Saldana, Willem Dafoe and Woody Harrelson in the supporting cast, as well as backing from celebrity production companies like Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way and Ridely Scott’s Scott Free. The film is currently being shot in western Pa, and on Sunday, executive producer Jeff Waxman, producer/production coordinator Julie Hartley, and various crew members spoke at a Pa Film Industry Association meeting in Pittsburgh, giving some insight to the project. We were there and one can see details below.
During the talk, Waxman repeatedly compared the film to The Fighter, which also featured Bale in an Oscar-winning performance. In past reports, Furnace was said to have a “No Country For Old Men vibe,” so this new development changes some expectations. »
- jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
First Full-Length Trailer for Finding Nemo 3D
22 May 2012 5:30 AM, PDT | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »
After getting a nice little teaser for the re-release of Finding Nemo in 3D at the start of the year, the film’s first full-length trailer has made its way online to reintroduce you to the 2003 film that took home the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.
The film is the second of the four films Disney and Pixar announced they’d be re-releasing in 3D after the success of The Lion King 3D. Beauty and the Beast was the first, and Finding Nemo will follow later this year.
After that, we can look forward to seeing Mike, Sulley, and Boo in three dimensions in Monsters, Inc. 3D early next year, and finally (so far) The Little Mermaid 3D towards the end of next year.
Andrew Stanton (Wall-e) and Lee Unkrich (Toy Story 3) shared directing duties, with Stanton co-writing the script with Bob Peterson (Up) and David Reynolds (The Emperor »
- Kenji Lloyd
Finding Nemo 3D Movie Trailer Premiere
21 May 2012 10:28 PM, PDT | Upcoming-Movies.com | See recent Upcoming-Movies.com news »
Watch the trailer for Finding Nemo 3D, starring Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, Alexander Gould and Willem Dafoe The Oscar-winning family favorite, touching funny and adventurous, returns in glorious 3D format on September 14th after its original release on May 30th, 2003. Lee Unkrich co-directs alongside John Carter's Andrew Stanton, who in turn scripts with Bob Peterson and David Reynolds. In the colorful and warm tropical waters of the Great Barrier Reef, a Clownfish named Marlin lives safe and secluded in a quiet cul-de-sac with his only son, Nemo. Fearful of the ocean and its unpredictable risks, he struggles to protect his son. Nemo, like all young fish, is eager to explore the mysterious reef. When Nemo is unexpectedly taken far from home and thrust into a dentist's office fish tank, Marlin finds himself the unlikely hero on an epic journey to rescue his son. In his quest, Marlin is joined »
Ethan Hawke Joins the Spierig Brothers for Sci-Fi Thriller Predestination
15 May 2012 1:00 PM, PDT | ScifiMafia | See recent ScifiMafia news »
Official Press Release:
Arclight Films Takes on International Sales of the Spierig Brothers’
Predestination Time Travel Sci-Fi Thriller Starring Ethan Hawke Destined to be a Market Hit
Los Angeles (May 14, 2012) – Arclight Films, announces it has taken on international sales of time travelling sci-fi action thriller Predestination starring Ethan Hawke, who is no stranger to the genre (Gattaca) to their roster of new films. Predestination is written and will be directed by Spierig Brothers, Michael and Peter.
Brisbane-based Patrick Mc Donald of Wolfhound Pictures and Tim McGahan of Blacklab Entertainment who brought the project to Arclight are producing.
Predestination is a riveting adventure through time centered on a secret government time traveling agency designed to prevent future killers and terrorists from committing their crimes.
Predestination chronicles the life of a Temporal Agent sent on an intricate series of time-travel journeys designed to ensure the continuation of his law enforcement career for all eternity. »
- Jason Moore
Aussie directing brothers to bring sci-fi production home
14 May 2012 6:28 PM, PDT | Encore Magazine | See recent Encore Magazine news »
A new science fiction film by two Australian brothers will be filmed in Australia next year.
The film, Predestination by Peter and Michael Spierig, who wrote and directed vampire film Daybreakers with Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe and Sam Neill, is scheduled for 2013 with pre-production and casting underway.
On the international sales front, Arclight Films has picked up the film and will be representing it at the Cannes film market over the next week.
The film is an adaptation of short story All You Zombies by classic sci-fi writer Robert A Heinlein.
The Spierig Brothers said, despite the name, it’s not a ‘Zombie flick’.
The film is about a time-travelling secret agent sent throughout the ages to kill histories greatest serial killers. On his final assignment he must team with his younger self to kill a murderer that has always eluded him.
The Spierig Brothers said: “This »
- Colin Delaney
Horror's Top 10 Most Frightening Women
11 May 2012 1:57 AM, PDT | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »
With the upcoming release of the creepy Hammer film The Woman in Black on DVD May 22nd, we thought it would be a good time to look back at some of our favorite frightening women from horror films of the past. Believe me; these aren't your average scream queens. These women bite back...hard!
To prime the proverbial pump, we have some honorable mentions for those who just missed the list. Who wasn't creeped out by Cécile De France in Haute Tension (High Tension) or Isabelle Fuhrman in Orphan. I remember looking through my fingers at the woman-thing at the end of [Rec], and Rebecca De Mornay was simply cold-blooded in The Hand that Rocks the Cradle. Rie Ino'o gave us an iconic image in Ring, which Daveigh Chase duplicated in the American remake. And Lina Leandersson was eerie as Ellie in Lat den ratte komma in (Let the Right One In). Hell, »
- Doctor Gash
Interview: Ray Ford on "Apartment 23," Van Der Beek and Being Out in Hollywood
9 May 2012 11:37 AM, PDT | AfterElton.com | See recent AfterElton.com news »
Ray Ford photographed by Clinton Gaughran for AfterElton
Springtime brings with it a slew of new television shows. Shows that, if they're lucky enough to strike a chord with viewers, will land a spot on the network fall schedules. One sitcom that has started out of the gate strong is ABC's Don't Trust The B**** In Apartment 23. Set in New York, City, the series, created by Nahnatchka Khan (Family Guy), puts together a naive Indiana transplant named June (Dreama Walker), who ends up being roommates with wild child Chloe (Krysten Ritter, aka 'the B****"). The colorful Chloe also happens to be BFFs with actor James Van Der Beek.
Van Der Beek is best known for his title role in the teen drama Dawson's Creek, and on this show he plays an exaggerated, egocentric version of himself. This fictional Van Der Beek also has a devoted gay assistant. Enter Luther, played by Ray Ford, »
- nyjimmy67
Blu-ray, DVD, Blu-ray 3D Release: John Carter
30 April 2012 11:13 AM, PDT | Disc Dish | See recent Disc Dish news »
Blu-ray 3D, Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: June 5, 2012
Price: DVD $29.99, Blu-ray/DVD Combo $39.99, 4-Disc Blu-ray 3D/Blu-ray/DVD Combo $49.99
Studio: Disney
Taylor Kitsch makes some new friends as John Carter.
John Carter, the lavish science-fiction action epic that, er, didn’t take the world by storm this spring, hopes to make up for lost audience shares on disc–a mere 100 days following its premiere on 3,800 screens around the country.
Based on the adventures of John Carter, the protagonist of writer Edgar Rice Burroughs’ 11-volume Barsoom series of novels (1912-43)–also known as the “John Carter from Mars” series–the film zooms in on Civil War captain John Carter (Taylor Kitsch, Friday Night Lights), who’s inexplicably transported to the mysterious and exotic planet of Barsoom (Mars). It’s a world on the brink of collapse, and Carter rediscovers his humanity when he realizes the survival of Barsoom and its people rests in his hands. »
- Laurence
Disney’s John Carter to Hit DVD and Blu-ray In June
30 April 2012 7:00 AM, PDT | ScifiMafia | See recent ScifiMafia news »
Walt Disney Pictures big screen adaptation of the Edgar Rice Burroughs novel, John Carter of Mars, directed by Andrew Stanton and starring Taylor Kitsch (Battleship), Lynn Collins (Ten Year) and Willem Dafoe (Odd Thomas) is set to hit DVD and Disney Blu-ray™ this summer. Check out the trailer and all the details below!
Official Press Release:
A Warrior On Earth Becomes a Hero On Mars New On Disney Blu-ray™ Combo Pack, Blu-ray 3D™, HD Digital, DVD, and On-Demand June 5th
“A Visual Marvel” - Steven Weintraub, Collider.com
Burbank, Calif., April 27, 2012 – Disney brings to life an iconic hero, John Carter, in a visually stunning new world with heart-pounding action. The heroic epic adventure “John Carter” arrives on Disney Blu-ray Combo Pack, Blu-ray 3D™, HD Digital, DVD and On-Demand June 5, 2012, just in time for Father’s Day!
As a warrior lost on Earth, John Carter is magically transported to Mars, where »
- Jason Moore
The Last Temptation Of Christ and Vanya Of 42Nd Street Criterion Blu-ray Reviews
28 April 2012 6:00 AM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
The Martin Scorsese who put out The Last Temptation of Christ is not the Martin Scorsese we know today. He had yet to make Goodfellas, and though Raging Bull netted Robert De Niro an Oscar, Scorsese spent much of the 1980’s in the wilderness, making niche films which were considered disappointments, only to secure financing through directing a for-hire hit movie (The Color of Money). Christ was most notable for the controversy it engendered, as it was protested by a number of religious groups, which kept it out of most big chain theaters. Vanya of 42nd Street is a project that transcends its set-up, and acts as a follow-up to Louis Malle’s My Dinner with Andre. It reunited Andre Gregory and Wallace Shawn with a cast (that includes Julianne Moore) that performed Anton Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya on the fly for years. Both have come out from Criterion on Blu-ray, »
- Andre Dellamorte
Disney’s John Carter Coming To Blu-ray. Combo Pack, Blu-ray 3D., HD Digital, DVD, And On-Demand June 5th
27 April 2012 5:10 PM, PDT | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »
Disney brings to life an iconic hero, John Carter, in a visually stunning new world with heart-pounding action. The heroic epic adventure .John Carter. arrives on Disney Blu-ray Combo Pack, Blu-ray 3D., HD Digital, DVD and On-Demand June 5, 2012, just in time for Father.s Day!
As a warrior lost on Earth, John Carter is magically transported to Mars, where the fate of the planet and its people ultimately rest in his hands. With surprising new powers, and epic battles, he rises to become the man he is meant to be and the hero he truly is.
From Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Andrew Stanton (Best Animated Film, Wall.E, 2008) .John Carter. is a sweeping action-adventure set on the mysterious and exotic planet of Barsoom (Mars). John Carter is a war-weary, former military captain who.s inexplicably transported to Mars and reluctantly becomes embroiled in an epic conflict. It.s a world on the brink of collapse, »
- Michelle McCue
Oscar®-Nominee Willem Dafoe Rounds Out Casting On Relativity.s Currently Titled Out Of The Furnace
27 April 2012 1:03 PM, PDT | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »
Relativity Media has closed a deal with two-time Oscar®-nominee Willem Dafoe (Platoon, Shadow of the Vampire) to join the cast of its gritty dramatic thriller currently titled Out of the Furnace.
Dafoe, playing the role of John Petty, joins the previously announced award-winning cast including Oscar®-winner Christian Bale (The Fighter), Oscar®-nominated Casey Affleck (The Assassination ofJesse James by the Coward Robert Ford), Zoe Saldana (Avatar), Oscar®-nominated Sam Shepard (The Right Stuff), Oscar®-nominated Woody Harrelson (The Messenger) and Oscar®-winner Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland). The film, which started shooting on April 13th on location in Braddock, Pennsylvania, is written and directed by critically-acclaimed Scott Cooper (Crazy Heart).
The film is a gripping and gritty dramatic thriller about fate, circumstance, and justice. Russell (Bale) and his younger brother Rodney (Affleck) live in the economically-depressed Rust Belt, and have always dreamed of escaping and finding better lives. »
- Michelle McCue
Willem Dafoe Snags Role in 'Out of the Furnace' with Christian Bale
27 April 2012 8:35 AM, PDT | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »
Here's a small casting update on Crazy Heart director Scott Cooper's follow-up film, Out of the Furnace. According to Deadline, Willem Dafoe has joined the stellar A-list cast in an unspecified role. The revenge thriller stars Christian Bale as a former criminal who, upon his release from prison, must decide whether to get revenge for his brother's (Casey Affleck) murder or to marry his girl (Zoe Saldana). Guess which one he chooses? Woody Harrelson has already locked down the role of the villainous Mr. DeGroat, the man responsible for the gambling racket that Affleck gets caught up in. Sounds awesome to me. More below! Dafoe is just the latest in a long line of great actors to join this project, including Sam Shepard as the brothers' uncle and Forest Whitaker as the town sheriff. But since Harrelson is already playing the villain, who will Dafoe be portraying? Dafoe has »
- Ben Pearson
Willem Dafoe Joins Christian Bale in Out Of The Furnace
27 April 2012 7:57 AM, PDT | Filmofilia | See recent Filmofilia news »
Well, it’s official, Relativity Media has closed a deal with two-time Oscar-nominee Willem Dafoe to join the already stellar cast of its gritty dramatic thriller currently titled Out of the Furnace. Dafoe, playing the role of a sleazy bookie John Petty is the latest name to join Scott Cooper’s crime thriller which started shooting in [...]
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- Nick Martin
Willem Dafoe Gets 'Out Of The Furnace' With Christian Bale
27 April 2012 7:22 AM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
Talk about having an impressive ensemble. “Crazy Heart” helmer Scott Cooper has already lined up a remarkable array of players for "Out of the Furnace," his first directorial effort since his breakout hit landed actor Jeff Bridges a Best Actor Oscar. The Black List-approved script is set in Indiana in 1986 and follows Slim (Christian Bale), recently released from prison, who intends to marry his girlfriend (Zoe Saldana) but instead is drawn into a quest for revenge when his brother (Casey Affleck) is murdered after getting involved in the gambling racket. This supposedly “No Country For Old Men”-like picture also has Sam Shepard, Woody Harrelson and Forest Whitaker, and has now added one more exceptional thespian to the mix.
Willem Dafoe, a talent who requires no introduction, is joining the cast in this gritty tale based on a script initially by Brad Inglesby that was titled “The Low Dwellers. »
- Benjamin Wright
Willem Dafoe joins Out Of The Furnace
27 April 2012 5:06 AM, PDT | Upcoming-Movies.com | See recent Upcoming-Movies.com news »
Actor-turned-director Scott Cooper continued to add to his already impressive cast for his drama Out Of The Furnace. After recently signing Christian Bale, Zoe Saldana, veteran actor Sam Shepard, Woody Harrelson and Forest Whitaker, the Crazy Heart filmmaker signed another veteran, Willem Dafoe to his film. According to Deadline, Dafoe, recently seen in the high-profile Disney fantasy John Carter, joined Out of the Furnace in an undisclosed role. Cooper, best known as the writer and director of Crazy Heart starring Jeff Bridges, also wrote the story of an ex-con (Bale) living with his brother (Casey Affleck) in a rust belt city and dealing with the local crime boss. »
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