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Memorial day is a time to reflect on Us conquests and failures – in film
25 May 2012 10:06 AM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Hollywood goes for blockbuster returns on Memorial Day, but how do the Us-centric hyper-macho films perform overseas?
Memorial Day is fast approaching, so naturally one's thoughts turn to the Fallen, and to the shared sacrifice of European and American continents as they united in common cause against the spectre of global tyranny. But that's enough about the reviews for Battleship.
"A preposterously lunkheaded salute to American naval machismo" snorted Tim Robey in The Daily Telegraph. "It seems that the Us Navy is as much committed to the production of this film as is the toy company" opined Le Monde's Thomas Sotinel. As news of the hostile European reception spread, American critics equipped their reviews with a pre-emptive Euro-snob missile defense shield. "That the movie didn't exactly receive hosannas in Europe should surprise absolutely no one. This is a Super-American movie," bristled Jeff Simon of Buffalo News. "It would be like »
- Tom Shone
Life Of Pi Movie Release Date
24 May 2012 11:37 AM, PDT | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Ang Lee’s Life of Pi movie, with Suraj Sharma Ang Lee’s 3D movie Life of Pi has been moved from Dec. 21 to Nov. 21, 20th Century Fox has announced. Life of Pi, which generated enthusiastic buzz following its screening at ComicCon a few weeks ago, is already considered a top contender next awards season. (Note: Life of Pi was originally scheduled to open on Dec. 14.) By moving Life of Pi to the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, Fox is avoiding going neck and neck with the following Dec. 21 openings: Kathryn Bigelow’s Osama bin Laden thriller Zero Dark Thirty, with Chris Pratt, Jessica Chastain, and Joel Edgerton; Christopher McQuarrie’s crime drama One Shot, with Tom Cruise and Rosamund Pike; and another Judd Apatow comedy, This is 40, with Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann, Jason Segel, Melissa McCarthy. In addition to the Dec. 14 debuts of Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, »
- Zac Gille
Life of Pi Moves to November; The Internship Now Set for June 2013
23 May 2012 7:07 PM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
20th Century Fox is making some changes to its release calendar today, moving Ang Lee's Life of Pi up from December 21 to November 21, and locking in a June 28, 2013 release date for Shawn Levy's comedy The Internship.
Life of Pi is an adaptation of Yann Martel's novel, which centers on a young man who is cast adrift in a lifeboat with a hyena, a zebra, an orangutan, and a Bengal tiger. The drama will now open on Thanksgiving weekend, where it will debut against Red Dawn, Parental Guidance, Rise of the Guardians, and The Silver Linings Playbook.
We first reported on The Internship last month, when Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson signed on to star. The story centers on two old-school salesmen who try to reinvent themselves in the digital world, by becoming interns at a tech company. The comedy will square off against Universal's R.I.P.D. »
- MovieWeb
Anderson Cooper explains laughing fits to Jimmy Fallon
23 May 2012 8:00 AM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
In addition to his stellar reporting and news anchoring abilities, Anderson Cooper has made quite a habit of breaking into fits of giggles during his RidicuList segments on AC360, which are as endearing as they are hysterical. Last night on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Cooper addressed his inability to keep it together while reporting on absurd happenings such as Gerard Depardieu’s airline urinating incident, and, most recently, while he explained the celebrated Polish-American holiday of Dyngus Day. Repeating his admission that he laughs like “a 12-year-old girl meeting Justin Bieber for the first time,” watch what else Cooper »
- Michelle Profis
20th Century Fox Moves Up Life of Pi , Dates The Internship
23 May 2012 | Comingsoon.net | See recent Comingsoon.net news »
20th Century Fox has updated their release schedule, moving up Ang Lee's Life of Pi by a full month and dating Shawn Levy's The Internship for June 28, 2013. Life of Pi , originally planned for a wide release on December 21st, will now hit theaters everywhere on November 21st. Based on Yann Martel's coming-of-age survival tale, Pi revolves around a youth who is the lone survivor of a sunken freighter and winds up sharing a lifeboat with a hyena, an injured zebra, an orangutan and a hungry Bengal tiger. Tobey Maguire, Suraj Sharma, Irffan Khan, Gerard Depardieu and Adil Hussain star in the 3D drama. The Internship , meanwhile, reunited Wedding Crashers stars Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson as two old school salesmen who, finding themselves suddenly unemployed and »
Colin Firth To Play Noel Coward In 'Mad Dogs And Englishmen,' & Co-Star In Rupert Everett's Oscar Wilde Biopic
22 May 2012 12:50 PM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
Colin Firth is set to play famed English playwright Noel Coward, in the Willy Holtzman-penned project, “Mad Dogs And Englishmen,” about Coward’s eventful two week stay at The Desert Inn in Las Vegas in 1955. Although there’s still no director attached, this seems like a great role for the actor to sink his teeth into, as Coward was famous for what Time called “a sense of personal style, a combination of cheek and chic, pose and poise.” So we’ll be definitely be looking forward to this project in the future. [Screen Daily]
Two giants of the Scandinavian cinematic world, Lone Scherfig (“An Education” and “One Day”) and Pernilla August (“Beyond”), are set to join forces together on an adaptation of the classic Hjalmar Söderberg novel, “The Serious Game.” The novel follows a couple who meet early in life, go their separate ways and then meet again when they are married to other people. »
- Cain Rodriguez
Blu-ray Review: War Horse
5 May 2012 3:30 PM, PDT | Blogomatic3000 | See recent Blogomatic3000 news »
Stars: Jeremy Irvine, Peter Mullan, David Thewlis, Emily Watson, Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom Hiddleston, Toby Kebbell, Niels Arstrup | Written by Lee Hall, Richard Curtis | Directed by Steven Spielberg
The ultimate horse opera! The mane event! Saddle up for Steven Spielberg’s War Horse! Exuberant intro over, now let’s settle down and review the film…
War Horse is based on the children’s novel by Michael Morpurgo, and has previously (and currently) has enjoyed universal praise as a highly successful and innovative stage play. The narrative follows Joey, a horse that is bought to work on grouchy Peter Mullan’s farm. There he becomes the companion of Mullan’s chirpy sprog, Albert (Irvine) and together the pair manages to save the family farm from the grasp of unpleasant landlord David Thewlis. Shortly after, the First World War breaks out and Joey is shipped off to fight in France. There »
- Jack Kirby
Braquo Season One DVD Review
4 May 2012 9:15 AM, PDT | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »
The recent spate of powerful euro-centric police procedurals to crop up on both terrestrial TV and Sky have managed to gain the approval of critics and audiences alike. One of these celebrated shows proudly wears its Us influences on its sleeve while managing to retain that dark and sobering tone found in neighbouring programmes such as The Killing.
Braquo (season two is current being screened on FX) has been billed as a France’s answer to The Wire, but in reality it has much more in common with another cop drama from across the pond, The Shield. Not only does one of the Parisian police crew share more than a passing physical resemblance to Shield star Michael Chiklis, but Braquo is also cut from a similarly pulpy (and at times, preposterous) cloth as that series, which was set in the fictitious Los Angeles area of Farmington.
Much like The Shield, »
- Adam Lowes
5 May DVD Titles You Should Know About Including '1900,' 'Castle In The Sky' & 'Flareup'
3 May 2012 9:03 AM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
Well we're back again with the bumper crop of must-have DVDs and Blu-rays for the month of May – from historic Italian epics to underground American sensations to a chilly, expressionistic film noir to movies where Raquel Welch plays a Vegas showgirl fleeing a murderer – we’ve got them all hear for you. So look on below to see what's worth your money this month....
"1900" (1976) Blu-ray
Why You Should Care: At the time of its release, Bernardo Bertolucci's historical epic was said to be the most expensive (requiring the financial commitment of three major studios – 20th Century Fox, Paramount, and United Artists) and ambitious ever mounted in Italy. It's a tale of two friends (played by Robert De Niro and Gerard Depardieu), born on the same day at the dawn of the 20th century, and the way that their lives crisscross, intersect, and diverge wildly over the rocky course of history. »
- Drew Taylor
Astounding First Image from Ang Lee’s Life Of Pi
27 April 2012 9:00 AM, PDT | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »
Oscar-winning director Ang Lee (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) is very much well known for being something of a visionary. His latest project will be bringing us an adaptation of Yann Martel’s Man Booker Prize-winning novel, Life of Pi, and with its release coming in the final weeks of the year, there’s already Oscar buzz surrounding the film.
Of course it’s still early days yet, but with a somewhat awesome first image now surfacing online, it’s not difficult to see why it might be a contender.
Suraj Sharma will be making his acting debut as the eponymous Pi, with the rest of the cast including the likes of Tabu (The Namesake), Irrfan Khan (The Amazing Spider-Man), Adil Hussain (Agent Vinod), Tobey Maguire (Spider-Man), and Gérard Depardieu (Mesrine).
Courtesy of Waterstones, here’s the synopsis for the original novel:
“After the tragic sinking of a cargo ship, a »
- Kenji Lloyd
3 Life Of Pi movie images for the well-received Ang Lee film at CinemaCon
27 April 2012 2:04 AM, PDT | Upcoming-Movies.com | See recent Upcoming-Movies.com news »
The Life of Pi gallery gets more images, starring Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan and Tobey Maguire. Based on the best-selling novel by Yann Martel, is a magical adventure story centering on Pi Patel, the precocious son of a zookeeper. Dwellers in Pondicherry, India, the family decides to move to Canada, hitching a ride on a huge freighter. After a shipwreck, Pi is found adrift in the Pacific Ocean on a 26-foot lifeboat with a zebra, a hyena, an orangutan and a 450-pound Bengal tiger named Richard Parker, all fighting for survival. Ang Lee directs the 20th Century Fox release which opens December 21st this year, and is scripted by David Magee. Cast also includes Tabu, Gérard Depardieu. Siraj Sharma, Adil Hussain and Ayush Tandon »
First Ang Lee’s Life Of Pi Image
26 April 2012 2:11 AM, PDT | Filmofilia | See recent Filmofilia news »
Well, this looks amazing. We finally have the first image from Ang Lee‘s upcoming 3D adaptation of the novel Life of Pi, and I’m sure you’re going to agree with me – because amazing is the real word. This time, we have a first look at a newcomer Suraj Sharma and Bengal tiger named Richard [...]
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- Fiona
First Look at Ang Lee's Life of Pi
25 April 2012 5:53 PM, PDT | WorstPreviews.com | See recent Worst Previews news »
Today we have the first photo from Ang Lee's "Life of Pi," which is based on a 2001 novel by Yann Martel that had such filmmakers as M Night Shyamalan and Alfonso Cuaron in talks to bring it to the big screen. The story revolves around Pi Patel, the teenaged son of a zookeeper. He and his family board a ship headed toward North America, but a wreck leaves Pi stranded in a lifeboat with a hyena, an orangutan, a zebra, and a 450-pound Bengal tiger named Richard Parker. Pi is playing by newcomer Suraj Sharma, who beat out three thousand actors for the role. He's joined by Irrfan Khan as the grown-up Pi, Adil Hussain and Tabu as Pi's parents, Gerard Depardieu as "The Chef" and Tobey Maguire as Yann Martel. It's set to hit theaters on December 21st. Photo: (click to enlarge) »
First Photo from Ang Lee's Life Of Pi
25 April 2012 4:30 PM, PDT | GeekTyrant | See recent GeekTyrant news »
Here is the first photo from Ang Lee's adaptation of Yann Martel's Life of Pi. The bestselling novel was first released in 2001 and won the Man Booker Prize. Suraj Sharma beat out over 3,000 actors for the lead role. The supporting cast includes Irrfan Khan as the grown-up Pi, Adil Hussain and Tabu as Pi’s parents, Gérard Depardieu as “The Chef,” and Tobey Maguire as a journalist named — surprise — Yann Martel.
Synopsis:
Pi Patel is an unusual boy. The son of a zookeeper, he has an encyclopedic knowledge of animal behavior, a fervent love of stories, and practices not only his native Hinduism, but also Christianity and Islam. When Pi is sixteen, his family emigrates from India to North America aboard a Japanese cargo ship, along with their zoo animals bound for new homes.
The ship sinks. Pi finds himself alone in a lifeboat, his only companions a hyena, »
- Tiberius
Life of Pi Photo with Suraj Sharma and Richard Parker the Tiger
25 April 2012 10:29 AM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
20th Century Fox has released the first photo from Life of Pi, scheduled for release December 21. Ang Lee directs this adaptation of Yann Martel's novel, which centers on Pi Patel (Suraj Sharma), who shares a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker, a hyena, an injured zebra, and an orangutan after a shipwreck. Check out the photo, which features Suraj Sharma and the tiger, who becomes his only form of companionship.
Life of Pi comes to theaters December 21st, 2012 and stars Suraj Sharma, Tobey Maguire, Gérard Depardieu, Irrfan Khan, Tabu, Adil Hussain, Ayush Tandon. The film is directed by Ang Lee. »
- MovieWeb
First Look: 'Life of Pi' Sets Sail
25 April 2012 10:27 AM, PDT | Entertainment Tonight | See recent Entertainment Tonight news »
The adaptation of Life of Pi has sailed some choppy seas to make it to the big screen, but this December audiences will finally get to see the philosophical survival/adventure tale, courtesy of Oscar-winning director Ang Lee. Check out this first image from the 3D film…
Video: Meet the Cast of 'We Bought a Zoo'
Directors M. Night Shyamalan, Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Alfonso Cuaron were all involved with the adaptation of the Yann Martel bestseller at one point or another, which follows Pi Patel (Suraj Sharma), the son of an Indian zookeeper who seeks refuge on a lifeboat after his freighter sinks, adrift alone in the Pacific in tight quarters with a hyena, a zebra, an orangutan and a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker. Half-delusional with thirst and hunger, how can Pi survive his epic journey?
Related: Tobey Maguire Pleads Innocence in Celebrity Poker Scandal
Tobey Maguire also stars as Yann Martel, the writer »
First Image from Ang Lee’s Life Of Pi
25 April 2012 9:56 AM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
The first image from Ang Lee's 3D adaptation of the novel Life of Pi has gone online. Yann Martel's highly acclaimed book tells the story of a boy named Pi (played by newcomer Suraj Sharma), who gets stranded at sea for 227 days with a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker, a hyena, a zebra, and an orangutan. As always, December is going to be crowded with awards fare, but 2012 has some seriously fierce competition: Les Miserables, The Hobbit, Kathryn Bigelow's Zero Dark Thirty, The Great Gatsby, and Django Unchained. Life of Pi is going to be tough sell, but it's also probably going to be unlike anything we've seen in some time. Hit the jump to check out the image. The film also stars Tobey Maguire, Irrfan Khan (In Treatment), Adil Hussain (Calendar Girls), and Gerard Depardieu. Life of Pi opens December 14th. Image via CriterionCast. Here's the synopsis »
- Matt Goldberg
First Two Pictures from Ang Lee's 'Life of Pi'
25 April 2012 9:50 AM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
I haven't read Yan Martel's Booker Prize-winning novel so I don't really have any perspective from which to judge this first picture from Ang Lee's Life of Pi, which was adapted from the story of the same name. In the image you see Suraj Sharma as the titular character, Piscine Molitor Patel, a well-to-do zookeeper's son who leads a rich life acquiring a broad knowledge of not only the great religious texts but of all literature, and has a great curiosity about how the world works. However, political changes in India cause the Patel family to choose to move to Canada where Pi ultimately finds himself adrift in a lifeboat with a zebra, an orangutan, a hyena and, as the picture makes quite clear, a 450-pound Royal Bengal tiger named Richard Parker. The rest of the story chronicles Pi's 227-day voyage across the Pacific, and the powerful story of faith »
- Brad Brevet
First Look: Ang Lee’s Life of Pi
25 April 2012 7:54 AM, PDT | Beyond Hollywood | See recent Beyond Hollywood news »
Leave it to Ang Lee to make a movie about a kid stranded on a lifeboat with a bunch of zoo animals, including one ferocious, hungry 450 lb Bengal tiger. But that’s what the director of “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” has done with “The Life of Pi”, an adaptation of the hard-to-adapt book by Yann Martel. Here’s your first look at the 3D movie, featuring star Suraj Sharma and his pet tiger. The tiger, along with all the animals in the movie, are supposed to be CG. Yes, that’s a CG tiger right there. I guess it would be kind of hard to make a real tiger “act” on a boat. He might get, you know, frustrated, and you probably don’t want a 450 lb Bengal tiger getting “frustrated” around you. It co-stars Tobey Maguire, Gérard Depardieu, Irrfan Khan, Tabu, Adil Hussain, and Ayush Tandon. The story of »
- Nix
First Look: Newcomer Suraj Sharma & His Bengal Tiger In Ang Lee's 'Life Of Pi'
25 April 2012 5:00 AM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
Adapting best-selling novels is never an easy job and, in the case of Ang Lee and "Life Of Pi," it's a task made only more difficult by the off-beat tale centering on the shipwrecked son of an Indian zookeeper who's stuck on a lifeboat with a 450-pound bengal tiger in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
Perhaps that's why names like Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Alfonso Cuaron and M. Night Shyamalan have come and gone in their attempts to adapt Yann Martel's popular novel but, with Lee diving head first into the project in 3D no less, we now have our first look at the film featuring newcomer Suraj Sharma as Pi and his sizable, striped friend in their lifeboat.
Lee had previously implied that he would be using CGI animals and we have to say, it looks impressively real. Either way, when things reach shore in the David Magee ("Finding Neverland") script, »
- Simon Dang
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