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James Badge Dale, 'Iron Man 3' Star, Is Also in 'World War Z' and 'The Lone Ranger'
20 May 2013 7:40 AM, PDT | Moviefone | See recent Moviefone news »
James Badge Dale has always been one of those promising character actors who you knew to keep an eye on; he starred as a squirrely everyman caught in a vast conspiracy in AMC's short-lived series "Rubicon," and anchored the very best scene in Robert Zemeckis's "Flight" (he was the cancer patient in the staircase). But this summer he not only flirts with superstardom, he takes superstardom out to a five-course meal and brings it back to his place. In successive months, James Badge Dale stars in three of the summer's biggest, most talked-about blockbusters. You can currently see him as a gum-chewing bad guy in the excellent "Iron Man 3"; next month he battles hordes of flesh-eating zombies in the highly anticipated "World War Z," and in July he stars alongside Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer in Disney's mega-budget "The Lone Ranger." We got to speak with the actor »
- Drew Taylor
Friday (neo)Noir: ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit ?’ is charged with being wildly imaginative and unique
17 May 2013 3:15 PM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
Written by Jeffrey Price and Peter Semen
Directed by Robert Zemeckis
U.S.A., 1988
Visual effects have come a long way since the 1920s when pioneering directors the likes of Carl Theodor Dreyer and Jean Renoir, amongst many other notable filmmakers, attempted to marry real life actors and sets with added optical illusions, bridging the gap between the real and the artificial. Today, the meshing of effects work and live action has reached the stage where the actor becomes the effect through the popularized motion capture process. A strong proponent of the technique is director Robert Zemeckis, but before dabbling in it he started out pushing the boundaries of visual effects in one of the most impressive and visually unique projects of the 1980s, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, a film that has actors like Bob Hoskins and Christopher Lloyd constantly interact with two dimensional animated creatures. »
- Edgar Chaput
SyFy Renews 'Warehouse 13' for Fifth and Final Season
17 May 2013 8:12 AM, PDT | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
"Warehouse 13" has been renewed -- and canceled -- by Syfy. The cable network announced on Friday that the series will get a six-episode fifth and final season to air in 2014. "Warehouse 13 has been an incredible signature series for us," SyFy's original content president Mark Stern said in a statement. "We are grateful to the loyal and passionate fan base and know that Jack Kenny, his gifted creative team, and outstanding ensemble cast will give them an amazing finale season." Also read: Robert Zemeckis, Jamie Foxx Team With Syfy for New Projects Currently airing »
- Jethro Nededog
Does Hollywood really hate spoilers?
15 May 2013 2:52 AM, PDT | Den of Geek | See recent Den of Geek news »
Feature Simon Brew 16 May 2013 - 07:02
Does the Hollywood system want spoilers to be protected, or have they become part of the marketing fabric?
Please note: there are no spoilers in this article. Please do not leave any in the comments below!
Early in the production of Star Trek Into Darkness, a series of stills were leaked of a fight involving Benedict Cumberbatch's John Harrison. Believe the stories, and those behind the scenes - not least Jj Abrams - were extremely unhappy about the leak. Abrams is, after all, someone who works hard to protect surprises. Just look at the sudden trailer reveal for Super 8 a few years back, or the whole Cloverfield build up. He's one of the few directors who usually has the power to reveal what he wants only when he's ready to reveal it.
Most of Star Trek Into Darkness was shot on sound stages, »
- ryanlambie
Winners Announced For 2013 Student Academy Awards
14 May 2013 3:36 PM, PDT | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »
Thirteen students from nine U.S. colleges and universities as well as three students from foreign universities have been selected as winners in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Student Academy Awards competition. They will be brought to Los Angeles for a week of industry activities that will culminate in the awards ceremony, hosted by 1978 Student Academy Award winner and comedian Bob Saget, on Saturday, June 8, at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
This year saw first-time honors go to Elon University, Occidental College and the University of Michigan in the U.S. competition, as well as to Zurich University of the Arts, Switzerland, and Rits School of Arts, Belgium, in the foreign competition. The medal placements – gold, silver and bronze – in each of the award categories will be announced at the June 8 ceremony.
The winners are (listed alphabetically by film title):
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“Bottled Up, »
- Michelle McCue
Student Academy Awards winners for 2013
14 May 2013 3:20 PM, PDT | EW - Inside Movies | See recent EW.com - Inside Movies news »
Film students from the States and abroad have been selected as winners in the annual student competition sponsored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.The winning films were entered into regional competitions, then voted on by the Student Academy Awards Executive Committee to reach the final stage. The filmmakers behind the winning movies will be brought to Los Angeles for a week of industry-related activities before the awards ceremony.Bob Saget, himself a Student Academy Award winner, will host the ceremony on June 8 in Beverly Hills. Films are given medals – gold, silver and bronze – at the awards. »
- Amanda Taylor
2013 Student Academy Awards winners revealed
14 May 2013 2:44 PM, PDT | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
The Academy Awards for the world’s up-and-coming filmmakers have been announced.
A total of 16 students from colleges in the U.S. and abroad have been named winners of Student Academy Awards by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Each honoree will be brought to Los Angeles for a week of industry activites culminating in the June 8 awards ceremony at the Academy’s Beverly Hills headquarters. (Free tickets are available but must be acquired in advance.)
Suspense remains for which award-winners in each of the five categories will receive gold, silver or bronze medals.
Past Student Academy Award winners include John Lasseter, Pete Docter, Robert Zemeckis, Trey Parker and Spike Lee.
The 2013 honorees are (listed alphabetically by film title):
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“Bottled Up,” Rafael Cortina, Occidental College
“The Compositor,” John Mattiuzzi, School of Visual Arts
“Zug,” Perry Janes, U. of Michigan
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“Dia de los Muertos,” Lindsey St. »
- Jon Weisman
That Time Robert Zemeckis Resurrected Humphrey Bogart and Alfred Hitchcock for a 'Tales from the Crypt' Episode
2 May 2013 2:00 PM, PDT | Movies.com | See recent Movies.com news »
No TV show has ever shared as diverse a relationship with big-screen talent as HBO's Tales from the Crypt. For starters, the anthology horror series was produced by Robert Zemeckis, Joel Silver, David Giler, Richard Donner and Walter Hill. It had episodes directed by Tom Hanks, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Fred Dekker, Tobe Hooper, Russell Mulchay, William Friedkin, Peter Medak and even Michael J. Fox. And that's not even counting the unbelievable roster of actors who wound up in front of the camera, of which there are far too many famous names to list here. And yet, even with all those names, there's perhaps no episode as surprising as the season six finale that first aired on January 25, 1995. It was called "You, Murderer," it was directed by Robert...
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- Peter Hall
Oscars 1994: If We Picked The Winners (Best Supporting Actor)
2 May 2013 1:01 PM, PDT | Obsessed with Film | See recent Obsessed with Film news »
As a film history buff, I occasionally like to look at an individual year’s cinematic output in its totality and compare the year’s offerings to other years, creating in my mind a sort of “hall of fame” of years in cinema. As do many cineastes, I tend to rate years in the 1970’s (as well as the late 1960’s) the highest in terms of quality of output. Far enough away from the dissolution of the studio system to allow for creative expression, but before the era of where corporations standardized and commoditized the feature film, it was the time in Hollywood when the artists steered the ship. Beyond this Utopian-age of filmmaking though, one year that frequently comes to mind as particularly praiseworthy is 1994.
A group of directors, both new and old, were firing on all cylinders. Quentin Tarantino, Woody Allen, Tim Burton, Robert Zemeckis, Frank Darabont, and Robert Redford, »
- Christopher Lominac
Actors Who Quit Or Were Fired And Ultimately Replaced In 25 Major Films
29 April 2013 6:00 AM, PDT | TheFabLife - Movies | See recent TheFabLife - Movies news »
It’s hard to imagine Catwoman played by anyone besides Michelle Pfeiffer or Harrison Ford not in the iconic role of Indiana Jones. But it almost happened on several occasions. Whether the actor was fired from set or just pulled out last minute due to the always convenient “scheduling conflicts” excuse, the person never made it to the big screen in these films.
1. Aliens
Original Star: James Remar
Replacement: Michael Biehn
James Remar left the film a week into filming when his creative differences with James Cameron couldn’t be resolved.
Original Star: Christian Bale
Replacement: Christian Bale
This one is a bit bizarre. Christian Bale was originally offered the role of Bateman but then the studio decided to go in a different direction. They hired Leonardo DiCaprio the role but he dropped out after the success of Titanic. The part was then offered to Ewan McGregor, but »
- Stacy Lambe
Review: Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
25 April 2013 10:02 AM, PDT | Comicmix.com | See recent Comicmix news »
Every now and then an anniversary comes along and it makes you pause and realize just how much time has passed and how much the world has changed. Twenty-five years ago, the idea of mixing animation and live-action was nothing new, but using computer-enhanced animation was a fresh approach. Then there was the mind-blowing idea of mashing up every animated icon from the golden age of animation. Yes, Disney and Looney Tunes side by side. The Fleischer Studios creations hobnobbing with the others. It had never been attempted before and was cause for celebration.
In the two and a half decades that have passed, Disney’s attempt to turn Gary K. Wolf’s protagonist into a cartoon perennial has petered out. Roger Rabbit was first born in Wolf’s 1981 novel Who Censored Roger Rabbit? and was turned into a major player thanks to Robert Zemeckis’ ambitious adaptation followed by a »
- Robert Greenberger
The Stooge Concept Art Teases 3 Roger Rabbit Shorts with Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck
22 April 2013 4:11 PM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
The Stooge is a proposed follow-up to Who Framed Roger Rabbit? that will team Mickey Mouse and Roger Rabbit together in a remake of the 1952 comedy of the same name starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. It is set to take place throughout five specific locations in Disneyland park, and will also bring both Walt Disney and Orson Welles back to life via motion-capture.
Still in the early development phases, this pitch comes from original Roger Rabbit creator Gary K. Wolf, author of the novel upon which Who Framed Roger Rabbit? is based. And it's a pitch that's meant to look as though it were coming from Roger himself. Working alongside development producer Erik Von Wodtke, the pair have created a series of concept art posters, revealing that they are also planning three new Roger Rabbit animated shorts that will be created in conjunction with The Stooge.
That art can be seen here, »
- MovieWeb
Paradigm Signs ‘Cast Away’ And ‘Apollo 13′ Scribe Bill Broyles Jr
22 April 2013 8:42 AM, PDT | Deadline New York | See recent Deadline New York news »
Exclusive: Robert Bookman continues his signing frenzy since moving to Paradigm from CAA. He has just brought over William Broyles Jr, the journalist-turned-screenwriter whose past work includes the Robert Zemeckis-directed Cast Away and The Polar Express, Ron Howard’s Apollo 13, Clint Eastwood’s Flags Of Our Fathers and Sam Mendes’ Jarhead, along with the superb TV series China Beach, which he co-created. Broyles most recently rewrote the sports drama McFarland for Disney. »
- MIKE FLEMING JR
10 Greatest Toy Commercials of All Time
21 April 2013 12:59 AM, PDT | Obsessed with Film | See recent Obsessed with Film news »
Commercials are not to be mistaken for works of art. While a TV commercial may utilise many of the same skill sets as a film- writing, direction, editing, cinematography, acting and so on- due to their explicit business agenda, we do not equate them with actual cinema.
Though we may duly admire the artistry of an illustration for Coca Cola, no matter how well executed, we distinguish such works from those that hang upon the walls of a gallery. This line is blurred when advertising material is appropriated into a work of art (see: Andy Warhol) or when artists begin to achieve tremendous success, but nonetheless, this sacred/profane dichotomy between art/design is clear-cut once we ascertain the intention or motivation of the work’s creator.
So while it is not my contention that these 10 toy commercials are films, I believe they can be appreciated on a filmic level, »
- Jon Marco
Exclusive: Robert Zemeckis Leaves CAA
20 April 2013 7:51 PM, PDT | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
Update 7:50 Pm: I’ve just been given this exclusive statement from Paul Bloch at Rogers & Cowan: “After a 30-year association with Creative Artists Agency, Robert Zemeckis has decided to take a hiatus with the firm and step back for the time being. Mr. Zemeckis is very appreciative of the work they have accomplished together. He has no immediate plans for representation by a different agency.” Exclusive 6:45 Pm: My sources tell me the Academy Award-winning director of Forrest Gump exited the agency on Thursday. Robert Zemeckis has been a long-time CAA client dating back to Mike Ovitz when he and Jack Rapke, now Zemeckis’ producing partner, were the director’s agents. In more recent years Zemeckis was repped by Richard Lovett at the head of a team of agents. Zemeckis’ legendary career had cooled in recent years especially because of the uneven reception of his repeated use of motion capture technology. »
- NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief
Exclusive: Robert Zemeckis Leaves CAA
20 April 2013 7:51 PM, PDT | Deadline Hollywood | See recent Deadline Hollywood news »
Update 7:50 Pm: I’ve just been given this exclusive statement from Paul Bloch at Rogers & Cowan: “After a 30-year association with Creative Artists Agency, Robert Zemeckis has decided to take a hiatus with the firm and step back for the time being. Mr. Zemeckis is very appreciative of the work they have accomplished together. He has no immediate plans for representation by a different agency.” Exclusive 6:45 Pm: My sources tell me the Academy Award-winning director of Forrest Gump exited the agency on Thursday. Robert Zemeckis has been a long-time CAA client dating back to Mike Ovitz when he and Jack Rapke, now Zemeckis’ producing partner, were the director’s agents. In more recent years Zemeckis was repped by Richard Lovett at the head of a team of agents. Zemeckis’ legendary career had cooled in recent years especially because of the uneven reception of his repeated use of motion capture technology. »
- NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief
The Lords of Salem | Review
18 April 2013 12:00 PM, PDT | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »
Burn, Witch, Burn: Zombie Conquers His Cross to Bear
Don’t be so sure of what to expect when walking into Rob Zombie’s latest feature, The Lords of Salem, at once a familiar homage to genre classics past at the same time it’s building an invasively sordid atmosphere all its own. Zombie fans may very well be disappointed, especially if you find yourself among the many champions of the churlishly exploitational elements of some of his more prized entries, like 2005’s The Devil’s Rejects (where Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Free Bird at least gets used for appropriate effect, a track ill abused in fare by Robert Zemeckis and Cameron Crowe), as Zombie turns in a slower paced and decidedly mature effort that, gloriously, features one of the grandest unforgettable finales in a film of its nature.
We open in 1696 Salem, where a witch, Margaret Morgan (Meg Foster) and »
- Nicholas Bell
The Avengers Composer Alan Silvestri Hired To Score Red 2
15 April 2013 12:11 PM, PDT | ComicBookMovie.com | See recent ComicBookMovie news »
Composer Alan Silvestri (Captain America: The First Avenger) had a successful year in 2012, having scored the mega-blockbuster Marvel's The Avengers and Robert Zemeckis' Flight. Now, he is adding another comic book movie to his resume (no word on if he is returning for Captain America: The Winter Soldier, however). According to Film Music Reporter, Silvestri has been hired to score Summit Entertainment and Lionsgate's upcoming action sequel Red 2. Christophe Beck worked on the score for the first film, which was released in 2010. Dean Parisot (Galaxy Quest) is directing the action comedy. Red 2 stars Bruce Willis, John Malkovich, Mary-Louise Parker, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Lee Byung-hun, Sir Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren. The film is set to hit theaters July 19th. Follow @PaulRomCBM !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets. »
Meet the 2013 Tribeca Filmmakers #31: Clark Gregg Discusses His Joss Whedon-Approved Dramedy 'Trust Me'
15 April 2013 7:28 AM, PDT | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
Clark Gregg credits stumbling into an acting class at Nyu taught by William H. Macy and David Mamet as the foundation for his career. When his class graduated, they formed the Atlantic Theater Company together and did plays where he was able to act, direct and write. Robert Zemeckis made his first script, "What Lies Beneath," and allowed him to participate in the shoot and observe his process. Gregg shared that writer and director Joss Whedon was enormously helpful and supportive with "Trust Me." Gregg also spoke about directing his first feature, "Choke", sharing that "I felt surprisingly prepared and completely clueless, often within the same moment. When I think about, I suppose I've created a kind of Continuing Ed film school for myself by making small films with a small group of very talented and generous friends." What it's about: "Trust Me" is about love, death and the all »
- Indiewire
Will 42 Boast the Best Weekend Debut for a Movie About Baseball?
13 April 2013 11:04 PM, PDT | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Will the just-released 42 have the most successful opening weekend for a baseball movie? Writer-director Brian Helgeland's 42, which features Chadwick Boseman as baseball player Jackie Robinson and veteran Harrison Ford, whose credits range from The Conversation and Star Wars in the 1970s to the more recent Cowboys & Aliens, debuted with an estimated $9.1 million at 3,003 locations this past Friday, April 12, as per studio figures found on the web site Box Office Mojo. (Almost) undeboutedly, 42 will end up grossing between $25 million and $26 million by Sunday evening. If that does indeed happen, the film will boast the best debut weekend ever for a movie about baseball -- well, sort of. Pictured above: Ford, looking remarkably different under heavy makeup, plays Brooklyn Dodgers' team executive Branch Rickey in Helgeland's movie. Well, if you dwell on a planet where inflation is as real as the plots of Hollywood films -- including those based on real-life events, »
- Zac Gille
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