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Blu-ray, DVD, Digital Release: 42
5 June 2013 10:44 AM, PDT | Disc Dish | See recent Disc Dish news »
Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: July 16, 2013
Price: DVD $29.98 , Blu-ray/DVD Combo $35.99
Studio: Warner
Chadwick Boseman is baseball great Jackie Robinson in 42.
The biographical sports drama 42 follows the great baseball player Jackie Robinson and legendary Brooklyn Dodgers General Manager Branch Rickey as they take a stand against racism and break through baseball’s infamous color line.
In 1946, Branch Rickey (Harrison Ford, Cowboys & Aliens) put himself at the forefront of history when he signed Jackie Robinson (Chadwick Boseman, TV’s Persons Unknown) to the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking Major League Baseball’s infamous color line. But the deal also put both Robinson and Rickey in the firing line of the public, the press and even other players. Facing unabashed racism from every side, Robinson was forced to demonstrate tremendous courage and restraint by not reacting in kind, knowing that any incident could destroy his and Rickey’s hopes. Instead, Number 42 let his talent »
- Laurence
A Philosophy Ph.D. Reviews 'Hannah Arendt'
4 June 2013 6:00 AM, PDT | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
According to Hollywood conventions, biopics -- perhaps all the more so ones whose titles are their subjects -- are permitted to follow one of two tropes, or optionally to make both gestures at once. Some filmic biographies are merely hagiographies; this is not necessarily a bad thing, some subjects really do warrant plain praise, either because of who they are or because of the salutary politics of doing so. Brian Helgeland's 2013 biography of Jackie Robinson, "42," fell into this category and was reasonable in what it did. Socialist Realism retains its virtues. Many other biographies in film strive to show the dark or conflicted lives and thoughts of their subjects -- musicians and painters especially, by convention and perhaps reality, struggle with drug addiction, failed relationships, difficult childhoods, and so on. And yet they overcome these obstacles to achieve artistic greatness. Or, at the most sinister end of this spectrum, »
- David Mertz
42 Blu-ray Release Date and Pre-Order
17 May 2013 1:34 PM, PDT | TheHDRoom | See recent TheHDRoom news »
Online retailer Amazon.com has revealed the 42 Blu-ray release date is July 16 and begun taking pre-orders for the hit baseball film.
42 is a biographical exploration of Jackie Robinson that was written and directed by Brian Helgeland. Starring Chadwick Boseman, Harrison Ford, Alan Tudyk and Christopher Meloni, the film has made more than double its budget at the box office with $85.7 million and counting thus far.
I expect Warner Bros. to formally announced 42 for Blu-ray and DVD in the near future. Additional details including cover art will be passed along at that time.
Click here to pre-order 42 on Blu-ray and DVD combo for $25.19 at Amazon.com, 30% off the $35.99 list price. »
Will Smith to star in 'The Wild Bunch' remake
15 May 2013 1:49 AM, PDT | Digital Spy | See recent Digital Spy - Movie News news »
Will Smith is in talks to lead a remake of classic Western The Wild Bunch.
The Men in Black 3 star would also produce the film with his Overbrook Entertainment company and Jerry Weintraub at Warner Bros.
Sam Peckinpah's original 1969 film centres on a group of outlaws, among them William Holden and Ernest Borgnine, who plan one final bank robbery on the Texas-Mexico border.
According to The Wrap, the new version would see Smith play a disgraced DEA agent who pulls together a team to take down a Mexican drug cartel.
Warner Bros previously hired Training Day's David Ayer to write a script for a Wild Bunch reboot. More recently Brian Helgeland and Tony Scott were working on a screenplay, but work on the project stopped after Scott's death last year.
Smith can next be seen starring with son Jaden Smith in M Night Shyamalan's sci-fi After Earth. »
Will Smith Will Bring Us The Wild Bunch Remake
14 May 2013 6:00 PM, PDT | We Got This Covered | See recent We Got This Covered news »
After Tony Scott passed away, many suspected that his planned reboot of The Wild Bunch would never see the light of day. According to The Wrap though, Warner Bros. have brought in Will Smith to revive the project by producing and starring in it. No director has been chosen as of yet but the current draft of the script was written by David Ayer and Brian Helgeland, though the studio may give it to a new writer for a re-write.
The reboot will take place near the Texas-Mexico border and be set in the present day. It will deal with drug cartels and a disgraced D.E.A. agent, presumably played by Smith. We haven’t heard anything on other cast members just yet but apparently the studio is hoping to give their star a “strong ensemble.”
If you’re unfamiliar with the original, which was directed by Sam Peckinpah »
- Matt Joseph
Will Smith Takes Aim At The Wild Bunch
14 May 2013 5:56 PM, PDT | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »
Though he ultimately turned down the chance to go West (well, more South) with Quentin Tarantino, Will Smith clearly wants to dabble in the Western genre again and perhaps wash the taste of Wild Wild West from our collective cine-palate. Still, we’re not sure how many supporters he’ll win initially by contemplating Warner Bros. remake of The Wild Bunch.Sam Peckinpah’s 1969 classic found an aging group of outlaws looking to make one final big score on the Texas-Mexico border, and looked at the problems they face as the Old West they knew vanishes around them in 1913.The remake would throw the plot forward in time to today (at least, according to The Wrap), where a disgraced D.E.A. agent looks to recruit a team and go after a Mexican drug lord and his gang.Tony Scott was developing this one before his death and the script »
Will Smith May Take On ‘The (Wild) Wild Bunch’
14 May 2013 2:05 PM, PDT | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »
It’s being reported that Will Smith is getting set to tackle a modern day remake of Sam Peckinpah’s 1969 classic The Wild Bunch. Word on the street is that Will Smith will take on a lead role, as well as possibly producing. The original film took an all star cast and created one of the most violent but beautifully constructed examples of the western genre. The original placed a band of outlaws in 1913, a time when the wild west was becoming tame and the world was moving forward.
A remake has been in the works for quite some time. Most recently, Tony Scott was in talks to direct, but after his tragic death the property went back to the drawing board. Screenwriters linked to the project in the past include David Ayer and Brian Helgeland, but with Will Smith now aboard, Warner Bros. will be looking to hire writers and directors from scratch. »
- Luke Ryan Baldock
Will Smith In Talks To Star In Reimagining Of The Wild Bunch
14 May 2013 1:54 PM, PDT | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
Will Smith is now looking to both produce and star in a remake of The Wild Bunch, but for those of you who are having horrific flashbacks of Wild, Wild West, I have an interesting extra detail - the remake won't be set in the old west. While the original film featured actors including William Holden and Ernest Borgnine as aging outlaws who pull one last job before retirement, The Wrap says that the new film will be set in modern times and "follow a disgraced D.E.A. agent who assembles a team to go after a Mexican drug lord and his fortune." The reimagining has been in development for some time now, with David Ayer (End of Watch) previously hired to work on a draft. Tony Scott and Brian Helgeland also worked on the project and wrote half the screenplay, but unfortunately Scott died last year. Warner Bros. »
Will Smith Could Remake 60s Classic
14 May 2013 1:48 PM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
From the "Wild Wild West" to "The Wild Bunch": According to TheWrap, Will Smith has entered into early negotiations to star in the Warner Bros. remake of "The Wild Bunch," Sam Peckinpah's controversial 1969 classic.
Per TheWrap, Peckinpah's ultra-violent film will be updated from its 1913 setting to the modern day; instead of outlaws, the new version will feature DEA agents.
HuffPost Entertainment reached out to "Wild Bunch" producer Jerry Weintraub's office for confirmation on this story.
If the idea of someone remaking "The Wild Bunch" sounds familiar, that's because plans for the film were first put into motion back in 2011. On Aug. 18 of that year, Deadline.com reported that Warner Bros. and Tony Scott had partnered for the film with Brian Helgeland ("L.A. Confidential") signed to write the script. That version of "The Wild Bunch" was delayed, however, after the death of Tony Scott in 2012. According to TheWrap, »
- The Huffington Post
Will Smith in Talks to Star in The Wild Bunch Reboot
14 May 2013 1:03 PM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Will Smith is setting his sights on a reboot of a classic Western in the near future. Warner Bros. has been developing a remake of Sam Peckinpah’s classic 1969 film The Wild Bunch for a couple of years now, with Tony Scott most recently attached to take the helm. Scott sadly passed away before his iteration of the film could make it to the screen, but Warner Bros. is still keen on getting this thing going and they’re roping in some major star power to move it forward as Will Smith is currently in negotiations to star in and produce the Wild Bunch remake. Hit the jump for more. For those unfamiliar, the original Wild Bunch centered on a group of aging outlaws that were planning one last score on the Texas-Mexico border at the beginning of the 20th century. The pic boasted a stellar ensemble cast that included William Holden, »
- Adam Chitwood
Weekend Box Office Report: Duh, ‘Iron Man 3′ is Number 1
5 May 2013 6:19 PM, PDT | LatinoReview | See recent LatinoReview news »
Do I even need to tell you what was number one at the box office this weekend?
It should come as no surprise that Robert Downey Jr, walked away with the top spot at the box office this weekend with Iron Man 3. The threequel opened on Friday with $68.3 million and held over extremely well on Saturday with another $62.2 million. Sunday dropped a bit to $44.7 million, but that’s expected and really not that bad at all for a Sunday. The total domestic opening weekend haul for IM3 was an astounding $175.3 million.
Globally IM3‘s tally was even more impressive with an international take of $504.8 million and worldwide total of $680.1 million. Basically IM3 has already out grossed all of the other Marvel films except The Avengers. This flick is easily going to cross $1 billion dollars worldwide.
In other non-Iron Man box office news…
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- Philip Sticco
Editorial: Brian Helgeland's '42' and the Strength of a Flawless Hero
1 May 2013 12:43 PM, PDT | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »
This week Tony Stark will be the big hero on the big screen in Iron Man 3, but Jackie Robinson was quite the spectacle to see blazing around the base-paths in 1947. His energy and strong attitude led him to take greater risks than the average ballplayer. In fact, he garnered a league best of 29 steals, and, as Brian Helgeland's recent movie 42 would like you to think, ole Jackie never got caught once. he real Jackie Robinson may not have too many skeletons in his closet, but this film paints him as perfect as his stolen base record. But there's something to be said for the fact that his "perfect record" was due to the fact they didn't keep "caught stealing" as a statistic back in 1947. In reality, he was caught 11 times. Yeah, so what? As a director, Helgeland chooses to regard Robinson as this flawless hero, taking the safest bets possible, »
- Tyler Wantuch
Interview: John C. McGinley Channels Red Barber in ‘42’
30 April 2013 5:45 AM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – John C. McGinley will probably always be known for the classic TV character Dr. Perry Cox on the long-running “Scrubs.” But through his character actor career, he has taken on a variety of roles, including the portrayal of Red Barber, the play-by-play man for the Brooklyn Dodgers in the recent film “42.”
McGinley plays an integral part in that Jackie Robinson story, as Red Barber was the man announcing the history as it happened in 1947, the year that Robinson broke the color line in baseball. McGinley took meticulous care in recreating “The Ol’ Redhead” (as Barber was nicknamed), inflecting the character with a perfect imitation of the announcer’s unique style, which was both nostalgic and in the present context of the Robinson story.
Calling History: John C. McGinley as Red Barber in ’42’
Photo credit: Warner Bros.
John C. McGinley has proved time and again that he is much more than Dr. »
- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
42
26 April 2013 1:40 PM, PDT | Pastemagazine.com | See recent PasteMagazine news »
The entire life of Jackie Robinson is a rich subject for a film adaptation, not that this would be obvious after viewing 42, Brian Helgeland’s fourth feature film. The youngest of five, Robinson was born into a family of sharecroppers in 1919. As a youth, he was a gang member (briefly), an accomplished track runner, football, tennis and baseball player, as well as a military man. (He was a member of the 761st “Black Panthers” Tank Battalion.) Robinson often spoke out against racism and suffered as a result. Long before Rosa Parks sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Robinson was courtmartialed »
James Ellroy is Shopping Around a TV Series Sequel to 'L.A. Confidential'
26 April 2013 6:51 AM, PDT | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
Uniting "Mad Men"-type period stylings and the crime solving fundamental to half of network television, a television series sequel to 1997's "L.A. Confidential" seems like it'd be a solid small screen bet. Which may be why, according to Deadline, James Ellroy and New Regency are shopping around a drama series set to follow after the Curtis Hanson-directed noir. Ellroy wrote the 1990 novel on which the film was based -- the feature, which was produced by Regency, starred Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe and Kim Basinger and won two Oscars, one for Kim Basinger's supporting role and another for Hanson and Brian Helgeland's screenplay. The project is being pitched to cable, broadcast and streaming platforms, though it's not the first time a TV adaptation of the property has been attempted. You can watch a 2003 "L.A. Confidential" pilot starring Kiefer Sutherland in the Spacey role as Detective Jack Vincennes, »
- Alison Willmore
James Ellroy is Shopping Around a TV Series Sequel to 'L.A. Confidential'
26 April 2013 6:51 AM, PDT | Indiewire Television | See recent Indiewire Television news »
Uniting "Mad Men"-type period stylings and the crime solving fundamental to half of network television, a television series sequel to 1997's "L.A. Confidential" seems like it'd be a solid small screen bet. Which may be why, according to Deadline, James Ellroy and New Regency are shopping around a drama series set to follow after the Curtis Hanson-directed noir. Ellroy wrote the 1990 novel on which the film was based -- the feature, which was produced by Regency, starred Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe and Kim Basinger and won two Oscars, one for Kim Basinger's supporting role and another for Hanson and Brian Helgeland's screenplay. The project is being pitched to cable, broadcast and streaming platforms, though it's not the first time a TV adaptation of the property has been attempted. You can watch a 2003 "L.A. Confidential" pilot starring Kiefer Sutherland in the Spacey role as Detective Jack Vincennes, »
- Alison Willmore
42 Review: A Misguided Attempt At Creating A Saint
18 April 2013 12:35 AM, PDT | Obsessed with Film | See recent Obsessed with Film news »
Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier in baseball was not only a great moment for sports but a great moment in American Civil Rights Movement. Baseball was the national pastime at a time when racial segregation was still a subject amongst half the population. And the fact that an African American was going to have a prominent role on a baseball team seemed ludicrous. But, “White Man’s Guilt” is still prominent in America that is none more evident than in the latest Jackie Robinson biopic, “42”.
The story of Jackie Robinson is a valiant one in which he had to go through struggles in order to feel accepted in a previously all white sport. But, he is no saint. However, Brian Helgeland, a white filmmaker, decides to treat his story as one of sainthood. This is disappointing from the guy who wrote about the sordid streets »
- Patrick Hao
Podcast: Reviewing 'Oblivion', Talking 2013's Summer Movies and Laremy is in Greece
17 April 2013 11:58 AM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
Laremy is in Greece, which is why we decided to do the podcast today instead of yesterday and you'll have to bear with us, there was a slight delay in his audio. I also had to edit a few times as his side continued to break up here and there. However... the show must go on! Today we discuss the new Tom Cruise movie Oblivion, take a look forward at the box office potential of the summer films, play some games, answer some questions and voicemails and much more. I also want to remind you there will be a slightly different podcast this Friday where hopefully Laremy can join, but I will be getting together with Kevin Jagernauth from The Playlist and Emma and Aurelien from CinemaTeaser.com to discuss the 2013 Cannes Film Festival lineup as all four of us will be in Cannes to cover what is already shaping »
- Brad Brevet
Aff Holds a 'Conversation' with Brian Helgeland
17 April 2013 9:30 AM, PDT | Slackerwood | See recent Slackerwood news »
By Marcelena Mayhorn
The Capital City Event Center was abuzz last Wednesday night with Austin Film Festival's Conversation in Film with Brian Helgeland, writer and director of 42, which hit theaters two days after the event. Moderated by Aff Executive Director Barbara Morgan, the conversation focused on Helgeland's career as a writer. I'll admit I'd seen many films Helgeland wrote but never realized he was the man behind the curtain.
Helgeland opened the conversation by letting the audience know he started his career by writing horror movies, his most notable (in his opinion) being 976-evil. It was through horror films that he began to get involved with other writers, eventually working on some television series episodes as well.
The screenwriter then jumped into the process of adapting L.A. Confidential, which I was astounded to hear took three whole years to write. His biggest challenge was trying to transform a 496-page book into a two-hour film, »
- Contributors
42 Contest: Test your baseball movie Iq and you could win!
17 April 2013 9:04 AM, PDT | Cineplex | See recent Cineplex news »
Baseball season has landed in stadiums across North America, while the baseball-themed 42 has scored a hit at the domestic box office, landing in the #1 spot this past weekend.
Of course, the Brian Helgeland-directed flick isn't the first baseball flick to have captured the hearts and minds of movie-goers. Far from it. From The Pride of the Yankees to Field of Dreams to Moneyball, big-screen baseball tales have been a part of Hollywood almost right from the get-go. But just how much do you remember about those major league movies that came before? Grab a bat and test your knowledge in our quiz on baseball in the movies!
Once you've completed the quiz, let us know which baseball movie is your favourite and why and you could win 1,000 Scene points and a baseball-themed DVD prize pack! Find out more after the cut!
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- Cineplex Entertainment
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