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Grisly Red Band Trailer for Franck Khalfoun's Maniac Starring Elijah Wood
24 May 2012 7:45 PM, PDT | Reelzchannel.com | See recent ReelzChannel news »
When most people think of Elijah Wood, they almost immediately associate him with family-friendly roles, such as Frodo Baggins, the loyal and brave Hobbit who saves all of Middle-earth in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy, or as the voice of Mumble in the Happy Feet movies. But, the fresh-faced thirty-one-year-old has also taken his turn acting in more adult fare, playing darker characters like the cannibal killer Kevin in Robert Rodriguez's Sin City with the same zeal he puts into his lighter work.
Wood will return to the Shire this December, once again portraying Frodo in Jackson's The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, and it's likely he will once again lend his voice to Mumble should a third Happy Feet go into production, but he has also returned to the dark side in his latest movie, portraying a crazed killer who scalps women to adorn his »
- BrentJS Sprecher
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
Review: Game of Thrones, Season 2 Episode 7
23 May 2012 10:53 PM, PDT | Corona's Coming Attractions | See recent Corona's Coming Attractions news »
Based off of George R.R. Martin’s 1,000-page opus A Clash of Kings, the second season of HBO’s Game of Thrones takes the first year’s intricate plot lines, character shadings, and thematic undercurrents and simultaneously expands and deepens them to a ridiculously exponential degree. Or, at least, it’s supposed to – the actual doing just may prove to be a ways off from the source material’s being.
This column (It Is Known: An Analysis of Thrones) acts as a companion piece to both series, novel and television, analyzing the continuing story of the War of the Five Kings – and how it fares in the transition from the page to the screen. What it will not do is spoil the story; the hope and intent is elucidation, not ruination.
Given the twists and turns, betrayals and sacrifices that await in the next four episodes, such illumination will be needed. »
- msunyata
Fox Hopes New 'Life of Pi' Date Formula for Success
23 May 2012 6:30 PM, PDT | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
20th Century Fox is hoping to avoid the Christmas rush for its Ang Lee drama Life of Pi by moving the picture’s release date. Video: THR's Sundance Film Festival Lounge at Village at the Lift The movie was due to open December 21 but will now open November 21. The second half of December is incredibly loaded with big tentpole and star vehicles this year. December 14 sees the opening of Warner’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Peter Jackson’s adaptation of the J.R.R. Tolkien book, and Universal’ musical Les Miserables. Fox previously moved the film away from December
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- Borys Kit
Ridley Scott on his quest for a new mythology in Prometheus, teases 'equivalent' scene to Alien chestburster
23 May 2012 9:40 AM, PDT | The Geek Files | See recent The Geek Files news »
During Ridley Scott's absence from science fiction, a generation of film-makers and game developers have worshipped at the shrine of Alien and Blade Runner and adopted its tone and style for their own endeavours.
Like a copy of a photocopy, the freshness of his future worlds started looking overly familiar.
Scott knew that when he eventually found a sci-fi project worth working on, something different was called for.
"Over the past few decades, we've been 'action filmed-out' and 'monster filmed-out' and almost 'science fiction filmed-out'," says Scott. "So the baseline question is: how original are you going to be?"
The answer was to tackle the sort of big issues inspired by Swiss author Erich Von Daniken decades ago in books such as Chariots Of The Gods? and The Gods Were Astronauts: That the human race has ties with extraterrestrials.
Scott sat down with screenwriter Jon Spaihts and Lost veteran »
- David Bentley
Q&A: 'Men in Black' Director Barry Sonnenfeld: 'You Can't Go Back in Time'
23 May 2012 7:00 AM, PDT | NextMovie | See recent NextMovie news »
Director Barry Sonnenfeld returns to the popular sci-fi comedy franchise he helped shape with "Men in Black III," the long-awaited sequel that reunites Will Smith's Agent J and Tommy Lee Jones's Agent K -- two Men in Black who monitor and control alien activity on Earth. J must go back in time to 1969 to avert a global extraterrestrial catastrophe and meets up with a young K, played with eerie verisimilitude by Josh Brolin.
The self-effacing Sonnenfeld is the first to admit that 2002's "Men in Black II" had some faults, but he insists that the current sequel is much closer in tone to the 1997 blockbuster original we all enjoyed. We asked Sonnenfeld about "Men in Black III"'s long journey to the screen, what happened to Frank the pug, and what the director would do differently to "Men in Black II" if he could travel back in time. »
- Robert DeSalvo
The Dark Knight Rises poster online
22 May 2012 10:20 AM, PDT | Shadowlocked | See recent Shadowlocked news »
There's a new poster for The Dark Knight Rises online. In a twist on the awesome cliché of heroes walking away from explosions, Batman stands, brooding as usual, with his back to the fiery Bat-symbol, fists clenched, scowling. Batman is too angsty to care about looking cool; he just does it effortlessly. Perhaps he's torn up or even paralysed by what Bane's doing to Gotham, so he can't bear to look; or perhaps he's contemplating a terrible choice he'll have to make. Christopher Nolan's been clear about bringing the trilogy to a definitive conclusion with The Dark Knight Rises, and that having said what he wants to say in the Batman universe, he won't return to the franchise. As such, and given the dark and gritty tone of Nolan's films, filled with tragedy, moral ambiguity, and sacrifice, there's been speculation as to Batman's fate. Will he ultimately lay down »
'Lord of the Rings' star Sean Astin shows off his hobbit gear for Syfy's 'Hollywood Treasure' -- Video
21 May 2012 7:00 AM, PDT | EW - Inside TV | See recent EW.com - Inside TV news »
For the second season premiere of Syfy’s showbiz memorabilia show Hollywood Treasure (airing May 22 at 10 p.m. Et), Sean Astin worked with appraiser and show host Joe Maddalena to refurbish his helmet from his 1993 sports film classic Rudy. When Astin was approached about the show, which includes auctions of major pop-culture artifacts, the actor tells EW that he was “a little wary — I didn’t want to sell anything.” But, he says, then he learned the show isn’t just about money. “It’s also about appreciating the nature of the memorabilia, where it comes from and why it’s so meaningful to people, »
- Adam B. Vary
Cineworld hopes films such as Prometheus will give summer boost
16 May 2012 4:13 AM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Cinema chain looks to compete against Euro 2012 and Olympics as box office take rises 8.6% in first four months of the year
Cineworld is banking on films including Ridley Scott's Prometheus to help maintain revenues against competing TV attractions including Euro 2012 football, after reporting an 8.6% increase in box office take in the first four months of the year.
The UK's second-largest cinema chain behind Guy Hands's Odeon/Uci, Cineworld said in an interim management statement on Wednesday that total revenues increased 6.3% year on year in the 19 weeks to 10 May.
Cineworld said box office revenues rose 8.6% year on year thanks to a 3.3% increase in cinema goers and a 5% average increase in ticket prices. Retail spend grew 3.9%.
However, the chain said "other income" fell 10% year on year due to the removal of its online booking fee, lower sales of 3D glasses and advertising being "modestly lower" than last year.
Cineworld said there »
- Mark Sweney
Stallone, Schwarzenegger and Willis together in the latest Expendables 2 poster
15 May 2012 7:58 AM, PDT | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »
2012 looks set to deliver several cinematic milestones; Ridley Scott returns to the sci-fi genre with Prometheus, Christopher Nolan delivers the epic conclusion to his Batman trilogy with The Dark Knight Rises, Peter Jackson returns to Middle-earth for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey... and the three biggest action stars of all-time join forces for the first time outside of a fan-pleasing cameo as Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bruce Willis go into action together (at long last!) in The Expendables 2.
The Simon West-directed sequel has received a new international poster today (via KinoGallery), and although the design itself is nothing more than a simple Photoshop of the previous character banners, the fact that it has Arnie, Sly and Bruce together makes this one of the greatest posters in the history of cinema. Well, that may be a bit of an exaggeration, but it's still a wonderful sight...
Stallone, Schwarzenegger »
- flickeringmyth
Listen Now: A GeekCast Radio Network Update
15 May 2012 1:07 AM, PDT | Blogomatic3000 | See recent Blogomatic3000 news »
Welcome back to our weekly look at the new podcasts available at our “partners in podcast crime” the GeekCast Radio Network. As usual here’s our weekly look at the podcasts from Gcrn, This Week in Geek and the latest toy review videos from Baltmatrix, with descriptions and links to each and every podcast for your audio/visual pleasure!
Mwire – Special Episode – Marvel’s The Avengers
Podcasters Assemble! Steve/Megatron, TFG1Mike, MovieRevolt Dan, OptimusSolo, and Mike Powers assemble to talk about the greatest team up film ever. Five podcasters means five different opinions on Marvel’s The Avengers.
Gcr – Special Episode – Top 10 Artists or Bands of the 2000?s
And Here We Go! This is the final countdown in the Music Spotlight here on GeekCast Radio. TFG1Mike is joined by Dustimus Prime, as they count down their Top 10 choices of artists or bands from the 2000?s. You won’t wanna miss this one! »
- Phil
Alfonso Cuaron's 'Gravity' Pushed To 2013; 'Gangster Squad' Lands September 7th Release Date
14 May 2012 5:48 PM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
Well, if you thought the half-finished, test-screening speculation on Alfonso Cuaron's "Gravity" last week was bad enough, just watch what some corners of the internet will be saying about this latest update on the film.
Warner Bros. has bumped the ambitious sci-fi thriller from its originally planned release date of November 21st to a currently undetermined date in 2013. Ruh-roh! The Film Is In Trouble! Actually, let's just take a moment to consider things. The movie would have landing on a holiday weekend that follows "Skyfall" opening two weeks earlier and "Twilight: Breaking Dawn -- Part 2" the week before. If that's not enough, it would've faced competition from "Red Dawn," "The Silver Linings Playbook," "Parental Guidance" (that movie with Billy Crystal/Bette Midler) and "Rise Of The Guardians" (in 3D no less) all opening wide at the same time. All that with Warner Bros.' sister company New Line dropping »
- Kevin Jagernauth
Elijah Wood Impressed With Hobbit 3D Look
13 May 2012 9:42 PM, PDT | Fox All Access | See recent Fox All Access news »
If filmmaker Brian De Palma once claimed that “the camera lies 24 times per second,” what would Peter Jackson have to say about shooting The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey in 48 fps? After showing scenes from The Hobbit at cinemacon 2012 at 48fps, Jackson received criticism for the new format,. The filmmaker took to Facebook to respond the negative reactions, saying that viewers will “get used to this new look very quickly and it becomes a much more lifelike and comfortable viewing experience.” Lord of the Rings trilogy vet (and The Hobbit co-star) Elijah Wood, who is part of the voice cast of the upcoming animated series Tron: Legacy, has complete faith in Mr. Jackson, and believes the new format will be an “immersive” experience. (Click on the audio player to hear Elijah Wood) elijah wood
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey opens in theatres December 14.
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- foxallaccess
Lego Lord of the Rings Game Releasing Ahead Of The Hobbit
12 May 2012 12:47 PM, PDT | Obsessed with Film | See recent Obsessed with Film news »
According to McV and a slip up from retailers ShopTo, it looks like Warner Bros will release the widely-expected Lego Lord of the Rings game in time for Peter Jackson’s version of The Hobbit to hit the big screen. They have discovered that the packaging of Lego’s brand new line of Lotr toys reveals that the game is on the way.
Back in July last year, we talked about which film franchises could be given the Lego treatment next, and obviously Tt Games listened…
The game has long been rumoured to be the next title in the hugely fun Lego movie game series from Traveller’s Tales, and now a number of things have come together to seemingly confirm that the game is indeed set for release in the busy October release window. That we know the date of release is thanks to online retailer ShopTo who naughtily »
- Simon Gallagher
Luke Evans Talks The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
12 May 2012 10:27 AM, PDT | ComicBookMovie.com | See recent ComicBookMovie news »
Speaking with Total Film, Luke Evans discusses his portrayal of 'Bard The Bowman' in the two-part adaptation of The Hobbit (An Unexpected Journey and There And Back Again), Peter Jackson's hotly anticipated return to Middle Earth. Evans reveals that Bard will be slightly more involved than in the novel, while also talking about his first impressions of seeing the set. On How Large His Role In The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Is: “There’s slightly more Bard in the movie than is in the novel. Everything in the book is definitely in the film but… [whispers] I’ll have my tongue cut out if I say anything else. Let’s put it this way – I shoot a lot of arrows…” On Seeing The Set For The First Time: “I can’t really describe it. When I first arrived I went straight to Bilbo’s house. I saw it on the »
Luke Evans talks The Hobbit
12 May 2012 2:30 AM, PDT | TotalFilm | See recent TotalFilm news »
Total Film recently caught up with Luke Evans to chat about The Raven, and talk swiftly turned to The Hobbit. Evans is possibly best known in these parts for roles in Tamara Drewe, Immortals and The Three Musketeers, but he’s about to go stellar with The Lord Of The Rings’ prequels and Fast And Furious 6. You can read the full interview in the latest issue of the magazine, or on our brand new interactive iPad edition, but here’s a taster of what he said about appearing in Peter Jackson’s Middle-earth epic… Are...
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- Total Film
A Look Inside The Cutthroat World Of Movie Poster Graphic Design
11 May 2012 1:19 PM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
When the marketing executives at Warner Brothers Pictures asked Ignition Print to pitch ideas for movie posters to promote Tim Burton's remake of "Dark Shadows," the only mandate was that posters feature the face of the movie's star, Johnny Depp.
But other than that, Ignition was allowed to "go crazy," said Jacky Shu, the Ignition account executive assigned to "Dark Shadows."
Competition for such projects is usually fierce. Even small, independent movie outfits usually ask at least two graphic design firms to mock up designs. For a major tent-pole like "Dark Shadows,” it’s not unusual for a studio to solicit ideas from 10 firms in the first round.
"It's like 'The Hunger Games.' You're up against other companies literally fighting to stay alive. You're never on something by yourself. There's always another vendor willing to cut you for the finish," Ignition's creative director, Jason Lindeman, told The Huffington Post. »
- Joe Satran
Elijah Wood Gets Bloody in New Photos from Maniac
11 May 2012 7:30 AM, PDT | GeekTyrant | See recent GeekTyrant news »
Elijah Wood is busy these days. The man most famous for playing Frodo Baggins will reprise that role later this year when part one of Peter Jackson's The Hobbit comes to theaters, and he also just signed on for the lead in a crazy-sounding film called Grand Piano. (If you haven't heard about that project, trust me - it's worth looking into.)
The Playlist just posted some new photos of Wood and co-star Nora Arnezeder (who appeared as Ryan Reynolds' girlfriend in Safe House) in Maniac, a remake of the 1980 gory exploitation film about a serial killer in New York City. Here's the official synopsis:
Just when the streets seemed safe, a serial killer with a fetish for scalps is back and on the hunt. Frank is the withdrawn owner of a mannequin store, but his life changes when young artist Anna appears asking for his help with her new exhibition. »
- benp
Luke Evans in Talks to Join Vin Diesel & Dwayne Johnson in Fast And Furious 6
11 May 2012 | The Daily BLAM! | See recent The Daily BLAM! news »
Last summer's Fast Five exceeded financial and critical expectations, and Universal is reteaming with director Justin Lin for the next film in the franchise. Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson and other cast members are set to reprise their roles, and a new addition has now been revealed. Luke Evans (Immortals, The Three Musketeers) has now entered into negotiations to join the large ensemble cast. According to Variety.com, "plot details are being kept under wraps, but sources say it would involve the crew heading overseas to work on a heist job. Evans would play the leader of another crew trying to pull off the same job." He can next be seen in Peter Jackson's highly anticipated film The Hobbit which hits theaters this December. The Fast and the Furious franchise follows former »
- Pietro Filipponi
Is This December The Busiest Movie Month Ever?
10 May 2012 2:04 PM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
The Barbra Streisand-Seth Rogen comedy "The Guilt Trip" will stay on the road for a little while longer. Paramount announced on Thursday that the film's opening will shift from Nov. 2 to Dec. 25, with the Denzel Washington thriller "Flight" taking its place on the calendar. That's great and all, but Holy Cow How Many Movies Are Coming Out In December?
Ahem. The practical answer to that question is pretty simple: 12, according to Box Office Mojo. Of those 12, however, 10 are major-league releases featuring either big-name directors, big-names stars or both. Deep breath!
· There's Bill Murray-as-fdr in "Hyde Park on the Hudson" on Dec. 7.
· On Dec. 14, Peter Jackson's "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" and Tom Hopper's star-studded "Les Miserables" (with Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway and more) arrive.
· Dec. 21 finds Ang Lee's already Oscar buzz-y "Life of Pi," Judd Apatow's "This Is 40," the Tom Cruise »
- The Huffington Post
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