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Image(s) of the Day: Greg Mottola and Eli Roth's 'Star Wars' Drawings from When They Were Kids
25 May 2012 10:50 AM, PDT | Movies.com | See recent Movies.com news »
Our buddy Mike Ryan put together a really great piece for the Huffington Post that compiled numerous quotes from a bunch of filmmakers and actors on how the original Star Wars (A New Hope) influenced their lives and careers in honor of the film's 35th anniversary, which is today. Ryan spoke with folks like Jon Favreau, Damon Lindelof, Simon Pegg, Marc Webb, Diablo Cody, Rian Johnson and more, but the real highlights come from Greg Mottola (Superbad, Paul) and Eli Roth (Hostel) who both sent in Star Wars drawings they made when they were kids. Here's Mottola explaining his drawing (see below): "In 1982, during my first few weeks as an art student at Carnegie Mellon University, we were given an assignment: draw a portrait with your hero. This was the result. My "Star...
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- Erik Davis
'Star Wars' 35th Anniversary: Jon Favreau, Eli Roth & 11 Other Filmmakers On How George Lucas' Classic Influenced Them
24 May 2012 10:04 AM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
This Friday, the original "Star Wars" (or, "Star Wars: Episode IV -- A New Hope," if you must) turns 35. In honor of the landmark film's landmark birthday, I asked a group of influential filmmakers -- responsible for projects such as "The Hunger Games," "Iron Man" and "Lost" -- what the biggest influence the original "Star Wars" had on them professionally or personally. Here are their quite wide-ranging answers. (Oh, and some "Star Wars" drawings, at the bottom, courtesy of an eight-year-old Eli Roth.)
Jon Favreau ("Iron Man") "Star Wars" introduced me to the writings of Joseph Campbell and the hero's journey as it applies to storytelling for the screen. I was familiarized with the classic archetypes through the characters of this film. I can't think of a story meeting I've ever had without "Star Wars" being evoked at some point.
Damon Lindelof ("Lost," "Star Trek 2") For me, the »
- The Huffington Post
Sony Buys Ethan Hawke Sci-Fi Film; Kino Go to ‘Another Country’; Entertainment One Get ‘Freaky Deaky’
24 May 2012 9:15 AM, PDT | The Film Stage | See recent The Film Stage news »
Wouldn’t you say some Ethan Hawke news is always a good way to start things off? (Well, unless we’re talking about a few of his recent career choices.) Variety reports that Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions have snatched rights to Predestination, a sci-fi action piece that will see Hawke reunite with the Spierig brothers, with whom he collaborated on 2010′s Daybreakers. Just as that film zeroed in on the vampire subsect of the horror genre, this next effort will revolve around the oft-used, oft-misused conceit of time travel.
The siblings’ main source on Predestination happens to be “—All You Zombies—,” a late ’50s short story from author Robert A. Heinlein that they hold as “the mother of all time paradox tales.” In their screenplay, Michael and Peter Spierig focus on “the life of a temporal government agent” (I love the way that sounds) who, not unlike the character in Rian Johnson‘s Looper, »
- jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
Bruce Willis says Looper is Better than Anything He's Ever Done
23 May 2012 6:00 PM, PDT | GeekTyrant | See recent GeekTyrant news »
I'm insanely excited about seeing Rian Johnson's futuristic sci-fi film project Looper. I've been impressed with everything I've seen, and why wouldn't I be? Johnson is one of the most talented yet underrated directors making movies right now. Everything he has done, such as Brick and Brothers Bloom, have been beautifully scripted, wonderfully shot, completely fun and original.
Bruce Willis stars alongside Joseph Gordon-Levitt in the movie, and up until now we've only heard Johnson and Levitt talk about it. Willis has been pretty quite, but in a recent interview with Esquire he talks about Looper, how awesome of a director Johnson is, and reveals that it's better than anything he's ever done. That's one hell of an amazing compliment!
(Willis) really wants to talk about Looper, the tale of a time-traveling corporate assassin sent back in time to meet, for lack of a better word (and avoiding a spoiler), his maker. »
- Venkman
Bruce Willis Calls 'Looper' His Best Project In Today's Twitter-Wood
23 May 2012 12:12 PM, PDT | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »
If you haven't noticed, the MTV Movies team is quite excited to see Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Bruce Willis' film "Looper." Between an awesome movie poster and trailer commentary from the director himself, Rian Johnson, our anticipation keeps building.
Mr. Willis has some things to say about #Looper and @rcjohnso: tmblr.co/ZfxHVyL-QeOo #wow
— Joseph Gordon-Levitt (@hitRECordJoe) May 23, 2012
The film focuses on the criminal use of time-travel technology to send targets back to the past where they're taken out by assassins called Loopers. These murderers live an extravagant lifestyle with the understanding that one day they'll be sent back through time and killed themselves, in order to close the loop. Looper Jgl's day is up when his future self is sent back in time and manages to escape his grasp. Willis plays the older version of Jgl's character and recently told Esquire that the film is "better than anything [he's] ever done. »
- Fallon Prinzivalli
Support This: Out Of Print, a Film About The New Beverly
22 May 2012 4:18 PM, PDT | Trailers from Hell | See recent Trailers from Hell news »
You have less than two days to donate to this Kickstarter campaign. Why do you keep waiting?
Julia Marchese starts with a simple question:
What would you give to preserve the rich history of cinema?
Then a call to action:
Help us to preserve the cinema stories and experiences from the past century.
Then the very point of the whole thing:
When we lose the rich tapestry of roots, we lose something very important…a vital, life-giving thing.
The whole thing is, of course, a film called Out of Print that aims to be about repertory cinema, about the well-being of our cinematic heritage (the most important cultural artifact and catalog of the last 100 years), and, about, most of all, The New Beverly Cinema here in Los Angeles, California.
And Julia Marchese (you’ve seen her face) has only two days left to raise the rest of the money she »
- Danny
Weinstein Company To Show Off Footage From 'The Master,' 'Django Unchained' & 'Silver Linings Playbook' In Cannes Tomorrow
20 May 2012 11:08 AM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
Here's something to whet your appetite for the fall film festival season. While journos, pundits and fans alike all lamented the absence of Paul Thomas Anderson's "The Master" from the Cannes line-up this year, it appears The Weinstein Company -- already dominating the festival with buzzed-about in-competition films and acquisitions of would-be crowd pleasers -- were paying attention to the sad-faced frownies on Twitter.
Creating what has to be one of the hottest tickets at the Croisette as of now, the Weinstein Company revealed today that they are giving a sneak preview screening of "The Master" to press tomorrow evening in the South of France. Confirming the rumor we heard earlier in the week, Harvey and co.'s "first look presentation" will also unveil scenes from Quentin Tarantino's highly-anticipated Western "Django Unchained" and David O. Russell's "Silver Linings Playbook."
"Silver Linings Playbook," a comedy about mental illness and love, »
- The Playlist
The Cannes Croisette Digest Day #2: 'Django Unchained' Sneak Playing To Buyers? 'Cloud Atlas' Gets Revealed
17 May 2012 5:51 PM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
It's day two of the 65th annual Cannes Film Festival, and in a timely fashion we're kicking off our not-so-daily Cannes report. What's happened so far?
The low-key first day of the fest was taken over by his excellency, star of "The Dictator," Admiral General Aladeen (Sacha Baron Cohen). He brought camels, chicks, and gave the paparazzi a lot of good photo ops. The most shocking thing about a photo op that occurred on Aladeen's yacht? A bikini-clad woman went below deck with Aladeen's "bodyguards," and then they came back up without her, and then they dumped a body bag overboard. Rofl! Also? The dictator made out with Beth Ditto from The Gossip.
What else is going on? Well, it's only day two, so keep your pants on, but in general it seems like Wes Anderson's "Moonrise Kingdom" was warmly received (read our very positive review here). More mixed »
- Edward Davis
First Official Look At Colin Farrell In Thriller 'Dead Man Down' As FilmDistrict Take U.S. Rights
17 May 2012 4:50 PM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
And Relativity Pick Up 'Paranoia' With Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman And Liam Hemsworth
Over a decade after he first emerged on the scene (his breakout, "Tigerland," was way back in 2000), Colin Farrell is having a moment again. The actor looked to have chucked his chance at A-list stardom away after films like "Alexander" tanked, but the actor has slowly been working his way back up again, aided by a well-received pair of villains last summer in "Horrible Bosses" and "Fright Night." Before the year is out, he'll headline blockbuster "Total Recall," and reunite with Martin McDonagh, who gave Farrell his best-ever showcase in "In Bruges," for "Seven Psychopaths." And he seems to be Warner Bros' new favorite son: when the studio couldn't interest him in the troubled "Arthur and Lancelot," they gave him the lead role in Akiva Goldsman's "A Winter's Tale" instead.
But right now, Farrell »
- Oliver Lyttelton
Key Players in the 2012 Cannes Film Market: Filmnation Ent.
17 May 2012 5:45 AM, PDT | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »
If you think Glen Basner’s Filmnation Ent. had a stellar year last year, 2012 is the cherry on the sundae with John Hillcoat and Jeff Nichols in the Main Comp line-up. But even better: 2013 might be an entire bowl of cherries on the sundae with such items as Terrence Malick’s latest, Pedro Almodóvar’s los amantes pasajeros, Sean Penn’s The Comedian and Anton Corbijn’s A Most Wanted Man all looking good for a Cannes birth. Next up, we should be looking out for a fall delivery for Jonathan Glazer’s Under the Skin (see pic).
Mud by Jeff Nichols
To The Wonder by Terrence Malick
21 & Over by Jon Lucas
A Most Wanted Man by Anton Corbijn
Aftershock by Nicolas Lopez
All Is Lost by J.C Chandor
Bitter Pill by Steven Soderbergh
Chernobyl Diaries by Bradley Parker
Crush by Malik Bader
Gambit by »
- Eric Lavallee
Three New Looper Hi-Res Photos
14 May 2012 9:57 AM, PDT | Filmofilia | See recent Filmofilia news »
More high resolution photos from the upcoming futuristic action thriller Looper, starring Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt, Paul Dano, and Jeff Daniels, have been outed by TriStar Pictures. The film takes place in a world where time travel will be invented – but it will be illegal and only available on the black market. When [...]
Continue reading Three New Looper Hi-Res Photos on FilmoFilia.
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- Allan Ford
Milla Jovovich is Front and Centre in New Banner for Resident Evil: Retribution
9 May 2012 7:00 AM, PDT | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »
Husband and wife Paul W.S. Anderson and Milla Jovovich are returning later this year with the fifth instalment in the Re franchise, Resident Evil: Retribution.
The first trailer was released at the start of the year, and after since getting a couple of great new images and the first teaser poster, we now have a new banner for the film, courtesy of Cine 1, that sees Jovovich front and centre as the heroine, Alice.
“Alice is captured by Umbrella and awakens in the heart of their operation facility; as she moves further in the complex more of her past is unveiled and continues to hunt for those responsible for the outbreak. Her quest takes her and her newfound allies from Tokyo to New York, Washington, D.C. and Moscow. After a “mind-blowing” revelation, she is forced to rethink everything she once thought to be true.”
Written and directed by Anderson, the »
- Kenji Lloyd
Movies to See Before the World Ends: Brick
4 May 2012 11:00 AM, PDT | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
The Mayans, the wise race of ancients who created hot cocoa, set December 21st, 2012 as the end date of their Calendar, which the intelligent and logical amongst us know signifies the day the world will end, presumably at 12:21:12am, Mountain Time. From now until zero date, we will explore the 50 films you need to watch before the entire world perishes. We don’t have much time, so be content, be prepared, be entertained. The Film: Brick (2005) The Plot: When his ex-girlfriend goes missing, teenage Brendan dives into the seedy underworld of High School, digging his way through political allegiances and a youthful criminal enterprise in this seedy neo-noir tale. The Review: Blending genres, or straight up moving a classical one into a new setting, can be risky business. Some seem made for each other – think of Westerns in Space. It just works. The similar expanses of nothingness, the lack of the law, the »
- Robert Fure
Joseph Gordon-Levitt Developing Little Shop Of Horrors Remake as Star Vehicle
3 May 2012 1:26 PM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
There is no way that Joseph Gordon-Levitt sleeps. In between running his own multimedia website, prepping his feature directorial debut, and starring in films from Christopher Nolan, Rian Johnson, and Steven Spielberg, the actor is now developing a remake of Little Shop of Horrors for Warner Bros. The 1960 Roger Corman movie was turned into an off-Broadway musical, which then led to another feature film adaptation in 1986 from director Frank Oz and starring Rick Moranis and Steve Martin. Hit the jump for more on the redo. Marc Platt, the producer behind the smash hit Broadway musical Wicked as well as films like Drive and Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, is onboard to produce the remake. Heat Vision reports that, if all goes according to plan, Gordon-Levitt would play Seymour, the nerdy florist who cultivates a plant that craves humans for food. I’m a big fan of the quirky, strange, and »
- Adam Chitwood
Joseph Gordon-Levitt Lining Up ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ Remake From ‘Glee’ Producer
3 May 2012 1:10 PM, PDT | The Film Stage | See recent The Film Stage news »
Joseph Gordon-Levitt was so busy with his own directorial debut, along with starring in Christopher Nolan, Steven Spielberg and Rian Johnson films this year that he had to turn down a role from Quentin Tarantino. Alas, he is still moving ahead at full speed and has his sights set on a remake at Warner Bros.
THR reports that the actor is looking to star in an update to Little Shop of Horrors, written by Glee producer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, who is also developing the Carrie remake. The property originated in 1960 with Roger Corman‘s version, but already had the remake treatment in 1986 thanks to Frank Oz, who brought together Rick Moranis, Bill Murray, Steve Martin, John Candy and more.
If Gordon-Levitt takes the role, he’d be cast as Seymour Krelborn, the florist who gets some help from a large man-eating plant The versatile producer Marc Platt would be spearheading the musical comedy, »
- jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
New “Looper” Photos, Trailer
2 May 2012 10:05 PM, PDT | FamousMonsters of Filmland | See recent Famous Monsters of Filmland news »
Joseph Gordon-Levitt is fast climbing the ranks into the upper echelon of cool in Hollywood. His newest starring vehicle is Rian Johnson’s Looper, in which Levitt and Bruce Willis play a younger and older version of the same hitman in a time travel mind bender, which also has Jeff Daniels (Dumb And Dumber), Paul Dano (There Will Be Blood) and Emily Blunt (The Adjustment Bureau) involved in a sweet cast. We still have a ways to wait, the movie doesn’t come out until September 28th, but a few new photos and a trailer with commentary from Rian Johnson (Brick) has been released to whet your appetite. The gallery of new shots, including the new poster, and the trailer are below, courtesy of Slashfilm.
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- Andy Greene
Three New Pictures from Rian Johnson's 'Looper'
1 May 2012 10:15 AM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
I didn't watch the trailer for Looper so I'm unsure of just how much of Emily Blunt's character was seen, but based on the picture above we at least know she'll be picking up a shotgun in Rian Johnson's new film, co-starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Bruce Willis as I have three new pictures from the upcoming film. The two other new images, both featured below, give you a look at Gordon-Levitt in the film, the second of which shows the extent of the makeup work done to make him look more like his future self (Willis). You can check out un-cropped and larger versions of the three new images in my gallery for the film right here. Joseph Gordon-Levitt on the set of Looper
Photo: TriStar Pictures Rian Johnson and Joseph Gordon-Levitt on the set of Looper
Photo: TriStar Pictures Set to hit theaters on September 28, Looper centers »
- Brad Brevet
New images arrive for Looper
1 May 2012 1:09 AM, PDT | TotalFilm | See recent TotalFilm news »
Looper has debuted a batch of new stills online featuring Emily Blunt, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Bruce Willis, all of whom look a mite badass… Rian Johnson's sci-fi actioner is set in a future world in which time travel is not only possible, but has been hijacked by criminals to further their nefarious schemes. Jgl plays a "looper", a hit man charged with executing various targets sent back through time to him by the villains of the future. However, his job becomes more complicated when his latest target turns out to be an...
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- George Wales
Endgame Entertainment and FilmDistrict are Selfless
30 April 2012 6:27 PM, PDT | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »
It's been a long while since we have had a movie dealing with the old tried and true plot device of a brain transplant gone awry, but that void is about to be filled! Read on to get a piece of our mind!
According to Variety Endgame Entertainment and FilmDistrict will co-finance the thriller Selfless, jointly acquiring the screenplay by Alex Pastor and David Pastor (Carriers).
Endgame Entertainment CEO James D. Stern and FilmDistrict's Peter Schlessel will produce alongside Ram Bergman. They teamed previously on Rian Johnson's Looper and The Brothers Bloom.
Selfless centers on a wealthy older man who discovers he's dying and pays to have his mind transplanted into a younger man's body. When he discovers how his new body was acquired, he defies the company that provided it and is hunted by mercenaries.
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- Uncle Creepy
Three New Looper Images Arrive Online
30 April 2012 3:25 PM, PDT | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
From what we've seen so far, the makeup in Rian Johnson's Looper looks spectacular. While Joseph Gordon-Levitt doesn't look exactly like Bruce Willis, the features on his face - particularly his eyes and nose - let us see how the character would grow up to look like Bruce Willis. Thanks to the trailer and the early preview images we've already gotten quite a few looks at Gordon-Levitt's new look, but today, courtesy of Sony, we are here to bring you yet another, plus a look at his female co-star Emily Blunt and a behind-the-scenes image of Johnson. You can scope out smaller versions of the images below, but click on each one to see it full size in our database. Does anyone else find it kind of strange to see this still of Emily Blunt with The Five-Year Engagement coming out just last weekend. In the comedy she plays »
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