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First official images from Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained
28 April 2012 3:26 PM, PDT | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »
Following the release of the teaser poster a couple of weeks back, Entertainment Weekly have now got their hands on the first official images from Quentin Tarantino's upcoming Spaghetti Western tribute, Django Unchained.
First up is a shot of Jamie Foxx (Ray) as the eponymous Django (whom Foxx describes as "Richard Roundtree meets Clint Eastwood"), along with his mentor, the German bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz, played by Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds)...
And secondly comes a look at Leonardo DiCaprio (Inception) as the villainous plantation owner Calvin Candie...
The pre-Civil War set tale sees the freed slave Django joining forces with Schultz to search for his wife Broomhilda (Kerry Washington; Fantastic Four), a path which leads them to Candie's infamous 'Candyland' plantation, where slaves are groomed to battle each other for sport.
Joining Foxx, Waltz, DiCaprio and Washington in the cast are Sacha Baron Cohen (The Dictator), Samuel L. Jackson »
- flickeringmyth
Leonardo DiCaprio in 'Django Unchained': Positively devilish
26 April 2012 12:11 PM, PDT | Pop2it | See recent Pop2it news »
In Quentin Tarantino's upcoming movie, "Django Unchained," Leonardo DiCaprio plays a dastardly plantation owner who snatches Jamie Foxx's wife, played by Kerry Washington, setting off all sorts of Tarantino-esque violence ably aided by co-star Christoph Waltz ("Inglourious Basterds").
In a new photo posted by EW, DiCaprio -- as deranged plantation owner Calvin Candie -- weilds a hammer and enjoys a little tobacco while his Rhett Butler-esque hair and devilish facial hair give off big-time bad boy (man) vibes. Candie, whose plantation is called "Candie Land," likes to make his slaves fight each other to the death.
The alt-Western centers on Foxx, who struggles to break out of his slave status to go in search of Washington, who has been sold off to another plantation.
Foxx describes his character as, "Richard Roundtree meets Clint Eastwood."
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- editorial@zap2it.com
'Django Unchained': Leonardo DiCaprio, Jamie Foxx In Quentin Tarantino Film (Photos)
26 April 2012 12:04 PM, PDT | Moviefone | See recent Moviefone news »
The first images of Leonardo DiCaprio as an evil plantation owner and Jamie Foxx as a badass slave in Quentin Tarantino's "Django Unchained" have arrived thanks to EW -- and they don't disappoint. Foxx describes his cowboy character as a combination of two of the most iconic anti-heroes of all time: “Richard Roundtree [Shaft] meets Clint Eastwood.” DiCaprio plays a goateed, hammer-wielding heavy named Calvin Candie who likes to make his slaves fight to the death, a character that might give even "Inglourious Basterds" bad guy Christoph Waltz a run for his money in the villainy department. “Candie is a business man who owns a plantation called Candie Land, and that's where my wife ends up being,” Foxx says. To find her, “we have to get in good with Candie, by me playing a valet for Christoph's character.” Waltz plays a German Bounty hunter named Schultz whom Django recruits to »
- Sharon Knolle
First ‘Django Unchained’ Images: Cowboys in Tarantino’s Old South
26 April 2012 8:02 AM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
When word first leaked out that Quentin Tarantino’s next film is going to be a western revenge throwback (titled Django Unchained) following a slave-turned-bounty hunter on a crusade to liberate his wife from a remorseless plantation owner in the pre-Civil War South, it was immediately apparent just what a lightning rod for controversy the Pulp Fiction filmmaker’s latest piece of pastiche cinema will be.
Django himself (Oscar-winner Jamie Foxx) discussed just that in a recent interview, describing his onscreen alter ego as a mashup between Shaft (Richard Roundtree) and the Man with No Name (Clint Eastwood). Considering the genres those two characters are defined by – blaxploitation and spaghetti western, two of Tarantino’s favorites – that sounds just about right.
Joining Foxx in Django Unchained is fellow Oscar-winner Christoph Waltz as a German bounty hunter (not ...
Click to continue reading First ‘Django Unchained’ Images: Cowboys in Tarantino’s Old »
- Sandy Schaefer
Two Django Unchained Photos with Jamie Foxx and Leonardo DiCaprio
26 April 2012 7:44 AM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
A surprisingly strong year at the box office will surely end on a high note when celebrated director Quentin Tarantino unleashes his rousing Western Django Unchained on Christmas Day. The first two official stills from this action-packed revenge tale have been released, offering a look at Jamie Foxx as the title character alongside Dr. King Schultz (Christoph Waltz), whom trains the former slave in the art of bounty hunting. We also get our first look at Leonardo DiCaprio, working for the first time with Quentin Tarantino, as Calvin Candy, the proprietor of a slave ranch and brothal who has Django's wife Broomhilda (Kerry Washington) under his control. Check out this wild bunch as they head towards their deadly destinies.
Jamie Foxx does think the movie will be controversial.
"Oh, hell yeah. You kidding me? There's a beautiful way [Quentin Tarantino] found for the characters to talk to each other. It's mindblowing. You've never heard it this way. »
- MovieWeb
First Official Look at Leonardo DiCaprio, Jamie Foxx and Christoph Waltz In Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Django Unchained’
26 April 2012 4:40 AM, PDT | The Film Stage | See recent The Film Stage news »
It’s finally here. After shooting for a few months our only glimpse at Quentin Tarantino‘s Django Unchained was a few set photos. Now we’ve got two official stills which show off our two leads, Jamie Foxx and Christoph Waltz as well as their adversary, Leonardo DiCaprio as evil slave owner Calvin Candie. They come from EW, where Foxx describes his character of Django as a mix between Shaft’s Richard Roundtree and Clint Eastwood.” They go on to talk about how controversial the movie will be, but how Tarantino found a “beautiful way” for the “characters to talk to each other.” Foxx said, “It’s mindblowing. You’ve never heard it this way. You’ve seen movies deal with slavery — or westerns that never dealt with slavery – do it the safe way. This way is like … wow.” Check out the photos above and below.
Set in the »
- jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
First official images from Tarantino's Django Unchained with Foxx, DiCaprio, and Waltz
26 April 2012 3:46 AM, PDT | JoBlo.com | See recent JoBlo news »
The first official images from Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained have appeared online and feature the three main stars of the film; Jamie Foxx as Django, Christoph Waltz as Dr. King Schultz (who Waltz describes as "Richard Roundtree meets Clint Eastwood), and Leonardo DiCaprio as Calvin Candie, the film's plantation-owning villain. In the film, Waltz's German Bounty Hunter, Dr. Schultz, frees Foxx's Django in order to help exact some revenge on a group of men called the Brittle »
- Paul Shirey
First Look: Two photos revealed from Quentin Tarantino's 'Django Unchained' -- Exclusive
26 April 2012 3:00 AM, PDT | EW - Inside Movies | See recent EW.com - Inside Movies news »
The song “Unchain My Heart” meant something very different when Jamie Foxx re-created it in 2004’s Ray, but you could argue the title applies in a strange and more sinister way in Quentin Tarantino’s upcoming revenge western Django Unchained.
The bond Foxx wants to break this time around is not a bad romance, but something far uglier and more painful: his slave status in the pre-Civil War South, which is the obstacle preventing him from going in search of his sold-off wife, played by Kerry Washington.
After the jump, Entertainment Weekly debuts the first two photos from the movie, »
- Anthony Breznican
Bet's "Being Mary Jane" Full Cast Revealed (Margaret Avery, Robbine Lee, Richard Brooks, Aaron Spears + Others)
24 April 2012 5:00 PM, PDT | Indiewire Television | See recent Indiewire Television news »
We last announced Latarsha Rose, Lisa Vidal, Aaron D. Spears and Richard Roundtree, along with Omari Hardwick, as Gabrielle Union's love interest for the upcoming Mara Brock Akil/Salim Akil's Bet pilot series Being Mary Jane. Joining the ensemble cast now are Margaret Avery, Richard Brooks, Stephen Bishop, Raven Goodwin, Robinne Lee and Aaron Spears. Quite an impressive cast there! By the way, casting for Being Mary Jane is being handled by casting director Twinkie Byrd (Sparkle, Woman Thou Art Loosed: On The 7th Day, others), who Tambay interviewed about a month ago. You can read that interview Here. See the full press release below: New York, NY – April 24, 2012- Being Mary Jane, the highly anticipated hour long Bet pilot, from Mara Brock Akil and Salim Akil of Akil Productions, the husband-and-wife duo behind the cable network’s hit comedy...
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- Vanessa Martinez
Andrei Rublev, My Fair Lady, The Lost World Screenings
20 April 2012 7:24 PM, PDT | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Andrei Tarkovsky's Andrei Rublev Andrei Tarkovsky, Audrey Hepburn, Clara Bow Movies: Packard Campus May 2012 Schedule Friday, April 27 (7:30 p.m.) Solaris (Magna, 1972) An alien intelligence infiltrates a space mission. Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky. With Natalya Bondarchuk and Donatas Banionis. Sci-fi psychological drama. Black & White and color, 167 min. In Russian and German with English subtitles. Saturday, April 28 (7:30 p.m.) To Kill A Mockingbird (Universal, 1962) A Southern lawyer defends a black man wrongly accused of rape, and tries to explain the proceedings to his children. Directed by Robert Mulligan. With Gregory Peck, Mary Badham, Phillip Alford, Brock Peters and Robert Duvall. Drama. Black & white, 129 min. Selected for the National Film Registry in 1995. Thursday, May 3 (7:30 p.m.) The Little Giant (Warner Bros., 1933) A Chicago beer magnate about to lose his business with the repeal of Prohibition, moves to California and tries to join society's upper crust, but his gangster origins prove tough to shake. »
- Andre Soares
Omari Hardwick Will Play Mr Right Opposite Gabrielle Union In "Being Mary Jane"
11 April 2012 6:50 AM, PDT | Indiewire Television | See recent Indiewire Television news »
You can also now add Omari Hardwick to the cast of in Bet’s hour-long pilot drama from Mara Brock and Salim Akil, Being Mary Jane (previously called Single Black Female) starring Gabrielle Union. As already noted, the new series will center on successful talk show host Mary Jane Paul (played by Gabrielle Union) her professional and private family life, while searching for Mr. Right. Enter Omari Hardwick who'll play a potential Mr Right. Hardwick joins Latarsha Rose, Lisa Vidal, Aaron D. Spears and Richard Roundtree who round out the cast. By the way, casting for Being Mary Jane is being handled by casting director Twinkie Byrd (Sparkle, Woman Thou Art Loosed: On The 7th Day, others) whom I interviewed last week; I'll be posting my piece on that conversation later today.
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- Tambay
Hollywood legends: the TCM Classic Film Festival
11 April 2012 4:28 AM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
At this Los Angeles film festival, movie buffs wallow unashamedly in nostalgia and the golden era of Hollywood, and get to meet the odd star of the classic films being screened
Hollywood Boulevard was closed to traffic and the crowds were gathering outside Grauman's Chinese Theatre to spot the stars – Peter O'Toole, Tippi Hedren and Mickey Rooney among them – as they walked the red carpet and filed past hundreds of famous foot and handprints for the premiere of Gene Kelly's 1951 film, An American in Paris. Fans cheer and cameras flash.
At the TCM Classic Film Festival stars from yesteryear rub shoulders with paying guests who made their way past the pair of giant Chinese Ming Heavens dogs guarding the main entrance of the 85-year-old picture palace.
Home to the biggest film premieres in Hollywood since 1927, the theatre interior rises 90 feet to a bronze roof, two coral red columns sitting »
Latarsha Rose ("Hunger Games") Joins Gabrielle Union In Bet’s "Being Mary Jane"
10 April 2012 7:03 PM, PDT | Indiewire Television | See recent Indiewire Television news »
Latarsha Rose (Hunger Games) has joined the cast of in Bet’s hourlong pilot drama from Mara Brock and Salim Akil, Being Mary Jane (previously called Single Black Female) starring Gabrielle Union. Rose will play Dr. Lisa Hudson, Mary Jane’s best friend from college - "a professional yet conflicted single woman whose strong religious values have driven her to a life of celibacy." She joins Lisa Vidal, Aaron D. Spears and Richard Roundtree who round out the cast. By the way, casting for Being Mary Jane is being handled by casting director Twinkie Byrd (Sparkle, Woman Thou Art Loosed: On The 7th Day, others) whom I interviewed last week; that revealing conversation will be posted in the next 48 hours.
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- Tambay
Lisa Vidal Joins Gabrielle Union In Bet’s "Being Mary Jane"
5 April 2012 8:03 AM, PDT | Indiewire Television | See recent Indiewire Television news »
Given your responses to our last post on the series' title change, many didn't care for the new name (you didn't care for the old title either, but you definitely didn't like the new one; you guys are a tough crowd). Now titled Being Mary Jane (previously titled Single Black Female), the upcoming new hour-long scripted drama series from Mara Brock and Salim Akil, which stars Gabrielle Union (as Mary Jane) has added another actress to its cast - Lisa Vidal (The Event). Ms Vidal has joined the cast that also includes Aaron D. Spears (The Bold & The Beautiful) and Richard Roundtree. She will play Kara, the lead producer for Mary Jane’s show and Mary Jane’s friend.
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- Courtney
Richard Roundtree, Aaron D. Spears Join Gabrielle Union In "Single Black Female"
21 March 2012 11:57 AM, PDT | Indiewire Television | See recent Indiewire Television news »
Last we wrote about this project from Bet and husband/wife team, Mara Brock Akil and Salim Akil, Gabrielle Union had been cast as the lead in the new drama series called Single Black Female. Bet has given a pilot order to what will be an hour-long series from the Akils, which will follow the professional and private family life of a black woman, who is also the host of a popular Atlanta-based talk show host. Announced earlier today, joining Union in the series will be Aaron D. Spears (The Bold & The Beautiful) and Richard Roundtree, who will both co-star opposite Gabrielle. It's now known that the character Union plays will be named Mary Jane (curious if that was an arbitrary choice of names, or if there's some meaning behind it; I immediately think of Rick James' song of the same name, and his isn't the only one). Aaron Spears will play Mark Bradley, »
- Tambay
Pilot Castings: Jack Coleman In CW’s ‘First Cut’, Bet’s ‘Single Black Female’ Adds Duo
21 March 2012 10:29 AM, PDT | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
Heroes alum Jack Coleman has been cast in the CW’s Jennie Snyder Urman medical drama pilot aka First Cut. The project, from CBS TV Studios and producer Dan Jinks, centers on Emily (Mamie Gummer), a newly minted doctor who, glad to leave her nerdy past behind for a fresh start in the adult professional world, discovers that, sadly and comically, life at the hospital where she works is no different than high school. Coleman, repped by Domain and manager Steven Levy, will play Chief Tim Granger, the demanding and intimidating chief of staff at Denver Memorial Hospital. He currently recurs on The Office and The Vampire Diaries. Aaron D. Spears (The Bold & The Beautiful) and Richard Roundtree have been cast opposite Gabrielle Union in Single Black Female, Bet’s hourlong pilot from Mara Brock Akil and Salim Akil, the husband-and-wife duo behind the cable network’s hit comedy series The Game. »
- NELLIE ANDREEVA
DVD Playhouse--February 2012
25 February 2012 8:40 PM, PST | The Hollywood Interview | See recent The Hollywood Interview news »
DVD Playhouse—February 2012
By Allen Gardner
To Kill A Mockingbird 50th Anniversary Edition (Universal) Robert Mulligan’s film of Harper Lee’s landmark novel pits a liberal-minded lawyer (Gregory Peck) against a small Southern town’s racism when defending a black man (Brock Peters) on trumped-up rape charges. One of the 1960s’ first landmark films, a truly stirring human drama that hits all the right notes and isn’t dated a bit. Robert Duvall makes his screen debut (sans dialogue) as the enigmatic Boo Radley. DVD and Blu-ray double edition. Bonuses: Two feature-length documentaries: Fearful Symmetry and A Conversation with Gregory Peck; Featurettes; Excerpts and film clips from Gregory Peck’s Oscar acceptance speech and AFI Lifetime Achievement Award; Commentary by Mulligan and producer Alan J. Pakula; Trailer. Widescreen. Dolby and DTS 2.0 mono.
Outrage: Way Of The Yakuza (Magnolia) After a brief hiatus from his signature oeuvre of Japanese gangster flicks, »
- The Hollywood Interview.com
Octavia Spencer, Paula Patton, and more honored at 'Essence' Magazine's Black Women in Hollywood luncheon
23 February 2012 6:13 PM, PST | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
Though the starlets walking the red carpet at Essence magazine’s Black Women in Hollywood Luncheon brought plenty of the previously promised pre-Oscar glam, it was solidarity and sisterly support that took center stage at the main event. ”It’s really just a girl power luncheon,” said former Friday Night Lights star Jurnee Smollett. “It’s an opportunity for all of us to celebrate each other, and give each other a bunch of hugs. We say, ‘I love your work, continue what you’re doing, and I’m supporting you.’”
EW was on the scene as Octavia Spencer, Paula Patton, »
- Shaunna Murphy
Opposing Force (aka Hell Camp) DVD Review!
22 February 2012 12:05 PM, PST | The Movie Pool | See recent The Movie Pool news »
The Movie Pool joins the first-ever Opposing Force (aka Hell Camp) DVD!
The Set-up
An overzealous military camp commander (Anthony Zerbe) abuses a female soldier (Lisa Eichhorn) during torture training, leading her comrade (Tom Skerritt) to take serious measures to stop his brutality. Also stars Richard Roundtree.
Directed by: Eric Karson
The Delivery
Originally released under the title Hell Camp, this 1986 military drama pre-dates G.I. Jane by over a decade, but it was more brutal and not nearly as stylized as the later Demi Moore debacle. Golden Globe nominee Lisa Eichhorn stars as Casey, an Air Force pilot who volunteers for a brutal survival training exercise, only to fall victim to a sadistic commander named Becker, played by Anthony Zerbe. Becker decides Casey must learn the harsh realities of being a possible prisoner of war, so he rapes her "for her own good."
This doesn't sit well with Logan (Tom Skerritt »
- medina.victor@sbcglobal.net (Victor Medina)
Universal Vault Share: “Earthquake” (1975) Matte
9 February 2012 7:27 PM, PST | FamousMonsters of Filmland | See recent Famous Monsters of Filmland news »
The visual effects work of Universal matte department head Albert Whitlock has been seen in over 130 films, including the 1975 disaster outing Earthquake, directed by Mark Robson. The film, starring Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, George Kennedy, Lorne Greene, and Richard Roundtree, told the story of various Los Angeles citizens dealing with the titular natural disaster shaking their city to ruins.
Key to the film’s depth and awe inspiring scope was the art of Whitlock and his team, bringing Los Angeles it’s knees with shocking realism. Continuing their purging of the vaults in celebration of their 100th Anniversary this year, Universal has just shared the matte painting below, one of 70 created for the film, and seen here for the first time publicly.
Click on the thumbnail for the full version. Image courtesy Universal.
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- Justin
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