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Alexandre Desplat to Score Wes Anderson’s Grand Budapest Hotel
4 hours ago | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Coming off of 2012’s splendid Moonrise Kingdom, writer/director Wes Anderson is putting the pieces together for his next feature, Grand Budapest Hotel. As usual with Anderson's films, plot details are scarce, but we do know that the story takes place 85 years ago and centers on the troubles and tribulations of a hotel concierge played by Ralph Fiennes. As production gears up to begin, word now comes that one of Anderson’s recent collaborators will be joining the project: composer Alexandre Desplat. Hit the jump for more details. Desplat has scored Anderson’s last two films, Moonrise Kingdom and Fantastic Mr. Fox, and it appears that Anderson plans on continuing the relationship as Screen Daily (via The Playlist) reports that Desplat will be scoring Grand Budapest Hotel. Also returning for this latest project are producer Scott Rudin and cinematographer Robert Yeoman. Rudin has produced every Anderson film since The Royal Tenenbaums »
- Adam Chitwood
Jay-Z Composing Original Score for 'The Great Gatsby'
31 December 2012 1:12 PM, PST | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
If you liked the music in the trailer for Baz Luhrmann's "The Great Gatsby," you'll be happy to hear Jay-Z isn't just lending a few of his songs to the soundtrack, he's composing the upcoming film's entire original score. The rapper is, apparently, hard at work to accomplish the task with another artist, who goes by the name The Bullitts. The latter broke the news on Twitter in the early morning hours Sunday. "Jay-Z and myself have been working tirelessly on the score for »
- Greg Gilman
The Indiewire Honor Roll: 31 Interviews With the Most Notable Cinematic Voices of 2012
4 hours ago | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
Throughout December, Indiewire bid farewell to 2012 by running a daily series titled Honor Roll. The column featured new or previously published interviews with some of the year's most notable cinematic voices. The 2012 crop was a stellar one that included Joss Whedon, Jessica Chastain, Michael Haneke, Wes Anderson and many more -- no doubt our best roster since we launched the series a few years back. Below, catch up on all 31 unique profiles and revisit one fantastic year at the movies. December 1: The Team Behind "How To Survive a Plague" December 2: John Hawkes, "The Sessions" December 3: Marion Cotillard, "Rust and Bone" December 4: Bart Layton, "The Imposter" December 5: Quvenzhané Wallis, "Beasts of the Southern Wild" December 6: Matthew McConaughey, "Magic Mike" / "Mud" / "Bernie" / "The Paperboy" / "Killer Joe" »
- Nigel M Smith
Academy Extends Oscar Vote Deadline To January 4th
23 hours ago | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has extended the deadline for members to vote for Oscar nominations by one day to Friday, January 4, 2013, 5.p.m. Pt. (The original date was Thursday, January 3, 5 p.m. Pt). Members may vote online or submit a paper ballot. Any votes received after the deadline will not be counted. This comes after some controversy surrounding the online voting process, where many members complained was problematic. This is the first year the Academy is providing its membership the opportunity to vote online. “By extending the voting deadline we are providing every opportunity available to make the transition to online balloting as smooth as possible,” said Ric Robertson, Academy COO, in a statement. “We’re grateful to our global membership for joining us in this process.” In order to »
- Peter Knegt
Criterion Collection Teases 2013 Releases with “Name That Movie” Art
23 minutes ago | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
For any film fan, Criterion is the tops as far as home video goes. It’s always a bit of an event when the Criterion Collection announces new titles as we know that whichever films are released, they'll be presented in pristine condition with loads of fascinating extras. To ring in the New Year, Criterion has released a drawing that teases some of their upcoming 2013 titles. What ensues is a bit of a guessing game as to which pictures correspond to what movies. We were able to discern David Lynch’s Eraserhead, Guillermo del Toro’s The Devil’s Backbone, Peter Brook’s Lord of the Flies, Harold Lloyd’s Safety Last! and Delmer Daves’ 3:10 to Yuma, but we’re hoping our fine Collider readers can help discern the rest. Hit the jump to take a look at the teaser art, and leave your guesses in the comments as »
- Adam Chitwood
2012 Box Office in Review: A Look Back at the Highest Grossing Films of the Year and More
51 minutes ago | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
It’s January 1, 2013, which means that 2012 is now officially in the rear-view mirror. Quality-wise, it was a stellar year in film, and with over a month to go before the Oscars there’s still an exciting air of unpredictability surrounding the awards contenders. 2012 wasn’t so shabby box office-wise either, and we thought today would be a nice time to take a look back at the year’s highest grossing films, lowest grossing films, and everything in between. This year saw a few comedy surprises, the highest grossing Steven Spielberg drama in a long time, a couple of superhero megahits, and the glorious disaster that was Oogieloves. Hit the jump to take a look at 2012’s Box Office in Review. Though there was some formidable competition this fall, nothing came close to touching the highest grossing film of the year: The Avengers. Marvel’s superhero team-up closed out 2012 with $623.3 million »
- Adam Chitwood
JFK Assassination Drama Parkland Finds Its Lee Harvey Oswald
58 minutes ago | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
Actor Jeremy Strong got a double-dose of historical drama in 2012, with roles in both Steven Spielberg's Lincoln and Kathryn Bigelow's Zero Dark Thirty. While he didn't have huge roles in either movie, the actor had the chance to work alongside some of the most talented filmmakers and actors we have today. For his next project, however - another big historical drama - he has a name that you will definitely recognize. Variety is reporting that Strong has been named as the latest actor to join the cast of Parkland, the upcoming John F. Kennedy assassination film, and will be playing the role of famous killer Lee Harvey Oswald. What's still a question mark, however, is just how big the part is. Rather than being a straightforward movie about the true events, the new film instead turns its attention to Dallas' Parkland Hospital where members of the staff had »
Doctors, Vampires and Preachers, Oh My! The Most Anticipated Reads of 2013
1 hour ago | FEARnet | See recent FEARnet news »
I was fortunate to read a small mountain of amazing fiction in 2012, but 2013 has the potential to top it with ease. In addition to the books listed below (which I would not be surprised to find sitting in my Top 10 at year’s end), there’s plenty of stuff coming by authors I’ve just discovered, not to mention all of the surprises that the year no doubt holds. In other words, we’ve got a lot to look forward to – here’s just a taste of what I’m anticipating as the new year approaches.
NOS4A2 by Joe Hill (April 30) (William Morrow)
Joe Hill continues to solidify his voice with each passing project, and what I’ve read about NOS4A2 leads me to believe he’s fully embracing his horrific roots while putting his own gleeful spin on the genre’s tropes. The book is about Charlie Manx, »
- Blu Gilliand
FEARnet Move Review: 'Outpost: Black Sun'
2 hours ago | FEARnet | See recent FEARnet news »
You may have overlooked the 2008 Scottish offering known as Outpost, but seeing as it played multiple genre-friendly film festivals, stars Ray Stevenson, and earned some decent praise from the horror press (myself included), I'm going to assume that FEARnet readers have seen it by now. (It's about a group of soldiers who discover a nasty old Nazi experiment and do not live to regret it.) Those who enjoyed that flick will be pleased to know that not only is there an Outpost 2 available now, but there will soon be a third chapter. For the sake of this review, we'll focus on Steve Barker's Outpost: Black Sun.
Right off the bat I'm tempted to give Outpost: Black Sun a break because of one simple reason: it offers a potentially ridiculous premise, but it does so with a grim tone and an admirably straight face. A sequel that deals with "Nazi »
- Scott Weinberg
Academy Extends Oscar Voting One Day — But Why?
2 hours ago | Studio Briefing - Film News | See recent Studio Briefing - Film News news »
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has extended by one day its deadline for members to submit their selections for Oscar nominations. But it was not immediately clear why it had done so. The original date was to have been Thursday of this week at 5:00 p.m. It is now Friday at 5:00 p.m. “By extending the voting deadline we are providing every opportunity available to make the transition to online balloting as smooth as possible,” Ric Robertson, the academy’s COO, said in a statement. This year marks the first year that academy voters have »
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New Technical Snafu Hits Netflix
2 hours ago | Studio Briefing - Film News | See recent Studio Briefing - Film News news »
One week after Netflix’s streaming service suffered a lengthy outage on Christmas Eve, the company’s DVD-by-mail service was hit with its own technical issues. But while last week’s difficulty was blamed on Amazon’s cloud-based storage and computing system, Netflix left unexplained what had caused its DVD site to malfunction on Monday. (The streaming service was not affected.) “We are experiencing some technical difficulty with the Netflix DVD Web site [sic], which as a result may not be available for all members. Our engineers are working to address this issue,” the company said in a statement. Neither outage appeared to faze investors, »
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Netflix CEO Hastings Gets Big Pay Boost
2 hours ago | Studio Briefing - Film News | See recent Studio Briefing - Film News news »
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings, who took a 43 percent pay cut after the blowup of his plan to raise subscription rates and divide the company in two — one to handle streaming, the other to handle physical DVDs — will have his pay doubled next year. Essentially he will receive $4 million next year, half in salary, the other half in stock options, according to the company’s latest SEC filing. Shares in the company have risen 29 percent since the beginning of 2012, but they are still way below their 2011 high before Hastings’s much criticized ploy. Net income is down 95 percent. And analysts have »
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The Best Movies of 2012 (Our Picks So Far)
3 hours ago | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
So far....Ok, first off, sorry to disappoint you if you thought this was going to be one big master list from all of our contributors. One thing is clear: getting a consensus out of the entire The Playlist is impossible and man, even if we put it to a vote (which we've done in the past), the results are generally dissatisfying and as you know, consensus tends to get a little dull. So instead, this will be our one-stop shopping for all our Best of 2012 year-end lists (and all our Best of 2012 content). So far we have four fairly distinctly different top 10 lists and they're only going to get more and more different from these two (at least we suspect as much). Here's the top 10s we have so far. Bookmark this page for more lists that will be added soon. Happy New Year and thanks for reading in »
- The Playlist Staff
Revisiting Texas Chainsaw Massacre 4: The Next Generation
3 hours ago | FEARnet | See recent FEARnet news »
Sigh.
The one film in the Texas Chainsaw Massacre series I was not looking forward to revisiting was this one. But then again, it’s been several years since I last attempted to watch it, so perhaps time has been kind to it and its gotten better with age? Sadly this is not the case. Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation, aka The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 4 is as awful as I remember it being.
As I mentioned in yesterday’s article, I loved Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III. And as a huge fan, I was eagerly anticipating the next chapter in the Chainsaw saga, whatever that might be. Unfortunately, I waited a really, really long time. Back in those days, there weren’t frequent updates on the Internet as to the status of a project, which director was attached, which direction the franchise was going. Hell, there wasn’t an Internet! »
- Rob Galluzzo
The Pick Of The Playlist's Comments Section In 2012
3 hours ago | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
Oh commenters, you make writing this site worthwhile for us. We just put our pithy little thoughts out into the world and you are our reflection. Hell, we could do a feature with just the comments on our end of the year features. So many of you offer wonderful insight, suggestions, compliments and feedback, and please know that your presence makes it easier to deal with our favorite crazy conspiracy theorists, Rpatz super fans, and those who Hate our year end lists! Here's a selection of some of our favorites from 2012. Anon Ymus on Mark Wahlberg and the Korean War: From a post about the sequel to "The Fighter," Anon Ymus takes Wahlberg to task for ignoring the 60th anniversary of the Korean War: "---Wahlberg continues to waste his time and ours. Meanwhile, as Globalism, Treason and Eugenics agendas unfold all around us, Hollywood continues to Balk and Run from »
- Katie Walsh
Frankenweenie Blu-ray Clips Indulge In Some Mad Science
4 hours ago | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
Tim Burton.s stop motion animated story, Frankenweenie, didn.t cost an arm and a leg to make, but despite critical success, audiences didn.t come out to catch the flick in droves. If you did happen to miss the film, its strange story and interesting animation are intriguing enough for at least one view. Fans and newcomers alike will be able to catch the film when it hits Blu-ray and DVD on January 8. Frankenweenie is full of nods to classic stories and films, but it also portrays a love of science, shown with our protagonist, Victor, but also through some of the other school-aged children living in town. The .Rocket Man. clip gives audiences a chance to view some of the more fun-spirited and less horror-oriented clips from the flick, showing us an experiment that, well, kind-of works. %NEW_PAGE% The second clip, .You Should Be A Scientist. follows »
Geek Gifts: Portal 2 Action Figures for Atlas and P-Body
4 hours ago | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
It's the first day of the New Year (and I hope you have a good one!), but it might be time to start getting your Christmas list ready. ThreeA is planning to release Portal 2 action figures for Atlas and P-Body this upcoming holiday season. As you can see, there's a great level of detail. They even come with their own little portal guns! So cute! Hit the jump to check out the figures. No word yet on pricing or if they'll be sold separately. Via ThreeA via Kotaku. »
- Matt Goldberg
Pixar Reveals Concept Art For Monsters University, The Good Dinosaur And More
4 hours ago | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
The first day of a new year is a cause for optimism. We promise ourselves we won't make the same mistakes we have in the past. We'll be better than ever before. We look ahead with hope and excitement. So it's fitting that Pixar, who received mixed reviews on their 2012 release Brave, is looking to put their best foot forward with some tantalizing teases for their forthcoming slate of animated features. Coming Soon shared scans from a fold-out card their office received that boasts colorful concept art from Monsters University, The Good Dinosaur, the untitled Pixar pic that "takes you inside the mind," and their untitled movie about Dia de los Muertos. Check out the enticing art below, along with a brief recap of what we know about each feature so far. A prequel to Monsters, Inc., Monsters University centers on Mike and Sully's college years, where they began as »
Gus Van Sant Talks Promised Land, Film vs. Digital, Test Screenings, Showing His Films to Other Directors, and More
4 hours ago | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
From director Gus Van Sant, the small town drama Promised Land tells the story of Steve Butler (Matt Damon), a corporate salesman who has been dispatched to the rural town of McKinley with his sales partner (Frances McDormand) to see if the two can get the citizens to sign over the drilling rights to their properties. But, when an environmental activist (John Krasinski) arrives in town, the residents start to question what’s best for themselves and their community. At the film’s press day, filmmaker Gus Van Sant spoke to Collider for this exclusive interview about why he ultimately decided to sign on as director, how they worked on the last quarter of the screenplay all the way through the production, that the film was only initially about 20 minutes longer than the final cut is now, how the test screening process effects the films that are being made now, »
- Christina Radish
New Year's Resolutions: What the Indie-Film Industry Hopes to Achieve in 2013
4 hours ago | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
Resolutions get a bad name only because the most commonly made ones are typically unattainable outside of a 12-step program or a winning lottery ticket. Good luck with keeping a promise made at a time of year marked by unfettered inebriation, rampant self-delusion, torturous family obligations and all-around gluttony. Just the same, we here at Indiewire are optimistic sorts. So we asked colleagues and cohorts to think a bit about what realistic expectations they have for the New Year -- with focus on business, personal achievement or the indie-film community. The mix of responses is pretty telling, and for every deep thought there's a humorous aside that's no less true for being flip. This, of course, seems perfectly fitting. Read More: The Indie-Film Industry's Top Ten Lists of the Best in 2012 Movies and TV So have some fun reading through their thoughts and think a little bit on what you »
- Indiewire
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