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'Enter the Dragon' Star Jim Kelly Dead at 67
18 hours ago
Jim Kelly, who made his name alongside martial arts legend Bruce Lee in the classic 1973 action film "Enter the Dragon," has died according to Film.com. He was 67.
A football star at the University of Kentucky, Kelly dropped out to pursue martial arts. After winning a championship in 1971 and opening his own dojo, he came to the attention of Hollywood filmmakers and made his debut in "Enter the Dragon," becoming an instant superstar.
Kelly parlayed that success into a decade of blaxploitation hits, including the seminal 1974 hit "Three the Hard Way" alongside Fred Williamson and Jim Brown. He retired from movies in 1982, though he still appeared occasionally in cameo roles and at conventions.
For more on Kelly's life, head to Film.com. »
- Scott Harris
Joss Whedon on 'Guardians of the Galaxy,' Female Superheros and Much More
19 hours ago
"Avengers" director, Marvel consultant and ultimate geek icon Joss Whedon recently had an extended red carpet chat with the folks over at Collider and he revealed a startling secret: He initially thought making a "Guardians of the Galaxy" movie was a pretty bad idea.
"It seemed out there to me," Whedon said. "I sort of went, 'I don't know about this.'"
So what changed his mind? Two words: Rocket Raccoon.
"Then they brought on [director] James [Gunn]," Whedon explained. "As soon as they said James, the movie started to make sense to me in a way it hadn't. This isn't a guy that is going to chase 'Star Wars.' He's going to make a James Gunn movie. And James' first thing was, 'I love Rocket. It's all the raccoon.' And a lot of people were like, 'really, a raccoon?' And he's like, 'the raccoon is the heart. »
- Scott Harris
'Monsters University' Withstands the Box Office 'Heat'
20 hours ago
It was a close call, but in the end "Monsters University" edged out "The Heat" at the box office this weekend, as according to Film.com, Pixar's latest animated hit topped Melissa McCarthy and Sandra Bullock's R-rated comedy by the score of $46.2 million to $40 million.
That's still an impressive debut for "The Heat," but the same cannot be said for fellow newcomer "White House Down," as Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx's action thriller stumbled to fourth place with a disappointing $26.6 million.
Overall, though, no fewer than five films cracked the $20 million mark, as moviegoers spread the wealth around to "World War Z" and "Man of Steel" as well. For a full look at the box office top ten, head to Film.com. »
- Scott Harris
Link Riot: 'Star Wars' Yoga is a Thing Now
29 June 2013 4:00 AM, PDT
• Forget bikram yoga, 'Star Wars' yoga should be the latest fitness trend. [Tastefully Offensive]
• These are the biggest global movie hits of 2013 (so far). [Film.com]
• This Leakycon fandom tribute is the most endearing, yet dorky, thing you'll see all day. [Flavorwire]
• Disney princesses get a Moulin Rouge-inspired makeover. [Laughing Squid]
• Well this is sad: Ian McKellan is officially done with his role as Gandalf forever. [Hypable]
• Check out the cast of 'Clue' then and now. [ScreenCrush]
• 'The Great Gatsby' sure looks different without special effects. [MTV Movies Blog]
• Have you ever noticed all the mistakes in these cop movies? [Moviefone]
• Newly released behind-the-scenes photos from the set of the 'Veronica Mars' movie. [BuzzSugar]
• Recognize these 57 British actors? Because they're basically in everything. [Buzzfeed] »
- NextMovie Staff
Drew Goddard's Monstrous 'Cabin in the Woods' Maze Will Creep Everyone Out
28 June 2013 1:59 PM, PDT
Basically, "The Cabin in the Woods" went and took all the usual conventions of an increasingly tired horror genre, balled 'em up into a bloody weird wad of awesome and then proceeded to blow everybody's minds with an endless barrage of monsters. The movie went from your everyday boo factor trip to some creepy old house into this gnarly statement on mortality and fear and a buncha other stuff that we still don't quite understand ... all stemming from the twisted little mind-matching of director Drew Goddard and his pal Joss Whedon.
And while Whedon's been off imbibing Shakespeare and preparing for "The Avengers 2," Goddard's been busy tooling on a way to keep right on creepin' everyone out with his board full of ghouls, and now he's found it. This Halloween, the Universal Studios-going world will have the chance to visit an actual "Cabin in the Woods" maze designed »
- Amanda Bell
'Pacific Rim' Clip: Don't Eff With Rinko Kikuchi
28 June 2013 12:20 PM, PDT
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In Guillermo del Toro's upcoming epic, "Pacific Rim," we see human-piloted robots (Jaegers) fight against alien attackers (kaiju) in order to protect the Earth from future invasions. Each Jaeger is controlled by two individuals whose minds are neurally linked.
Last December, the director sat down with MTV News to explain the machinery and concepts behind these creatures. "[The pilots] have a spinal clamp that links their spines," he revealed. "They have relay gel in their helmets that transmit their impulses to one another. They move in synchronicity. One is handling the neural network of the left side of the Jaeger, and the other is handing the neural network of the right side of the Jaeger. They are connected between them."
Naturally, choosing the right partner is an extremely important yet difficult ordeal. Before the humans are allowed to pilot their robotic counterparts, they must prove »
- Jacqueline Lem
5 Things We Learned at the 'Cloudy 2' Sneak Peek
28 June 2013 12:02 PM, PDT
Heads up: The forecast is calling for meatballs once again this fall.
In "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2," Flint Lockwood (Bill Hader), Sam Sparks (Anna Faris), Brent McHale (Andy Samberg), Steve the (mentally unstable) Monkey (Neil Patrick Harris) and the rest of the team reunite for a battle of epic pro-portions September 27.
We got a special sneak peek of the film -- including never-before-seen footage and a presentation from directors Cody Cameron and Kris Pearn -- so we're serving up five nuggets we digested from the experience. -- By Christopher Rosa and Jacqueline Lem
1. This movie is pun-tastic.
Every other line in this film looks like it's going to be a pun, and we are perfectly okay with that. The main source of the verbal fiesta stems from the names of the foodimals (see #2 to get the dish on those cute creatures). What do you call a Pb&J sea creature? »
- NextMovie Staff
Maggie Gyllenhaal: 'White House Down' Is a Party
28 June 2013 11:00 AM, PDT
It's been a while since audiences have seen Maggie Gyllenhaal in an action film (five years, to be exact -- she played Rachel Dawes in 2008's "The Dark Knight"). But she returns to blow-em-ups with a presidential-sized bang in "White House Down," directed by Roland Emmerich.
Gyllenhaal plays Carol Finnerty, a tough-as-nails Secret Service agent reluctant to give John Cale (Channing Tatum, in all his sweaty, muscled glory) a spot on the president's team of top protectors.
NextMovie sat down with Gyllenhaal at the film's D.C. junket where the actress dished on her decision to take on this not-so-predictable role ("I like to go see a movie that's a good time— that's a party!—like this is," she says) and Emmerich's fascination with blowing up landmarks ("Roland is a good time, and I think a real good time is always a little bit dark— and I think he knows »
- Christopher Rosa
'White House Down' Sequel: Channing Tatum Protects His Cheese Grits
28 June 2013 10:11 AM, PDT
If there's one thing we can all appreciate about Channing Tatum (note: there are actually many things), it's his charming willingness to poke fun at himself and his own silly action movies. He doesn't tread into disrespectful territory by any stretch, 'cause that's not cool, but he is willing to call it like it is here and there with a shrug and a smile that intones, "Sure, I made a cheesy, predictable, smash-'em-up-bang-bang movie, but you'll see it and you know it, and what's more is you'll love it."
Annnnd so here we go again with this weekend's over-the-top political action fare "White House Down," which is tracking only so-so but which has been marketing the stuffing out its lead's humor palette (Channing all over Tatums and such). As a last-minute nudge, Tatum hit up "Jimmy Kimmel Live" again last night to make a new video funny — this time positing »
- Amanda Bell
He'll Be Back: New 'Terminator' Trilogy Officially Begins in 2015
28 June 2013 9:19 AM, PDT
With both Dwayne "Please Stop Calling Me The Rock" Johnson and Arnold Schwarzenegger supposedly, maybe, probably in the mix for the next installment of the "Terminator" franchise, this one under the control of art house messiah Megan Ellison ("The Master," "Spring Breakers"), it was only a matter of time before more official-sounding details for the proposed film emerged like a robot hand from a lake of lava. And now it has.
Paramount has announced that "Terminator 5" (they lost the "the," by the way) will be a complete reboot and the first part of a stand-alone trilogy. Let that sink in for a second. Surprised at all? Yeah, us neither.
The new trilogy lead-in will debut on June 26, 2015, effectively making that summer — which already boasts "Avengers 2" and "Star Wars: Episode VII" — into some kind of universe-altering nerd black hole from which there is no escape.
Meanwhile, some of the other »
- Drew Taylor
Grimness All Around in First Character Pics from Darren Aronofsky's 'Noah'
28 June 2013 8:48 AM, PDT
Darren Aronofsky, pretty much the director king of weirdly tragic movie heroes at this point, is at it again — this time taking all that signature spirit-spiraling onto twisty Biblical proportions with "Noah."
A first round of character pics for the Old Testament-stemmed drama dropped this week, and they're just as contemplative and broody as you might expect them to be from a movie which has been described as taking place in a "violent, freaky, scary world."
These people, following their voice-hearing, socially-ostracized patriarch, are made to sit back and watch the world drown while trapped in a huge watery prison-slash-refuge filled with animal stank, after all.
Russell Crowe, who portrays the titular ark-craftsman, even went so far as to say recently that he thinks the religious community has the wrong idea about the man who foraged through the big flood and that this movie'll set the scroll record straight in a sense. »
- Amanda Bell
Leo and Jamie Foxx Have Some 'Mean Business' Together
28 June 2013 8:11 AM, PDT
We're not in the business of offering traffic advisories — except to direct you to the cinema when warranted, natch — but if your commute just so happens to bring you down a North Ganson Street, you might wanna at least consider a detour because according to Deadline, there's about to be some "Mean Business on North Ganson Street."
And it's the kind of mean business only Leonardo DiCaprio and Jamie Foxx can sort out.
Yes, that's right, the two "Django Unchained" stars are about to reunite for a new thriller from Warner Bros. And this time around, they're on the same side of the law, playing a pair of cops facing down danger in an adaptation of an upcoming novel by author S. Craig Zahler.
Here's the description of the movie: DiCaprio's character is a "hardened detective" who adds salt to a guy's open wound by telling him his missing wife »
- Scott Harris
James Franco Leaves His Own 'Garden' Movie to Rot
28 June 2013 7:13 AM, PDT
Oh, those insidious creative differences. Just when you think you're about to get something done, boom! Creative differences show up and wreck even the happiest of Hollywood marriages. It's an epidemic.
Case in point: according to Deadline, James Franco has just quit the upcoming indie "Garden of Last Days." The unusual twist? Franco himself was going to direct the film, meaning he just walked out on his own movie.
So is it possible to have creative differences with yourself?
Normally we'd say no, but in the crazy world of James Franco, pretty much anything is possible. 'Cause, you know, James Franco.
In this case, though, things go a little bit deeper than your run-of-the-mill case of schizophrenia. Oh yes.
"Garden of Last Days," you see, was to be an adaptation of the novel of the same name by "House of Sand and Fog" author Andre Dubois III — this time, a »
- Scott Harris
Mad Max's Weekend Movie Guide: 'White House Down' & More
28 June 2013 7:00 AM, PDT
"Americans ... still believe in an America where anything's possible — they just don't think their leaders do." – Barack Obama
Greetings from the apocalypse! This week some Texas Republicans tried to implement a dastardly plan but were narrowly defeated by plucky State Senator Wendy Davis. Hopefully direct-to-video kings The Asylum can make a "White House Down" knockoff called "Texas State Capitol Down" for DVD shelves two weeks from now, starring Debbie Gibson as Wendy Davis. Yay!
Friday, June 28
Pow! In Theaters
Ah Roland Emmerich, only you have the antidote to the summer blues. The German who's cinematically blitzkrieged more than one of our national landmarks several times over is taking down 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue once again in "White House Down." He's enlisted Channing Tatum as an Aryan super soldier to rescue President Ray Charles (Academy Award winner Jamie Foxx) from terrorists intent on burning Washington D.C. to the ground. I visited the set »
- Max Evry
'Captain Planet,' He's Our (Next Movie) Hero
28 June 2013 6:39 AM, PDT
It is without the slightest hint of irony or sarcasm that we say this: A "Captain Planet" movie is coming, and we are pumped. Like raw sewage right into a riverbed pumped (okay, so that last bit was a 'lil cheeky, but we do mean it to say this is majorly exciting news).
'Cause it was a thing for us '80s babies, you know? Right at around 7:00 a.m., just before our bedraggled bedheads had to throw on our vinyl little backpacks and stamp down to the bus stop for a long, hard day — that moment when the cereal was just starting to mush — the power was ours.
And now all that globe-saving ecological awareness will live to indoctrinate another generation of little planeteers via the big screen, as Sony Pictures is currently sealing a deal to acquire the rights to adapt the polluter-smackdown series.
For those who »
- Amanda Bell
Link Riot: Awesome 'Iron Man' Gorilla Statue
28 June 2013 4:00 AM, PDT
• This awesome 'Iron Man' gorilla popped up in Norwich. [My Modern Metropolis]
• Wanna know what the 10 best movies of 2013 are so far? Gotcha covered. [Film.com]
• Rick Moranis explains why the 'Spaceballs' sequel never happened. [Heeb Magazine]
• These are 10 amazing movie androids. [Neatorama]
• Did you know that every Pixar movie has a non-Pixar equivalent? It's true. [Hollywood.com]
• Higher ticket prices at the theater may be awful, but are they important? [Hypable]
• Jared Leto looks, um, good as a girl? [The Blemish]
• If 'White House Down' does a sequel, here's 7 more presidents Channing Tatum can save. [ScreenCrush]
• Speaking of Channing Tatum, betcha didn't know these 6 things about him. [MTV Movies Blog]
• Sketch comedy group, The Wait List, presents Puxar Animation's 'The Road Trip.' [Guy Code Blog]
• These are the best singing moments done by actors in non-musical movies. [BuzzSugar] »
- NextMovie Staff
'Escape Plan' Trailer: Schwarzenegger, Stallone, Prison, Argh!
27 June 2013 3:33 PM, PDT
In the words of the great poet Macklemore, let's do some simple addition: "The Expendables" and "The Expendables 2" were box office hits. Sylvester Stallone rounded up his Planet Hollywood partners Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bruce Willis and convinced them to cameo in the first movie, beefing up (no pun intended; well, maybe) their roles in the sequel and of course uniting all of them with the various action stars of the '80s, '90s and Walmart DVD bins near the checkout aisle. To recap: box office hits.
But this year kicked off with a series of duds from various "Expendables" trying to go it alone: Arnold in "The Last Stand," Jason Statham in"Parker" (which at least had Jennifer Lopez in her underwear) and Sly in "Bullet to the Head," which was one of the lowest opening wide releases of 2013 thus far. Bruce scored some cash with another "A Good Day to Die Hard, »
- Ryan J Downey
Kristen Stewart Remembers Co-Star James Gandolfini
27 June 2013 2:50 PM, PDT
Amidst the Twi-hard craze, you may have missed Bella Swan's Kristen Stewart's 2010 indie film "Welcome to the Rileys", in which she starred opposite the late James Gandolfini.
Back in 2010, Stewart spoke to MTV News' Josh Horowitz about what it was like to work with the Emmy-winning actor. "It was intimidating, but at the same time — like it always is with actors like that — it really pushes you hard," she said. She also revealed that it was "oddly comforting" to work alongside Hollywood veterans Gandolfini and co-star Melissa Leo.
Upon hearing the news of Gandolfini's death last Wednesday, Stewart opened up to Entertainment Weekly about her friend and on-screen companion. "When I heard of James’ passing I was in New Orleans, where we met shooting, and every memory flooded back and gutted me. I’ll hold that time near to me forever. He was immeasurably great. My heart goes out to his beloved family. »
- Jacqueline Lem
How Often Does Channing Tatum Watch Porn?
27 June 2013 2:48 PM, PDT
America, you've been dying to know. But only MTV's Josh Horowitz could get it up out of Channing Tatum in this exclusive clip from "After Hours." (Hint: the time frame six hours is involved.)
While promoting their new movie "White House Down", stars Tatum and Jamie Foxx sat down with Horowitz to play a few rounds of The Yes/No Show. The rules: answer Horowitz's tough – and evidently, strange – questions using only "yes" or "no" answers.
What we're all dying to know: How often does Channing Tatum watch porn?
Also on the list:
Could Channing Tatum's newborn beat mini-KimYe in a fight?
Should Josh blame it on the a-a-a-alcohol?
Has Channing Tatum ever had an erection during a sex scene and/or interview?
Has Jamie Foxx ever twerked?
Find out the answers to these questions (and more) in the video above. »
- Jacqueline Lem
Infographic: The Jason Statham Ass-Kick Count
27 June 2013 1:00 PM, PDT
254: The number of combined victims of "Redemption" star Jason Statham ass-kickings over his film career, as we've tallied and created visual representation for exclusively here on NextMovie.
Brief Faq:
What constitutes an 'ass-kicking'? Glad you asked. It ranges from as harmless as "incapacitating a bad guy to question him" to as devastating as "stabbing a bad guy in the neck." (Stabbings were deemed allowable because Statham is usually doing something cool with his knives, like throwing them or spinning them in his hand for no reason.)
Do guns count? Of course not.
(Click to Enlarge)
Infographic designed by Max Evry.
*We should also note that while it's not represented here, Statham also dreams about beating up four more people in "Mean Machine."
**Also, all of the numbers here represent men, with the exception of one: He beat up a lady in "Cellular."
Also Check Out: Supercut - Jason Statham Driving Angry (Film. »
- Nick Blake
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