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Goodbye Dad.
27 May 2012 11:01 PM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
For those of you who wondered why the blog has been dark, my father passed away suddenly. I've been spending time out west with my mom. This is one of my favorite photos of my parents, which I found on an old ektrachrome slide. They were married in 1960 and this picture, taken sometime that decade, predates my existence altogether! I think it's maybe even before they had any kids (I'm the youngest of four) but perhaps my sister was around.
My dad and I were never "close" per se though he was surprisingly supportive of most of my artistic endeavors paying for art classes and congratulating me on writing successes. We disagreed on virtually everything but particularly politics and movies.
He was not, in fact, a fan of the cinema and often grumbled about my nonstop chatter about the artform. Once when I was a teenager he was so frustrated »
- NATHANIEL R
Disney Halts Order Of The Seven Indefinitely
23 May 2012 8:30 AM, PDT | GeekTyrant | See recent GeekTyrant news »
Things are not looking good for Order of the Seven. THR reports that the Disney has put the long planned Asia-set adventure movie on hold indefinitely. Saoirse Ronan (Hanna) was set to star and Michael Gracey was to make his directorial debut on the project, with production planned as soon as this summer in London. The film has been in the works for a decade at Disney. It began as a Snow White retelling, and was in the midst of finding an international cast to play a band of warriors tasked with protecting a young woman. Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby (Iron Man) had even been hired last week to polish the script. As of now, all development on the film has stopped.
The box office disaster of John Carter is partly to blame, according to sources. Ever since the failure Disney has been scrutinizing budgets on all of its tentpole movies. »
- Tiberius
Disney Unsurprisingly Scraps Third Snow White Movie, 'The Order Of The Seven' With Saoirse Ronan
23 May 2012 5:20 AM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
With the second of this year's live-action "Snow White" adaptations nearing release (Universal's dark, fantasy-driven commercial for milk-bathing "Snow White and the Huntsman" will follow Relativity's candy-colored, slapstick-laden "Mirror, Mirror" on June 1st), it appears that Disney, the home of the beloved, animated "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" adaptation, isn't going to move forward with their Asia-set, kung-fu samurai take "The Order of the Seven." Even though the Mouse House has been working on the project for more than ten years, the move isn't exactly a surprise, becoming collateral damage in the wake of the $200 million flop that was "John Carter."
Like director Andrew Stanton's adaptation of Edgar Rice Burrough's pulp hero, "The Order of the Seven" has suffered through years of development, starting out as a kung-fu-tinged take written by Michael Chabon ("The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay") before undergoing various shifts under the supervision of screenwriters »
- Ryan Gowland
Walt Disney Pictures Stops Production on The Order of the Seven
22 May 2012 5:40 PM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
Disney has pulled the plug on The Order of the Seven, a new rendition of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs set in Asia.
The project had been in development for a while, with Saoirse Ronan signing on to star in February. Disney even hired Iron Man writers Hawk Ostby and Mark Fergus to polish the script last week. But now all of that development work has been stopped. The studio has been re-evaluating their big-budget projects, after the box office failure of John Carter. The Order of the Seven's budget was not disclosed, although it was a high enough number to have the studio reconsider their options.
The story centered on a woman in 19th Century Hong Kong, who flees from her wicked stepmother and finds solace with seven brave warriors. The men belong to a clan known for fighting dragons and demons.
Michael Gracey was slated to make »
- MovieWeb
Sorry Saoirse Ronan Fans But Disney Cancels Snow White Movie!
22 May 2012 5:31 PM, PDT | Manny the Movie Guy | See recent Manny the Movie Guy news »
Walt Disney Pictures, fresh from the billion-dollar success of "The Avengers," has canceled "Order of the Seven," a revisionist take on Snow White. Why? Because Walt Disney Pictures is abandoning everything we know and love about the studio and is embracing the superhero genre hook, line, and sinker.
Just kidding.
Deadline tells us the reason is its way-out-of-control budget in the $150 million range or higher! Saoirse Ronan was attached to star as the female lead and the movie was supposed to be set in Asia with a Samurai theme.
That's kind of sad. I could already picture Ronan as a fierce Snow White. (Check out my review with the fantastic young actress for "Hanna" right here)
But really, after the lukewarm "Mirror Mirror" and the upcoming "Snow White and the Huntsman," do we really need another Snow White? I'd rather stay home and watch the classic "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, »
- Manny
Movie Preview: Snow White And The Huntsman (2012)
17 May 2012 8:39 AM, PDT | PopStar | See recent PopStar news »
It seems Charlize Theron and Kristen Stewart have something in common. They both like portraying characters that pack a punch. This movie is not quite like the fairy tale, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) or Mirror Mirror (2012) with Julia Roberts. Charlize Theron portrays the evil Queen, Ravenna, a somewhat aggressive woman. Kristen Stewart is cast as Snow White. There are very few people who don't know the original story of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), therefore, it really doesn't need to be told in great detail here. Snow White and the Huntsman (2012) is an action packed fantasy about an evil Queen with a huge ego. She can't help looking in mirrors. "Mirror Mirror on the wall, who is fairest of them all?" Christopher Obi is the voice of the magic mirror and tells the Queen that Snow White is going to be the fairest of them all and will also rule the kingdom. »
- jbonadona@corp.popstar.com (Julia Bonadona)
Disney's Classic Cinderella Coming To Blu-ray
14 May 2012 12:11 AM, PDT | CineMovie | See recent CineMovie news »
Walt Disney Studios is once again opening their animation vaults to release Cinderella on Blu-ray™ in a Diamond Edition at the stroke of midnight, October 2, 2012.
As most Blu-ray Diamond Collection titles like “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” “Beauty and the Beast,” “Bambi,” “Lady and the Tramp” and “The Lion King,” Cinderella will be available for a limited time only. “Cinderella: Diamond Edition” will be offered for purchase in several distinct packages a collector’s 6-Disc Jewelry Box Set (Cinderella Blu-ray Cinderella 2: Dreams Come True Blu-ray/Cinderella 3: A Twist in Time on a single Blu-ray Cinderella DVD Cinderella 2 DVD Cinderella 3 DVD Cinderella Digital Copy Disc), a 3-DiscBlu-ray Combo Pack (Blu-ray DVD Digital Copy), a 2-Disc Blu-ray Combo Pack (Blu-ray DVD), and High-Definition Disney Digital.
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Blu-ray, DVD Release: Mirror Mirror
10 May 2012 2:03 PM, PDT | Disc Dish | See recent Disc Dish news »
Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: June 26, 2012
Price: DVD $29.98, Blu-ray $39.99
Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Julia Roberts (Eat Pray Love) shows her evil side in Mirror Mirror, the hit movie based on the Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs fairy tale.
The family fantasy stars Roberts as The Queen, who ruthlessly rules her captured kingdom. Lily Collins (Priest) plays Snow White, who joins forces with seven rebel dwarfs to reclaim her birthright and win her prince (Armie Hammer, J. Edgar).
Nathan Lane (The Lion King), Sean Bean (TV’s Game of Thrones) and Mare Winningham (TV’s Hatfields & McCoys) also are in the film’s cast.
Much like director Tarsem Singh’s Immortals, the PG-rated Mirror Mirror got mixed reviews from critics and moviegoers. But the movie still grossed $135.4 million when it was in theaters.
Both the DVD and Blu-ray contain special features. On the DVD are two featurettes:
“Looking Through the Mirror »
- Sam
Californication Season 6 Gets Grumpy Gay Boss
10 May 2012 4:18 AM, PDT | Boomtron | See recent Boomtron news »
Things are about to get a little grumpy, and a little gay, on Californication when it returns next year for its sixth season with a new recurring character. Though he is primarily known for his role as Pintel in the first three Pirates of the Caribbean films, Lee Arenberg has been most recently seen as the recurring character of Leroy on ABC’s Once Upon a Time. Of course, everyone on Once has a fairytale past, and Leroy’s saw him as the romantically troubled dwarf Grumpy. You all remember Grumpy, the dwarf from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (though in this version there were eight, but poor Stealthy didn’t live up to his name), right?
Arenberg announced on his Twitter account he had been cast in the recently picked up sixth season of Californication, telling one of his followers the show is going to be “undoubtedly wild. »
- Brody Gibson
Oscars to showcase movies under the stars in outdoor screening series
7 May 2012 5:17 PM, PDT | EW - Inside Movies | See recent EW.com - Inside Movies news »
Oscar would like to ask you out on a date.
While the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences may seem like a highly restrictive group — and it is, if you want to win one of those golden statuettes — the organization is expanding its outreach to regular moviegoers by announcing a summer-long series of outdoor movies.
“Oscars Outdoors” will showcase films on Fridays and Saturdays on a 40-by-20 foot screen in a park the organization built in the heart of Hollywood specifically for the sake of showing movies under the stars. The public is welcome, and the Academy is especially »
- Anthony Breznican
Academy Unveils Oscars® Outdoors Venue, Announces Slate of Summer, Fall Programming
7 May 2012 11:42 AM, PDT | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Tom Sherak today unveiled the Academy.s new screening venue and announced its summer series, “Oscars Outdoors,” which will kick off on Friday, June 15 and run through Saturday, August 18. The open-air theater is part of the organization.s nearly 7.5 acre Academy Hollywood campus, which is also the site of the Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study, home to the Academy Film Archive, the Science and Technology Council and the Linwood Dunn Theater.
Concurrently, the Academy announced a slate of summer and fall 2012 public programs at its other theaters, including 50th anniversary celebrations of the James Bond franchise and the Oscar®-winning epic “Lawrence of Arabia.”
The “Oscars Outdoors” series will devote every Friday night to classics and contemporary favorites aimed at adult audiences, and every Saturday night to family-friendly fare. The final Friday night presentation, on August 17, will be an “Audience Choice” selection, »
- Michelle McCue
Best Shot: "Pariah"
2 May 2012 7:30 PM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
On this season of Hit Me With Your Best Shot we've looked at 80s fantasy (Ladyhawke), 60s zeitgeist drama (Bonnie & Clyde), 40s musical (Easter Parade), 30s gamechanger (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs), 00s science fiction western (Serenity), and a 90s Asian masterpiece (Raise the Red Lantern). For this week's film, I chose something up to the minute, Dee Rees' Pariah (2011) just out on DVD.
I found this film so moving late last year that I cursed Focus Features for letting it be crushed in the December glut where it had no business being in the first place. The coming out story of a shy Brooklyn lesbian was far too small and ethnic and gay and feminine an indie to hook Oscar voters so why make it compete for that attention? This selection was my excuse to promote the film as it enters its second and hopefully warmly embraced »
- NATHANIEL R
Wamg At The 2012 TCM Classic Film Festival
16 April 2012 2:08 PM, PDT | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »
There’s truly no place quite like Hollywood. For the third straight year, the TCM Classic Film Festival was staged in the historic center of the world’s film industry. The event once again united a great community of film fans. The 2012 event celebrated style in the movies, from fashion to architecture and everything in between and lined up great films, terrific guests and many special events.
There were so many classic films to choose from over the 4-day festival, it was nearly impossible to decide what to see! Here are a few of my favorites from the weekend.
Auntie Mame (1958) .
Fantastically restored, and screened at the legendary Egyptian Theater, this Rosalind Russell classic was easily a fan fave at the festival. Even at 9am on a Saturday morning, the house was packed. The screening was hosted by two-time Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Film Scholar Cari Beauchamp, »
- Melissa Thompson
Extended Thoughts on ‘Fantasia’
14 April 2012 2:00 AM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
Directed by Samuel Armstrong; James Algar; Bill Roberts and Paul Satterfield; Ben Sharpsteen and David Hand; Hamilton Luske, Jim Handley, and Ford Beebe; T. Hee and Norm Ferguson; & Wilfred Jackson
Starring Deems Taylor
A few weeks ago, I read a great article by Drew McWeeny of HitFix wherein, while describing how his two children responded to one of the first and most important Disney live-action films, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, he posed this question: are Disney movies automatically “for kids”? This is, unfortunately, a very common criticism levied by people who either should know better or don’t educate themselves on the history of film, let alone Disney films. You know what criticism I mean: “Oh, that’s just for kids.” “It’s a kids’ movie. Who cares?” Sometimes, when I nitpick some aspect of a Disney film, whether it’s live-action or animated, I hear that complaint. Why »
- Josh Spiegel
Hmwybs: "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"
11 April 2012 7:23 PM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
In the "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" series we invite everyone to choose their favorite shot from a movie and explain why. This week's film is the impossibly influential Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) which launched Disney's feature animation empire. Given that the Snow White myth is the subject of two new films Mirror Mirror (reviewed) and the upcoming Snow White and the Huntsmen (interview tease) we thought it was time to take a look way back.
So Heigh Ho Heigh Ho, it's off to work we go.
When I think of Snow White these days my first thought is no longer the movie itself but my first trip to Disney World just three years ago with friends. On the last day of the lengthy trip my friends realized I hadn't been to the part of the park that had the oldest rides, the ones that were considered »
- NATHANIEL R
TCM's third annual classic film fest is almost ready for its close-up
9 April 2012 10:15 AM, PDT | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »
The third annual TCM Classic Film Festival kicks off Thursday and as I'm slowly slipping back into the saddle this month, I'll be hoping to attend this and that over the swift four-day event. As I look over the schedule, I'm actually pretty impressed at the number of anniversary restoration screenings. The fest kicks off with one of them, in fact, a 40th anniversary showcase of Bob Fosse's "Cabaret." There's also "Two for the Road" (45th anniversary), "Grand Illusion" (75th), "The Longest Day" (50th)... ...yep, there's more: "Fall Guy" (65th), "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" (75th), "Casablanca" (70th), "Dr. No" (50th), »
- Kristopher Tapley
Poster for Princess And The Seven Kungfu Masters
7 April 2012 3:44 AM, PDT | 24framespersecond.net | See recent 24FramesPerSecond news »
The “comedy” element of Wong Jing’s martial arts action flick Princess and Seven Kung Fu Masters may be cause to pause, but it’s the fact the cast it chock full of some martial arts action legends, that’s really caught our attention. Sammo Hung leads the cast along with Sandra Ng, Ronald Cheng, Eric Tsang, Wong Cho Lam,and Wah Yuen. We nabbed a first look a the teaser poster and a brief summary of the plot, which so far is reading like some sort of campy Kung-Fu send up of the ‘Magnificent Seven’ meets ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs’ Reason enough to give it a watch and then some but we’ll have to wait a while as its not due out until August. Synopsis: To protect their homeland from Japanese invasion, seven retired Kung-Fu masters are back in action to assist the local warlord (Sammo Hung »
Mirror Mirror Box Office: Only $18 Million
2 April 2012 7:57 PM, PDT | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Armie Hammer as Prince Charming, Mirror Mirror Behind Gary Ross / Jennifer Lawrence's The Hunger Games at the North American box office this weekend, Wrath of the Titans actually grossed $33.45 million — about $800,000 less than originally estimated — at 3,545 locations according to box-office actuals found at Box Office Mojo. Clash of the Titans opened with $61.23 million two years ago. Overseas, Wrath of the Titans is, as expected, faring much better, having collected an estimated $78 million in 60 territories. Directed by Battle Los Angeles / the upcoming Ninja Turtles' Jonathan Liebesman, Wrath of the Titans features Avatar / Drift's Sam Worthington, Taken / Kinsey's Liam Neeson, Coriolanus / Skyfall's Ralph Fiennes, A Monkey on My Shoulder / Vantage Point's Édgar Ramírez, War Horse / Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time's Toby Kebbell, Devil You Know / Johnny English Reborn's Rosamund Pike, Love Actually's Bill Nighy, Danny Huston, John Bell, Spencer Wilding, and Lily James. »
- Zac Gille
‘Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo’ – A Fairytale Romance Between Car and Car
2 April 2012 11:14 AM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
Written By Arthur Alsberg and Don Nelson, based on the novel Car, Boy, Girl by Gordon Buford
Directed By Vincent McEveety
USA, 1977, imdb
Listen to our Mousterpiece Cinema Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo podcast or read Josh‘s extended thoughts about the film.
*****
From the time that “Disney’s Folly” paid off and the first-ever animated feature, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, became a hit, Disney (the company that Walt created) has been in the business of telling fairy tales. What we sometimes forget is that fairy tales can be stories that reassure children, but also stories that scare the bejeezus out of them. Case in point, the first film that I ever saw: Walt Disney’s Bambi, a film that also terrified Stephen King as a child.
The Herbie series is much more on the reassuring side of the spectrum than the scary side, »
- Michael Ryan
Julia Roberts/Lily Collins/Mirror Mirror Disappoints: Box Office
1 April 2012 7:44 PM, PDT | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Armie Hammer as Prince Charming, Lily Collins as Snow White, Mirror Mirror Jennifer Lawrence / Liam Hemsworth's The Hunger Games Box Office: $250 Million/10 Days At no. 2 in the Us/Canada, Wrath of the Titans grossed $34.2 million (vs. $78 million internationally in 60 territories) at 3,545 theaters this weekend, according to studio estimates found at Box Office Mojo. Domestically, Clash of the Titans opened with $61.23 million two years ago. Both movies star Avatar's Sam Worthington. Directed by Battle Los Angeles / the upcoming Ninja Turtles' Jonathan Liebesman, Wrath of the Titans also features Schindler's List / Kinsey's Liam Neeson, The English Patient / Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2's Ralph Fiennes, Carlos' Édgar Ramírez, War Horse / Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time's Toby Kebbell, Devil You Know / Johnny English Reborn's Rosamund Pike, Love Actually's Bill Nighy, Danny Huston, John Bell, Spencer Wilding, and Lily James. At no. »
- Zac Gille
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