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Dafoe Joins 'John Carter of Mars'

15 July 2009 9:10 PM, PDT | From CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news

It looks like Willem Dafoe has another potential movie franchise.

The versatile actor, who played the Green Goblin in the 'Spider-Man' movies, has signed on for the upcoming John Carter of Mars. Variety reports Dafoe will play the fierce Martian warrior Tars Tarkas, who proves to be a valuable ally of Virginian-turned-space adventurer John Carter.

Tarkas is described as being unusual among his warlike race due to his ability to feel love. The character fights along Carter throughout Edgar Rice Burroughs’ series of science-fiction novels, so if the first John Carter of Mars movie takes off, one assumes Dafoe would appear in the sequels as well.

John Carter of Mars, a Walt Disney Pictures film, is to be directed by Wall-e and Finding Nemo helmer Andrew Stanton. The script is adapted by Mark Andrews and Stanton from Burroughs' novel "A Princess of Mars". Casting so far includes Taylor Kitsch as Carter,

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Ari Folman: The Hollywood Interview

26 June 2009 11:00 AM, PDT | From The Hollywood Interview | See recent The Hollywood Interview news

(Ari Folman, above, as the on-screen version of himself, in Waltz With Bashir.)

Our Waltz With Bashir Interview with the Oscar-nominated director, on the occasion of the film's release on DVD.

by Terry Keefe

“So, Terry, what is it you want to ask me?” queried Israeli film director Ari Folman, and there was exhaustion in his voice. It was on the Friday before Oscar Weekend, back in February, that I met Folman and he was understandably weary after having logged long hours on the vigorous awards campaign trail for his film Waltz With Bashir, regarded by many for months prior as the front-runner for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. When we had our talk, the ballots had long since been cast, but Folman still hadn’t tired of speaking about Bashir, physically worn out though he likely was. The Oscar ended up going to the Japanese entry, Departures, but

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Anton Chigurh Stalks Wall Street In Oliver Stone Sequel

2 June 2009 9:32 AM, PDT | From FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news

The adorable Nikki Finke is reporting that Javier Bardem has joined the cast of Oliver Stone's Wall Street sequel.  He'll be playing the film's villain against Shia Labeouf and Michael Douglas.  Finke also got her mitts on a more detailed plot synopsis. Labeouf plays a young Wall Street trader whose stockbroker mentor kills himself.  He blames a hedge fund manager (Bardem) responsible for major stock shorting in his mentor's death and seeks the help of a disgraced Gordon Gekko (Douglas) in getting revenge.  Gekko is fresh out of prison after serving time for his escapades in the first film, and he now sits on the fringe of the financial community.  The additional kink in the mix is that Labeouf is engaged to Gekko's estranged daughter.  The film reportedly spans from June 2008 through the recent Federal bailout and has a reformed Gekko warning the establishment that the market is about to crash. The

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Rob Hunter

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Win Silent Venom on DVD!

1 June 2009 10:32 AM, PDT | From Fangoria.com | See recent Fangoria news

20th Century Fox Home Entertainment and Fangoria Entertainment are giving three lucky Fangoria readers copies of Silent Venom (available tomorrow) on DVD!

Starring Luke Perry (Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Oz), Tom Berenger (Platoon, Major League), and Krista Allen (Feast, The Final Destination).

Full details after the jump!

Lieutenant Commander O’Neill’s (Perry) orders were simple: Pilot a retired submarine to its final port and don’t get into trouble. But when he and his crew are diverted to rescue an imperiled Army research team, trouble is exactly what they find. “Running silent” in their unarmed sub to avoid detection by a hostile fleet, they bring the researchers and their top-secret cargo aboard. But when that cargo – including two genetically enhanced leviathans – escapes captivity, the crew find themselves battling deadly enemies above the surface and below foot in this fast-paced film filled with biting action and slithering suspense!

To enter

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Cheeky Willem Dafoe

29 March 2009 12:00 PM, PDT | From FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news

In honor of the first still from the new Lars Von Trier picture, subtly titled Antichrist, that was making the blog rounds this week.

Places Willem Dafoe's Ass Has Been

Between Charlotte Gainsbourg's thighs

(His thrusting seems to have woken evil naked tree spirits)snugly encased in Green Goblin gear

on stage with the Wooster GroupBetween Madonna's thighs

(His thrusting did not wake any latent acting skill)In bed with yellow fever on the set of Platoon

In Prada

Out of frame in The Life Aquatic

(Wes Anderson's head-on horizontal tableaus allow for no backsides)In New York City

Between Mary Magdalene's thighs

(albeit only theoretically offscreen in the dream sequence way. For the Religious Right the new Von Trier movie will be the least of Dafoe's offenses)In Italy and Tunisia

In WisconsinInside tuxedos at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion and the Shrine Auditorium

Directly behind Jude Law

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Watch out, Mickey Rourke: Indie Spirit is Oscar's consolation prize

21 February 2009 1:43 PM, PST | From Gold Derby | See recent Gold Derby news

The Independent Spirit award is supposed to salute what past ceremony host Samuel L. Jackson once called "the strange, the weird, the eclectic, the visionary, the new blood." Ideally, its purpose is to help those low-profile quality films that could use a boost so that someday, maybe, the filmmakers and performers could compete in the big league of the Oscars.

And back when the Spirits took flight, they tried hard to keep to that mission. Indeed, its first best-picture winner in 1985, "After Hours," wasn't nominated for a single Oscar. But then "Platoon" won best pic at both the Spirits and the Oscars the next year. From then on, the Spirits focused more and more on seemingly academy-friendly films, with a corresponding increase in its own profile. While 1987 best-pic winner "River's Edge" was snubbed at the Oscars, other early champs made it into Oscar categories like screenplay ("sex, lies and videotape,

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Tom Berenger Joins Smokin' Aces Prequel

10 February 2009 8:00 AM, PST | From WorstPreviews.com | See recent Worst Previews news

According to Moviehole and Blackfilm, both Tom Berenger (Sniper, Platoon, Major League) and Sofia Vergara (Madea Goes to Jail) are in talks to join the straight-to-dvd "Smokin' Aces" prequel called "Smokin' Aces: Blowback." Berenger is said to be in talks to play the lead in the film, a federal agent sworn to protect a witness under custody from the mass of maniacs and thugs who have either been evoked or commissioned to nail him. One of the bounty hunters is Ak-47, the sister of the Tremors' boys from the original. Vergara spoke about her role: "I start shooting in 2 weeks the prequel to 'Smokin' Aces'. I'm like an assassin. I just got the part yesterday." The rest of the cast includes David Richmond-Peck (2012), Michael Parks (From Dusk Till Dawn), Nestor Carbonell ("Lost") and Tommy Flanagan (Avp). Pj Pesce (Lost Boys: The Tribe) is set to direct the new film, which will get underway in Vancouver.

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Against The Dark (DVD Review)

6 February 2009 1:38 AM, PST | From Fangoria.com | See recent Fangoria news

There's something odd about the recent wave of "vampire" and "zombie" films that claim to be one or the other, while in reality are neither. In Richard Crudo's directorial debut Against The Dark aka the much-discussed "Steven Seagal Vs. Vampires" flick, the creatures found within are said to be "vampires" (per the film's marketing), but really aren't - in a kind of I Am Legend sort of way.

Note: This review does contain Spoilers, so beware if you choose to read on...

The film starts off with a definition of the word "infected" on the screen, complimented by a voice-over explaining that the world has become overrun by some sort of viral plague a la 28 Days Later. We get a curious mix of stock footage likely culled from the Sony Pictures libary that not only spans multiple locations, but also several decades. I have to admit pausing the DVD

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'Candyman' to Direct

13 January 2009 7:32 AM, PST | From ESplatter.com | See recent ESplatter news

Tony Todd (Candyman, Final Destination, Platoon, The Rock) has announced his plans to film his new movie, "Eerrie, Pa." in and around the city of Erie, Pa., in late Spring of 2009. Comedian Lewis Black and Todd will star in the independently produced film which tells the story of two small time bookies in over the heads. Todd is talking to other well known actors for roles in the upcoming film and will be looking for local cast and crew members (in the Erie area) as production draws closer. Greg Ropp, President of the Eerie Horror Film Festival, is acting as the associate producer for the movie, which marks Todd's directorial debut. . . . .

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9 articles from 2009

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