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Ron Howard's Rush Featurette, with Chris Hemsworth
28 May 2012 6:57 PM, PDT | WorstPreviews.com | See recent Worst Previews news »
Today we have a featurette about the making of Ron Howard's new film, called "Rush," that stars Chris Hemsworth (Thor) as Formula 1 racer James Hunt and Daniel Bruhl (Inglourious Basterds) as Niki Lauda. Check out the video below. Plot: A biography of Formula 1 champion driver Niki Lauda and the 1976 crash that almost claimed his life. Mere weeks after the accident, he got behind the wheel to challenge his rival, James Hunt. Howard is the man behind such films as "The Da Vinci Code," "Cinderella Man," "A Beautiful Mind," "Ransom," "Apollo 13," "Far and Away," "Cocoon" and "Splash." The script is by Peter Morgan (The Last King of Scotland, The Queen, Frost/Nixon). Video: »
‘Hysteria’ could use more focus, but manages to entertain nevertheless
20 May 2012 9:41 PM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
Directed by Tanya Wexler
Written by Stephen Dyer and Jonah Lisa Dyer
England, 2011
People love historical pieces, especially those which directly or sometimes indirectly relate to a major events in which shape the story of mankind. Films about the word wars, films about Margaret Thatcher, films about the waring states in ancient China, a film about Apollo 13, a movie about Facebook (and they said it would never work!)…It is continuously fascinating to see, in as compelling a medium as film, what has been and how said events or people influenced the course of history. There are, however, incidents and epiphanies which on the surface appear trivial but in truth exercised impressive reverberations on the course of human behaviour. Take, for instance the inimitable vibrator, the single highest selling sex toy ever. Sex in of itself sells incredibly well, hence when once speaks of the vibrator, one is »
- Edgar Chaput
Dodgy Teaser For Phantom With Harris And Duchovny
14 May 2012 2:24 AM, PDT | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »
Here is the first teaser trailer for Phantom, the new thriller starring Ed Harris, David Duchovny and William Fichtner.
It’s a Hunt For The Red October (1990) style submarine based jaunt which… seems a bit dodgy. Maybe the film is yet to be finished (often the case with sizzle reels and teasers) and if so, then this could seem out of line. But you may notice that it’s all close ups and precious few effects shots or wide angles. This is often a trick utilised when film makers don’t have much in the way of sets, so we get lots of close ups with actors talking about intense situations, maybe a gunshot or two and a small scuffle. This exact thing happened in Megashark Vs Giant Octopus. Just sayin.’
On the plus side, it has a solid cast. Harris (The Rock, Apollo 13) and Duchovny (Californication, The X Files) are always watchable, »
- John Sharp
Universal Celebrates Studio's 100th Anniversary With New Orlando Show, Parade
9 May 2012 12:20 PM, PDT | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »
Orlando, Florida -- This is the year to be at Universal Orlando. The Florida theme park is honoring Universal Studios' 100th anniversary by rolling out their biggest year of new attractions and events, and yesterday they debuted their new nighttime show and parade at a special premiere gathering.
MTV News was on hand at the event, and caught up with some of the main people behind making the new shows happen. Mike Aiello was the director behind Universal's new nighttime presentation, Universal's Cinematic Spectacular: 100 Years of Movie Memories. The 18-minute-long show takes place on the Universal Studios park's lagoon and uses cutting-edge fountain and Syncrolite technologies to project 200 movies from Universal's 100 years onto water screens located in the middle of the lagoon.
"It was really all about trying to capture what you feel when you're sitting in a theater watching a movie. How you would get immersed in that film. »
- Terri Schwartz
Canon Project Imagin8ion With Ron Howard
8 May 2012 3:06 AM, PDT | Obsessed with Film | See recent Obsessed with Film news »
Canon teamed with up film director Ron Howard (A Beautiful Mind, Apollo 13, Frost/Nixon) to launch Project Imagin8ion, a photo content designed to inspire a Hollywood short film. Howard choose 8 photos with which to set the stage for the production of “When You Find Me.”.
Project Imagin8ion is now continuing. After Canon invited users to inspire the screenplay, they are now welcoming people to let the screenplay inspire you.
Ron Howard is asking you to interpret 8 short script excerpts with your photographs.
Check out this short video describing the project and how Canon helped turned users photos into Ron Howard’s film.
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- Peter Willis
Top 10 Actors Turned Film Directors
2 May 2012 2:58 AM, PDT | Obsessed with Film | See recent Obsessed with Film news »
It’s surprising just how many actors have tried their hands at directing. Most make one or two pet projects and than slink back to the day job (Ahem, Tom Hanks’ Larry Crowne… I say no more!), whilst others carve out an interesting second career behind the camera.
Below is what I feel are the top 10 actors turned directors….
10. Paddy Considine
Films: Tyrannosaur.
It might be risky starting this list with a director with only one feature film under his belt, but when that film is 2011’s Tyrannosaur, it is entirely justified. Building on his superb Bafta award winning short film Dog Altogether, Tyrannosaur is an incredibly emotional watch. Considine lets his camera stand back and devotes the film to his cast, which includes Peter Mullen in a career best turn and revelation Olivia Coleman.
What’s next: Nothing on the radar just yet, but hopefully we wont have to wait to long! »
- Will Pond
'30 Rock': Discuss the series' second live show!
26 April 2012 10:27 PM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
“Live television? Who cares?” Kenneth cares! And so do I. Tina Fey & Co. totally delivered on their second installment of the 30 Rock live show, and it featured special guests galore: Amy Poehler, Jon Hamm, Jimmy Fallon, Donald Glover, Fred Armisen, and even Sir Paul McCartney. You know, because anything can happen on live TV! But on to the plot: In ”Live From Studio 6H” Jack broke the news to Liz that it was no longer financially practical to continue shooting Tgs live. Instead, they’d shoot the entire season of the show in two weeks. You know, like Wheel of Fortune or Fox News. »
- Breia Brissey
2012 ‘Produced By’ Confab Slate Unveiled
26 April 2012 3:19 PM, PDT | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
The fourth annual Produced By Conference runs June 8-10 on the Sony lot in Culver City and last month set its speakers for the event sponsored by the Producers Guild in association with the International CES. The workshops and panels confirmed today include producer-centric topics from new media and global finance to distribution, marketing and brand identity. Here’s the program: Passion Projects: Making Films Everyone Says Will Never Get Made Brian Grazer (A Beautiful Mind, Apollo 13, American Gangster) and Peter Berg (Battleship, Hancock, Friday Night Lights) discuss how a producer convinces a studio – and ultimately, an audience – to take a risk on an unconventional or challenging story, and how to stake out your own creative ground between “tentpole” productions. TV’S “Mega Producers”: Storytelling Across Multiple Series And Networks Shonda Rhimes (“Grey’s Anatomy,” “Private Practice,” “Scandal”), SallyAnn Salsano (“Jersey Shore,” “Repo Games,” “Nail Files”) and Bill Lawrence (“Cougar Town, »
- THE DEADLINE TEAM
TV highlights 10/04/2012
9 April 2012 4:05 PM, PDT | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
Rory McGrath's Pub Dig | The Syndicate | Horizon: Defeating Cancer | Prison, My Family And Me | Mad Men
Rory McGrath's Pub Dig
8pm, Channel 5
McGrath and his biker-archaeologist sidekick Paul Blinkhorn head for Ye Olde Smugglers Inne in Alfriston, East Sussex. It is, as the name suggests, a boozer associated with contraband. Cue much excitement at the possibility of finding tunnels and escape routes for evading customs officers. The reality, at least when the team digs beneath 20th-century concrete in the beer garden, is Victorian-era oyster shells and old pottery. However, further investigation turns up evidence of activity at the site since before Stonehenge was built. Jonathan Wright
The Syndicate
9pm, BBC1
Denise is determined to improve herself to win Dave back and decides radical cosmetic surgery is the only way. Meanwhile the police continue to investigate the robbery as Stuart and Jamie sweat it out, Leanne receives a devastating letter, »
- Jonathan Wright, Julia Raeside, Ben Arnold, David Stubbs, Gwilym Mumford, Phelim O'Neill
Exclusive: Twitch talks with renowned stuntman and ActionFest honoree Mickey Gilbert
9 April 2012 10:00 AM, PDT | Twitch | See recent Twitch news »
Mickey Gilbert is a tough sonofabitch, a direct line to the glory days action cinema. His credits go back over 50 years, from his his uncredited roles in Ben Hur and Butch Cassidy to 2nd unit and stunt coordination on giant shows like Waterworld and Apollo 13. Over the years he's been the stunt double for the likes of Robert Redford, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, Lee Majors, Billy Crystal and Gene Wilder in Stir Crazy (!). Mickey will be receiving recognition at this year's ActionFest in Asheville, North Carolina for his body of work. Looking over his list of films, the diversity of what he has accomplished is pretty astounding. With almost a hundred films under his belt, we could have talked for hours »
Olivia Wilde’S Happy For Wide Variety Of Roles
6 April 2012 3:00 PM, PDT | Fox All Access | See recent Fox All Access news »
Olivia Wilde, is currently filming Rush, a Ron Howard (Apollo 13) directed project based on the true story of Formula 1 race car driver Niki Lauda. The actress, whose previous film credits include In Time and Tron: Legacy, is also returning as Dr. ‘Thirteen’ Hadley for House’s series finale. Ever so humble, Wilde is thankful for not being pigeonholed by Hollywood and getting the chance to inhabit a wide variety of roles.. (Click on the audio player to hear Olivia Wilde) Olivia Wilde
Catch Olivia Wilde when she returns for the House Series finale May 21, on Fox
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'Community' - 'Pillows and Blankets': Civil war stories
5 April 2012 5:30 PM, PDT | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »
A review of tonight's "Community" coming up just as soon as I buy a thumb icon at the app store... The best "Community" parody episodes tend to remember that they're an episode of "Community" first and a parody of something second. One of the reasons the space bus episode last season didn't quite click is that there ultimately wasn't a strong character story for anyone amid all the references to "Apollo 13," Colonel Sanders, etc. "Pillows and Blankets" is a note-perfect spoof of Ken Burns' documentary style in general, and his "Civil War" in particular, as it applies his lyrical approach »
- Alan Sepinwall
Win Big Love: Season 4 on DVD
5 April 2012 3:26 PM, PDT | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »
To mark the release of Big Love: Season 4 on DVD April 16th, HBO Home Entertainment have given us two copies of the show to give away.
Big Love: The Complete Fourth Season features an all star cast including Bill Paxton (Titanic, Apollo 13), Jeanne Tripplehorn (Basic Instinct, The Firm), Chloe Sevigny (Boys Don’t Cry, American Psycho) and Gennifer Goodwin (Walk The Line, He’s Just Not That Into You), Amanda Seyfried (Mamma Mia, Letters To Juliet) and Douglas Smith (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Flashpoint).
From executive producer Gary Goetzman, Big Love tells the story of Bill Henrickson (Paxton), a polygamist who lives in suburban Salt Lake City, balancing the needs of his three wives (Tripplehorn, Sevigny and Goodwin), eight children, three houses and expanding businesses.
This season presents Bill with two challenges – his campaign for public office and his growing rift with his eldest son, Ben (Smith »
- Competitons
Cameras Will Roll On Arie Posin.s Look Of Love Starring Annette Bening, Ed Harris, And Robin Williams
5 April 2012 12:12 PM, PDT | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »
Academy Award-nominated actors Annette Bening and Ed Harris, and Academy Award-winner Robin Williams will be joined by Amy Brenneman and Jess Weixler in Arie Posin.s romantic drama Look Of Love. Posin is directing the project that he co-wrote with scribe Matthew McDuffie. Mockingbird Pictures. Julie Lynn and Bonnie Curtis are producers. Principal photography begins shooting in Los Angeles on April 9.
The majority of financing for the project was found in Dallas, Texas, where Curtis and Lynn previously sourced funds for the critically acclaimed Albert Nobbs, which earned three Academy Award nominations this past season including Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for Glenn Close.
Look Of Love is the story of a widow named Nikki (Bening) who, several years after the loss of her husband Garrett, meets a man named Tom (Harris) who looks exactly like her deceased spouse. Suddenly, a flood of old feelings rush »
- Michelle McCue
'Laverne & Shirley's' Cindy Williams: Ron Howard, Penny Marshall were destined to direct
28 March 2012 3:10 PM, PDT | Pop2it | See recent Pop2it news »
Cindy Williams didn't doubt two of her best-known co-stars would become well-known filmmakers.
The actress played Ron Howard's girlfriend in the 1973 movie classic "American Graffiti," then worked with him again on the ABC sitcom "Happy Days" ... which yielded the hugely successful spinoff "Laverne & Shirley," teaming Williams with Penny Marshall. Still good friends, the women will reunite when their enduringly popular show gets the Fan Favorite honor at the TV Land Awards, to be televised by the nostalgia-driven network Sunday, April 29.
"Ron kept jumping out of the car during 'American Graffiti' and talking to Haskell Wexler, the cinematographer," Williams recalls to Zap2it about making the George Lucas-directed ode to teen life circa 1962. "He'd get back in the car -- we had no dressing rooms, so we'd sit in the car between takes -- and I'd ask him, 'What are you doing?' And he'd say, 'I'm »
- editorial@zap2it.com
10 Great Films Kids Should Watch, But Probably Won’t
27 March 2012 3:12 AM, PDT | Obsessed with Film | See recent Obsessed with Film news »
I recently re-watched Contagion, and i had a flashback to my original viewing of it… Many months ago I trekked to the local cinema with the wife for the perfect date movie – Steven Soderbergh’s Contagion. Sitting there in the ambient darkness, waves of trailers washing over me, something suddenly caught my eye. A family of two adults, and two young children, were making their way down the stairway and corralling themselves four seats in the lower corner of the room. Were they in the wrong screening? Lion King 3D was playing next door, maybe they’d gotten lost. Should I tell them? It would be irresponsible of me not to, right? No one (and I mean No One) wants to miss the opening of Lion King. A plethora of exotic wildlife painstakingly animated as they make a pilgrimage across the Serengeti to the banal sounds of Elton John’s »
- Brad Williams
Jameson Empire Awards 2012 – Post Award Interviews
25 March 2012 7:51 PM, PDT | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »
Here’s the last post of the night meaning I can then go to sleep and it’s the post award interviews. After each award was given out (full list here), the winner and the person presenting came into the press room where we got to chat with many of the people that we missed on the carpet including Hayley Atwell, Michael Fassbender, Ron Howard Gary Oldman and the chaps from The Inbetweeners.
If you missed our red carpets interviews, you can have a watch of all of them here.
Below are all those interviews which again I’ll add descriptions to in the morning but since it’s so late, I’ll let you know that they’re all awesome and that you should watch them all!
Actress and Model Agyness Deyn (Pusher)
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Actor / Comedian Chris O’Dowd (Bridesmaids, The It Crowd) Part 2
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- David Sztypuljak
PGA’s ‘Produced By’ Confab Sets Speakers
21 March 2012 9:45 AM, PDT | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
The 2012 Produced By Conference, organized by the Producers Guild and new presenting sponsor the International CES, will feature more than 25 conference sessions, panel discussions, mentoring roundtables, networking opportunities, social events and workshops for the film, TV and digital industries. It’s set for June 8-10 on the Sony lot in Culver City. Here’s the initial lineup of participants announced today, with a notable boost in digital participants for the event’s fourth year: Andrew Adashek (Television Creative Partnerships, Twitter) Anthony Batt (President, Katalyst) Michael Burns (Vice Chairman, Lionsgate) Ceán Chaffin (The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, The Social Network, Fight Club) Debra Martin Chase (Just Wright, The Sisterhood Of The Travelling Pants 2, The Preacher’S Wife) Mark Cuban (Owner, HDNet) Allen DeBevoise (Chairman and CEO, Machinima) Michael De Luca (Moneyball, The Social Network, 21) Bob Dibetteto (President and General Manager, A&E Network and Bio Channel) Lorenzo Di Bonaventura (Transformers films, »
- THE DEADLINE TEAM
Curious Fit at Number Two, but Otherwise Excellent
20 March 2012 10:53 AM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
This was created by Evan Seitz who last animated the ABCs of Cinema which you can watch right here. This time he tackles the metric system offering up "123Films" featuring 13 pieces of cinema represented by a short animation and sound bite. It's far easier than the ABCs edition, and I don't really why the choice for number two considering the title isn't strictly a two. Kill Bill: Volume Two or Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers probably would have worked a bit better. And you could argue the imagery for number seven doesn't exactly fit with the conclusion of the film, but visually I understand what he was going for. Otherwise it's a fun little video. Can you guess all 13? If not I have included the answers on the second page so as not to spoil anything... that is if I got them all right. The 123s of »
- Brad Brevet
DVD Release: Afghan Luke
14 March 2012 12:35 PM, PDT | Disc Dish | See recent Disc Dish news »
DVD Release Date: May 15, 2012
Price: DVD $24.98
Studio: Screen Media
Nick Stahl (l.) and company make their away across the plains of Afghanistan in Afghan Luke.
Nick Stahl (Meskada) stars as a wartime journalist trying to do his job on the battle-torn plains of Afghanistan in the 2011 drama Afghan Luke.
After his expose on a government cover-up in Afghanistan is buried by his editors, a battlefield journalist Luke Benning returns to the scene of the war with his opium-fueled best friend in search of the truth. They embark on a perilous mission that includes gun fights, parties with soldiers, and getting kidnapped – all on the way to discovering that the country is more dangerous than ever.
Directed by Mike Clattenburg and co-starring Ali Liebert (Apollo 13), comic Lewis Black (TV’s The Daily Show) and Steve Cochrane, Afghan Luke is a Canadian production that made its North American premiere at the Toronto Film Festival. »
- Laurence
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