15 items from 2012
21 March 2012 9:28 AM, PDT | Boomtron | See recent Boomtron news »
Alcatraz’s first season finale is gearing up for a big reveal: the man behind the door! Way back in the “Cal Sweeney” episode, Warden James mentioned there being somebody, whom he called a “friend,” living downstairs, below the main floor of the prison. We’ve been wondering who could be living in the bowels of Alcatraz and just what is behind that door all season, and when the finale rolls around next week, we will finally be able to put a face to this mysterious character.
According to TV Guide, Crimson Tide actor Matt Craven has been cast to play this new character on the show. He will be introduced during the finale, “Tommy Madsen,” which will also focus on main character Rebecca Madsen’s criminal grandfather. While the Warden may have called this person his friend, he is definitely weary of him, causing me to believe they may not have the same goals. »
- Brody Gibson
19 March 2012 9:03 AM, PDT | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
Connor Cruise's favourite action movie does not star his father Tom. The 17-year-old aspiring actor - the adopted son of the 49-year-old Hollywood star and his ex-wife Nicole Kidman - admits he would rather watch 'Crimson Tide', about an officer who stages a mutiny against his captain on a submarine starring Denzel Washington, than any other action film. Snubbing some of his father's classic films, including 'Top Gun', 'Mission: Impossible' and 'Minority Report', Connor told TMZ.com 'My favourite action movie? 'Crimson Tide'. It's just a great movie.' Connor - who is also an aspiring DJ - largely stays out of the limelight along with his sister Isabella, but earlier this year both enjoyed a party to celebrate his 17th »
29 February 2012 8:59 AM, PST | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »
After false starts, constant delays, and even having the plug pulled completely at one point, we finally have confirmation from Disney and Jerry Bruckheimer that The Lone Ranger has begun principal photography. Here is the lengthy press release giving details of all cast and crew that will be involved in bringing the fictional western icon and his trusted sidekick Tonto, to the big-screen.
Production has commenced on location in New Mexico, Arizona, Utah and Colorado on Disney and Jerry Bruckheimer Films’ epic adventure “The Lone Ranger.” The film reunites the filmmaking team of the first three “Pirates of the Caribbean” blockbusters—producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Gore Verbinski—with Johnny Depp, who created Captain Jack Sparrow in his iconic, Academy Award®-nominated performance and contributed the voice of the title character of Verbinski’s Academy Award-winning “Rango.”
Depp plays spirit warrior Tonto in “The Lone Ranger,” with Armie Hammer (“The Social Network, »
- Craig Hunter
28 February 2012 6:00 PM, PST | GeekTyrant | See recent GeekTyrant news »
Disney's biggest gamble of 2013, Gore Verbinski's The Lone Ranger, has officially gone into production. There was a point I didn't think this movie would actually happen, but here it is. Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer will lead the pack of actors into the wild west.
The reason I say this movie is a gamble is because Disney is spending $216 million dollars to make the movie, and no Western in the history of cinema has ever made that much money. The highest grossing western of all time is Dances With Wolves, and that only brought in $184 million. I can't believe Disney is pumping this kind of money into a western, because I don't think it's going to make that kind of money back in theaters. Hell, Favreau's Cowboy & Aliens only made a little over $100 million and that mixed both sci-fi and western elements! That should have been a blockbuster, and it wasn't. »
- Venkman
28 February 2012 4:35 PM, PST | Comicmix.com | See recent Comicmix news »
Burbank, Calif. (February 28, 2012) — Production has commenced on location in New Mexico, Arizona, Utah and Colorado on Disney and Jerry Bruckheimer Films’ epic adventure “The Lone Ranger.” The film reunites the filmmaking team of the first three “Pirates of the Caribbean” blockbusters—producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Gore Verbinski—with Johnny Depp, who created Captain Jack Sparrow in his iconic, Academy Award®-nominated performance and contributed the voice of the title character of Verbinski’s Academy Award-winning “Rango.”
Depp plays spirit warrior Tonto in “The Lone Ranger,” with Armie Hammer (“The Social Network,” “J. Edgar”) starring in the title role. Depp and Hammer are joined by a prestigious international cast which includes Tom Wilkinson, two-time Academy Award nominee (“Michael Clayton,” “In the Bedroom”) and Golden Globe® and Emmy® winner (“John Adams”); William Fichtner (Jerry Bruckheimer’s productions of “Armageddon,” “Pearl Harbor” and “Black Hawk Down”); Emmy Award-winner Barry Pepper (TV’s “The Kennedys, »
- Robert Greenberger
28 February 2012 12:08 PM, PST | Fox All Access | See recent Fox All Access news »
Burbank, Calif. (February 28, 2012) — Production has commenced on location in New Mexico, Arizona, Utah and Colorado on Disney and Jerry Bruckheimer Films’ epic adventure “The Lone Ranger.” The film reunites the filmmaking team of the first three “Pirates of the Caribbean” blockbusters—producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Gore Verbinski—with Johnny Depp, who created Captain Jack Sparrow in his iconic, Academy Award®-nominated performance and contributed the voice of the title character of Verbinski’s Academy Award-winning “Rango.”
Depp plays spirit warrior Tonto in “The Lone Ranger,” with Armie Hammer (“The Social Network,” “J. Edgar”) starring in the title role. Depp and Hammer are joined by a prestigious international cast which includes Tom Wilkinson, two-time Academy Award nominee (“Michael Clayton,” “In the Bedroom”) and Golden Globe® and Emmy® winner (“John Adams”); William Fichtner (Jerry Bruckheimer’s productions of “Armageddon,” “Pearl Harbor” and “Black Hawk Down”); Emmy Award-winner Barry Pepper (TV’s “The Kennedys, »
- foxallaccess
28 February 2012 11:32 AM, PST | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
Production has commenced on location in New Mexico, Arizona, Utah and Colorado on Disney and Jerry Bruckheimer Films' epic adventure The Lone Ranger. The film reunites the filmmaking team of the first three Pirates of the Caribbean blockbusters - producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Gore Verbinski - with Johnny Depp, who created Captain Jack Sparrow in his iconic, Academy Award-nominated performance and contributed the voice of the title character of Verbinski's Academy Award-winning Rango.
Depp plays spirit warrior Tonto in The Lone Ranger, with Armie Hammer (The Social Network, J. Edgar) starring in the title role. Depp and Hammer are joined by a prestigious international cast which includes Tom Wilkinson, two-time Academy Award nominee (Michael Clayton, In the Bedroom) and Golden Globe and Emmy winner (John Adams); William Fichtner (Jerry Bruckheimer's productions of Armageddon, Pearl Harbor and Black Hawk Down); Emmy Award-winner Barry Pepper (TV's The Kennedys, True Grit, »
- MovieWeb
28 February 2012 10:26 AM, PST | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »
After a rather bumpy road to get there, we’ve just been informed by Disney that their new joint venture with Jerry Bruckheimer ‘The Lone Ranger’ has gone into production today. The movie is set to be directed by Gore Verbinski and stars Johnny Depp, Armie Hammer, Tom Wilkinson, William Fichtner, Barry Pepper, James Badge Dale and Helena Bonham Carter.
The script is penned by Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio of “Pirates of the Caribbean,” Eric Aronson and Justin Haythe.
More as we get it but the full info is below for your viewing pleasure. Excited to see this one but that’s probably just because it’s a ‘Jerry’ movie. Please let it be better than Prince of Persia and The Sorcerer’s Apprentice!
Official press release below.
Disney And Jerry Bruckheimer Films’ Epic Adventure “The Lone Ranger” Begins Production
Johnny Depp, Armie Hammer and International Cast Star in Thrilling »
- David Sztypuljak
15 February 2012 3:37 PM, PST | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
Tony Scott hasn't set up a new project for himself since his last film, 2010's Unstoppable, became a pretty big worldwide hit, grossing $160 million overall. The director of Top Gun and Crimson Tide has never been shy about constantly talking up the projects he wants to make next, but even with rumors of everything from a Warriors remake to the 24 movie, nothing seems to have solidified. Until now, that is-- maybe. Deadline reports that Scott could finally be settling on Lucky Strike, which would star Vince Vaughn and be distributed by 20th Century Fox. In a change of pace for the Four Christmases star, but right in Scott's wheelhouse, Lucky Strike would be an action thriller about a DEA agent teaming up with a drug runner to take down a presumably even worse drug cartel. Vaughn also recently seemed ready to reunite with Owen Wilson for the raunchy comedy Interns, »
8 February 2012 8:12 AM, PST | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
The best news you've ever read or the Best news you've ever read? Variety reports that buyers at the European Film Market in Berlin are being told that the Universal Pictures co-financed action film "2 Guns" has found the already-attached Mark Wahlberg a co-star: Denzel Washington. While the trade paper stresses that no deals have been completed, let's take a moment to celebrate this amazing maybe-casting coup! Washington and Wahlberg. Together. In an action movie. If they get Liam Neeson in this thing, "2 Guns" -- a thriller about DEA agent and a Naval Intelligence officer investigating each other in ways that sounds reminiscent of "The Departed" -- would likely be the greatest movie ever produced. (Sorry, "Citizen Kane"!)
While you wait for baited breath to see if this version of "2 Guns" actually shoots (oof!), why not help Moviefone decide where Wahlberg would fit in on Washington's extensive list of co-stars. Below, »
- Christopher Rosen
8 February 2012 8:09 AM, PST | Moviefone | See recent Moviefone news »
The best news you've ever read or the Best news you've ever read? Variety reports that buyers at the European Film Market in Berlin are being told that the Universal Pictures co-financed action film "2 Guns" has found the already-attached Mark Wahlberg a co-star: Denzel Washington. While the trade paper stresses that no deals have been completed, let's take a moment to celebrate this amazing maybe-casting coup! Washington and Wahlberg. Together. In an action movie. If they get Liam Neeson in this thing, "2 Guns" -- a thriller about DEA agent and a Naval Intelligence officer investigating each other in ways that sounds reminiscent of "The Departed" -- would likely be the greatest movie ever produced. (Sorry, "Citizen Kane"!) While you wait for baited breath to see if this version of "2 Guns" actually shoots (oof!), why not help Moviefone decide where Wahlberg would fit in on Washington's extensive list of co-stars. Below, »
- Christopher Rosen
11 January 2012 5:33 AM, PST | Pop2it | See recent Pop2it news »
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"Red Tails" is a new movie from George Lucas that stars Cuba Gooding Jr. and Terrence Howard as part of the Tuskegee Airmen, a group of black pilots that fought in World War II, when the United States' armed forces were still segregated. It is directed by Anthony Hemingway, with Lucas as executive producer and writer.
On Monday night's (Jan. 9) "Daily Show," Lucas talked about how hard it was to get funding for a movie with primarily an all-black cast. He half-jokes with host Jon Stewart, "This has been held up for release... from 1942 when it was shot, I've been trying to get released ever since ... I showed it to all of [the studios] and they said, 'No, we don't know how to market a movie like this' .... It's because it's an all-black movie. »
- editorial@zap2it.com
10 January 2012 5:46 AM, PST | Pop2it | See recent Pop2it news »
Monday night (Jan. 9), the Alabama Crimson Tide defeated the Lsu Tigers to win the 2012 Bcs Championship title. And nobody outside of Tuscaloosa really cares that much. Which is kind of fitting, since the 2011 season was rife with controversy, violations and the horrendous sexual molestation scandal at Penn State.
The championship game was a field-goal-kicking contest for Alabama, with just one touchdown being scored late in the game. With a missed extra point. We are incredibly curious to get the fast national ratings for this one. We can't imagine they are very strong.
It was the first Bcs title game that paired two teams from the same conference, which had a lot of writers, commentators and fans up in arms, since the teams had already played each other on November, where Lsu won 9-6. So we guess since Alabama won this time around, it was the right call?
Though the Oklahoma »
- editorial@zap2it.com
8 January 2012 6:15 PM, PST | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
It’s the calm before the storm in entertainment-land this week, as awards season gears up and TV premieres start rolling out. But never fear, PopWatch Planner is here with a roundup of worthwhile entertainment for your week ahead.
Sunday
Downton Abbey, PBS, 9 p.m.
Absolutely Fabulous, BBC America, 10 p.m.
It’s a double dose of Britain tonight with the season 2 premiere of Downton Abbey on PBS and the 20th anniversary special of Absolutely Fabulous on BBC America. My DVR is in overload mode and I’m making tea and crumpets (and maybe a martini a la Patsy) as we speak. »
- Laura Hertzfeld
2 January 2012 9:47 AM, PST | Aol TV. | See recent Aol TV. news »
So it is now time to embark on the final chapter in my mindless quest to compare Friday Night Lights plot lines to bowl games.
If you missed my first two posts in the series, you can read them here and here.
Before I jump into the comparisons, we need to get in the mood to discuss Friday Night Lights. That is, sappy, reflective and on the verge of tears.
So here you go:
The Rose Bowl Game Presented By Vizio, January 2nd, 5:00 Pm, Espn
Oregon vs. Wisconsin
By all indications, this should be one of the best games of the entire bowl season, if only because the Friday Night Lights tie-ins are just off the charts. Wisconsin has a tough, explosive offense that's led by an extremely talented dual-threat quarterback named Russell Wilson who transferred into the school this season from out of state. Hmmm..."an extremely talented »
- Dan Treadway
15 items from 2012
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