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New Japanese Tekken Movie Poster
24 December 2009 2:15 AM, PST | Reelzchannel.com | See recent ReelzChannel news »
A new poster, mostly in Japanese, for Dwight H. Little's (Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid) Tekken adaptation has appeared on the movie's official site. Based on the popular Namco video game franchise of the same name, Tekken was written for the screen by Alan McElroy (The Marine) and features fight choreography by Dion Lam (Spider-Man 2).
In the movie's post-apocalyptic, near-future world, corporations are in control of the few remaining population centers. One of the most powerful corporations, Tekken, sponsors the Iron Fist Tournament as a way of appeasing and controlling the populace. Jin Kazama (played by Jon Foo), a noble street fighter, enters the Iron Fist Tournament so that he can get close to the chairman of the Tekken corporation, Heihachi Mishima (Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa), who he blames for the death of his mother.
Next Showing: Tekken is slated for a 2010 release
Link | Posted 12/24/2009 by BrentJS
Dion Lam »
- BrentJS Sprecher
The Notable Films of 2010: Part Five
23 December 2009 10:10 AM, PST | Dark Horizons | See recent Dark Horizons news »
Opens: 2010
Cast: Cillian Murphy, Sienna Miller, Max Minghella, Emma Booth, Lee Ingleby
Director: Beeban Kidron
Summary: Follows the love story of Oz editor Richard Neville and Louise Ferrier. Neville and his cohorts launch the London edition of Oz amidst the 1960s counterculture and are subsequently put on trial for distributing a sexually explicit issue.
Analysis: One of the most troubled productions in Working Title's history, 'Hippie' began development back in 1998 but failed to get beyond script stage both in 1999 and in 2002 when "Elizabeth" helmer Shekhar Kapur was attached to direct. Filming finally got underway late 2007 with director Beeban Kidron in charge and shooting seemed to proceed without issue aside from feminist author Germaine Greer being vehemently unhappy about being depicted on film.
Actually the film scored quite a bit of free press for a skinny dipping scene where full-frontal shots of actress Sienna Miller shooting the sequence »
- Garth Franklin
Avatar Box Office: Record-Breaking Monday
22 December 2009 2:34 PM, PST | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Zoe Saldana in Avatar (Weta / 20th Century Fox) Avatar has broken another record. James Cameron’s futuristic fantasy earned another $16.4 million at the domestic box office on Monday, bringing its total to $93.4 million after just four days in release. It’s the biggest Monday take in December ever (not adjusted for inflation or 3D/IMAX ticket-price premiums). Does that mean Avatar will have the sturdy legs of a soccer player? Not necessarily. Spider-Man 2, which made nearly twice as much — $27.6m — as Avatar on a Monday in July, went on to gross $373.4 at the Us/Canada box office. That’s not bad at all, but it’s probably not good enough for the costlier Avatar. Also, Pearl Harbor, considered a disappointment [...] »
- Michelle Hutton
Japanese Poster for Tekken
21 December 2009 10:13 AM, PST | Twitch | See recent Twitch news »
As of late, there hasn't been any word yet on the distribution plans for the live action adaptation of the popular fighting video game Tekken in North America. Meanwhile in Japan, the marketing campaign has started to set in motion with the arrival of the teaser poster at the Japanese official site featuring Wushu martial artist Jon Foo (Tom-Yum-Goong) as Jin Kazama on the front. Kudos goes to costumes designer/make-up department for getting the likeness right.
Based on the long running and highly successful Namco video game franchise of the same name, Tekken is a high-octane, action packed thriller written for the screen by Alan McElroy (Spawn, The Marine) and to be directed by Dwight Little (Anacondas, Murder at 1600) with fight choreography tentatively by Dion Lam (Spider-Man 2, Doom, Red Cliff).
Set in 2039, the film promises non-stop high flying action as the greatest fighters from around the world »
No Venom in Topher Grace's Future
21 December 2009 3:00 AM, PST | Reelzchannel.com | See recent ReelzChannel news »
It was revealed in October that plans for a Venom movie spinning off of the Marvel Comics villain featured in Spider-Man 3 were moving forward, with Spider-Man 4 screenwriter Gary Ross doing rewrites and possibly directing the picture. Apparently, the spin-off will not involve the only actor to ever portray the popular comic book villain on the big screen, Topher Grace.
In a recent interview with MovieWeb, Grace seemed unsure of how to answer questions about the Venom movie. When asked if he was interested in returning to the role (even though his character apparently died at the end of Spider-Man 3), Grace said, "You know, I guess." He went on to say that he hadn't "heard anything" from Sony about the project. When asked to clarify whether or not he had any current plans to appear in a Venom spin-off, Grace conceded, "No, I don't think so."
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- BrentJS Sprecher
Top 7 Movies of the Decade (another opinion)
19 December 2009 5:09 PM, PST | The Scorecard Review | See recent Scorecard Review news »
We start the Top 7. You finish the Top 10.
I have always struggled with the notion that perhaps movies, as a whole, are getting worse. As anyone who has seen what’s been playing for the past ten years will notice, there’s plenty of evidence to indicate that the brightness from the moving pictures is getting darker. Screenwriters and directors are sticking to formulas when hesitant to experiment with their creative juices, and at the same time, big studios are playing it safe by adapting anything in sight. But while many movies crowd up the marquee like a group of regular students with satisfying GPAs, cinema has still been able to continue thanks to true poindexters of the art, those who craft experiences so fulfilling and basically perfect that the deconstruction of “the movies” seems to still be a myth. With films like Talk to Her, Superbad, and There Will Be Blood, »
- Nick Allen
Best of the Decade #10: The Dark Knight (2008)
16 December 2009 7:20 AM, PST | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »
Some people are going to love this choice, and others are going to hate it, while a smug few will simply roll their eyes and call it predictable, but as far as I'm concerned, The Dark Knight is a necessary inclusion on any Best of Decade list. Jay already talked about the ubiquity of comic book movies over the past ten years in his Spider-Man 2 write-up [1], and yet this is so much more than just another blockbuster superhero flick. The performances, the writing and the direction all treat the material like a top notch crime drama that is both deep and gripping. It just so happens that the two main characters also dress up like a bat and a clown. The death of Heath Ledger certainly played a role in making this movie appear larger than life, and created a compelling real-life narrative outside of the film that the »
- Sean
More Prince of Persia Action in New Featurette
15 December 2009 8:27 PM, PST | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
The Prince of Persia franchise is making a major splash in recent weeks in both the film and video game industries. With the first full official trailer for the Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (the film) releasing at the top of November surrounded by rumors of a tie-in game by Ubisoft, the company that revitalized the franchise in 2003 with the game the movie is based on.
A few weeks later, the new Prince of Persia video game was (officially) announced unsurprisingly, although not a direct tie-in with the film (a good thing), it’s a sequel to the original Sands of Time game and universe, titled The Forgotten Sands with its lead character looking much more like Gyllenhaal’s on-screen version.
The first footage for the The Forgotten Sands game and a clip from the film were premiered at the Spike Video Game Awards this weekend by the Prince himself, »
- Rob Keyes
Decade in Review: 2004 Top Ten
14 December 2009 6:56 PM, PST | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
Moving on to 2004. What follows is my original top ten list, based on films released in NYC in 2004. If I have anything new to say that'll be in red after the original text.
Top Ten Runners Up (in descending order): Aviator, Hero, House of Flying Daggers, Mean Girls, Maria Full of Grace, The Five Obstructions, Collateral, Goodbye Lenin!, Birth and Closer Yes, I'm absolutely horrified by the rankings now. Nothing about that ranking feels right now. I am most ashamed that Birth was only at number [cough] 19 in its year. In my self-flattering memory I "almost" put it in the top ten despite the then brutal reviews. I was ahead of my time! Oh well... at least I did actually name it the #1 most underappreciated film of the year. At the time I said...
Jonathan Glazer made a significant splash four years ago when his brilliantly acted heist film Sexy Beast »
- NATHANIEL R
Disney Is "Just Fine" with Leaving Spider-Man Franchise at Sony
12 December 2009 1:33 AM, PST | Reelzchannel.com | See recent ReelzChannel news »
Appearing on the final day of the 37th annual Ubs Global Media & Communications Conference, Disney Co. president and CEO Bob Iger confidently defended Disney's recent acquisitions of Pixar and Marvel. While he admitted that the movie business "is more challenging" than it has been "in a long time," Iger cited Jon Favreau's success with the little-known character of Iron Man as an example of one of the "potential surprises" awaiting Disney in Marvel's huge collection of characters.
Iger said that Disney will be able to test market the appeal of characters through its Disney Xd channel before committing vast amounts of money to the development of its next potential franchise. Iger also said that Disney is "just fine" with allowing Sony to keep the rights to produce Spider-Man movies, even though the character is Marvel's premiere superhero, citing Marvel's right to handle the licensing of the films.
- BrentJS Sprecher
Donna Murphy Joins "Rapunzel" Cast
9 December 2009 11:24 PM, PST | Dark Horizons | See recent Dark Horizons news »
Donna Murphy ("Spider-Man 2," "Star Trek: Insurrection") has joined the voice cast of Disney's 3D animated musical comedy "Rapunzel" says The Hollywood Reporter.
The story reimagines the Grimm fairy tale and centers on Rapunzel (Mandy Moore), who is kidnapped from her parents' castle as child and locked in a hidden tower before escaping with the help of a bandit (Zachary Levi).
Murphy will voice Mother Gothel, the witch who keeps Rapunzel prisoner in a tower that had no doors or stairs.
Byron Howard and Nathan Greno ("Bolt") are directing while Alan Menken is handling the film's music. »
- Garth Franklin
Donna Murphy Joins "Rapunzel" Cast
9 December 2009 11:24 PM, PST | Dark Horizons | See recent Dark Horizons news »
Donna Murphy ("Spider-Man 2," "Star Trek: Insurrection") has joined the voice cast of Disney's 3D animated musical comedy "Rapunzel" says The Hollywood Reporter.
The story reimagines the Grimm fairy tale and centers on Rapunzel (Mandy Moore), who is kidnapped from her parents' castle as child and locked in a hidden tower before escaping with the help of a bandit (Zachary Levi).
Murphy will voice Mother Gothel, the witch who keeps Rapunzel prisoner in a tower that had no doors or stairs.
Byron Howard and Nathan Greno ("Bolt") are directing while Alan Menken is handling the film's music. »
- Garth Franklin
Donna Murphy Joins Rapunzel
9 December 2009 9:27 PM, PST | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »
Donna Murphy - who some of you may remember from her role as Doc Ock's wife in Spider-Man 2 - has joined the cast of Disney's CG animated Rapunzel. Murphy will be channelling her evil side for the role of Mother Gothel, the nasty witch who keeps the long-haired Rapunzel (voiced by Mandy Moore) locked away in a tower without doors or stairs until the girl escapes with the help of a bandit (Zachary Levi). Bolt's Byron Howard and Nathan Greno, who took over the project when it stalled under Glen Keane, are busy working to get it ready for a release late next year. »
The Best Action Flicks of the '00s
9 December 2009 7:32 PM, PST | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
Cinematical is about to launch into our best-of-the-'00s series, with a different writer tackling a different genre over these last few weeks of the aughts (or whatever it was we decided to call this decade). Yours truly has been tasked with sifting out the most exciting action flicks these years have had to offer, and in the list-making equivalent of flinching, I've decided to divide them up by superlative instead of ranking them in order of awesomeness.
Oh, and before you comment away about what's missing (which we do want), I have left off The Dark Knight, Spider-Man 2, X2: X-Men United and The Incredibles, so they may be included in any superhero or animated list to come. If those movies are left off those lists, then by all means, give them hell. I might even join you.
Filed under: Action, Foreign Language, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Thrillers, Disney, Lionsgate Films, »
- William Goss
'The Sorcerer's Apprentice' Movie Trailer
9 December 2009 7:32 AM, PST | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
The first trailer for Disney's The Sorcerer's Apprentice is here, and if you were hoping for a faithful adaptation of the Mickey Mouse segment from Fantasia, you're somewhat in luck! As I watched the video over at Apple.com (also see it after the jump) I waited and waited and waited for some recognizable shot that would connect it to its source. And then, there it was: a scene in which Jay Baruchel, in the Mickey role, is dealing with a flooded laboratory and a (hopefully possessed) mop. It may be a short sequence just to appease us sticklers, but I'm thankful for it, nonetheless.
Otherwise, the trailer is a repetitive and confusing mess, and it doesn't help me understand what this thing is about in the least. All I know is The Sorcerer's Apprentice will feature a whole bunch of CG and way too many shots of the Chrysler Building, »
- Christopher Campbell
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice Teaser Trailer is Magical
9 December 2009 6:45 AM, PST | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
Disney has released the first official trailer for next summer’s magically epic adaptation of The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, a role Mickey Mouse played the part of back in the 1940 animated movie, Fantasia. The Sorcerer’s Apprentice is most commonly associated with Disney and Mickey but the story actually comes from the 18th century German poem Der Zauberlehrling written by Goethe.
Where the Fantasia scene stuck pretty close to the source material, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice seems to stray from it -- though that doesn’t mean this won’t still be a fun summer flick. Here is the official description of The Sorcerer’s Apprentice as per Disney:
“Walt Disney Studios, producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Jon Turteltaub, the creators of the National Treasure franchise, present The Sorcerer’S Apprentice — an innovative and epic comedy adventure about a sorcerer and his hapless apprentice who are swept into the center »
- Paul Young
The Best Films of the Decade (aka "The Naughties")
8 December 2009 10:25 PM, PST | The Hollywood Interview | See recent The Hollywood Interview news »
Best Films Of The Decade (aka The Naughties) From Alex & Terry
List # 1
By Alex Simon
When Terry and I initially discussed writing these lists, I had a tough time thinking back on 20 films over the past decade which I was really taken with, thinking that movies have sunk so low over the past ten years, that even choosing a dozen would be a short-order job. Thirty minutes into it, my list had nearly 60 titles! After much cutting, pasting, and re-cutting and pasting, here are my top 20 films (in no particular order) of the first decade of the 21st century, dubbed by many as “the naughties.” --A.S.
1.No Country for Old Men (Coen Brothers, 2007) An elegiac blend of stark beauty and full-throttle despair from two of our finest filmmakers, set in the contemporary American West. Every frame is damn near flawless, and would have been an even more perfect vehicle for the late Sam Peckinpah. »
- The Hollywood Interview.com
John Malkovich as the Vulture in Spider-man 4? Anne Hathaway Not as Black Cat But as New Character “The Vulturess”?
8 December 2009 11:42 AM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Movieline is reporting that John Malkovich will play the Vulture in Spider-Man 4 and that Anne Hathway-who had previously been connected to the role Black Cat-would play an entirely new character called “The Vulturess”. No one should have to deal with this kind of batshit insanity when they first turn on their computer.
For those not up on their Spidey lore, the Vulture is an old man who flies with razor sharp wings and employs a harness that gives him super-strength. /Film says that “all information is pointing to the Vulture (aka Adrien Toomes) taking over the Bugle,” but I haven’t seen that information and /Film provides no source for that speculation at this time. As for Black Cat (aka Felicia Hardy), she is an anti-hero who is a cat-burglar but also frequent Spidey ally and love interest who doesn’t know his true identity. But Movieline says »
- Matt Goldberg
Decade in Review: 2003 Top Ten
8 December 2009 6:30 AM, PST | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
As you may have noticed, I will not be done with my Decade in Review until sometime into the new year. Hopefully we'll wrap up shortly after the Oscars; You know how distractingly all-consuming the Oscars can be! I hope you'll stay with it even though the rest of the media will move on any second now. They're always in such a rush. No stopping and smelling of the flowers. I've still got to update that "Actors of the Aughts" project for final compilation/statement. For now, let's move on to 2003. What follows is my original top ten list, based on films released in NYC in 2003. If I have anything new to say that'll be in red after the original text.
Special Mentions: The Cremaster Cycle and Angels in America
Most Underappreciated: Hulk (Ang Lee), In the Cut (Jane Campion), Anything Else (Woody Allen), Charlies Angels: Full Throttle (McG) and »
- NATHANIEL R
Stan Lee Talks Thor Cameo
7 December 2009 5:44 AM, PST | Reelzchannel.com | See recent ReelzChannel news »
With every Marvel movie, it's always fun to spot the Stan Lee cameo, which at times is a brief glimpse, and other times a more substantial role, such as Lee's CNN-inspired cameo in Iron Man 2. Lee has been using his Twitter account to announce his excitement over his Thor cameo.
Kenneth Branagh (of course I call him "Ken!") said my cameo's set for the upcoming Thor movie. --To him, it's a cameo, to me-- it's a Role!
Can't tweet anymore. Due to Thor, I must start rehearsing my thee's and thou's. So, if thou objecteth not, I wish thee well! 'Nuff saideth
Lee would not divulge what the role is, though clearly it will be larger than his appearance as "Man Dodging Debris" in Spider-Man 2. We're hoping the cameo will be good enough to add to the list of our 10 favorite Lee cameos.
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Link | Posted 12/7/2009 by »
- Ryan Gowland
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