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Year End Wrap Up: Top 10 Films of 2011 - Plus Outstanding Achievements by Genre & Category
28 December 2011 | The Daily BLAM! | See recent The Daily BLAM! news »
From director Martin Scorsese's first foray into 3D film making to the silent film wonder known as The Artist, here are the top ten films our staff of writers best represent 2011. We've also included special sections which highlight the best films from each genre and individual performances of the year. Top 10 Films of the Year 10. Beginners "At first glance, you might be temped to write Beginners off as an obnoxiously quirky, Little Miss Sunshine-esque family dramedy. But Mike Mills' debut feature is an incredibly moving film that banishes others like Sunshine Cleaning to the kid’s table. This heartfelt story of a young man (Ewan McGregor) coming to terms with his elderly father’s (Christopher Plummer) sudden announcements of both terminal cancer and homosexuality is rich with »
- Pietro Filipponi
Harrison Ford and Abigail Breslin to star in 'The Ender's Game' - Realbollywood.com News
23 December 2011 5:38 AM, PST | RealBollywood.com | See recent RealBollywood news »
Washington, Dec 23: Harrison Ford and Abigail Breslin are all set to star in the movie adaptation of Orson Scott Card's best-selling sci-fi novel 'The Ender's Game'.
Hugo star Asa Butterfield has been cast as lead character Ender Wiggin, a gifted and genius young boy who begins training at a military academy in a bid to take down an alien race, and Ford has been tapped to play the school's student recruiter, Colonel Hyrum Graff, Contactmusic reported.
Little Miss Sunshine's Breslin would portray Ender's sister Valentine and True Grit beauty Hailee Steinfeld will play the boy's friend, Petra Arkanian.
The Ender's. »
- Meeta Kabra
Ford And Breslin Sign On For The Ender's Game
22 December 2011 5:31 PM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Harrison Ford and Abigail Breslin have signed on to star in the movie adaptation of Orson Scott Card's best-selling sci-fi novel The Ender's Game.
Hugo star Asa Butterfield has been cast as lead character Ender Wiggin, a gifted and genius young boy who begins training at a military academy in a bid to take down an alien race, and now action star Ford has been tapped to play the school's student recruiter, Colonel Hyrum Graff.
Little Miss Sunshine's Breslin will play Ender's sister Valentine and True Grit beauty Hailee Steinfeld will portray the boy's friend, Petra Arkanian.
The Ender's Game is set for a 2013 release, reports Variety.com. »
Harrison Ford And Abigail Breslin Join Sci-Fi Ender’s Game
22 December 2011 10:00 AM, PST | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »
When word came earlier this month that rising young star Hailee Steinfeld would be joining Asa Butterfield for the upcoming sci-fi film Ender’s Game, there were also rumours that none other than Harrison Ford was talks for a leading role.
It now looks like those rumours were well-informed, with Variety reporting that both Harrison Ford and Abigail Breslin are joining Butterfield and Steinfeld as leads in the film.
“Set in Earth’s utopian future, “Ender’s Game” stars Asa Butterfield (“Hugo”) as a genius strategist recruited by the government to help destroy an insect-like alien race.”
And with the additional casting news comes information on the roles that Ford, Breslin, and Steinfeld are taking:
“Ford will play Colonel Hyram Graff, who’s in charge of training young military recruits. Breslin will play Valentine Wiggin, Ender’s older sister, while Steinfeld plays Petra Arkanian, Ender’s trusted right hand.”
Sounds pretty awesome to me. »
- Kenji Lloyd
Harrison Ford, Abigail Breslin Play A "Game"
22 December 2011 10:00 AM, PST | Dark Horizons | See recent Dark Horizons news »
Abigail Breslin ("Little Miss Sunshine") and Harrison Ford have officially joined the cast of the sci-fi adaptation "Ender's Game" reports The Press Association.
The story is based Orson Scott Card's best-selling novel about a boy who develops military plans of attack through war games in an attempt to prepare for an intergalactic battle against insectoid aliens.
It was previously reported that Ford was in talks to play Colonel Hyrum Graff, the commander of training at an elite boys' military academy. Now he's confirmed to have signed on.
Breslin will play the older sister of the hero, Andrew 'Ender' Wiggin (Asa Butterfield), a bullied young boy who turns out to be a master strategist.
Hailee Steinfield ("True Grit") is already set to play Ender's trusted right hand Petra Arkanian while Sir Ben Kingsley is reportedly in talks for another role. Shooting kicks off in February. »
- Garth Franklin
Harrison Ford, Abigail Breslin Play A "Game"
22 December 2011 10:00 AM, PST | Dark Horizons | See recent Dark Horizons news »
Abigail Breslin ("Little Miss Sunshine") and Harrison Ford have officially joined the cast of the sci-fi adaptation "Ender's Game" reports The Press Association.
The story is based Orson Scott Card's best-selling novel about a boy who develops military plans of attack through war games in an attempt to prepare for an intergalactic battle against insectoid aliens.
It was previously reported that Ford was in talks to play Colonel Hyrum Graff, the commander of training at an elite boys' military academy. Now he's confirmed to have signed on.
Breslin will play the older sister of the hero, Andrew 'Ender' Wiggin (Asa Butterfield), a bullied young boy who turns out to be a master strategist.
Hailee Steinfield ("True Grit") is already set to play Ender's trusted right hand Petra Arkanian while Sir Ben Kingsley is reportedly in talks for another role. Shooting kicks off in February. »
- Garth Franklin
Ender’s Game Adds Han Solo and Zombieland Survivor
22 December 2011 7:34 AM, PST | Boomtron | See recent Boomtron news »
Ender’s Game Adds Han Solo and Zombieland Survivor
It hasn’t been a bad year for actor Harrison Ford, has it? The actor forever remembered as Han Solo of Star Wars, as Indiana Jones, and The Fugitive, is about to take on another high profile sci fi role. Yes, Blade Runner‘s Deckard is headed to the set of Ender’s Game. He’s got company, too!
In 2011, Extraordinary Measures, Morning Glory and Cowboys & Aliens were all released to DVD. That means you can give the gift of Mr. Ford for the holidays. Also this year, now that it is winding to a close, will be remembered for the announcement that Ford is ready for Ender’s Game, along side Asa Butterfield as Ender Wiggin, Hailee Steinfeld as Petra Arkanian and Brendan Meyer as Stilson. Variety also said Abigail Breslin will join in.
Breslin is known for being Little Miss Sunshine, »
- Sasha Nova
Harrison Ford, Abigail Breslin in ‘Ender’s Game’
21 December 2011 2:00 PM, PST | newsinfilm.com | See recent newsinfilm news »
Harrison Ford is officially on board OddLot Entertainment’s Ender’s Game, the long-awaited adaptation of Orson Scott Card’s award-winning sci-fi novel. Abigail Breslin (pictured right) is also joining the cast, alongside young talents Asa Butterfield (Hugo) and Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit).
In Card’s novel, Earth is reeling from an attack by an alien race called the Formics (informally, “buggers.”) To battle the buggers, Earth’s International Fleet establishes a Battle School for teaching gifted children space combat tactics.
Butterfield will play Ender, a prodigy at the school and a rare third child in a society limited to only two. Steinfeld is set as Petra, an early ally in the school’s all-important training games. OddLot Entertainment has aged the children up, from six and above to roughly fourteen, which comes as no surprise considering the dark and potentially unnerving tone. Breslin, who famously got her start in Little Miss Sunshine, »
- Jeff Leins
Abigail Breslin Goes Sci-Fi With 'Ender's Game'; Harrison Ford Now Officially On Board
21 December 2011 1:02 PM, PST | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
Well, look who's all grown up! Abigail Breslin who first sauntered into our hearts as the pudgy Olive in "Little Miss Sunshine," and who recently flashed her bra in "New Year's Eve" is now ready to graduate into her first bonafide blockbuster movie. The actress will join the ranks of "Ender's Game," the long developing big screen take on the classic novel by Orson Scott Card. Set in the future, the story finds the Earth at war with an insectoid race named the Formics, and follows Ender (Asa Butterfield), one of a group of children being trained to be military commanders. Breslin will play Valentine Wiggin, Ender's older sister, and joins an increasingly impressive cast that now also includes Hailee Steinfeld, Ben Kingsley and Harrison Ford. Yes, that Harrison Ford. As you might recall, Indiana Jones was offered a role in the film last month and is now confirmed, taking »
Harrison Ford & Abigail Breslin Round Off Stellar 'Ender's Game' Cast
21 December 2011 12:42 PM, PST | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »
The cast is now set, are you ready to go to Battle School? Variety is reporting that Harrison Ford, last seen in Cowboys & Aliens, is now "locked" and officially joining the cast of Gavin Hood's Ender's Game sci-fi adaptation, playing Colonel Hyram Graff, who's in charge of training the new recruits. In addition to Ford, young Oscar nominee Abigail Breslin (of Little Miss Sunshine, Zombieland, New Year's Eve) is joining as Valentine Wiggin, Ender Wiggin's older sister. Asa Butterfield is playing Ender and Hailee Steinfeld, both 14 years old, will play Petra, Ender's ally and trusted friend. More casting and character details below. OddLot Entertainment is developing the adaptation of Orson Scott Card's sci-fi novel, with Gavin Hood writing/directing. Butterfield, Steinfeld, Ford and Ben Kingsley—presumably cast as Mazer Rackham—are the main cast. Abigail Breslin as Valentine, with Aramis Knight (Rendition, Crossing Over) as Bean, the smallest »
- Alex Billington
Harrison Ford, Abigail Breslin & Hailee Steinfeld Officially Join Ender's Game
21 December 2011 10:57 AM, PST | ComicBookMovie.com | See recent ComicBookMovie news »
After being rumored to be in talks to join Gavin Hood's adaptation of Orson Scott Card's seminal Sci-fi novel, Harrison Ford has officially signed on as Colonel Graff. He is joined by two young Oscar nominees in Abigail Breslin (Little Miss Sunshine) and Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit). Some more young actors have also signed on to play some of Ender's (Asa Butterfield) class mates: Aramis Knight, Moises Arias, Jimmy "Jax" Pinchak, Suraj Parthasarathy, Conor Carroll and Khylin Rhambo. Variety have the lowdown on which characters they will all play.. Ford will play Colonel Hyram Graff, who's in charge of training the young male recruits at an elite military academy. Breslin will play Valentine Wiggin, Ender's older sister, while Steinfeld will play Petra Arkanian, Ender's ally and trusted right hand. Knight, who previously appeared in Hood's "Rendition," will play Bean, the smallest new recruit; Arias ("Hannah Montana") will play Bonzo, »
Focus Sets 2012 Slate: Films from Wes Anderson, Robert De Niro, Steve Carell & Keira Knightley
16 December 2011 9:37 AM, PST | Thompson on Hollywood | See recent Thompson on Hollywood news »
Focus Features has set firm North American opening dates for three features to fill out their 2012 slate, below. -Paul Weitz's father-son drama "Being Flynn" (selected cities March 2) is adapted from Nick Flynn’s 2004 memoir "Another Bulls—t Night in Suck City." Paul Dano ("Little Miss Sunshine," "There Will Be Blood") is writer Nick Flynn, who misses his late mother, Jody (Julianne Moore) and reaches out to his author father (Robert De Niro) after not seeing him for 18 years. -Steve Carell and Keira Knightley star in the sci-fi comedy "Seeking a Friend for the End of the World," (wide release April »
Focus Features Sets Early 2012 Release Dates
16 December 2011 | Comingsoon.net | See recent Comingsoon.net news »
Three previously announced Focus Features movies for 2012 release have been assigned confirmed domestic opening dates for the first half of the year. The company made the announcement today. Being Flynn is the new dramatic feature from writer/director Paul Weitz ( About a Boy ). Adapted from Nick Flynn's 2004 memoir "Another Bulls.t Night in Suck City," the movie explores bonds both unbreakable and fragile between parent and child. Paul Dano ( Little Miss Sunshine and There Will Be Blood ) portrays Nick Flynn, a young writer seeking to define himself. He misses his late mother, Jody (Julianne Moore), and her loving nature. But his father, Jonathan, is not even a memory, as Nick has not seen the man in 18 years. Jonathan Flynn (Robert De Niro) has long defined himself »
James Franco Bashes ‘Breaking Dawn’ — Is He Just Jealous?
14 December 2011 12:11 PM, PST | HollywoodLife | See recent HollywoodLife news »
James Franco fought for a role in the 'Twilight' films and lost, so is he taking out his frustration in this scathing review? James Franco was not impressed with The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn -- Part One and didn't hold back his frustrations with the film in a recent article for The Paris Review. In his review, the 33-year-old actor tears Twilight apart, reaming it for promoting teenage sex, marriage and pregnancy. Yikes! Here are a couple of the juicier bits from Mr. Franco's verbose critique: "The protagonists finally marry, having waited until the wise old age of eighteen, and since the book and the film dutifully show them being wed, they are then allowed to fuck each others’ brains out. For a film that claims to be sexually responsible, the 'Twilight' movies are awfully dependent on teenage sex to attract viewers," James writes. He then compares Jacob Black to underage pageant queens, »
- HL Staff
'The Help' & 'The Artist' Lead The Field At Screen Actors Guild Awards Nominations
14 December 2011 6:36 AM, PST | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
In the seventeen years that they've been running for, the annual Screen Actors' Guild Awards have proven to be a pretty reliable precursor for the acting categories at the Academy Awards. And why shouldn't they? With the actors who nominate their peers for the Oscars overwhelmingly being SAG members, there's always going to be a natural link, and certainly by the time the guild award their prizes, it's a good time to make a bet. In the last few years, they've only missed Penelope Cruz in "Vicky Cristina Barcelona," Marion Cotillard in "La Vie En Rose" and Alan Arkin in "Little Miss Sunshine" as winners, while the nominees tend to match up heavily -- last year, seventeen out of twenty in the acting categories were the same, while all five nominees in the Outstanding Cast category won Oscar nominations. Whether this pans out this year remains to be seen, but »
'Young Adult' to receive Vanguard Award at Palm Springs fest
13 December 2011 5:59 PM, PST | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »
We've written before about how the Palm Springs International Film Festival tends to stick very closely to the presumed template of surefire Oscar contenders when picking their honorees. So they've at least gone slightly out on a limb by handing their Vanguard Award for "outstanding creative ensemble" to Jason Reitman's "Young Adult" -- a film already on the fringes in the three awards categories it's aiming for, and one far outside the Best Picture conversation. Reitman took the same award four years ago for a far more broadly popular film, "Juno"; "Little Miss Sunshine" is another previous winner. I'm not sure »
- Guy Lodge
Let James Franco Explain The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn To You
12 December 2011 2:00 PM, PST | Movieline | See recent Movieline news »
"For a film that claims to be sexually responsible, the Twilight movies are awfully dependent on teenage sex to attract viewers," James Franco, actor/director/writer/student and now film critic, reveals in his write-up of Breaking Dawn - Part 1 in the Paris Review. "The actors prance about like pieces of meat, their disturbingly developed bodies on full display; Taylor Lautner's rippling teenage chest is just a little better than the child beauty-pageant stars at the end of Little Miss Sunshine." For Franco's complete thoughts on Team Jacob vs. Team Edward and Bella's nightmare pregnancy, click here. [The Paris Review] »
James Franco Rips Into Breaking Dawn Over All That “Teenage Sex”
12 December 2011 12:30 PM, PST | TheFabLife - Movies | See recent TheFabLife - Movies news »
James Franco may have once watched a gay prostitute straight-up have sex with a client to prepare for a role (seriously, how was that not a bigger story? He talked about it on Inside the Actor’s Studio!), but that doesn’t mean he’s down with the fictional Breaking Dawn sex scene. In a scathing review for the Paris Review, the Rise of the Planet of the Apes actor tore the latest entry in the Twilight series apart like so many pillows in a honeymoon suite over the supposedly massive amounts of teenage sexuality on display.
“For a film that claims to be sexually responsible, the Twilight movies are awfully dependent on teenage sex to attract viewers,” Franco complains. “The actors prance about like pieces of meat, their disturbingly developed bodies on full display; Taylor Lautner’s rippling teenage chest is just a little better than the child beauty-pageant »
- Halle Kiefer
James Franco Slams The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 with Scathing Review
12 December 2011 12:00 PM, PST | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
Is there anything James Franco can't, or won't, do? The actor-turned-renaissance man of many hats has taken to film critiscm, and his first review is a slam against The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 and The Descendants.
The actor posted this scathing critique on The Paris Review, where he called Breaking Dawn a greedy franchise that is hypocritical of sex and marriage.
In comparing the two films, this is what James Franco had to say.
"Both use sex as a submerged theme while on the surface promoting a wholesome idea of family values; both seem to devalue motherhood; and both deal with characters who are so financially secure that they are almost impossible to identify with."
The actor then goes onto compare Taylor Lautner's shirtless performance to that of a child beauty pageant.
"The protagonists finally marry, having waited until the wise old age of eighteen, and »
- MovieWeb
Joe Johnston.s The Rocketeer Coming To Blu-ray December 13th!
11 December 2011 12:51 PM, PST | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »
Photo: © 2011 Disney. All Rights Reserved
On Tuesday, celebrate the 20th anniversary of director Joe Johnston.s (Captain America: The First Avenger) action-filled, witty The Rocketeer. Now with state-of-the-art digital restoration and enhanced high definition sound, experience it as it jets off for the first time on Disney Blu-ray..
The discovery of a top-secret jetpack hurls test pilot Cliff Secord into a daring adventure of mystery, suspense, and intrigue! Cliff encounters an assortment of ruthless villains, led by a Hollywood screen star who is a secret Nazi spy. With the help of his actress girlfriend, the young pilot battles enormous odds to defeat his foes who are anxious to use the device in an evil plan to rule the world. The dangerous mission transforms the ordinary young man into an extraordinary hero.
Talent:
Billy Campbell (“The Oc,” Enough)
Jennifer Connelly (Blood Diamond, The Dilemma)
Alan Arkin (Little Miss Sunshine, Get Smart)
Timothy Dalton (The Tourist, »
- Michelle McCue
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