9 items from 2013
25 April 2013 8:32 AM, PDT | kidspickflicks | See recent kidspickflicks news »
AnnaSophia Robb (Race to Witch Mountain, "The Carrie Diaries") and Jake T. Austin (Hotel for Dogs, "Wizards of Waverly Place") will voice characters in Khumba, an animated movie about a zebra who only has half his stripes (Austin) and becomes a scapegoat for the drought his herd is experiencing. He teams up with a narcissistic ostrich and an overprotective wildebeast and defeat a leopard dictator and his herd. Steve Buscemi (The Incredible Burt Wonderstone) and Anika Noni Rose (Tiana from The Princess and the Frog) just joined the cast which includes Liam Neeson (Wrath of the Titans), Laurence Fishburne (Man of Steel) and Loretta Devine (Lottery Ticket, "Doc McStuffins"). South Africa's Triggerfish Animated Studios is behind the film.
Source: Deadline »
- tara@kidspickflicks.com (Tara the Mom)
25 April 2013 1:00 AM, PDT | kidspickflicks | See recent kidspickflicks news »
Update: Jennifer Garner (The Odd Life of Timothy Green) will play Alexander's momin Alexander and the Horrible, Terrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. Steve Carell will play the dad. No word yet on which kid gets the plum role of Alexander, a kid who wakes up with gum in his hair and the day just goes downhill from there.
March 14, 2013 -Miguel Arteta is in talks to become the Third director for Alexander and the Horrible, Terrible, No Good, Very Bad Day for Disney. Arteta's forte seems to be outrageous comedy, his previous films are Michael Cera's Youth In Revolt and Ed Helms' Cedar Rapids, both of which were Rated R. Lately, he's been directing episodes of TV shows including the pilot for "The Carrie Diaries" and an episode of "New Girl." This is a straight up children's movie, I'm not sure why this project keeps attracting directors »
- tara@kidspickflicks.com (Tara the Mom)
28 March 2013 10:20 AM, PDT | Moviefone | See recent Moviefone news »
There were few surprises more welcome and fun than “Rise of the Planet of the Apes,” the “Planet of the Apes” pseudo-prequel that was released, without much fanfare, in the summer of 2011. The movie, which chronicled the early days of the ape revolt, was instantly (and rightfully) heralded as one of the best films of the summer. Work was quickly started on a sequel, which would re-team original “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” director Rupert Wyatt with that film's star, wonderful wizard James Franco. However, things -- as they tend to do in Hollywood -- ended up chaning, and Wyatt was replaced with “Cloverfield” director Matt Reeves, with Franco no longer part of the movie. With today's announcement that Judy Greer, the talented actress who has appeared in everything from “Arrested Development” to “The Descendents," has joined the cast as Caesar the ape's motion-captured ape love interest, Cornelia »
- Drew Taylor
14 March 2013 1:00 AM, PDT | kidspickflicks | See recent kidspickflicks news »
Update: Miguel Arteta is in talks to become the Third director for Alexander and the Horrible, Terrible, No Good, Very Bad Day for Disney. Arteta's forte seems to be outrageous comedy, his previous films are Michael Cera's Youth In Revolt and Ed Helms' Cedar Rapids, both of which were Rated R. Lately, he's been directing episodes of TV shows including the pilot for "The Carrie Diaries" and an episode of "New Girl." This is a straight up children's movie, I'm not sure why this project keeps attracting directors who prefer more grown up material. The good news is that Shawn Levy of Night at the Museum movies is still planning to produce this film.
Feb. 22, 2013 - While Disney decided to make Alexander and the Horrible, Terrible, No Good, Very Bad Day after 20th Century Fox dropped the project, director Lisa Cholodenko will no longer helm the project. The »
- tara@kidspickflicks.com (Tara the Mom)
28 February 2013 12:26 PM, PST | FamousMonsters of Filmland | See recent Famous Monsters of Filmland news »
With Hannibal, The Munsters, Sleepy Hollow, Penny Dreadful, The Following, and another season of American Horror Story coming to TV, it’s a wonderful time to be a horror TV fan. Add ABC’s Gothica to the mix.
Not to be messed up with the crappy Halle Berry movie Gothika, Gothica features a stable of our favorite literary horror characters, from Dorian Gray to Victor Frankenstein, Dracula, and others. It’s moving faster than Penny Dreadful, a similar sounding project at Showtime, and has found its Dorian Gray, Victor Frankenstein and “Grace” Van Helsing.
Chris Egan has been cast as Dorian Gray. The Aussie has appeared in Poe, Letters To Juliet, Kings, Resident Evil: Extinction, and Eragon.
Tom Ellis will be Victor Frankenstein. Ellis is a veteran of BBC TV, with The Fades, Gates, and a slew of others under his belt.
Janet Montgomery (The Human Target, Black Swan, and »
- Andy Greene
22 February 2013 12:00 AM, PST | kidspickflicks | See recent kidspickflicks news »
Update: While Disney decided to make Alexander and the Horrible, Terrible, No Good, Very Bad Day after 20th Century Fox dropped the project, director Lisa Cholodenko will no longer helm the project. The great news is that Steve Carell Is still planning to star as Alexander's dad!
Cholodenko quitting the project makes this movie down 2 directors so far. But let's be honest: her leaving may be the best thing for this movie. Cholodenko is a very talented director of very adult material - most of her movies are Rated R including the only one that included kids: The Kids Are All Right (which really isn't about the kids as much as about the parents of the kids). In the meantime, may we make a suggestion? Disney, hire Andy Fickman, who directed You Again, Race to Witch Mountain and The Game Plan for Disney (and recently Parental Guidance for 20th Century »
- tara@kidspickflicks.com (Tara the Mom)
21 February 2013 4:48 PM, PST | Box Office Mojo | See recent BoxOfficeMojo.com news »
The final weekend of February is typically a slow time at the box office, and that looks to be the case again this year. With many moviegoers gearing up for the Academy Awards on Sunday, new nationwide releases Snitch and Dark Skies are both poised for modest debuts, and there's a good chance holdover Identity Thief winds up taking first place. Overall box office will once again be down year-over-year this weekend, which brings to an end a very mediocre month. At 2,511 locations, Snitch is the latest starring vehicle for wrestler-turned-actor Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. Johnson has a solid track record at the box office: last year, he led Journey 2: The Mysterious Island to a very good $103.9 million, and the year before he helped Fast Five set a franchise record with $209.8 million. He's also headlined a handful of modestly-successful family movies like Tooth Fairy ($60 million), Race to Witch Mountain ($67.2 million) and, »
- Ray Subers <mail@boxofficemojo.com>
1 February 2013 11:34 AM, PST | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
Many professional wrestlers have attempted to make the jump from the ring to the big screen, but have met with limited success. Swayne Johnson stands as a notable recent exception to the rule, successfully shedding his wrestling persona of The Rock to steadily build himself up through leading roles in action films such as The Rundown and family-friendly fare such as Race to Witch Mountain. His newest feature, titled Snitch, falls more in the former category. Directed and co-written by stuntman turned filmmaker Ric Roman Waugh, the film also stars Susan Sarandon, Jon Bernthal, Harold Perrineau, Michael K. Williams, Barry Pepper, and Benjamin Bratt. The Superbowl trailer for the film has now been released, and can be seen below.
(Source: CinemaBlend) »
- Deepayan Sengupta
29 January 2013 3:55 PM, PST | EW - Inside TV | See recent EW.com - Inside TV news »
ABC executives are queuing up for the network’s Big Thunder Mountain project. ABC just gave a pilot order to Big Thunder, which is inspired by the 1979 Disneyland theme park mine ride.
“When a brilliant, late 19th century New York doctor and his family are given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to relocate to a frontier mining town run by a powerful, but mysterious tycoon, they quickly realize that not everything in Big Thunder is as it seems,” goes the show’s logline. Jason Fuchs (Ice Age: Continental Drift) has the task of writing the pilot. Chris Morgan (The Troop) will executive produce. »
- James Hibberd
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