Exclusive: Amazon MGM Studios has moved to preemptively acquire The Killing Kind, a psychosexual thriller pitch from screenwriter Zach Helm (Stranger Than Fiction), which Ryan Reynolds’ Maximum Effort is attached to produce, sources tell Deadline.
Amazon MGM declined comment. Specifics as to the plot of the film are under wraps for the moment.
Helm comes to The Killing Kind after working in the same vein as the co-writer of Deep Water, the erotic thriller, starring Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas, from Fatal Attraction‘s Adrian Lyne. Well acquainted with various genres, he’s perhaps best known for writing Stranger Than Fiction, the beloved Columbia Pictures dramedy starring Will Ferrell, which brought him nominations at both the WGA Awards and the Critics Choice Awards. A celebrated playwright whose play Good Canary was most recently directed by John Malkovich in London, Helm also wrote and directed 20th Century Fox’s family film Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium,...
Amazon MGM declined comment. Specifics as to the plot of the film are under wraps for the moment.
Helm comes to The Killing Kind after working in the same vein as the co-writer of Deep Water, the erotic thriller, starring Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas, from Fatal Attraction‘s Adrian Lyne. Well acquainted with various genres, he’s perhaps best known for writing Stranger Than Fiction, the beloved Columbia Pictures dramedy starring Will Ferrell, which brought him nominations at both the WGA Awards and the Critics Choice Awards. A celebrated playwright whose play Good Canary was most recently directed by John Malkovich in London, Helm also wrote and directed 20th Century Fox’s family film Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium,...
- 10/24/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Some of the best movies for kids have a powerful emotional core that pulls at your heartstrings. Whether it's reconciling grief, legacy, and coming-of-age in "The Lion King" (not the "live-action" disappointment) or the tale of an outcast talking pig in "Babe" who learns that being true to yourself is all the world needs you to be, kids movies have the power to teach everyone something about life, no matter how old they are. Writer and director John Krasinski has attempted to step into this arena with "If," hitting theaters this weekend, and it's quite the departure from his sci-fi horror hit "A Quiet Place," though it fits more in line with his sophomore directorial effort, the family dramedy "The Hollars."
"If" follows 12-year old Bea (Cailey Fleming), a girl who doesn't really consider herself a kid anymore. Having dealt with some traumatic pain due to the passing of her mother,...
"If" follows 12-year old Bea (Cailey Fleming), a girl who doesn't really consider herself a kid anymore. Having dealt with some traumatic pain due to the passing of her mother,...
- 5/17/2024
- by Ethan Anderton
- Slash Film
Steven Weisberg, a film editor who cut features for directors Alfonso Cuarón, Barry Sonnenfeld, Rodrigo García and others, has died. He was 68.
Weisberg died Oct. 16 at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills after five years of care for early onset Alzheimer’s, his ex-wife, Susan Ellicott, announced. He was diagnosed when he was 55, she said.
Weisberg collaborated with Cuarón on A Little Princess (1995), Great Expectations (1998) and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004); with Sonnenfeld on the 2001 Fox pilot for The Tick, Big Trouble (2002) and Men in Black II (2002); and with García on Mother and Child (2009) and Albert Nobbs (2011).
Born in New York City on Jan. 16, 1955, Steven Charles Weisberg attended the State University of New York at Binghamton and Syracuse University and received an associate editor credit on Gaby: A True Story (1987).
His résumé also included The Cable Guy (1996), Permanent Midnight (1998), Nurse Betty (2000), I Am David...
Weisberg died Oct. 16 at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills after five years of care for early onset Alzheimer’s, his ex-wife, Susan Ellicott, announced. He was diagnosed when he was 55, she said.
Weisberg collaborated with Cuarón on A Little Princess (1995), Great Expectations (1998) and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004); with Sonnenfeld on the 2001 Fox pilot for The Tick, Big Trouble (2002) and Men in Black II (2002); and with García on Mother and Child (2009) and Albert Nobbs (2011).
Born in New York City on Jan. 16, 1955, Steven Charles Weisberg attended the State University of New York at Binghamton and Syracuse University and received an associate editor credit on Gaby: A True Story (1987).
His résumé also included The Cable Guy (1996), Permanent Midnight (1998), Nurse Betty (2000), I Am David...
- 10/24/2023
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The magical world of Hogwarts, created by J. K. Rowling, has captivated and inspired millions of people around the globe since the Harry Potter franchise began. The series follows young wizard Harry and his amazing magical adventures as he learns to use spells, concoct potions, test his skills in magic duels, and play Quidditch with his magical friends.
Through his journey, we see him encounter outlandish magical creatures that aren’t found in our muggle world – dragon’s smoke-phoenixes, werewolves, and a host of other magical beasts are all part of this fantastic fantasy story that has won over fans since its start.
Since the iconic debut of this franchise in 2001, magical adventures have become a staple in the film world. This franchise quickly became one of the most beloved adventure series of our time, turning Harry Potter into a global icon with a massive and loyal fan base that remains today.
Through his journey, we see him encounter outlandish magical creatures that aren’t found in our muggle world – dragon’s smoke-phoenixes, werewolves, and a host of other magical beasts are all part of this fantastic fantasy story that has won over fans since its start.
Since the iconic debut of this franchise in 2001, magical adventures have become a staple in the film world. This franchise quickly became one of the most beloved adventure series of our time, turning Harry Potter into a global icon with a massive and loyal fan base that remains today.
- 2/24/2023
- by Israr Ahmed
- buddytv.com
Patricia Highsmith’s “Deep Water” is a 1957 novel about a smart man in a soured marriage who grows so mad with jealousy over the affairs that his wife keeps flaunting in front of his face — and so resentful toward the reliable boorishness of her lovers — that he starts murdering her boy-toys with the same brazenness that she took them into her bed. Adrian Lyne’s “Deep Water” is a 2022 Hulu movie about a smart man in a soured marriage who grows so mad with jealousy over the affairs that his wife keeps flaunting in front of his face — and so resentful toward the reliable boorishness of her lovers — that he starts murdering her boy-toys with the same brazenness that she took them into her bed… and it makes his wife horny as hell.
The distinction is subtle until the moment it’s not. Which isn’t to say that Melinda...
The distinction is subtle until the moment it’s not. Which isn’t to say that Melinda...
- 3/16/2022
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
In 1972, the ads for the late Peter Bogdanovich’s hilarious throwback “What’s Up, Doc?” promised, “It’s a screwball comedy. Remember those?” If Disney weren’t consigning “Deep Water” to its Hulu streaming service — the fate for most upcoming titles from the 20th Century and Searchlight shingles — they might well have posters that tease, “It’s an erotic thriller. Remember them?”
And who better to save Hollywood cinema from chaste franchises, stolid superheroes, and a general lack of horniness than director Adrian Lyne, returned from a two-decade hiatus to bring heavy breathing back to mainstream movies.
“Deep Water,” a Patricia Highsmith adaptation starring couple-at-the-time Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas, doesn’t invoke the beads of sweat that the genre’s best can manage, but it’s a pleasurably trashy reminder of the flashy fun that Lyne and his many imitators once regularly brought to the screen.
Adapted by the...
And who better to save Hollywood cinema from chaste franchises, stolid superheroes, and a general lack of horniness than director Adrian Lyne, returned from a two-decade hiatus to bring heavy breathing back to mainstream movies.
“Deep Water,” a Patricia Highsmith adaptation starring couple-at-the-time Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas, doesn’t invoke the beads of sweat that the genre’s best can manage, but it’s a pleasurably trashy reminder of the flashy fun that Lyne and his many imitators once regularly brought to the screen.
Adapted by the...
- 3/16/2022
- by Alonso Duralde
- The Wrap
Exclusive: New Line has picked up the original pitch The Naughty One from writer Zach Helm for HBO Max in a competitive situation.
The movie, which Helm will write, is an action comedy set around Christmas. The storyline is being kept under wraps.
Berlanti/Schechter Films‘ Greg Berlanti and Sarah Schechter will produce and Michael McGrath will serve as EP.
Helm is known for writing several movies including Stranger Than Fiction and Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium, which he also directed.
He also co-wrote the upcoming 20th Century Studios/New Regency movie Deep Water based on Patricia Highsmith’s eponymous novel starring Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas. The movie reps Oscar nominated filmmaker Adrian Lyne’s first directorial since 2002’s Unfaithful.
Helm is represented by UTA, Lindsay Williams at Gotham Group, and attorney David Matlof at Hirsch, Wallerstein, Hayum, Matlof & Fishman.
The movie, which Helm will write, is an action comedy set around Christmas. The storyline is being kept under wraps.
Berlanti/Schechter Films‘ Greg Berlanti and Sarah Schechter will produce and Michael McGrath will serve as EP.
Helm is known for writing several movies including Stranger Than Fiction and Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium, which he also directed.
He also co-wrote the upcoming 20th Century Studios/New Regency movie Deep Water based on Patricia Highsmith’s eponymous novel starring Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas. The movie reps Oscar nominated filmmaker Adrian Lyne’s first directorial since 2002’s Unfaithful.
Helm is represented by UTA, Lindsay Williams at Gotham Group, and attorney David Matlof at Hirsch, Wallerstein, Hayum, Matlof & Fishman.
- 12/13/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Last year, and for more than four decades before that, if you’d said the words “Black Christmas movie,” a lot of people’s minds would have gone straight to Bob Clark’s sorority-house slasher flick “Black Christmas” — that’s how few holiday films Hollywood has made for and featuring African Americans. Writer-director David E. Talbert started to fix that problem with his more inclusive 2016 comedy “Almost Christmas,” but the real breakthrough is “Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey,” an ambitious Yuletide tuner the prolific stage and screen creator has had up his sleeve for decades.
Now, Netflix has made Talbert’s musical a reality — the latest bauble in the streamer’s ever-expanding Christmas-movie catalog — and though the film foregrounds Black actors in nearly all its lead live-action roles, the audience needn’t be limited to one race. Talbert has crafted an upbeat eyeful, set in a Dickensian toy store where...
Now, Netflix has made Talbert’s musical a reality — the latest bauble in the streamer’s ever-expanding Christmas-movie catalog — and though the film foregrounds Black actors in nearly all its lead live-action roles, the audience needn’t be limited to one race. Talbert has crafted an upbeat eyeful, set in a Dickensian toy store where...
- 11/13/2020
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
Like a gorgeously decorated tree with a few too many presents stuffed under it, “Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey” is excessive but never unwelcome. An ambitious original musical packed to the gills with visual delights, it’s the kind of Christmas movie that can charm adults into looking past its flaws while turning delighted children into lifelong fans.
On the heels of his charming ensemble comedy “Almost Christmas,” writer-director David E. Talbert fearlessly marries whimsy and steampunk, sentimentality and science fiction, with big musical numbers composed by Philip Lawrence, Davy Nathan and Michael Diskint, plus one from John Legend (who executive produced the film). That this big, bright Netflix extravaganza features a principally Black cast is not insignificant in the history of cinema, particularly in the history of large-scale family musicals and of Christmas movies.
We open with a grandmother played by Phylicia Rashad, reading a Christmas story to her grandchildren from an extraordinary book,...
On the heels of his charming ensemble comedy “Almost Christmas,” writer-director David E. Talbert fearlessly marries whimsy and steampunk, sentimentality and science fiction, with big musical numbers composed by Philip Lawrence, Davy Nathan and Michael Diskint, plus one from John Legend (who executive produced the film). That this big, bright Netflix extravaganza features a principally Black cast is not insignificant in the history of cinema, particularly in the history of large-scale family musicals and of Christmas movies.
We open with a grandmother played by Phylicia Rashad, reading a Christmas story to her grandchildren from an extraordinary book,...
- 11/5/2020
- by Alonso Duralde
- The Wrap
You’re going to have to steel yourself for this monster of a content update. Between them, Netflix, HBO Max, Hulu, Disney Plus and Amazon Prime have an obscene number of quality titles debuting this weekend.
Be it films or television shows, new releases or old classics, there’s a ton to dig into here. So if you’re ready, let’s dive right in…
Netflix
July 31st
Get Even — Netflix Original
Latte and the Magic Waterstone — Netflix Family
Seriously Single — Netflix Film
The Speed Cubers — Netflix Documentary
Sugar Rush: Extra Sweet — Netflix Original
The Umbrella Academy: Season 2 — Netflix Original
Vis a vis: El Oasis (Locked Up) — Netflix Original
August 1st
A Knight’s Tale
Acts of Violence
The Addams Family (1991)
An Education
Being John Malkovich
Death at a Funeral
Dennis the Menace
Elizabeth Harvest
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Hardcore Henry
Iron Man: Armored Adventures: Season 1-2
Jurassic Park...
Be it films or television shows, new releases or old classics, there’s a ton to dig into here. So if you’re ready, let’s dive right in…
Netflix
July 31st
Get Even — Netflix Original
Latte and the Magic Waterstone — Netflix Family
Seriously Single — Netflix Film
The Speed Cubers — Netflix Documentary
Sugar Rush: Extra Sweet — Netflix Original
The Umbrella Academy: Season 2 — Netflix Original
Vis a vis: El Oasis (Locked Up) — Netflix Original
August 1st
A Knight’s Tale
Acts of Violence
The Addams Family (1991)
An Education
Being John Malkovich
Death at a Funeral
Dennis the Menace
Elizabeth Harvest
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Hardcore Henry
Iron Man: Armored Adventures: Season 1-2
Jurassic Park...
- 7/31/2020
- by Alex Crisp
- We Got This Covered
HBO Max has a lot to offer in August, with titles to look forward to including the premiere of a brand new Seth Rogen movie called “An American Pickle” on Aug. 6, and Christopher Nolan’s 2008 Batman film “The Dark Knight” out Aug. 1.
The nascent streaming service also shares content with HBO, with new films coming like “Jojo Rabbit” out Aug. 1, “Birds of Prey” out Aug. 15, “Richard Jewell” out Aug. 8, and “Queen & Slim,” out Aug. 22. The upcoming series “Lovecraft County,” which mixes fact and fantasy and takes place in 1950s Jim Crow America, arrives Aug. 16.
Leaving throughout the month include, tragically, all eight “Harry Potter” films, which will be gone after Aug. 25. Other absolute classics like “Good Will Hunting,” “You’ve Got Mail,” and both “Kill Bill” movies will be gone after Aug. 31, so watch them while you can.
Below is the full list of everything coming and going in August.
The nascent streaming service also shares content with HBO, with new films coming like “Jojo Rabbit” out Aug. 1, “Birds of Prey” out Aug. 15, “Richard Jewell” out Aug. 8, and “Queen & Slim,” out Aug. 22. The upcoming series “Lovecraft County,” which mixes fact and fantasy and takes place in 1950s Jim Crow America, arrives Aug. 16.
Leaving throughout the month include, tragically, all eight “Harry Potter” films, which will be gone after Aug. 25. Other absolute classics like “Good Will Hunting,” “You’ve Got Mail,” and both “Kill Bill” movies will be gone after Aug. 31, so watch them while you can.
Below is the full list of everything coming and going in August.
- 7/30/2020
- by Margeaux Sippell
- The Wrap
With the end of the month ahead of us, we now have a full list of everything that’s coming to Netflix and the various other streaming services across August. The sites will continue to do their best to keep you from straying out into the sun for the rest of the summer, too, as each of them has got a whole heap of new movies and TV shows coming to their libraries that you’ll want to check out. Mostly classic films you’ll enjoy sticking on again, but also a few much-anticipated originals, too.
See below for the full line-up of titles coming to Netflix, Disney Plus, HBO Max, Hulu and Prime Video, as well as our own picks for what should be on your radar.
August 1
Netflix
A Knight’s Tale
Acts of Violence
The Addams Family (1991)
An Education
Being John Malkovich
Death at a Funeral
Dennis the Menace...
See below for the full line-up of titles coming to Netflix, Disney Plus, HBO Max, Hulu and Prime Video, as well as our own picks for what should be on your radar.
August 1
Netflix
A Knight’s Tale
Acts of Violence
The Addams Family (1991)
An Education
Being John Malkovich
Death at a Funeral
Dennis the Menace...
- 7/25/2020
- by Christian Bone
- We Got This Covered
HBO Max is continuing to pull from Warner Bros.’ incredible back catalogue of movies, with August bringing a huge number of new titles to the streaming service. With over 130 new pieces of content, the list of upcoming arrivals encompasses classic films of all kinds, from Oscar winners to comedies, horrors to family pics and, of course, tons of blockbusters.
A highlight for many users will probably be the glut of Batman films coming to HBO Max at the start of the month. Every cinematic outing for the Caped Crusader from 1989’s Batman starring Michael Keaton to 2008’s The Dark Knight with Christian Bale (which just celebrated its 12th anniversary this weekend) are going up on the site. Sticking in Gotham, both seasons of Harley Quinn are also coming to HBO Max, following their original release on DC Universe.
Elsewhere on August 1st, some of the more notable new titles include Before Sunrise and its sequel,...
A highlight for many users will probably be the glut of Batman films coming to HBO Max at the start of the month. Every cinematic outing for the Caped Crusader from 1989’s Batman starring Michael Keaton to 2008’s The Dark Knight with Christian Bale (which just celebrated its 12th anniversary this weekend) are going up on the site. Sticking in Gotham, both seasons of Harley Quinn are also coming to HBO Max, following their original release on DC Universe.
Elsewhere on August 1st, some of the more notable new titles include Before Sunrise and its sequel,...
- 7/20/2020
- by Christian Bone
- We Got This Covered
It’s August 2020 and that can only mean one thing: HBO Max is about to enter Lovecraft Country.
Over the years HBO (and by the transitive property its new HBO Max streaming offshoot) has grown accustomed to debuting a buzzworthy new TV show or limited series every couple of months. For August 2020 that will almost certainly be Southern Gothic horror series Lovecraft Country. The J.J. Abrams and Jordan Peele-produced thriller arrives on August 14 on HBO and HBO Max.
Other strong HBO Max originals arriving in August include the documentary Class Action Park (release date Tbd), Seth Rogen-starring comedy An American Pickle (Aug. 6), and finales for I’ll Be Gone in the Dark, Doom Patrol, and Perry Mason.
Of course, HBO Max is designed to house much of WarnerMedia’s content across many mediums. That means some recent movies on note like Jojo Rabbit (Aug. 1), Richard Jewell (Aug. 8), and Birds of Prey (Aug.
Over the years HBO (and by the transitive property its new HBO Max streaming offshoot) has grown accustomed to debuting a buzzworthy new TV show or limited series every couple of months. For August 2020 that will almost certainly be Southern Gothic horror series Lovecraft Country. The J.J. Abrams and Jordan Peele-produced thriller arrives on August 14 on HBO and HBO Max.
Other strong HBO Max originals arriving in August include the documentary Class Action Park (release date Tbd), Seth Rogen-starring comedy An American Pickle (Aug. 6), and finales for I’ll Be Gone in the Dark, Doom Patrol, and Perry Mason.
Of course, HBO Max is designed to house much of WarnerMedia’s content across many mediums. That means some recent movies on note like Jojo Rabbit (Aug. 1), Richard Jewell (Aug. 8), and Birds of Prey (Aug.
- 7/20/2020
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Richard Gladstein, longtime exec producer on Quentin Tarantino films and two-time Best Picture Oscar nominee, has been appointed executive director of Brooklyn College’s Barry R. Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema.
Located at Steiner Studios in Brooklyn’s Navy Yard, the Feirstein School was established in 2015 and is considered the nation’s only film school operating on a working studio lot. Gladstein will oversee the school’s next phase of development, extending partnerships and resources, and developing new student programming.
“The mission of the Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema is to bring new voices to the film industry, to populate it with our diverse, exceptionally talented students,” said Brooklyn College President Michelle J. Anderson. “Richard Gladstein’s experiences and success in that industry make him the perfect new Executive Director at Feirstein. We are confident he will enhance the programs, support our students, and lead the School with great distinction.
Located at Steiner Studios in Brooklyn’s Navy Yard, the Feirstein School was established in 2015 and is considered the nation’s only film school operating on a working studio lot. Gladstein will oversee the school’s next phase of development, extending partnerships and resources, and developing new student programming.
“The mission of the Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema is to bring new voices to the film industry, to populate it with our diverse, exceptionally talented students,” said Brooklyn College President Michelle J. Anderson. “Richard Gladstein’s experiences and success in that industry make him the perfect new Executive Director at Feirstein. We are confident he will enhance the programs, support our students, and lead the School with great distinction.
- 7/9/2020
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Wme has signed the writer, director and playwright Zach Helm. Helm is perhaps best known for scripting Stranger Than Fiction, writing and directing Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium and writing the 2016 West End play Good Canary which John Malkovich directed. More recent scripts include The Mercenary for Fox, Chernin Entertainment and Epic Magazine, and he’s attached to direct his script We Do Not Forget and the Steve Zaillian-produced Culo Quasars Cocaine Chaos…...
- 6/19/2017
- Deadline
Exclusive: Wme has signed the writer, director and playwright Zach Helm. Helm is perhaps best known for scripting Stranger Than Fiction, writing and directing Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium and writing the 2016 West End play Good Canary which John Malkovich directed. More recent scripts include The Mercenary for Fox, Chernin Entertainment and Epic Magazine, and he’s attached to direct his script We Do Not Forget and the Steve Zaillian-produced Culo Quasars Cocaine Chaos…...
- 6/19/2017
- Deadline TV
Bring out your inner child with this roundup of animation goodies: Robert Rodriguez to Direct Uglydolls Making a return to kid-friendly fare, Spy Kids director Robert Rodriguez is going to turn the Uglydoll toys into an animated feature, according to Deadline. Plans have been in the works for years to bring the plush monsters to the big screen for their own movie, though they're no strangers to the cinema. Since their launch in 2001, Uglydoll toys have appeared as props in Zathura, Enchanted, The Smurfs and Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium, some of them even coming to life in the last of them. This will still be Stx Entertainment's first foray into family films and is due in theaters on May 10, 2019. Eddie Murphy Returns to...
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- 3/29/2017
- by Christopher Campbell
- Movies.com
“All stories, even the ones we love, eventually come to an end.” ~ Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium As 2015 draws to a close, we here at JoBlo.com want take a moment to honor some of the people who sadly passed away this year. Our deepest respect goes out to everyone in the industry we have lost, and our thoughts and prayers are with the friends and family of those who died in 2015.... Read More...
- 12/22/2015
- by Jesse Giroux
- JoBlo.com
On Sunday's episode of "Breaking Bad," the show decided to make fun of "Mr Magorium's Wonder Emporium" movie, which stars Dustin Hoffman and Natalie Portman. And now, the director of the movie commented on the insult. Spoilers Ahead: In the episode, Walter White is taken into a secluded home in the woods. There is no internet or cable TV. The only entertainment he manages to find is two copies of "Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium," which White isn't pleased with. TMZ caught up with Zach Helm, the director of the movie, to get his thoughts on the episode. He said: "Having myself endured the ignominy of watching the train-wreck that is 'Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium' multiple times every day for over a year, I can attest to it being the perfect Hell for a character of such moral ambiguity as Walter White." Helm went on to say that having...
- 9/26/2013
- WorstPreviews.com
At one point, screenwriter and director Zach Helm was sort of a big deal. With two projects landing big names—"Stranger Than Fiction" starring Will Ferrell and "Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium" with Dustin Hoffman and Natalie Portman marking his feature debut—things seeemed to be going pretty well. With a little profile in Vanity Fair, he seemed poised for the next level. And then both those movies came out to rather lackluster response. But leave it to one of pop culture's biggest hits of the moment to spur the memory of one pop culture's forgotten projects. On last week's episode of "Breaking Bad," in one of the few light moments (spoilers ahead, duh), Walter White is shuttled off into hiding by Saul's fixer into a remote cabin in New Hampshire. With no phone, internet or cable, Walt is told he does have a TV with DVD player...and among his...
- 9/25/2013
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Besides setting up what will definitely be a climatic series finale, last week's Breaking Bad also unleashed a sick burn on the film Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium. So how did the film's director-writer Zach Helm respond? With complete agreement. "Having myself endured the ignominy of watching the Technicolor train-wreck that is Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium multiple times every day for over a year, I can attest to it being the perfect Kafka-esque Hell for a character of such moral ambiguity as Walter White," he told TMZ. Adding that Walter's two copies of it "is exactly two more copies than are allowed in my house." Poor Mr. Magorium, not even his creator finds him wonderful.
- 9/25/2013
- by Jesse David Fox
- Vulture
The writer/director of "Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium" tells TMZ ... he harbors no grudges against "Breaking Bad" for trashing his movie, because he also thinks it's a piece of crap!In case you didn't see Sunday's "Breaking Bad" ... Stop Reading Here.In the episode, Walter White was taken into a secluded home in the woods, with no Internet or cable. The only entertainment was "Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium" -- and there were Two copies.Zach Helm,...
- 9/24/2013
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
"Snakes on a Plane" may not have ever lived up to the hype, but it remains one of greatest movie titles of our time. (Or the opposite of "Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium.")
Why? Because it's bold, colorful and, most of all, tells you exactly what you're going to get: snakes on a muthaf**kin' plane. Maybe the only more apt or remotely better title would have been "Samuel L. Jackson Versus Snakes on a Plane."
That's a mouthful, but it still would've told it like it is. Unlike these dirty liars (updated with the latest offender, "The Lone Ranger").
Not alone at all. He has a sidekick, who's actually more like the main character.
Actually 108 minutes.
Actually 1.5 hours.
Ends.
Not even a mention of their baby until the 82-minute mark.
There are no lambs.
There is no cat.
Not really much blood.
Takes place mostly in Minnesota.
He was from Wales.
Why? Because it's bold, colorful and, most of all, tells you exactly what you're going to get: snakes on a muthaf**kin' plane. Maybe the only more apt or remotely better title would have been "Samuel L. Jackson Versus Snakes on a Plane."
That's a mouthful, but it still would've told it like it is. Unlike these dirty liars (updated with the latest offender, "The Lone Ranger").
Not alone at all. He has a sidekick, who's actually more like the main character.
Actually 108 minutes.
Actually 1.5 hours.
Ends.
Not even a mention of their baby until the 82-minute mark.
There are no lambs.
There is no cat.
Not really much blood.
Takes place mostly in Minnesota.
He was from Wales.
- 7/3/2013
- by Kevin Polowy
- NextMovie
Eleven years ago Adrian Lyne directed Diane Lane to a Best Actress Oscar nomination in Unfaithful. Since then he's directed nothing. Now the director of Flashdance, Fatal Attraction and Indecent Proposal is ready to get back behind the camera with Deep Water at Fox. Written by Zach Helm (Stranger Than Fiction, Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium), the film is an adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's thriller telling the story of Vic and Melinda, an attractive young married couple whose mind games with each other take a twisted turn when people around them start turning up dead. Previous Highsmith adaptations include Alfred Hitchcock's Strangers On A Train and Anthony Minghella's The Talented Mr. Ripley, which starred Matt Damon, Jude Law and Philip Seymour Hoffman. Deadline delivers the news and with it the unsurprising news a "big star" is already in discussions, though whether or not it's for the role of Vic or Melinda is unclear.
- 4/28/2013
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
After stepping away from Hollywood for more than a decade, director Adrian Lyne is finally ready to make his big comeback. Deadline is reporting that the filmmaker best known for libidinous titles like 9 1/2 Weeks, Fatal Attraction, Indecent Proposal, Unfaithful and the 19967 remake of Lolita is now set to direct Deep Water, an adaptation of the 1957 Patricia Highsmith suspense novel. The project has actually been floating around Hollywood for a few years now, and previously had Mike Nichols attached to direct. Zach Helm, who previous scripted movies like Stranger Than Fiction and Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium, wrote the script, which centers on a husband who tries to save his marriage by letting his wife sleep with other men. This turns out to be a problem, however, when all of the men that she sleeps with end up dead. The latest report says that the people behind the production have already been...
- 4/26/2013
- cinemablend.com
Young Jason Bateman was born on January 14, 1969, and soon thereafter arrived on the scene as a child actor in "Little House on the Prairie" in the early '80s. He went on to star in other relatively nondescript TV movies and shows before ultimately landing the role of Michael Bluth, the everyman trapped by the absurdity of his ridiculous family in Fox's (now Netflix's) cherished "Arrested Development."
Old Jason Bateman was also born on January 14, 1969 and, after starring on Fox's (now Netflix's) cherished "Arrested Development" as Michael Bluth, the everyman trapped by the absurdity of his ridiculous family, went on to star in such big budget productions as "Hancock," "The Kingdom," "Horrible Bosses" and, now, "Identity Thief."
Today, the two actors square off in our version of a steel cage death match: a comedic compare/contrast blog post based on inane categories where a winner is completely predetermined but only...
Old Jason Bateman was also born on January 14, 1969 and, after starring on Fox's (now Netflix's) cherished "Arrested Development" as Michael Bluth, the everyman trapped by the absurdity of his ridiculous family, went on to star in such big budget productions as "Hancock," "The Kingdom," "Horrible Bosses" and, now, "Identity Thief."
Today, the two actors square off in our version of a steel cage death match: a comedic compare/contrast blog post based on inane categories where a winner is completely predetermined but only...
- 2/6/2013
- by Nick Blake
- NextMovie
As we heard this past summer Columbia Pictures is working on a new adaptation of Chris Van Allsburg's classic children's book Jumanji. There's no director attached to the project yet, but Sony has taken one smart step forward by landing Stranger Than Fiction writer Zach Helm to script the new take on the 1981 tale of kids who have to deal with the dangers of the jungle when the titular board game starts unleashing animals and more as they play. We're not sure if this new take will be similar to Joe Johnston's film from 1995, which departed quite a bit from the source material, or if it will be more faithful to the book. Helm's script for Stranger Than Fiction is one of my favorites, however, his work on family films leaves something to be desired as he wrote Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium as well. The film wasn't terrible,...
- 12/7/2012
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
Back in July, Columbia Pictures head Doug Belgrad revealed that the studio was remaking "Jumanji," with plans of updating it for the present. Now comes word that Zach Helm (Stranger Than Fiction, Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium) has been hired the new film. The movie will be both a comedy and family adventure. The story focuses on two kids who discover a supernatural board game and release a man who has been trapped in there for decades. They also unleash jungle forces and must team up with the man to stop the game's powerful magic. "Jumanji" is an adaptation for a book by Chris Van Allsburg, which was published in 1981 and turned into a film in 1995. That film was directed by Joe Johnson and starred Robin Williams and Kirsten Dunst.
- 12/7/2012
- WorstPreviews.com
Update: Zach Helm, the scribe behind Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium and the Will Ferrell-starrer Stranger than Fiction, will write the Jumanji remake. If you read Cole the Kid Critic's review of those movies, however, there's not too much to be excited about. Helm recently did a rewrite on the upcoming Ben Stiller movie, another remake, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.
August 1, 2012 - With all the toys and board games getting movies made about them, it shouldn't be a surprise that a movie about a fictional board game is getting a reboot. Jumanji, the 1995 kids classic, is getting remade by The Amazing Spider-Man producer Matt Tolmach. The Robin Williams-starrer is about two kids (one of whom is Kirsten Dunst and the other is the voice of Chip in Beauty and the Beast) who play an old magical board game (called Jumanji) that brings dangerous elements to life with...
August 1, 2012 - With all the toys and board games getting movies made about them, it shouldn't be a surprise that a movie about a fictional board game is getting a reboot. Jumanji, the 1995 kids classic, is getting remade by The Amazing Spider-Man producer Matt Tolmach. The Robin Williams-starrer is about two kids (one of whom is Kirsten Dunst and the other is the voice of Chip in Beauty and the Beast) who play an old magical board game (called Jumanji) that brings dangerous elements to life with...
- 12/7/2012
- by tara@kidspickflicks.com (Tara the Mom)
- kidspickflicks
Update: Zach Helm, the scribe behind Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium and the Will Ferrell-starrer Stranger than Fiction, will write the Jumanji remake. If you read Cole the Kid Critic's review of those movies, however, there's not too much to be excited about. Helm recently did a rewrite on the upcoming Ben Stiller movie, another remake, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.
August 1, 2012 - With all the toys and board games getting movies made about them, it shouldn't be a surprise that a movie about a fictional board game is getting a reboot. Jumanji, the 1995 kids classic, is getting remade by The Amazing Spider-Man producer Matt Tolmach. The Robin Williams-starrer is about two kids (one of whom is Kirsten Dunst and the other is the voice of Chip in Beauty and the Beast) who play an old magical board game (called Jumanji) that brings dangerous elements to life with...
August 1, 2012 - With all the toys and board games getting movies made about them, it shouldn't be a surprise that a movie about a fictional board game is getting a reboot. Jumanji, the 1995 kids classic, is getting remade by The Amazing Spider-Man producer Matt Tolmach. The Robin Williams-starrer is about two kids (one of whom is Kirsten Dunst and the other is the voice of Chip in Beauty and the Beast) who play an old magical board game (called Jumanji) that brings dangerous elements to life with...
- 12/7/2012
- by tara@kidspickflicks.com (Tara the Mom)
- kidspickflicks
That Jumanji remake you're denying the existence of just got a writer. It's Zach Helm, who has experience with kidsy stuff through Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium and non-kidsy stuff with Will Ferrell's Stranger Than Fiction and a rewrite on Ben Stiller's The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. So that's good. But back to the movie's existence overall: Is there a part for Robin Williams? And should there be? We haven't even processed our feelings that far.
- 12/7/2012
- by Zach Dionne
- Vulture
Heat Vision is reporting that Zach Helm ( Stranger Than Fiction , Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium ) has been hired by Columbia Pictures to write the studio's Jumanji remake. Directed by Joe Johnston, the 1995 family adventure starred Robin Williams, Bonnie Hunt, Kirsten Dunst, Bradley Pierce, Jonathan Hyde, Bebe Neuwirth, David Alan Grier and Patricia Clarkson. The film was based on the 1981 children's book by Chris Van Allsburg. In it, a magical board game causes jungle plants and creatures to invade a quiet American suburb. Matt Tolmach and Bill Teitler are producing the reimagining of the story. Ted Field and Mike Weber are executive producing.
- 12/6/2012
- Comingsoon.net
Today the trailer for "Rise of the Guardians," DreamWorks Animation's big holiday 2012 animated movie, quietly debuted online (courtesy of Hey U Guys). The movie features the voice talents of Chris Pine, Isla Fisher, Hugh Jackman, Alec Baldwin and Jude Law, and centers around an elite group of childhood fantasy characters (Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, and Jack Frost) who must band together to save the world. It's based on a book series co-authored and illustrated by beloved artist William Joyce, who also co-directs the animated feature. (Joyce just won an Oscar for his charming animated short "The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore.")
"Rise of the Guardians" is based on an ongoing series of young adult novels that Joyce co-writes with Laura Geringer ("Nicholas St. North and the Battle of the Nightmare King" came out last year, while "E. Aster Bunnymund and the Warrior Eggs at...
"Rise of the Guardians" is based on an ongoing series of young adult novels that Joyce co-writes with Laura Geringer ("Nicholas St. North and the Battle of the Nightmare King" came out last year, while "E. Aster Bunnymund and the Warrior Eggs at...
- 3/28/2012
- by Drew Taylor
- The Playlist
[1] Zach Helm doesn't have too many produced screenplays on his resume at this point, but the writer got off to an auspicious start with 2006's flawed but charming Stranger Than Fiction before making his directorial debut with 2007's Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium, which he also wrote. Although the latter wasn't quite as well received as the former, he's got a couple of projects on his upcoming slate that sound promising. The first is Errol Morris' Freezing People is Easy, an adaptation of Robert Nelson's cryogenic preservation memoir We Froze the First Man, which cast [2] Owen Wilson, Kristen Wiig, and Christopher Walken last week. Now he's also been tapped to write Deep Water, a "dark, sexy comedy" based on the thriller by Patricia Highsmith. Highsmith's books have served as the inspiration for dozens of films over the years, starting with Alfred Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train. The last...
- 1/12/2012
- by Angie Han
- Slash Film
Steve Zaillian is a busy, busy man. With two scripts in the running for awards season honors in "Moneyball" and "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo" and a plethora of other projects crowding his plate including sequels to the David Fincher film, it's a small miracle that the man also has time to produce. But via his Film Rites shingle, Zaillian has been quietly working on projects like the Philip K. Dick adaptation "Ubik" witih Michel Gondry attached, the David Cronenberg flick "As She Climbed Across The Table" as well as the remake of "Timecrimes" (which he may just direct himself). Well, one other project we haven't heard from in a while continues to move forward, albeit in bit of a brand new shape. THR reports that "Stranger Than Fiction" and "Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium" scribe Zach Helm is set to tackle the adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's "Deep Water" for Film Rites.
- 1/10/2012
- The Playlist
Fox 2000 confirms that screenwriter Zach Helm ("Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium") will adapt author Patricia Highsmith's 1957 suspense thriller "Deep Water" into a feature, to be produced by Steve Zaillian, Guymon Casady and Mike Nichols :
"...set in the small town of 'Little Wesley', 'Vic Meller' and 'Melinda Meller' have a loveless marriage held together only by a precarious arrangement, To avoid the messiness of divorce, Melinda is allowed to take any number of lovers as long as she does not desert her family. Unfortunately, things don't always work out as planned....."
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"...set in the small town of 'Little Wesley', 'Vic Meller' and 'Melinda Meller' have a loveless marriage held together only by a precarious arrangement, To avoid the messiness of divorce, Melinda is allowed to take any number of lovers as long as she does not desert her family. Unfortunately, things don't always work out as planned....."
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- 1/10/2012
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Patricia Highsmith is one of those writers that Hollywood just loves to adapt over and over again. Starting with Alfred Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train 1951, Highsmith has seen multiple titles from her catalog get turned into both feature films and television shows. It's been a long time since the author has gotten the mainstream Hollywood treatment, however, the last time being 1999's The Talented Mr. Ripley, starring Matt Damon, Jude Law and Gwenyth Paltrow. Now her work is making its triumphant return thanks in part to Zach Helm. THR has learned that Helm, whose previous credits include the scripts for Stranger than Fiction and Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium, has been hired by Fox 2000 to write an adaptation of Highsmith's 1957 suspense novel Deep Water. The plot centers on a husband trying to prevent a divorce by starting an open marriage and letting his wife sleep with whomever she wants. Trouble...
- 1/10/2012
- cinemablend.com
Fox 2000 has hired Zach Helm to adapt Patricia Highsmith's 1957 suspense novel "Deep Water," says The Hollywood Reporter . W. W. Norton & Company describes the novel as follows: In Deep Water, set in the small town of Little Wesley, Vic and Melinda Meller's loveless marriage is held together only by a precarious arrangement whereby in order to avoid the messiness of divorce, Melinda is allowed to take any number of lovers as long as she does not desert her family. Eventually, Vic tries to win her back by asserting himself through a tall tale of murder-one that soon comes true. Highsmith also wrote "Strangers on a Train" and "The Talented Mr. Ripley." Helm's credits include Stranger Than Fiction and Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium , which...
- 1/10/2012
- Comingsoon.net
Paul Rudd (Dinner for Schmucks), Owen Wilson (Marley and Me), Kristen Wiig ("SNL") and Christopher Walken (Click) will star in Freezing People is Easy, based on -- believe it or not -- the True Story of the TV repairman that started the cyrogenics industry in the 1960s by trying to, yes, freeze people. Spoiler alert: it turns out it's harder than he expected. Oscar-winning documentarian Errol Morris (The Thin Blue Line) will make his feature film directing debut from a script by Zach Helm (Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium).
Wiig, who is in her last season of "Saturday Night Live," is attached to the film but she's not locked in: she is mulling over tons of offers to do other movies.
Source: Deadline...
Wiig, who is in her last season of "Saturday Night Live," is attached to the film but she's not locked in: she is mulling over tons of offers to do other movies.
Source: Deadline...
- 1/6/2012
- by tara@kidspickflicks.com (Tara the Mom)
- kidspickflicks
Seeing the trailers for Martin Scorsese's Hugo used to give me conflicting emotions. Part of me knew I should get excited because of Scorsese alone, but the actual trailers and TV spots themselves all looked like a strange, unappealing hybrid of The Polar Express and Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium-- it was all shaping up to be the kind of movie that I knew I would be hesitant buying a ticket to no matter how good the reviews were. Now that I've seen the movie, I see the trailers entirely differently. Instead of TV spots that make me want to change the channel, I am hit with the sad realization that the trailers in no way capture the wonderment that I experienced earlier this week seeing it on the big screen. Yes, I realize that the standard line these days used...
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- 11/23/2011
- by Peter Hall
- Movies.com
George Clooney is planning to make a film based on the true story of the 2008 government bailouts. He will produce and possibly direct the film. Stranger Than Fiction screenwriter Zach Helm is set to adapt the article for the screen. He also wrote and directed the film Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium.
The film will be based on a 2009 Washington Post article by Laura Blumenfeld called The $700 Billion Man about Tarp mastermind Neel Kashkari. You can read that article here.
Clooney just wrapped principal photography on his next film, The Ides of March, which he directed based on the stage play Farragut North. That film is scheduled for an October 14th release.
A movie based on this whole bailout thing should be really interesting.
The film will be based on a 2009 Washington Post article by Laura Blumenfeld called The $700 Billion Man about Tarp mastermind Neel Kashkari. You can read that article here.
Clooney just wrapped principal photography on his next film, The Ides of March, which he directed based on the stage play Farragut North. That film is scheduled for an October 14th release.
A movie based on this whole bailout thing should be really interesting.
- 4/14/2011
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
George Clooney has his sights set on the story of the 2008 government bailouts, Variety is reporting. He is set to produce a narrative based on the actual events and may be planning to direct as well. The film will specifically be based on a 2009 Washington Post article by Laura Blumenfeld entitled "The $700 Billion Man" (which you can read here ). Zach Helm, who wrote Stranger Than Fiction and both wrote and directed Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium , is set to adapt the article for the screen. Clooney just wrapped principal photography on his next directorial effort, The Ides of March , based on the stage play "Farragut North." That film is scheduled for an October 14th release.
- 4/13/2011
- Comingsoon.net
Yesterday I posted a picture of Jean Reno and Natalie Portman from The Professional, simply because I stumbled across the photo about a week or two ago and felt it fit a slight lull in content. Then a few people began ranking and discussing Portman's other films, which got me to thinking about what my favorite Portman films were and how I would rank them.
For the sake of this argument, Portman's film career started very early so this also means there were a few notable films she was in that I don't necessarily consider "Natalie Portman films". If I had considered them both, Heat and Mars Attacks! would have made this list, but her contribution to both isn't enough to warrant placement, though I tried hard to make a case for Heat.
Also, before we get to the six I chose as my favorite Portman films, I should say...
For the sake of this argument, Portman's film career started very early so this also means there were a few notable films she was in that I don't necessarily consider "Natalie Portman films". If I had considered them both, Heat and Mars Attacks! would have made this list, but her contribution to both isn't enough to warrant placement, though I tried hard to make a case for Heat.
Also, before we get to the six I chose as my favorite Portman films, I should say...
- 4/7/2011
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Natalie Portman has been called many things over the past few months: superstar, A-lister, Oscar winner. But today she is being called something else: big, fat, dirty liar.
Okay, maybe not big or fat, but the dance community is certainly unhappy with Portman, as the latest issue of Dance Magazine contains allegations from Portman's dancing double on "Black Swan" that Portman didn't actually do the legwork in her Oscar winning performance.
And that Oscar backlash should be hitting right about... now.
"They were trying to create this facade that she had become a ballerina in a year and a half," dancing double Sarah Lane said in the Dance Magazine interview, claiming that Fox Searchlight ordered her to stop giving interviews during award season in order to hush up her role in the movie. "So I knew they didn't want to publicize anything about me."
She went on to add, "how unfortunate it is that,...
Okay, maybe not big or fat, but the dance community is certainly unhappy with Portman, as the latest issue of Dance Magazine contains allegations from Portman's dancing double on "Black Swan" that Portman didn't actually do the legwork in her Oscar winning performance.
And that Oscar backlash should be hitting right about... now.
"They were trying to create this facade that she had become a ballerina in a year and a half," dancing double Sarah Lane said in the Dance Magazine interview, claiming that Fox Searchlight ordered her to stop giving interviews during award season in order to hush up her role in the movie. "So I knew they didn't want to publicize anything about me."
She went on to add, "how unfortunate it is that,...
- 3/25/2011
- by Scott Harris
- NextMovie
Los Angeles - Natalie Portman won the Oscar for best performance by an actress for her role in the ballet drama The Black Swan. 'This is insane,' said Portman, 29, in accepting her first Oscar. 'I am so grateful to be able to do the job I do. I love it so much.' A Jerusalem-born actress, Portman, moved to the United States from Israel as a 3-year-old and rose to prominence at the age of 17 when she was cast as Padme Amidala in the Star Wars prequel trilogy. She was also a budding young scientist and a psychology undergraduate at Harvard University. Her other films include V for Vendetta, Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium and The Other Boleyn Girl.
- 2/28/2011
- Monsters and Critics
ChaCha put together a list of actors who have died the most in their movies. Topping the list is Robert De Niro with fifteen deaths, including ones in "Cape Fear," "Frankenstein" and "Jackie Brown." Bruce Willis also made the list and was actually killed twice by his ex-wife Demi Moore in "Mortal Thoughts" and "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle." Brad Pitt is in top ten as well, but his deaths are a bit odd. He died in "Cool World," but returned as an animated character. He died in "Fight Club," but never actually existed. And he died in "Meet Joe Black," but came back as Death. The list is far from perfect, since it doesn't include Leonardo DiCaprio (The Departed, Titanic, Blood Diamond), Kevin Spacey (Se7en, American Beauty, La Confidential), Samuel L. Jackson (Deep Blue Sea, True Romance, Jurassic Park), or John Travolta (Pulp Fiction, Face/Off, The Punisher). Plus, there...
- 12/28/2010
- WorstPreviews.com
In the latest film rendition of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic American novel "The Great Gatsby," the role of Daisy Buchanan is more complicated than you might think. After all, in the 70s version, Mia Farrow was considered to be a pretty good actress but her version of Daisy was unbelievable at best and unwatchable at worst. Daisy is gold-digging, disloyal, and manipulative but beautiful and charming. Director Baz Luhrmann (Moulin Rouge) had The Town's Rebecca Hall read the role in his workshop table read and is also said to be considering Amanda Seyfried (Dear John). Now, he's considering more actresses for the part including Scarlett Johansson (Iron Man 2, left), Natalie Portman (Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium), Abbie Cornish (Bright Star, right), Keira Knightley (Pirates of the Caribbean movies), Blake Lively ("Gossip Girl" but also in The Town), and Michelle Williams (Shutter Island).
Source: Deadline...
Source: Deadline...
- 11/2/2010
- by tara@kidspickflicks.com (Tara the Mom)
- kidspickflicks
Halloween week is kicking off Sunday, Oct. 24 and Zap2it's got you covered for all your spooky programming needs.
From marathons of classic TV Halloween episodes and Fearfest lineups to family fare like "It's the Great Pumpkin" and current shows' Halloween episodes -- we've got a little something for everyone. Enjoy!
Sunday, Oct. 24
ABC Family's 13 Nights of Halloween: "Teen Witch," "Bridge to Terabithia," "Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium," "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory," "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," "Corpse Bride," "Disney's Trick or Treat," "The Spiderwick Chronicles"
AMC Fearfest: "The Wolf Man," "Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman," "Pet Cemetery," "Cujo," "House on Haunted Hill," "Return to House on Haunted Hill," "Constantine," "28 Days Later," "Jeepers Creepers 2," "Ghost Ship" and "Exorcist - The Beginning"
Syfy: "Boogeyman," "Boogeyman 2," "The Midnight Meat Train," "Timber Falls," "The Grudge," "Identity," "The Reaping," "The Rapture," "Dread," "Bram Stoker's Way of the Vampire"
Monday, Oct. 25
NBC: "Chuck,...
From marathons of classic TV Halloween episodes and Fearfest lineups to family fare like "It's the Great Pumpkin" and current shows' Halloween episodes -- we've got a little something for everyone. Enjoy!
Sunday, Oct. 24
ABC Family's 13 Nights of Halloween: "Teen Witch," "Bridge to Terabithia," "Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium," "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory," "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," "Corpse Bride," "Disney's Trick or Treat," "The Spiderwick Chronicles"
AMC Fearfest: "The Wolf Man," "Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman," "Pet Cemetery," "Cujo," "House on Haunted Hill," "Return to House on Haunted Hill," "Constantine," "28 Days Later," "Jeepers Creepers 2," "Ghost Ship" and "Exorcist - The Beginning"
Syfy: "Boogeyman," "Boogeyman 2," "The Midnight Meat Train," "Timber Falls," "The Grudge," "Identity," "The Reaping," "The Rapture," "Dread," "Bram Stoker's Way of the Vampire"
Monday, Oct. 25
NBC: "Chuck,...
- 10/23/2010
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
J.J. Abrams and Steven Spielberg's highly anticipated, top-secret movie Super 8 has its stars and is ready to film. Elle Fanning (pictured, Dakota's little sister who starred as the title character in Phoebe in Wonderland and voiced a character in Astroboy) and Kyle Chandler ("Friday Night Lights") will star along with kids Gabriel Basso (he played Fake Freddie on "iCarly"), Zach Mills (Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium, Kit Kittredge: An American Girl) and Ryan Lee ("Special Agent Oso") and grown ups Ron Eldard (Mystery, Alaska) and Noah Emmerich ("White Collar").
The storyline of Super 8 is being kept quiet but it's influenced by the movies Abrams and Spielberg grew up watching and loving. Super 8 is a type of film used in a home video camera popular in the 1970s. It's set for release next summer.
Source: Variety...
The storyline of Super 8 is being kept quiet but it's influenced by the movies Abrams and Spielberg grew up watching and loving. Super 8 is a type of film used in a home video camera popular in the 1970s. It's set for release next summer.
Source: Variety...
- 9/21/2010
- by tara@kidspickflicks.com (Tara the Mom)
- kidspickflicks
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