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While I wasn’t able to see all the movies I would have liked to, the first film I saw at AFI FEST 2010 was CARGO. Now an interesting fact about Cargo is that it is the first Sci-Fi movie from Switzerland, which obviously puts a lot of pressure on it, especially since it took almost 10 years to make. I had actually wanted to see [...]
Pierre Morel, the director behind the Liam Neeson hit Taken, is presenting his outline of OUIJA to Universal this afternoon. The ouija board was marketed as a board game through Hasbro, and the supernatural thriller will be based around the board that is used to communicate with the spirits of the dead. Morel is also in talks with Warner Bros to direct EDF, or Earth [...]
You read that title right, and it is not a misprint. Andy Tennant is directing the film ADALINE and has cast Angela Lansbury as the daughter of Katherine Heigel. Landsbury is currently filming Mr. Popper’s Penguins, and will begin shooting Adaline in April of 2011. Adaline is the co-production of Sidney Kimmel Entertainment and Lakeshore, and will star Katherine Heigl as the title character. J [...]
Screen Gems has signed Will Gluck, producer and director of Easy A along with star Emma Stone to make another movie together. Easy A has grossed over $65 million since it was released back in September, and Screen Gems President Clint Culpepper has said that the film was “easily the most well-liked and best critiqued movie Screen Gems has made.” The details of the film [...]
Natalie Portman, who will be seen in Mila Kunis Black Swan opening on December 3rd, has written her first screenplay. The actress, along with a collage pal Laura Moses, has written a comedy that they are currently shopping to Hollywood studios. According to two execs that have read the script, the film can be described as Superbad, but with females as the main characters. The [...]
The reboot of THE MUPPETS has added prime time actors to the ensemble cast; with rumors flying that Lady Gaga will make an appearance as well! Jane Lynch, who recently won an Emmy Award for her role on Glee, has signed with the picture, along with Community star Donald Glover. Lynch will play a prison guard while Danny Trejo (Machete) will make an appearance as [...]
Every year, you read on countless movie billboards that this movie or that movie is THE movie of the year. Well, please note that every time you read that, it was a horrible lie because I have seen the movie of the year and it is called THE FIGHTER. As part of the AFI FEST 2010, I had the opportunity to attend a screening of [...]
As the credits began to roll at the end of SKYLINE, there was dead silence then the audience burst into excited cheering, shouting and applauding “It’s over, we are free at last from the horror!” All right, I am exaggerating a little tiny bit, but Skyline is up there with some of the worst movies of the year. I wanted to like it, I really [...]
Check out the trailer for the upcoming movie SANCTUM from executive producer James Cameron. The movie stars Richard Roxburgh, Rhys Wakefield, Ioan Gruffudd, Alice Parkinson, Dan Wyllie, and is directed by Alister Grierson. You can read all our Sanctum coverage here. Sanctum Synopsis: The 3-D action-thriller Sanctum, from executive producer James Cameron, follows a team of underwater cave divers on a treacherous expedition to the [...]
Check out the first photos from the upcoming movie THE LORAX starring the voices of Danny DeVito, Zac Efron, Ed Helms, Betty White, Rob Riggle and written & directed by Ken Daurio. (Thanks to USA Today for the photo). You can read all our The Lorax coverage here. The Lorax Synopsis: Based on Dr. Seuss’ children’s book of the same name and first published in [...]
