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Independent film companies are really starting to embrace the idea of VOD services. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the companies are turning to VOD to help make up for getting a smaller share of theatrical revenue and less DVD sales. Digital Entertainment Group, a trade organization, reports that consumer spending on VOD totaled $1.8 billion in 2010, which was up 21% from 2009. Meanwhile sales [...]
I’ve got some more casting news for J. EDGAR. According to Deadline.com, Gossip Girl star Ed Westwick has been cast in a major role in the film. The drama, directed by Clint Eastwood, is about manipulative FBI director J. Edgar Hoover and stars Leonardo DiCaprio. Westwick will play the role of Agent Smith, a clean cut operative with writing skill. Once Hoover discovers Smith can [...]
Looks like Kevin James and Frank Coraci had so much fun working together on The Zookeeper that they’ve decided to do it again. According to Deadline.com, James will star in the as yet untitled mixed martial arts picture that Coraci is set to direct. The film, from Sony Pictures Entertainment, first started taking shape last fall, with James playing the role of a physics teacher [...]
If you are sad that you won’t be able to attend the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, rejoice because you might get the chance to watch select films from the festival in the comfort of your own home. As part of the “Direct from the Sundance Film Festival” initiative, five films being screened at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival will simultaneously be available nationwide, on-demand, through [...]
I was very fortunate to have an advance screening of SEX & DRUGS & ROCK & ROLL. This film is the directorial debut of Mat Whitecross and I was blown away from the opening sequence. During my initial screening, I noticed similarities between its style and the style of other films, Baz Luhrmann was my initial thought, based on the out of the ordinary, outside [...]
According to Deadline.com, filming has resumed on Luc Besson’s THE LADY. Best-known for his kick-ass action movies, Besson has reportedly resumed filming on his biopic of Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, in Paris. But the director is also quite determined to keep shooting under wraps because of the film’s delicate political situation. Co-star Michelle Yeoh (Tomorrow Never Dies) plays Suu Kyi, the reluctant [...]
With all the news I’ve seen recently about universal video, this has got to be the best yet. According to TheWrap.com, Hollywood just moved a step closer toward making universal video an actual reality. The name of the system will be UltraViolet and reportedly by as early as next year you’ll be able to play all the movies and shows you download over almost any [...]
Watch a new trailer for the upcoming movie PAUL starring Seth Rogen, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Sigourney Weaver, Jane Lynch, Kristen Wiig, Jason Bateman, Blythe Danner, Bill Hader, and directed by Greg Mottola. You can read all our Paul coverage here. Paul Synopsis: Simon Pegg and Nick Frost (Hot Fuzz, Shaun of the Dead) reunite for the comedy adventure Paul as two sci-fi geeks whose [...]
Check out 27 photos from the upcoming movie GNOMEO & JULIET starring James McAvoy, Emily Blunt, Michael Caine and directed by Kelly Asbury. You can read all our Gnomeo & Juliet coverage here. Gnomeo & Juliet Synopsis: The greatest love story ever told, starring…garden gnomes? In “Gnomeo & Juliet,” Shakespeare’s revered tale gets a comical, off-the-wall makeover. Directed by Kelly Asbury (co-director of “Shrek 2″) [...]
Check out some fun character photos from CARS 2 starring the voices of Owen Wilson, Larry the Cable Guy and directed by John Lasseter. You can read all our Cars 2 coverage here. Cars 2 Synopsis: Star racecar Lightning McQueen (voice of Owen Wilson) and the incomparable tow truck Mater (voice of Larry the Cable Guy) take their friendship to exciting new places in “Cars [...]
