The 48th annual New York Film Festival is fast approaching us on September 24th, filled with a rich variety of films that will surely appease everyone’s taste. From populous director David Fincher’s The Social Network to Shakespeare’s adapted The Tempest, this year’s festival will turn the heads of mainstream movie goers to theater buffs to …
If you are a cinema lover and you live in Chicago you need to pay a visit to the 46th annual Chicago International Film Festival (CIFF). CIFF, from October 7th to the 21st, is one of the best film festivals in the US, offering plenty of different options for all film buffs. They just announced …
/film dropped an interesting article on the upcoming Marvel superhero film Captain America. In interview with CBR, director Joe Johnston spoke about how Captain America: The First Avenger would tie into the other Marvel films. “There are links between all the Marvel films, mostly ones that only the fans will pick up on. We have …
According to Filmjunk.com, Dark Sky Films has announced that they are making a pretty risky decision with the theatrical release of Hatchet 2. Following in the footsteps of Anchor Bay’s remake to I Spit On Your, Dark Sky is sidestepping the MPAA entirely by only releasing an unrated version of the film. What this means …
There is no harm in further promoting one of my favourite films of 2010 Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, especially since it isn’t making much money at the box office. It was reported that Edgar Wright changed the ending from what test screening/preview audiences saw earlier in the year to what we have now in …
The Bourne Identity and Mr & Mrs Smith director Doug Liman is set to direct the time-travel actioner All You Need is Kill, says Variety. The movie, based on the Japanese novel of the same name, has been in development for a few months now. In a recent interview at http://www.collider.com/ Liman had this to …
Natasha Romanova (the Black Widow) Recently Joss Whedon told The Sunday Herald-Sun a little about his plans for the upcoming Marvel superhero film, The Avengers. He didn’t reveal anything new, but he did mention that in addition to Scarlett Johansson’s Black Widow, there will be other female characters in the movie. Rumors are circulating about …
Despite the fact that Piranha 3D didn’t make huge box office numbers on opening weekend (only $10 million), Dimension Films has issued a press release announcing that they are already developing a follow-up with both director Alexandre Aja and producer Mark Canton returning. Considering Piranha 3d only has an estimated $24 million budget, the film …
This weekend marked the ceremony for the 2010 Creative Arts Primetime Emmy Award which awards all the minor and technical awards for the The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The Major Awards will be announced next week at the 62nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards. HBO and ABC walked away with 17 and 15 awards …
Yesterday director/producer Bryan Singer (House, Trick ‘r Treat) spoke to Harry Knowles from Ain’t it Cool News and dropped some huge details about X-men: First Class. I’ve unfortunately been skeptical for a while about this movie, despite all the positive things we’ve been hearing lately about it. After the train-wreck (In my opinion) that was …
That’s right ladies in gentleman! In the wake of other hype-spectacular biopics such as The Social Network, you can now look forward to Google the Movie in your theatre…eventually. John Morris and Groundswell Productions have teamed up and acquired the movie right to Ken Auletta’s biography about the Websearch giant, called Googled: The End of …
Deadline recently reported that Tim Burton would reunite with Ed Wood screenwriters Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski on a 3D stop-motion animated adaptation of Charles Addams‘ The Addams Family. “The project is based on artwork that Tim absolutely loves. The retrospective in New York of Tim’s own artwork showed how much of an influence Charles …
Overture Films has recently launched a viral website for Matt Reeves‘ Let Me In. Five new photos from the movie has been revealed. Considering the original film Let The Right One In is my favorite horror film since The Shining, I wasn’t too thrilled with the idea of a remake. However I must confess that …
In what is really not a surprise, Sony Pictures has cast actress Rooney Mara in the coveted and hard fought role of Lisbeth Salander in David Fincher’s upcoming adaptation/remake of Stieg Larsson’s The Millennium Trilogy (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl who Played with Fire, The Girl who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest). Deadline …
Fantastic Fest has announced the opening night film will be the U.S. premiere of the highly anticipated Let Me In, directed by Matt Reeves (Cloverfield) and starring Chloe Moretz (Kick Ass), Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Road), Elias Koteas (Shutter Island) and Richard Jenkins (The Visitor). The red carpet event will take place on Thursday, September 23 …
The coveted role of Lisbeth Salander in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo has been officially cast to actress Rooney Mara. The upcoming film being directed by David Fincher, is a remake of the original Swedish adaptation of the book by the same name, written by the late Stieg Larsson. Mara is an actress who’s …
In a Q&A with Vanity Fair, Edgar Wright revealed his plans for his next film Ant-Man. Wright went on to say that it would be “essentially a high-tech spy heist film with somebody with a very particular power.” Wright added that while “shrinking man films generally get a bad rap, Ant-Man will twist the genre …
Yesterday, Netflix announced a deal that will add films from Lions Gate, Paramount, and MGM to its online subscription service. The deal, a five-year, multi-million dollar arrangement with little-known company EPIX, will allow Netflix to compete with cable and satellite TV companies for consumer’s digital media dollars. Until recently, film studios preferred to pre-sell the …
Producer Scott Rudin and director David Fincher are taking steps in finalizing the principal cast for the Hollywood remake of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. The recent acquisition of gems Robin Wright (formerly Penn) as Erika Berger, and Swedish actor Stellan Skarsgard as Martin Vanger to the team, has given rise to hope for …
Brad Anderson has been on of the most underappreciated American film directors in the past ten years. His films have varied from Sundance Film Festival audience favorites Next Stop Wonderland and Happy Accidents to darker themed movies such as Session 9 and The Machinist. His last film, Transsiberian flew under everyone’s radar. The thriller starring …
US company Netflix will begin offering online subscription service to Canada this fall. This will be the first foray into the international market for the company, which currently offers both an online subscription service and DVD by mail to American customers for a low monthly fee ($8.99 US), though there are currently no plans to …
Troma Entertainment announces the release of two new DVD’s. First for lovers of heavy metal and heavy violence comes Heavy Mental. Ace Spade, garage band superstar, has just been given the guitar of the late Godfather of Heavy Metal, Eddie Lee Stryker. Eddie’s ghost possesses the instrument and is hell-bent on avenging his death at …
According to The Playlist, Marvel Entertainment has created a new division – Marvel Television, with the intent of creating both animated and live action fare to the small screen. Jeph Loeb who was producer and writer on shows like Heroes, Lost, Smallville and Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Animated Series has been tasked to head …