1-20 of 132 items « Prev | Next »
Ava DuVernay’s ‘Wrinkle in Time’ Sets Release Date
57 minutes ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Ava DuVernay’s “A Wrinkle in Time” will pull up to theaters on April 6, 2018. The sci-fi adventure from Walt Disney stars Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, Mindy Kaling, Chris Pine and Gugu Mbatha-Raw have already joined the project, along with young actress Storm Reid. Reid will play the book’s famed main character, a high school-aged girl named Meg Murry who has been struggling ever since her scientist dad (Pine) went missing. Meg finds herself transported on an adventure through time and space with her younger brother, Charles Wallace, and her friend, Calvin O’Keefe, to find her father and rescue him from the evil. »
- Matt Donnelly
Samuel L. Jackson, Joan Cusack Join Brie Larson’s ‘Unicorn Store’
2 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Samuel L. Jackson, Joan Cusack and Bradley Whitford have joined the cast of Brie Larson’s feature directorial debut “Unicorn Store.” Larson also stars in the comedy, which begins shooting this month in Los Angeles. Based on an original screenplay by Samantha McIntyre, “Unicorn Store” focuses on a grown woman (Larson) who moves back in with her parents. She receives an invitation to a store that will test her ideas of what it really means to grow up. Also Read: Brie Larson Confirmed to Play Captain Marvel Hercules Film Fund is fully financing with Rhea Films producing. Larson, Lynette Howell Taylor, »
- Thom Geier
‘Ghost in the Shell’ Director Defends Scarlett Johansson After Whitewashing Claims
6 hours ago | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
Scarlett Johansson’s new film “Ghost in the Shell,” based on the popular manga and anime of the same name, has received its fair share of controversy over the past year from critics who argue that casting Johansson as the film’s protagonist is an act of whitewashing. Though people on the film’s creative team have tried to stymie the controversy, it nevertheless persists. Now, according to The Verge, the director Rupert Sanders has come out and defended his choice of casting in an on-stage interview in Tokyo when the film’s first trailer premiered.
“To me, you know, I cast very much from the gut and I think I was very lucky to be able to get an amazing international cast of people that I’ve always really wanted to work with, »
- Vikram Murthi
‘Elle’ and ‘Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk’ In The ‘Moonlight’: A Great Weekend at the Arthouse Box Office
13 November 2016 11:47 AM, PST | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
This weekend saw Sony release two awards hopefuls; their directors have each received Oscar nominations for Best Foreign Language Film, and produced international blockbusters. With that kind of buildup, it’s unsurprising that both Ang Lee’s “Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk” and Paul Verhoeven’s “Elle” had strong openings. Both are welcome in a rebounding specialized world, where “Moonlight” is finding wider audiences and “Loving” continues to show promise.
Opening
“Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk” (Sony) – Metacritic: 53; Festivals include: New York 2016
$120,300 in 2 theaters; PTA: $60,150
Ang Lee’s latest effort came with expectations of high-end performance, and its two initial dates showed major strength. The Lincoln Square Theater in New York and Arclight Hollywood in Los Angeles presented the story of an Iraq war veteran’s return home (based on an acclaimed 2003 novel) in the intended 4K 3D 120 fps format, and audiences responded.
These numbers are particularly encouraging »
- Tom Brueggemann
Hayao Miyazaki Hints at Return to Feature Film Making
20 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Tokyo – Legendary Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki has hinted about a return to feature film making.
Speaking on a Nhk television program, Miyazaki talked about turning “Boro The Caterpillar” (“Kemushi no Boro”,) a CG short he has been making for the Studio Ghibli museum in Tokyo, into a feature film.
He said that he has shared a proposal with Toshio Suzuki, veteran producer at Studio Ghibli, which has been Miyazaki’s creative home for three decades. “I haven’t said anything to my wife yet,” Miyazaki confessed. “When I do, though, I’m ready die in the middle (of production).” No formal announcement about production or release date has been made.
Now 75, Miyzaki announced his retirement from feature film-making in September 2013, following the summer release of his last feature to date, the WW2-themed “The Wind Rises.”
On the program Suzuki said that Miyazaki has been “battling with CG” in the new project, »
- Mark Schilling
‘No Oscar Campaigning,’ Academy Says, While Providing the Opportunity
6 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
A few weeks ago the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences met with representatives from various studios and reminded them to please not campaign for Oscars at the Governors Awards, which were held Saturday night in Hollywood. Don’t escort talent around the room making the usual introductions to press and Academy voters, they said. Don’t sully the evening with the status quo of this time of year.
If you’re laughing, that’s fair. It does sound like a joke. I’m not even sure how much the Academy meant it or if it was just putting on airs. After all, the org sent out a rules and regulations update over the summer that included this stunningly vague passage: “Academy members may not be invited to or attend any non-screening event, party or dinner that is reasonably perceived to unduly influence members or undermine the integrity of the vote. »
- Kristopher Tapley
‘Hacksaw Ridge,’ ‘Allied’ Secure China Release Dates
9 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Mel Gibson’s “Hacksaw Ridge” and Robert Zemeckis’ “Allied” have both landed theatrical release dates in China this year. They add to an already bulging calendar in late November and December.
“Allied” will get an outing on Wednesday Nov. 30 through China Film Co. “Hacksaw Ridge” will release on Thurs Dec. 8 through the other state-owned vehicle Huaxia Distribution. Earlier this year sales agent Im Global announced that it had licensed the film to China’s YooZoo.
A recent confirmation that Clint Eastwood’s “Sully” was to get a Dec. 9 release appeared to show China’s import quotas being stretched beyond their normal 34 films per year. Hollywood titles also appear to be being given release slots deeper into December.
Normally the last month of the year is the busiest at Chinese cinemas as companies and spectators cash in coupons and other incentives that only last until the end of the calendar year. »
- Patrick Frater
Chinese Manufacturing Firm Acquires Voltage Pictures for $350 Million (Report)
17 hours ago | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
The flow of Chinese capital into Hollywood continues. On Monday, Reuters reported that China's Anhui Xinke New Materials has acquired an 80 percent stake in Midnight Investments, owner of film financing and production company Voltage Pictures, for $350.71 million (2.39 billion yuan). The Chinese company is best known for copper processing and manufacturing electric wires and cables, but it is now branching out into the film business. Founded by producer Nicolas Chartier in 2005, Voltage Pictures began as a foreign sales outfit before venturing into production with Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker in 2010. The company has since
read more
»
Dog Eat Dog: Is Paul Schrader the world's best bad director?
13 hours ago | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
The Nic Cage-starring thriller is a complete mess, but has moments of audacious brilliance. It shows that, at 70, Schrader is still taking creative risks
Age is not mellowing 1970s wunderkind writer-director Paul Schrader one bit. Now aged 70 and essentially an outcast in Hollywood, he’s spent the past few years, the sunset of his career, doing what his contemporaries were doing at the dawn of theirs half a century ago for Roger Corman: savouring the untold creative freedoms available to inspired artists on Z-movie budgets. Since The Canyons – in which he cast the most mercurial household name in the States, Lindsay Lohan, and its most famous (and, as it turned out, most creepy) male porn star, James Deen – he’s been making his movies like a film student, improvising, stunt-casting, rewriting on set, »
- John Patterson
Taraji P. Henson And ‘Hidden Figures’ Make A Timely Case For Oscar Attention
12 hours ago | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
It’s hard to imagine a film like “Hidden Figures” about three trailblazing African American women being even more relevant after Tuesday’s shocking presidential election, but for Academy and guild members that’s exactly the reaction you can expect. Theodore Melfi’s moving historical drama had its first public screening for SAG and select members of the press on Sunday night and it should absolutely become a priority for an Academy that, like much of America, realized the nation is much more racist than it believed.
Continue reading Taraji P. Henson And ‘Hidden Figures’ Make A Timely Case For Oscar Attention at The Playlist. »
- Gregory Ellwood
Us Briefs: 'The Martian Vr Experience' comes to market
20 minutes ago | ScreenDaily | See recent ScreenDaily news »
Fox Innovation Lab, in partnership with Rsa Films and The Virtual Reality Company, announced on Monday that its first Vr endeavour will go on sale to customers.
Starting on Tuesday (November 15), The Martian Vr Experience, will be available for $19.99 on the PlayStation Vr, which recently launched for the PlayStation 4 system, and Htc Vive via the Steam portal.
Robert Stromberg directed and Ridley Scott served as executive producer on the project, which Fox debuted at CES 2016 followed by Sundance last January. The experience allows users to assume the role of astronaut Mark Watney – portrayed by Matt Damon in blockbuster hit The Martian – as he attempts to get back to Earth.
“The Fox Innovation Lab is at the forefront of exploring virtual reality as a new storytelling medium,” said Mike Dunn, president, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment and Fox Innovation Lab.
“The Martian Vr Experience is a testament to the opportunity for filmmakers to connect with audiences in new »
- jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
Comedian Brett Gelman Severs Ties With Adult Swim Over Lack of Female Representation
32 minutes ago | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
Comedian Brett Gelman has taken to Twitter to announce that he has “severed ties” with comedy network Adult Swim in the wake of the recent controversy surrounding their lack of female creators.
Splitsider reports that the “Dinner in America” star and creator will no longer work in tandem with the network, specifically pointing to Evp/creative director Mike Lazzo’s recent Reddit post that attempted to explain away the channel’s lack of female creators — as was reported earlier this year, they currently have zero projects from women currently in the works — by announcing that “women don’t tend to like conflict” when it comes time to write and produce comedy.
Adult Swim’s Mike Lazzo Takes to Reddit to Defend Lack of Female Creators https://t.co/fjxE8FYx7z This Is The Reason I Have Severed Ties
— Brett Gelman (@brettgelman) November 14, 2016
Gelman also noted that his decision stemmed »
- Kate Erbland
HBO Still Isn’t Ruling Out That ‘Game of Thrones’ Prequel
37 minutes ago | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
Picture David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, the showrunners on HBO’s Game of Thrones. Picture them working on season 7. Picture the lines around their tired eyes, the grey invading the beards they haven’t had time to shave. Picture them hunched over a monitor or a schedule or the coffee that offers them respite during their busy […]
The post HBO Still Isn’t Ruling Out That ‘Game of Thrones’ Prequel appeared first on /Film. »
- Jacob Hall
‘Bleed For This’ Starring Miles Teller Plays Like ‘Million Dollar Baby’ With A Feel Good Ending [Review]
47 minutes ago | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
This is a reprint of our review from the 2016 Telluride Film Festival.
It’s to the credit of the boxing picture “Bleed For This” that it goes nine, ten, or maybe even 11 rounds before it’s clear just which way the final decision is going to go. That’s not a reference to the outcome of the movie’s climactic 1990s match between Miles Teller’s real-life Vinny Paz character and Roberto Duran, but rather the movie’s own bout between its better instincts and the need to wrap up on the most simplistically crowd-pleasing note possible.
Continue reading ‘Bleed For This’ Starring Miles Teller Plays Like ‘Million Dollar Baby’ With A Feel Good Ending [Review] at The Playlist. »
- Kevin Jagernauth
Michael Shannon Reveals He Was Almost In ‘Inherent Vice,’ Fell Asleep Watching ‘Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice’
1 hour ago | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
This week, Tom Ford‘s “Nocturnal Animals” comes slithering into cinemas, and while it boasts Amy Adams and Jake Gyllenhaal in the lead roles, it’s Michael Shannon who arguably steals the entire movie. His weathered cop with a loose grip on ethics is utterly fantastic, a big scenery chewing part that Shannon masticates with the juices running down his chin. Any movie seems to be immediately improved by his presence, and had the tides of fate gone differently, we might’ve seen his talents in a film from Paul Thomas Anderson (and we should say, the project did just fine without Shannon).
Continue reading Michael Shannon Reveals He Was Almost In ‘Inherent Vice,’ Fell Asleep Watching ‘Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice’ at The Playlist. »
- Kevin Jagernauth
Warwick Davis’ ‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’ Character Revealed
1 hour ago | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
More than three decades after he first appeared in Star Wars: Episode VI — Return of the Jedi, Warwick Davis has returned to the galaxy far, far away for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. But he’s not playing Wicket this time, or even any of his Phantom Menace characters. Instead, he’s portraying someone entirely new. To get your first […]
The post Warwick Davis’ ‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’ Character Revealed appeared first on /Film. »
- Angie Han
Ava DuVernay’s ‘A Wrinkle In Time’ To Hit Theaters In Spring 2018
1 hour ago | Deadline | See recent Deadline news »
Ava DuVernay just dropped a teaser video on her Twitter handle that A Wrinkle In Time is heading into production and that the feature adaptation of Madeleine L’Engle’s iconic children’s novel is set to open on April 6, 2018 — the weekend following Easter Sunday. Given how many kids are apt to be off on spring break, Disney found that the post-Easter frame was a lucrative one this year as they played The Jungle Book to a domestic gross of $364 million, currently 2016’s… »
Ryan Reynolds Reveals There Were “Scary Fights” Making ‘Deadpool,’ Says He’s “Sad” Tim Miller Exited The Sequel
1 hour ago | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
You should already know the story of “Deadpool” by now, but here’s the very short version: first introduced in “X-Men Origins: Wolverine,” 20th Century Fox completely botched the character in almost every way possible. Ryan Reynolds continued to pursue a solo movie that would be completely true to the character, but Fox were never that interested, until test footage “leaked” online, earning instant fan support, and forcing the studio’s hand.
Continue reading Ryan Reynolds Reveals There Were “Scary Fights” Making ‘Deadpool,’ Says He’s “Sad” Tim Miller Exited The Sequel at The Playlist. »
- Kevin Jagernauth
Jason MacLeod Elected New Head Of Animation Guild
1 hour ago | Deadline | See recent Deadline news »
Jason MacLeod has been elected business rep of the Animation Guild, Iatse Local 839, succeeding Steve Hulett, who is retiring December 6 after 27 years at the helm of the union. Hulett, currently the longest serving union leader in Hollywood, spent a decade as an animation writer at Walt Disney Animation Studios in the 1970s and 1980s before taking the leadership role at the guild in 1989. This election marks only the second turnover in the office since 1978. "I'm very… »
Colin Farrell Says Next Yorgos Lanthimos Film Made Him Nauseous And Is Even Bleaker Than ‘The Lobster’
1 hour ago | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
With just a couple weeks left before film critics start listing the best movies of 2016, it’s safe to assume Yorgos Lanthimos’ “The Lobster” will be included on many of them. A darling of the 2015 festival circuit, the dark romance satire arrived in theaters this summer to critical acclaim, most of which singled out the never-better Colin Farrell in the lead role. No wonder expectations are sky high for the duo’s next collaboration, “The Killing of a Sacred Deer,” which co-stars Nicole Kidman and Alicia Silverstone.
Read More: Why Colin Farrell’s Gut in ‘The Lobster’ Deserves a Best Supporting Actor Nomination
In a new interview with Business Insider, Farrell couldn’t help but tease the project, which is currently in production. The story, which has been described as a “psychological thriller with supernatural elements,” finds the actor playing a surgeon who takes a teenager under his wing and »
- Zack Sharf
1-20 of 132 items « Prev | Next »
« Prev | Next »