BURBANK, Calif. – August 27, 2010 – Two weeks after becoming the highest-grossing animated film of all time, Disney-Pixar’s “Toy Story 3″ will cross the $1 billion mark at the global box office today, joining “Alice in Wonderland” as the second $1 billion film this year from The Walt Disney Studios – the first studio [...]
August 27, 2010 | Published in
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The search for a new star to carry Paramount’s latest installment of the “Mission: Impossible” franchise is over. Oscar-nominated star Jeremy Renner, who anchored Kathryn Bigelow’s acclaimed Iraq War drama, “The Hurt Locker,” has been hired to carry on the mantle of international espionage. Deadline reports that Renner won’t replace, but rather star alongside, Tom [...]
August 26, 2010 | Published in
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Iconoclastic director, David Lynch, the quintessential purveyor of the weird and wonderful, has been hired as the first ever guest artistic director for the upcoming AFI Fest in Hollywood, Ca. Some of his duties will include the creation of artwork to serve as the official image of the 24th annual event, as well as the [...]
August 25, 2010 | Published in
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Aussie actor, Sam Worthington, otherwise known as the man with the golden agent, has inexplicably managed to land every major lead role in Hollywood over the past two years, all without any discernible talent or outstanding qualities. His impressive box office run includes blockbusters “Terminator Salvation,” “Clash of the Titans” and the most profitable movie [...]
The once sci-fi hero director, Paul Verhoeven (“RoboCop,” “Total Recall”), has been laying low for the past several years after the cold response to his 2000 film, “Hollow Man,” which starred Kevin Bacon and Elizabeth Shue. With the exception of his highly acclaimed Dutch effort “Black Book” in 2006, Verhoeven has been in near-complete isolation [...]
August 23, 2010 | Published in
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According to insiders close to Vulture, Fox has whittled the pack down to two in their quest to find a director to helm the sequel to “X-Men Origins: Wolverine.” The finalists are “Twilight: Eclipse” director David Slade, and Robert Schwentke, known for “Flightplan” and “The Time Traveler’s Wife.” Apparently the studio has ok’d both men [...]
August 21, 2010 | Published in
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In an interview with Market Saw yesterday, James Cameron opened up about his plans to re-release his environmentally-conscious alien epic “Avatar” with an additional nine minutes of pure CG footage, the upcoming novelization of the film he’s currently working on, the status of “Avatar 2,” the future of 3D and a host of other juicy [...]
August 8, 2010 | Published in
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The legendary indie film “Colin Fitz Lives!” about two bumbling security guards posted at the grave of Colin Fitz, a dead rock star with fans obsessive enough to make Justin Bieber blush will finally get a proper release. What, never heard of it? Indie film buffs certainly have. Way back in 1997 this low-budget comedy with [...]
Funnyman Will Ferrell, who has played everything from former President George W. Bush to Robert Goulet will reportedly take his comedic chops to the Spanish-speaking world in “Casa de mi padre,” or “House of My Father,” according to TheWrap. You read that correctly. Ferrell will star in an entirely Spanish language film to be subtitled [...]
August 3, 2010 | Published in
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MGM’s recent public financial woes have put the futures of potential cash cow franchises like “James Bond” and “The Hobbit” in question. But instead of pushing through one or both of those projects to earn some almost guaranteed cash, Variety is reporting that the struggling studio has decided to produce a bigscreen adaptation of “The [...]
