2009
420 articles
Bruce Lee Biopic Trilogy Planned
Bruce Lee, the legendary martial artist and actor died 36 years ago this week. A three-part biopic is being planned about his extraordinary life in cooperation with his family and China’s J.A. Media....
Jul 22, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong‘Ninja Turtles’ Reboot Gets Writer
Since is was announced some time ago that producers Scott Mednick and Galen Walker were interesting to doing a new “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” feature film, the duo has been on the hunt for a...
Jul 21, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongUma Thurman Suits Up for Indie Drama ‘Girl Soldier’
Uma Thurman has signed on to star in Caspian Pictures’ indie drama, “Girl Soldier.” Variety reports that she will play a nun who helped rescue 140 schoolgirls abducted in Uganda. Diane Nabatoff,...
Jul 21, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongFirst ‘Prince of Persia’ Posters Released in UK
“Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time” is the big movie Disney will be banking on next year and they’ve already geared up the hype machine. The first UK film posters have been released over at Empire...
Jul 20, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongLeonardo DiCaprio Behind New ‘Twilight Zone’ Movie
Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way is teaming up with Warner Bros. to bring another incarnation of “Twilight Zone” to the big screen. Variety reports that Rand Ravich has already been hired as scribe to...
Jul 20, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongMoon (2009)
Considering David Bowie’s longstanding and highly lucrative infatuation with all things celestial, e.g. Space Oddity (1969), The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972),...
Jul 20, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongMystery Team Trailer
A second trailer for Mystery Team. Internet sensations DERRICK Comedy make the leap from your browser window to the big screen this fall in the hilariously inappropriate Mystery Team. The comedy hit...
Jul 20, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongNicolas Cage, Cameron Diaz in Talks for ‘Green Hornet’
Nicolas Cage, most recently of “Knowing” and “G-Force” is in talks to play the gangster villain in “The Green Hornet.” Variety reports that Cameron Diaz, of “My Sister’s Keeper” and “What Happens in...
Jul 20, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongCrowe in Talks for ‘Master & Commander’ Sequel
Russell Crowe is in early negotiations to reprise his role as British sea capatain, Jack Aubrey, in a new “Master and Commander” movie based on Patrick O’Brian’s series of novels set during the...
Jul 18, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongJackson Debunks ‘Hobbit’ Casting Rumors
Rumors have been furiously circulating that Peter Jackson and Guillermo Del Toro would be announcing who would be playing Bilbo Baggins in their upcoming prequel, “The Hobbit,” at this year’s...
Jul 18, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongNicolas Cage Wants ‘To Do a Reconceive’ for ‘Ghost Rider 2′
A sequel to Nic Cage’s awful “Ghost Rider?” No, no, no, that would be too conventional. It may already be getting a full franchise reboot. Yes, that’s right. A reboot, or a reconception, if you like,...
Jul 17, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongRumor: De Niro to Appear in Rodriguez’s ‘Machete’
Fresh from the rumor mill, the guys over at Bloody-Disgusting have a scoop from one of their fairly reliable anonymous sources that says that screen legend, Robert De Niro, will appear in Robert...
Jul 17, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong‘Fuel’ Up Tonight
Don’t miss tonight’s Third Thursday screening of the Sundance Film Festival Best Documentary Audience Award winner, FUEL. An insightful portrait of America’s addiction to oil and an uplifting...
Jul 16, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongTrio of Actors Join ‘Barney’s Version’
Scott Speedman, Bruce Greenwood and Macha Grenon have boarded the indie drama “Barney’s Version” and will star alongside Paul Giamatti, Dustin Hoffman, and Minnie Driver. Variety reports that...
Jul 16, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongBosworth, Skarsgard Join New ‘Straw Dogs’
Screen Gems has nabbed Kate Bosworth and Alexander Skarsgard to star along with James Marsden in “Straw Dogs,” a reimagining, remake, reboot, reinterpretation of Sam Peckinpah’s 1971 film. Variety...
Jul 15, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongRecent Articles
- Review: ‘A War’ explores war’s quiet, forgotten horrors
- TMA FilmCast #33 — Vera Chytilova and the Czech New Wave
- The fantasist: The comic art of Woody Allen
- Tribeca picks up North American rights to ‘Misery Loves Comedy’ at Sundance
- TMA FilmCast #32 — Alison Frank interviews Ana Geislerova
- ‘Grand Budapest Hotel’ tops Online Film Critics Awards
- TMA FilmCast #31 — Alison Frank reports from 67th Locarno Film Fest
- 5 ½ hour film dominates awards at Locarno
- Shorts at #Locarno67: meditation vs testing the audience’s patience
- ‘The Fool’: A modern propaganda film
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