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Countdown to LFF: The 54th London Film Festival
This year’s London Film Festival is fast approaching. From the 13th to the 28th of October, over 250 exciting new films from around the world will be screened in London’s West End. Keep an eye on The...
Oct 11, 2010 / Alison FrankJason Bourne Won’t Be in ‘The Bourne Legacy’
Director-screenwriter Tony Gilroy (“Duplicity,” “Michael Clayton”) revealed some interesting details about the upcoming installment in the hugely successful “Bourne” franchise to Hollywood Elsewhere...
Oct 11, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongChemical Brothers to Score Joe Wright’s ‘Hanna’
It was announced today at the New York Comic-Con, (via Firstshowing.net ) that The Chemical Brothers, the pioneering British big beat electronica duo, will score the entirety of Joe Wright’s “Hanna.”...
Oct 9, 2010 / Eric M. Armstrong‘Avatar’ = ‘Aliens’: Self Plagiarism Rampant in Hollywood
Noticed that Hollywood hasn’t had an original idea in years? You know, like how “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” was almost a shot for shot remake of “Forrest Gump”? (They were both written by...
Oct 8, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongEmma Stone Cast as Gwen Stacy in New Spider-Man Movie
It was a poorly kept secret that Emma Stone (“Zombieland”) was sitting at the top of the heap to play Peter Parker’s love interest, opposite Andrew Garfield, in Sony’s upcoming reboot of the...
Oct 6, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongSally Menke, Longtime Editor for Quentin Tarantino, Found Dead
Sally Menke, Quentin Tarantino’s longtime film editor, was found dead early Tuesday after her friends alerted police when she failed to come home from hiking with her dog. She was 56. Menke is...
Sep 29, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongAlone in Bad Company: A Dissection of Martin Scorsese’s ‘Shutter Island’
Martin Scorsese has seen it all. After a two-score year long journey in which he had experienced the highs and the lows of the business, the director has frequently been hailed “America’s greatest...
Sep 27, 2010 / Torsten ReitzBond, James Bond?
“James Bond will return…” Fans have been reading this sentence at the end of each entry in the cinematic 007 series. But the current question is: Will the world’s most popular secret agent return...
Sep 25, 2010 / Torsten ReitzChristopher Guest Takes on Obsessive Collectors in New Mockumentary
UPDATE (9/27/10): Women of the Web published some faulty info on this project. Per Michael McKean’s Twitter account: “Sorry: it’s nonsense. This story is about Liz Smith’s meds, period.” There you...
Sep 25, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongPatton Oswalt, Patrick Wilson Join Jason Reitman’s ‘Young Adult’
Set to begin filming in coming weeks, “Young Adult,” the flick that reunites the duo behind the Oscar-winning “Juno” (Jason Reitman and Diablo Cody) has added a couple of prominent thesps to its...
Sep 25, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongPT Anderson’s Scientology Pic, ‘Master’ Hits Roadblock
Acclaimed director Paul Thomas Anderson (“Boogie Nights,” “There Will Be Blood”) has encountered a formidable roadblock in his efforts to get his next project off the ground. According to Total...
Sep 21, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongSacha Baron Cohen to Play Freddie Mercury in Pic
Sacha Baron Cohen has finalized a deal to play Queen front man Freddie Mercury in an upcoming GK Films project, reports Deadline . The comedic actor best known for his outrageous and controversial...
Sep 18, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongWarner Bros. Picks Up Al Capone Script, ‘Cicero’
Hollywood has long had a fascination with notorious gangster, Al Capone. And, at least over at Warner Bros., that fascination is alive and well. The studio has decided to pick up a screenplay,...
Sep 15, 2010 / Eric M. Armstrong‘Beetlejuice’ Actor, Glenn Shadix, Dies After Fall
Glenn Shadix, best known for his role as Otho, the eccentric, effeminate interior designer in Tim Burton’s gothic ghost picture “Beetlejuice” (1998), died Tuesday morning following a fall at his...
Sep 8, 2010 / Eric M. Armstrong‘Toy Story 3’ to Cross $1 Billion Mark; Makes Disney Only Studio With Two $1 Billion Movies in the Same Year
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...
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