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Disney Releases Comic-Con Schedule
BURBANK, Calif., July 20, 2010 – The Walt Disney Company makes its mark at the 2010 Comic-Con convention with an exciting line up of feature films, scripted and animated series, and interactive...
Jul 20, 2010 / Staff‘Inception’ preps for solid debut weekend
With its high-profile cast and elaborate special effects, “Inception” has all the makings of a summer blockbuster. But it also seems its critical success is as promising as its commercial success. At...
Jul 14, 2010 / Bryan Lufkin‘Avatar’ Returns to Theaters With New Footage
“Avatar,” the most profitable film ever made having raked in a staggering $2.7 billion during its theatrical run and selling more Blu-Rays than any other movie, has decided that being #1 just isn’t...
Jul 8, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongLive-Action ‘Little Mermaid’ in the Works
Director Joe Wright is currently working on bringing a live-action film version of Hans Christian Andersen’s fairytale “The Little Mermaid” to the big screen. THR reports that the script has already...
Jul 8, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongNicholas Hoult Cast as Beast in ‘X-Men: First Class’
20th Century Fox is wasting no time to reboot their hugely successful “X-Men” franchise as casting is well underway. Deadline is reporting that Nicholas Hoult has officially been cast as the big blue...
Jul 8, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongVisual Effects Oscar Noms Upped to 5; Sign of the Times?
After augmenting their rules for last year’s ceremony allowing 10 movies to be nominated for the prestigious Best Picture Oscar instead of five, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has...
Jul 8, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongDisney Loses ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?’ Case, Vows to Appeal
Disney was wrong. That’s what a jury decided today finally ending a years long $250 million “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?” lawsuit brought against Disney by the show’s creator, Celador...
Jul 7, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongAndrew Garfield is Spider-Man, NOT Josh Hutcherson
We pride ourselves here at The Moving Arts on reporting only vetted, reliable news from trustworthy sources. The one time we decided to skate that ethical code and dip our feet into the rumor pool,...
Jul 2, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongNIN’s Trent Reznor Scoring Fincher’s ‘The Social Network’
When it was first announced that David Fincher, the man behind pitch black films like “Se7en,” “Fight Club” and “Zodiac,” would be turning his attention to the story of how Facebook was developed it...
Jul 2, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongJosh Hutcherson is the New Spider-Man
*UPDATE — Sony has revealed their official choice for Spider-Man. It’s not Josh Hutcherson. Click here to find out who it is. Blue Sky Disney is reporting that Sony has settled on Josh Hutcherson to...
Jun 30, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongThe Karate Kid (2010)
What makes a cliché a cliché? Certainly the repeated use of ideas, concepts or expressions until the original intent or effect is rendered impotent is how clichés are forged. But why are certain...
Jun 26, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongLone Wolf in Black America: A Bill Gunn Retrospective
“I’ve liked every script I’ve ever written,” Bill Gunn told an interviewer in 1971, “I’ve hated every movie made from them.” It’s a prickly statement for a screenwriter, especially one with such a...
Jun 16, 2010 / Jesse Cataldo‘Green Lantern 2′ Gets Writers Already?! Same Trio Tapped for ‘The Flash’
Warner Bros. apparently has a lot of confidence in their latest superhero vehicle, “Green Lantern,” directed by Martin Campbell. Even though the film, currently shooting in New Orleans and starring...
Jun 10, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongOfficial US Trailer for ‘Dogtooth’
“Dogtooth,” also known as “Kynodontas,” the much-heralded Greek film from Yorgos Lanthimos (“My Best Friend,” “Kinetta”) has become something of a phenomenon since winning the top prize in its...
Jun 9, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongEinstein Biopic Gets a Writer
It was first reported in October that Lionsgate had picked up the rights not only to Walter Isaacson’s biography, “Einstein: His Life and Universe,” (Simon & Schuster, 2007) but also to the entire...
Jun 6, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongRecent Articles
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