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Sally 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. ArmstrongBond, 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 ReitzPatton 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. 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‘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...
Aug 27, 2010 / StaffDavid Lynch Tapped as Guest Art Director for AFI Fest
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...
Aug 25, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongWill Ferrell to Star in Spanish-Language Comedy
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...
Aug 3, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongThe Scent of Cinema: A Democratized Film Experience at Motovun
Cinema huckster William Castle I was at the 10th Motovun Film Festival , in Croatia two summers ago, mainly to see their ‘interactive cinema programme’. Motovun is renowned as a Woodstock of film...
Jul 27, 2010 / Mico TatalovicAndrew 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. ArmstrongPee-wee Herman to Get the Judd Apatow Treatment
Pee-wee Herman (Paul Reubens), the iconic and later infamous nerd who rose to prominence in the 1980s with his popular children’s television show, “Pee-wee’s Playhouse,” has teamed up with Comedy...
Jul 1, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongGreen Zone (2010)
Tentatively perpetuating his volatile relationship with Universal Pictures after disagreements over a possible fourth installment in the Matt Damon-as-super-spy “Bourne” franchise, director Paul...
Mar 28, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongRobin Hood Trailer
Oscar winner Russell Crowe stars as the legendary figure known by generations as Robin Hood, whose exploits have endured in popular mythology and ignited the imagination of those who share his spirit...
Dec 23, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongParamount Sees the Light, Budgets for Smaller Films
Paramount may just be the king of the super-budgeted blockbuster film. They scored mega-hits this year with “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,” “Star Trek,” and “GI Joe: Rise of Cobra,” all with...
Dec 21, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongHasbro’s ‘Battleship’ Movie Invaded by Aliens
We reported in September that Universal Pictures was developing a live-action movie based on Hasbro’s naval combat board game “Battleship,” to be directed by Peter Berg. Berg explained that the film...
Nov 8, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongTMA FilmCast #19 – Funny People, John Hughes
Judd Apatow’s latest venture into the world of comedy, “Funny People,” starring Adam Sandler and Seth Rogen goes under the TMA microscope. Is it a sign of maturation for the director? Or just a lot...
Aug 29, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongRecent Articles
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- TMA FilmCast #31 — Alison Frank reports from 67th Locarno Film Fest
- 5 ½ hour film dominates awards at Locarno
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