Movies
Warner Bros. Creates DC Entertainment!
Wed, 09/09/2009 - 00:00Warner Bros. has officially announced the restructuring of DC Comics into a new company: Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (WBEI) has created DC Entertainment Inc., a new company founded to fully realize the power and value of the DC Comics brand and characters across all media and platforms, to be run by Diane Nelson, it was announced today by Barry Meyer, Chairman & CEO, and Alan Horn, President & COO, Warner Bros. DC Entertainment, a separate division of WBEI, will be charged with strategically integrating the DC Comics business, brand and characters deeply into Warner Bros. Entertainment and all its content and distribution businesses. DC Entertainment, which will work with each of the Warner Bros. divisions, will also tap into the tremendous expertise the Studio has...
Exclusive Interview: Jennifer's Body Director Karyn Kusama
Wed, 09/09/2009 - 00:00ShockTillYouDrop.com has posted an exclusive interview with Jennifer's Body director Karyn Kusama in which they talked about her horror-comedy, working with Fox (the actress), Fox (the studio) and more. You can check it out here ! Opening September 18th, the Diablo Cody-scripted film stars Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried, Johnny Simmons, Adam Brody and J.K. Simmons.
Exclusive Capitalism: A Love Story TV Spot
Wed, 09/09/2009 - 00:00ComingSoon.net has your exclusive first look at a new TV spot for Michael Moore's Capitalism: A Love Story , opening in theaters on October 2nd. You can watch the clip using the player below!
The Trailer for Reitman's Up in the Air !
Wed, 09/09/2009 - 00:00/Film has premiered the trailer for writer/director Jason Reitman's Up in the Air , starring George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, Jason Bateman, Tamala Jones and Chris Lowell. In the Thank You for Smoking and Juno helmer's new film, opening December 4th, Clooney plays Ryan Bingham, a corporate hatchet man who loves his life on the road but is forced to fight for his job when his company downsizes its travel budget. He is required to spend more time at home just as he is on the cusp of a goal he's worked toward for years: reaching five million frequent flyer miles and just after he's met the frequent-traveler woman of his dreams. You can watch the trailer using the player below or in High Definition QuickTime here ! The first clip is also available online here .
ComingSoon.net's Toronto Film Festival Preview!
Wed, 09/09/2009 - 00:00It's that time of year again, as the Toronto International Film Festival (also referred to as TIFF) is ready to kick-off ten days of non-stop movies and parties, taking over the theaters and clubs of arguably one of the most beautiful cities in the Northern Hemisphere. Founded in 1976, the annual festival has become one of three must-attend events for the film industry, mainly because it's one of the primary markets for new movies from all over the world to show up seeking distribution. Every year, the festival is the chosen place for many of the world's most prestigious filmmakers to debut their work, but it's also where studios will premiere their movies opening theatrically over the next couple months, hoping to build buzz at the festivals to help generate awards attention later...
The Poster for Michael Jackson's This Is It
Tue, 09/08/2009 - 00:00Yahoo! Movies has the first look at the poster for Michael Jackson's This Is It , the Kenny Ortega-directed film that will play in theaters for two weeks starting on October 28th. "This Is It" offers Jackson fans and music lovers worldwide a rare, behind-the-scenes look at the performer as he developed, created and rehearsed for his sold-out concerts that would have taken place beginning this summer in London's O2 Arena. Tickets will go on sale Sunday, September 27th. Stay tuned to the official website for details.
Second Full Princess and the Frog Trailer
Tue, 09/08/2009 - 00:00Yahoo! Movies has debuted the second full trailer for Walt Disney Pictures' The Princess and the Frog which you can watch using the player below! Opening in New York and Los Angeles on November 25th and nationwide on December 11th, the animated comedy is set in the great city of New Orleans. The musical puts a modern twist on a classic tale, featuring a beautiful girl named Tiana (Anika Noni Rose), a frog prince who desperately wants to be human again, and a fateful kiss that leads them both on a hilarious adventure through the mystical bayous of Louisiana. The Princess and the Frog marks the return to hand-drawn animation from the revered team of John Musker and Ron Clements ( The Little Mermaid , Aladdin ), with music by Oscar-winning composer Randy Newman.
No Green Hornet for Nicolas Cage
Tue, 09/08/2009 - 00:00While he was never officially cast, Heat Vision reports that Nicolas Cage won't be playing the villain in Columbia Pictures' The Green Hornet , which director Michel Gondry has started filming in Los Angeles. Sources for the Blog say that the studio is on the hunt for a new actor to play the villain in the comic book adaptation. No scenes with Cage were shot for the movie. Columbia is planning a December 17, 2010 release for the pic, which stars Seth Rogen, Cameron Diaz, Jay Chou, Edward James Olmos, David Harbour and Tom Wilkinson.
Halle Berry to Star in Dark Tide
Tue, 09/08/2009 - 00:00Halle Berry is in advanced talks to star in action-thriller Dark Tide for director Clark Johnson ( S.W.A.T. ), says Variety . Twilight producers Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey will shepherd the $15-20 million film via their Temple Hill banner. The project, written by Amy Sorlie, concerns a diving instructor who returns to the deep after a near-fatal incident with a Great White shark. Dark Tide will start filming in South Africa later this year.
More Get Set for Battle: Los Angeles
Tue, 09/08/2009 - 00:00The Hollywood Reporter says that R&B singer-songwriter Ne-Yo, Ramon Rodriguez, Taylor Handley, Cory Hardrict, Jadin Gould, Bryce Cass and Joey King will star in director Jonathan Liebesman's sci-fi film Battle: Los Angeles . They are joining the previously-announced Aaron Eckhart, Michelle Rodriguez, Bridget Moynahan and Michael Pena in the Columbia Pictures project. Ne-Yo plays a corporal in the platoon. Rodriguez, Handley and Hardrict are members of the platoon fighting the invading aliens. Cass, Gould and King are kids trapped in a community center. Principal photography is starting this week in Shreveport, Louisiana. Neal Moritz is producing.
NBC Developing Jerry Bruckheimer Action Series
Tue, 09/08/2009 - 00:00NBC is developing a pilot from Jerry Bruckheimer set inside a unit charged with tracking fugitives, reports Variety . "Cold Case" writer Jennifer Johnson is set to pen the untitled project, which she'll also executive produce, alongside Bruckheimer and Bruckheimer TV's Jonathan Littman. Warner Bros. TV is the studio behind the project. Also attached to the procedural is KristieAnne Reed, who will serve as co-exec producer. Johnson's credits also include "Lost" and "Providence."
Red Band Trailer for The House of the Devil
Tue, 09/08/2009 - 00:00Hulu has premiered this Red Band trailer for the Ti West horror-thriller The House of the Devil , to be available on VOD October 1st and in limited theaters on October 30th. The satanic thriller is set in the 1980s and stars Jocelin Donahue, Greta Gerwig, Tom Noonan, Mary Woronov, AJ Bowen and Dee Wallace. In the film, Sam (Donahue) is a pretty college sophomore, so desperate to earn some cash for a deposit on an apartment that she accepts a babysitting job even after she finds out there is no baby. Mr. and Mrs. Ulman (Noonan and Woronov) are the older couple who lure Sam out to their creeky Victorian mansion deep in the woods, just in time for a total lunar eclipse. Megan (Gerwig) is Sam's best friend, who gives her a ride out to the house, and reluctantly leaves her there...
New Photo From The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Tue, 09/08/2009 - 00:00Summit Entertainment has provided ComingSoon.net with this new photo of Robert Pattinson as Edward Cullen and Kristen Stewart as Bella Swan in The Twilight Saga: New Moon , opening in theaters on November 20. Directed by Chris Weitz, the sequel was adapted for the big screen by Melissa Rosenberg. You can download a bigger version of the photo by going here and downloading the photo to your desktop.
Tolkien Trust, New Line & HarperCollins Settle LOTR Lawsuit
Tue, 09/08/2009 - 00:00The Tolkien Trust (a UK registered charity), New Line Cinema, and HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. have resolved the lawsuit relating to the "Lord of the Rings" films. The claim was filed in February of last year. HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. and the trustees of the JRR Tolkien Estate were co-plaintiffs in the claim, which concerned plaintiffs' participation interest in the "Lord of the Rings" films released between 2001 and 2003. The precise terms of the settlement are confidential. Commenting on the settlement, Christopher Tolkien said: "The Trustees regret that legal action was necessary, but are glad that this dispute has been settled on satisfactory terms that will allow the Tolkien Trust properly to pursue its charitable objectives. The Trustees...
The Weekend Warrior: September 11 - 13
Tue, 09/08/2009 - 00:00Greetings and welcome back to the Weekend Warrior, your weekly guide to the weekend's new movies. Tune in every Tuesday for the latest look at the upcoming weekend, and then check back on Thursday night for final projections based on actual theatre counts. (Important Note: this week, we may not be able to update and if there is a column next week, it will be seriously streamlined since we'll be spending the next ten days in Toronto. You can follow our Toronto Film Festival coverage on Twitter and right here on ComingSoon.net .) Predictions and Comparisons - 1. Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All By Myself (Lionsgate) - $23.4 million N/A 2. 9 (Focus Features) - $10.2 million N/A 3. Whiteout (Warner Bros.) - $8.6 million N/A 4. Sorority Row (Summit) - $7.0...
New Screenwriters for Akira Movie
Tue, 09/08/2009 - 00:00We haven't heard much about the live-action Akira movie since February of 2008 (actually, back then it was reported that two films were being made), but now Collider says that Warner Bros. Pictures is still developing the movie and has hired screenwriters Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby to pen the script. The duo co-wrote the first Iron Man movie and Children of Men . Akira is based on anime artist Katsuhiro Otomo's six-volume graphic novel masterwork. The film is said to take place in "New Manhattan," a metropolis that was rebuilt after being destroyed 31 years ago. The famous motorcycle will also definitely be a part of the film. The movie could possibly go into production in 2010. To learn more about "Akira," go here .
Charlie Sheen to Cameo in Wall Street 2
Tue, 09/08/2009 - 00:00The New York Times interviewed Oliver Stone recently about Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps , which 20th Century Fox has scheduled for an April 23, 2010 release. The article gives more details on the plot. Here are some excerpts: "When Gekko comes out of prison in the beginning of this movie, he essentially has to redefine himself, redefine his character," Mr. Stone said. "He's looking for that second chance." The rest of the cast includes Shia LaBeouf as Jake Moore, a young trader who is the fiancé of Gekko's daughter, played by Carey Mulligan; Josh Brolin as the head of an investment bank; Frank Langella as Jake's mentor; and Susan Sarandon as Jake's mother. Charlie Sheen, who played the central role of Bud Fox, a young trader, in the original, will...
Suspiria Remake Moving Forward
Tue, 09/08/2009 - 00:00In a Variety article talking about Tilda Swinton's new film I Am Love , that film's director Luca Guadagnino says his production company First Sun is moving forward on a remake of Dario Argento's 1977 cult horror pic Suspiria . Shooting will start in 2010 and David Gordon Green is still attached to direct. In early 2008, David Gordon Green told us about his remake plans: CS: What's the horror movie about? Green: It's a remake of a Dario Argento movie called "Suspiria". These Italian producers came to me about it wanting to a pretty amazing, ambitious, artistic It's in English about a New York ballet student that goes to Germany, but yeah, it can be pretty wild. We'll shoot in Europe. Natalie Portman has been rumored to play the lead in the redo, but that...
Exclusive Whiteout Video Interviews
Tue, 09/08/2009 - 00:00ComingSoon.net's ShockTillYouDrop.com talked exclusively to Kate Beckinsale, Gabriel Macht and Alex O'Loughlin about starring in director Dominic Sena's Whiteout , hitting theaters on Friday, September 11. The Warner Bros. release is based on the graphic novel by Greg Rucka and Steve Lieber. Beckinsale plays Carrie Stetko, the lone U.S. Marshal assigned to Antarctica, who is investigating the continent's first murder, which draws her into a shocking mystery. Now, with only three days until winter, Carrie must solve the crime before Antarctica is plunged into darkness and she is stranded with the killer. You can watch the interviews here !
Stallone is Turning Hunter Into Rambo V
Tue, 09/08/2009 - 00:00Last Monday, it was announced that Nu Image/Millennium Films had given the green light to a fifth installment in the "Rambo" franchise. The trades said that the "storyline for the fifth film revolves around Rambo fighting his way through human traffickers and drug lords to rescue a young girl abducted near the U.S.-Mexico border." According to Sylvester Stallone in several communications with Ain't It Cool News , that storyline is way off. Instead, Sly gave the site a rundown of what to expect instead. Several days later, the site followed up with an official synopsis for the film that is being passed around, and that's where it gets interesting. You see, Stallone has owned the film rights to the novel "Hunter" by James Byron Huggins for about...
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