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Tuesday, March 9
We got our hands on 10 new photos and seven new clips from the Diary of a Wimpy Kid movie, opening March 19. We've consistently been a little disappointed with what's been released thus far, but not this time. There are more animated bits in the style of the books, and funny turns by the adults, particularly the scene-stealing Rachael Harris (The Hangover) who plays Greg's mom. Check them out and leave your thoughts below.
Next Showing: Diary of a Wimpy Kid opens Friday, March 19
Posted 3/9/2010 by reelz
Related: Diary of a Wimpy Kid | Rachael Harris
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Warner Bros. has recently released a bunch of new artwork for three of its upcoming movies. First up, a terrifying new teaser poster for director Samuel Bayer's A Nightmare on Elm Street reboot. Jackie Earle Hayley steps into the role of the nightmare killer, Freddy Krueger, played by Robert Englund in horror master Wes Craven's 1984 original and in the seven subsequent sequels. A Nightmare on Elm Street opens April 30th.
Next up, a new international poster for another remake of an '80s classic, Louis Leterrier's Clash of the Titans. Loosely based on Greek mythology, Clash of the Titans stars Sam Worthington as Perseus, Liam Neeson as Zeus, Ralph Fiennes as Hades, Mads Mikkelsen as Draco, and Alexa Davalos as Andromeda. Clash of the Titans opens April 2nd in 2-D and 3-D.
Finally, a little something for the young at heart. Warner Bros. has released a series of high-quality stills from director Zack Snyder's computer-animated adventure movie Legend of the Guardians. Based on the first three books of Kathryn Lasky's popular children's book series Guardians of Ga'Hoole, Legend tells the story of Soren (voiced by Jim Sturgess), a young barn owl kidnapped by St. Aggie's, an academy for orphaned owls that actually brainwashes young owls into becoming soldiers to fight the wise, noble owls of Ga'Hoole. The impressive cast includes the voice talents of Geoffrey Rush, Hugo Weaving, Sam Neill, and Helen Mirren. Legend of the Guardians opens September 24th.
Posted 3/9/2010 by BrentJS
Related: Louis Leterrier | Zack Snyder | Clash of the Titans | A Nightmare on Elm Street | Legend of the Guardians | Samuel Bayer
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Disney first unveiled the official trailer for Tron: Legacy at five IMAX special events prior to its theatrical debut before Alice in Wonderland this past weekend. Now, the trailer has been made available online, and it's generating a considerable amount of buzz, somewhat stealing the thunder from Marvel Studios' recent unveiling of the second trailer for director Jon Favreau's Iron Man 2.
The new trailer shows much more of the updated look and feel of the Tron world first glimpsed in the concept footage released eight months ago in conjunction with the San Diego Comic-Con. It also features the first sampling of the score by the popular French electronic duo Daft Punk.
Tron: Legacy was directed by Joseph Kosinski from a script by Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz. Jeff Bridges and Bruce Boxleitner reprise their Tron roles, joined by Olivia Wilde, Garrett Hedlund, Michael Sheen, and John Hurt.
Posted 3/9/2010 by BrentJS
Related: Tron | Tron: Legacy | Joseph Kosinski
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This weekend Sandra Bullock became the first person to win both an Oscar and a Razzie. Her Best Actress win at Sunday night's Academy Awards for The Blind Side came one night after her win at the Razzies, the awards given out for the worst performances of the year. There, Bullock "won" Worst Actress "honors" for All About Steve.
Backstage in the Oscar Press Room, Bullock said she was proud of both awards.
They're going to sit side by side, as they should. You know they're both ... we're in the entertainment business. That's what we're supposed to do. You know, it's ... you take the good with the not so good. But I had the best time at the Razzies last night. It is what it is and, you know, it probably means more that both of them happened at the same time because it's the great equalizer. You know, nothing ever let's me get too full of myself. It quickly chops me off at the knees, and I like it that way because it just ... it keeps things stable and they'll sit side by side in a nice little shelf somewhere, the Razzie maybe on a different shelf, lower.
Even though she has won an Oscar, Bullock maintains that she will continue to choose projects like she has before, possibly ending up at the Razzies again sometime in the future.
I want to do everything. I've always been one of those people that I don't like when people tell me I can't do something. Just because, you know, I did commercial films doesn't mean I couldn't do wonderful small art house films. Just because I won an Oscar, I don't want to ever stop doing something that makes people laugh. I love making people laugh. I don't know what I'm going to do next. I sort of wanted this to sort of all die down, but I'm going to make mistakes and I'm going to make everyone roll their eyes and I'm going to maybe do something that works, but I just want to keep working in every genre that I'm allowed to until I'm asked to not do it anymore.
Posted 3/9/2010 by Ryan
Related: Sandra Bullock | All About Steve | The Blind Side
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Melissa Rosenberg, the woman responsible for adapting The Twilight Saga for the big screen, recently spoke to the aptly titled Vampires & Slayers about all things Stephenie Meyer.
When asked about her involvement on third movie Eclipse, Rosenberg said of director David Slade:
David is very used to working with writers, so he's very collaborative. He's very strong visually, he's an artist, so he storyboards everything down to the most minute details. All my rewrites can really be tailored to his visions, he really stays true to his original storyboards.
Rosenberg also goes on to talk about working with directors Catherine Hardwicke (Twilight) and Chris Weitz (New Moon), and how they helped her condense scenes for the book-to-movie adaptation.
What do you think of her work, Twilighters? Has she done a good job of all the major book scenes, or do Bella and Edward need more steamy screen time? Let us know in the comments.
Posted 3/9/2010 by Jenny
Related: Catherine Hardwicke | Chris Weitz | Twilight | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | Melissa Rosenberg | David Slade | The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
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Having just recently joined the comic book adaptation of Cowboys and Aliens, Olivia Wilde told MTV why she decided to join the movie.
It's really interesting people who just want to make a great story. I think that's a film that's going to be interesting for a lot of reasons. It's very different. Western enthusiasts will be happy. Sci-fi enthusiasts will also be happy. [Director] Jon Favreau likes to describe it as a mashup — he loves mashups when it comes to music. So this is kind of a film mashup. I think that's cool, and it hasn't really been done that much before. With producers like Steven Spielberg and Ron Howard and Brian Grazer, these are people who really care about the story, and they care about wonderment and imagination and celebrating that, and that's what this movie's going to do. It's going to have awesome effects, but Jon Favreau and everyone else are concentrating on making a great story and I'm absolutely humbled and excited to be a part of it. It's going to be cool.
Cowboys and Aliens will follow Wilde as she joins forces with Daniel Craig to fight against an alien uprising in 1800s Arizona. The movie is currently scheduled to open on July 29, 2011.
Posted 3/9/2010 by Ryan
Related: Jon Favreau | Olivia Wilde | Cowboys and Aliens
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In an interview with Icon vs. Icon, director Ruben Fleischer updated the status of Zombieland 2, the upcoming sequel to his directorial debut. With it being one of many movies swept up in the current 3-D push, screenwriters Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick have promised they are going to have "fun"with the technology. Fleischer says that, so far, most of the sequel work has been spent studying 3-D technology.
We have been talking to the studio and we pitched them some ideas that they seemed to really like. We are definitely doing the film in 3D. Sony has their own 3D division now and we are going to go get a little tour of that on Tuesday [3/2/2010], of the 3D department. I know that the cast are all excited to be a part of the sequel, so it should be a great, fun movie to make! The script is about to be written and hopefully we will shoot it sometime towards the end of the year or early next year.
Fleischer says that because Zombieland started its production life as a TV pilot, he had no reservations in returning for the sequel.
I didn't because the movie was originally conceived as a television show, so it was kinda always meant to lead to another episode. There was no finality to the characters or the world in the original concept, so it's not like we are stretching it. That's why "Zombie Kill of The Week" is "Zombie Kill of The Week", because that is the kill of the week and next week there will be another one. That's why I don't feel that we are being opportunistic or too exploitative of the success of the first film. I feel that this is the way it was always intended to be.
Fleischer admits he would "greatly prefer to shoot" Zombieland 2 in 3-D and plans for a different use of the technology than Avatar has popularized.
For me, [Avatar] was such a significant advancement in entertainment. I loved it and was transfixed while watching it. If we want to tackle 3D, we will need to bear the lessons of that movie in mind and try to create a world with as much dimension, texture and wonderment as that film. Ifeel like that film didn't exploit the tricky, "gun barrels in your face", gimmicky 3D, which I appreciate but I think we will be more prone to have things flying at you than Avatar did.
Posted 3/9/2010 by Ryan
Related: Zombieland | Zombieland 2 | Ruben Fleischer