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Thursday, February 4

  • A Slew of Video Profiles from Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief

    Percy Jackson and the Lightning ThiefPromos for Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief are popping up all over the place today. The most interesting of the lot are a series of character profiles that offer quite a bit of additional footage and more than a few spoilers.

    All of these featurettes have at least a little something new to offer, but the portrait of Hades (Steve Coogan), the overlord of the Underworld, has the most new stuff. He has not been featured in the trailers so far, so this really is a first look at him, in human … and not-so-human form. We get a good taste of his personality as well. "I have one pleasure in my life: human suffering," he informs Percy at one point, before going on to lay out his plans for taking over, well, everything.

    Although we have been able to sneak a few peeks at Medusa (Uma Thurman) before, her profile here is more extensive and contains the most spoilers. She's definitely got great hair. And, as we can see more clearly in a separately released publicity still, one really seductive accessory.

    The footage released in the rest of the character profiles — Percy, Annabeth, Grover — looks to be a windup for the new international trailer, which incorporates some of their highlights, and adds pretty interesting additional bits as well, including a first look at Percy's father Poseidon (Kevin McKidd). However, it currently seems to be available only in a French-dubbed version. Worth watching, nonetheless, and the French makes everything sound even more dramatic.


    Posted 02/04/2010 by Bill

    Related: Uma Thurman | Kevin McKidd | Steve Coogan | Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief

  • Daryl Hannah Says Kill Bill 3 Is Underway

    Daryl HannahA few months back, Quentin Tarantino stated publicly that he will be doing Kill Bill 3. Shortly thereafter, Uma Thurman confirmed that she had already talked with Tarantino about starring once again as The Bride.

    Now, Film 24 writes that Daryl Hannah has confirmed that the movie is a reality and that she will reprise her role as the villain Elle Driver. When last we left Elle in Kill Bill: Volume 2, she was blinded and left thrashing around the inside a trailer, with a black mamba snake no less. As Hannah points out, Elle ends up being the only villain on The Bride's hitlist who survives.

    Think about it. There's always been a tradition of blind Samurais, and you never actually saw her expire in the other film.

    It's anybody's guess as to what Tarantino has planned for the third installment. One theory posited by many fans is that Elle will end up mentoring the daughter of Viveca Fox's Vernita Green, whom The Bride kills early in Kill Bill: Volume 1. Or, it could be that Green's daughter fights The Bride's daughter, who was only four at the end of Kill Bill 2.

    At this point, however, it's difficult to say how likely the project is to come to fruition. Apparently, 2014 is the target date, but Tarantino always has lots of ideas churning in his cinephiliac head, and it's never clear which ones will make it in front of the camera.

    We'll let you know if we hear anymore news.


    Posted 02/04/2010 by Rich Z

    Related: Daryl Hannah | Quentin Tarantino | Uma Thurman | Kill Bill: Vol. 1 | Kill Bill: Vol. 2 | Kill Bill Vol. 3

Tuesday, January 12

  • Uma Thurman Plays a Seductive Medusa for Percy Jackson

    Percy JacksonIn the trailer for Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief, we get a surprising fresh vision of Medusa. In Greek mythology, she is simply a monster with a head full of snakes who turns all who look at her into stone. But in Percy Jackson's world, she promises to be something more — simultaneously the beauty and the beast — as she entices the young hero to "sneak a peek."

    It was in part the possibility for re-envisioning this iconic horror that drew director Chris Columbus to the Percy Jackson project in the first place, as he explains in an interview with the Hero Complex blog:

    To be able to use the CGI snakes in conjunction with a real actress was the first thing that was exciting to me. As a kid growing up, she was the most frightening creature. I remember watching an old Hammer picture called The Gorgon, and the original [1981 film] Clash of the Titans. They never got Medusa right. For me, she's not just hideous. Medusa's history is tragic at best.

    He then goes on to confess that when he thought of his ideal Medusa, Uma Thurman immediately came to mind.

    I told her: "You're my first choice." I explained to her that the more pedestrian way to go is just to make her this hideous monster. With Uma, you get an extra added layer of intense sensuality and toughness ... she's someone who's so sensual and seductive, that you'll look into her eyes and forget that she has 75 snakes on her head.

    In some recently released publicity stills for the movie, we can see that she does manage to get at least a few people to sneak a peek, with predictably unfortunate results.


    Percy Jackson and the Olympians - Trailer

    Chris Columbus directs.

    Posted 01/12/2010 by Bill

    Related: Chris Columbus | Uma Thurman | Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief

Thursday, January 7

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Monday, October 26

  • Uma Thurman Says Kill Bill: Vol. 3 Is "Going To Be Awesome"

    Uma ThurmanWith nearly 40 feature films on her resume, actress Uma Thurman is at a point in her career where she can pick and choose her movie projects. In a recent interview with Parade, Thurman said that choosing roles is a very different process for her now that she is a mother.

    You feel much more conflicted. I think I really struggled with that conflict. Sort of like, "What's worthy enough to interrupt my kid's life to take them on the road with me while I do a movie?" Now, I just try to balance it. I probably overthink things, but I try to do the right thing. I just do my best. Any working mother will tell you it's the same. I think every working mom is kind of a superhero. I think we all are.

    Thurman also confirmed that she has been in talks with Quentin Tarantino about reprising the role of The Bride in a third volume in the Kill Bill saga.

    Quentin has talked to me about Kill Bill: Vol. 3 and shared some of his ideas. I think it's going to be awesome. It will be fun to get back into fighting mode even though I'm not much of a meanie. But I now have a physical confidence that I've probably never had in my life. You don't know what you would do until you're attacked. That's the truth. But I think conflict should be avoided. I think conflict is a loss. I totally feel that there is no winnable war.

    As far as we — and Thurman's career — are concerned, Kill Bill: Vol. 3 can't come fast enough!


    Motherhood - Trailer

    Uma Thurman stars, in theaters now

    Posted 10/26/2009 by BrentJS

    Related: Quentin Tarantino | Uma Thurman | Motherhood | Kill Bill Vol. 3

Friday, October 16

  • Uma Thurman Confirms Talks with Tarantino about Kill Bill 3

    Uma ThurmanA few weeks ago, Quentin Tarantino excited fans everywhere when he promised a sequel to Kill Bill: Vol. 2.

    "The Bride will fight again!" he said.

    Uma Thurman has now followed that up with confirmation that she has spoken with Tarantino about the project, which many speculate may involve a showdown between The Bride's daughter and the daughter of Vernita Green (played by Vivica Fox), one of The Bride's victims in Kill Bill: Vol. 1.

    Speaking with MTV, Thurman said:

    We did chat, we did chat. He has not yet finished the script. I don't even really know if he's really started it, although I got a taste of some of his ideas and they are really good.... He has started to share with me what he was thinking, and it's awesome.

    So, it sounds as if we can definitely expect a third Kill Bill ... at some point. Remember how long it took Tarantino to finish the script for Inglourious Basterds. So although we're excited about these announcements, we're not holding out hope that we'll see a finished product anytime soon.

    And, of course, we have to wonder: Now that Bill is dead (c'mon, is it really a spoiler given the movie names), will the Kill Bill name still apply, simply for consistency? Or will Tarantino come up with a different name, possible starting a whole new series?

    MTV tried to prod Thurman for further details, finally leading her to cry out, "I can't tell you! I'm sorry!"


    Posted 10/16/2009 by Rich Z

    Related: Quentin Tarantino | Uma Thurman | Kill Bill: Vol. 2 | Kill Bill: Vol. 1 | Kill Bill Vol. 3

Thursday, October 1

  • Tarantino Says He'll Do Kill Bill 3

    Kill BillDuring an interview on Italian TV, director Quentin Tarantino surprised everyone, including the interviewer, by spontaneously promising that he would make Kill Bill Volume 3.

    The interviewer wasn't even asking about it. She was just asking about a prequel to Inglourious Basterds ("maybe") and a sequel to Pulp Fiction ("never"), when Tarantino prompted her to ask about Kill Bill. He then delivered the surprisingly positive response ("yes"). And in the follow-up he said, "The Bride will fight again."

    Tarantino has teased projects before that never saw the light of day, and the Bride (Uma Thurman) hasn't weighed in on the possibility, so the news should probably be taken with a grain of salt. Still, since he brought it up himself ... hmm.


    Posted 10/01/2009 by Bill

    Related: Quentin Tarantino | Uma Thurman

Saturday, September 5

  • Uma Thurman's Latest Career Moves: Motherhood and a "Film Excellence" Award

    Uma ThurmanVariety reports that the Boston Film Festival will award Uma Thurman with a "film excellence" award for her acting career.

    Thurman has certainly had an eclectic, up-and-down career. Interestingly enough, she wasn't even on-screen for her debut film role: She lent her voice to the English-language dubbing of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, the 1984 feature from legendary Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki.

    Later in the 80s, she also had small roles in The Adventures of Baron Munchausen and Dangerous Liaisons. She was also the title female character in Henry & June, which in 1990 became the first movie to receive an NC-17 (just after the rating was introduced to replace the X).

    But of course, her breakout was as Mia Wallace in Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction, for which she received a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination. Since then, she's taken on a variety of interesting, off-beat roles (Kill Bill, Sweet and Lowdown, Beautiful Girls) as well as some highly forgettable ones (Batman & Robin, The Avengers, Be Cool).

    The Boston Film Festival gets underway on September 18 with Thurman's upcoming Motherhood, in which she plays a frazzled woman trying to plan her daughter's sixth birthday party. The movie, which was written and directed by Katherine Dieckmann, also stars Anthony Edwards and Minnie Driver and is due for a limited release on October 16.


    Posted 09/05/2009 by Rich Z

    Related: Anthony Edwards | Uma Thurman | Minnie Driver | Motherhood

Friday, August 14

Monday, June 29

  • Director Talks Changes for Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief Movie

    Percy Jackson and the Lightning ThiefIn an interview with ISEB, director Chris Columbus outlines what he is aiming for in his big-screen adaptation of the enormously popular young adult novel Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief. The novel follows the adventures of a modern-day 12-year-old boy who discovers he is the son of the Greek god Poseidon and ends up trying to prevent a war among the gods.

    It is this world of Greek mythology that first drew Columbus to the project. This world, he contends, has never been adequately done on screen, but he has a plan to fix that. To start with, "cheesy stop-motion monsters" are out. CGI is in. The snakes in Medusa's (Uma Thurman's) hair will be a real standout, he suggests. The special effects are still a work in progress, though, and he isn't ready to show them off at Comic-Con next month. When he does show them off, he wants people to really be "blown away" and he's not quite there yet.

    Columbus, who has been involved in making three of the Harry Potter movies, goes on to explain that one thing he is seriously trying to avoid in the Percy Jackson adaptation is any resemblance to Harry Potter. The similarities definitely are there in the book, he admits, but he is making every effort to remove them. And he is making other changes as well:

    ... there's a bit of a sense of liberation with Percy Jackson because we're changing the books. I wouldn't say significantly, but we're able to change them a little bit.

    Will this upset fans? Too early to say, but for now the director sounds much more excited than worried and says he'd like to have to opportunity to expand on the world by adapting the sequels as well.


    Next Showing: Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief debuts Feburary 12, 2010

    Posted 06/29/2009 by Bill

    Related: Chris Columbus | Uma Thurman | Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief

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