18 May 2012 The Wrap
Print this page Tweet “Bladerunner” scribe Hampton Fancher is in talks to reunite with the film’s director, Ridley Scott, for a sequel to the 1982 cult classic. Alcon Entertainment, which is producing the film with Scott Free Productions, Bud Yorkin and Cynthia Sikes Yorkin, would not say much about the plot, only that “the...
Print this page Tweet “Bladerunner” scribe Hampton Fancher is in talks to reunite with the film’s director, Ridley Scott, for a sequel to the 1982 cult classic. Alcon Entertainment, which is producing the film with Scott Free Productions, Bud Yorkin and Cynthia Sikes Yorkin, would not say much about the plot, only that “the...
18 May 2012 IMDb
After developing an ambitious, VFX-oriented adaptation of Paradise Lost for nearly a year only to have Legendary Pictures scrap the film...
After developing an ambitious, VFX-oriented adaptation of Paradise Lost for nearly a year only to have Legendary Pictures scrap the film...
18 May 2012 The Los Angeles Times
It won't be smooth sailing for the costly newcomer"Battleship"at the box office this weekend, as "The Avengers" is set to dominate ticket sales for the third consecutive round. The superhero adventure film is expected to be No. 1 yet again with about $50 million in ticket sales, according to those who have seen pre-release audience surveys....
It won't be smooth sailing for the costly newcomer"Battleship"at the box office this weekend, as "The Avengers" is set to dominate ticket sales for the third consecutive round. The superhero adventure film is expected to be No. 1 yet again with about $50 million in ticket sales, according to those who have seen pre-release audience surveys....
18 May 2012 The Los Angeles Times
"Battleship"is not the first major motion picture to be based on a board game — who could forget 1985's benighted "Clue"? — but it is surely the most expensive. With every superhero more celebrated than Amazing-Man or the Chameleon already spoken for (ditto for hot toys like Transformers), Hollywood has fallen back on popular games as...
"Battleship"is not the first major motion picture to be based on a board game — who could forget 1985's benighted "Clue"? — but it is surely the most expensive. With every superhero more celebrated than Amazing-Man or the Chameleon already spoken for (ditto for hot toys like Transformers), Hollywood has fallen back on popular games as...
18 May 2012 The Wrap
Print this page Tweet The Weinstein Company has acquired domestic rights to “The Oath of Tobruk,” a documentary about the fall of Moammar Gaddafi. French philosopher and journalist Bernard-Henri Levy made the film during the months of conflict and unrest in Libya, chronicling both what transpired within Libya and the actions of others...
Print this page Tweet The Weinstein Company has acquired domestic rights to “The Oath of Tobruk,” a documentary about the fall of Moammar Gaddafi. French philosopher and journalist Bernard-Henri Levy made the film during the months of conflict and unrest in Libya, chronicling both what transpired within Libya and the actions of others...
18 May 2012 Kansas City Star
LOS ANGELES -- It won't be smooth sailing for the costly newcomer "Battleship" at the box office this weekend, as "The Avengers" is set to dominate ticket sales for the third consecutive round. The superhero adventure film is expected to be No. 1 yet again with about $50 million in ticket sales, according to those who have seen pre-release audience...
LOS ANGELES -- It won't be smooth sailing for the costly newcomer "Battleship" at the box office this weekend, as "The Avengers" is set to dominate ticket sales for the third consecutive round. The superhero adventure film is expected to be No. 1 yet again with about $50 million in ticket sales, according to those who have seen pre-release audience...
18 May 2012 Screen Daily
The established British producer has left CinemaNX after five years as a partner at the company to set up his own production company, boarding two new projects as a co-producer. Marc Samuelson has left UK and Isle of Man based distribution, financing and production outfit CinemaNX after five years as a partner, to set up his own production company....
The established British producer has left CinemaNX after five years as a partner at the company to set up his own production company, boarding two new projects as a co-producer. Marc Samuelson has left UK and Isle of Man based distribution, financing and production outfit CinemaNX after five years as a partner, to set up his own production company....
18 May 2012 The Wrap
Print this page Tweet "The Avengers" will face its toughest competition to date this weekend as Universal's "Battleship" steams into cineplexes along with Lionsgate's "What to Expect When You're Expecting" and Paramount's "The Dictator," which opened Wednesday. Bet on the superheroes,...
Print this page Tweet "The Avengers" will face its toughest competition to date this weekend as Universal's "Battleship" steams into cineplexes along with Lionsgate's "What to Expect When You're Expecting" and Paramount's "The Dictator," which opened Wednesday. Bet on the superheroes,...
17 May 2012 Kansas City Star
CANNES, France -- The news Thursday that Harvey Weinstein was poised to buy an assassination-of-Osama bin Laden movie called "Code Name: Geronimo" brought a jolt of politics to the just-opened Cannes Film Festival, where the deal was being negotiated. It also sets up one of the most epic film-meets-politics moments in a long time - not to mention a...
CANNES, France -- The news Thursday that Harvey Weinstein was poised to buy an assassination-of-Osama bin Laden movie called "Code Name: Geronimo" brought a jolt of politics to the just-opened Cannes Film Festival, where the deal was being negotiated. It also sets up one of the most epic film-meets-politics moments in a long time - not to mention a...
17 May 2012 Cinema Blend
The Wachowskis' and Tom Tykwer's adaptation of Cloud Atlas may be the most ambitious film we see this year, and now it's confirmed to have the running time to prove it. Thompson On Hollywood reports that the adaptation of David Mitchell's novel screened for buyers at Cannes, and the run time of the finished film was two hours and...
The Wachowskis' and Tom Tykwer's adaptation of Cloud Atlas may be the most ambitious film we see this year, and now it's confirmed to have the running time to prove it. Thompson On Hollywood reports that the adaptation of David Mitchell's novel screened for buyers at Cannes, and the run time of the finished film was two hours and...
17 May 2012 The Wrap
Print this page Tweet Relativity Media has acquired domestic rights to “Paranoia” starring Liam Hemsworth, Gary Oldman, Harrison Ford and Lucas Till. IM Global is handling international rights for the thriller, which stars Hemsworth as a blue-collar worker trying to move up the ladder at Wyatt Telecom. His boss catches him committing a...
Print this page Tweet Relativity Media has acquired domestic rights to “Paranoia” starring Liam Hemsworth, Gary Oldman, Harrison Ford and Lucas Till. IM Global is handling international rights for the thriller, which stars Hemsworth as a blue-collar worker trying to move up the ladder at Wyatt Telecom. His boss catches him committing a...
17 May 2012 IMDb
Though the two just starred together in Richard Linklater's Bernie, Jack Black and Shirley MacLaine are already planning a reunion of...
Though the two just starred together in Richard Linklater's Bernie, Jack Black and Shirley MacLaine are already planning a reunion of...
17 May 2012 The Wrap
Print this page Tweet It’s said that the only reason women are capable of giving birth more than once is that they forget about the pains of labor once it’s all over. Here’s hoping that audiences unfortunate enough to see “What to Expect When You’re Expecting” undergo a similar bout of amnesia. This insipid...
Print this page Tweet It’s said that the only reason women are capable of giving birth more than once is that they forget about the pains of labor once it’s all over. Here’s hoping that audiences unfortunate enough to see “What to Expect When You’re Expecting” undergo a similar bout of amnesia. This insipid...
17 May 2012 Screen Daily
Dir: Ulrich Seidl. Austria-Germany-France. 2012. 120mins The pursuit of happiness inevitably leads to disappointment in Paradise: Love (Paradies: Liebe), the first in a trilogy of tales from Ulrich Seidl focusing on three women from the same family. In Love, plump, fiftysomething mother Teresa heads to Kenya in need of love, affection and a renewed...
Dir: Ulrich Seidl. Austria-Germany-France. 2012. 120mins The pursuit of happiness inevitably leads to disappointment in Paradise: Love (Paradies: Liebe), the first in a trilogy of tales from Ulrich Seidl focusing on three women from the same family. In Love, plump, fiftysomething mother Teresa heads to Kenya in need of love, affection and a renewed...
17 May 2012 The Hollywood Reporter
share Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic/Getty Images Sean Bean has signed to star opposite an ensemble cast including Sean Pertwee, Tom Savini and Craig Conway in Shaun Robert Smith-directed WW2 action-horror film The 4th Reich.our editor recommendsSean Bean to Star in Film Trilogy Based on 'Devil's Peak' Suspense Books'Missing':...
share Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic/Getty Images Sean Bean has signed to star opposite an ensemble cast including Sean Pertwee, Tom Savini and Craig Conway in Shaun Robert Smith-directed WW2 action-horror film The 4th Reich.our editor recommendsSean Bean to Star in Film Trilogy Based on 'Devil's Peak' Suspense Books'Missing':...
17 May 2012 The Hollywood Reporter
share Getty Images Guillermo Del Toro to helm "Pinocchio" and Liam Neeson to star in "Tombstones". Today's stories from the Cannes Film Festival include:our editor recommendsCannes 2012: Crystal Sky Slate Includes Holiday Comedy, 'Tekken 4' and 'Dracula' (Exclusive)Cannes 2012: Jane Fonda Sports Stella McCartney's Optical Illusion Gown...
share Getty Images Guillermo Del Toro to helm "Pinocchio" and Liam Neeson to star in "Tombstones". Today's stories from the Cannes Film Festival include:our editor recommendsCannes 2012: Crystal Sky Slate Includes Holiday Comedy, 'Tekken 4' and 'Dracula' (Exclusive)Cannes 2012: Jane Fonda Sports Stella McCartney's Optical Illusion Gown...
17 May 2012 Austin American Statesman
NEW YORK — Larry King says his talk show will resume on a new digital network this summer, earlier than he had anticipated. The show, called "Larry King Now," will represent the launch of Ora.TV, an online digital network financed by Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim. Executives had originally anticipated a fall start-up. King said Thursday he...
NEW YORK — Larry King says his talk show will resume on a new digital network this summer, earlier than he had anticipated. The show, called "Larry King Now," will represent the launch of Ora.TV, an online digital network financed by Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim. Executives had originally anticipated a fall start-up. King said Thursday he...
17 May 2012 Screen Daily
Dir/scr: Apichatpong Weerasethakul. Thailand. 2012. 60mins Apichatpong Weerasethakul returns to Cannes after the triumph of Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall Past Lives with Mekong Hotel, a typically enigmatic and mysterious rumination. Lasting only 60 minutes (a good sixth of which is an entrancing long-shot of the engorged Mekong River at dusk),...
Dir/scr: Apichatpong Weerasethakul. Thailand. 2012. 60mins Apichatpong Weerasethakul returns to Cannes after the triumph of Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall Past Lives with Mekong Hotel, a typically enigmatic and mysterious rumination. Lasting only 60 minutes (a good sixth of which is an entrancing long-shot of the engorged Mekong River at dusk),...
17 May 2012 Screen Daily
Seoul-based production and sales outfit Mirovision has picked up international rights to $25m stereoscopic 3D CGI production Empire Of The Ants, which is an adaptation of French author Bernard Werber’s novel Les Fourmis. Korea’s Anima House and Wonderworld Studios are producing the English-language feature, which is expected to start production...
Seoul-based production and sales outfit Mirovision has picked up international rights to $25m stereoscopic 3D CGI production Empire Of The Ants, which is an adaptation of French author Bernard Werber’s novel Les Fourmis. Korea’s Anima House and Wonderworld Studios are producing the English-language feature, which is expected to start production...
17 May 2012 The Wrap
Print this page Tweet If you didn’t like Roman Polanski before, you’re not going to like him any better after seeing him tell his life story in “Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir.” Producer Andrew Braunsberg, one of the director’s closest friends, sits with him to talk through an extraordinary life: a childhood torn to...
Print this page Tweet If you didn’t like Roman Polanski before, you’re not going to like him any better after seeing him tell his life story in “Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir.” Producer Andrew Braunsberg, one of the director’s closest friends, sits with him to talk through an extraordinary life: a childhood torn to...
