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Tim Roth On Returning For Another 'Hulk' Movie: 'I've Talked About It With Marvel'
21 hours ago | MTV Splash Page | See recent MTV Splash Page news »
While 2008's "Incredible Hulk" only performed marginally better at the box office than its 2003 counterpart, many fans praised Louis Leterrier's take on Marvel's green goliath as a significant upgrade from Ang Lee's earlier film. One of the most notable improvements, according to many critics, was the addition of award-winning actor Tim Roth as the villainous soldier Emil Blonsky opposite Edward Norton's scientist-on-the-run Bruce Banner.
Even though [Spoiler Alert] Roth's character was on the receiving end of a Hulk beatdown at the end of the film (despite becoming the mutated behemoth Abomination), the door was left wide open for a potential return. And as Hulk fans know, Blonsky is a regular presence among Hulk's rogues.
While chatting with Roth recently about "Lie to Me," the Fox television series in which he plays a human lie-detector of sorts, I managed to slip in a few questions about his experience battling one »
- Rick Marshall
The Notable Films of 2010: Part Seven
29 December 2009 7:16 AM, PST | Dark Horizons | See recent Dark Horizons news »
Opens: 2010
Cast: Naomi Watts, Annette Bening, Samuel L. Jackson, Kerry Washington
Director: Rodrigo Garcia
Summary: A tale of a mother and daughter, separated at birth, who struggle with the damage done by the most important person missing in their lives while a young African-Americn woman deals with an unwanted pregnancy and the adoption process.
Analysis: Scoring rave reviews in Toronto, the $7 million latest effort of Rodrigo Garcia ("Nine Lives," "Things You Can Tell Just By Looking At Her") once again shows off his skill at weaving multiple narratives together in clever and unexpected ways. At its heart it's an emotional family drama, but Garcia excels with his female characters which makes the involvement of Naomi Watts, Kerry Washington and especially Annette Benning thrilling.
The few criticisms levelled at the film were toward some pacing and credibility issues in the last act, but otherwise praised it for not »
- Garth Franklin
Is Black Widow a S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent in Iron Man 2?
29 December 2009 4:51 AM, PST | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
While the title of this post is certainly no surprise to fans who know anything about the character of Black Widow (Natasha Romanoff), what we weren’t sure on is whether or not she’d be a part of S.H.I.E.L.D. in Iron Man 2 specifically.
From the latest trailer for Iron Man 2, there is a hint that we’ll be seeing Scarlett Johansson’s Russian super spy join the side of good and work for Nick Fury and The Avengers during the story of this movie.
Warning: If you’re not familiar with the history of Black Widow from Marvel Comics, some of this may act as a plot spoiler for Iron Man 2.
In the books, Natasha Romanoff is initially an enemy of Iron Man (her first mission in the Us involved her assassinating him) but defects to the United States from the Soviet Union. She starts with freelance work for S.H.I.E.L.D., »
- Rob Keyes
Boondocks Creator Aaron McGruder Sets Season Three Premiere in Early 2010
28 December 2009 10:54 AM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Variety reports that creator Aaron McGruder announced via his twitter account the return of his critically acclaimed series The Boondocks after a two-year hiatus. Currently in production, the show’s third season will premiere in early 2010. “Finally got an airdate for Season 3,” McGruder tweeted. “Not sure if I’m allowed to put it out yet, so I’ll just say you got about three months!”
The Boondocks originally premiered in November 2005 on Adult Swim for a 15-episode season. Based on the long-running newspaper strip written and drawn by McGruder, the show followed the lives of the black Freeman family and their exploits in a predominately white, high-class neighborhood. Since airing, the show has been nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series at the 37th NAACP Image Awards and has won a Peabody Award for the episode “Return of the King,” which imagined what Martin Luther King, Jr. would think of the current »
- Kevin Mahadeo
Kaleidoscope 2009: Important Movie Events (Part 1/4)
28 December 2009 2:19 AM, PST | Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news »
2009 is drawing to a close. Although the year isn't marked with any crippling writers' strike or a shocking death of a Hollywood young talent like Heath Ledger, it does have a story of its own. Kate Winslet winning her first two Golden Globes, "The Twilight Saga's New Moon" logo being unveiled and Mickey Rourke finally aboard "Iron Man 2" are only a few events shaping up the film industry during the year's first three months. Here, AceShowbiz presents a look at the occurrences happening in movie biz over the first quarter.
January
January is highlighted with one significant news that sent many of the "Twilight" fans sighing for relief. After weeks of uncertainty, the question whether or not Taylor Lautner reprises his Jacob Black role in sequel "The Twilight Saga's New Moon" had been met with a satisfying answer. On January 8, director Chris Weitz confirmed that the teen actor will »
- AceShowbiz.com
Astro Boy Blu-ray Lands in March
26 December 2009 6:30 AM, PST | TheHDRoom | See recent TheHDRoom news »
Summit Entertainment's foray into feature-length CGI, Astro Boy, is set to soar onto Blu-ray Disc and DVD March 16 per an early listing that has popped up at Amazon.com.
Astro Boy is based on 1950s Japanese manga and stars the voices of Nicolas Cage, Kristen Bell, Charlize Theron and Samuel L. Jackson. It had a tough time taking flight at the box office after a $6.7 million opening weekend and $19.2 million total domestic run.
No additional Astro Boy on Blu-ray details are available at this time though they will be passed along as soon as we have them,
Click here to pre-order Astro Boy on Blu-ray at a discounted price from Amazon.com. »
Samuel L. Jackson Advises iPhone Users With Fly New App
22 December 2009 3:03 PM, PST | GameRant | See recent GameRant news »
The Apple family of electronics will become a little bit cooler (and more vocal –ahem-) with the upcoming launch of the iSamJackson app for the iPhone and iPod touch. The app touts the first interactive Samuel L. Jackson experience which will feature original and authentic recordings from the outspoken actor himself.
The best feature of the app might be the “Ask Sam” feature, where the man himself behaves as your personal magic 8-ball, allowing users to “seek instantaneous advice from the king of cool.”
As exciting at this app may be, I’d say it’s likely that it would find a better home with the college and bar crowd rather than your kid’s phone, but who am I to question the territory of the head of S.H.I.E.L.D.?
Source & Image courtesy of: isamjackson
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- John Comerford
Marvel writers excited about arrival of 'shared universe' in Avengers movie
22 December 2009 11:27 AM, PST | The Geek Files | See recent The Geek Files news »
While we have seen superhero teams on screen before in X-Men and Fantastic Four, we've not yet seen several heroes crossing over from their own films into one ensemble movie.
This will happen in The Avengers, the 2012 Marvel Studios team-up movie bringing together Robert Downey Jr's Iron Man, Chris Hemsworth's Thor, Captain America, Samuel L. Jackson's Nick Fury and possibly Hawkeye, Edward Norton's Hulk, Scarlett Johansson's Black Widow and others.
Staff at Marvel Comics are excited to see how the concept of uniting all those characters will work on the big screen.
In an interview with Newsarama, several of them have given their views on the Avengers film.
Writer Brian Michael Bendis, who for five years has been the 'architect' of the Avengers comic, is part of the creative committee that consults on movies in development at Marvel Studios, including The Avengers.
He told Newsarama: »
- David Bentley
2010 Paramount Pictures Preview: ‘Iron Man 2,’ ‘Shutter Island,’ ‘Shrek Forever After’
21 December 2009 11:56 AM, PST | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – Paramount has released cast and synopsis information along with a slate of images from their entire 2010 schedule of films, including “Shutter Island,” “She’s Out of My League,” “How to Train Your Dragon,” “Iron Man 2.” “Shrek Forever After,” “The Last Airbender,” “Dinner For Schmucks,” “Megamind,” and “Morning Glory”.
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, Michelle Williams, Emily Mortimer, Patricia Clarkson and Max Von Sydow
Synopsis: From Oscar®-winning director Martin Scorsese, “Shutter Island” is the story of two U.S. marshals, Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Chuck Aule (Mark Ruffalo), who are summoned to a remote and barren island off the coast of Massachusetts to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a murderess from the island’s fortress-like hospital for the criminally insane.
Release: February 19, 2010
“She’s Out of My League”
Cast: Jay Baruchel, Alice Eve, T.J. Miller, Mike Vogel, Nate Torrence, Krysten Ritter, Geoff Stults and »
- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
Michael Jackson’s ‘Captain Eo’ to reopen at Disneyland Feb. 2010
20 December 2009 12:30 PM, PST | The Scorecard Review | See recent Scorecard Review news »
Michael Jackson is back. Ok, stay with me here: In February 2010, the “Honey I Shrunk The Audience” attraction at Disneyland in southern California is out. Taking back its place is a 17-minute “3-D musical motion picture space adventure” starring the “King of Pop” Michael Jackson, who performs two songs: “We Are Here to Change The World” and “Another Part of Me.” The movie was directed by Francis Ford Coppola, and produced by George Lucas.
The 3-D experience is called Captain Eo, and it originally played at Epcot and Disneyland starting in 1986 until closing around 1998. Captain Eo cost about a million dollars to make per minute, and was at the time the most expensive motion picture ever.
The short film was about Captain Eo (Jackson) and his crew traveling towards a bitter queen who lived in a cold dark world. (who was played by Anjelica Huston). In the original presentation, lasers, »
- Nick Allen
Gadgets Galore in Iron Man 2
19 December 2009 11:00 PM, PST | ShockYa | See recent ShockYa news »
There will be gadgets galore! Here’s another set of movie stills featuring Robert Downey Jr. in the upcoming film “Iron Man 2″ by director Jon Favreau (Iron Man) and starring Robert Downey, Jr. (Sherlock Holmes), Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Mickey Rourke, Sam Rockwell, Scarlett Johansson and Samuel L. Jackson. Click Here for more photos, news and videos from Iron Man 2. Synopsis: “Demon in a Bottle is one of the very strongest story lines of the of the series, and Iron Man is not a comic book character who is known for having wonderful storylines. He’s known for having great suits, great characters, but the villains kind of get thin at [...] »
- Brian Corder
Sneak Peek "Iron Man 2": The Trailer
19 December 2009 9:23 AM, PST | SneakPeek | See recent SneakPeek news »
Sneak Peek the new trailer for the Paramount sequel "Iron Man 2", based on Marvel Comics characters created by writer Stan Lee and illustrators Don Heck/Jack Kirby.
"Iron Man 2" is set six months after the events of "Iron Man", with the secret ' S.H.I.E.L.D.' organization continuing to play a major role.
The film also explores Stark's alcoholism, his unwillingness to accept his advancing age, his glib approach to life while concealing the fact he is Iron Man and his jealously towards love interest 'Pepper' (Gwyneth Paltrow), finding another boyfriend.
Robert Downey Jr. reprising his role as 'Tony Stark' aka 'Iron Man', said the film was not an adaptation of the "Demon in a Bottle" storyline from the comic book series, but more about the 'interim space' between the origin and demon story arc.
The film also stars actors Don Cheadle as 'Col. »
- Michael Stevens
Rene Russo To Play Mother Of "Thor"
19 December 2009 8:15 AM, PST | www.ohmygore.com/ | See recent OhMyGore news »
Rene Russo is set to play Frigga, the mother of the titular hammer-wielding Norse hero in "Thor" for Marvel Studios says Variety. As the wife of Norse god (Anthony Hopkins) Frigga is the queen of Asgard and mother to both Thor (Chris Hemsworth) and the villain Loki (Tom Hiddleston). Natalie Portman also stars as Thor's love interest. Natalie Portman, Samuel L. Jackson, Colm Feore, Stellan Skarsgard, Idris Elba, Kat Dennings, Stuart Townsend, Ray Stevenson, Tadanobu Asano and maybe Jeremy Renner are starring. Mark Protosevich and Zack Stentz penned the script in which arrogant warrior Thor reignites an ancient war and as punishment, "Thor" is cast down to Earth and forced to live among humans. Once here, he learns what it takes to be a true hero when the most dangerous villain »
Paramount 2010 Preview: Synopses and High Resolution Images from She’S Out Of My League, Morning Glory, Shutter Island, How To Train Your Dragon, More
18 December 2009 3:33 PM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Paramount has released the synopses and a bunch of first look images from all of their 2010 releases. Some of the first look images are from Morning Glory (Rachel McAdams, Harrison Ford, Diane Keaton), She’s Out of My League (Jay Baruchel, Alice Eve), and How to Train Your Dragon. In addition to the first look images, they’ve provided us with high resolution versions of a few images that have you may have seen and the first synopses from Dinner for Schmucks, Megamind, and Morning Glory. Everything is after the jump so take a look:
Click on any image for a high resolution version. The films are listed below in order of release.
Paramount Pictures Presents
A Phoenix Pictures Production
In Association with Sikelia Productions and Appian Way
A Martin Scorsese Picture
Co-Producers Joseph Reidy Emma Tillinger Amy Herman
Executive Producers Chris Brigham Laeta Kalogridis Dennis Lehane »
- Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub
New trailer for 'Iron Man 2' smashes online
18 December 2009 8:09 AM, PST | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
We haveadded the new trailer for Paramount Pictures and Marvel Entertainment'supcoming sequel to the 2008 hit 'Iron Man'. The sequel 'Iron Man 2' isdirected by Jon Facreau and stars Starring Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Jon Favreau,Mickey Rourke, Sam Rockwell, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Garry Shandling, John Slattery, Kate Mara, Clark Gregg and Olivia Munn.Watch the trailer below;In 'Iron Man 2', Mickey Rourke stars as Whiplash, a character that includes elements from that comic book villain and Crimson Dynamo, another Russian foe. Sam Rockwell will play Justin Hammer, a multibillionaire businessman and a rival of industrialist Tony Stark, Aka Iron Man, being played by a returning Robert Downey Jr. More info to come. »
- Anthony Pearson
Ltts Gift Idea - Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales
18 December 2009 7:00 AM, PST | Look to the Stars | See recent Look to the Stars news »
Looking for a Christmas gift that gives back? Last year, Look to the Stars brought you a story about Nelson Mandela's audiobook of African folktales read by your favorite stars. We have now learned that the Artists for a New South Africa (Ansa) audiobook has been nominated for a Grammy!
This selection of folktales from across the African continent is performed by a diverse group of acclaimed actors who donated their time and talents to the effort: Gillian Anderson, Benjamin Bratt, LeVar Burton, Ricardo Chavira, Don Cheadle, Matt Damon, Whoopi Goldberg, Sean Hayes, Hugh Jackman, Samuel L. Jackson, Latanya Richardson Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Debra Messing, Helen Mirren, Parminder Nagra, Sophie Okonedo, Cch Pounder, Alan Rickman, Jurnee Smollett, Charlize Theron, Blair Underwood, Forest Whitaker and Alfre Woodard. Directed by Alfre Woodard, the audiobook features a special message to the world’s children from Archbishop Desmond Tutu and original music by »
Final Clue from Iron Man 2
17 December 2009 11:36 PM, PST | ShockYa | See recent ShockYa news »
Here’s the last of three viral clues, you can find the other two here and here. What does it all mean? The upcoming film “Iron Man 2″ by director Jon Favreau (Iron Man) stars Robert Downey, Jr. (Sherlock Holmes), Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Mickey Rourke, Sam Rockwell, Scarlett Johansson and Samuel L. Jackson. Click Here for more photos, news and videos from Iron Man 2. Synopsis: “Demon in a Bottle is one of the very strongest story lines of the of the series, and Iron Man is not a comic book character who is known for having wonderful storylines. He’s known for having great suits, great characters, but the villains [...] »
- Brian Corder
Watch Awesome First 'Iron Man 2' Trailer
17 December 2009 7:25 PM, PST | Reel Empire | See recent Reel Empire news »
Paramount Pictures has released the first ever teaser trailer for their upcoming and highly anticipated sequel to their smash hit "Iron Man". It truly looks spectacular. For a teaser trailer, it showcases quite a bit of action and needless to say, I can't wait for the movie to hit theaters next summer and I'm sure it'll be one of next year's biggest motion pictures. The film stars Robert Downey Jr, Mickey Rourke, Don Cheadle (replacing Terrence Howard), Gwyneth Paltrow, Sam Rockwell, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Kate Marra and many more! You can read on to check out the trailer and be sure to share your thoughts!
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- Chad Langen
'Iron Man 2,' 'Shutter Island' and 'Shrek 4' are Part of Paramount's 2010 Movie Preview
17 December 2009 3:57 PM, PST | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks have released their 2010 picture preview, which includes nine upcoming films including Shutter Island, Iron Man 2, Shrek Forever After and The Last Airbender. Along with the preview we have five brand new images not to mention select new images that were recently released such as the poster for Shrek and new images for Iron Man 2.
All the cast, director and synopsis information is listed over the course of the next few pages as well as all the release dates for 23 upcoming films. Gallery links have been added for all films and remember, the links open in a new browser window so just close the new window to return to this article and continue the preview.
Shutter Island February 19 Photo: Paramount Pictures Browse The Gallery Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, Michelle Williams, Emily Mortimer, Patricia Clarkson and Max Von Sydow
Director: Martin Scorsese
From Oscarandreg;-winning director Martin Scorsese, »
- Brad Brevet
Blu-ray Review: The Negotiator
17 December 2009 12:39 PM, PST | BuzzFocus.com | See recent BuzzFocus.com news »
“He frees hostages for a living. Now he’s taking hostages to survive.” With advertising taglines like that, it was all too easy to write The Negotiator off before it was ever released. But those who could find their way past the bad advertising campaign found a good drama-thriller with a somewhat original idea. Not great, but definitely good. Director F. Gary Gray (Friday, The Italian Job) brings together a talented cast highlighted by the standoff between Samuel L. Jackson and Kevin Spacey. Jackson plays Danny Roman, a talented Chicago hostage negotiator whose out-of-the-box tactics are ensuring his career is going swimmingly. Then a fellow cop presents him with information that some officers may be embezzling money. (Surely, not in Chicago’s upstanding force). Roman maintains his innocence throughout, and in an effort to prove it finds himself creating, rather than resolving, a hostage situation. Roman demands Chris Sabian (Spacey), another famed Chicago negotiator, »
- Bill Jones
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