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The Notable Films of 2010: Part Four
19 December 2009 11:50 PM, PST | Dark Horizons | See recent Dark Horizons news »
Opens: 2010
Cast: Val Kilmer, Andy Garcia, Rupert Friend, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Johnathon Schaech
Director: Renny Harlin
Summary: An American journalist, his cameraman, and a Georgian native get caught in the crossfire of the five-day Russia-Georgia conflict in August 2008, and then have to deal with their obligation to be impartial.
Analysis: A timely parable on war, or Hollywood propaganda filmmaking at its worst? Wherever it goes, especially in Europe and the former Soviet states, "Georgia" will cause a lot of talk and controversy as the incidents depicted are still so fresh in many's minds. Like all topics of the sort, it'll also have its strong supporters and detractors having opinions on the film long before a frame of footage is screened anywhere.
Shot on-location in Tbilisi, the project also marks a potential return to form for Finnish director Renny Harlin. Given the right material the skilled action director delivered three »
- Garth Franklin
Eight Clips for Hip-Hop Dance flick Jump
26 November 2009 8:58 AM, PST | Twitch | See recent Twitch news »
With exactly a week left to go before Stephen Chow-produced/Stephen Fung-directed dance flick Jump hits the theaters all across Asia, Sony Pictures has release a total of eight clips to give us a little taste on whats instore. The comedy film marks Kitty Zhang first leading role and I thinks she really shines through in these clips playing the underdog that eventually realized her full potential. I especially got a kick (no pun intended) out of seeing the clips in "She Shines" and "Dinner with Dad" with Yuen Cheung-Yan for the Kung-Fu action because well, we all know adding Kung-Fu to just about anything will most likely increase the level of awesomeness everytime.
Jump is a film about courage and passion. Full of humor and exciting dance sequences the film features a young village girl from a sheltered background named Phoenix who loves dancing. Brought up by her father, »
The Good, The Bad And The Wtf: Never Been Klingon
23 November 2009 7:30 AM, PST | JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news »
Life lesson #1: Never trust DVD menus. They are programmed by humans, and humans lie. Therefore, DVD menus lie. If you buy one and the menu looks wrong, do not show fear. Just stand firm and call your player a filthy liar. Life lesson #2: Don't teach your newborn a fictional alien language instead of English. That is cruel. What's the matter with you? Life lesson #3: Don't take life lessons from a man on the internet. Wait, what's going on? Oh, right, movie updates. Here they are.
The Good
• The other two posters for Alice in Wonderland were released on Facebook last week, completing the set of three. Your sharp eyes do not deceive you: the three posters can indeed be combined to form this image:
• I'm going out on a huge limb here by giving this movie the benefit of the doubt. This trailer for Jump doesn't exactly »
- Arya Ponto
‘The Treasure Hunter’ Featuring Kato from ‘Green Hornet’
19 November 2009 8:37 AM, PST | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
There are few people that are aware of the growing movie market overseas. Thailand is emerging as a serious threat in the marital arts action genre with the help of Tony Jaa (Ong Bak); Russia is proving they can make a slick and entertaining film thanks to studios like Disney (Black Lightning); and, of course, Japan has always been the source for many Hollywood studios’ “inspired” horror remakes (The Ring, The Grudge). One foreign market that tends to be brushed off as only doing kung-fu or martial art films is China.
Today we have a trailer for a new Asian film which has the odd IMDb genre label of romance/sci-fi called Ci Ling (Treasure Hunter). Why are we at Screen Rant sharing this trailer with you? Because Treasure Hunter stars an actor most English-speaking audiences may not be familiar with yet, but will be next year: Jay Chou. Chou »
- Paul Young
Stephen Chow Can’t Dance! First Trailer for Jump
9 November 2009 11:27 AM, PST | Affenheimtheater | See recent Affenheimtheater news »
mmh, if you only watch the first minute of the trailer for Stephen Fung’s Jump you could really believe that this was written by the one and only Stephen Chow. But the rest just smells of the kind of dance flicks Hollywood has been stuffing down our throats for the last few years. The film tells the story of a young girl (Kitty Zhang) from a small Chinese village that get the chance to start a career as a professional dance in the big city, how original and unpredictable…
[via Filmsmash] »
- Ulrik
Call it 'Blood Simple', But Funnier
3 November 2009 10:25 PM, PST | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »
Zhang Yimou promises some comedy in his remake of Blood Simple, which will hit theaters in China on December 11.
In an interview with the Chinese web portal Sina.com, subsequently translated by the Associated Press, the director of Hero and House of Flying Daggers described his film as starting off as a comedy, then gradually morphing into a thriller.
"The audience is watching the movie happily, laughing out loud, then it slowly changes, but the transition has to be funny," Zhang said. "That's very hard to do. I think I did a decent job. This is the first time I tried to bridge the two styles."
The film, called San Qiang Pai An Jing Qi in Chinese, centers around a noodle shop owner who plans to kill his cheating wife and her lover. As was the case in Blood Simple, the plot spirals out of control; however, the original revolved around a Texas bar owner. »
Seth Rogen Updates The Green Hornet
28 October 2009 4:37 AM, PDT | Reelzchannel.com | See recent ReelzChannel news »
At a recent press junket for the TV movie Monsters Vs. Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins From Outer Space, Seth Rogen spoke about The Green Hornet, which he is currently shooting and co-wrote with Evan Goldberg (Superbad). Rogen told MovieWeb that it is a relief to finally be working on the oft-troubled movie.
It is [a relief]. An enormous one; constantly. But we still have to make it awesome. So the true relief isn't there yet.
With Stephen Chow dropping out as director and co-star, the release being pushed back five months, and Nicolas Cage also quitting the project, The Green Hornet has had it's share of troubles before it even started production. At one point, Rogen joked that The Green Hornet was never going to be made but would be promoted "for the next 10 years." Now that Rogen and director Michel Gondry are finally working on the movie, Rogen doesn't feel that the pressure's off. »
- Ryan Gowland
Yuen Woo-ping Preps his Garnet on the Golden Sand
27 October 2009 9:49 PM, PDT | Beyond Hollywood | See recent Beyond Hollywood news »
Sure, the title may not sound like it’s got buckets of martial arts fun waiting for you (”Garnet on the Golden Sand”???), but consider the director involved: Yuen Woo-ping. Westerners will know him as the guy who made the martial arts in Quentin Tarantino’s “Kill Bill” and the Wachowskis’ “Matrix” movies look credible, while Asian film enthusiasts will know him more as the man behind such kung fu kickassery as “Drunken Master”, “Iron Monkey”, and Stephen Chow’s “Kung Fu Hustle”. Now the legendary director is set to direct the American-Hong Kong co-production “Garnet on the Golden Sand”. So what’s the deal with this not-very-kung-fu sounding “Garnet on the Golden Sand”? Written by Jun Tan, the film is set in the 17th century, and follows a European merchant and two Chinese swordsmen who are recruited by the leader of a prosperous trade town along the Silk Road »
- Nix
Film About Red China’S Founding Breaks Records
20 October 2009 1:20 PM, PDT | Studio Briefing - Film News | See recent Studio Briefing - Film News news »
The Founding of a Republic, a movie about the victory of Mao Tse-Tung's Communist forces over Chiang Kai-Shek's Nationalist army 60 years ago, has broken the box-office record for a Chinese film, according to the Xinhua News Agency. The film has earned about $59 million, putting it third on the all-time list in China, behind Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and Titanic. Several major Hong Kong and mainland film stars reportedly worked without compensation in the movie, including Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Stephen Chow and Zhang Ziyi. In reporting on the film's success, the Hollywood Reporter pointed out that the movie "has enjoyed release on the largest number of screens in Chinese film history, no competition from Hollywood product, an extended national holiday period and massive promotion, including a trailer for the film running before every movie in the country prior to its release." »
On His Majesty’s Secret Service (2009) Movie Review
12 October 2009 1:54 PM, PDT | Beyond Hollywood | See recent Beyond Hollywood news »
Wong Jing goes back to the old school with “On his Majesty’s Secret Service” a truly madcap period set comedy in the classic early 1990s style. Although the master of the form himself, Stephen Chow, isn’t starring in such films anymore, there’s certainly no reason to stop making them, and in his absence, Louis Koo has stepped up to the plate, accompanied by a great cast of Hong Kong and Mainland stars including Barbie Hsu, Tong Dawei (“Red Cliff II”), Song Jia (“Curiosity Killed the Cat”), Liu Yang (“Bullet & Brain”), Fan Siu Wong (recently in “Ip Man”) and even veteran genre favourite Sandra Ng. The plot, such as it is, follows Koo as Royal Dog, an inventor and royal guard, who does his best to protect the rather useless Emperor (Liu Yiwei) and the crazy Empress (Sandra Ng) while trying to handle his feisty fiancé Faithful (Barbie Hsu »
- James Mudge
Metallic Attraction: Kungfu Cyborg (2009) Movie Review
9 October 2009 11:53 AM, PDT | Beyond Hollywood | See recent Beyond Hollywood news »
With so many Chinese films still being called ‘Kung Fu’ something or other, and with the continuing global success of Michael Bay’s blockbuster “Transformer” franchise, “Kung Fu Cyborg: Metallic Attraction” was pretty much inevitable. The Hong Kong director getting in on the act is none other than Jeffrey Lau, who previously had hits with the likes of “A Chinese Tall Story” and the classic Stephen Chow “A Chinese Odyssey” vehicles. Perhaps unsurprisingly given Lau’s predilection for the mass mixing of genres, although the film’s advertising suggested non-stop brawling robots, he delivers something quite different, backed by a top cast of Hong Kong and Mainland stars and some boisterously over the top special effects. The film follows Alex Fong (recently in the excellent “I Corrupt all Cops”) as K-1, a state built cyborg who for no discernable reason is sent by his creator (the inimitable Eric Tsang in »
- James Mudge
'Green Hornet' Production Almost Bombs
29 September 2009 9:20 PM, PDT | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »
Seth Rogen's Green Hornet project has been plagued with problems from the get.
First we learned that Seth Rogen was planning a comedic take on the material. Then things got worse. Stephen Chow elected not to play Kato. Chow then decided not to direct the project, either. Nicolas Cage turned down a villainous role in the film (have you seen Cage's work these days?). A stunt driver lost control during an action sequence last week and crashed the Black Beauty into a police car, with an officer still inside. CinemaSpy has mocked the concept behind this film incessantly from the beginning (surely the worst blight of all).
Now, today, comes news from TMZ that the Lapd bomb squad had to be called to investigate a mysterious 'bomb-like' object that the crew found on the set. The police rushed to the location and used a remote-controlled robot to blow up the unidentified metal object, »
Darren Aronofsky To Make A Gritty Heist Movie
21 September 2009 6:05 PM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
It looks like writer/director Darren Aronofsky is going to be following up his brilliant 2008 wrestling pic, The Wrestler, with a film based around, “the daring robbery of the Securitas Depot in Tonbridge… thought to be masterminded by former mixed martial arts fighter and Ufc star ‘Lightning’ Lee Murray.” The indie thriller is being set up for Aronofsky to both direct and produce.
Screenwriter Kerry Williamson (adapter of the upcoming Alexander Payne film, Fork in the Road) is adapting the script from an underlying rights package which includes two separate sources: an article in Sports Illustrated from April 14th 2008 entitled Breaking the Bank (written by John Wertheim), and from a non-fiction book called Heist: The Inside Story of the World’s Biggest Robbery (by Howard Sounes).
The title of the latter source isn’t for nothing: the real life London heist is valued at around $86 million (or £53 million to use »
- Ross Miller
Nicolas Cage Explains Green Hornet Decision
17 September 2009 4:43 AM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
A press release came out last week which confirmed that Nicolas Cage was in negotiations to play the gangster villain for the upcoming Michael Gondry and Seth Rogen adaptation of Green Hornet.
Quick thereafter, news broke that Nic Cage had turned down the role and left the project to instead work as the lead in two other films. Production was just starting so some were worried about them finding a worthy replacement quick. They sure as hell did though in bringing in to-be-Oscar-nominated Inglourious Basterds star, Christoph Waltz.
As to why Cage turned down the role, we now have the reason…
While promoting his film, Bad Lieutenant, Port of Call: New Orleans at Tiff, Cage answered questions on the topic of Green Hornet explaining that his decision stemmed from creative differences (he’s not the first to leave for that reason, looking back on Stephen Chow who was set »
- Rob Keyes
Green Hornet Villain Role Not Good Enough for The Cage
16 September 2009 11:19 PM, PDT | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »
Earlier this week we told you that Christoph Waltz was stepping into the villain role vacated by Nicolas Cage in Michel Gondry's Green Hornet. It seems like this production has had nothing but problems from losing Stephen Chow in every capacity he was once attached, to the always dreadful release date delay. However, despite all the bad luck surrounding it, details were sparse as to why Cage exited leaving Gondry and star Seth Rogen high and dry. But Nicolas Cage had some words for the Canadian Press about his departure while he was up at the Toronto Film Festival promoting his newest film, Werner Herzog's Bad Lietenant. Cage just simply laid it out on the table and said that he "wasn't interested in just being just a straight up bad guy who was killing people willy-nilly. I had to have some humanity and to try to give it »
- Ethan Anderton
Nicolas Cage Reveals Why He Left 'The Green Hornet'
16 September 2009 9:29 AM, PDT | MTV Splash Page | See recent MTV Splash Page news »
Nicolas Cage's departure from "The Green Hornet" created quite a bit of buzz last week, but it was followed up by unconfirmed reports this week that "Inglourious Basterds" actor Christoph Waltz was in talks to replace Cage as the film's villain.
While promoting his upcoming film "Bad Lieutenant, Port of Call: New Orleans" at the Toronto International Film Festival, Cage opened up about the reasons he made such an abrupt exit from Seth Rogen and Michel Gondry's film.
"'The Green Hornet' was something that I wanted to do, I think Michel Gondry is very talented and I had hoped it would work but I think Seth Rogen and Michel had a different take on the character," Cage told The Canadian Press.
"I had to have some humanity and to try to give it something where you could understand why the character was the way he »
- Rick Marshall
Tiff Report: Clive Owen in The Boys Are Back
15 September 2009 6:11 PM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
In The Boys are Back, tough guy actor Clive Owen gives a very different performance - which might be the best of his career. Best known for his Bogart-esque work in Sin City or his rage filled alpha male in Closer, Owen leaves that behind for his work here as a recently widowed father struggling with his own grief - trying to deal with his own devastating loss and the impact it is having on his young son.
As Joe, Owen goes places as an actor he has never gone before, sinking deep under the skin of this character to create a full bodied, real person that we might encounter in our lives. Heck, it could be a reflection of us one day. Every husband fears the day their wife dies, even if we do not admit it out loud, but when it happens to Joe he can barely deal »
- John Foote
Christoph Waltz In The Green Hornet
15 September 2009 4:19 AM, PDT | FilmShaft.com | See recent FilmShaft.com news »
The rumour mill goes into overdrive, as word around the Internet is that the amazing Christoph Waltz fresh from his film stealing performance in Inglourious Basterds has been cast as the main villain Chudnofsky in the upcoming Green Hornet film.
Directed by Michel Gondry and starring Seth Rogen, The Green Hornet is one of the most anticipated films in the world right now.
As Nicolas Cage seems to have dropped out of the film the idea of Christolph Waltz in this part is positively mind-blowing! Fantastic bit of casting and I’m now looking forward to The Green Hornet more than ever now!
The Green Hornet has been floating around Hollywood for ages now. Back in the day cult director Kevin Smith was attached to write and direct but dropped out.
In late 2008 Stephen Chow was set to direct as well as star as Kato but he also dropped out due to creative differences. »
- Alex Wagner
Christoph Waltz to Replace Nic Cage in ‘Green Hornet’
14 September 2009 3:15 PM, PDT | The Flickcast | See recent The Flickcast news »
With the publicity for Seth Rogen and Michel Gondry’s Green Hornet picking up steam in the past monh or so, more news has come out on the casting of the main villain in he film, Mr. X. The role was originally set to go to Nicolas Cage, but for whatever reason (possibly the fact that he’s got another superhero film in the works with Kick-Ass), Cage has stepped down from his role.
We now recieve word that the role will instead be taken on by Christoph Waltz, fresh from playing the Nazi baddie in Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds.
“I’m told that Icm’s actor Christoph Waltz who won Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival for playing a Nazi in Inglourious Basterds (and is a shoo-in for an Oscar nomination) has now been cast as villain Chudnofsky in Sony’s The Green Hornet opposite Seth Rogen and Cameron Diaz. »
- Matt Raub
The Green Hornet vs. Christoph Waltz?
14 September 2009 1:04 PM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
Just five days after news came that Nicolas Cage had passed on the chance to play The Green Hornet villain comes the news that Inglourious Basterds baddie, Christoph Waltz, has reportedly been cast as Green Hornet’s foe.
Nikki Finke at Deadline Hollywood scored the exclusive news that Waltz has been cast as the villain, Chudnofsky, in Michel Gondry’s upcoming comic book adaptation, The Green Hornet. No other details have been released about the role, although in the past it has been described as a “gangster” who’s “scary,” and, “not where the comedy comes from.” Cage was circling the role for a little while before he passed on the opportunity, favoring lead roles in two different revenge flicks (that wasn’t the reason we were given, but it’s what we can summise).
If this Christoph Waltz news is true (and I’m guessing it is), it would »
- Ross Miller
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