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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
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
The First Avenger: Captain America Production Starting in June
28 December 2009 3:13 AM, PST | Reelzchannel.com | See recent ReelzChannel news »
Popular horror magazine Fangoria inadvertently dropped the news that Marvel Studios' live-action adaptation of the classic Captain America comic books will go into production during June of next year. The information appears after a quote from Joe Johnston about how little time he had to prepare for The Wolfman after taking over for its original director, Mark Romanek.
Principal photography was now less than four weeks away. "By the time I got on a plane and arrived, it was three," recalls Johnston, speaking from the art department of The First Avenger: Captain America, which he's readying for a June start.
Paramount plans to release The First Avenger: Captain America on July 22, 2011. No cast announcements have been made as of yet.
Next Showing:
Link | Posted 12/28/2009 by BrentJS
Joe Johnston | Mark Romanek | First Avenger: Captain America | The Wolfman »
- BrentJS Sprecher
What are the best music videos of the noughties?
24 December 2009 3:07 AM, PST | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
Let us know your favourite pop promos of the decade
What makes a great pop video? Explosive action? Mind-bending animation? Bling? Bottles of Cristal? Being ripped off in the latest TV advert? One viewer's masterpiece is another's dross, and they will never agree.
And there are simply more videos now than there used to be. In the 70s and 80s, quality videos stood out because there wasn't much else around – Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody, Jacko's Thriller and Peter Gabriel's Sledgehammer were events. Now videos cram every corner of YouTube, blogs and TV channels from Viva to MTV.
In the noughties, having a director for your video wasn't enough – they had to be a big name. Hype Williams was one of the busiest, shooting videos such as Kanye West's Gold Digger and Stronger, Beyoncé's Check on It and Coldplay's Viva La Vida. Other directors such as Mark Romanek »
- Dugald Baird
Terror Tidbits (Fango #290): The Wolfman: Hair Today, Gore Tomorrow
22 December 2009 10:00 PM, PST | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »
The beast is back, and he’s staring Fangoria right in the eye. It’s May 2008, and the end of a long day at England’s Pinewood Studios, where your correspondent has been given a tantalizing behind-the-scenes tour of Universal’s latest attempt to mine its classic horror back catalog, following the successful revamp of The Mummy. After visiting various sets and interviewing some of the cast and crew of The Wolfman, we have decamped to a windowless room to chat with makeup legend Rick Baker about the task of turning star Benicio Del Toro into the eponymous monster.
Midway through our chat, the lights go out, plunging the room into total darkness. “Stay calm,” instructs the film’s unit publicist, “it’s just a problem with the fuse.” But something is afoot. Suddenly, there’s movement at a door, and a large shape enters the room. As our eyes become accustomed to the gloom, »
- no-reply@fangoria.com (Mark Salisbury)
2009 Black List Announced
13 December 2009 6:54 AM, PST | AMC - Script to Screen | See recent AMC - Script to Screen news »
Since 2004, Universal Pictures executive Franklin Leonard has been compiling The Black List. As its website states, The Black List is "an annual list of Hollywood's most liked unproduced screenplays published on the second Friday of December each year." All of the scripts are in some stage of development and two of the top ten scripts are already in production.
Entertainment Weekly got the exclusive on the top 10 (well, really, 11 because there was a tie) and Nikki Finke has posted additional details for the entire list.
You can download the whole list in Pdf from the official website.
Here's an excerpt of some of the top choices (thanks EW!):
1. The Muppet Man
By Christopher Weekes
What it’s about: The life and times of the late Jim Henson (pictured), the man behind Sesame Street and The Muppets.
What it’s like: The Andy Kaufman biopic Man on the Moon, but with puppets. »
- Christina Warren
2009 Black List: The Muppet Man, Social Network, The Voices, Prisoners and Cedar Rapids Top List
12 December 2009 6:25 PM, PST | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »
2009 list and top five has already delivered better results than the 2007 list. Mark Romanek and Antoine Fuqua are respectively attached to The Voices (#3) and Prisoners (#4), while David Fincher is currently helming The Social Network (#2) and Miguel Arteta is on production with Cedar Rapids (#5) are currently in production. There are tons of comments to make on the list but something worth a mention is that Sarah Polley is one of three actors (Zach Braff and Rashida Jones) who have their screenplays on the list. - You know you're having a really great Friday is your name is Christopher Weekes. Weekes who wrote and directed 2008's Bitter &Twisted (a Tribeca Film Festival selection) is on top of this year's Black List -- his The Muppet Man, a biopic on Jim Henson, leads a field that includes several project currently in production. Franklin Leonard's extremely popular concoction is as he reminds us »
45 Predictions for the 2010 Sundance Film Festival
12 December 2009 6:25 PM, PST | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »
We'll find out the exact line-up soon enough and I'll see just how my predictions pan out for the upcoming edition of Sundance. - We'll find out the exact line-up soon enough and I'll see just how my predictions pan out for the upcoming edition of Sundance. For practicality reasons, here is a quick listing, I've included the titles below and if you want to familiarize yourself with the projects, you can go back and check out last week's brief summaries: Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V, Part VI, Part VII, Part VIII, Part IX. Would be surprised if these weren't at the festival: Adopt Me, Michael Jordan - Melanie Judd and Susan Motamed, Agua Fria De Mar - Paz Fabrega, All Good Things - Andrew Jarecki, An Invisible Sign of My Own - Marilyn Agrelo, Barry Munday - Chris D'Arienzo, »
- Ioncinema.com Staff
2009's List of Best Unproduced Screenplays Arrives Online
11 December 2009 12:45 PM, PST | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
It's that Black List time of the year. While Top Tens flutter the airwaves with the most notable films of the year (and decade), it's also time to learn about the features we haven't gotten to see -- the best unproduced screenplays of 2009. Entertainment Weekly has released Franklin Leonard's Black List Top 10 (+1 in a tie). The winners came from 97 scripts, mostly newcomers, with a few notable names mixed in as well, most now in production or close to it. Topping that off, Nikki Finke has got the list in its entirety, which you can catch peruse over at Deadline Hollywood.
The first on the list isn't too surprising, considering the big Muppet revival lately -- The Muppet Man. Written by Christopher Weekes, the script delves into the life of Jim Henson, the man responsible for bringing us both The Muppets and Sesame Street. I imagine this is one of the sure bets, »
- Monika Bartyzel
The 2009 Black List Revealed
11 December 2009 10:04 AM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Since 2004, Franklin Leonard releases The Black List every December. It’s a list of best read scripts that’s complied from the suggestions of agents assistants, managers, film executives, and whoever else he gets to contribute. While last year had 260 people contribute, this year’s had 97 scripts from 311 contributors. Most of the scripts on the list are in some stage of development in the studio system, and it’s been said that a high listing can help move your project forward. What I’m trying to say is, the list is very important in Hollywood and many people try extremely hard to land in the top ten.
So now that you’re curious, hit the jump to check out the top ten on the 2009 Black List:
Of course big thanks to Entertainment Weekly for posting the list. If you can, hit the link to show some appreciation. And for more on The Black List, »
- Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub
Exclusive: 'The Black List' -- Top 11 unproduced screenplays of 2009
11 December 2009 8:30 AM, PST | EW - Hollywood Insider.com | See recent EW.com - Hollywood Insider news »
Last December, we introduced you to Franklin Leonard and The Black List, the list of the best unproduced screenplays in Hollywood. Since then, Leonard has been named by The Hollywood Reporter as one of the top 35 executives under 35 working in Hollywood and his list has gained even more prominence. This year's list consists of 97 scripts with 311 people contributing to the ranking -- up from 260 in 2008. The top 10 (actually, 11, thanks to a tie in 10th place) is filled with mostly up-and-comers, with the exception of Aaron Sorkin and David Scarpa. All of the scripts are in some stage of development around Hollywood, »
- Nicole Sperling
Wolfman producer explains delays, promises 'beautiful, gothic, tragic' epic
9 December 2009 7:23 PM, PST | The Geek Files | See recent The Geek Files news »
For a film about shocking transformations, director Joe Johnston's $85million remake of The Wolfman has been through a few of its own.
Producer Scott Stuber has spoken about what's been going on behind the scenes but first here's a reminder of the film's production history.
The monster tale began when original director Mark Romanek quit in January 2008, citing the standard 'creative differences' (in truth, his vision proved too pricy for the studio). Johnston was hired in February 2008.
Then the cast and crew were called back for London-based reshoots earlier this year, and two new editors have been hired to recut the film.
Not to mention the release date has been changed four times. The film was initially slated to come out on November 12, 2008, and has since been pushed back to February 13, 2009, April 3, 2009, November 6, 2009 and, finally, to February 12, 2010.
Okay, so that sounds interesting to say the least. Many film writers »
- David Bentley
Wolfman gets rating
8 December 2009 2:26 PM, PST | JoBlo.com | See recent JoBlo news »
The update of the classic monster movie The Wolf Man hasn't had an easy transformation from start to hairy howling finish. First, director Mark Romanek (One Hour Photo) abruptly left shortly before filming, and was replaced by FX guy Joe Johnston (Jumanji, Jurassic Park III). The Universal remake shot in early-mid 2008, with rumors of behind-the-scenes difficulties and reported reshoots. The release date lurched all the way through 2009 until it's current slot on Feb. 12, 2010. »
- Dave Davis
Spike Jonze: 'I'm never going to compromise'
4 December 2009 4:15 PM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
The well-connected director is very good at getting his own way, hence his family unfriendly take on kids' classic, Where The Wild Things Are
Ten years after Being John Malkovich, there are still few people's heads you'd pay to spend 15 minutes inside as much as Spike Jonze's. It would be easy to imagine life from his perspective as a continual flow of way-cool experiences: "Here I am dashing off another era-defining music video. Here I am hanging out with Karen O/Kanye/Mia/the Coppolas. Oh look, I've got another bunch of Oscar nominations. I think I'll pop into Vice magazine and do some cool shit. Now I'm just scrolling through the contacts on my iPhone and thinking how phenomenally well-connected I am." That's the movie version, but real life hasn't been quite so straightforward for Jonze of late. Over the past five years, a random visit to Jonze's »
- Steve Rose
Sundance Announces the 2010 Us and World Competition Lineups!
2 December 2009 1:05 PM, PST | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
It might be that Christmas is the time of year when we're inundated with tinsel and Christmas tunes, but it's also the time when Sundance starts announcing their killer line-ups for 2010. This year's festival will run from January 21 to 31in Park City, Utah, and as always, Cinematical will be there to kick off the new festival year and cover all the great films that premiere.
The first announcement covers Sundance's Us and World Competition Lineups, with more to follow later. This year boasts a slew of buzz-worthy fare, a lot of which we've been dying to see. The U.S. Dramatic Competition will screen Hesher, Spencer Susser's tale of a trickster that descends upon a struggling family, which just so happens to star Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Natalie Portman, Howl, the eagerly anticipated look at the obscenity trial that followed the poet's famous work (Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman directing James Franco, »
- Monika Bartyzel
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Director To Make Feature Film Debut
1 December 2009 2:11 PM, PST | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
Keith Arem, director of Activision Blizzard's popular video game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, will make his feature directorial debut on Frost Road, an action thriller that Cary Brokaw (Closer) will produce along with Steven L'Heureux. The film will tell the story of a small coastal Eastern town which is suddenly and inexplicably devastated by an invisible contagion. A young man awakens from a car accident to discover he is one of few survivors in the aftermath of a mysterious outbreak. Somehow immune, he tries to save the remaining survivors from themselves, as he desperately struggles to prevent the deadly wave from spreading across the entire planet. Years ago I thought that the next generation of feature film directors would be plucked out of music videos (Spike Jonze, Michel Gondry, Mark Romanek) but in these post Napster/Mtv times, that no longer seems to be the big training ground that »
- Peter Sciretta
The Wolfman’s Woes Continue
18 November 2009 2:57 PM, PST | FilmShaft.com | See recent FilmShaft.com news »
It’s “The Wolfman Day” here at Filmshaft (or feels like it). After bringing fresh meat in the way of a new trailer and poster, some rather striking information has come to light, courtesy of Variety.
It has been a production full of delays, design alterations, director changes and additional shooting. At present, it seems like more than The Wolfman is cursed. Universal have now called in editors Walter Murch and Mark Goldblatt to save the day, and to stop a silver bullet killing the film off completely.
Both have impressive screen credits, and what it says about their hiring is open to wild speculation. Murch is a master sound-editing technician, whilst Goldblatt has cut some of the best action films in recent times (and Showgirls).
It all sounded so brilliant – to begin with. Benicio Del Toro starring in his first horror film; his lupine features accommodating the vision of the film, »
- Martyn Conterio
The Wolfman’s Woes Continue
18 November 2009 2:43 PM, PST | FilmShaft.com | See recent FilmShaft.com news »
It’s “The Wolfman Day” here at Filmshaft (or feels like it). After bringing fresh meat in the way of a new trailer and poster, some rather striking information has come to light, courtesy of Variety.
It’s been a production full of delays, design alterations, director changes and additional shooting. At present, it seems like more than The Wolfman is cursed. Universal have now called in editors Walter Murch and Mark Goldblatt to save the day, and to stop a silver bullet killing the film off completely.
Both have impressive screen credits, and what it says about their hiring is open to wild speculation. Murch is a master sound-editing technician, whilst Goldblatt has cut some of the best action films in recent times (and Showgirls).
It all sounded so brilliant – to begin with. Benicio Del Toro starring in his first horror film; his lupine features accommodating the vision of the film, »
- Martyn Conterio
If Nolan Doesn't Direct 'Batman 3' Who Would You Like to See Take Over?
17 November 2009 4:14 PM, PST | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
Batman On Film posted a short story last week saying "there's some scuttlebutt that in early 2010, Warner Bros. and Chris Nolan will finalize the plan for Batman 3." While many sites are running with the story and saying there will be an announcement of sorts, Batman On Film clearly states whether there will be an announcement or not remains to be seen, but the question of Nolan's involvement as director remains in the air.
I guess one would have to assume WB and Nolan would be smart to get things sorted out by at least June of 2010 so interviews for Nolan's new film Inception won't be bogged down with conversation asking about the next Batman feature, or at least kept to a minimum.
Will Nolan be back? My gut tells me yes he will be, but I could also see how the death of Heath Ledger and perhaps the expectation The »
- Brad Brevet
Top Class Editors Called In To Rework The Wolfman
17 November 2009 3:34 PM, PST | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
You may not immediately jump to this same conclusion, but I think there's finally some good news to share about Joe Johnston's The Wolfman. Having said that, this is a film I've been feeling really quite down on since original director Mark Romanek left the project and, to be honest, I don't think anything we could end up with now will be even a mere shade of what Romanek could have realised. The lastest turnover on the production is the hiring of two new editors, in the stead of the previously attached Dennis Virkler - though at least Virkler got to add the film to his stunning resume of crowd displeasers, alongside Xanadu, Freejack, the Schumacher Batman films and other such gems. The production really couldn't have called on a pair of more impressive names to save the day, however, with action expert Mark Goldblatt and all-round Edit Bay »
- Brendon Connelly
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